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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

We have received FROM Congress
man Clark letter in witch he says
he is receiving many letters from his
constituents. asking him to hell.
them obtain discharges for their rel
a&ves who are IN the army. He also
incloses a letter. which we print else
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

If the government makes the sol
diers return their uniforms, all it can
do with them will be to sell them to
the old clothes man; in which case the
khaki that wrapped hero on the
western front may be disgraced by
having to surround the carcass of 5.
Stacker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

The Leesburg Commercial tells of
a piece of German propaganda it re-
ceived from an Omaha lawyer in Oc-
tober of last year. Gilbert Leach
says he wrote hot letter in reply to
the said attorney, and never heard
from him again. We received let
ter just like yours, Leach. We didn't
answer it but we turned it in" May
be you could find your Omaha at
torney in an internment camp.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

The Star will be issued on Christ
mas day as usual. Some of the week
ly papers that come out in daily sec
tions skip an issue now and then, but
daily newspaper is printed every
day.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

We are now showing a pretty line
of IVORY TOILET ARTICLES in
sets or single pieces. just the thing
for holiday presents. Tydings & Co.,
opposite Harrington Hotel. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

The public would be pleased to
know what kind Of. Christmas the
boys at the Mariapna deformed school
will have Clearwater Sun.
Mullady will preach them a sermon
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21
Foolish Fear Of Poverty.

great deal OF apparent poverty
come from dread of poverty. A man
saves every cent and goes mind and
soul hungry, and, ten to one, he is
starving somebody else at the same
time along with himself. He is really
poor, for the time being, although he
has q large bank account.
Poverty will come every time as the
result of the improper attitude toward
money. Money is not reality it rep
resents things that we consider for
our good. But there is no poverty like
that of the starved soul that shrinks
and dries up into narrowness and COM
preston. In getting the feeling OF
wealth look about you. See all the
wonders of nature; believe that won
ders will happen and then get ready
for them.
After the days work is done build
air castles, and then go in and lay a
strong foundation under one Of them.
Expect to develop into efficiency nee
essary for the bigger job. The key to
this lies in your hands in doing the
little things well.-Patrick Fenton in
Nautilus
SeaguIIs Saved a Ship.
A remarkable story of how ship
was saved from being mined was told
by pilot who landed at a southeast
coast port recently. "While in the
channel" he said, Il noticed some sea-
gulls sitting upon a floating object.
Upon closer investigation l saw it was
a mine with five prongs. On top of each
prong was perched a seaguIl. / just
had time to alter the ships course
slightly and thus averted Disaster
From the European Edition Of the
New York Herald.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

The Tampa Tribune printed a
mighty fine Christmas edition, but it
didn't write up any part of Marion
county. In this, the Trib. overlooked
a bet, for it has many friends up here.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

Sergeant Harold v. Smith of
Fruitland Park, young man well
known to many Marion county peo-
pie, was killed in action in France
Oct. IL.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

"God tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb" But he's not so kind to
the freezing calves!-Daytona Jour-
nal.
Didn't know it was ever cold
enough in Daytona to freeze calf.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21
SUBSCRIPTION, RATES
Domestic

Our Christmas has been provided
for. We have been invited to imbibe
eggnog Wednesday morning.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21
seaguIIs Saved a Ship.

A well selected stock of Water
mans Ideal Fountain Pens to be
found at Gerig's Drug .Store.....tf.~.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21

Nothing nicer than a Kodak for a
Christmas present. Gerig sells them.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
About Sharing Mnk's Cost.

