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Meade County news., 1918-01-10
WASTEFUL METHOD OF
DISPOSING OF MANURE
Where Hogs Are Fed ConCen-
trates, Droppings Are Richest
Produced on Any Farm.

Hog manure is usually left where 1t
is dropped, and in many cases this
method of disposal is economical, but
in others 1t may be very wasteful.
Where hogs are fed concentrates the
manure is one Of the richest produced
on the farm. F. L. Duley of the Uni
versity of Missouri college Of agricul-
ture mentions three principal ways by
which the manure from hogs may be
returned to the land: (1) pasturing
crops, (2) establishing temporary feed
yards, (3) hauling the manure to the
field.
When possible the first method is
usually most practical, and requires
least expense. Where crops of any
sort are pastured by hogs the manure
is returned directly to the land. This
is one strong reason for hogging down
corn, for it not only saves the labor of
harvesting the crop, but requires no
hauling Of the manure back to the
field, and entails no waste Of fertility
in transfer.
On many farms 1t has been found
good practice to establish temporary
feeding places in the pasture or field
so that the manure will be deposited
where most needed. This may some
times cause little extra labor In feed
ing. but 1t save both the solid and
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

fourths of an inch wide and the dis
tance between the rows just equals
the width of the braid. The coat sleeves
are plain and long, narrowing from ell
bow to wrist. They are finished with
three rather large bone buttons set In
n row on the outside seam. A wide
shawl collar Of the serge terminates in
bands that cross at the bust and end
under wide, fiat belt of the serge.
This belt fastens at the left side with
buttons like those on the sleeves, and
buttonholes.
The undersklrt is narrower than
skirts have been for the past two sea-
sons 1t is just wide enough in fact
to allow comfortable stride The
tunic is wide but hangs close to t. Q
figure and straight, the box plaits be-
Ing pressed as fiat as possible.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

If the smart style of the tunic dress
had not made 1t favorlte the advent
Of frocks like that shown above
would soon place 1t among the seasons
best successes. Here is a frock Of
serge, trimmed with bands of narrow
fiat silk braid in the same color.
There Is nothing unusual in the fabric
or the trimming, they are as familiar
as they are tried and true In the
realm Of utility clothes, but neverthe-
less the dress Is full of distinction. 1t
Is so original in design, so artistic and
practical that 1t places itself at n
glance as among the most excellent
examples of today's styles.
The frock Is made with plated
tunic In one with semlfitted bodice
to be worn over plain, narrow skirt.
In this instance the skirt Is of serge
like the tunic and bodice but 1t might
be of satin or velvet. This combina-
tion Of cloth overdress with satin
skirt has pointed the way for remod-
cling suits into frOcks, In many Cases
and all these expedients are worth
consldering-in the face of wartime
prices.
The loose bodice in the dress pic
tured Is set on to tunic that is box
plated all around. 1t Is finished at
the bottom with three-lnch hem and
above the hem three rows of braid are
stitched. The braid Is about three
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

