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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
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This ration would be sufficient for
their needs.
By merely eliminating the excessive
ration, saving of Sll.40 could have
been made and the feed bill reduced very
nearly one half, or from $24 to $l2.60 per
COW.
Satisfactory Rations Cited.
Rations on the fifth farm inspected by
been made and the feed bill reduced very
satisfactory. The bulletin tells of it to
illustrate how farmer may grow emer-
gency forage crops to take the place of
hay when the hay crop is failure.
This farm gao acres is in northeast
ern Kansas. Seventy acres were in corn,
25 in oats, % in wheat, and 100 in pas
ture. Because of the unusually rainy
weather prevailing in that section, the
oats and wheat for the year in which
the record was taken were practically
destroyed and the straw was absolutely
worthless for feeding. To provide for
lack of hay, Is acres of millet and four
of sorghum were grown.
The herd consisted of bull and Is
grade cows, from which 10 calves were
obtained The cows were turned on
stalks Nov. ] and allowed to run there
until spring. They received approximate
ly three acres of stalks, one ton of mil
let hay and one-third of ton of sor-
ghum fodder each. Valuing the millet at
$3.50 ton and the sorghum at S4 ton.
the winter feed cost per COW was $500.
The cows were carried through the en-
tire year for a net cost of $685..
The bulletin strongly recommends that
farmers who raise their own feeder cat.
tie take more pains to find out the needs
Of their animals and feed them accord
Ingly. They are invited to write for ad
vice to their own state experiment sta
tons or the United States department
Of agriculture.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
Sudan Grass Fine for Pasture.

The February Farm and Fireside, the
national farm paper published at Spring
field, Ohio says:
AS pasture grass, Sudan grass is
just coming into popularity. 1t viii pas
ture moreg rass to the acre than native
grass. The feeding value of Sudan grass
is not equal to that of alfalfa, but it is
much higher than that OF prairie grass.
Poisoning from Sudan grass is rare.
large acreage was pastured in 1917,
but only a few cases of poisoning were
reported in the United States. As a. hay
crop Sudan is excelled only by legumi-
nous crop such as alfalfa rclover In
a good season three cuttings may be had,
yielding together two to four tons to the
acre"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
BEEF cow FEEDING.
Use of Farm By-Products in Place OF
Expensive Rations Reduces Winter
Feed Costs.

In bulletin No. 6l5, THE Economical
: Winter Feeding of Beef Cows in thu
Corn Belt" United States department o
agriculture Investigators cite conditions
on five farms in support of their argu
ments that winter feed costs may BIZ
largely reduced, without detriment IL
The cows or calves, through greater use
of farm by-products in rations.
Avoid feeding excessively, avoid costly
rations, use more cheap roughages, such
as straw and corn slower, feed silage
where conditions make it more economi.
cal than corn fcdder-this is advice in
the bulletin.
Would Eliminate Excessive Amount of
Corn.
The first farm used as an example is
3n east central Iowa The breeding herd
consisted of a grade bull and % grade
cows, from which 90 calves were OBJ
tained. The cows were given excessive
amounts Of high priced feed for both of
the years for which records were pro-
cured says the bulletin.
They were turned on stalks Nov. Is.
Winter feeding began few days later
and lasted until May l, when the cows
were again turned on pasture. During
the l65-day interval each COW received
the following:
Stalks, ] Is acres, at 81 an acre.
Fodder, 2-5 acre at $50 an acre.
Mixed hay, q ton, at $40 ton.
Corn, . bushels, at 1866 bushel.
As the average yield of corn on this
farm was 80 bushels to the acre, and as
the best corn was cut for fodder, the
COWS. considering the corn in the fodder
and the additional grain fed, received a
total of % bushels per head. This is al
most fattening ration. III the corn had
been husked from the fodder and only
the stover fed, there would have been
sufficient roughage for the cows. Esti-
mating that three-fourths of a ton of
stover was eaten per acre of stalks and
that the slower from the fodder fed
would go two tons TO the acre, and al
lowing the cows three bushels of corn
each during the winter, instead of %,
they would receive the following daily
ration:
Slower, 2056 pounds.
Mixed hay, 0 pounds.
Corn, | pound.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
Vermont's Record.

Vermont again stands in the forefront
of the New England states in patriotic
endeavor in the announcement that vol
untary enlistments in the army have
been so many, no more men will be
called from this state to complete the
first draft quota.
New Hampshire must furnish seven
more, Maine 81, Rhode Island o.. Con-
necticut more than |, 900, and Massachu.
sets more than 1000.
ISLANDERS on Vermont's patriotism and
war service continue to be refuted by
cold figures.-B Burlington News.
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Carpenters. Notice.

