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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Concrete silo In Course Of construc.
ton.

more than one-third OF the food nutri-
ents It is worth at least One-half as
much as the grain, or $3.50. How
many farmers will willingly leave in
the field $3.50 an acre? Yet this is
done in many sections of the country
where the corn is husked and the
slower left in the field.
But suppose the dry slower Is fed as
roughage. Even then 1t is not we'll
saved as completely ~ in silage.
When, under ordinary farm conditions,
cOrn Is cured in the shock the loss of
dry matter Is approximately 25 per
cent and may be as high as 45 per
cent. These losses are due to the
breaking off of leaves by the wind and
In handling, and to destructive fermen-
tations. The loss of dry matter in the
silo is very slight when the silo is
tight and the silage well packed at the
time Of filling. As silage the corn
stalk Is all consumed, hut as slower
only the leaves are eaten unless it is
shredded, and even then a great part
of the stalk Is discarded. Some feed
ing experiments show that even In
shredded slower the portion discard
ed is as high as 81 per cent. This Is
in addition to the loss Of dry matter
during the curing process.
Too frequently an u%nfavorable sea-
son like last year results in the loss
Of the whole corn plant or In immature
soft corn that Is OF little value. BY
far the best method to utilize corn
which Is immature at harvesting time
is to put 1t into the silo. Even FROST
ed corn will make satisfactory silage
IL harvested at once. If 1t becomes
dry, 1t may be saved by adding wa
ter during the filling process.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

AT last" cried Miss Terchance,
esctatically, Il have found a ma who
truly loves me, and whom l can truly
love -
Miss Kreant looked at her skeptic-
ally. Are you sure that he loves yOu?"
she asked.
"Sure. For that's what l asked him,
and oh !! the beauty OF his reply!"
'"Tell me about It,"
II said. How can you love me when
Tn so croSs-eyedY
"'You wrong yourself. darling he
replied. You are not cross-cyed. Your
eyes arc SO pretty that they just can't
It Is"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Space on Inside insures Ventilation
Essential for Proper Curing.

Soy Beans Shocked on Racks-hollow
Space on inside insures Ventilation
Essential for Proper Curing.
can be baled out of the shock, which
frequently is done. The usual custom,
however, Is to store the hay loose In
the barns.
Harvesting for Seed.
In harvesting soy beans for seed me-
sively. These pickers are of different
makes. but all have the same general
principle. They run astride the rows
and knock out the beans, leaving the
stems, leaves. and hulls OF the land.
The machine Is drawn by two mules
and operated by two men. One man
drives and another throws out the ex-
cess trash that accumulates in the
back OF the machine. The picker will
hold from 4 to 6 bushels Of beans.
When 1t Is full, the beans are emptied
and handled In different ways. In n
common method the beans are u
through q half-inch mesh sieve to re-
move the coarse trash and then are
sacked. One or two men handle the
sieve. These men may be the same who
operated the machine or they may be
extra men. After this the beans are
cleaned with a tanning mill.
Time for Harvesting.
Harvesting with q picker begins
some time after the leaves Of the plant
have fallen. The time to begin Is when
the first pods pop open and throw out
the beans. As the picker works best
only when the beans are dry. the ma
chine Is not started in the morning I'M
til the dew is on, which Is usually
from 9 to IL o'clock. When the days
work Is ono started, 1t Is customary
to continue work until nightfall with
out stopping for dinner. In the soy
bean district picking usually begins
about the last Of October and lasts
through approximately 10 days OF
good picking weather. II It rains, the
maturing Of the beans Is checked and
picking Is resumed when the weather
again becomes dry. A machine will
pick from 8 to 8 acres per day.
Waste In Picking.
The waste Of beans in picking usu-
ally varies from one-twentieth to one
fourth, and, as q rule, averages about
one-eighth. II the plants r blown
down or have long branches 30 the ma
chine cannot handle them well, the
wnste may be more than this. Or II the
beans are left on the vines too late. SO
that many Of them pop out, the vast
age may be higher. Varieties Of beans
that begin fruiting some distance from
the ground can be harvested with the
least waste BY q picker, and this is
one advantage Of the mammoth yellow
10Y bean. Hogs are usually turned In
o clean up the waste beans. 30 that In
act there u Z very little loss.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
GOVERNMENT AND LABOR