liquid manure and reduces the amount
of filth about the barnyard and mini
mizes the danger Of disease.
When 1t is necessary to feed hogs
in closed lots manure should be col
lected and protected from teaching un
til it can be hauled to the field. There
is probably too great tendency to
place the feeding pen on a steep hill
side or near bitches where a large
part of the manure is carried direct
ly into the streams by heavy rains or
lost through teaching. This may be an
easy way to clean the pens occasion
ally, but 1t is extremely wasteful of
fertility. AS a rule, when hogs are
lot fed practically all the manure is
lost. There was never a time when
manure was worth so much as 1t is to-
day, and every efort should be made
to save 1t.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The amount of human food produced
per acre when the land Is devoted to
the leading types of live stock farming
crop products available for direct use
as human food. The justification for
the use of land for live stock farm
ing, even under present emergency con-
ditions, is twofold. In the first place,
live stock products add variety to the
diet, and thus conduce to human vi
tality and efficiency. They contain
relatively large numbers of elements
which are necessary to the nutrition
of the human body and which are
found less commonly in vegetable
products. Dairy products are espe-
'cially important in the nutrition of
children.
In the second place, many of the
products of the farm are not directly
usable as human food, but when fed
to farm animals are converted into
highly valuable nutritive substances.
These products include corn stover,
straw, hay, pasture grasses, and nu-
merous waste products found on near
ly all farms. Large quantities of by
products of certain manufacturing
pre- cesses also are used as food for
farm animals and thus converted into
human food. Oil meal, gluten meal and
sugar-beet pulp are examples.
The necessity for variety in the hui
man diet justifies the use of a GER
tain amount of grain for stock feed,
except in the most urgent extremity.
The two types of live stock for which
feeding grain is most justifiable are
dairy cows and swine. An acre of
land devoted to the support Of either
of these two classes Of farm animals
produces far more human food than
is the case with any other class of
live stock.
MlIk.-Milk heads the list Of live
stock products per acre as source
of both protein and energy. The wide
range of nutritive substances con-
tained in milk makes it by far the
most important of our animal prod
ucts. The cost of producing milk
often can be lowered by increasing the
amount of roughage and decreasing the
amount of grain fed to dairy cows.
This is especially the case where such
roughage as silage, alfalfa, clover, or
soy-bean hay is available.
Cheese and Butter.-Next to milk
and pork, more human food per acre
can be produced in the form Of but
ter than in any other animal product.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10
DO NOT 0VERFEED CHICKENS
Best Results Secured When Fowls Are
Active and Not OVerfat-
Make Them Exercise.

Great care should be exercised not to
overfeed the fowls. Best results are
secured in both eggs and health Of
fowls when they are active and not
overfat. Feed only what grain the
fowls will eat up clean. They should
be compelled to exercise vigorously in
a deep straw litter for all their grain,
especially in winter or when kept in
limited yards. They should come
hungry to every meal. Overfeeding is
injurious to both health and egg pro-
duction. Overfed hens easily contraei
disease and cannot produce eggs.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Especially In those sections where al.
falfa is the leading field crop, which is
the case in many parts Of the West,
the production of maximum quantities
Of cheese and butter is highly deslr.
able under present conditions.
Pork.-The hog is by far the most
efficient of domestic animals in con.
verting grain into meat. The prod
uct of an acre of land, when fed t.
hogs, produces five times as much meat
as when fed to any other farm ami.
NAL. Even these animals can be kept
with relatively small expenditures of
grain by making liberal use of such
forage crops as alfalfa, clover soy
beans, rape, and various other kinds of
pasture. A great gain also can be
made by marketing hogs at lower
weights than customary. Gains made
below 200 pounds require much less
grain than those above this weight.
Hogs are also a valuable means of
disposing Of many kinds of waste on
the farm, such as kitchen refuse, skim
milk, whey, and defective fruits, vege-
tables, and grains.
The fact that colored laborers In
the cotton fields Of the South live
largely on cornmeal and pork prod
ucts is of interest. The economic
conditions of their existence require
the greatest possible economy in food
consumption. They have been driven
by force of circumstances to subslst
mainly on the crop producing the larg.
est amount of human food per
acre, and for the sake of diet, the most
efficient food-produclng animal avail
able to them.
Other AnimaIs-Figures show that
beef cattle, sheep, and poultry produce
comparatively small quantities of hui
man food from given area Of land,
Cattle and sheep can be maintained
largely on cornstalks, straw, defec.
tive or otherwise cheap hay, waste.
land pastures, weeds, and the like.
These animals should be kept at least
in sufficient quantity to prevent waste
of such materials.
Although poultry produces relative
ly little human food from q given
area Of land, a small number Of fowls
can be maintained on farm wastes
more largely than is the case with any
other farm animal. They consume
scraps from the kitchen, waste grain
about the feed lots, weeds, insects,
etc. A sufficient number of them
should be kept on every farm to utilize
all such materials to the fullest pos
sible extent.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10
Blue Liked for Evening.

