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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
HOGGING DOWN CORN

Marketing the corn crop by hogging
it down appeals to the average farm
er as being especially advantageous,
now that he must continue farm OPP
erations without sufficient help. And
it is. After the silos are filled and
enough corn to feed the cattle, sheep.
and work animals has been set aside,
the hogs may harvest the rest. They
will eat practically everything but the
stalks and thus market the crop with
very little waste and at minimum la
Dor cost.
The hogs should have access to only
a small part of the field at time, the
part having been fenced off with a
temporary fence. When it is cleaned
up the fence is moved to take in an
other small part of the field. In this
way the hogs clean up everything as
they go. A very good temporary
fence may be made by weaving ordi-
nary hog wire in between the stalks
along row of corn, with posts driv-
en- at the corners and the wire tied
every rod or so to the corn stalks.
Before turning the hogs into the
corn field they should be fed green
corn in gradually increasing amounts.
1t is sometimes necessary in turning
young shoats in the field for the first
time to break down a few stalks for
them until they learn to do it for
themselves, or to turn a few heavier
hogs in with them for awhile to teach
them how. Some farmers follow the
shoats with the sows and pigs This
reduces waste to the lowest possible
degree.
A protein supplement of some kind
should be fed when corn is hogged
down. This may be partly supplied
by cowpeas planted with the corn or
by having an adjoining field of alfalfa,
clover, or rape for the hogs to run
down. Shorts and tankage or Iinseed
oil meal in d self-feeder where they
can have access to it at all times is
probably the best way Of supplying
the protein feed to hogs. Be sure
there is plenty of good fresh water
available at all times. For cheap
gains, water is an important factor
and it is likely to be neglected when
the hogs are running in the corn
field. A good barrel waterer does
very well in the absence of running
water.
The University of Missouri College
of Agriculture Extension Service Cir
cular 81 is free, and gives detailed in
formation on this subject.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11

dustry are practically without mill
feeds and our dairy production is
thereby in danger With a view to
correcting this, so far as possible, the
Food Administration desires to appeal
for the assistance of the farmers of
the country in the use and distribu-
ton of wheat mill feeds. In this
view, we are asking every buyer of
wheat mill feeds, outside of the acute
drouth area to sign pledge of honor
not to use the wheat mill feeds for any
purpose except the essential use in
dairy, young pig and poultry produc!
ton, and not to purchase or hold at
any one time more than a 60 days sup
ply.
"Unless we can secure this careful
and specialized use of mill feeds, our
dairy production in the congested
Eastern areas of the United States is
bound to fall and to jeopardize the
food supply of our people in that Sec
ton. Otherwise it will be necessary
to release the price restrictions on
mill feeds and allow them to take their
natural course.
NlLh q VIC" 70 SeCuTulS GEIS CO.
operation from the farmers all over
the country in the interests of their
industry as a whole, we are instruct
ing the mills and all dealers in feeds
to secure from the buyer of wheat
mill feeds the following pledge:
"in order to assist the Food Adj
in the distribution of
mill feeds, hereby undertake on hon
or not to use wheat mill feeds for any
other purpose than the feeding of
dairy cattle, poultry, young pigs or
young calves, or the preparation of
weekly bran mash for work animals.
will not feed any more wheat mill
feeds than is customarily fed to such
animals and | further agree not to
have at any one time more than a 60
day supply of wheat feeds on hand"
The Food Administration also is re-
quiring the millers and feed jobbers
to distribute their wheat mill feeds in
such manner that each State receives
the same proportion of the mills or
jobber's shipments as it received in the
same quarter of 1917.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
IRRITABLE
NERVOUS
Was Condition Of Indiana Lady
Before Beginning to Take
Card-u-i, the Woman's
Tonic.