prepared by the United States
Department Of Agriculture.)
No department Of government
has any authority under the law
to seize labor nor can the gov
eminent create labor. The best
we can do IS to study each situa-
tion and to furnish information
and every possible assistance In
shifting labor from one neigh
b0rho0d or region to another,
and II that Is not possible In q
given case to call upon the towns
and cities dependent upon agri-
culture to mobilize all town men
Of farm experience for aid to
farmers, Il need be, by substitute
ing women In stores and shops
In order to relieve the temporary
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ousley,
Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
WASTE ELIMINATED
BY MEANS OF SILO
Saving Of $3.50 Per Acre on So
BusheI Crop of Corn.
Farmers In Many Sections Of Country
Husk Crop In Field and Leave
Stover-Contains One-Thlrd
OF Food Nutrients

ment OF Agriculture.)
BY making as much silage as can be
used stockmen will do much to con-
serve the feed supply. At least 81 per
cent Of the digestible material of the
corn plant Is left In the slower when
the ears only are used. When corn is
ensiled this 81 per cent goes into the
silo with the 63 per cent in the ear.
The Importance Of this saving will be
nor apparent when given a money
value. With q yield Of SO bushels an
acre. the value of grain is $50, at $1.5O
a bushel. Since the slower contains
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

INFANT MORTALITY 10 something fiEhtful. Wecan hardly realize thae
Of I'll the children born In eiyri.ed countries. twenty-five. Per cant.
pr cent. o. mrs than sne-third, before they are ave, and oneAaH before
they ~ hftesni
We do net hesitate I, say that Q timely use Of Castorie would save
many Of these precious lives. Neither do We hesitate 70 ny that many
Of these infantle deaths n oocasioned BY the use a narco6c preparations.
Drops, tnsturss And soothing syrups sold for ehldrsns complaints contain
deadly poi.ons In any quantity, they stupsfy. retard circulation and lead
tona II bears the signature Of Chas q. Fletcher -
o. it contains No opates o r narcotics Of any kind. ~
Genuine Castorfa always bears the signature OF 0kAf7X %ZZEI~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Two Recipes.

Anne Hodges, age seven, offered her
mother, Mrs. Fletcher Hodges, 1921
North Pennsylvania street, two war
time recipes the other day.
One was for oatmeal cookies and
the other orange peel cake.
The first formula included: One
cupful oatmeal. one cupful baking
powder, one cupful o. dough.
The second formula included: One
half cupful orange peel chopped in a
meat chopper, n cupful yolks OF
eggs. half cupful o. dough.
"Beat both to q 'suds,' and eat
Cold,' wrote the Juvenile culinary adj
Observation-Disclosures News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

Nsw L he Tire . Get Rid Of These Ugly Spsts

ashamed of your frckles, as Othine-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce Of O~thine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply = little
Of II night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear. while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. 1t Is seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
. beautiful clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength OthiDe.
% this IL sold under guarantee OF money back
II i fails to remove freckles.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
A New Excuse.

Jimmie had gone to bed way up the
dark stairs and into his scary black
bedroom. Shortly thereafter his moth
err heard him call In Il frightened voice,
"Ma. l wisht you'd come up here"
She went up.
MA, won't you keep the light burn
ing in here? I-uh-it's so dark ! can't
see to Sleep"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Cuticura Stops itching.

The Soap to cleanse and Ointment to
soothe and heal most forms of itching,
burning skin and scalp affections.
Ideal for toilet use. For free samples
address, "Cuticura. Dept. K, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
Is. Ointment IS and 5O.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
journalistic Amenities.

"Our wart Of a contemporary" says
the Tazville Gazette, claims as far
as the war is concerned to have the
earliest intelligence. That is the kind
Of intelligence they always have ut
that office. 1t is more than early 1t
is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Social Distinction.

Golfer-Anyone ahead of us, caddie :?
Caddie-Yes, sir; Il gentleman with
q caddie and a man carryin' for his
self.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
Wanted to Be Prepared.