Blue seems to be favored color for
evening this year; sometimes 1t Is tur-
quoise blue, sometimes misty blue
lilac, sometimes rich Chinese or
tapestry blue. One stunning dinner
gown Is Of hyaclnth blue meteor with
tunic drapery Of silver gray georgette
bordered with deep hem of the blue
satin. The train OF georgette wells
panel of silver tissue embroidered In
blue beads.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

1t Is no wonder tnat the muller COZ
lars with hats to match have persisted
through their second season. There is
something so comfortable looking In
these small collars of fur, that wrap
the throat to the ears, and for once
comfort and smart style are united.
When the muller collar and hat to
match join forces the smart set In mil
llnery is achieved. They are simply
made for one another. With collars
that reach high up over the chin and
hats that come far down over the brow
there is no chance for the winters cold
to reach anything but the eyes that
laugh at 1t.
Many furs made up In many ways
are used for these small neckpieces A
very practical set is shown In the pic
ture and two views Of It are given in
order that Its good points may be seen
and appreciated. The collar is soft
and shaped to rest on the chest and
shoulders. It fastens at the back with
hooks and eyes and widens at the front.
1t is roomy SO that the chin and mouth
may easily be covered by 1t when the
head is bent downward.
The small hat with visor front is cov-
cred with narrow grosgrain ribbon put
on in rows Of scant rufies. Along one
edge Of the ribbon there is tiny silk
cord wound with silver thread. 1t
gives the effect of beaded edge on
the ribbon with the appearance Of the
smallest steel beads set very little dis
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Retailer, Consumer
Beet sugar. 81 90 per 100 lbs. 9 to 10c per lb
Flour:
(All wheat-
4S-lb. sack. .$27O to s2.75 $3.50 to $500
Can wheat-
24-lb. sack. 1.SO to lao 15O to 100
(Mixed)-
4S-lb. sack. $50 to $50 2.7O to 2.SO
(MiXed)--
24-lb. sack. 1.SO to 1,S5 lao to las
Navy beans
per lb..... .15 to .1s II to Is
Head rice
per b.. .OS% to .O9h 10 to .12
The prices fixed, several distribu-
tors asserted, practically are the same
as those now charged by majority of
the grocers. Mr.. Mccormack said that
they also are approximately the same
as those which will be adopted in all
ether centers throughout the state.
IIe said that the government control
plans will provide for fluctuations due
to increased freight rates and that the
schedule will be subject to revision at
any time.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

runce upart. The visor ID faced with
the ribbon, which is In navy blue. At
the front there Is fiat bell-shaped
flower made Of the fur, with leaves and
stem made Of the ribbon and tiny sill
yer cord. The fur used In this set is
gray squirrel. Moleskin, kOllnsky, er.
mine, mink and Hudson seal are liked
for these sets.
The hat and neckplece pictured are
Joined by veil Of gray silk mesh with
one small figure embroidered on It.
This narrow veil Is sewed to the
collar and to the hat at the base of
the crown. Small sailor hats, with
soft crowns, made Of taupe vel.
vet and trimmed with q narrow round
band Of moleskln ending In two balls
Of the fur are worn with a moleskIn
collar and veil of -taupe-colored silk
mesh is the tie that binds hat and coll
lar inseparably.
A fur-trlmmed hat, made Of velvet
and metal lace appears at the bottom
Of the picture. 1t has band Of mar
tin about the crown with cluster of
bright hued metallic flowers near the
front. 1t is to be worn with a scarf
or cape of martin fur.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Brazil yearly produces shout $1,000
metric tons SNsugar.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10
MAKES STUDY OF DROUGHTS
State University Expert Hopes Soon
to- Tell When Spell Of Dry
Weather is Approaching.

