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The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
Tag Your
Shovel Day

As all aid to the educational
campaign to save coal. the United
States Fuel Administration has
decided on January 80, 1918, as
national "Tag-Your-S Shovel
Day" On that day school child
rem will tie tags, bearing instruct
ions for coal saving, to every shovel
in the country This tag should
remind each man, women and
child who uses coal shovel that
every shovelful Of coal saved means
just so much additional power and
and help and support for the Am
erican soldier and sailor on the
firing line.
c. M. Shannon, Fual Admins
traitor for Arizona. is asking every
teacher to make frequent talks to
the children, pointing out the
great good that Will result II every
child does it's part. and also talks
on coal conservation in general.
The valuable help rendered by
school children throughout the
country in the last Liberty Loan
drive shows that much good can
be accomplished through them,
and if all will heed the advice
printed on the tags to be put on
every shovel by the school children
on "Tag-Your hovel-Day,,
it will aid materially in making up
the shortage of coal, estimated at
5O,OOO,OOO tons by U. S. Fuel
Administrator.
H. A. Garfield.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
Agent Wanted

Responsible party to act as sales
man at Benson for Chino Valley
Oil & Mining Co. stock. Low cap
italizatiou. The pioneer Chino
Valley oil company. Good propo-
sition to right parties. Address
Box 48O, Jerome, Arizona.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
New Mailing System

An eight foot sorting table that
revolves so fast the onlookers get
seasick is the latest war measure"
adopted in the big mail room of the
Southern Pacific Company at IS
Market street, San Francisco. Pri-
ority orders, war tax regulations,
war board circulars, and othe mat
tiers incident to the tremendous
activity of the railroads, has become
such that the largest private mail
ing establishment On the coast could
not digest the flood by ordinary
means.
An eight foot table was fitted up,
by Foreman H. c. Schmidt so that
it revo1ves three times minute.
When sheets of mail matters are to
be assembled irto sets, as in the
case of tariff sheets, etc. ,12 clerks
get around the table and assemble
90 sets a minute or one every
second, grabbing up the sheets as
they come around. An average of
10000 pieces of matter are assemb-
led daily.
Girl clerks at work on the table
grew seasick at first watching the
constantly revolving surface, bul
they gradually became accustomed
to it, and now they laugh at some of
the equilibrium tests invented by
the aviation experts.
Just received a letter from cor
poral w. B. K1einz he says in
bart:
I spent three weeks at Leon
Springs in stall1ng a new telephone
switch board, they are butting in
a whole new system.
I have been transferred to the
Signal Depot Repair Shop in San
Antono My duties consist of re-
duilbing old switch boards tele-
phones 1t is considered one of the
best positions the Unlisted man can
get, we are allowed $3.50 for
board and room and live in town
just like regular fellow. we don t
have to rebort at our company
quarters at all and the eats are
some fine, Beats army meats all
hallow. / am at a nice private
house close to my work.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
Notice of Stockholders Annual
Meeting of
Cochise County State Bank

The regular annual meeting of
the Stockholders of the Cochise
County State Bank will be held at
the Tombstone office On Tuesday
January 22nd. 1918, at 1920 A. M.
for the purpose of electing Direc-
tors for the ensuing year and for
the transaction of such other busi-
ness as may come before it.
M. w. SMITH, Cashier.
Dec. 18. 1917.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
Are Your Sewers Clogged ,

The bowels are the sewerage sys-
tenn of the body. You can we'll
imagine the result when they are
stopped up, as is the case in con-
stipation. AS purgative you will
find Chamberlain's Tablets excel
lent. They are mild and gentle in
their action. They also improve
the digestion.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12

Gather up the. old junk about
your place and bring it to Denney
and get some Christmas money,
and at the same time clean up your
premises.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12

First-class boot and shoe repair
ing promptly done at Benson Sad
die and Harness Shop. Moderate
prices.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-12

Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. VIM. Lamb, next door
% Denney's second hand store.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
viii You Do Your Share to Keep This
"Hand of Mercy" at It's Work?


relief other
from the banking of the fund has available
81 contributed
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15