Serious increases In the cost Of pro-
duclng milk have resulted in recent
years from feed and labor problems.
This increase is In keeping with the In
crease in the cost of almost all other
commodities, and the consumer must
expect to pay his portion Of any legiu-
mate increase in the cost of production
occasioned by these conditions.
On the other hand there is need Of
more attention to better management
on the average farm devoted to the
production Of milk. The amount Of
milk produced per COW is frequently
so low as to reflect seriously on the
business ability Of the owner. There
Is no good excuse for slack business
methods on the dairy farm. Direc-
lions for keeping records Of milk yields
and cost Of production are furnished
By each state agricultural college and
by the United States department Of
agriculture.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
HOW TO AVOID TUBERCULOSIS
Disease Renders More Pork Unfit for
Human Food Than Any other
Trouble Except Cholera.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrtculture)
With the exception of hog cholera,
tuberculosis renders more pork unfit
for human food than any other disease.
In 1916, under federal inspection, which
represents only go per cent Of hogs
slaughtered In the United States, there
were found infected with tuberculosis
594,1 08 hogs, which were condemned
in part OF in whole, nearly as many
as were raised In the entire state Of
New York for that year. Aside from
the monetary loss sustained from tu-
berculosis, the fact that 1t Is transmits
sible to the human makes 1t doubly
important that strict measures for its
eradication be inaugurated.
Hogs contract tuberculosis chiefly
from dairy cows, which are also very
subject to tuberculosis. The disease
In a cow infects her milk system, her
lungs, and her throat with tubercle
bacllli-the germs which cause tuber-
culosis In men and animals. Some of
these germs escape from the COW In
her milk or In her droppings, or she
may cough them out on feed or bed
ding. Hogs get the disease from the
raw milk or dropplngs, or feed infected
by a tuberculous cow. Pasteurized or
cooked milk will not pass the disease
from infected cows to other animals.
Therefore, to protect hogs from tu-
berculosls and to make sure that the
feed win be turned into meat instead
OF into fertilizer
l.. See that all milk, especially all
skim milk from the creamery is pas
teurized or cooked before 1t Is fed to
the hogs.
2. Keep the hogs from following
dairy cattle, unless the cattle are tu-
berculin tested. Keep them out Of GOV
lots and barns, and keep dairy drain
age ont of hog lots. Hogs al follow
steers without much danger.
3. Give healthy hogs a chance to
keep healthy. Give them clean, we'll
drained lots and plenty Of fresh air,
sunlight, and clean water. Shelter
them in w~ell-lighted and ventilated,
sanitary hog houses. Keep the houses
clean and use plenty Of whltewash
and dislnfectants.
II there was tuberculosis In your
swine last year, 1t is safest to get rid
of the herd, especially the breeding
animals, and raise clean hogs from
fresh stock.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
Keep q Clean Cow Barn.

The most common defect in dairy
stables Is a lack OF cleanliness; cob
webs on the ceiling and manure on the
walls are too common in some places.
The dairyman must not allow cobwebs,
dust or dirt to accumulate II be ex-
poets to produce the highest grade OF
milk. With a tight. smooth ceiling and
smooth walls without lodges this Is not
difficult. whitewash should be freely
applied both 70 the walls and ceiling
at least twice a year. as il helps to
purify the stable and to keep il light.
An abundance Of light Is Necessary;
four square feet Of glass for each COW
IS generally sufficient If the windows
II wei distributed and not INSTRUCTED
In any way. II the stable Is located
with its length north r-l south II ne
ceiYes the purifying benefits OF both
morning and afternoon IN.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
Producing Quality Beef.

Livestock markets during recent
years have experienced a continual
growing demand for well-fattened beef
animals weighing from 900 to 100
pounds. In order to meet this demand
and secure the highest prices, breeders
are showing an increased tendency to-
ward finishing OF their beef cattle at
younger ages. Stock ralsers find II
more profitable TO conduct their opera
tons In this manner than 10 hold their
cattle to advanced ages as was the
custom some years ago. when pasture
land was cheaper than II Is at present.
Such a demand must necessarily be
supplied by w~ell-finished animals from
fourteen to twenty months old carry
ing a large percentage Of blood Of u
Of the eariy-maturing beef breeds.
usually that Of the Hereford. Aberdeen
Angus, or Shorthorn. To distinguish
them from animals Of other beef
classes, these yearlings have come to
be designated as baby beeves. The use
Of better bulls with consequent i'm
provement IN quality ard early matur
ity Is an essential in the production
Of baby beef. The preparation for mar
BET Of this class q beeyes requires
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

