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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22
TO ARMS, CITIZENS!
From the North American Revoew
War Weekly

From the North American Revoew
War Weekly
Let us cherish no alluslonsl
Above the tumult and the shouting
sof the glorious Marne sounds one
Clear voice, vibrant, convincing, soul
compelling. 1t is the call to arms
It is the cry of battle, urging more
speed and yet more speed, calling for
force and yet more force. 1t is the
summons Of democracy, of freedom.
OF humanity to every lover of the
great cause to hasten to the front
millions to back up our thousands
and crush for all time the beast OF
depotism and dlspoiler OF homes.
That is the lesson of the nows, the
only lesson worth our needing. PERISH
ing has told his wounded soldiers
that America is proud of them. She
Is, inexpressibly proud and grateful.
Yet more to the purpose OF the work
that we have in hand Is to make sure
that they shall be proud of America,
and that can be achieved only by
Americas Fastening to send man
for every drop of blood that has been
shed, and regiment for every life
that has been lost.
There could be no greater mistake,
no more monstrous treason, than to
slacken in the least our utmost Of
forts to push the campaign with
every available man and gun.
Splendid as is the achievement at the
Marne, it has not won the war. II
has not even definitely turned tho
tide. 1t has simply shown us what
we can do If we ever get fairly into
the war. 1t has simply demonstrated
TO us the need of more men, more
guns, more airplanes, more muui-
tlons.
Are the Hnnnish armies checked in
their last drive? Then the check
should be made defeat. Are they de-
feated? Then the defeat should be
made retreat. Are they retreating?
Then the retreat should be made a
rout. Are they routed? Then in
Gods name and democracy's make
the rout annihilatlon! This is no time
foi hesitance, for watchful waiting.
for looking for something to turn
np that will make it necessary to
send another million men across the
teas. 1t is rather time to grid up
our loins and press on and on lest
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

Tdng circulation In Ashland and its trade territory
all other Jackson county combined
Entered at the Ashland oregon mail matter
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22
EvERYMIAN'S PLEDGE

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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

If you were an American soldier
coming cold and wet and tired from
the front line trenches wouldn't It
delight you to find Salvation Army
lasses frying fresh doughnuts and
making hot coffee for you? When
you loosen up for the Salvation
Army drive you help provide these
comforts for the boys in France.
No institution comes as near the
firing line as the Salvation Army.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

If you suffer with lame muscles or
stifened joints look out for impuri-
ties in the blood, because each at
tack gets more acute and stubborn.
To arrest rheumatism you must
improve your general health and
purify your blood; the cod liver oil
in SCOTS Emulsion is Natures
great blood-maker while it also
strengthens the organs to expel the
impurities. Scott's is helping tbous-
Rrds who could not find other relief.
es0tt q BeSns, L.9guGe.d NJ.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

The Roesburg cannery expects to
can $4,000 cases of beans. Follow
ing the bean crop, tomatoes, pears
and prunes will be handled.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

present and immediate task is to win
the war and nothing shall turn us
aside from 1t until II is accom-
plished.
AUX armes, citoyens!"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

The entire prune crop around Eu-
gene is sold. Growers will receive
TIE maximum price when the fruit
In harvested in September.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-22

The international Harvester COM
peny is about to dissolve. We had
supposed that now everything inter-
national would be bound more firm
" than ever.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
HOW TO RAISE GOOD, THRIFTY CALVES

prepared BY the Department Agrcuture)
Feeding well before ang nsures healthy calf
the calf is after takes the first milk Early
weaving makes II easier TO teach the calf to drink.
Everything the calf should be scupuOuy clean.
should be fed regularly; calves should be fed
times day.
the calf fed whole milk the quantity being gradually
increased substituted practicable
cheap Gulf months old Ordinarily
quantity skim milk that be fed economically Is 20
pounds day When the calf is old grain and bright
clean hay be offered the quantity fed should be increased
the calls appetite demands ~
MIX substitutes milk
used with
Quarters be and dry with plenty Of bedding
SanChions the sucking
other.
Horns easily prevented than removed
Water S necessary for calves.
identification should be Plain without d6gurng
animal
yention s cheapest and best
dairy should have all the they win and
n proportion TO weight
The should be bred years
Handling before freshening prevents shyness.
Fal calvinr usually gives best results
young bul should abundance feed plenty
and be allowed too heavy service.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
PROPER ATTENTION TO EWES
Little Attention Given at WEAVING
Time Will Be Well Repaid
Should Be Dried of Carefully.