Kokomo, lnd.--Mrs. H. Hankemeier,
Of this town, says: II look so we'll, and
am so well, that 1t does not seem as If |
ever needed Cardui. But ] was not al
ways this way s. think | have taken a
dozen bottles -. before my little girl
came.
Twas feeling dreadfully bad, had head
ache, backache, sick at my stomach, no
energy -. | was very irritable, too, and
nervous.
Ibegan taking Cardui about 6 months
before my baby came. As a result all
those bad feelings left me, and just felt
grand, just as if nothing at all was the
matter, and when the end came ! was
hardly sick at all.
Since that | have never taken Cardui
at all =. 1t has done me good, and |
know it will help others, il they will only
try it."
Many have written grateful let
tiers like the above. telling Of the good
that cardui has done them. Why should
It not help you, too? II you suffer from
any Of the ailments so common to women,
and feel the need Of a safe, reliable,
Strengthening tonic, we urge you to be-
gin today and give Carduf a fair trial.
Your dealer sells Cafd-u-t. EB-ia
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
SELECT THRIFTY BEEF
FOR SLAUGHTER

Only healthy, thrifty animals should
be taken for slaughter. They should
be in good flesh, but not necessarily
very fat to make good, economical
beef. The very fat animals make
juicy beef, but yield great deal Of
waste fat. The young animal, baby
beef, makes tender meat which is lack
ing in flavor. The more mature ami
NAL will give carcass Of better fla
vored flesh. An old cow, we'll fat
tened, makes beef for excellent flavor,
and the desired tenderness may be Sc
cured by ripening in storage, and by
the skill Of the housewife in cooking.
This would be good time for farm
families to organize beef club. Such
an organization offers many advan-
tages over the present method of each
family slaughtering beef for home
use. The University of Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture gives all neces-
sary instructions in Circular So, which
may be had free.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11

as fast as possible. That there is a
good demand for good pork has got
to be questioned, but there are so
many numbers available of all de-
scriptions, and an acute shortage in
rhe labor problem, that it is becoming
an obstacle to handle the multitude Of
receipts, and naturally the hinlYance
that has been aroused among buyers
owing to this fact, has brought about
the sharp price reflections. The pro-
portion Of pigs, light weight stuff
and Southern hogs and pigs, has been
larger the past week than for some
time, and the facts are, that at this
writing the trade is almost in de-
molaIized condition on anything
weighing from 100 pounds down in
the light weights, or heavier kinds
where of Southern quality. Light
stuff in particular should be kept at
home and fed to a more mature con-
dition That the outlet for this class
Of stuff is dwindling to very narrow
proportions, is plainly indicated in the
fact that the yards have been we'll
filed from day to day for the past
ten days with such varieties, and
there have been Il good many of the
undesirable kinds laying in the pens
for a week or more, on which no bids
have been reported.
SHEEP.-The time of year consid-
cred, the supply in this department
has been fairly large. Prices have
slumped downwards generally SOC be-
low the corresponding time last week.
While some few scattering lots of
sorted lambs were sold to city butch
ers at top Of $15.75, yet the real top
of the market is best judged from a
packers standpoint, whose top has
been SIS this week. Best fat sheep
realizing a top Of $40.
National Live Stock Com. Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
HONOR PLEDGE FOR
MILL FEEDS

Columbia, Mo, Oct. 5.-To protect
the dairy production Of the country
which is in danger on account of the
present shortage of wheat mill feeds,
the Food Administrative is asking ev-
cry buyer of mill feeds, outside of the
acute drouth area, to sign a pledge of
honor not to use the wheat mill feeds
for any purpose except the essential
use in dairy, young pig and poultry
production, and not to purchase and
hold at any one time more than a 60
days supply. Unless this careful and
specialized use of mill feeds can be
obtained, the dairy production in the
cOngeseted Eastern areas of the
United States is bound to fall and to
jeopardize the food supply of the peo-
pie in that section, an announcement
of the Food Administration says.
Sowing to the extension of the
drouth area, the shortening of the
corn crop, the larger animal popula-
ton in the country, and the Allied de-
mands upon US for feeding stuff for
their own animals, because of their
own shortage in production of feed
grain, it is necessary that we should
exert every effort in the proper con-
servation of feeding stuffs during the
next twelve months; yet we must
maintain our own animal production"
the announcement says. at is neces-
sary that we should ship larger por-
ton of wheat as compared with flour
during the next twelve months than
during the last twelve months to the
Allied countries, because their own
shortage of feeding is such that if
they are to keep alive their dairy
herds, they must have larger supply
of grain wheat.
ALREADY the milk supply of the AL
lied countries has been limited prac-
tically to the supply of children and
other vitality necessary national uses,
and any failure on our part to supply
them with necessary feed stuffs for
their dairy herd means that we shall
cut into the actual safety of the chill
dren among the Allies. On the other
hand, both our own population and the
Allies are dependent upon our produc-
ton of animal products, and we do
not in any way wish to stifie this pro-
duction. What we must secure is the
utmost elimination of waste by the
careful feeding of animals and the use
of all the roughage available.
Zone of the difficult problems is the
distribution of wheat mill feeds, and
this is made more difficult by the fact
that the Food Administration, in an
endeavor to protect the farmer, is
maintaining an artifcially low price
on these feeds. One consequence is
that a great deal of mill feeds are
now going unnecessarily into work
animals or beef production. Every
farmer will recognize that the wheat
mill feeds are vitality necessary for
the dairy cattle, to some extent for
poultry, and for young pigs.
Sowing to the absorption of mill
feeds at local points near the mill,
considerable sections of the dairy in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
WE BUY OLD FALSE TEETH