The 18th anniversary of local ISL will
be observed Thursday evening. Feb. 81,
in the hall. Worthen block. All members
are cordially invited 10 come with fam
ily. Coffee will be served by the local
and ladies are asked to bring lunch.
Ainusements Of dancing and card games
will be enjoyed. All come end have a
good time. Per order committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

propaganda of the Hun was being spread
and the persons starting the rumor
should be either jailed or shot. Most OF
these rumors are those of German propa-
ganda, and care should he used, il was
stated, by persons inclined TO repeat
stories of this and like nature.
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BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918.
The Weather

Light snow and much colder TO night
with cold wave tonight. Thursday fan
and colder strong northwest winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
MONTPELIER
Two Suits Involving Montpelier Turning
Works Entered.

Two cases have been filed on the coun'
ty court docket, both of which involve
the Montpelier Turning Works at
Wrightsyillc indirectly, although the
suits are not set up in that manner The
first is the Montpelier Savings Bank &
Trust company VS.. the Montpelier Turn
ing Works TO recover $4,000 on notes.
while the second is by the same plain
tiff against c. c. Putnam and Ralph
Putnam to recover $1,000 on notes, at
tachments having been made to secure
the interests OF the plaintiff. These
eases are the outgrowth of the man who
was operating the Montpelier Turning
Works leaving the mill and going TO
work elsewhe according to one Of those
interested in the matter The turning
works in year suffered two losses from
high water taking out portions of the
dam
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
Colonial 1907 Tea party.
Regular meeting
EAST BARRE

Regular meeting of WI
chosen tribe. No. ~. l. .
r. IL on thursday even
ing. FEB. ~. At 7sgO Wash
ngton's birthday VII be
observed a. the meeting
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

SCopyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union-p
The widest 'booms'' in America new
er exceeded that which occurred in
Paris during the early part of the
eighteenth century. 1t was when Laws
mississippi Scheme" reached the
crest in its meteoric course.
In two or three years the manufac-
lures of Paris increased four-fold- The
population was added to by hundred
thousands. The vast numbers of peo-
pie who came to Paris were forced to
live in garrets, kitchens and stables
This amazing activity was caused by
anticipations that huge profits would
be derived from trade with the Louisi-
ana province. At the beginning of the
reign of Louis XIV France was in seri-
Gus financial straits owing to the wars
of Louis XIV. Law was a Scottish
fnancier who submitted TO the French
government a tempting plan for reduc-
ing the national debt by a systematic
cultivation of commercial relations
with the French territory in North
America.
With the protection of the govern
ment he organized, in 1717, the Com
pagnie d'Occident, capitalized at 100,-
100000 livres. His company was in
vested with the privilege of trading ex-
clusively with the Province of Louisi-
ana for twenty-five years. The inf1u-
ence of the COmpagnie d'Occident over
Louisiana was made so great that it
amounted practically to a new govern
ment. In IT'S the name of the COM
pany was changed TO the Banque Roy
ale, with the king, himself, guaran-
teeing the notes that were issued. In
1119 the company obtained monopoly
of trade with the East Indies, China
and the South Seas and was named
the Compagnie deS hides.
By this time so successful was Law
in arousing popular interest that when
$4,000 new shares were offered 300, 900
applications were made for them. Then
the boom above described reached it's
elimination.
The entire scheme was doomed to
failure. Actual operations had hardly
been started when the government
greatly increased it's paper money cir
culation on the strength of this pros
perity- People began to realize that
they were riding on the crest of a
bubble. The end came swiftly and al
though Law endeavored to remedy mat
tiers by drastic measures he was forced
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

hered to the old plan of stagecoach.
This occurred during the beginning
of what economists have called the
industrial revolution" At that time
there followed in rapid succession the
invention of many machines, such as
the steam engine, cotton gin, spinning
jenny, and the like. This revolution"
ushered in the highly developed and
organized world we live in today. 1t
enabled Stephenson to bring the first
locomotive to a workable stage in 1880.
1t also led to the construction of the
first steamboat in 1907 by Fulton.
These two factors in modern trans
portation have done much for the
world. They have developed contin-
nents, brought the products of distant
lands to your table, knit together ma
lions through exchange with one an
other, and equalized the distribution of
food. This latter is perhaps one of the
most important boons it has conferred
upon mankind. The fearful famines'
of the past, where millions of people
have persisted through failure of crops
in one district, could have been relieved
If adequate transportation agencies
were in existence and ready to equa-
lie the extremes of plenty and want
maintaining throughout the world.
But the modern transportation sys-
tenn that has relieved famines in In
dia, China, Ireland, and more recently
Belgium. would not be possible If the
millions of dollars required for its
financing were not available. And so
almost simultaneous with the indus
trial revolution people began to save
and invest money. Savings banks were
established and banks multiplied. 1t
is an astonishing fact that previous to
this period and since the time of Rome
the accumulation of capital by indi-
viduals was practically unknown
Now capital is largely obtained by
offering bonds for the investment of
the funds of many people. Your city
erects schoolhouses and bridges; your
county builds roads; the country as a
whole carries on its share in the pres
ent war-all through bonds.
Just as the funds of thousands of
investors have made possible the re
building of American cities, so has
the same principle made possible the
progress and wonders of the twentieth
century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
ALL MEN AT HOME SHOULD
PREPARE FOR WAR