VOUR Red Cross is an alI-American, largely volun-
teer organization, authorized by Congress- headed
by President Wilson, audited by, the War Department.
enthusiastically approved by your Army, your Navy,
and your Allies.
The work covers both military and civilian relief
every wartorn Allied country and full reports of all
expenditures are continually being published
available through Chapters.
It stands behind boys in training here "over
there"
Itwatches beside the pillows of battlebroken men, and
respite from the front.
1t carries food and clothing to hungered mothers and
little ones in ruined villages
helps rebuild the scattered pile of brick and stone
they once called Home"
1t brings back to the hopeless mothers arms her long
lost child
helps for the orphans of the who died that
civilization might live
helps for the thousands that have fallen prey to
dread tuberculosis.
It noby represents in deeds of mercy, relief, and
restoration the ROre than twenty million members that
have made its great work possible.
The record., 1918-03-07
IMPROVING the
1918 WHEAT CROP
Top Dress With Manure and Fer
tilizer and Increase the
Yield.

The bureau Of crop estimates of the
United States department OF agricul-
ture reports an increase OF four per
cert III the acreage Of falI-sown wheat,
as compared with that sOWn In the fall
OF 1916. This would be highly en-
couraging, We're it not for the fact
that much Of this is in poor condition,
is in fact ten per cent under the aver
age condition of the last ten years. Tn
less the coming spring is remarkably
favorable for the development of win
ter wheat, the 1913 crop will be even
smaller than that Of 1917.
We have hut one more chance for
increasing our 1913 bread-grain crop,
and this is by tOp-dressing either with
fertilizer or with manure. In the lat
ter case the work may be done at once,
the manure being spread thinly and
evenly, preferably with the manure
spreader. Manure so used protects
the wheat from winter injury, and at
the same time stimulates growth in
the cold weather Of early spring. Every
day gained at this season is just so
much crop insurance.
When fertilizer is used it must be
applied just as growth starts in the
early spring. 1t is then that available
plant food is most needed, and when
it is most efficient in causing the
plant to "tiller out" and increase the
number OF seed-bearing stems. Ferti-
lizer used at this time may change
crop failure to crop success, and is
certain to give results when the wheat
was sown late, or when it was sown
with an insufficient supply Of plant
food,
The record., 1918-03-07

treatment is continued for long time
the animal may become permanently
stunted.
Stunning an animal as the result Of
insufficient food may be only tempo
rary condition. An animal does not
lose it's capacity to grow as the result:
of stunting. T.. B. MumforG. dean Of
the Missouri College OF Agriculture,
cites 4 feeding test at the Missouri ex-
gJ1TiL1ehG stntfon IN IylIlsli an animal
that had been stunte6 by poor feeding
10 such an extent that it weighed only
200 pounds at twelve months OF age,
gained Sal pounds during the second
year. Only Sc pounds of grain for
each pound Of gain made were re-
quired on this steer Stunted during the
first twelve months. A steer that had
been generously fed during the first
twelve months of his life gained only
500 pounds during the second twelve
months, and this gain was more expen-
sive than the gain made on the stunted
steer. The amount of grain required
to make a pound Of gain on the we'll
fed steer was 9.8 pounds.
It is certain that stunting an animal
leVen for so long a period as twelve
months does not destroy it's capacity
TO grow.
The record., 1918-03-07
GAINS MADE FEEDING LAMBS
Result of Test at South Dakota Station
to Determine Value Of Alfalfa
and Prairie Hay.

; The best gains ever secured at the
South Dakota experiment station in
feeding lambs was in an experiment
to determine the comparative value
IIof alfalfa and prairie hay with the
same kind OF grain ration.
The grain ration consisted Of mix
,ture Of 100 pounds of oats, 100 pounds
lof shelled corn and 25 pounds Of oil
meal.
Each lot was started on one pound
lper head Of the mixture daily, and 10.
creased until they were receiving tws
and one-tenths pounds per head Of
grain daily, and what hay they would
eat.
The average daily gain per head for
ithe lot that received the alfalfa hay
was 81 of pound, while with the lot
that received the prairie hay, the aver
age daily gain per head was .3S OF n
pound.
The record., 1918-03-07
FOOD PRODUCTION ENDANGERED
BY FREIGHT EMBARGoES.