We pay from 81 to $35 per set
(broken or not). We also pay ac-
tual value for Diamonds, old Gold,
Silver and Bridge-work. Send at once
by parcel post and receive cash by re-
turn mail. Will return your goods if
our price is unsatisfactory. 38-7t.
Dept. X,2007 So. 9Th St.
Mazer's Tooth Specially, Dept. X,
2O07 So. 5th ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
LIVE STOCK MARKET
National Stock Yards, Oct. 8.
Receipts and Comparisons

Receipts and Comparisons
Today Last Wk,
Cattle ........ $500 5000
Hogs ...,.. $4,000 $4,000
Sheep ....... 5000 $500
CATTLE.-There continues such a
deep-rooted determination upon the
part of stockmen to liquidate their
holdings, that on the slightest upturn
in selling values, as the result of a
more moderate weeks run, that the
following period shows this inclination
in a decidedly marked extent, by an
overwhelming supply of cattle. The
market last week was a thoroughly
satisfying one, averaging 75c to 81
per cwt. higher than week before last
on virtually the rank and file of Of
ferings. But what was the result?
An initial supply this week of 10000
head, which was sufficient volume to
weaken the trading basis fully 25c,
and in cases 40c to SOC under last
weeks good close. This decline was
not the result whatever of any lack of
aggression in the demand, but simply
an overwhelming supply, which kill
ers are unable to handle at this time
of acute shortage in the labor prop
osition. The market still maintains an
advance of about SOC per cwt. over the
low spot two weeks ago, but whether
the remaining advance in selling pric-
es is lost, is going to depend absolute
ly upon the stand that the country
takes in disposing of their holdings.
HOGS.-The hog situation has de-
veloped another radical turn, with
prices sagging as sharply lower as
they were higher ten days or two
weeks ago. At this writing the very
best corn-fed native hogs weighing
1870 pounds and upwards are selling
fully 81 per cwt. lower than they were
week ago today, and fully So lower
than the high time two weeks ago.
The influx has been decidedly heavy
and it is apparent that shippers are
determined to dispose of their stuff
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
DARTnNC, PIERCING
SCIATIC PAINS
Give way before the pence
tratina effects of Sloan'a
Lininent

So do those rheumatic twirges and
the loin-aches of lumbago, the nerve.
Inflammation of neuritis, the wry neck,
the joint wrench, the ligament sprain,
the muscle strain, and the throbbing
bruise.
The ease of applying, the quicl;ness
OF relief, the positive results, the clean-
illness, and the economy Of Sloan's
Liniment make it universally preferred.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
Sincere GRATITUDE

