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Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
Don,t Waste Farm Manure

In these days when starving nations
are pleading with rs to produce a. much
as possible on our farms, the man who
deliberately leaves his manure under the
caves where It's rich fertilizing value
may be washed away by every rain,
shows distinctly lack Of patriotism. i
know of farmers who leave manure piled
alongside the barn from spring until
fall. By that time it has deprecated
about as much as 1t possibly could. No
poorer place could be contrived to take
away the valuable crop producing
qualities OF manure.
Ii is not necessary to 60 to q great
deal of expense to properly take care OF
the fertilizer made on farm. For fifty
or seventy five dollars litter carrier
may be Installed iu the average barn. Ii
one wishes to be especially careful be
NAV for only q small expense, put q
cement floor on the spot where he dumps
his carrier and may erect some sort OF
roof over the manure. Experience mas
proven that such practice pays large
dividends on the Investment.
A similar plan has been adopted at the
Pinehurst Dairy Farm of Illinois. Here
the litter carrier conveys the manure to
a pit about four feet deep, into which q
spreader may be backed by going down
a gradual incline. 1t is covered by
roof but the sides are open. Every few
days several sacks OF rock phosphate are
scattered over the manure, these sacks
being stored In one corner of the PIT
where preparation have been made
to keep them dry. -,
Several of my nsighbors haul their
manure out daily except during short
period In the summer when the growing
crops leaves open no field on which II
may be placed. There are several sd-
vantages to this method: All the value
of the manure is saved. The yards are
always clean. There is no spring ana
fall rush of manure hauling.-Meivin Y.
Smith In Hoaid's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
salvation Army War Work.

Raymond D. Fosdick, Chairman OF the
Commission of Training Camp Activities
of the War Department, Washington, D.
c., made the following statement, az
published in the New York Times on
August 4th, 1918:
"Tbe four organizations recognized
by the War Department and recognized
to do Camp Welfare Work In France are
the Red Cross, The Y. M. G. A., The
Knights of Columbus and The Salvation
Army. Somewhat to my surprise l
found The Salvation Army probably the
most popular organization In France
with the troups. 1t has not undertaken
the comprehensive program which the
Y. NJ. @. A. has laid out for itself. That
is, 1t Is operating in only three or four
divisions, while the Y. N. G. A. is aim.
ing to cover every unit OF troops. But
Its simple homely, unsdorned service
seems to have touched the hearts OF our
men. The aim Of the organization is,
II possible, to put worker and bis wife
In q canteen or Q center. The woman
spends her time making doughputs and
pies and sews on buttons. The man
makes himself generally useful In any
way In which bis service can be applied.
I saw such places as dugouts way up at
the front, where the German shells
screamed over our heads with . sound
not unlike freight train crossing q
bridge. Down in their dugouts the Sal
vation Army folks imperturbably hand.
ed out doughnuts and dished out the
drinks.n
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
What Causes Stuntlng.


Stunting of young animals Is a serious
matter. Steps to prevent stuuting real
ly should begin before the animal is
born. To that end It is necessary and
profitable to feed the pregnant animal
we'll, 80 that she may profitably nourish
her young and have plenty of milk for 1t
when it is born.
Calves are stuuted by feeding milk In
large quantities twice day. The
natural way to feed calves 10 to allow .
little milk often, and certainly not less
than three times day. The milk
should be warm, the milk pail clean and
the calf should be made to drink slowly.
Lambs fail to grow fast because the
ewes have been wintered on coarse, dry,
and bulky roughage. Colts are stunted
for the same reason, and also because
the mares are made to work too soon
and too hard after foaling and allowed
to suckle their young when hot, sweaty
and tired.
Worms are the most common and GER
tain cause of stunting. They are GER
tain to infest and injure every animal that
grazes short grass on an old pasture long
used BY animals. Each kind Of animal
taints the pasture with the parasites
peculiar to it.
Pigs afflicted with piles or prolopse OF
the rectum have been stunted and often
proved total loss. Lack OF exercise,
constipation and feeding of some irritant
such as unscreened ground oats, con-
tanning hulls, are common causes. Pro-
longed heavy feeding Of boiled potatoes
is another cause. Stufang young pigs
on corn and confining them to a pen
also causes stunting, as we'll a. ricketts,
or paralysis.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
A Ration.