1t probably will be possible to pre-
dict droughts with fair degree of &C
curacy within few years, DR.. Charles
A. Shull of the University of Kansas
believes, after a years work in the
governments new effort to discover
what droughts are made of and how
to lessen their harmfulness. Doctor
Shull has charge Of the governments s
drought observatory at the University
and is now classifying the daily OBJ
servations for the station for the nine
months ending November 30. In that
time the evaporation was 56.378 inches,
and the rainfall 1876 inches. The an
nual rainfall in Eastern Kansas is
about thirty-six inches.
The weather bureau Is making an
effort to establish at least one such
observatory In each state. Two were
established in Kansas In the fall of
1916, one at the university, the other
at Tribune. The evaporation at Trib-
une has run one to tow inches month
more than at Lawrence.
'If drought forecasts become prac
tical they will enable growers to les
sen drought evils by cultivation that
mulches the soil and lessons evapor
ation," says Doctor Shull. "The prob
lem is to eliminate evaporation from
the soil and Jet the moisture be evap-
GRATED through the growing plants.
Kansas gets enough rain to raise
much larger crops
4 X X
No Milk Famine In Kansas.-Kan-
sas Is to be spared milk famine, such
as Eastern states have suffered, ac-
cording to dairymen, who have ex.
pressed themselves as highly pleased
with the reduction of thirty cents a
hundred in the price of bran, which
was announced Christmas morning by
Food Administrator Innes. Men who
had contemplated selling their dairy
herds because of the high cost of feed
have changed their minds.
X X X
Lawrence Remembered Poor.-One
hundred and forty-four half-bushel
baskets of food were distributed
among the poor of Lawrence by the
Salvation Army and Social Service
League. In addition clothing was dis
tributed.
4 4 X
Snanked a 4OLYear.OId Woman
"That woman got one good spanking"
said H. w. Cook in Justice Wagstaffs
court at Salina when he was fined $19
for spanking with a piece Of pine
board Mrs. Omega Clemons, 40 years
old, a neighbor She had borrowed
Cooks horse and he said she mistreat-
ed 1t.
* x X
Another Bank Shows LoyaIty.-By
unanimous vote of the stockholders
the name of the German National
Bank of Northern Kansas at Belolt
was changed to the Union National
Bank. This bank was organized May
S, 1903, and on its last call had de.
posits of $1,3O4 ,SO4.79.
Appointed Farm Apent.-Prof. r.
Kenny, an Instructor at the State Agri-
cultural College at Manhattan for sew.
eral years, has been named as farm
agent for Geary and Riley counties
and will take up his new work at once
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Appointed Farm Agent.-Prof. R.
Kenny, an instructor at the State Agri-
cultural College at Manhattan for sew.
eral years, has been named as farm
agent for Geary and Riley counties
and will take up his new work at once
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Another Bank Shows Loyalty.-By
unanimous vote of the stockholders
the name of the German National
Bank of Northern Kansas at Belolt
was changed to the Union National
Bank. This bank was organized May
S, 1903, and on its last call had de.
posits Of $1,304,804.79.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10

Wichita Had Building Boom.-Oil
did for Wichita in year what a dozen
wheat crops could not have done.
More than million dollars in building
permits were taken out in 1917, ac-
cording to the report of the fire mar
shaPs office.
Il <
Would Build New SchooI.-Mayor
w. H. Thompson of Junction City has
called a special election for January
Is for the purpose of voting on the is
suance of bonds aggregating 100000
for the erection of two new school
buildings In Junction City.
Meade County news., 1918-01-10
KANSAS FOOD PRICES FIXED
Federal Administration Takes Initial
Step. for Regulating Charges by
Wholesalers and Retailers.

The initial step of the federal food
administration toward regulating food
charges in Kansas was made recently
when forty representatives of whole.
sale and retail food distributors in
Kansas City, Kan, met at the Cham
Der Of Commerce and adopted maxi
mum charge schedule for several food
stuffs. The action was ordered by
Walter P. innes of Wichihta, state food
administrator. R. o. Mccormack, dep,
uty state food administrator, presided
at the conference
A schedule termed fair food prices"
was arranged and adopted and will be
effective Immediately. The schedule
includes charges to be made to the re-
tailers and to consumers. Efforts by
wholesalers to evade the schedule are
to be reported to the federal food ad-
ministration, and, as wholesalers OPP
crate under federal licenses in selling
sixteen Of the leading food necessities,
little difficulty is anticipated in en-
forcing the schedule.
Representatives of the retailers were
informed that all grocers will be re-
quired to post the schedules in their
stores and that patrons will be urged
to report overcharges to the local food
administration officials. A price fix
ing commission was named and this
body will meet on Monday and Thurs
day nights to issue revised price
schedules when necessary. The fol-
lowing prices were fixed:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-27
LET SHEEP CRAZE in PARKS
Good Idea Both From Financial Stand
I point and In Improved Appear
IT, : ance4 OF the Grass.

