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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-26
The Farmers NurSeru Co.

Established 1864. Incorporated 1890
Capital 100000. 1900 acres in cultiva-
ton. We grow everything IN the nur-
sery line. Write for catalog and
prices on high grade pedigreed MUIR
sery Stock, true to name a speciality
Walton, Boom County, Ky.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
EARE1taI !
RlUfI 1T
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PREPARE HOUSE FOR WINTER
Fowls Withstand Cold Air Much Bet
ter Than Impure-VentiIation Of
Much Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Hens can withstand cold air much
better than impure air. Don't shut
the poultry house up tight at night to
keep out the cold unless ventilation Is
provided. Hens will thrive better-and
lay more eggs-if they have plenty Of
pure air; not draughts. 1t is as neces-
s;,ry to fowls as clean water and good
food. ..e
When hens are confined in badly
ventilated houses, as is sometimes the
case in cold weather, they lose vital
ity, produce fewer eggs, and often be-
come sick and stop laying. Good ven
t!ation is needed also to keep the
house dry. In cold weather moisture
collects on the walls and roof in u
poorly ventilated house, making it very
uncomfortable for the poultry to live
in. when the temperature rises this
moisture trickles down s;,turating the
air :lnd making the litter on the floor
wet.
If the house is not OyercrOWtled am,
j. il>;tl!;iciently ventilated for only Il
day il Geld weather, no great harm is
done. In an overcrOwded house cOndi-
ti.'l% become ins:initary in Il few hours;
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
DAIRY COWS BRING SUCCESS
Prosperity Follows Closely in thu
Wake Of the Boil Weevil in
Southern Communities.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
The story of how tie dairy COW
came to the rescue of a section OF
southern Mississippi which had be
come badly in debt and greatly dis.
couraged by unsuccessful attempts to
grow cotton after the arrival of the
devastating boil wecyil is told by
dairy specialists Of the United States
department Of agriculture.
For many years the section men.
toned had continued to grow cotton.
The boil weevil reached the district in
1908 and began to show its effects. the
following year. The year in which,
the weavil appeared, the community
produced 31,812 bales Of cotton, but
the next year receipts fell to 1878
bales. In 1910 the crop was $3.50,
and in 1911 only 3,16S. The farmers
continued to grow cotton in hopes that
the weevil would leave their section,
but their efforts gave less and less
promise. They could no longer bor-
row money on the prospective cotton
crop and We're forced to mortgage their
farms to the limit.
Finally the decline in the rural dis
tricts was reflected in the nearby city.
4 cotton and wooden mill gave up OPP
eratiOns. Everywhere business was
affected, and the whole region faced
financial ruin. The business men be-
came thoroughly aroused to the situa-
ton and began advocating the produc-
ton of other crops in place of cotton.
Through their efforts, the farmers at
tempted to grow peanuts, cane, melons,
sweet potatoes and other crops, but
because the soil had become depleted
in fertility and on account of lack of
experience in producing ana market
ing the new crops, these attempts
proved to be failure. There We're a
few razorback hogs in the county, but
little corn on which to fatten them.
There were also a few scrub cows,
which led some enterprising citizens
to believe that the dairy industry could
be developed, and as a result local
creamery was built at cost Of $500.
1t failed, however within a year, and
although a second effort was made to
start it the result was the same.
At this juncture the United States
department of agriculture and the
State Agriculture college became in
terested in the problem and dairy
specialist was sent to the community.
After making a thorough study Of
local problems, he interested many of
the farmers in the growing Of such
crops as would furnish feed for dairy
cows. Legumes and corn were the
crops best adapted to support the
dairy COW as well as to build up the
soil and keep it clean Of weeds. He
succeeded, after some opposition, in
getting Is silos built before the end
Of the first summer. He arranged
meetings and campaigns on dairy sub
jects. He encouraged farmers to
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
HN@4H|igg(I}R{n1aI1A
GaQQIaRz !|8!
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ROADS
Philadelphia Board Of Trade Asks Sec
rotary Baker to Cooperate in
Construction.

