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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
AYRSHIRE IS GOOD HUSTLER
Where There Is Much Rough
Land in Pasture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The Ayrshire breed originated in the
county Of Ayr, in southwestern Scot
land. In that region, which borders
on the Irish Sea, the surface Is rolling
and has much rough woodland. Pas
lures, therefore, are somewhat sparse
and it is necessary for animals to
Craze large areas in order to obtain
sufficient feed.
1t is only within the last hundred
years that Ayrshires have had type
well enough established TO be entitled
to the designation of breed.
This breed Is not well known In
many sections of the United States
New England, New York and Penn
sylvania probably contain the largest
number of it's representatives. There
is small distribution in the Middle
Atlantic States, the Pacific Northwest
and other scattered sections.
The color of this breed varies from
the medium red to very dark mahog-
any-brown and white. The cattle
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
Problem for Home.

Good morning, children" said the
arithmetic teacher. "How many of you
have prepared an original problem in
multiplication as / requested" Only
one hand went up.
'Well, William, you may give your
problem and the rest of the class may
solve it,"
IF my baby sister Is year old now
and weighs 20 pounds, and keeps on
gaining two ounces day until she is
sixteen years old, and IL the price Of
living doubles again in the next ten
years how much will my sisters grad
uation outfit cost? Mother says she
would like to know."-Rehoboth Sun.
day Herald.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
An Ayrshire Which Won Worlds
Record for Milk Production.

have long horns which turn outward,
then forward, then upward. Quick,
brisk actions are characteristic Of the
animals which seem always to have an
abundant store Of energy, and to be
exceptionally alert. Ayrshires have
highly nervous disposition, which is
useful both for production and self
support. Probably none Of the other
dairy breeds can compare with the
Ayrshires in ability to obtain a liveli-
hood on scant pastures. Their ability
as "rustlers" has made them very USE
full In sections where there Is much
rough land in pasture. Cows of this
breed average 1000 pounds in weight,
and bulls average about 1000.
Another point Of which breeders
Of the Ayrshire are very proud is the
uniform, square, level udder with long
body attachment which Is common
among the cows.
Milk from Ayrshire cows contains
comparatively little color and has the
fat in uniformly small globules which
average smaller In size than for any
other breed. The milk stands shipping
well without churning, and In other
respects it is well adapted to the mar
ket milk trade.
For Ayrshires the average of the
2,59S cows that have completed year.
ly records for advanced registry is
1856 pounds of milk testing 3.95 per
cent of butterfat, amounting to 377.51
pounds Of fat. The ten highest milk
producers of this breed range from
25,329 to 1918 pounds Of milk and
the average of these ten highest pro-
ducers is p, 1888 pounds of milk. The
ten highest butterfat producers among
Ayrshires range from 955.58 to 744.i3
pounds, with an average, for these
ten, of 1854 pounds of butterfat.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17

for cooperative organization should
be ascertained in the preliminary sur
vey, as well as the amount of business
available, and the attitude of the peo-
pie in the community toward co-Opera-
tive undertakings. The existing agen-
cies which the proposed organization
intends to replace or supplement should
be studied to determine whether they
are rendering satisfactory service, and
information should be gathered rela-
tive to the outlets for the products to
be marketed and the sources of sup
plies to be purchased.
The department of agriculture is
glad to advise with communities desir-
ing to organize for cooperative under
takings.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
FIGHT PESTS OF
CHICKEN FLOCKS
Mites Must Be Combated With
Sprays of insecticides in
Poultry Houses.
CUSTER FOR lice Treatment
Powdered Sulphur is Best to Use for
Eradication Of Lice-High Efficien-
cy Of Sodium FIuorid of Re-
cent Discovery.