For many years European cities
nave turned out flocks Of sheep, NUM-
cipally owned to Craze in their parks.
The sheep is one Of the best Of lawn
mowers. It crops closely, yet not too
closely, insuring that SMOOTH
effect which delights the eye. And
grazing sheep, as we'll as well-trim-
med lawns, are highly ornamental.
The city Of Denver, keenly aware OF
thesnecessity for the utilization Of all al
available land in the production OF
foodstuffs, has decided to purclfaseNno
fewer, than 5000 sheep to NOV its
park lawns next year. The agricul.-
tural experts have decided that where
the grass is heavy and we'll rooted
three sheep 70 the acre can be- easily
maintained. They will buy ewes ready
for lambing, according to plans, and
will make a handsome profit upon the
mutton and wool. 3eS@
There are $50 cities in the United
States with populations in excess OF
10000, and practically every one OF
these cities has hundreds of acres OF
park land. These park :acreages, the
government believes, could easily
maintain 100000 sheep each summer.
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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WILL BE PROTECTED

Some ago Weekly the Commission Of Public
giving civil rights the soldiers and sailors under
passed lately which az
with business
suit and foreclosure while they
negecs to OF his soldier
quietly done effective
just been brought about
the attention
necessity that soldier sailor be incon-
while he is in the service that his de-
subjected to annoyance whatever
"
immortal the
German air raid London Mrs
Americans will the
will add fuel to the
convicted assault and fined for
the When
ont when she won't she
won't and a. ont" ~
railroads he sympathize with
the fellow buys it's
in the upkeep 49, |-.~ -, x hE2
worries
in it's getting the things eat
-1
married his mohernaw in order to avoid the
draft, evidently of
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Helps
TO DlSTRlBuT GARDEN CROPS
deposition sof Vacant Lot Produce In
Cities Will Be systepatized This
nj Coming Season.

sE In every city where the vacant lot
gardening movement received atten-5
ton the past summer-and the num-
Der is represented most accurately by
an atlas of the United States there
has been In full sway a. movement hav-,
Ing in view the preservation and con-
servation and wise distribution of the
abundant crops produced. Demon
STATIONS In drying, canning and pre-
serving Of fruits and garden produce
were given all summer from one end
Of the land to the other, SO there seems
little danger OF the wastage or loss of
the city lands abundance. And that
is not all. s 3.&;:
# City officials and civic organizations
have actively concerned themselves
with plans for next year. Fail plow-
Ing was provided for. Needed enrich
ment OF the soil and the securing and
proper distribution Of fertilizers are
being considered. More systematic and
more thoroughgoing methods for the
direction and handling Of the city gar
dening movement are being worked
out. In word, the thought and In
tent Of the city jewellers Of the United
States are for "a still more abundant
harvest next season from the vacant
lots and waste places Of the congested
communities.
The men and women Of American
cities, Joining hands with the men and
women Of American farms, are quiet
" and consistently setting about to
prove that it is not yet possible to
starve the civilized world, much less
America, while soil and rain and sun
shine last. Mac Lean Libbey in Col
lier's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-27
KNOWING What You Want.

The girl who always knew what she
wanted would be too wise for, her
years Often when she is surest if
she were left to follow her own path
1t would mean bitter disappointment.
It is well for girl if she has. faith
enough in those who have her welfare
at heart, to believe what seems rather
hard on the face Of it, that they know
what she wants better than she knows
herself.-Girl's Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-27

moher-nlaw order avoid the
draft sufe froma any of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-27
LENRooT IS LOYAL

of Irvine Lenoot to fill the vacant ron
1t is the only logical outcome
that Wisconsin is
thoroughly well absolutely loyal ana
1910 II
elected by total vote
238537 against their Democratic
sentiment
Republicans and - l
of Republican sentiment
Republican nominee for president
political principles the state stands In view
that Wisconsin prefers the ana
gounu
senate at the special eiecln
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that worries most of
Hooverizing business; getting things eat
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-30
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