The first test a man is put thru fon
either war life insurance is an exami-
nation of his water This is most essen
tial because the kidneys play a most inn
portant part in causing premature old age
and DEATH The more injurious the pois-
ons passing thru the kidneys the sooner
gical Institute. Buffalo. NY, who further
advises all people who are past thirty to
preserve the vitality of the kidneys and
free the blood from poisonous elements,
such as uric acid-drink plenty of water
sweat some daily and take Anuric, double
strength, before meals.
This An-u-ric is a late discovery OF DR.
Pierce and is put up in tablet form, and
can be obtained for 60c at almost any
drug store. For that backache, lumbago
rheumatism rusty joints, swollen feet
hands, due to uric acid in the blood.
Anuric quickly dissolves the uric acid as
hot water does sugar Take little An
uric before meals and live to be hun
dred. Send 10 cents to DR.. Pierce for trial
package of Anuric.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
GEORGE Bancroft.

George Bancroft was author of a
voluminous and detailed history of the
United States He was a public man
as well as an author and occupied
many positions of honor and trust in
the public service of his country. He
was collector Of customs of the port
of Boston from 1888 to 1S41. and sec
rotary of the navy in the cabinet of
President Polk While holding that
important office he established the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Maryland at which practically
all the naval officers of the United
States are trained. He served as
United States minister to Great Brit
ain. Prussia and other Ger1nanic stntea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

Copyright l31I. Western newspaper Union
"Your scheme is preposIerous in the
extreme. 1t is of so extravagant a
character as to be positively absurd.
Then look at the recklessneSs of your
proceedings. You are proposing to
cut -up our estates in all directions for
the purpose of making an unnecessary
road. Do you think for one moment
of the destruction of property in it?''
Such was the comment of one Sir
Ashley Cooper, great Englishman,
on the first railroad that Stephenson
proposed in England,
Other comments of the time are also
interesting. For example, Mr.. Berk-
eley. member of parliament for Chel-
tenham, said: Nothing is more dis
tasteful to me than to hear the echo
of our hills reverberating the noise
of kissing railroad engines running
through the heart of our hunting coun-
try and destroying the noble sport to
which I have been accustomed from
my childhood"
But this is mild in comparison with
what one Colonel Sibthorpe said: al
would rather meet highwayman or
see burglar on my premises than an
engineer
Physicians stated that travelling
through tunnels would expose healthy
people to colds. catarrh and consump-
ton.
Witness this reassuring article APP
pearing in the London Quarterly Re
view in 1925: 1T is certainly some
consolation to those who are to be
whirled at the rate of Is or 20 miles
an hour. by means of high-pressure
engine, to be told that they are in no
danger of being sea sick while on
shore; that they are not to be scalded
TO death nor drowned by the bursting
of boiler; and that they need not
mind being hit by the scattered frag-
ments or dashed to pieces by the fir
ing off or the breaking of wheel. But
with all those assurances we should
expect the people of Woolwich to suf-
fer themselves to be fired off upon one
of the Congreve's ricochet rockets, as
trust themselves to the mercy of an
engine, going at such a rate
Indeed. for long time, the nobility
of England would not ride on
the railroads If any travelling was
to be done they would allow their
servants. with the baggage. to use the
railroad, but for themselves they adj
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
Nervous Women, Here Is Advice for You

Manning, Ark!'Tt is with much
pleasure 1 tell of my good health.
When I first wrote DIR. Pierce / had
been in bed eight weeks. / suffered
much pain and / was so nervous it
seemed to me that could hardly bear
my own children to talk to me. tried
DIR. Pierce'S Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery Il don't re-
member how many bottles) and found
more relief in one bottle of the Pre-
scription' than in all of the doctorSs
medicine."-MRS. LOU WHITE
This herbal tonic for women is made
up in liquid or tablet form. and can
be obtained in almost any drug store
in the United States. 1t contains no
alcohol or narcotic, and it's ingredi-
ents are printed on the wrapper.
Send 10 cents to DR.. Pierce, InvalidSS
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,.
n. Y, and he will mail trial package OF
tablets. Large package sells for 60c.-
Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
AN ATTACK OF GRIP
USUALLY LEAVES KIDNEYS
IN WEAKENED CONDITION

