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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
Many Are Back Numbers
Because of Poor Health.
LOSS Of Weight or Energy
Easily Overcome.

Many women are failing. Many
lose their grip just for lack OF
robust health and reserve vitality
to carry them over the top.
Close Your eyes. dear reader.
and make d wish. Wish for rosy
checks like a high school girl. A
few pounds IT solid flesh tn
round out the hollows. Wish for
steady nerves So sleep will be
reStful and sweet. Wish for ali
appetite that makes everything
taste like mother used 10 make"
To max" this COME true just drop
into IL drug store AMI get some
IanIgin NuSn,ill:l u 1Oc package
luStS two wcekSJ. TAX. a tablet
1t meal time and on retiring.
They assist nature tn remove
the prisons from tho blood and
put rich rcd blund In its plncc.
You'll notice the difference very
plainly in four days ut the most.
and you arr taking absolutely no
chance. nj each bvX is guaranteed
money back II not satisfied. Red
Blood Tablets NuxntillR ut your
own druggists or at c. II. Griest
4 Co.'S.
Eote.--Ths added flesh Ia al
ways firm. Weigh yourself be-
fore taking.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
GETS VICTORIA CROSS.

MONTREAL. OCT. 2S. - Private
Thomas nInesan. L member Of a Nom
,rnaI regiment and son of former
member OF the Danish parliament. has
been awarded tn" Victoria cross for
Conspicuous bravery on tho western
front. according to ndvicrs received
here today.
During 4 ten hour hand t" hand bat
tic. which resulted in thr capture OF
moro thun n mile of enemy trenches.
FrlVat" pncS.u rushed forward alone
on five occasions. putting out uf action
hostile murhiue guns and accounting
for twelve of tho enemy with bombs and
hayunrt His citation states that his
sustained vaIor "Inspired his comrades
at Il very, critical stage OF tho action
and was an cXmplc to all"
Buy WAR SAVING; STAMPS
INV u-.r, g ,I-r>-f. ST.N{pc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
On Purlouph

- Private John Koran. OF MorEantown.
is nome from Morgantown. on a ten day
,1urlough Already hs has gone through
the ordeal OF spanish Influenza and
says, no more did not have pneumo-
mis- but the influenza alone is severe. or
WAS with ne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29

Tho Spanish influenza situation is
greatly improved IN the last few days.
II is believed that the disease In this
city so far j. under control. Their" has
been no cases reported since Friday.
and Il Is thought that before Ions the
-scbools will be opened and everything
back to IT'S normal conditions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
No Halloween Celebration

with the approaching holiday IN view
very few plans are being made for the
observation OF thu holiday here. quito
a few parties arc being planned. and Viii
take place il the Spanish influenza
quarantine is lifted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
Student Knitting.

The students nf the public Schools are
spending great amount 81 their Leisure
time knitting, since tho Spanish influ
enza epidemic has been over this city. y
number OF quilt patches have been knit
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
ted BIZ tho girls. and will make several
quilts. when put together.


4 foreigner OF this city. was b7ou sht
up before Mayor Eayles Sunday evening
charged with being drunk. AFTER ne was
yivcn trial he was handed fine OF 81
nd costs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
big SUM COLLECTED
FOR THE BAKER FAMILY
Panty WIN BE Taken Care OF as Re-
ruI, Of the Fund Collected
;. by Newspapers

4 sum -. approximately Si.3'o.n' col
iected By the Iuteiligcncer and tAe
New. for the destitute Baker san'lF'
who lost three children with Spanish
Influenza last week. will b" turned
over to the family through trustee
today. Tho TIRES other children. VINO
arc confined to tho Obi" Valley General
hospital with the disease. ~" reported
to DO improving nicely. while the tatacr
etill remains IN 4 critical condition ~
his home IN the East Etnd. lhe io'-
lowing contributions have as YET oeen
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
COW TESTING CUTS
DAIRY EXPENSES

