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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
op,imism md Good Chez,

1t is cheering to read after an opti-
MYSTIC farmer. One of that kind who
lives not over thousand miles from
Virginia writes the Farmers Home
Journal as follows:
II does us so much good to speak Of
our great prospects 10 ran abundant
crop OF everything. The weather Is
ideal. good rain week keeps tho
soil in fire shape for work Wheat
oats and grass were never better Corn
is all planted. up and looking fine 4
large acreage has aeen planted and is
already under the cultivator. Gardens
are fine. fruit will he plentiful and
take IL all In all. we hardly miss the
help from the fields. The work goes
on and from ALL indications now we
viii have plenty for home use and to
also feed our boys and neighbors
over there" God bless them we are
getting behind them with our guns
bread and bacon and a strong pull and
long pull and pull together We
viii put that old Kaiser where he be-
longs: we don't want to say where.
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harvesting his hay crops, 30 tho maxi
mum amount OF high-grade feed will
be secured.
Hay Is one OF tho most perishable
crops grown on the farm, and an en-
tire crop can be ruined almost over
night II bad weather intcrferes with
the haying. This is why speed is an
important requisite OF making hay.
After the crop IS cured. the quicker Il
can be stacked or gotten under cover
portion of it, Modern equipment is
is grown on farm.
When making alfalfa hay it is advis-
able TO cut the crop when one-tenth Of
the plants are in bloom. Whether or
not blooming progresses satisfactorily
the crop should be cut when new
SHOOTS develop and reach = growth OF
one or TWO inches
Alfalfa hay is easily injured by rain;
for this reason haste Is imperative in
securing the crop.
II is good plan 10 NOV the crop
IN the morning, rake II into windrows
with a side delivery rake in the late
afternoon. let II lie in the windrow over
night. then. II the hay is to be pitched
by hand punched with rake the fol-
lowing morning.
When tn. hay is to be loaded with a
machine loader. or stacked in the open,
II is best L" lcavo II in long wind
rows
/. the weather is favorable II should
he ready 10 put in the nov or stack
The second afternoon.
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Shipments of farm products by par
Gel post over a greater area are pro-
Vided for In an order issued last week
by Postmaster General Burleson. For
MGR restrictions as to packing perish
able articles are lifted. and butter
eggs. dressed fowls. vegetables and
fruits may be mailed to any postoffice
that can be reached within reason
able time without spelling. provided
they are packed in crates. boxes or
baskets or other suitable containers.
The weight limit already has been
raised from fifty to seventy pounds
within the first three zones (30o milesl
and from twenty to fifty pounds TO all
other zones.
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SWAT THE BIG ROOSTER NOW

Tho Poultry IIusbandman OF the ex-
tension division OF the Polytechnic In
/ stitutc and the United States Depart
nent OF Agric Llturc speaks out as fol-
lows:
Farmers lose approximately sl5.-
100000 year from spoiled eggs caused
BY roostcrs running with hens. These
eggs are fertile and spoil quickly be-
cause the chicks in them start to grow
at onc". Extra war traffic is making
delays in transit and. because OF long
exposure 10 heat at transfer points. In
cuEat!cn starts and chicks sometimes
batch by the time eggs reach destina-
ZION.
'In:ertie eggs, those from hens not
with ROSTERS keep longer. stand ship
;nent better and are better TO eat. II
~ easy TO produce them.
During June. July and August when
infertile eggs should be produced keen
nc rooster away from the hens y
new one is best for the next year
therefore get rid of him. Sell or eat
him.
During June. July and August II
l. useless TO hatch. the not weather
stunts the chicks TO such an extent
;ha, they are Improbable. The rooste.
which headed the tiocK this spring is
not tho bird to use next year. The
best carly Matched cockerei is much
better. or else tho old rooster has
proven himself inferior as breeder
and should go by all means. Use the
! best developed early Matched cockerel
, In the fail. If fall hatchei chickens are
desired. KIN them rs broile-s and do
no; grow thcrl to maturity.
X coping a rooster that must be fed
until next spring and that is RESPONSE
BILE for a great loss in eggs during
the hot months Is poor food conscrva-
ton program and Is inexcusable when
his superior son, the vigorous early
Matched cockerel. will be ready TO head
the flock in time for early Matching.
For these reasons now is the time
20 begin 'sWattinE the rooster"
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An About eno rtne.