had the run of an excellent rye pas
ture and was fed all they would con
sumo of a balanced ration Of cornmeal,
middllngs and tankage.
Lot one, settled on cornmeal and
tankage, made an average daily
gain Of 1.61 pounds, or slightly more
rapid gains than lot two, which was
fed by the self-feed plan on shelled
corn and tankage, and made daily gain
of 1.53 pounds. Both these lots made
more rapid gains than the pigs In lot
three, which yer hand fed on corn-
meal, mlddllngs and tankage. Lot one,
however, required 81 pounds more
grain than lot two to produce 100
pounds Of gain. The most expensive
gains were made on lot three (the
handled LOTT, where 1901 pounds of
mixed feeds were required to produce
100 pounds Of gain. The gains were
very profitable in all lots but shelled
corn and tankage settled produced
the best results.
Ihese tests are borne out by results
obtained at a number of state expert
ment stations. In all nearly 900 pigs
have been used in tests at these sta
tons, and the results show clearly that
more rapid gains are obtained with
the self-feeder than by the best hand
feeding methods, partly owing to the
larger daily consumption of feed per
head, 8 pounds compared to SAT
pounds, and partly owing to the more
efficient use of grain feed. These tests
show that the average daily gain per
head by the handled method was 1.23
pounds, and by the settled method
1872 pounds. The average amount of
feed per 100 pounds of gain was 445
pounds by the handled method, and
AIT pounds by the settled methods.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
BROOD SOWS NEED EXERCISE
Essential In Production Of Strong,
Vigorous Litters-Make Them
Hustle for Corn Ration.

prepared by the United States Depart-
ment Of Agriculture)
One Of the biggest hindrances to the
sows' narrowing good, strong, vigorous
filters is lack Of exercise. During the
cold and snowy weather hogs like to
lie around the sleeping quarters and
be comfortable. That, however, is
just what they should not do all the
time.
The proper exercise for a brood
SOW is that which she will take vol
UNFAIRLY and not through force. They
should get their corr ration by hus-
Ting for II In the stalk fields and not
by getting 1t fed around the sleeping
quarters, or feeding floors, or In
troughs. Feed them ear corn during
the winter months and scatter 1t out
In the stalk fields. The manure
spreader is a good implement to use
In scattering this corn. Don't be afraid
II will be wasted, for II won't. You
can readily regulate the amount fed
so that it will be picked up clean, and
you will find next spring that there is
not a bit Of the corr lying around to
60 to waste.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
MILK THAT IS SPILLED
WOULD FEED THOUSANDS

We spill too much milk. There
is no use to cry over 1t after
|! wards, but precautions before It
/ happens would help consider
! ably.
/ In an investi% tion not long
ago, dairy specialists Of the
/ United States department of ag-
, riculture learned that losses In
/ handling milk in the city plant
! averaged 2.15 per cent of the
{ amount handled by Al dealers.
/, At that rate a dealer handling
| 5000 gallons a day would lose
! 107h gallons daily, or nearly
! 10000 gallons In a year.
! The departments specialists
I name nine leaks for these losses.
! Milk-plant men especially can
! stop them, but anyone who
handles milk cans will be able
|! to help. Here are the ways In
which losses are most likely to
! occur:
/ /. Leaky cans.
2. Careless handling of cans.
both in transferring from cars
and In dumping.
8. Inefficient draining Of cans.
4. Leaky or battered appa-
ratus.
5. Filters out of repair, as
leaky valves.
Q. Losses at the filler. This
may be caused by the valves not
being properly adjusted, care
lessness In handling, breakage Of
bottles, etc.
Z. Carelessness In handling
full cases of milk, thus break
Ing the bottles.
8. Loss from not removing all
the milk from the pasteurizer,
pipes, pumps, tanks, or other APP
paratus.
8. Loss during the process of
pasteurizing and Clarifying by
evaporation and mechanical
wastage.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
PROTEIN ESSENTIAL TO sow
Strength and vleor at Farrowinq
Time Necessary for Young Animals
to Do Their Best.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agrieulture)
Every hog grower knows that IL he
Is going to have pigs that win do
their best from the start they must
necessarily be strong and vigorous at
narrowing time. Proper care Of the
brood SOW usually insures such pigs.
and n essential included In this
proper care Is feeding the brood SOW
a ration containing n good percentage
Of protein.
Protein feeds in the form Of shorts.
tankage. oil meal. or alfalfa hay should
be supplied. Self-feeders can be used
for these feeds. and II Is quite sue
cessful to grind the alfalfa hay. Sows
win eat q larger percentage OF alfalfa
hay fed In the ground form than
when fed In racks unground. This
alfalfa Is generally cheaper on the
cOrn-belt farms than any OF the other
protein feeds and Is a good balance
to the corn ration.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