At weaving time the ability of a eve
to produce a good lamb often is ruined
because the necessary care Is not taken
to see that she Is dried off properly. A
little care at this time will be well
repaid. Two or three days after the
separation the ewes should be MIXED
out. All Of the milk need not be
drawn from the udder, but enough
should be taken to leave the uddcr
soft and pliable. Mark with colored
chalk ewes needing nd further at
tention. In about three days the ewes
should be MIXED out again and the
drys marked. Further attention
should be given four or five days
later to those not dry.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
BIG WASTE OF COTTON SEED
Avoidable Loss Due to Careless Hand
ling, Particularly at Mills, Says
County Agent.

There is no greater avoldable waste
IN the South than that of cotton seed
rOtting at gins and oil mills, accord
Ing to w. @. Hudson of Alexandria,
La, former county agent, who says
this waste is due to careless handling,
particularly at the oil mills.
He then tells how the waste may be
avoided by having the cotton dry when
4 is ginned and by having driers at the
mills to dry the seed, or by having it
spread out carefully. Ordinarily this
seed yields about 40 gallons of oil to
the ton of seed, but If the seed is al
lowed to rot the oil Is inferior and fit
only for soapmaking. The oil meal is
also of low grade, and this means a
great waste of the good foodstuff in
cotton seed-40 gallons of oil to the
.on and over 1000 pounds of meal.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
c0MMENDS WORK OF FARMER
Secretary Houston Pleads for Greater
Efforts to Produce Needs Of
Our Allies.

With record crops grown this year,
the nations farm and live stock pro-,
ductlon must be stimulated to a still
higher efficiency during the coming ~
months If domestic demands and the.
needs of the allies are to be adequately
met, Secretary Houston says in his am
nual report to congress.
"That the farmers Of the nation.
have generously responded to the APP,
peals for increased production, and
that much has already been done to
insure a large supply of foods and
feedstuffs," says the report, "justifies
no let-down in their activities or in
those of all agricultural agencies. On
the contrary, even greater efforts must
be put forth in the coming months.E
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
BALANCED RATI0NS FOR HEN
Fowls Cannot Produce Eggs Unless
They Have Lime to Make Shells
Grit Also Needed.

Hens fed an unbalanced ration pro-
duce only one-third to one-half as many
eggs as hens fed balanced ration
during the same time. An unbalanced
ration wastes from one-half to two.
thirds Of the feed. Be sure the ration
is balanced.
Hens cannot make eggs unless they
have lime to make the shells. Feed
and water usually contain only enough
lime to shell one egg for each ten eggs
the feed would produce. The number
Of eggs produced from high-priced feed
should not be limited because of a lack
Of lime. Keep crushed lime rock or
oyster shell before the hens at all
times. Supply hard. sharp grit also.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25