Fowls are infested by two kinds of
body parasites-lice and mites. Lice
live continuously upon the birds. The
common mite feeds upon them on the
roosts at night, and after feeding Sc
cretes itself in the cracks and crevices
about the roosts.
There are many different kinds OF
poultry lice. Those most common on
fowls are the body louise, yellowish in
color and about One-tenth of an inch
in length, which remains on the skin
of the fowl; the shaft louise, somewhat
smaller and very pale In color, which
is usually seen on the shafts of the
feathers; and the head louse-a large
gray species which is most frequently
observed on the heads of young
chickens.
Lice are not usually very abundant
on healthy fowls which are kept under
sanitary conditions and provided with
dust baths. They multiply rapidly
upon birds of low vitality and slug
gish temperament, and are quickly dis
tributed through flocks upon promises
where attention to cleanliness Is in
different.
For novices in poultry keeping, and
with small flocks generally, 1t is advis-
able to make sure that the flock Is free
from lice by giving the birds individual
treatment which will secure that re-
suit. The most universally procurable
article for this purpose Is powdered
sulphur. The method Of applying this
is to hold the bird by the feet-head
down-and dust the sulphur freely into
the feathers, using either q small in
sect powder gun, or a can with per-
forated cover. Pyrethrum may be used
in the same way. Neither of these
remedies will thoroughly and perma-
nently rid poultry Of lice. When they
are used treatment must be repeated
ut more or less frequent intervals, as
may appear necessary.
By using commercial sodium fluorid
in the form Of powder, or as dip, all
species Of poultry lice may be de-
stroyed at one application. As the
high efficiency Of sodium fluorid In de-
stroying lice on poultry Is Of recent
discovery the material Is not ordinarily
found In all drug stores. With a de-
mand for 1t, however, local druggists
will secure supplies. Poultry keepers
who desire to thoroughly eradicate lice
from their fiocks should write the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. c., for Farmers
Bulletin 801, which gives, with full de-
tails of the use of sodium fuorid, COM
plete information on the control of
mites and lice.
Mite 10 Very Small.
The common chicken mite is a very
small gray insect which, when II has
filed itself with blood, becomes bright
red, hence the name fred mite" by
which It is often called. 1t may be
discovered, II present, by looking on
the under sides of the roosts and nest
supports, and In the wall crevices near
them. Where the mites are very abun-
dant they may be found I'm large
masses In such places. They also fire.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
Farmers Write Insurance.

Farmers cooperative fire insurance
companies to the number Of about q
600 are now In existence. They have
about S5,3OO,OO0,OOOl of insurance in
force. This means that the farmers
companies are now insuring more than
two-fifths of all the insurable farm
property In the United States. The
average cost of insurance in these COM
panies is about &c cents per hundred
dollars per year.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17

well and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. / gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. - Mrs. ALBERT Suite, 603
Olmstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, 81 am so nervous, cam
not Sleep" or cit seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, dir
illness, and nervous prostration Of
women, and is now considered the STAN
dsrd remedy for such ailments.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
Making Food From Waste.

Keep this thought In mind In con-
sidering the growing of more poultry
as a war necessity: Poultry is means
Of converting into good food materials
that cannot be utilized by man, that
cannot be eaten by any other kinds of
stock, and that without the poultry
would be absolute waste. Very clear
ly 1t becomes national as well as
an Individual duty to keep enough
poultry to take up all such waste ma
terials. AS long as fowls take the
bulk Of their feed from such sources
and require to be fed on grain or other
garnered feeds only as q finishing pro-
cess. additional food is being created.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
ON EVERY FARM-16o HENS.

There should be 100 hens on
every farm In the United States.
declares recent publication
from the Office Of the secretary
of agriculture, circular LOT. And
we should obtain 100 eggs from
every hen. With approximately
60O.000,000 hens and 60,000,O00,-
600 eggs per year, according to
the calculations of the writer's,
who then add that that number
of eggs constitutes a military re-
source not to be ignored.
One hundred hens on every
farm is not particularly big
contract. There Is hardly a farm
in the United States but could
support that number of hens
practically on it's waste mate
rails and without materially add
ed cost. One hundred hens to a
farm is considerably less than
the average number of hens to IA
farm in many OF the better poul-
try producing sections of the
country. 1t is an average that
could easily be maintained in the
sections of the country where
the average per farm Is now
lower.
One hundred eggs from every
hen, while far below what could
be obtained with proper encour-
agement of fowls, is consider
ably more than the average egg
production the country over.
Suggestions for attaining this
average are given In the publica-
ton mentioned.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17

quent the nests Of sitting hens. With
reasonable attention to the cleanliness
of poultry houses, mites are not likely
to be troublesome except in warm
weather.
Treatment for mites consists in ap-
plications of liquid insecticides or dis
infectants to them and to the places
where they harbor, repeating the APP
plications at intervals of about week
until all are destroyed. Any of the
petroleum products commonly used
for disinfectant purposes will be found
effective for the destruction of mites.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
KeepIno Harness In Reparr.