iron rail broadside across the field.
The stalks then can be cut with a disk
harrow much better than If left stand
Ing. If the disks of the disk harrow
are sharp, they will cut the stalks into
short pieces, which soon decay. It is
eve advisable to rake and burn
stalks and other trash on cornfields
that are to be sown to oats unless the
quantity is so great that 1t can not
possibly be covered by disking. This
humus-making material should not be
destroyed but should be worked into
the soil.
Oats always should be sown as early
In the spring as the land can be work.
ed, but the proper preparation should
not be sacrificed to gain a little time
In getting the seed into the ground.
Oats do best when sown In a rather
firm seed bed, with two to three inches
Of loose, mellow soil on the surface.
This can be obtained best on corn
stalk land by breaking the stalks,
double dlsking either by tapping half
or cross disklng, and thorough harrow
ing with a spike-tooth harrow. Lap
ping half with a disk harrow leaves
the surface more nearly even than when
the field is dlsked. The disks should
be set to run three or four inches deep.
After the seed bed Is in good condition
the seed should be sown and the Held
again narrowed.
The land seldom Is plowed for oats
that follow a cultivated crop. Spring
blowing usually is not profitable, as
there is little time TO allow the SUBJ
surface to become compact and the
land is rarely In proper condition to
pillow before the oats should be sown.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

Young Pigs Helping Themselves.
pigs had free access at all times to
the three feeds placed In separate
compartments Of the ~self-feeder. The
handled pigs YER given a ration con-
sisting Of 5 pounds Of cornmeal, 4
pounds Of mlddlings, and l pound of
tankage. They ate a total OF 2,6e4.5
pounds Of feed and gained 675 pounds,
making an average daily gain of Ia
pounds. II required 410.1 pounds OF
grain to produce 100 pounds of gain 10
this lot. The settled pigs consumed
their feed In the following proportion:
10 pounds Of cornmeal, 2.S3 pounds Of
middlings and 1 pound Of tankage.
They consumed a total Of Abs pounds
Of feed and gained lois pounds, max
Ing an average daily gain Of Lea
pounds In this lot II required 1904
pounds of grain to produce 100 pounds
Of gain. Settled pies made much more
rapid gains by consuming q larger
daily ration In proportion to live
weight han did the handled pigs but
this rapid gain did not require any
more feed In proportion to the gains
In live weight. In fact the settled
pigs required a little less feed to gain
100 pounds In weight.
shelled Corn We. cornmesL.
In the ether test 10 grade Berkshire
pigs were used. The object OF the
test was to compare the value OF
eornmeal with that Of shelled corn
for use In the seIf-feeder. The pigs
were divided equally. and both lots
had access 70 tankage In a separate
The pigs averaged about
% pounds In weight TO complete the
comparison another lot. Cot threel
was fed b. hand method This lot
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
BEES AID TO FRUIT GROWERS
Insect Has Important Place In Agrieul-
ture as Agent for cross-Fer-
tlIizlna Flowers.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
While Bookkeeping Is usually consid-
cred only as the industry of honey pro-
duction, II is important to remember
that the honey bee has an important
place In American agriculture as an
agent for cross-fertilizing flowers. The
value Of the honey bee In this regard
varies In different places and with diff
ferent seasons. but II Is conservative
to state that the bee Is Of more value
In cross-fertIliEing than IN honey pro-
duction. Many fruit blossoms re-
Quire cross-fertifization before they
viii set fruit, and the same thing IL
true Of other plants. such as the cio
vers and buckwheat While many
wild species Of insects serve this pur-
pose. the honey bee IL the only a
which can be introduced economically
to an orchard or farm, and, therefore.
may serve as an Insurance to Gross
fertilization II the weather permits
their flight during the blooming period
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