The Philadelphia Board Of Trade
has asked the cooperation of Secre-
tary Of War Baker in obtaining ma
tional system of highways to accommO-
date the large and growing motortruck
traffic. This method of transportation
has done much to solve the congestion
on the railroads, but men all over the
country agree that our crazy-quilt road
system has impaired the efficiency Of
the motortrucks at least 40 per cent.
1t is estimated that the 100000 motor
trucks in the country are used to only
GO per cent of their capacity; or, in
other words, if $4,000 motortrucks
were used to their full capacity We
would be obtaining as much service as
we are now getting out Of 100000.
At the last meeting Of the Philadel-
phia Board of Trade, Miers Busch,
chairman of the municipal affairs COM
mittee, advocated national system of
motor roads extending from Boston to
Washington, made Of concrete and
wide enough to accommodate four or
five lines of vehicles. This report was
sent to all of the councils Of defense
in the different states along the Allan
tic coast, to the governor Of each state,
to the United States Chamber of Com
Iner"e, to the war Industries board and
to b. NJ Baruch, chairman Of the waI
industries board; and they were asked
10 cooperate with this body in having
congress adopt such Il system as wal
measure, and to have this system put
into immediate operation.
The letter of the board of trade to
Secretary Baker emphasizes such a
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Cows and Calves Of Good Stock.
weigh and test the milk from each
cow once a month, and in this way
they were enabled to weed out the un-
profitable animals. The creamery was
reOpened, and by proper management
and an increased supply Of milk from
the community the attempt proved to
DE very successful. Many farmer cot
ton growers became full-nedged dairy
men and are now making a greater
profit than they ever had made. The
business men in the town are becOm-
ing enthusiastic, and local bankers,
though Skeptical at first, are now sup
porting the movement and are prOvid-
ing funds for the purchase Of better
dairy cattle.
The work of improvement in the
community has spread to nearby Sec
tons Of the state. Other creameries
have been established, and from this
beginning, the publication says, the
dairy COW has gradually won her way
to prominence in the section where
''King Cotton" had ruled for years.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
How a Hero Died.

He was smiling but>pale, when they
wheeled him ina black-haired youth
of twenty-and he was still smiling
when they tenderly transferred him to
cot after the doctors had counted
seven machine-gun bullet wounds, one
in his ankle, three in his side and
three in his chest. When Y. NJ. c. A.
man brought writing paper through the
ward he took a piece and asked for a
pencil. An attendant found him dead
half an hour later with this beginning
of letter in his hand:
"Dear Mother: We made an attack
on the Germans today and drove them
five miles. l am in hospital to-
night. am slightly wounded in the
leg"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
ROADS KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR
Ten Thousand Miles Of Concrete Pave.
ment Have Been Constructed in
the United States.

The amount Of concrete pavements
that have been constructed in the
United States-almost 1OO,O0O,O0O
miles of roads Is feet wide-rcprescnt
public investment Of great value.
Because of the advances in wages and
materials, the cost of replacing these
roads would be much greater now
than when originally constructed.
Therefore, there is urgent need that
they be kept in the best possible con-
dition in order that they may render
perfect service.
If attention is given regularly very
little work is required to maintain
concrete pavements, and in this man
ner the danger Of having to make
costly repairs later is avoided.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
MONEY EXPENDED ON ROADS
Staggering Total Of SOS, $40 Is
Amount Used by Government and
Various States.

The present railroad situation in the
United States has given a great i'm
pctus to the building Of good roads
throughout the country, according to
Popular Science Monthly. The stag
gering total Of soG3,O69,61O is the
amount flat will be expended on high
ways during the current year by the
national government and the different
states. Texas heads the list with an
appropriation Of $25,O00,O00; Illinois
and Indiana vie for second place with
S17.OOO.000 each, while New York
holds only tenth place, with a $10,-
100000 appropriation.
Extensive use Of automotive vehicles
accounts for the demand for coed
roads and the enormous sums devoted
to them during the current year.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Even in IL house properly stocked con
ditinEs at the end Of one day of i'm
pure air are nOticeably bad and, unless
promptly corrected, grow steadily
Worse.
Ventilation to provide pure air and
dryness in poultry house is simply
matter Of keeping doors and Win
dOws open as much as is necessary to
keep the walls dry. Few poultry keep
ers have any difficulty in this until the
temperature goes low enough to freeze
water in the house. Then the tendency
is to close doors and windows to keep
the house warm.
This is the right idea, subject to the
practical limitation that the house
must not be closed 50 tight that the
supply of fresh air is insufficient, and
the circulation of air is retarded to
such an extent that moisture collects
Oh the walls. The proper regulation
OF ventilation iEsures pure air and dry
ness. and keeps the house as warm as
is practicable without the use of arti-
fetal heat. or special provision to alb
serb IN excess OF moisture. The ad-
justm2nt of doors and windows to pro-
vide the conditions required must be
learned by observation.
The general rule is to open doors
and windows as much as is necessary
to keep the house dry in cold weather,
and 10 keep them vice open when wa
ter in the house will not freeze.
Cheap cotton cloth and common bur-
lap are often used in some of the win
doWs Of a poultry house in place OF
glass. Cotton cloth is to he preferred
for This purpose because it is cleaner
AMI admits more light. When both
clctl. and glass windows are used the
is to keep the glass windows closed all
the time; to open the cloth window
wide on clear days and close it as
much rs seems necessary at night and
on stormy days. When the winters
are :: generally mild cotton cloth is some
times used in all windows.
Usually Il house can be run with a
good deal Of ventilation in all but the
very co!dest weather. Birds can stand
quite low temperatures provided their
col,:.,; do net get frosted. Where there
is Hiuch hard freezing weather the
mast effective way that has been found
to keep poultry house warm and dry
is 10 place dry straw or hay, to the
dcpti, Of foot or more. overhead on
fi"or of boards laid as wide apart us
nav he and still hold the straw.
Dry straw will usually absorb all
moisture. and so when it is used the
p"Ui'ry keeper must Judge by the air
i'll the house how much to keep doors
and windows open. 4 breed that will
not stand the temperature when ven
ti'aiion is regulated in this way is not
suited to the climate.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedy.
HALLS sCATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness IS
caused by an inf1amed condition Of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube
When this tube is inflamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor.
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which Is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Read This Slowly-And Think.
Does my life please God?