II want to get a marriage license"
said the young man in the New York
city hail.
what is the lady's nameY' asked
the clerk.
"Oh, ] don't know yet"
"Why you certainly don't want a
marriage license until you find out
who you're going to marry?'
"Oh. yes, l do. I'm going up to YOn-
kers to spend the day. and | want to
be prepared"
A girl can never understand why a
man persists in staying In the bachelor
class after having met her.
Long Beach. CAL. forbids public
''spooning" by young persons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

Act well for the moment and you
have done well for all time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

Japan does not limit the working
hours of railroad employees.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

Teachers In Montreal (Canada)
Catholic schools ask increased pay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

Ministerial Advertisement
SQuib-Our new minister certainly
had a sense OF hulnOr.
Squab-Whnt's he went and done?
~SQuib-Put q sign on the parsonage
reading. "Spirits Rectified."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
peveiop MIX Capacity.

The capacity to give milk Is jevet
oped n COWS b. breeding early.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

His Occupation.
"What does he do for his country
Hes an automatic hOt-air genera
tOr.'-DetrOit Free Press.
Sometimes a Safe Bet.
"Dubb says he'll run for senator"
"Bet he won't go faster than
walk"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
CITY 100 PER CENT LOYAL
Bristol. Va, Citizens Agree to Eat No
Wheat Until Harvest.

Bristol n city of 10000 people. sit
uated in both Virginia and Tennessee
has pledged itself to go wheatless m
til harvest, In order that the ahs~lu+e
needs of the Allies may be met from
Americas meagre store. Five large
mills. afty wholesale and retail groc-
ers. all hotels and scores of patriotic
citizens have turned in their entire
stocks for the use of the government
and have pledged themselves to use M
more until the present need has mass.
ed. No more wheat -four will no sold
and the entire output of the mills :,
to be placed ut the disposition of the
Food Administration.
Many other pledges of s,,nnort m
the Food Administration have followed
its recent appeals for further conssr
walton of wheat. The First Presbvtor,
an Sunday school, Holt Mich, is nIedg-
ed to use no wheat or its products
until harvest. Pledges of support and
cooperation have been received ,ron,
the Evangelical Lutheran Cb,roh
South Haven, Mich, Park Ranti.t
Bible School, Utica, N. Y; Grand p,v
er Lodge, No. 40G, I. O. O. F. Machs
burg, Iowa.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26

Surrounding the majority OF our
army camps and environments are
areas known as sanitary zones.
These have been established by the
United States Public Health Ser
vice for the purpose of preventing
contagion between the camps and
the civil communities. About
ninety Red Cross nurses are on
duty in these zones.
Every woman who has graduated
as a nurse, is needed by her coun-
try today. Married nurses are ask
ed to give part of their time to hos
pitfalls and visiting nurses organi-
cations, or in public health service.
Available graduate nurses are urg-
ed to enter military service.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
limit SUGAR SALES
TO ALL CONSUMERS
Two Pounds In Towns dno
Five in Country For
Household uses.

Hereafter no dealer in food is per
mirted TO sell more than two pouiius
of sugar to a city housewife OF iioIe
than five pounds to farmers VIE
at one time for household use. House
wives, however, who desire sugar 10,
preserving purposes may obtain al,
they need by signing certificate anu
agreeing to return all sugar opfaiiieu
for preserving and not USED lor tii"'
purpose.
This ruling by the Food Admlhlstra-
ton is due to the ravages OK 'he
U-boats off the coast ten days ago
The steamship Carolina and other yes,
sells carrying millions of POUNDS oA
sugar TO this country were sunk by the
I--boats and now in order that the
housewives and Gamers may nave TIE
SUGAR they need, the sales Tor nome
consumntion are reduced.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
States to the proper express COM
pany.