Hogs are good judges of what they
ought to eat. They can select their
w rations better than their feeder.
If permitted to do so they will eat the
right proportions of a number Of feeds
necessary to make rapid gains, and,
strange to say, they will make these
gains cheaper than If the ration is
carefully measured out and fed to
them by a hog raiser. Numerous
tests in which the self-feeder and
hand-feed methods of fattening hogs
have been compared show that the
marked success of the self-feeding
system is largely due to the fact that
the hogs will eat an abundance of those
feeds which will nourish them to the
best advantage.
Tests on Government Farm.
The United States department of ag-
riculture conducted two tests with the
self-feeder at the experiment farm at
Beltsville, Maryland, and the results
obtained from these tests show why
self-feeders for fattening hogs are
gaining In popularity. In one test IS
grade Berkshire pigs were put on a
Today feeding period and the relative
~fattening efficiency Of a ration Of corn
meal, m~iddlings, and tankage fed with
the self-feeder and by the hand method,
was compared. The pigs were kept Ia
a dry lot, the handled lot being fed
three times a day, the amount being
governed by the appetite (That is, all
the feed was given them that they
would eat up clean) while the settled
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

more skill than is necessary in the pro-
ductlon Of animals marketed at more
mature ages, but, as has been stated,
1t Is also usually more profitable.
Heavier grain feeding is necessary, but
as the feeding period is shorter n less
amount of grain is necessary to bring
the cattle to maturity.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
DAIRYlPRODUCTs
VERY ESSENTIAL
Wiser Use of By-Products Is
Clearly Shown to Be War
Necessity.
IMPORTS HAVE BEEN STOPPED
Greatest Loss In Milk Industry Is Fall
ure to Use skim Milk and Butter.
milk for Human Food-PIan
for Better Dalrying.

Dairy products are essential to the
well-being of the nation, and the dairy
COW produces more food with less feed
than any other of our domestic anil
mails. Before the war the United
States received dairy products from
about twenty foreign countries; now
these supplies have been largely
stopped and II has become necessary
not only to replace them at home, but
also to export large quantities. In
1914, for instance, we imported ap-
p~roximately 64.000,000 pounds more of
dairy products than we exported, not
including fresh milk and cream. In
1917 we exported S20.0OO,000 pounds
more than we imported.
Our Milk Flow In 1917.
The total amount OF milk produced
In this country in 1917 is estimated to
be s4,611,350,000 pounds. Large losses
occur, and the greatest is through the
failure fully to utilize skinned milk
and buttermilk for human food. These
products have all of the food value Of
the whole milk except the fat. A given
quantity Of them would produce seven
times as much food value In the form
Of cottage cheese as they would pro-
duce in the form Of meat If fed to live
stock. The possibilities of increasing
the supply of food by the fuller utillza-
ton of these by-products are enormous.
In brief, there should be a better utili-
zation of skinned milk and buttermllk,
both as food on the farm and through
the market.
Ways to Better DaIrying.
Better results In dairying may be Sc
cured by proper sanitation and care
In producing and handling milk; by
better care and utilization of pastures;
by raising on the farm adequate sup
plies Of roughage, particularly legumes
and silage to take the place Of grains
so far as is practicable; by preserving
for dairy purposes all the high-produc-
ing animals and eliminating those that
are inefficient; by feeding according to
production so as to secure the greatest
yield OF milk with the least quantity
of feed, which necessitates a record
OF production Of individual cows; by
the full utilization in the community
of good bulls throughout the entire
period Of their usefulness and to their
fun capacity; and by the prompt con
troll Of disease.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29

A self-feeder is simply a de-
vice by means of which a sup
ply of grain or other feed is kept
constantly available to the hogs,
in order that they may always
satisfy the craving of their ap-
petites with respect to the kind
and amount Of feed. The quick
est, the easiest, and most CO.
nomical method of fattening
pigs, with the least expenditure
Of grain and labor, is through
the use Of the self-feeder.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-29
PLUMs THRIVE IN HENYARD
Protection FOR Roots Must Be Provided
BY Laying Stones Around
Bottom Of Trees.

Plums seem to do particularly vel
In the poultry yard. In setting them
out however, provide protection 70
the roots BY laying stones around the
trees or the fowls win soon destroy
then.