Tho time to all your silo is-ne1t
fall
But tho time to plan for your silo
10 now-this early summer. Now is
the time to decide the kind OF sllo you
need. and the size. and to mako plans
for it's purchase.
Now is the time to consider. either
for yourself alone. or in cooperation
with your neighbors, the question OF
ensilage machinery. Perhaps the
equipment Is already available in your
neighborhood. and perhaps a part OF
II will have to be purchased. In the
latter case II is we'll not to put off
,ihe matter until II is TOO late to OBJ
tain delivery.
The value OF corn s;iagc as n feed.
especially for cattle. is too we'll known
To need supporting by argument. but
rot all farmers realize how profita BILE
the si!o Is proving Itself to be.
An acre OF fairly good corn, yielding
at the rate Of fifty bushels. will make
ten tons OF good silage.
Ten tons OF silaEe will feed two
cows for six months. and there Will
be silage to spare
1t only takes few acres Of aver
age corn to fill an ordinary farm
sllo.-Farm Life.
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IRA CTICAL FOOD
CONSERVATION PLANS

Now while ALL foodsturs are high In
price and conservation Is demanded
both in tho interest Of economy and
patriotism. we again direct attention
to two plans whose importance We have
previously urged:
% To Save Wheat.-A mixture of
three parts wheat -four and one part
nnely ground corn meal or corn nour
makes n biscuit which cannot easily
be told from the all-whcat -four bis
cult.
t2) To Save Corn.-If the horses ana
mules OF the South were fed I'VE pounds
OF corn and ono pound OF cottonseed
meal for every seven pounds OF corn
given them. they would be better fed
and the change would save about l00,-
100000 bushels OF corn In n year. -Four
pounds less corn day may be fed By
adding two pounds of cottonseed meal.
These are two of the biggest and
most easily practicable methods of
food conservation for Southern farm
ers. why should not every family en-
force them In 1918? In this connec-
ton, too. we wish to ask every Pro-
gressivc Farmer reader 10 observe Just
as far as possible the important new
rules OF food conservation just pro-
mulGatcd by tho United States food
administration. Every family in the
country is ask ed to do these five things:
|. Observe "Meatless Tucsdays"-The
word meat In this case does not in
clude fish or poultry. but means that
the family should eat no red meat
beef. pork, mutton. veal, lamb: no pre-
served meat-becf. bacon. ham or lard
on Tuesdays.
2. Observe "Whcatless Wednesdays
Eat no wheat products on wednes-
days.
g. To Observe "Porklcss Saturdays"-
Eat no fresh or salted pork. bacon, ham
or lard on Saturdays
4. For each day in the week-Observe
each day in the week one "wheatless
meal above described.
5. Limit sugar consump uon-The
government will seek to provide three
pounds of sugar for each person per
month. Do not consume more
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The Dark CornSh. formerly called
the Cornish Indian Game. originated in
the County OF Cornwall Wales. where
1t is largely bred. From there It spread
over the British empire. and later to
the United States.
Statements regarding the origin Of
this fowl are conflicting. Al one time
II was maintained that the breed was =
direct importation from the East Indies
This probably was due TO it's re-
scmblance TO one of it's progenitors, the
AseeI Game. which is of As!atic origin
However. the consensus of opinion
leans towards cross OF the AsecI or
old English Game. IL has been cxten-
sively used for crossing with other va
rieties to obtain fne-grained. heavy
meated table poultry. and is itself in
cluded in the ancestry Of Some OF our
popular American breeds. As a layer
tho Dark Cornish hon does not rank
very high. but her Gigs are conceded TO
DO very rich and fne favored.
In shape tho Dark Cornish creates
tho impression of massiveness and
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UNITED STATES STEEL
WAS MARKET LEADER
Course OF Trading Throughout Week
Offered Proof OF Untierly-
ing Strength.
Rails Of Better Glass We're Again
Under Partial Restraint, Investors
Showing No inclination TO Take
Up These Securities.