ton Of the United States department
of agriculture describing experiments
at this farm in 1916 indicates clearly
the value of rotation in the control of
this disease insofar as 1t affects cotton.
On plat that had been cropped con-
tinuously to Gotten for eight years, 96.2
per cent of the plants had died from
root rot by October %, while on a plat
In three-year rotation of oats, cotton,
and dwarf milo, only 2 per cent of the
plants died from root rot. While ex-
periments are to be continued and
while the present knowledge Of root
rot and its control is not considered
absolute, the result so far recommends
rotation of crops and early prepare
ton of land as an effective means of
control.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
#D|SEtsEs8F--GAtF.
Most Common Trouble of Young
Animals Is DiaThea.
CONDITION HINDERS GROWTH
AlIment is Result Of Disturbance Of
Digestive Apparatus-Number of
Preparations Are Used for
Its Treatment.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultpre.)
Diarrhea, or seours, is probably the
most common disease of calves. Great
care must be taken at all times to pre-
vent this condition, as 1t always him
ders the growth and development Of
the animal and in addition is often
hard to cure. This disease is the re-
suit of disturbance of the digestive ap-
paratus Of the calf and may be caused
In a number Of ways, the more impor-
tant of which are the following: r.
regular feeding, overlooking, sudden
change Of feed, fermented feeds, feed
Ing dirty or sour milk or milk Of dis
eased cows, the use Of dirty milk pals
or feed boxes, and damp, dirty stables.
AS soon as scours is discovered II is
best to separate the affected calf from
the others and carefully dislnfect the
pen. The feed should be reduced inn
mediately at least one-half, milk pals
cleaned and sterllized, feed boxes
cleaned and disinfected, and any other
causes mentioned above eliminated.
Treating Disease.
A number Of preparations are used
to treat this disease, a few of the
more common Of which are blood meal,
a teaspoonful at feed; white Of egg
limewater, etc. A dose of four drops
Of formalln 10 each quart Of milk has
been used to advantage, and drench
of three ounces of castor oil followed
by a teaspoonful of a mixture of one
part salol and two of subnltrate Of
biSmuth also Il recommended. Ordl-
nary white clay, mixed with water to
the consistency of thick cream, and
given In doses Of quarter or even half
a pint, three times day, has been
used recently, with excellent effect.
White seours.
White scours, or infectious dysen-
terry of the calf, generally affects a
number of calves In q lot, and first
appears shortly after birth as a
dlarrhea with light-colored, offensive
droppings. During the course of tits
disease the calf wants to sleep all the
time and cannot be induced to suck
or drink. 1t Is also very much weak
ened by the disease and usually dies
within three or four days. AS far as
the department knows, there is no
specific method of curing the disease.
Ordinary white clay, mixed with wa
ter to the consistency of thick cream,
and given in doses of a quarter or even
half a pint, three times day, has been
found to be very valuable. Manufac-
turers of biological products, however,
are now selling potent serum which
they claim to be effective in both pre-
vention and cure.
Prevention consists in the use Of
sanitary precautions, such as clean,
dry, and dlslnfected pens for calving,
and careful disinfectlOn Of the navel
of the calf at birth, painting the cord
with tinctrre of iodine, and tying il
with silk thread. As this disease is
of so serious character that 1t may
cause the loss of a seasons crop Of
calves, the details for the control of
ali outbreak should be referred to the
state livestock official or to quail
fed veterinarian In the community.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
SHARP GRIT OF IMPORTANCE
Necessary for Proper Digestion of
Fowls Food-Plaee In Box
Handy Of Access.

Fowls cannot digest their food well
unless they have clean, sharp grit and
1t is usually best to keep a box of the
regular commercial grit, sold by poul-
try supply dealers, in each pen of the
hen house during cold weather when
the hens cannot get outside and search
for pieces of coarse gravel. etc.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
PRoTEcTIuHFu HOGS

To protect your hogs from
tuberculosis and TO make sure
that your feed will be turned in
to meat instead of fertilizer:
/. See that all milk, especially
all skim milk from the creamery,
is pasteurized or cooked before
it is fed to the hogs.
2. Keep your hogs from fol-
lowing dairy cattle, unless the
cattle are tuberculin tested.
Keep them out of the cow lots
and barns, and keep dairy drain
age out Of hog lots. Hogs can
follow steers without much dam
ger.
3. Give your healthy hogs a
chance to keep healthy. Give
them clean, well-dralned lots
and plenty of fresh air, sunlight
and clean water. Shelter them
in well-lighted and ventilated,
sanitary hog houses. Keep the
houses clean and use plenty of
whltewash and dlslnfectants.
If there was tuberculosis in
your swine last year, II is safest
to get rid Of that herd, especially
the breeding animals, and raise
clean hogs from fresh stock
United States Department Of
Agriculture.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
POTATO SILAGE BEING TRIED
First Reports Of Experiments Made by
Agricultural Department Are
Not Pleasing.

