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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

month. If large quantities are ham
died the unit may be raised to 100
pounds. or 100 quarts.
The writer has followed this system.
and II worked out very nicely. Every
consignment of feed is apportioned to
dry mash, scratch grains. chick feed,
and so on, whichever way the meals
and grains are TO be used. in two
totals-weight and price. At the end
of the month the total costs are added
and divided by the total weights, and
the quotients are the rates per pound
lei each classification for that particu-
lar month. The rates are then applied
to the quantities consumed by the va
rious flocks, whose records are kept
Gaily in each house or pen, then
totaled for the month.
The manner OF keeping the daily
records OF feed consumed is simple
in the extreme: y card or slate is
fastened near the door OF each pen. and
as the attendant goes about distribut-
ing the feed. an entry is made OF the
quantity of each kind Of feed-dry
mash. scratch grains. shells and 50
on.
Large hoppers are employed for the
storage OF dry mash. some of them
having capacity OF 200 and 500
pounds, hence there may be only five
or SIN entries for mash III a month.
and grit, which are replenished on an
average of twcc month.
Buckets of uniform capacity pre-
viously ascertained. are used for dis
tributinS the feed and other supplies.
which obviatcs the necessity for weigh
tain size bucket holds forty pounds OF
scratch grains. If the feeder throws
half OF il TO one pen and a quarter to
another, and then tour buckets 10
larger house. he enters twenty, ten
and $50 pounds, respectively, on the
states.
The same bucket will probably hold
about thirty pounds of dry mash. and
about eighty pounds OF grit or shells.
Al the end of the month all states or
cards arc brought TO the office, jotaled.
entered in book. and the states or
fresh cards are returned TO the houses
for the next month
CHECK On THE OPERATIONS
TO SHOW WHERE TROUBLE IS
II the record of n particular house
indicates a falling off in feed. along
with decrease in eggs. or if the egS
record does not compare favorably with
the cost Of the feed. il proves substan-
TALLY that something is wrong or that
certain flock is not up to standard.
An inquiry is held and the reason as
ccrtained.
The system also acts as n complete
check on the feed, because the total
amount Of feed placed before the fowls
must compare with the amount Of feed
purchased This is a feature not to be
ignored. We have known feed to he
wasted. sold short weight and stolen.
Briefly. then. keeping records OF the
feed is in harmony with the need for
time clocks and cash registers.
In the breeding 81 other kinds OF
Pedigreed livestock. such as horses
COWS and dogs, permanent records are
maintained by the officers OF a society
or association OF breeders. In other
words. the stock is registered. so that
an examination of the records Of GER
tain society will disclose the ancestry
Of any animal Of note. Because the
3ouliryman must keep his own pedi-
gree. there being no association for the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

FIRST leSbsnd. tho band must be re-
moved and q larger one substituted.
or the original band may be secured
to the web OF the wing. where 1t re-
mains throughout life. Thus the prog
ress OF the chicks In the brooder can
he noted. and later on the range. much
valuable data can be gathered In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

Mattress Company. comparatively
new industry in this city. has found IL
necessary to double its capital stock
increasing It from $4,000 to 500. ooo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
Had to Double Capital stock.

NORFOLK. VA. July 2T.--To meet
the requirements OF increased and con-
stantly growing business. the Norfolk
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

Turn your old furniture into cnxh. A
Want Adj will find !,
buyer. Call Randolph {.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

The servnnt problem has no terror IN
the housewife who uses Times Dis-
patch Want Ads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

short. each bird is held strictly ac-
countoole for its performance. There
Is no gucsSwork.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
WELL WORTH WHILE
no OEININ sTECIAL DATA

Those engaged in the poultry bus!-
ness as specially and who rear
chickens on an extensive scale VIII nnd
g. to their advantage TO gather as rnIcn
additional Information about their
hocks as possible They should ma out
the laying ability Of each flocE and
what it costs TO iced each aocH They
should be Interested 10 know VIVA, {,
costs TO rear a puilet to maturity. inc
cost OF a dozen eggs, which hon. AZ.
the most profitable at certain seasons.
and SO on.
To ascertain the average egg Weld
per her per year. divide the to,a! mum,
her Of egg yield by the total number
Of hens. making proper allowance for
any birds that may have died or been
sold. Don't include the pullet eggs.
unless the pul!cts have been in the
laying house for year
4 To find the average selling price on
eggs for the year divide the total
egg receipts Gall moneys received for
eegs) by the total number OF dozens
Some poultTymen make the mistake
OF estimating the averages from month
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04

BE YE VIGILANT!