Dairymen who have had their prof
its reduced by increased feed cost will
find considerable relief through cow
testing associations. The COW test
ing association places responsibility on
each cow to demonstrate her ability to
pay for her feed and return a prof
it to her owner. The loafers in the
dairy herd cannot be detected with
out some system of records. The cow
testing association enables the dairy
men to calculate the amount of milk
and butterfat which each COW returns
for the feed she consumes. A sys-
tenn of records will disclose some eye
opening facts concerning the produc-
ton of individuals of the herd.
Cow testing associations afford a
means for cooperative buying of sup
plies and also facilitate improved
methods of feeding. The results
which have been obtained by COW test
ing associations in Missouri indicate
that large number of dairymen, who
are not keeping records, are feeding
some cows at loss. Sometimes this
loss may be attributed to poor pro-
ducers, poor management, or lack of
proper feeding. Savings brought
about by COW testing have more than
paid expenses during the first year.
Marked increase in the production of
the herds, and the corresponding re-
duction of the feed cost in COMPARE
son with the milk and butterfat yield
always follows.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
RAISE AN ORCHARD WAR CROP

Every tree will bear its crop of
fruit if plans by the leading agricul-
tural workers of Missouri become eff
fective. Thousands of acres of or
chard are not producing fruit enough
to pay for the picking. Spraying and
pruning will put these orchards in
bearing condition. During the winter
and early spring is the time to do
this spraying and pruning. These
fruit trees have been barren because
they have been neglected. Hundreds
of trees have been sacrificed because
the owners consider their orchards
unproductive. With apples, espe-
cially, care will give remunerative re-
turns. This has been demonstrated
repeatedly in Missouri.
Fruit is one of the indispensable
foods in maintaining the health of
the people. Dean F. B. Mumford of
the University of Missouri College of
Agriculture, as Federal Food Ad-
ministrator for the State, suggests
every step be taken to guarantee a
big pield of fruit next year. Many
orchards Of bearing age have failed
to produce a profitable crop up to
date. They can be throwninto bear
ing by proper methods. The College
of Agriculture or any of the county
agents will be glad to offer sugges-
tions on pruning and spraying.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
DOES 1T PAY TO GROW GRAIN?

eve have been doing more of a
manufacturing business than real
farming, depending as we have upon
the West for our grain feeds. So long
as western feeds remained cheap
enough, this system was all right, but
it lacked the most fundamental basis
of permanence; that is, an adequate
area of fertile soil, and now that west
ern feeds are no longer cheap, a re-
adjustment of the business is inexita-
BILE.
"The situation isn't as bad as if
New England farmers couldn't grow
grain. They can when the price war
rants it. Massachusetts, for example,
used TO grow, back in 1S45, 10000
acres of corn as compared with the
present $4,000, and $4,000 acres of
rye as compared with the present g.
0O0 1t is all matter of whether it
pays or not. If one cannot afford to
buy grain doesn't it follow that one
can afford to grow it, assuming that
one has the necessary land?
New England Homestead.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
LINING AND
FERTILIZING PAID

The results from lining and fertil-
izing in experiments conducted by the
University of Missouri College of Ag-
ritulture on outlying experiment
fields have shown an average return
above the cost of treatment of more
than $1,000 during one round of a
four-year rotation on 100 acres Of
land. On certain fields the returns
have been much higher. The field at
st. James, in Phelps county, for in
stance, has brought a return from the
use Of lime and fertilizers during one
round of a four-year rotation Of corn,
soybeans, wheat and clover of $3.50
per acre above the cost of treatment
and total cost Of production. Likewise
the use of barnyard manure and phos-
pilates has brought a similar return
above the cost Of treatment and cost
of production, during a similar rota-
ton, Of 1864 per acre. Based on
100 acres Of rotated land, these re-
turns during a four-year rotation are
equivalent to S3,136 for the lime and
fertilizers and 1884 for the manure
and phosphates.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
BETTER PASTURE
VERSUS GRAIN FEED