Kindly balance q ration OF ground
oats, gluten, and oOttonseed meal or
state other grains necessary.
Bsrbsrton. Ohio. VS..
The most economical basis for . dairy
ration Is g liberal supply OF the right
kind of roughsges. The trst concern ID
feeding dairy COWS should be that they
receive during the winter season Al OF
the legume hay, such a. clover or'aiiaifs,
that thew will eat. Even at last winters
high prices the nutrients In these feeds
we're very much cheaper than those pur-
chased in concentrates. -,
In addition to such . hay, COWS VIII
nav high prices for corn silage supplied
at about the rate Of thirty pounds per
COW for the average COW. With these
two feeds splendsd basis for economi-
cal production Ia had and ooneepuate
mixture in addition to this to the heavi
est miiker should give splendid returns
The three feeds listed II made up In q
combination, would be disproportionate-
Iv high in protein. II . high carbohy'
drate concentrate such a. corn meal,
hominy, or commercial feed mixtuls
such a Schumacher FEED can Dc inciuu'
ed. the ration will be more suitable y
milk production. We recommend :
mixture of 400 lbs. of high car0ony
drate Concentrate such - cosn, 3OO ioe
yround oats, 900 lbs. glutes, and fOO 100
oottouseed meal; this mixture TO oe re-
to the heaviest milking cows In additiot
IN the -ouQhage at the rate or one pouut
for Zach s to s IL ponsds of high testing
r,iIk nroduced or ct the rate OF ons
nonnd for each 8 IL to 4 pounds OF iov
tssting milk produced .-Hosrd's Dairy
i man.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
NUMBER 35.

supplied with these delicaciss. Great
jealousy Is shown among the men as
to their visitors and many word wars
ensue after the visitors leave.
When q man 10 sent to q GONZALES
cent home, he generally turns over his
steady visitor to the man In the next
bed. 'f 't
Most visitors have autograph albums
and bore Tommy to death by asking
him to write the particulars Of his
wounding in same. Several Tommies
try to duck this unpleasant Job by tell
ing the visitors that they, cannot write,
bat this never phases the owner Of the
album he or she, generally she, offers
to write 1t for them and Tommy Is
stung into telling his experiences.
The questions asked Tommy BY visi.
tors would make clever joke book
to military man.
Some kindly looking old lady will
stop at your bed and IN a sympathetic
voice address you: "You poor boy.
wounded by those terrible Germans.
You must be suffering frightful pain.
A bullet, did you sayi Well, tell me,
I have always wanted to know, did II
hurt worse going in or coming outi"
Tommy generally replies that he did
not stop to figure 1t out when he was
hit.
One very nice-looking, overenthusi-
astic young thing, stopped at my bed
and asked, "What wounded you In the
face?"
In a polite but bored tone I an
swered, "A rifle bullet"
With look Of disdain she passed
to the next bed, first calculating, "Oh!
Only bullet7 I thought It was a
SHE'LL" Why she should think shell
wound was more Of a distinction beats
me. don't see q whole lot of differ
ence myself.
Continued next week
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
was ''reimbursing the treasury, by sell.
ing Panama Canal bonds. ~ aaa