Nonpartisans, petitions to amend the state constitution, 50
as to make it an instrument through which the people may express
their will rather than an impeachment in the pathway Of political
and economic progress, are now being circulated. The present
constitution, designed to prevent the people from using the in
1tlatlve, makes it necessary to obtain the signatures Of twenty
five per cent of>the voters in half the counties of the state before
an initiative measure may 60 on the ballot to be voted on.
Bottineau county appears to be considerably behind in the
matter OF securing the necessary signatures, and those having
the matter in charge, as well as the Nonpa1tSans in general
throughout the county, are admonished to give this matter their
earnest attention, as all petitions must be in Fargo by the 9th inst.
As Judson King puts it, our constitution now is such that only
A Strong Organization Like the Nonpartisan League will be able
to give the people of North Dakota a chance to use the initiative
at all.
This is one of the things that the proposed amendments, if
they are passed, will remedy.
You are not voting for the proposed amendment when you
sign a petition. You are merely saying that you believe the peo-
pie ought to have a chance to vote on them at the next election.
Thirty thousands names are required. About half that many
have been secured.
If you have a petition to circulate, Get Busy and Get All
the Names in your town or township. All the petitions must be
returned by April 27 and by that time many more than the re-
CURED 81, 1000 names should be secured. There can't be too many.
The More The Better.
Getting enough signatures to these petitions is a test of the
democracy of North Dakota.
North Dakota Must Not Fail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE SENSE.

Well the Nonpartisan League state convention has come and
one Its activities seem to have been a great disappointment, TO
iome of our nervous or neurasthenic newspaper frlends--put tne ne
armers themselves appear to be quite satisfied with the result
# their deliberations and their pleasant visit to st. Paul. After
IL that is the frame of mind in which we hope guests or the Guy
lwavs will leave us. We are particularly glad that these VISITORS
id not take too seriously the pathetic efforts to r1dcule them or
1ake them feel unwelcome. They seem to have preserved theH
God nature and good sense remarkably we'll. L. +o.a
Summing up their activities during the week, from the stand
ONT of an impartial observer, we find that they did these Things:
t. With very evident sincerity and hearty applause uhey
1opted resolutions expressing in unequIVocal terms tnelf loyauy
the government and their devotion to the prosecution OF the
ar. w.-
President Wilson pledging their united efforts to uphold his
ands in carrying on the war
g. At no time during the meetings was there a single express
nm bv anv of the numerous speakers which was anything but
ankly patriotic. ~
men connected with the national administration, including WILL
I'm Kent of the federal tariff commission.
5. The convention discussed various economic questions,
opted a platform relating to these questions and Endorsed a TICK
of state candidates. ~
Some of the solutions proposed for various public problems
av be open to serious question. They are certainly, however,
,fters which should have free and frank discussion Ihey 40
+ warrant what seems to be a determined and organized eHor1
discredit this organization by either ridicule or hysterlcal al
*. Whatever there is of falacy or unsoundness IN the economic
,ws of these men may be much better answered by SOBER ar,
ment in the court of public opinion. Whatever there is Of real
;loyalty in the actions or words of any individual among them
ouid be dealt with promptly in the court OF justice. Inc htue
&irlWind of dust with which some have sought to cloud the Whole
liter seems to be settling down and revealing those VINO stirred
up in the clearer-but perhaps to them not entirely pleasant
hit of the questioning day.
It seems to US that the time has arrived when it will no long
serve to brand a member of the Nonpartisan League as a man
O carries a stick of dynamite in one pocket and a picture OF the
ser in the other.-St. Paul Daily News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
Al POINTED ENGLISH ARGUMENT.