The tools and facilities required for
keeping harness In repair are compare
lively simple and inexpensive. A con-
siderable portion Of the repair work
on harness can be performed by the
aid Of tools required for other pur-
poses, but there are few special de-
vices that are desirable.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
SHEEP OR DoGS-WHIcH?

Why don't you keep sheep on
your farm?
Afraid dogs will kill them!
Can't keep stray dogs and
sheep in the same county.
That means that the stray
sheep-killing dog must go, in
your neighborhOOd.
Pass a good dog law.-United
States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
WOMAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Winons, MINI. suffered for more
than q year from nervousness, and was

30 D6u i COuiu nut
rest at nigh t.
would lie awake and
get SO nervous i
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. ] read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound and thought
] would try It My
nervousness soon
laft vna r aIaan
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
COWS GIVEN FEED AND CARE
n ProNt 10 Not Returned Send Her TO
shambies and Give Feed to One
That Will.

Give the cows chance. Feed and
care for them properly. IL an animal
does not have II In her to return a
profit or even pay for the feed given
here send her to the shambles and
give the feed to one that will.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17
A Criticism.

William Dean Howells, the famous
author, does not like the movies. He
thinks their technical side, the cam
era mans side, is wonderful, but he
has no time for their literary or seem
ario side.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-05-17

Money talks when it is put up as
guaranty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09

the more precious. for this is the vim
|tAge Of victory III
It was from in front Of these for
midable positions that the American
boys OF the foreign legion fired their
first shots for France in the fall OF
1914 The trenches where they were
stationed during the first, winter cam
paign are still plainly visible in the
chalky clay.
Traces of the four years Of fighting
are found all over the ground east
OF Rheims, from PQmpelle fort
around the mountains. ( It was pos
sible during visit today to see what
1t had cost the Germans to hold the
posiuons they were finally obliged
to give Mp for nothing. &;
1 All the villages on the main road
from Rheims eastward are more or
less intact, for the fighting there was
at too close quarters to enable either
side 89to use heavy gums. They all
showed traces OF reepAted struggles
from street to street and from house
to house. Every wall OF eyeFy house
/ Or Enclosure Is pttted by anaGhine gun
bullets. md by. shrapnel q - t3s 4 s.
Long stretches Of wtre4 bofore the
trenches are almost int4ct running
through street4s or cutting bet Ween
houses to mark the line WhorA tha
Germans, were still 1T closos xrtps
With thes TEench two days axO. The
work OF destruction done byE fhe eYs-
envy In his hurried fltght 49, 1ucbm-
pArahly leSa tl1an that of e1Seyyhern
FOR itshad long $50 been alrao1t coun-
pleto. a. ,ig ~ d
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
CAMBRAICAPTURED;
5000 GERMANS ARE
TAKEN PRISONERS
Field Marshal Hag Reports Rapid Advance Front OF
80 Miles in Cambrai-St. Quentin Region-G Germans
Stffen Defense East of Rheims
'(By the Associated Press.)'

Forced pillars
of the British aided by
Cambria Quentin Field Marshal resumed his
o 0 !.
the Americans the southern wall from Rheims Of the Mue
smashing
\
East the Hndburg
reached
British
Near Americans
Before the advancing
mass andh aient wilb
aon positions It would within the days that the
will
The British and Amsfsans the north rdly
stop the Gouraud and Berthe The
Champagne Agonne Meuse
French rusts the Mu The
of In
on these Tuesday 5000
Oprson
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
Telegraptic Briefs