The United States department Of
agriculture has been experimenting
with potato silage. First reports lndl-
cate that such silage win not be very
practical. OF course only the small,
unmarketable potatoes are used. but
they must be ground and mixed with
a special Tactic acid culture. which
brings about the proper fermentation.
Potato silage mnde in this way seems
TO be good feed for either hogs or cat
tle.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25

[By II. C. BEARD, Assistant Agronomist,
Arizona Experiment Station.)
A great deal of interest has been
manifested of late in the desirability
of planting Sudan grass with le-
gumes, since it is hoped thereby to OBJ
tain greater yields and to furnish a
better balanced and more nutritious
hay than either crop alone would give,
To obtain definite information upon
this subject preliminary work has been
done on the Salt River Valley farm at
Mesa, Ariz.
Sudan was planted in an old field
of hairy Peruvian alfalfa In plats
where the stand Of alfalfa was almost
perfect, and in other places where the
alfalfa was thin and interspersed with
weeds. Since Sudan is not very re-
slstant to frost its planting had to be
deferred until the alfalfa was growing
most rapidly.
Sudan With Alfalfa.
Sudan disked into alfalfa immediate
ly after the first cutting failed to show
up strongly until after the next cut
ting of alfalfa had been removed. At
this time the Sudan was able to COM
pete where the alfalfa was thin, and
its growth during the remainder of the
season has been quite vigorous and
well marked. Where there was per-
feet stand of alfalfa, however, the Su-
dan was unable to compete, and its
growth was later smothered out. The
Increase In tonnage where the alfalfa
was thin has been quite marked, but
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
BANKING OF GRAIN STRAWs
Oats Comes First, With Barley, Wheat
and Rye FolIowino-Alsike
Leads Clover straws

OF the grain straws. oats comes first,
barley second. wheat third. rye fourth.
II Is doubtful II the latter should be
used for anything but bedding. Alsike
clover Is the best Of the clover straws.
followed by red clover. with white
clover straw last. OF the other legume
straws. pea straw takes first RINK. fol-
lowed by alfalfa, and then bean straw.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
Handy Farm Gate.

among the stock cannot get through
1t. An extra panel Of fence is neces-
sary for it. The small gate is hinged.
1t is handy gate to have where there
must be a good deal of passing back
and forth through lots or pens, or
where children are likely TO leave the
gate unfastened in passing. 1t is al
ways open to people and always shut
to stock.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
ORDER HATcHIIIG EGGS EARLY
intending Purchaser Must Decide at
Once What Ne Wants-Bls De-
maad Is Predicted.

Baby chick hatchers are looking for
ward TO a big demand. some Of them
are going to experience difficulty IN
getting all the Matching eggs they
want. and II behoOves the intending
purchaser TO decide now what ne win
need end set bis order IN carly for
spring deliveries.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
SAVE YOUR POULTRY MANURE
Dropplngs sprlnkled With Land PIas.
ter Make ExeelIent Fertilizer
for Vegetables.

Save your poultry manure for the
garden patch. Sprinkle Il with land
plaster (gypsum) or coal ashes. This
makes an excellent compound for a
fertilizer. This manure Is very valu;
able, and win make a big improve
ment In your garden SOIL
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
MAKE SUCCESS WITH LAMBS
Animals Must Be Of Good Form, Uni
form In Size and Rightly Bred
for Making Profit.

To feed well with profit. lambs must
be of good form, uniform size, rightly
bred, not too fat when bought, worked
onto full feed very gradually and
clipped and sold at just the right time.
Each OF these things requires a little
expert knowledge and this can only be
gained BY experience or very close OBJ
servation.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
TO FATTEN YOUNG TURKEYS
Many Fowls In Texas and Oklahoma
Slaughtered Last Year Before
They Were Matured.

Young turkeys in the Southwest, es-
pecially in Texas and Oklahoma, were
slaughtered last year before they were
matured. Information now in the
hands of United States food admins
tration officials indicates similar con-
tlition this fall. To market young tur.
keys which are insufficiently fleshed is
a waste of considerable Importance, as
II reduces the quantity of meat avail
able.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
FEED FOR MILK PRODUCTION
First Use Of Food Is for Maintaining
Functions Of 6ody-Rest Goes
for MIX and Fat.

The first use to which the animal puts
Its food. whether producing milk or
not Is to maintain the functions Of
the body. The feel In excess Of this
amount Is used for producing milk,
for storing fat, or for the growth Of
the foetuS
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
QUAIL DEv0uRs WEED SEEDS
Bird Wages Continuous Warfare
Against Several Of Destructive
Insect Pests.