During the last weeks Of December.
1917, absolute embargoes were placed
on rail shipments of phosphate rock
reported in the daily press, yet few
people realized it's true significance. II
the embargo continues it will force the
closing of many fertilizer factories all
over the United States, and will render
impossible maximum production OF
food crops so badly needed in these
times of war. An embargo Of this kind,
necessary though it be, vitally affects
the handspring OF our national welfare.
The first big effect of such an em-
barge is to cause the closing OF all de-
partments of many fertilizer plants.
However, the big effect Of this en-
barge on rock phosphate movement is
on the farm itself, where fer
tilizer is needed for the work of food
production. Labor is short, greater
production can only be secured through
higher acre yields produced by using
what labor we have on land SO ferti
lized as to make it productive. In this
light, then. q continued embargo on
rock phosphate, however necessary it
may be from the transportation view
point is Il great national calamity. 1t
affects both, our agricultural produc-
ton and the ability of our country
to win the war speedily and certainly.
What can you do to help? Many
things!
Order spring supplies now-fertiliz-
ers and farm machinery; feeds and
seeds; lime, and other needed ma
terials.
Unload as soon as the car arrives,
taking from the car whenever possible.
Do your part now, and trust that. the
other man will also do his. This is the
spirit of true cooperation, and is the
only solution CT GiGculties caused By
freight congestion, -. ---..-.
The record., 1918-03-07
A VALUABLE TEAM

Wellbred
profitable when conditions
their
properly handled.
Study the picture closely Is the Importance organic matter
lage sufficient handling
the Seed the control of disease exaggerated?
The wheat the
will
attention paid the Of the SOIL the han
ding Of the seed the Of Diseases the bigger the yield OF
twodoabuhei wheat commercial fertilizers will produce If they
applied sufficient suitable analysis
up
of horses remember that
Remember
profitable beyond cotlol still further
the work
to the more | II:
fertilizers
of hOrs @'Hfi
the yield Recall fUrtheir
valuable work the
broken Fertilizers will
profitable
worth
for the fertilizer ""'n" and If will
profits to Topae~s
tilZer
The record., 1918-03-07

using it in the trenches? Every sci
dier On going to th1 firing line takes
With him "nn or more iFs!:ldp bags
During the day. as the cnlhanknlGnts
are worn down by continuutS shell
fire, these bags are filed with earth
or sand and then at nightfIll are
thrown up to repair the parapet.
Here it is not question of convent
ence-it is question OF necessity.
The boys in the trenches must have
first call on the burlap supplies.
The larger bags even have certain
advantages. When emptied they may
he used TO carry crops fFom the field
to the bin or crib a o1epaund bag
hollis two bushels OF fektiSes Yc,y
few men eyer carry two sacks OF po-
tatOes in q single tTil even JA0lgh
each sack contains out one Duanel.
On the other hand most men can cas-
lily carry two bushels when they are
in the same bag, and hence do this
part of their work more rapidly. So
it happens that the large bag becomes
a very real labor saver, and this at Il
time when ail farmers must cut cor
hers to make most productive q labor
supply all too short.
There are other advantages for the
larger bag. 1t is much more useful
as wrapping material than are the
smaller sizes. 1t can be cut up for
packing purposes, and used in other
ways. Once farmer becomes aecus-
toned to this size he never returns to
the smaller sizes. Whole states In the
south have for years used nothing but
the 200-pound size.
The record., 1918-03-07
Trench warfare
DEMANDS BURLAp
To Save Burlap, Fertilizers and
Other Commodities Must Be
Shipped in Large Sized
Bags.

Jute for burlap comes from India
that is it used to. Just now this all
important fiber either stays in India,
or on it's way to our shores gets no
further than the European battlefront.
Because of the resulting shortage fer
tilizers have to be shipped in large
bags, ten to the ton, instead of u, 1G.
and even 20 to the ton, as was form
erly the common practice. To men
unaccustomed to handling these heav-
ier packages this means Inconvenience
and even actual hardship.
Using the larger bags economies
burlap-in fact saves 15 million yards
for more urgent needs. What farmer
would not be glad to share this in
convenience if he but realized that
one Of the big reasons for the hurlar
shortage is that our soldier boys arr
The record., 1918-03-07
ASSIST GOVERNMENT BY
ORDERING ALL YOUR
FARM SUPPLIES NOW

The great need of the railroads Just
now is cars, and more cars-that it
may care for normal traffic and assure
The extra burden Of troop and NUM-
ton movements. But it cannot get
more cars over night, or tomorrow,
or the next day. Thus it must try
to make its cars carry mOre-make
one car do the work which two cars
did before the war. This is where you
can help.
When u dealer gets an order for
farm supplies,smachinery, feed or coal,
he holds it until he gets more to 60
with it-if he has time. If you get your
orders in early this year, you will make
the dealer happy, facilitate transporta-
tion, aid the government, and help
yourself by insuring delivery before
the time when goods are needsd.
The record., 1918-03-07
Reinforce With Fertilizer.