Il Woo 100kotoH s00 tkQ0oOAy " Soss-
ing Panama Canal bonds. aaa
The nation four years ago an In time
OF peace was paying current expenses
with borrowed money. The administra.
tion was headed straight for embarras,
ment and financial confusion when the
world war WAS precipitated In Europe.
Soon war orders from the allies began
pouring In and prices soured. Exports
doubled and redoubled. Wages were
advanced, the farmers got higher prices
for their produce, the manufacturers
were deluged with allied gold and pros
perity was extended to everybody. It
was oil prosperity.
Then tho war came to Us. The bars
were thrown down and every restraint
on spending was removed. We began
borrowing by the billions and taxing
ourselves by the hundreds of millions.
The people, In spirit of loyalty, ac-
cepted q 25 per cent increase In their
freight bills, approximately 80 per cent
in their railway fares; they paid the
taxes and surfaces without even inquir-
ing why or wherefore, believing that 1t
was necessary to have the money to win
the war. They have stopped at nothing
and questioned nobody, but there will
be an end to that when the war is won
and we have to get back to an everyday
schedule.
It will not be possible then for Sec
retary McAdoo to sell Panama Canal
bonds "to reimburse the treasury" for
money the Democratic revenue laws do
mn nrAArnn. hA
year to have Congress appropriate
$500. 900 900 Of borrowed money to make
up for the failure of his farm loan bank
plan; he will not ALWAYS have at his dis
posai the $500, ,OOO, 900 Congress handed
tn him in his war finance corporation,
from which to dole out 500, ,000, 900 loans
to the Bethlehem Steel Company, or
other sums to various Industrial con-
Germs seeking funds.
Business will have to stand on its own
bottom eventually. The Government
cannot continue indefinitely to pour out
funds. In fact, even now McAdoo's war
finance corporation can make no ad.
vances for q term OF more than FIVE
years. The billions he is out putting with
such lavish hand must be returned
within the period of the next admins
tration. That would involve tremend.
ous economic readjustments even 10
normal times and is certain to be
particularly difficult In the confusion OF
postwar conditions.
Then there will be and end to the time
when every situation may be met BY
out gold from the treasury and
more billions when the
supply runs low. That term will be
an anxious one for the people, even II
the Government is In the hands of the
nations ablest economists and construc.
tive statesmen. That crisis is inescap-
able, and now Is the time to prepare for
It. The issue before the voters this fall
ia whether they prefer to entrust to the
Democrats or to the Republicans the
very practical proposition Of getting the
nation and It's industries back on firm
basis after the war. They know the
records and policies of both parties.
The question before them is not mere
politics, but one of business judgment.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
Reglstratiouao September, 1918.

| Ne8HotIutlOu Oi SePtemDoIs iyics
Under the supervision of the Draft
Executives at Augusta, the "a Local
Boards in the State of Maine are. rapidly
completing their arrangements for the
registration OF between seVenty and
eighty thousand men In the State Of
Maine. This registration will take place
early 10 September, possibly on or about
the fifth day Of the month. Some
Boards have reported their readiness
and others are practically ready for the
task, which is OF paramount importance.
Provisions and arrangements for
specialso oases OF registrstionN are being
made at The Office Of Adjutant General
Presson.
The plan to meet the need Of large
industrial .cobcerns includes the appoint
ment of an officer of each corporation -
chief registrar and the deputizing Of
company clerks or foreman to record
registration of men on drives and In
camps, mills and other operations.
Companies needing deputlzed registrars
should report ut once to E. 8. Phil
brook, Assistant Executive Officer, at
Augusta. .-
Tne SICK VIII De registered Dy persons
deputized by the local boards to make
their registration. Inmates of the state
prison and county jails will be registered
by the warden and the jailers.
All registrants will be made subject
to the selective Service Regulations un.
less the latter would be obviously In
applicable, or unless subsequent regula-
tions shall otherwise prescribe.
All public officials and all war organ.
izations are called upon to assist and
cooperate in the accomplishment of this
registration. It is confidently expected
that when the Presidents Proclamation
shall be Issued the State of Maine will
be found worthy of her motto, q leader
among the commonwealth of the union.
GEORGE Mel. PRESSON,
The Adjutant General.
By e. s. PHILBRooK,
Assistant Executive Officer.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27

III
So long as the war continues we car
not sxpectan over supply of food. Ir
the early days this nation did not pro.
vide itself with the great variety of foods
that are now known. In other words, the
people did not live so we'll. We could re-
turn to the diet of the early pioneers
but we would not be in as good health
or our children would not develop az
well as they do now on their present
diets. As DR.. MeCollum says, "Their
food was much more simple even In
summer than that of the farmer of to-
day and in winter they regularly limited
staple ingredients Of which were corn
meal and meat. This led TO the routine
practice of using tonics and blood
purifiers in the spring to relieve that
tired feeling. A little observation will
show that with improved living condi-
tions, the need of spring medicine has
disappeared. We no longer feel worse
in the spring than at otter seasons. The
explanation is simple and evident"
With our knowledge of foods now, even
though We should be restricted In our
diet, there is no reason for people being
We may not be able
to supply all the meat that some would
like but in great many instances people
have eaten more meat than was good for
them.
We have learned that when milk and
cheese are eaten with cereals and fruit,
he human being will be we'll nourished.
We would not 60 so far as to say that no
meat is necessary as We believe all peo-
pie will be stronger and healthier il they
eat some meat, and the laboripg man
needs q great deal. II people will learn
of the food value of dairy products, our
meat diet may be materially decreased
without affecting the growth and health
of our people. Let rs ever keep before
the importance OF using Q
liberal amount of milk and cheese. If
We do this, We will not need to be
concerned about what other
food products we have.
We we'll remember an instance during
the Civil War where o family in the
Of winter bad salt pork. corn
meal, and potatoes; by February the
pork was gone and the potatoes frozen.
Ali they had left, until green vegetables
came. was corn. This family would
have COTTON on great deal better II they
had had some milk to go with the corn
meal.
There 10 no question but that We can
get along on very restricted diet II We
nave to, but IL continued over to long .
period, We are subject to various kinds
,f disease due to malnutrition.-Hoard's
Oairyman.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
What the Silo Did.