An investigation shows that half of
the food of the quail consists of nox-
ious weed seeds. one-fourth Of grains,
and one-tenth of fruits. Most of the
grain eaten by the quail is picked up
from the stubble. From early spring
to late fall the quail wages a contInu-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25

in the calf lot. In such cases the
calves come to the stanchions at feed.
ing time, and may be safely fed by a
child, since there is no occasion for
entering the calf lot. Persons who
have been accustomed to dealing with
husky, bunting calves will appreciate
the advantage Of stanchlon feeding.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
SANCTIONS HANDY FOR CALF
Simple and Convenient Means for Pre-
venting Larger Animals From
Eating Too Much.

Simple stanchions for calves are q
convenient means of preventing the
larger calves from eating the small
ones share of the feed, also for feed.
ing many calves quickly and without
confusion. The diagram shows the
construction.
While stanchlons are usually built
In the barn, few panels of them are
exceedingly useful as part of the fence
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
HIGH PRICES TEMPT FARMER
Net Only Induced Mary 70 Sell Pigs
1t Light Weight. bot Breeding
Animals Marketed.

The extremely high prices OF grain
feeds and market hogs have not only
Induced farmers 10 market their pigs
at light weights. but have tempted
many Of them to cash In on a large
uuraber Of their breeding animals.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
HANDY GATE FOR STOCK FARM
Convenient Passagewsy Provided
Where There Is MuoA Travel Be-
tween Lots or Pens.

Here is a gate that will not let the
stock out even If 1t is forgotten and
left unfastened. In fact, it cannot be
latched, at least it need not be, as
stock cannot pass through it. It IL
a gate for people only and not for live
stock, as the wlsest gate opener"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
SEPARATE HOUSE FOR GEESE
Farmer Should Be Careful TO See That
Floor ls Dry and Well Bedded
With Straw.

Be sure that the shed for the geese
(which should be separate from the
poultry house. duck house and turkey
she'd has dry, well-bedded floor, for
geese viii not do well unlsss they have
a dry resting place.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25

SELECT WINTER LAYERS

Recent poultry selection DEM
onstratiOns in Lawrence county,
Pennsylvania, have developed in
teresting results. In one case a
two-week record kept by one
farmer shows that Al good hens
laid 241 eggs as compared with
four eggs laid by Al poor hens;
In another case a record of ID
days shows that % good hens
laid Ill eggs as compared with
q eggs laid by AZ poor hens.
In the latter case the college
representative selected the hens
September % and no eggs were
laid by the poor hens until Sep
TENDER 20. During a two-week
period 10 good hens in one flock
laid 152 eggs, while Is poor hens
in the same flock laid two eggs.
! Practice poultry selection and
I Increase your returns. The good
winter layer has bright eyes,
! legs set well apart, pale beak
! and shanks In late fall and early
winter. She also has a strong,
broad back, o deep and full abb
domen, a deep rounded chest
and is vigorous and active.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25

the competition Of Sudan during the
hotter parts of the summer has proved
quite detrimental to the future growth
Of the alfalfa. Therefore, we conclude
that small amounts of Sudan grass
seed (six to eight pounds per acre)
may be prOftably dlsked into an old
rundown field of alfalfa, but If the
latter is very vigorous the former will
be unable to compete.
Two Vigorous Crops.
Furthermore, ii would appear deSir-
able to plant Sudan only in alfalfa
which should be plowed up at the end
Of the current season anyway. These
two crops are so vigorous in the irri.
gated sections of southern Arizona
that they cannot be grown together
without injury to one or the other, but
Sudan may be used to supplement al
falfa where the latter is unsatisfac-
tory.
A mixture Of soy beans and Sudan
grass seeded at the same time proved
ruinous to the former In very short
while. This happened in spite of the
fact that the soy beans were seeded
quite thickly and that the termination
and vigor of the plants for the first
two or three weeks was as good as
could be expected. Some time before
the first cutting Of hay was ready all
trace of the soy beans had been lost.
Fhe same results we're obtained when
mixture OF cowpeas and Sudan
grass was used.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-25
ROTATION REDUCES ROOT ROT
Disease OF Cotton Reduced at San An
tonic Experiment Farm by Alter
mating Crops.

Root rot In cotton has been reduced
By rotation OF crops at the experiment
farm near San Antonio, Tex. A publica-