We must try to create such a public opinion that it will be
easier for the careless and the selfish to practice economy and
saving than to be extravagant and self-indulgent. This public
opinion must be so strong that the blatant spender becomes a
social outcast.
1--WE must make people realize that whoever amongst us is
prosperous today, that prosperity is only possible because of the
sacrifice of life and limb on the part of those whom we at home
have sent out to fight for us, and that therefore every shilling we
earn beyond what is necessary for our health and efficiency is in
the nature of a sacred trust, and should be dedicated to the win
ming of the war by being lent to the State.
"The utmost simplicity of living should be the keynote of
every home, both rich and poor, and in this respect the rich must
set the example.
"This war has enabled many of the poorer classes to lead a
broader and better existence, and surely we would not wish it to
be otherwise; but after homes have been made comfortable, after
the children have been properly fed and clothed, we can most GER
tainlly appeal for the postponement of further expenditure till af-
ter the war and for the investment of saving in State securities,
pointing out that such a course will make not only for the good
of the nation but for the future comfort and wel-being of the in
dividual.
FINALLY, all must be made to understand that with the limi-
tation of supplies whoever consumes more than his share is rob
bling another"
Doesn't it apply to us in America ?Liberty Bell.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
PROFITS WRUNG FROM THE PEOPLE.

The United States Steel Corporation has paid to the federal
government more than one-half of it's earnings for the last three
months of 1917, and is feeling quite virtuous about it. After pay
ing 60 million dollars into the Treasury as war revenue on excess
for the three months, and the directors have declared an extra
dividend of 3 per cent on the commons stock, in addition to declar-
ing regular common preferred stock dividend.
Doubtless the Steel Trust feels it is acting in a generous man.
nr toward Uncle Sam, but is it really giving much compared with
the people who are sending sons to the trenches and who will be
called upon to pay a far heavier share and more burdensome taxes
for the support of the war than this and other immensely rich
trusts? In the meantime they are compelled to pay profteering
prices for all the necessities of life manufactured and handled by
big business, including the Steel Trust.
Why should it be such a hardship for these big CORPORATIONS,
assured of a great rush Of profitable business during the entire
fits, as they are required to do in England. Even that would leave
them 20 per cent. If the average American home owner were to
lay 20 per cent of his income left to him after all his needs had
been supplied, he would feel that he was prosperous indeed. Such
a condition is beyond the widest dream of the people who will be
expected to pay more than Is per cent of the total cost of the war.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

Surely nothing anyone might say can add anything to the
news from the Flanders front as an argument for generous sub
scr1ptlon by everyone to the new three billion Liberty loan and
to the Red Cross fund and for investment in thrift stamps, says
William Marion Reedy in the st. Louis Mirror. For at this stage
nothing else matters but the war. What good is anyones money
II the Germans win this war? Who wants to be made a German
ny force? The sacrifice of all you have and are is better than
tar1sm. Either Kaise1isn must be destroyed or we will be, as a
nation, with all our ideals. Who would not rather lose all his ma
te11al possessions than submit his mind and spirit to the Teuton
tyranny! 10 win this war is our only duty. It is our salvation.
1t is e~verybodys duty to do anything and everything he can do to
WIN the war. Subscribe the money to buy the ships and food and
shells and pay the men who can and will win the war. Nothing
else matters than winning the war. If that be not done, farewell
every nope and dream and aspiration of a world of free men.
Subscribe to the bonds! Subscribe to the Red Cross! Buy Thrift
must stake brief Inconvenience and distress in the game with the
Soldier God to gain the larger joys of liberty for each and all.
The New Rockford State Center recently published q most
timely editorial under the caption "Stop Braying." While no
names We're mentioned stnl. from it's context it appears to be NOR
ally certain that the State Centers remarks were intended exclus-
lively for the editors OF the anti-eague newspapers, and seemingly
anad direct reference to Messrs. Crazy, Milroy, Cushing and the
wild ass OF the prairie who poses as the editor Of the Antler Amer
lean.
mat bunch of farmers over near Mlt Crary's .od home town"
-.Edmole-Who signed q round-robin in which they notified him
TO cancel their subscription to the Devils Lake World because Of
ms perslstlng in publishing falsehoods regarding the Nonpartsan
League, and rubbed 1t in by having the same printed in the Jour
Ia, seems TO have had friend Millions number, all right enough.
I. The Post j. for Billy Green, and W. don't care Who knows
II would be interesting 70 know just what M Greens private a,ss
opinion = regarding such an outrageously unfair handicap.
M&&A &&M
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
ANANIAS