Am studying my Bible daily?
Am enjoying my Christian life?
Is there anyone cannot forget?
Have ever won soul to Christ?
How much time do spend in pray
er?
Am I trying to bring my friend to
Christ?
Have I ever had direct answer to
prayer?
Is there anything 1 cannot give up
for Christ?
Just where am making my great
est mistake?
Am I doing anything l would con-
denim in others?
How does my life look to those who
are not Christians?
How many things do I put before
my religious duties?
Have l ever tried to give one-tenth
Of my income to the Lord?
How much of my time and money
do give to Christ?
Is the world being made better or
worse by my living in it?
Maryland Tract Society.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
IMPORTANCE OF DAIRY cows
Loss Of Animals in Europe Creates
Heavy Demand for American
Made Products.

''Don't give up the cows" On ac-
count of the efficiency and economy Of
production the dairy COW viii be called
upon more and more as the war con-
tinues, and the loss Of dairy cows in
European countries will result in a
heavy demand for American dairy
products and breeding stock after the
war is over.-Wisconsin University
Press Bulletin.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Milk Is Natures Food.

1t is very. difficult to compare foods
on the basis of mineral matter they
contain, but all psychologists agree
that milk is very valuable from this
standpoint. It is food prepared by
nature especially for the growth and
development Of the young. A quart
Of milk day IS a good allowance for
a growing child.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
TURKEY IS GOOD F0RAGER
When Permitted to Range 1t Picks Up
ineects, Green Vegetation and
Grass Seeds.

IF turkeys have good range, espe-
cialy fran early spring until late in
the fall, they will readily find in
scots. Green vegetation. wect! and grass
seeds and scattered grain that would
otherwise he wasted, quite enough to
kr'p them growing and in coed cond-
ton and hence. during those times
vii; require but little if any additional
food. Raising them in this way the
cost of Hnir maintenance is very
s,,nH. even for the entire year. and It
Is attended with hut little labor.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
PIedoe Aid to Our Country.

Pledge your aid to your country, not
for one single act of patriotism or
sacrifice, but for continuous service
throughout the year and until the end
of the war. Don't think because you
have bought Liberty bond you have
done your full duty. Even if you put
every cent you have into that bond you
have not done your full duty. You
must pledge your future earnings. your
future savings, to the government to
help it win the war.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Bio WASHING.

A Minneapolis laundress, a negro
woman. patriotic supporter of the Red
Cross, was among the thousands who
witnessed recent Red Cross parade
in the Mill city, in which $1,000 white
clad women participated. In telling a
Red Cross worker how she liked it she
said:
'Lawdy, missus, it certainly was a
gram spectacle. Nevah in nah whole
life did see so much washin' at one
time" -Everybody's Magazine.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
How It Is.

"And what are these poor fellows
doing?" asked the would-be social work
er who was being shown through the
prison by an attendant.
ooh, they are making a break for
liberty" answered the guard.
"Why, they seem perfectly dOcile,
sitting around with their hammers and
cracking rocks. How can you say they
are breaking for liberty?"
"Well. you see, ma'am, they know
they gotta break these stones up or
we won't let 'em out
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
PimplY Rashy Skins

Quickly soothed and healed by Cuti-
cura often when all else fails. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint-
ment to soothe and heal. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. <,
Boston" At druggists and by mail
Soap %, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Cleaner Cows and Stables,

Cement floors and the removal Of
manure from the stable daily make for
cleaner cows and stables and milk Of
better quality.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Especially in the Paricr.

"Where there is so much smoke in
the knnSe there is bound to be Il good
deal of ire" observed the almoSI cy:iic
rs he bit down on Il wartime batter
bean. causing his new false teeth to
list heavily to port.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
i!-a for Waste Products

I,;,l use should he made Of. waste
pr.r'.irts from the kitchen. the table
and lhe foods on the farm range. for
s,lch material is excellent food for
aN :;.s e poultry and will help to
chi t;,,..u III" expense of feeding.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Time to Use Road Drag.
If the roadway is full Of holes or bad
~ rotted the drag should be used once
when the road is soft and slushy.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Bankrupt!