washington-The war labor board
in a letter to the acting president Of
the A. F. of Z indicated that where
unions opposed advanced street car
fares recommended by the board in
wage controversies the entire award
would be suspended.
New York-Federal agents started
search for Lieutenant Colonel Charles
g., Collins of the British army who
disappeared from a hospital as sher-
IFS arrived with a summons for his
appearance in court to tell what he
knew Of thefts from a concern in
India by which he at one time was
employed. ,s'i
New York-Evidence tending to
show that W: F. Loehmer, enemy
alien used intoxicants to obtain in
formation from a navy petty officer
which resulted in submarine at
tack on the steamship George Wash
ington was brought out at hearing
before commissioner. se
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
=HlllDENBURC Line NOLONCER
BARS ALLIES FROM ADVANCING

co-American forces moved up on the
right flank Of the Meuse. won back
places famous in the verdun struggle
and got in line with the Americans on
the left bank who are thus relieved
sof. the calling thanking fire which had
prevented them moving forward. ,'t..s1
The German position, has been rem
dered considerably worse as q. result
OF yesterdays fighting, in the opinion
OF the military commentators, Major
De Civrieux. in the Matin, points out
that the strategic conditions alone do
not suffice to indicate the Importance
of the battle which aims more than
ever at the destruction OF the enemy,
either in direct combat or by maneuv-
er. The German losses have been enor-
nous. In a single section Of the Brit
ish front two fresh German divisions
thrown into the furnace melted away
In a few moments.
GenAral Ludendorff delayed his gen.
eral retreat so long that, In the view
OF the critics, he is in dangsrsofs lead
tAffnfg back merely the renlnaift of hffS
Amy to the famous glacis which pro-
tect93 Germany. -&::s 81 H. "a e 5
(. Major De Civrieux asks:
This ptecipitate demand for an
arniistice does it not spring from a
vision Of disaster?''
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
GROUND COVERED WITH DEAD

GROUND COVERED WITH DEAD
With the Anglo
Armies Near St Quentin, Oct. Q.
Tho ground over which the
great battle has been fought is
covered with dead men and
horses. Many Germans are
buried under tons OF earth in
collapsed dugouts. Only a few
of the prisoners captured had
heard of the Austro-G German plea
for an arnistice and their ideas
on the subject were extremely
hazy.
From all sources it Is learned
for q virtual certainty that no
formidable wire barriers are
ahead Of the British and Amer
leans until the Valenciennes line
is reached and after that the limo
d of the Meuse river.
The Germans are burning
towns far east of the line ON
which they now are fighting.
Maretz, between Clary and BO-
hahn is in flames.
The Germans are being given
no rest whatever for in addition
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
Fighting Going on in Open coun-
tty Between St. Quentin and
Cambria and Bohain is Threat,
ened1. sss

Paris, Oct. s.-The Hindenburg line
no longer bars the path of the Allies.
The definite rupture Of twas achieved
on the first day OF the fighting In the
new development towards the north of
the great battle now raging from the
Escaut to the Meuse.
(. To glo-saxon forces went the
honor of storming the. last remnants
of the extraordinary maze Of defenses,
between CarnbrA and st. Quentin.
Apart from this achievement the re-
suits of the days fighting were notable
in that the enemy's losses must hsss
rllnsyi Et0 tens sOS;gf fhpuaands. OF men
FddiIHS fhe days hghting. in the va
rious sectors Of the long battle front.
In addition important strategic OBJ
jects were attained.
The Allies now are. in the open
country on the Canfbrai-St. Quentin
front and are threatening Bohain, an
important junction of roads and rail
ways, therAmericans last night having
pushed within, two miles OF that place.
Once, the masters of. Bohatn the-.Al-
lies, should they push toward Guise,
would take in the rear not only the
Laon-St. Gobain massif but the posi-
tions along the river Serre dubbed by
the Germans the Hundfng line which
joins at Chaumont Porcien the Brun-
hide line running along the Aisne:
The Germans were SO confident in
thu. .AtfengM Of the Cambrai-St. Quen-
tin front that they neglected to or
ganize the rectangular position bound
ed on the north by the line Of Cam
brai and Landrecies and south iby the
Serre position, of which Guise is ap-
this omission all the German positions
parallel to the German frontier atart-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09