Everyone agrees that New England
ought to have more sheep. But New
England is not getting more sheep.
ut least not rapidly. Farmers are
Ioath to increase their stock holdings
IN the face of high prices for the feed
with which to keep them. New Eng
land would be justified in leaving
sheep alone if it was necessary to buy
grain to feed them.
But New England has large
amount of land which can only be
farmed prohtably as pasture, and
sheep pasture at that Much of the
pasture is poor to be sure. But if we
follow the procedure of the Roth
amsted (England) Experiment Sta
ton even poor pasture may be made
to produce mutton and wool without
the use of grain.
One-half of sheep pasture was
top-dressed with fertilizer. No grain
was fed to the sheep pastured here.
The other half of the field was not
fortified but the sheep were fed cot
tonseed meal at the rate Of one pound
per head per day. At the end of the
period of three years the gain in NUT
ton and wool was the same in each
case-but three hundred and fifty
pounds more cotton-seed meal than
fertilizer was used. The cotton-seed
meal cost about twice as much as the
fertilizer, and the fortified pasture
was producing more than the infer
tllized at the end of the period.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
INSPECTION CONTROLS
STRAWBERRY PESTS

During the last few years many OF
the strawberry fields and beds in Mis-
souri, have become badly infested with
insect pests or plant diseases. Ii
some sections Of the State the dam.
age has been large.
The strawberry leaf roller is the
most injurious insect pest and has
become established in practically ev-
cry strawberry-growing section OF
the State. This pest passes the win
ter in the larva or pupa state within
a folded leaf. In the spring it emerg-
es and attacks the foliage of the
plant. While in the larva or pupa
stage it is likely to be carried from
one place to another upon strawberry
plants within a folded leaf, especial
ly in the early spring.
Another strawberry pest which
does a great deal of damage in Mis-
souri, is the strawberry crown borer
After passing the winter, the adult
beetle deposits its eggs in the spring.
The eggs hatch into grub, which
works in the crown of the plant. This
pest is very troublesome in some sec
tions.
The strawberry root louise has al
so been found in Missouri. This lit
tie greenish or blush louise sucks the
sap from the roots and stalks of the
plant and if allowed to multiply may
destroy the larger part of bed in a
single season. The eggs are laid in
the fall on the stems and leaves of
the plant and do not hatch until
spring. The eggs are easily carried
from place to place upon plants.
The Missouri nursery inspection
service is trying to prevent the
spreading of these Injurious insect
pests by inspecting all of the straw
berry beds in Missouri from which
plants are sold and by requiring the
inspection of all strawberry plants
shipped into the State from other
States. In this way the service is
preventing the distribution of these
and other injurious insect pests from
infested to non-infested areas.
In setting a field to Strawberries
make sure that plants are secured
only from certified growers.
The Nursery Inspection Service,
Columbia, Mo-, will furnish any in
formation regarding the inspection of
strawberries.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
HAUL A LOAD EACH DAY

The farmer cannot pillow while the
ground is frozen, and neither can he
prepare the ground for next years
crops. But he can do many things
which he used to put off until the time
when he might have been blowing OF
planting. He can mend the harness
repair the barns, cut next summers
supply Of wood, fix the farm tools, and
do all the other odd jobs which will
make him ready to take his place at
the post as soon as Nature blows her
whistle next spring.
He can market all of his surplus
stock Of corn and wheat and hay and
potatoes. Sorting potatoes in the
cellar when the thermometer is how
ering around zero, but who wants to
do it when the robbins are singing out
side the window. When he comes
back from town he can haul his sup
ply of fertilizer or feed or lime. There
never was farmer who could not re.
member at least one time in his life
when he had to unlock from the drill
to go to town to get more fertilizer
or more seed.
No man can afford this year to miss
the chance of hauling when the roads
are good. And the country roads are
never quite as good for hauling as
they are when deep in snow. And
a. farmer who has had the doubtful
pleasure of wallowing through the
mud when ton seemed like noun
tain to his team, knows how much
moro finn il js tn ramhle aloncr with
two tons on good stout pair of hobs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
RELATIVE VALUE
or FERTILIZER