Everything she had went at auc-
ton
"Public sale?"
"No; bridge"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Try Freezone! Your druggist sells
tiny bottle for q few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle Of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freez0ne is the
discovery of a noted Cincinnati genius.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Defined.

'Pop, is a benignant tumor kind
one?" Eyes; the kind you don't want
to get"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Repair When Needed.

Repairs to roads should be made
when needed, and not once year
after crops are laid by.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

When Drag Does Best Work.
When the soil is moist, but not
sticky. the drag does the best work.
The road will bake if the drag is used
on it when it is wet.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

About 100000 acres of land is
given over to tobacco cultivation in
the world.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Lots of men spend half their time
complaining Of life'S brevity and the
other half in trying to kill time.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Granulated Eyelids. Sites. Inhamed Eyes
relieved over night by Roman Eye Balsam.
One trial proves its merit Adv.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Motortruck Carrying MIX to Market.
system of highways as war measure
and asks his cooperation in this mat
ter.
The board has learned through re
liable information that many of the
army motortrucks have had to make
detours of many miles because of i'm
passable roads, which was an expense
both as to wear and tear on trucks anc
the cost of gasoline.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
KAISER IN Different POSE
"AiI Highest" Beginning to Realize He
Is Not the Bold, Bad Man He
Thought He Was.

"Tne kaiser's whining speech on the
fourth anniversary of the war; said
Senator Myers of Montana. declares
that Germany's sole aim is to live at
peace with peaceful neighbors.
'aThe kaiser started the world war
in a different spirit. Four years ago
the kaiser thought himself a very
bold, bad mana world destroyed. Yes,
the kaiser thought he was second
Redface Leary.
"A preacher interrupted an alter
cation that Redface was conducting
one afternoon in front of the Tin Can
saloon.
"'My dear Redface,' said the preach
er, don't you know that you should
love your enemies?
"Redface, twirling his slx-shoot-
err round his thumb carelessly replied:
"'That's a thing l can't do, par
son.
"'Why not, my dear Redface; why
not?' said the parson, warmly.
"T amt got no enemies to love-
said Redface. 4 shot the last one be-
fore dinner"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

When Baby Is Teething
GROVES BABY BOWEL MEDICINE will correct
tho Stomach and Bowel troubles Perfectly harm
less, See directions on the bottle.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Cow Is Important Factor.

Cow Is Important Factor.
It is we!l-knOwn fact that the dairy
cow is most important factor in the
maintenance of the fertility Of our
soils.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

NeN Zealand Roads.
New Zealand is going extensively
into the erection Of concrete roads, be-
cause the cost of upkeep is SO low.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05
Something Of the Sort

He-"He has the earnarkS OF a
great muSician.' She-'.\re ali my
siciuns marked on the ears"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Young goslinss, like ducklings.
must I've supplied w!.i. sharp sand
In son:e form.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

It's a poor baseball field that has 10
flies on it.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

Cow Must Have Proper Food.
No COW is capable Of doing her best
without proper food.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

LESSON TEXT-Genesis 12:1-9
GOLDEN TEXT-Be thou a blessing
Genesis 1872
DEVOTIONAL READING-Hebrews Il:
Ito.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
observation-disclosures 11:27-32: Hebrews
u:S-10.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27
KEEP BUYING SAVINGS STAMPS.

The fact that a drive is under ay to sell the issue of Third Lib- erty Bonds is no reason for a stacking of determination to pur- chase War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. The buying of tn sse stamps should not interfere with the subscription to Liberty Bonds, but there are a number of persons who are not able to buy Liberty Bonds, but who can, never theless, invest small amounts un- der $50. This is especially true of children and working girls. If they have as small an amount as 25 cents, they can be doing their part to help finance the war if they invest this in War Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

Special Evangelistic services at the assembly of God tabernacle, south of town near the Moody store, are being conducted by Evangelists O'Neal of Oklahoma and Bosworth of Texas. Eyange- list O'Neal conducted serylces here last October with splendid results. Evangelist Bosworth is a splendid soloist, trombonist and choir leader as well as preacher Services each night at D. m. (new time ) Good music and singing are special features of these services. Every body cordially invited all are well come.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27
Methodist Church Services.

The following services will be held at Union church Sunday: Sun day school at 1000 a. m. Preach ing at a. m. and 800 p. m. by the pastor. Junior League at 500 p. m. EpWorth League at zoo p. m. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all to attend these services.
 Rev. A. TURRENTlkE, Pastor.