The emergency value of the silo was
shown on my farm last season. Early
frost hit all crops, especially field corn
and silage corn. Right after the freeze,
before the silage corn had time to de-
teriorate, IL was cut and put into the
the silo. The fodder was frosted but
the grain was not much injured. 1t
made good silage that cows, beef cattle,
hogs and sheep thrived on. Our field
corn was left until the silo was filled,
then was cut and shocked, but the
stalks were 90 vet and 30 much rain fell
in November thai. the fodder would not
cure, the grain nodded, softened and
soured-wbat was not taken by rats,
birds, etc. Snow and freezing weather
came before the crop could be housed,
not until spring could 1t be used, when
II was so injured as to be Of little value.
In q word, much of our field corn was
aim ost total loss. but our silage corn
was all saved and every bit Of 1t utilized.
Had We been able to ensilo the field corn
the saving on that one crop would have
paid for silo, machinery and labor need
ed to fill it. Many farmers auffer like
wise.-Wisset Farms, Mass.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27

When the late Moses Owen, author OF
"The returned Maine Battle Flags" was
q clerk In the Bath postofice under Post,
master Greenleaf, George W. johnson
was assistant postmaster, though only
16 years old, recalls the Times. Between
mails Moses Owen uaed to repeat from
memory long extracts from Milton's
!"Paradise Lost" or Pores Essay on
Man." apparently having the contents
of these works word for word In his
head, '-
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
PhiIosophy of the Oldest Dalrymar

Philosophy of the Oldest Dairyman.
"sSwst the Fly ought to have been
invented for the sake of hosses and
cows"
SIS there greater reproach in the
world than the look q sheep gives you
Just as 1t crawls ont of disinfeotant
dipping vat?"
hMiikin' machines are q logical part
of modern invention, but just the same
it takes lot of romance out OF the dairy
business"
"They teach young folks dairying
now adays just as they teach arithmetic
or grammar. And want to tell you,
there's a. much profit an honor In
coming out q graduated cheesemaksr
as an expert accountant or . his
torian."
"Wheu . farmer goes joy-riding In his
pleasure Car, he's apt to have one arm
around q bag of potatoes"
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27

Rx Congressman Horr, IN wrirng )"
the New York Tribune on the oiso-
maresrins question, said twenty-five
years ago: .,- fr.uds
They are never defsnsson. o'; =.
msrgarine 10 better than butter, ne
msisrs nal should strive all the time to give
r. r. ~ .n s,pesranss unlike butter, 90 tnss
- No = ons can be fooled in thinking, when
UU DurcSssioe S butter. that he is getting the
better and rpurer article. oieorsrsasiins, si..,
n The msnufactursr Of this by-prodn.
viii leave it with its natural ccior, y
that thoss people Who ony u % :nu ~,
-ho at il can tell st . glance jus, 49,
shs, are buying and eating, butter
Ig.,s ~ vYII drop this controversy 2,
orcs All the fsrmers ask, or should
49, Il that the rules Of common homes!
=. solIevsd in the nsnufaetuse and ssi'
of this article" -
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
Iucreased Hgg cousumptlon.