Mrs. William Bell, Logansport, Ind,
writes: II deem it my duty to ex-
press my gratitude for the good Cham
berlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy
did me when I had severe attack of
diarrhoea three years ago. 1t was the
only medicine that relieved me- OBJ
tainable everywhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
TWO U-BOATs SUNK
AMERICAN SHIP RAMS DIVER OFF
VIRGINIA.
Germans Told Captain They Were His
"Friends'-"Sub" Destroyed by
Tanker After Hot Battle.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The navy de
partment announced that the captain
of an American steamer had reported
that his vessel rammed and probably
sank submarine about 80 p. m. on
Saturday, August IL, near Winter
Quarter shoal off the northern Virgi-
MIA coast.
The captain stated the submarine
was struck on it's port bow, bringing
it alongside. The submarine crew
hailed in strong German accents, say
ing they were friends, the captain said,
but he replied they were no friends of
his. He kept on his course, he said.
The steamer is now in port with bad
ly damaged bow and a quantity of
water in its hold The captain thinks
he sank the submarine. ST
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 21.-A 400
foot enemy submarine was sunk off
the Atlantic coast by the gun crew of
a British tanker, according to an off
Ger of the tanker.
The tale of the battle between the
tanker and the U-boat was told by
John Crosby, chief mate of the former,
from his bed in a hospital, where he is
being treated for shock. The tanker's
twenty-sixth shot ended the battle.
Crosby is said to be in serious condi-
ton. A remarkable feature of the
case is that he felt no ill effects dur
ing the engagement, which took place
last Friday, and was in good health
until Monday morning. Then, safely
in port and beyond the reach of the
underseas pirate, he, collapsed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
TAKE so PRUSsIANS
YANks CAPTURE HUNS WITHOUT
FIRING A SHOT.
Americans Near Fismette Find Enemy
Machine Gunners Waiting to Be
Taken Prisoners.

With the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Aug. 21.-Sixty Prussians
nave been taken prisoner by the Amer
leans near Fismette, north of Fismes.
without either side firing a shot. The
russians were machine gunners and
all that remained of a company which
mad been in line less than month.
American detachments went out .
rev nights ago;r the location of the
machlne-gun positions having been re-
ported by prisoner. According to the
Americans, the Prussians were waiting
to be taken prisoner. The intelligence
ofilcer who questioned the Prussians
asserted that they nearly all had
agreed to surrender If the slightest
opportunity arose.
The Americans, who took the prison
ers, do not claim any credit for the
capture, declaring that the Prussians
virtually deserted their posts.
German prisoner taken Sunday
told an intelligence officer he believed
that II the battle line recedes to Ger
many proper, the fighting spirit of the
German soldiers will be greatly stimu-
lated
Washington, Aug. 21.-The war de
partment made public the following
communique, dated August 20, from
General Pershing at the headquarters
OF the American expeditionary forces (:
"Section A-With the exception of
artillery activity along the Vesle and
in the Vosges there is nothing to re-
port"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
HOLD RULER AS HOSTAGE
Gear of Bulgaria Detained in Germany
to Insure Country's
Loyalty.

Washington, Aug. Clear Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria is being held by Ger
many virtually as a hostage, accord
ing to advices through official chan
nels, presumably to insure Bulgaria's
loyalty. Ferdinand, according to au-
thoritative information left Bulgaria
suddenly after rumors of Bulgarian
peace efforts appeared. He is now
in seclusion in Germany, resting
German papers say. 1t is declared
Ferdinand long had been surrounded
in the Bulgarian court with German
officers and guards. When conditions
became threatening in Bulgaria, it was
suddenly announced Gar Ferdinand
would leave the country because of
mental strain" His movements were
kept secret, but later it was learned
he was in Germany. Reports imme-
diately following Ferdinand's disap-
pearance from Sofia said he was GO
ing to Switzerland, presumably to at
tempt peace negotiations with the al
lies. 1t is significant that he was not
taken into the recent conference of
the kaisers of Germany and Austria.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
FREED AFTER HUNGER STRIKE
Twenty-Three Suffragists Released
From Washington Jail After Be-
ing Held Six Days.

Washington, Aug. Platter six
days of hunger striking, % sufflagists
were Internationally released from the
District of Columbia jail here. No an
nOuncement or explanation of the re-
lease was made by the authorities, al
though some of the prisoners were
serving 15-day sentences. When lib
era ted, the women, who had been in
carcerated for defying the police by
holding public demonstrations in La
fayette park, were taken to the Ma
tional Woman's party headquarters,
where denunciation of Doctor Gan
non, Jail physician, was issued regard
ing the treatment of the women.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27