The Overseas cap" now being
issued to soldiers in the EXpedl-
tionary Forces matches the uni
form in color, has very low
crown, and has no brim or peak. 1t
is so made that it may be folded
and carried in a pocket.
When American forces entered
the trenches it was found that the
brims of their campaign hats in
terfered with sighting through
trench periscopes and that in the
cases of tall men the high crowns
could be seen above the parapets.
The new cap is so low that it per-
mits the men to move with practi-
cally the same freedom as when
they are hatless. The trench he'll
met can be worn over it.
Only soldiers who have been
with the Expeditionary Forces
wear the cap. According to reports
from France new regulations pro-
vide that officers shall wear their
insignia Of rank on the cap, and
enlisted men place on it the button
prescribed to be worn on the left
side of the collar of the service
coat
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
DEPEND ON THE WOMEN
How They Can Fight While Sons and
Brothers Are at War.

An authoritative statement from
official Washington again impresses
upon the women of America the fact
that "they have never been called upon
before to bear so great a burden as
the coming months will impose upon
their courage and their constancy."
1t is interesting to note that though
women's part in all the war activities
is emphasized, first place is given to
the matter Of food production and
food conservation and women's share
In It. The message reads In part
"'rhe women of America must Sc, to
II that the nations producing power
is not enfeebled by the draft made
upon II to strengthen the fighting
power.
''rhey must produce food by work
ing gardens. by raising chickens, by
doing farm service where they can or
by helping and encouraging those who
do 1t. They must aid in the kitchen
conserving food by wise economies,
canning, drying, preserving, picking
and preparing food in accordance with
the Food Administration program
They must purchase where they see
the Food administrations emblem
watch their local dealers, buy local
produce in preference to shipped
goods and resist the temptation to
hoard.
"America is today rationing the
world. Without our food supplies the
Allies could not fight for us. They
are suffering privatons. The food
that we save for them is not a saving
of money. 1t is saving of life. IT
is worth more than its weight In gold E"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
HEALTH AGENTS AT
WORK IN COMMUNITY
Young Women Urged to Take
up Nursing
By Jane A. Delano, Director of the
Department of Nursing of the
American Red Cross


Department of Nursing of the
American Red Cross
The woman who has been train
ed as a nurse stands in special
relation to her community. Since
we entered the war, and the ranks
of nurses in civilian life have
steadily decreased by the number
entering the military service, this
relation has become emphasized.
AS a sanitarian, as woman who
thinks in terms of public health,
and as one who has trained per-
sonal services to render, the train
ed nurse is unquestionably one OF
the most valuable members Of
society.
The time of thinking Of the
nurse as one whose duties are con-
fined to the actual care of the sick
in hospitals and homes has passed.
Public Health Nursing, although
still in its infancy has taught us to
think of her as sanitary inspector,
as organizer and teacher. A week
in the life Of a typical nurse of the
Town and Country Nursing Ser
vice of the American Red Cross
has been described.
''In a busy week she cares for
the bed-ridden who might other
wise receive insufficient attention
she inspects the children in the
school to see that incipient cpl
denies are not starting; she gives
the children simple lessons in by.
giene, and talks to their elders or
this subject in community meet
ings; she organizes local health
committees and clubs; brings the
cleanup and swat-the-1y cam
paigns to the country; she gives tt
mothers the latest advice of mod
ern science; and renders genera
community nursing service"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
Saturdays $50 D. m.
Look Around, Men!

It's your privilege, before finally deciding new suit
to look around and at which store get the best
value
In fact it's imperative that you should especially durin
these "high price" days. and then, would rather Won do
So because after having other clothing you will aD
ciate more fully the substantial values offered in
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
CLUBWOMEN ATTEND
FEDERATION
Wartime Problems Presented
to Convention