x1&NA6 -tA0 40Il0luyst a N0Kx06&x 0VAS
idier. was found in ruined village
surrendered trembling with fear.
What are you afraid of? z" his cap
tor inquirad. I'VE are not Going to
harm YOU sA, ~ ~ 3 $$s VII
with the acrid smell Of blackened
masonry In his nostrfls, with smoke
stu rising from q village fired by his
companions IN plain sight ma with
ppfSs Of blue smoke from German
the Ghippe little further back the
captive rejoined: sss> 35t ,ss
But what will the French sSoldters
do when thSy get into Germany?''
His :interroEAtor merely remarked
that It Was noticeable that the Ger
man soldiDr who has fired q French
peasants home after taking shelter
In II for four years has no word OF
sympathy. excepting for his own pe0-
or ana nearsr with every h advance
the Allies are ma king.
With the crnm bling Mne along the
Aisne canal north Of Rheims and the
line along the Vesle to the east the
Germans abandoned Nogent La HI
be1pe, to the oAYt Of RhAtm1. and Brl.
mont u the north, l ae # polnta
have been the jailers o4 Rheims Tor
four years, Nogent "a Abhesse haa
bsen a obsery alton point iron,
Which the tssFsnans had atched tbs
and AirNcteds axt tillery 4. 1ya slh1cll
wrscksd ytilsgss sthat 10 d i5na
the imountai6n ox Rhellnag ana took
aim at the wire kroWGlN cNlttyAtln
vtnAY1x6a ON tlke a1opes, 2ntl the peaa.
ant etF1a gat hst1nG thu 8 GrapssI th,4t
rev sns Gpit4 of the neGieck eiks
sercesa! f,trty rs tla pss
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
4
PRESIDENT MEETS
APPROVAL OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
London Officials Regard
Query as Clever and
Logical. ... (,
MEN ON FIGHTING
! LINE NJ SATISFIED AT i = 2 }
Attention Of President is
Turned From Note to
War Situation.

Washington, Oct. BY an
adroit diplomatic move, President
Wiisop has laid q trap for the
German governmental heads IL
the peace proposal made by
Chancellor Macmillan was In the
least yinsincere. This was the
view OF ofIlcials today as they
studied the communication adj
dressed by President Wilson yes-
terday to the German chancellor.
Confronted by the strategy of
German diplomacy the president
in the view OF officials has coun-
tered with strategy just as Mar
tactics Of Hindenburg and Luden-
dorff with superior strategy. And
yet In his communication the
president has left open the way,
to peace. ~
The president by calling upon
Prince Maximilian for infOrma-
ton rs to whether he represents
the German nnilitary masters con.s
Quoting the war; or the whole
German people, has compelled
the chancellor and those assO.
ciated with him IT, Il 3. ender 70 tlaes.
yyoESa an eYpi ION 'Gs their real
position. Thfoukh tho coillmrini-3
cation sent yesterday. the last
hope sOf the German militarists
to point to the Allies as wagfng 3
war OF extermination Is consider.
ed as having been removed.
Ats4lle same time the president
!, has notified the German govern
naent that Its proposed 'suspen-
sion Of hostilittes cannot be
granted I while q German soldier
remains on Allied soil. Tho Ger
man government must state to
the world whether 1t win accept
thesi4 terms previously laid down
by President Wilson whole-heart-
edlY OF "as q basis for negotia-
tion,' which position cannot be
considered by the United States
and the Entente Allies. $
The step taken by President
Wilson according TO indications
today has met with the ap--
proyal Of the American peo-
pie. Newspaper editorial COM,
ment almost universally cOm-
mended the move. Congressional
leaders after N6refhlly studying
the comIhunic nication sent by the
president, praised II az q bril-
liant diplomatic stroke.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
GERMANS LOSE HINpENBURG LINE
BETWEEN cAmBF'AI and ST.QUENTlN
OFFICIAL war REPORTS

&@ssg FRENCH
official once
by the
4 lH I. -
4af~ f5e@S AMERICAN. f.s$5Ag
Washington,
Pershing
ing both sides Of Muse
+ 4 III z #@ +
s.The by the
fighting. s3Fs
long resisting
night additional
Of British
morning Of the third and fourth
&Ess
i'd being