NEW YORK. June 1s.-The course
OF the stock market throughout the
week offered additional proof OF the
underlying strength. Dealings seldom
rose above moderate proportions but
the almost uninterrupted advance. in
dicated a scarcity of supply.
United states Steel's undisputed lead
crship was perhaps the most reas-
surfing feature to speculative interests,
that stock closing at It's top quota
ton OF the week. with a net gain OF
six and one-half points.
All the equipment shares and the
better known war shares closed at
varying but material gains, feathers
and numerous specialties also tending
substantially higher.
Pools extended their operations TO
many OF the lower grade and obscure
miscellaneous issues. shippinss and to-
baccos receiving less attention from
those sources.
Rails Of the better class were again
under partial restraint, investors show
ing no inclination to take up these
stocks pending some definite under
standing between the railroads and
nirector-General McAdoo regarding
the form OF contract now in dispute.
Minor transportations reflected In
moderate degree the further brilliant
crop reports, but the movement IN
that group did not embrace cotton
carriers. Southern and Southwestern
shares being neglected.
Banking interests viewed with In
terest tho revival OF gold imports
from Canada, the nrst in almost a
was without effect on remittAnces to
London and Paris, and Italian exchange
rallied sharply in consequence of tho
adoption OF protective measures
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ncsd little attention. and ind . ready
sale At good prtcos. No farm yard
should DO without it's flock OF ducks
to help out on tho present need for
animal foods.
MANAGEMENT AND
CARE OF GEESE
With regard to the management Of
geese little need be said. Not more
than four should be allowed to gan
der. and house eight feet square will
do Tor this summer. The nest should
be about two and one-half feet square
AS goose Will always lay where she
deposits her FIRST eggs. there should
he nest for each bird. II they lay
in separate nests :he eggs may be
lett: otherwise the eggs should be re-
moved daily.
The incubation Of eggs takes from
thirty to thIrtyfour days. The goose
sits very steadily. but she should be
encouraged TO come OF daily and take
bath. She should have within reach
good supply Of food and water. or
munger VIII force her to eat the eggs
Tho sander Is usually kept away.
Goslings should be allowed to hatch
by themselves They should have fresh
turf when nrst put out for a few days.
Feed them on boiled oatmeal and rice,
and give them plenty OF drinking water
In shallow dish. They should not
oe aio"eu 10 swim Tor two weeks
During this period the mother goose
should be KEEP; In coop. After two
weeks the Eoslings can SHIFT for them
selves. They should be protected from
heavy rains until feathered. In addi-
ton TO what they find 10 eat. soslings
should have one or two feeds OF grain
daily Barley and oats are good grains
for geese.
For fatten!ng these birds they should
be peBned in a dark shed and fed on
barley meal. Before being killed they
should be let out several hours for
a last bath in order TO clean their
feathers.
In htt!ng for exhibition. geese should
be shut UP in the dark and led liber-
ally on ba!.ey and oats thrown into
water. For great weight they should
be kept very quiet and be lc; out into
water for half an hour each day.
Raising large numbers of geese fiji
increase our meat supplies and prove
a FACTOR in maintaining The farmers
household. This bird can well fiji the
place OF the turkey at THANKSGIVING.
us hesh has fine flavor. and its al
IS as valuable. as butter. The fea
ihers. too. are valuable and bring ton
prices especially the white ones.
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How to Join Canning Club.

In an organized county a girl writes
TO the County Home Demonstration
Agent asking that she be enrolled In
the canning clubs. An enrolment
blank is then sent her to sign. In
most of the older counties clubs are
formed ali over the county and girl
can he enrolled from any section In
some of the newer ones. however. in
which the agent is starting out to teach
canning, ii is impossible for her to
supervise satisfactorily canning all
over the county. In that case she
selects certain sections in which to be-
gin club work. If'the girl lives in one
of these sections she can easily be en-
rolled and may can for the market.
II she is too far away from one of the
clubs 10 attend the canning parties
under the supervision Of the County
Agent. she may have to wait another
year TO can for the market until the
agent forms club in her neighborhood
and teaches the girls there so thor
oughly that she can guarantee that tho
products are put up according to the
rules. This girl may, however. Join tho
club without waiting for the forma-
ton of a special club in her INN ediate
vicinity. attend some of the demonstra-
tons. and can for home use She can
not, however, use the All label until
she has heen able to put up her
products under the direct supervision
OF the county agent. II the girl does
not know the name OF her county
agent she can secure 1t by writing
to her State agent. \ list of State
agents in the South is given elsewhere.
In most of the Southern States a girl
cannot be enrolled as regular can
ming club member unless the county
has an agent employed by the govern
ment to see that the work IS done ac-
cording to the rules and regulations OF
the club. II the county is not organ
ICED tho girl may secure all the litera-
ture and other information sent out to
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muscular development, and that IL is a
fcrocious fighter The males will fight
like al other fowls. but they have
none Of the fight TO a finish" dispo-
sltion of the Games. Its legs are
short. thick and set wide on the fowl;
It's shoulders arc broad and prominent:
the breast fun and round and the
head broad and short, with the distinc-
tive characteristic Of an overhanging
brow. In color the male is glossy
Erccnish hlach, excepting the second :
AIRY feathers or the wings. which are
DARK red. edged with black. and the
neck hackle each feather of which is
shafted with crimson. The female has
black hackle with red shaft 10
each feather. The main tail feathers
arc black. The balance OF her plu-
glossy, greenish black. The formation
OF this lacing follows the outline OF tho
feathers The males weigh seven and
one-half to nine pounds and the fe-
males are five and onehalf 10 six and
one-haif pounds
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SAVE MANURE, STRAW AND
LEAVES FOR FERTILIZER
'lcnty of stun on Average virgins,
Farm to Keep Land
Rich. IL Saved.