Reports on the nations egg supplies
lately received by the q. 8. Food Ad.
minis,ration show that the number OF
eggs in storage In the United States on
JnIy was practically the same - on
July /, 1917. With this condition, Il is
interesting to note that oonsumptioh had
increased about II per cent, indicating
that prod uction must also have increas-
al in about tho came degree. Imports
and exports are . negligible factor COM
u.red vfth the en0smous sise, OF the egg
trads within the United States.
Prices received by producers for eggs
have been gratifying, according 20 re,
uorts from the country egg markets, aeo
poultry markets arc still short OF oirds,
due, Il i belisveds 10 the high level Of
egg prices.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
Health and Business Credit.

SIS your home screened?" said a
banker to 8 farmer applying for q loan
Of money at the bank. "Have you been
vaccinated against smallpox and typhoid
fever?" These are some of the questions
which certain bank in the United States
asks would-be borrowers, according to
the State Department of Health. "And
there is a reason" says the State De.
partment of Health. Men who are
healthy, and who have taken steps to
insure their health for the future, and
men who have taken steps to guard the
health Of their families, make far better
risks than others. When practical bust.
ness men see the relationship between
health precautions and financial credit,
the case for health measures is clear.
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27

Asone farmer, 90 aptly expreeesd II,
ssI fried alfew ysareago'to keep an 90.
enrats ACCOUNT OF my business. oue VA
not able 10 continue it throughout the
,ssr ovlns TO the rush Of farm work
sinss this iarm management demonstra'
tlon work has besnstarfed Dy .ne ooeus,
sseut I know that these record: are Q! Q
vslus and jusk what IN account .noult
$4,000 10 make them OF valus. ! hnt
= sssv NOW 70 save my checks for none,
r.id oat and 90 list things have re
-. ~ monev Tor. Then, ct the end O
~ vsar. / know II my business haa bel
pro6tabis. and 4 not, vhy (" ~ ~
%. rhas
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
Winter injury Of Baldwin Apples.
EFFECT OF CROP BEARING LAST YEAR
UPON AMOUNT OF IT.

| There seems to be some differences oi
opinion among orchardists In Maine a tc
whether trees did or did not bear good
fruit crops In 1917 suffered most from
the severe cold weather OF last winter
As probably there are q few exac,
records kept Of trees by the practical
orchardisk 1t seemed wise to compare
records atHighmoor Farm ,-ss r r
At the farm there are 381 Baldwin
trees. OF these 152 are not of bearing
age.
Oftbe Ss1 trees 217, or 81 per cent,
suffered more or less winter injury. One
hundred and nine trees, or 20 per cent,
we're so severely injury that they are
probably worthless.
OF the 152 young trees, IS, or SO per
cent, suffered more or less injury and II
trees, or per cent were severely injur-
ed. 1t is more than likely that as the
season advances the amount of injury
among the young trees will become
more apparent.
OF the 229 trees of bearing age, 1OS
yielded heavily In 1917, 33 produced a
medium crop and 9S trees yielded very
few apples.
OF the 10S trees that yielded heavily 95
trees, or 92 per cent we're injured. OF
these Is or Is per cent, were injured
severely.
OF the SO trees that gave q medium
crop %, or 66 per cent, were injured
more or less and 10 trees, or 80 per cent
we're injured severely.
OF the SO trees that Welded very light
" or not at all 45, or 4S per cent were in
jnred more or less, and 10 of these trees,
or II per cent, were injured severely.
Ofthe heavy bearing trees 90 per cent
were injured more or less, of the
bearing SO per cent. and of the
light bearing 4S per cent. OF the heavy
berring Is per cent were severely injured,
Of the medium bearing 80 per cent and
Of the light bearing only II per cent.
1t is apparent, therefore, that at High
moor Farm those trees that produced
the heaviest in 1917 suffered the most
from winter injury. The young trees
and the trees>t bore lightly were sf
Iectsd about the same. although the
goung trees did not suffer, 80 far as last
Of June records show, quite as much as
lid the trees that bore some, though
little, fruit In 1917.-Chas. D. Woods,
Oxford Democrat., 1918-08-27
MACHINE GUNNER 1pNNdM RNhcf
CHAPTER XVII.
BIighty.

From this first-aid post. after inocu-
lating me with antitetanus serum to
prevent lockjaw, was put into an am
bulance and sent to temporary hos
pital behind the lines. To reach this
hospital we had to go along road
about five miles in length. This road
was under shell fire, for now and then
flare would light up the sky-a tre-
mendous explosion-and then the road
seemed to tremble. We did not mind,
though no doubt some of US wished