Manure is weak in the element
phosphorus, and benefits immensely
from the addition of phosphOric acid.
BY adding about one-half 4 sack Of
acid phosphate to each ton of manure,
the Ohio experiment station increased
the crop producing value of ton
of manure at least 80 per cent.
The plant food in ordinary manure
is only about three-ffths as effective AS
the plant food of commercial fertilizer.
For this reason manure should always
be supplemented with available fertil-
izer so that crops may be given quick
start In the early spring.
By handling manure as it should be
handled-supplemen with available
fertilizer and reinforcing it with acid
phosphate-we will be able to make
our present supply Of fertilizer and
manure more effective in the produc-
ton of food crops.
The record., 1918-03-07
STEER RETARDED In GROWTH
Stunting an Animal as Result OF In
sufficient Food May Be Only
Temporary Condition.
VOL. Xxx. NO. 5

Live stock products are the result
Of growth. BY far the largest part Of
increase in animals is the result Of
growth. The younger the animals the
greater the growth impulse. Many
factors influence the tsndency of an
animal to grow. Amons these are age,
condition, CESSATION, lactation and the
quantity and quality OF food. A given
amount Of food will produce more
growth on young animal than on the
same animal at later age. All the
growth factors infl1ence the young an
imal much more p ,werfully than older
animals.
If an animoIs food supply is insult
ficient for normal growth, the animal
may be retarded in growth. If this
The record., 1918-03-07

Manure Reinforced With Fer
tiIizer Gives Largest
Yields.

With the prospect OF decided
shortage of plant food supplies, stable
manure takes on increased fmport&nce
III crop production. It has Iot yet
reached the point where it is W0Yit
from Sc to $40 per ton, as some would
have us believe, but it is certainly
worth enough to justify better care
and attention than it has been get
ting.
So much has been written about the
saving Of manure, but so much yet
remains to be done by the farmer that
we are led to believe the recommends
tiOns have been too complicated to
follow, or else that the gain has not
been worth the price. There are, how
ever, three things which may easily be
done by any farmer, to increase the
crop producing value Of stable manure
on his farm from so to 100 per cent,
and these without any material i'll
crease either in labor or capital.
The Canadian field reports find ton
of fresh manure little more valuable
than Il ton of rotted manure (made
from two tons Of fresh manure).
Therefore, we get twice as much value
from manure when we haul it direct
to the field instead of throwing it into
q barnyard to rot.
The Pennsylvania agricultural ex-
pertinent station found that manure
spread at the rate of six tons per acre
returns 1920 per ton in crop increase.
while when spread at the rate of ten
tons per acre it returns only $2.29 per
ton
The record., 1918-03-07
DAILY EXERCISE FOR STOCK
Horses and Mules Should Be Given
Run for an Hour or So in Lot
! Adjoining Stables.

Horses and mules should have good
daily cardiIg and regular exercise. If
there is nothing for them to do TO-
irun for an !:our or so in a well-fencSd
lot adjoining the stables.
The best and safest fence for pas
ture is of stout woven wire, rail or q
combination board and smooth wire.
Barbed wire should not be used, as it
is dangerous.
The record., 1918-03-07
SUNLIGHT IS BIG ESSENTIAL
Provision fer Admission of Maximum
Amount CT Light in Barn Should
Net Be Overlooked.

No barns W shelters for any kind
or animals should ever be constructed
without making ample provision for
the admission Of the maximum amount
Of sunlight. Such buildings should
have q southern exposure, if possible.
This will provide extra warmth in tho
winter time and the sunlight which is
thus permitted to enter the building
Hiu destroy .naDT disease cerLS.
The record., 1918-03-07
REDUCING SOFT CORN LOSSES.