With commercial fertilizers scarce
and high priced, 1t Is not too soon 10
neGin TO think about saving material
ior homemade fertilizers TO be used
next IAN and next year. With nitrogen
AT 80 cents. phosphoric acid Is cents
and potash 60 cents pound wnen
nought in commercial fertilizers. II Is
OF interest and value 10 calculate the
plant food values of tne materials
commonly found around the average
Virginia farm.
stable manure. of which we waste a
tremendous amount. contains IN eacn
ton about ten pounds OF nitrogen, worth
$500; i've pounds OF phosphoric acid.
worth 80 cents. and ten pounds or pot
ash, worth So, or a total OF $3.50 per
ton. To this we would add a value OF
AL least So per ton for the hu:nus value
OF the manure and because OF It's pro-
motion OF beneficial bacterial activities
Thus. where potash is needed, rs IN the
case over much of the Southeast, a ton
OF manure Is worth about $40. while in
those sections where potash is not
needed. ton OF manure is well worth
about ST. When we consider that an
animal Weighing 1000 pounds Will In
year produce eight to ten tons of
manure. we can begin TO see the i'm
portanca Of saving every possible
pound OF this material. To do this.
cheap sheds for housing the stock at
night should be provided. plenty OF
straw. leaves or other absorbent ma
terials should be used in the stables
ana barnyard. and all manure should
ne put Oh the fields as soon as prac-
ticable after it is made.
straw and leaves are another source
OF plant food and humus that should
not be overlooked. These will prob
ably average higher than stable ma
nurc In nitrogen. and fully as high in
phosphoric acid and potash Moreover.
since thcy contain less water than the
average manure, their humus- ma king
value will be considerably greater.
when other work IL not pressing, sew
eral days may well be devoted to haul
ing these materials out Of the woods.
Fertilizing material worth $40 ton
should not ba sent up in smoke.
we are not suggesting that these
materials be used TO take the place Of
commercial fertilizers. but rather that
one he used to supplement the other.
AS matter OF fact, pr. sent prices for
practically everything we raise Justify
heavier fertilization than ever before.
So we would not only save all the ma
nure. straw and leaves, but would go
rather strong on commercial fertilizers
as well. 1t is a time for making every
ounce OF plant food do It's duty.
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LYNCHBURG GRADUATION
High school Exercises VIII Bc Held
at City Auditorium Tit.
Evening.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times-Dispatchl
LYNCHBURG. VA. June 16.-The
commencement exercises OF the Lynch
burg High School. session for which
closed Friday, will be held Monday
night at the city auditorium. DR.. q.
e. Booker delivered the baccalaureate
sermon ut Court Street Methodist
Church this morning. Tho graduating
class is ons o: the largest in tho his
tory of the school. containing as 1t does
:orty-nine girls and .hirty-one boys.
The graduates are: Girls-Thelma
Alice AnderEon. Ruth Bartholomew,
Louise Anne Blunt. Mary Elsie Cath
crime Brown. Anne Mavis Bunch. Fran
ces Louise Gambler. Viola Estelle Fraz-
Ter. Elite Adams Jones. Marguerite
Ellen Layne. Frances Chesser Lynn.
Julia Blount Mahood. He,er Elizabeth
McGhee. Elizabeth Louise North. Eliza
beth Pope Orchard. Mary War, Mary
Eleanor Ware, Amy watson Wells,
Elizabeth Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth
Baker Thclma Ada Burks. Ruth sgd
nor Chandler. Isabel I.amIi,on Christ
i'm. 1helma 1tl,tiB Dame"..n. hd-y
Lewis Ellis. Grace Virginia Ford, Juliet
ichf.rd. Mary Louis Gilbert, CS.hcrine
Elizabeth G,lfcyic, Sarah Carroll IIar-
rison, Elizabeth Madison Hester, IIa,h.
SfSn winners Hodges. CarotHa kEza
beth Hutter. Ianghorne Dabn.y Lewis,
Mary Meade Ms'cn Lillian IRA :es Nc
tiaiey Sara Virginia Mc..aug Attn, lea
- Ian Acsc1y, Ma, tina Estelle Murphy,
Fer .nce dammit Odor. Co-Da'ia Tar
u" t'w.n. Cincy3 Love Parke-. Nary
Kathleen Frit he. Dorothy Rirn,rds.
Ruth Lee Roberts Dorothy Christine
Schaefer. Corrinne Schwartz Mary
Belle Spencer. Olive Leigh Taylor, Mary
Christian White.
Boys-Benjamin William Arnold I'LL.
Rawley Munday Baldock. Roland Max
we'll Barker, Gus Berman. Cha rles Ed
win Butterworth, Morris cohen, Glen
wood Allen Deacon. Russell Robert
Figg. Prince Edward Garrett. Frank
Manning Hill. Albert Drummond Jones.
Patrick Knight Douglas Donald Mac
Gregor. Douglas Alexander Robertson,
James Alexander Samouce, Harold Irwin
Sibiak offsky. William Dallas Spangler.
Ronald Eldridge Stevens. Paul Pendle-
ton Stone. John Edwa-e Taylor, Edwin
Carroll Wood. Ernest Oakley Wood,
Edward Wexford withcrs. Carolton
Conway Gambler, Samuel Goode Harries
Jr.. William Fields Hickson. John
Minor Bolts Lewis, Jr.. George william
Moore. George Preston Morris. Henry
Rorer and Ernest Gerard Scott.
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Aeree wicker Re.rr..tea.