The anti-league newspapers of the state-from the least to
md s11 FoTfs H En;sH :. on SHS t to fu, sas i %indu6itsbe proof d be-
not only a cheerful but a willing bunch Of liars. No sooner
i liza ety. start a1H ano tn :" on IL its s1 rounds. The widely heralded Story
Townley having discounted a large amount of farmers notes
atom n'o of one e of the e. their aH number nuri, having h absolutely S aS1 no founda-
in fact, than they came out with its fellow to the effect that
roit, Minnesota, bank. The Detroit (Minn) Record thus eff
lively disposes of their latest-but by no means their last
GAS a matter of playing the game above the board the
,ecord editor called on the three local banks Monday morning
18th the following result:
!rs., a. {: TGownley has never been a depositor with this bank;
H. G. Correll, assistant cashier of the First National
as never had a dollar in this bank in any form.
il. a Ae G Knq 4 g T cashier As of fl the M. Merchants 7 b Ts,l National all Bank,
zen a depositor in this bank"
In their zeal to make out a case some of these gentry, for
of anything detrimental to their opponents on which to predi-
an accusation, resort to covert hints and yelled innuendoes,
the intent to create suspicion and distrust in the public mind.
se in point is that of editor Lee, who in the last issue of the
$ ago under a cloud, the inference being that Lamp" must
been guilty of some act of a reprehensible nature, hence the
pa" OF course friend Lee is an infamous liar, pure and un-
ferated, in this instance, at least, as can be readily ascertained
G!mmunleatlng with any person or business house in Neche:
been depended upon to furnish all the narrowing detals-and
some.
fhe Courant has been solicited for information regarding the
Int status of the tobacco fund, which was raised in Bottineau
It appears to have been made, other than the publication on
occasions Ea Of the amount subscribed up to that time, we pc-
However TIDE deacon Falkenstein, who has long labored under the
1 1ousa1 act tRat ! ne : ! is s pHcaanlf far q the neE 1sPspea, land and who was con:
1ition to furnish the desired information.
i is intimated the reputation by the Townleyites Of
Ihgg1essman Norton OF the Third North Dakota district may
nt in his brotherin-law, Dan Brennan, losing out as as
lEant attorney general-St. Paul Dispatch.
HE tact that Ct about the time the Dispatch in which the
Ping dead in q st. Paul hospital makes the incident appear
ghoulish." 80
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
Nominations of a RUDE

The e following {Rs 6ns, is ret taken a. from ron , pages 81 and IS of cd tine first
q nSay ipP 90 %eslt by in az the act 1n Gt do sfatss h Asf becem as' co asez; aed
t to a degree egre whic his difficult to grasp. The recently published re-
searches of a statistician of conservative views have shown that
j aeaIS States e Is? is as . fo Sks@:'$ The en s i es'!: : per cent ut Of aS people, e. own WI
60 Seo per cent cent Of Of h c wealth til +h The Se %Midds a e1as snoo2 SO ger &c G cent te0 Of
Of pff the people, % % own pnl 5 'r per &C. cent It" Of t5s'; Wealth. H. This his means in brief
s snat e n t1sn 'e cnit tRsp o%D 20 PEP ps eent m %ne OF SG ths R %afs 1p w a sltg
than all the other %so,ooo:ooo. The figures also show that with a
should occupy the position Of comfort an security which we char
5 5etsri as, as % middle , class. fn The ac tssa concentration ratio i has, howe yer
largest private fortune in the United States, estimated at $1,000
ar ee tS Sss s1s1s as About: About 500 SeH es ss She From I'm { soe s s5q Sotto% s't Of s to s 3
PARISHES pe~s?ss; Of IF every sn s!e eeaee :! %sG syes: +? Hey 91 peafes% no 1 usefs1 ser et
vice, but csts drain n off from the H income of the producers a sum whose
In the winter of 1s11-12 the city of Schenectady, New York,
harvested several thousand tons of ice and during the summer of
1912 they were sold; The regular price had been 40 cents a hun
The action Of tn: city; on the ground that the charter did nst per
% iane tt to w engn msde In ne eus,nesn; Alter Tbere S9me t legal mb eatalq Gsd the r. r
Lunn, under the firm name of Mayor Lunn & Associates, took
operate it for the rest of the mayors term.
Jerry Bacon, he of the Grand "Fluke" Herald, has in the past
bee na asy = {g1 elai% to being s1me a farmer aan ths s His cry y has fo often been nh that
S Sslr Sfss Hist Rsses 81 :? s ssan 1ets sa 4 GsiRS 2't' i *, tassa dse B. H bsees.
Northern Life Insurance Company and the scandinavian American
tSst 1oh OF & course Taei if eMning land y make one %, a farmer as we suppose
Taft, L. B. Hanna and a host Of others are fun-Aedged farmers.
The following is from page 22s, volume /, of the Industrial
Relations Committees fna report: Corporation control over
politics and labor has for a long time been a welLknown matter
of serious concern in all American states. This commission has
held hearings on the subject of such control in isolated commune
ties at Lead, S. D, Butte, Mont, and in Colorado and other COM
munities were partly investigated by a member Of the staff"
According to Lounsberrys' History Of North Dakota there
were 20 farmer delegates and rs lawyers, 9 business men, s bank
ers, 2 publishers, 2 real estate men, 2 railroad men and j doctor
as delegates at the constitutional convention which adopted North
Dakota's present constitution. In all there were 46 business men
and 20 farmers.
We wish to take this opportunity of informing readers Of this
department that we did not write the opening souib which in snne
manner was placed in this department last week.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-04
A COMPARISON IN INCOME TAXES.