"How are we to produce crops
when fertilizers are so high ?" asks a
market grower. He is simply consid-
ering the actual cost of fertilizers
without thinking of the relative val
ne. As compared with the increased
value Of products, commercial fertil-
izers are not high, except in the case
Of potash. have no remembrance Of
time when it would pay the cult
vators Of the soil better to use COM
mercial fertilizers literally. The
grower who stints in the use Of plant
food because of high price will not
reap the profit of good prices for his
products. as will the man who is lib
eral with the application of soluble
plant foods. The great fact to con-
slider is that labor is employed and
getting better wages than ever before
and these are the buyers that make
vegetables profitable. In times when
labor is largely unemployed the South
Atlantic Truckers know well that ear
ly cabbages seldom pay. The labor
ing people are then buying things that
"stick closer to the ribs" And it is
the great earning class rather than
the rich on which the trucker must re-
ly.-W. F. Massey, in the Market
Growers Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
DON'T WASTE MANURE

The value of barnyard manure has
always been recognized, but the pro.
lection necessary to preserve the fer
tility of manure has not been recog.
nized. The value of manure on diff
ferent soils is illustrated by expert
ments in different parts of the State
by the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture. AS an average of all
experiments on outlying fields barn
yard manure has brought a return of
$1.90 ton, although on some of the
fields the return has exceeded $500
ton. On one experiment field the
return has been at the rate of $41O
a ton. These experiments show that
the farmer who is not caring for his
manure is overlooking a most i'm
portant source Of revenue. A COM
bination of phosphate and manure
on certain fields has been very prof
liable.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
FERTILIZERS SAVE FARM LABOR

"There is a patriotic phase to the
fertilizer situation. The farmer is
short of labor more than any other
class of people. Fertilizers properly
used on the farm will more than make
up for the scarcity of farm labor. To
this extent from purely patriotic
standpoint fertilizers may be ad-
vised-for they enable the farmer to
do his best in the great work of food
production. Fertilizers necessarily
cost more now, but the increase in
price has not been in the same pro-
portion with the advance in farm
product prices.-Inland Farmer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
COOPERATIVE DELIV-
cry A SAVING

The high cost of food commodities
is due in large measure to the high
cost of delivery and other services,
Investigations by the Missouri Di-
vision Of the United States Food I'D
mnstration have shown. In exam
ming the cost of food products from
the producer to the consumer, it has
been found the cost of delivery i a
large item.
10 reduce these delivery costs, +.
B. Mumford. Federal food admins
traitor for Missouri, is encouraging
the organization Of cooperative de-
livery systems in every town in the
State and the reduction of the num-
Der of free deliveries to one a day.
"In many towns merchants make
five and six deliveries a day. This is
an enormous waste" Mr.. Mumford
declared recently. "By cooperative
deliveries every small grocer would
not be forced to maintain a delivery
wagon. Reducing the number of free
deliveries to one a day would be a
big saving. We believe that those
who want more than one delivery
oipulu bSdl GllC SOSO. IL Is d great tN-
pense to the grocer to make long de
liveries for several small purchases a
day."
Retail grocers in several Missouri
towns have started cooperative de-
livery systems. Chillicothe organic
ed such delivery system in 1916,
which has proved successful. Five
deliveries a dav are made NV tho sly
wagons. In accordance with the re-
quest of the Missouri Food Admin
istrator, however, the Chillicothe
merchants are now working on plan
of one delivery a day. They expect
to put this into effect soon.
Geo. W. Bailey, county food admin
istrator for Linn county, has organ
lied the dealers of Brookfeld into
cooperative system. Since this was
started nine men who were delivering
food commodities are now available
for other work.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
PREFERS CHAMBERLAIN'S

"ln the course of a conversation
with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s rep
resentative today, we had occasion to
discuss in a general way the merits
of their different preparations. AT
his suggestion, l take pleasure in ex-
pressing my estimation of Chamber
lain's Cought Remedy. l have fam
lily of six children and have used this
remedy in my home for years. l con-
slider it the only cought remedy on the
market, as | have tried nearly all
kinds. Earl G. Ross, Publisher Hon.
ilton County Republican-News, SYRIA
cuse, Kan. Obtainable everywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
MATCHES AND OTHER
ARTICLES BARRED
FROM FOREIGN MAILS