A delegation of Clubwomen in
Guiding Mrs. William Holton,
president of the New Century Club,
Miss Eleanor Harter, Miss Elsie
Wright, Mrs. George Townsend,
and Mrs. ]. Pearce Cam, leave
Newark Thursday morning to at
tend the meeting Of the State Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs held at
Rehoboth June 27 and %. The Of
fcers of the State Federation are
president, Mrs. Walter A. Powell,
Dover; first vice-president, Mrs.
Ella G. Emery, Seaford; second
vice-president, Mrs. J. P. Sauls-
bury, Dover; third vice-president,
Mrs. O. c. Purdy, Wilmington; COR
responding secretary, Mrs. A. E.
Watson, Dover; recording secre-
tary, Miss Elizabeth Aldred, Mil
ford; general federation secretary,
Mrs. Samuel J. Reynolds, Smyrna;
treasurer, Mrs. L. Irving Handy,
Smyrna; auditor, Mrs. J. Pierce
Cam, Newark.
A new president will be elected
for term of two years, the cleo
ton having been held over one
year to have it coincide with the
General Federation. It is New
Castle county's turn, but whether
or not the president will be select
ed from the northern county is I'M
certain.
The first session will be held on
Thursday afternoon, when the re-
ports of the individual clubs will
be given by the vice-presidents,
one from each county. Thursday
evening a concert will be given by
sailors from the Naval Base at
Lewes, and Captain Arthur Rudd
will be the main speaker. Captain
Rudd served year as special as
sistant to the American ambas-
sador in Petrograd, Russia. While
in Russia, he assisted in caring for
prisoners of war and in aiding in
other relief work. The rest Of his
time was spent in various parts of
Russia and Siberia. Captain Rudd
returned home the past summer
via the Trans-Siberian and Japan,
and is now devoting his time in
speaking the interests Of the AM
erican Red Cross.
The election of officers will take
place and Mrs. Powell and Mrs. A.
D. Warner will give reports of the
General Federation on Friday
morning.
On Friday afternoon Miss Julia
Lathrop, of the Children's Bureau,
at Washington, will talk on "The
Protection of Children-A War
time Measure" Miss Lathrop is
the head of the Child Welfare of
this country. Everett Colby, of
the United States Food Admins
tration, will also address the con-
vention. He has been in Belgium
and speaks of the situation, as one
who knows, for he saw conditions.
His subject will be What Has To
Be Done"
Friday night there will be army
songs by Kenneth Clark, song lead
er for Camp. Meade, and the in
stallation of the new officers, fol-
. lowed by an informal reception.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-26
Yankee RESPONSIVENESS
in Practise

1t takes the Irish to beat the
Dutch and the Yankee to beat the
Kaiser. The most distinguishing
Yankee trait is resourcefulness, so
we must find some relief from the
farm help situation by more meth
DDS than one. We will all admit
that slackers should be set to work,
that towns should furnish as much
volunteer help as possible, and
that every man who can be Undue
ed to go to work on a farm should
be placed there. The United States
Department of Agriculture is hold
ing up the following illustration
as an example of one way that lies
within the power of every farmer
to get some relief from the short
age of farm help.
In a certain community there
were four farmers, one of whom
had $50 acres of haying to do, the
other three of whom had 25 acres
each to harvest. In former years
the man on the large farm had
hired four extra hands during the
having season, and one Of the other
farmers had hired one hand. Two
Of the men with a small acreage
had done all their own work with
the help of their wives and chill
dren. Haying had always been a
heavy job for the small farmers
because they did not have improv-
ed machinery to do the heavy
work; it had always been long
job for all four men often lasting
for three weeks or more and pre-
venting work on all other crops.
Last year it was found practically
impossible by these farmers to get
help so that even the man with a
large acreage of hay only had one
extra man when hay cutting time
came. In this emergency the four
men got together and talked the
whole thing over with the result
that the following plan was adopt
ed.
All four farmers pooled their
help and machinery in one gang
and considered the haying on all
four farms as one big job. The re-
suit was that in four days the
having had been done on all three
Of the small farms and the haying
force was ready to tackle the big
job. The large improved machin-
cry of the farmer with a large
acreage had proved blessing to
the other farmers and had taken
away lot of the heavy work that
had always gone with having be-
fore. In eight or nine days the
having had been done on the large
farm and the four farmers had
finished having in a shorter time
than ever before. There had been
less back-breaking work and the
farmers wives who had been in
| the habit of helping out swore that
they would never go back to the
old way of haying.
Of course this same idea and
plan can be applied to any other
kind Of work on the farms of Della
ware and is not necessarily limited
to haying. The use of large crews
and improved machinery results in
just as great an increase in effici-
ency in any farm job. 1t is an en-
tirely voluntary plan and could not
be put to work in every community
but where the situation is serious
enough and where farmers are in
the habit of working together this
plan can be great help.