1t is estimated that Australia has
cows enough to give each man. wom-
an and child in the island continent
three each, while Argentina can do
even better. There are five cattle to
each inhabitant in the big South
American republic.
Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell.
the first woman preacher in America
and pioneer OF the equal suffrage
movement. recently celebrated her
ninety-third birthday at her home In
Elizabeth, n. J. She was ordained
more than 80 years ago.
A new law in New York prohibits
the employment of women under twen-
ty-one as. telegraph messengers.
Two British scientists have decided
that the sense of smell Is weaker in
man than in the lower animals be
cause of the human practice of kiss
ing.
The tomato crop In Mazatlan. Mex
leo. is really winter crop. the har-
vest of which begins early in the
month of January. quite some weeks
before the early and larger spring
crops from Southern regions of the
United States are ready for the mar
bet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
INTERESTING BITS

Women teachers in the Pittsburgh
public schools are to receive a 500
war bonus.
When lack of funds prevented the
erection of q new hcspitall at Palm
Beach. four women started in and
raised nearly $4,000 in a few days.
The department of agriculture and
technical instruction for Ireland is
said to have spent about S650000 dur
ing the past 10 months in the pur-
chase Of agricultural implements.
Salt dissolved in little ammonia
will remove grease spots.
Bristles that can be removed and re-
newed feature a new tooth brush.
On the shank of new fish hook are
prongs to hold live bait with a mini
mum of injury.
One of the oldest pioneers of Kan
sas was Harrison t. White of Rich
land. who died & short time ago. AS a
Methodist preacher he travelled over
part Of Douglas. Usage and Shawnee
counties when there were no churches,
and for mere than fifty years preached
without pay and worked on his farm
for n living
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
RIVER MEN LOSE LICENSES
Action Result of Sinking of Excursion
Steamer Columbia Near
Peoria.

Washington. Aug. 21.-The licenses
of Herman F. Mehl and George T.
Williams, master and pilot respective
" of the steamer Columbia, which
sank in the Illinois river near Peoria
in July with the loss of nearly 100
lives, have been revoked, the steam
boat inspection service announced
Mehl is charged with inattention to
duty and incapacity and Williams of
unskillfulness and negligence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
u S. seizes eerm7n Gluten,

New York, Aug. 21.-Seizure by the
government of 1867, 900 pounds of de
vitalized wheat gluten, which was to
have found its way TO Germany
through Switzerland, was announced
in a statement by A. Mitchell Palmer
alien property custodian. The grain
worth in prewar time about 100000
was discovered in June in warehouse
here, ready for shipment overseas. II
will be sold at public auction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
FOOD RIOTERS BURN HOUSES
Disturbances in Japan Over High Price
of Rice Reported to Be
Subsiding.

Tokyo, Aug. 21.-The disturbances
over the high price of rice are report
ed to be subsiding except in northern
Japan, where they apparently are
spreading. Mobs have burned several
houses at Sendai. The rice exchange
announces that thirty houses were
burned in the Tsumiye prefecture on
Thursday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
WILSON BACK AT CAPITAL
Spends Busy Day After Vacation-At-
tends Cabinet Meeting and Con-
fers With Baker.

Washington, Aug. 81. = President
Wilson put in busy day after re-
turning from Manchester, Mass, where
he spent brief vacation near the
summer home of Col. e. NJ. House.
The president remained in his study
during the morning and in the after
noon presided at lengthy cabinet
meeting. Later he received a commit
tee on Americanization of aliens, then
walked to the State, War and Navy
building, where he conferred more than
half an hour with Secretary Baker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
SAVING IN SHUT SUGAR BOWL
Big Results in New York From New
Restaurant Rule, Says
Food Board.

New York, Aug. 21.-Abolition of
sugar bowls in restaurants and hotels
since the beginning of the sugar short
age has resulted in the saving of many
tons OF approximately half a
pound a month for every customer, ac-
cording to a statement of the federal
food board. The board declared that
while most hotels and restaurants
have abolished the open bowl, there
are a number which have not. and
these, according to the statement, are
not only guilty of unfairness to eating
places which observe the request, but
also display a lack of patriotism.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
TANKER IN FLAMES OFF U. S.
Passengers on British Steamer Be-
Iieve Vessel Was Abandoned by
Its Crew.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. PA tanker
enveloped in flames and apparently
abandoned by her crew, was seen off
the American coast by persons on a
British steamer from South American
ports, which arrived here. The tank
er was supposed to have been a U-boat
victim, although the steamer encoun-
tered no submarine.