Postmasters are directed not to ac-
cept for shipment to members of Elk.
peditionary Forces packages contain.
ing matches, cigar lighters, or solid.
flied alcohol, including the prepare.
tion called "Sterno" or canned heat.
1t is not deemed safe to admit these
articles to mails for foreign countries
er for United States naval vessels, in
Guiding marines on shore in other
countries.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

Do not fail to note the real "Mon-
ey-Saving Proposition" made by that
sterling newspaper, the st. Louis
obe-DemOcrat, elsewhere in this is
sue. In spite of the enormously in
creased cost of production, the Daily
Globe Democrat, except Sunday, is
offered to rural free delivery and
star route patrons (yearly subscrip-
tons only at the remarkably low
rate of So per year---or in complete
clubs of three or more, at the net club
rate of only $3.50 for each yearly sub
scription. The Daily Globe Demo-
crat, including Sunday, is offered for
$3.50 per year, or in clubs of three or
more at the net rate of SAFE for each
yearly subscription, This offer is al
SO open to subscribers who receive
their mail at postofiices where the
Daily GlObe-DemOcra is not handled
by local news-dealers. The regular
price of the Daily Globe Democrat, in
Guiding Sunday, is now $3.50 per
year; daily, without Sunday, SIS per
year; Sunday only, $3.50 per year;
weekly, issued twice a week, SOC a
year. Again we urge you to read the
money Saving Proposition" and
send in your order at once. Address
the Globe Printing Company, Pub
fishers, st. Louis, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
HARRISON COUNTY
GETS LOVING CUP

Harrison county received the silver
loving cup which was offered by the
Missouri Corn Growers Association
to the county which obtained the larg-
est number of new members for the
association during the year. The tro-
ply will remain the permanent prop
erty of the county as long as the
county continues active in Corn Grow
ers' Association work. Harrison coun-
ty obtained 62 new members.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25
FOURTEEN NEW
COUNTY AGENTS

Fourteen counties have made pro-
visions for county agents under the
emergency food production campaign.
Stoddard, Lincoln, Adair, Mississippi
and Cass have obtained agents. Dunk
lin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Howell,
Livingston, Howard, and Holt have
completed arrangements and will be
provided with agents as soon as men
can be obtained. Fifteen counties
have agents under the old plan. In
addition several counties in Northeast,
Southeast and Southwest Missouri
are served by three district agents in
the respective sections.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

The 16 cantonments built for the
training of soldiers cost $134,000,O0O,
with a net profit to contractors of
2.98 per cent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

A second training camp will be
held at Porto Rico, starting Febru-
cry 1. The attendance of 400 will
be selected from citizens and residents
of Porto Rico.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-25

Practice food conservation for the
sake of your stomach, for the sake Of
your pocketbook, for the sake of your
country or for any other reason I'M
der the sun, but-BE SURE YOU DO
1T.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-27
ORANGE

0smond Cave is home on furlough
from the navy.
Ernest Bailey has received his honor
able discharge from the army and is at
his home.
Dean, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Emer
son, had the misfortune to fall from the
steps Christmas eve and break one bone
in his left arm near the wrist and crack
the other.
Rosary Bison has been honorably dis
charged from the students army division
at the state university. He intends to
resume his studies after New Years
Rev. A. J. Lord and his sisters, Jennie
and Minnie, are i'll with influenza.
The Center school held its exercises at
the church Tuesday evening. Much cred
it is due the teacher and children for the
fine way in which everything passed off
In the list of young girls who have
knit Red Cross sweaters, Melvena McCor.
mack's name was omitted We take this
opportunity to list her
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clark of Connecticut, formerly of
this place.
Miss Gladys Richardson is spending a
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. G. Richardson.
Jasper Taylor spent Christmas at Reu-
ben Lords.
All the schools except the Clement
school are closed for the holidays.