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of grip
which has visited so many homes. The
symptoms of grip this year are often very
distressing and leave the system in rum
down condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost every
victim complains of lame back and urin-
airy troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report large sale on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which SO many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp-Ro
being an herbal compound, has gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which is al
most Immediately noticed in most cases
by those who try it. DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send a sar1-
pie size bottle of Swamp Root, on receipt
of ten cents, to every sufferer who re-
quests it. A trial will convince anyone
who may be in need of it. Regular medi.
UNI and large size bottles, for sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention this
paper-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache. constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion. fermentation of
food. palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach August Flower
is gentle laxative. regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
80 and 90 cent bottles-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

to fee from Paris and died practically
penniless in a foreign CITY,
At the same time a similar project
was coming to its end in England The
South Sea company, formed for the pur-
pose of trading in the South Seas. end
ed with a crash when most of the di-
rectors sold out when the value of their
shares had been stimulated to reach
1000.
These early attempts at large scale
business organization ushered in the
modern type of corporation. A brief
sketch of how our present complex
business organization evolved should
be interesting to the readers of this
series. for the greater proportion of
banking is inseparably linked with
business. Many of the investment
bonds on the market today are obli-
cations of corporations
The corporation, in its essential prin-
cipleS, has been traced back as far as
ancient Babylon. 1t grew out of the
activities of families in commercial
ventures. A family of fishermen would
be as one in the ownership of boats,
equipment and in their operation.
Their trust in one another led natural
ly to the recognition of each member
as an, agent of the firm, whose acts
bound the others, and to the unlimited
liability of each for payment of obli-
gations-features of the partnership.
The corporation came into existence
as an Improvement over the partner
ship in handling large projects and in
limiting the liability of members 1t
is asserted by Blackstone that the cor
poration as we see it today descended
directly from the practice of Roman
business men The Roman corpora
tons were known as Colleges" They
enabled aristocratic Romans to engage
in vulgar trade secretly
In medieval times the corporation
form of organization was used chiefly
with municipalities and ecclesiastical
bodies. Guilds and municipalities were
often chartered by the crown because
they could exercise the power which
the king himself was unable to WELD
The American trust is not strictly
American. The idea of trusts origi-
mated in the middle ages through the
desire of the church to get around the
statutes of ''mortmain.'' These laws
were not favorable to those who had
estates willed to them in perpetuity.
The scheme adopted was to have prop
erty decided to a third party, who would
administer it for the benefit of the
church. This is similar to the modern
trust organization, where stock of va
rious corporations is held in trust by
a holding company. Probably the pop
ular idea that trusts are Illegal origi-
mated in this first evasion of the law.
The trade union has apparently al
ways existed. The Romans had them.
In medieval times they were called
guilds and crafts. JOurneymen often
formed associations for protection. The
purpose they gave was religious wor-
ship, but that was only cover for
what we would now call trade unions.
They conducted strikes and obtained
increases in wages.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

times through, and
this is what it
taught me. This
psalm is evidently
an epitorne of Da-
vtd's life. or pos
sibly a S in & | e
chapter in his his
tory which is not
yet concluded In
either case, it is a
good illustration
Of Christian expe-
rience- 1t natural
IL divides into five
parts.
l. Regeneration.
Verses 1-3. David
not only prayed,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
Rule for Sincerity.

The best way to be sincere is never
to think anything about it Be your
self, and let the rest take care of 1T
self. No one. ever vet heard of an
insincere tree or mountain or sunset
Perhaps one reason is that they never
analyze themselves or stop to consider
what sort of impression they are max
ing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

Living is becoming so expensive that
it will soon be placed on the luxury
list. =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

Mother-"And why did you put this
frog in sisters bed? Son-s.I tried to
find a mud turtle and couldn't
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
Accounting for 1t.

what makes the old fellow over
there such a croker?' He told me he
had a frog in his throat"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

In the game of life a good deal de
ponds on a good deal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

1t doesn't pay to bunko a woman
whose only asset is gift of CAB.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add 1 OF. Bay
R1m, small box of Barbo Compound,
and u OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
Waiting Till the
Answer Comes
BY REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Moody Bible Institute. -.
Chicago

TEXT waited patiently for the Lord,
and he inclined unto me, and heard my
cry--Psalms 40:1.
Riding on the street car recently. 1
read the Fortieth Psalm two or three
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

He that lives upon hope will die
fasting.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

To Cure . Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets 1t stops
the Cough and Headache and works on the Cold
L. w. GROVES signature each box SOC.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

Sloth makes all things difficult. but
industry all easy.