DANVlLLE, VA. Juno 16.-Acyee
Witcher. cleared on Friday OF a charge
of having failed to register for mill
tary service. was rearrested to-day
on n State warrant charging perjury.
Befors u. s. Commissioner Flynn.
Whether admitted that he had made
misstatement as TO his age when Sc
curing a wedding license. When this
testimony became known to the State
authorities they took him into custody.
and he was required to give $500 bond
for his appearance In court on Monday
morning.
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HIGHER TENDENCY SHOWN
IN WEEKS COTTON MARKET
Clone Was Marked by Shorts Covering
on Large Sales.--future Out
look Obcurc.
tBv Associated Press, !

tBv Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, June 16.-A higher
tendency was shown by cotton last
week. especially toward the close. when
shorts covered on large scale and ran
prices up on themselves. July led all
other months In the advance because
OF the strength. of spots Highest
levels were reached on the closing ses-
sion. when the market stood az to 1856
points over the previous weeks close
on It's final quotations. During the
week. prices moved over range Of
l01 to 19S points
Many bearish influences developed
during the week, but their effect was
only to bring about temporary recess
stons.
The outlook is obscure this week.
because Of conflicting features as the
result Of the situation In spots and the
excellence OF crop prospects. further
demand for the actual stuff will create
a demand for July. and many traders
think strength in the old crop will be
reflected by new crop months to- a
considerable extent. owing to the wide
discounts on the latter
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LAWYERS IN KANSAS CITY
PREPARE FOR FARM WORK
Go Through Half Hour Of Muscle Hard.
ening Exercfses Every
Morning.

KANSAS CITY, MO. June 1e-One
hundred well-known attorneys, all OF
them. so they claim. former farm hands
or farmers. have been In training for
the past month in an effort to get into
good trim for the harvest. The men
hope to increase their number to 500.
The men report every morning at
Gao to the Kansas City Athletic Club
grounds. whero they go through a
half hour OF settins-dp exercises, un-
der the direction of an athletic direc-
tor. Then they take run around the
track. roll on the grass. and do other
muscle building stunts.
An enterprising ilm company took
pictures OF tho class in an effort to
stimulate interest in similar work in
other sections OF the country
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\ comprehensive Agricultura, Test.

George r. James. manufacturer, mer-
chant and farmer, in his address be-
fore the Cotton States Merchants As.
ISOLATION. at Memphis. Tenn. used the
following as his text:
Profitable farming consists In hav-
ing rich soil and Keeping down the
grass. AS is the land. so are the peo-
pie. The lead pencil is the greatest
agricultural implement ever invented.
Rich lands mean soil building. and
keeping out of the gross means good
cultivation. rich soil means rich
people and better living, and tho use
Of the lead pencil means better bust
ness methOds'