Those of our people who are so fortunate as to be in a position,
to pay an income tax may fe~lictate themselves not only because
of that fact, but also for the reason that in comparison with the
income taxes levied in England our own income taxes are moderate,
indeed.
In England the tax on incomes of $1,000 is Az per cent; in
America, nothing.
In England the tax on incomes of $1,000 is 6 "a per cent; in
America nothing for married men or heads of families, and z per
cent on $500 for an unmarried man.
In England the tax on an income of $4,000 is Z 78 per cent;
in America nothing for a married man or head OF a family and q
per cent on $1,000 for unmarried men.
The English income tax rate also increases more rapidly with
the growth of the income than ours, a $4,000 income being taxed
IA per cent, 5000 16 per cent, $4,000 20 per cent, and $4,000
Is per cent, while our corresponding taxes for married men are
respectively, %two-thirds of l per cent, l IL per cent, 3 IL per cent,
and 5 per cent, and only slightly more for the unmarried, due to
the smaller amount exempted, the rate being the same.
It is known that the long pending deal for the purchase OF the
News by a cote1e of antileague farmers and others has finally
been consumated, and that Matt johnson, late of the OmeInee
Herald, has been installed as editor and general factotum. The
Courant will withhold further comment at this hme-other than
to congratulate it's sponsors on the fact that in Mr.. Johnson they
have secured a newspaper man of a high order OF ability who,
given almost any kind of support, will transform the News into
a real newspaper.
Minot will hold a mammoth patriotic demonstration next Sat
urday, the first anniversary Of the United States entry intoathe
Great War. The occasion will be in the nature of a celebration
under the auspices of Minots famous Town C1ie1s Club. The
event is certain to be an unqualified success, as is everything at
tempted by the enerprising citizens of the wide awake metropolis
of western North Dakota, though how Will Holbein's name came
to be left off the programme is something which calls for explain
alton. |
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-11-06
Founded on a RELIGION.

Twelve hundred and eighty-fve
years ago the founder Of the Moham-
medan religion died in Medina, Arabia,
and the career of Mohammed Is now
recognized as one Of the nine or ten
great careers in history. A son of the
desert, born with keen poetic and
sensuous nature, his early life was
passed in dreams. visions and medita-
tons. Gradually there dawned upon
him the conception of the unity of God.
In his fortieth year his work of pros
elyting began. Prosecuted by the older
religions, he barely escaped with his
life, and fed from Mecca to the city of
Medina. Rapidly the new faith gained
adherents: the forces Of Mecca were
defeated, and by the time of his death
the whole of Arabia had been subdued
and an army was setting forth to as
sail the Roman empire of the East.
Exactly 100 years after he died his
standards had been planted by his dis
ciples across the Pyrenees and on the
plains of India.