The 1917 corn crop is very poor in
quality. Much of it is soft, so soft
that it fails to keep in storage. A re-
cent crop report from the United States
Department of Agriculture indicates
an average condition of 75.2 for the
1917 corn crop over against an 81 per
cent average for the last ten yeors
this valuing mature corn at 100.
Early frosts and cold, late growing
seasons are responsible for much of
the soft corn loss in the corn belt. We
cannot control the weather but bv
proper cultural methods, we can hasten
maturity of the corn by from one TO
two weeks, thus ripening the crop be-
fore the arrival of disastrous frosts.
Cutting short the growing season of
the crop seven to fourteen DAYS will
in the majority of cases, make nine
ears out Of ten marketable instead of
two ears out of three as during the
past season.
Proper Varieties Essential.
One great cause for the large amount
of soft corn produced is the planting
of varieties which are not adanted to
climatic conditions under which thev
are grown. In our fervOr for bigger
crops, we have often gone South for
large yielding varieties which reouire
longer growing seasons than Dreyail
in most sections of the corn belt Most
Of these varieties are large-eared and
weigh heavily because they contain q
larger percentage of moisture than orr
northern grown varieties, and fins
mfslead the farmer but not the .rrain
dealer, for much of the grading is done
on q basis of moisture content
Balanced PIantfood Insures Crops.
Perhaps the biggest reason for tha
large amount of soft corn produced in
1917 and in other years, is the lock
of sufficient available pfantrood in the
soil to give the crop quick >,tort to
enable it to take advantage or evnrv
growing day and 10 pruprrl, dI tha
etr5 'und hasten maui7iCy. At otl.r
conditions being equal, the u.sa # s7,f7i-
cient amounts Of well-balaDre,I oroii.
able plantfood will shorten the grow
ing season Of corn crop from fen to
fourteen days. This ten % rnurtoon
days often means Il difference hatu,oo,,
q crop nf marketahlN car. aDL - c,.o,,
which IS hardly W0cfA hcrrgsr,,7.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-24

These are the two chief appeals in
the campaign now being launched by
the United States Fuel Administration
to bring about considerable use of
wood to replace coal in states where
domestic fuel is scarce. OF course, if
you cut wood you do not have to buy
coal and if you have wood piled up yeu
will not worry over coal shortage,
such as is possible through the Flu"
having cut down the production OF AN
thra cite coal.
: New England, in particular, has
much wood available within easy reach
of large centers Of ropulati"n. The
"Cut-a-Cord" Club Of Eeil.Innt six
miles from Boston. was one Of rmalry
similar organizations which proved We
hicleS for wholesome fst# - outdoor
sport and happy sociai eycnin ).
The Forestry service Viii cooperate
with the Fuel Administrators. through
state administrator this winter il To-
eating available supplies q! standing
timber and seeing ila' trees more val
liable for other purposes will not be
felled for tirewood.
II there is not a "Cut-a-Cord" club
In your community, why not organize
one7
Here are some wOodmen's proverbs
from the Forestry Service:
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-24

A cord of hardwood has fuel value
equal to two-thirds of a ton Of hard
coal
Stumps should be cut as low as pos
sible to avoid waste and save future
trouble.
All wood large enough to be made
into stove wood should be used. Split
wood small enough so that one man
can load it on a wagon
Pine should be split smaller than
hardwood so that it may dry out quick
-. Hardwood burns fairly well even
when green.
In cutting original growth forests,
Utilize old trees which are not fiji for
iumber
Cut small trees Of the poorer species.
Cut all dead, diseased, dead-topped,
and otherwise inferior material.
The wood lot will be the better for
the removal of old trees which have
stopped making growth, and of Scared
trees and Stunted growths.
Leave trees that are more valuable
for lumber, ties, or other salable prod
ucts than they are for cordwood.
Leave your thrifty trees Of the bet
ter species below 10 inches In diameter
for the future crop.
Pile wood so that air can circulate
freely through the pile.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-24

blow which will require the most ex-
IRENE efforts Of all available anthra-
cite miners to remedy. Even before
the signing Of the armistice the Fuel
Administration was obtaining the fur
Tough of anthracite miners from the
army to as great an extent as possible
in order to meet the situation.
Few consumers have sufficient an
thracite coal to last them through the
entire winter. If you are one of those
fortunates it is incumbent upon you
to make the supply in your cellar go
as many months as possible in order
that less well supplied households, will
not have to do without.
Aside from the most extreme econ
omy in the use of domestic sizes of an
thracite coal, the Fuel Administration
urges the following measures:
The use Of No. 1 Buckwheat coal to
supplement the larger sizes. Duck
wheat size cannot be used alone.)
The use Of wood to as great an ex-
tent as possible.
The sitting Of ashes to reclaim the
considerable amount Of half-burned or
entirely unburned coal falling through
CRATES.
Weather stripping Of doors and win
dows so that less fuel will be required
for heating.