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The Springdale news., 1918-07-26

American soldiers are making good wherever they are placed
 It will be wise policy for habitual liars to talk about something else be- sides the war.
, 1918-01-31

I'LL THE ny
GENTLE cows ARE SUPERIOR
Animals Seem to Partake of DISPOSE
ton of keeper-Economical
Grains for Heifers.

To have gentle cows there is notlI-
Ing like raising them yourself. The
cow seems to partake of the DISPOSE
ton of her keeper. No dairyman can
afford to have a man in his stable who
is rough and quick tempered.
Many well-bred cows are ruined be-
cause they We're not properly fed and
developed into cowhood. Ground oat-
meal and wheat bran with the addition
of a small amount of flaxseed meal are
the most economical grains for the calf
and heifer. These grains, fed in con-
nection with mixed hay, bright corn
fodder and wheat straw, will develop
bone and muscle and build up a sound,
vigorous constitution with a capacity
to eat and digest a large quantity of
food. 1t is a common saying that n
COW that is a big eater is also a big
mixer" And this is true.
A heifer should be well fed before
calving and given daily exercise.
Calves and heifers should not be tied
up in n warm stable with the cows,
they thrive best in an open shed with
n sheltered yard for exercise.
, 1918-01-31
TO IDENTIFY DAIRY CATTLE
Difficult to Distinguish Certain Heifers
From Certain Cows Few Years
After Birth.

Every farmer who keeps dairy cat
tie should adopt some scheme for iden-
tifying his stock. 1t is easy to remem-
Der the cows in a herd by their names,
but 1t is quite another thing to be able
to distinguish certain heifers from GER
tain cows, two or three years after
birth. If n is in daily association
with his stock, he might be able to
remember that one calf is from this
cow, another from that cow, and so on,
but If the calves are put away on pas
ture, the chances are hat at the end
of a year their ancestry will be for
gotten.
With breeders of purebreds, it is
strictly essential to be able to trace
the ancestry. Registration rules spe-
city this, and when a heifer or bull calf
is registered, its markings must be not.
ed on a card provided for the purpose.
, 1918-01-31
KITCHEN SCRAPS
GOOD FOR FOWLS
Waste Material Will Go Long Way
With Poultry Flock.
HELP REDUCE GRAIN NEEDED
Good Plan to Produce Eggs Is by Feed
ing Garbage, some Grain to Be
Scratched For, Dry Mash, Grit
and Clean Water.

You can maintain a backyard flock
on kitchen waste alone-not in these
days of patriotic conservation-but
you can make waste material go a
long way in the hen yard. With egg
prices at high tide, it will not pay to
skimp in feeding the layers, but using
all the kitchen garbage and l~eft-overs
available will help reduce the amount
Of grain needed.
Scraps of meat, or leftover vege-
tables which cannot be utilized in
any other way, make excellent chicken
feed. There are also many other waste
products, such as beet tops, turnip
tops, carrot tops, potato Feelings,
onion Feelings, watermelon rinds, the
outside leaves of cabbage, waste let
tuce leaves, bread and cake crumbs
and so on, all of which are relished by
the hens. In saving the scraps from
the waste it is well to separate the
portions adapted to feeding and place
them in a receptacle or pail by them
selves. Decomposed waste material
or moldy bread or cake should eve
be saved to feed to the hens, as 1t is
harmful to them. Slop material such
as dishwater should not be thrown in
with the other waste for the flock.
1t is also useless to feed such things
as banana peel or the skins of or
anges, as these have little or no food
value. Any soul milk which is not
utilized in the house should be fed
separately, however, either by allow
ing the hens to drink it or by allow
ing it to clabber on the back of the
stove and then feeding it in that o
dition.
Use the Meat Grinder.
Table scraps and kitchen waste are
best prepared for feeding by running
them through an ordinary meat grind
, 1918-01-31
VALUE OF PREPoTENT BULLS
Hiph-ciass Animal Stands Little
Chance of Transmitting Inferior
Qualities of Ancestor.

The bull is half the herd. If he is
prepotent, as all good bulls are, he is
much more than half the herd. The
p%urebred bull, all of whose ancestors
for several generations were first-class
individuals, stands very little chance
of transmitting the qualities of some
inferior remote ancestor. In the dairy
record center at Farmers Union, On
tario, there were Ia herds of grade
cattle. Seven of these herds, compris-
ing 80 cows, had always used grade
sires. The other seven, comprising "a
cows, had used purebred sires for
, 1918-01-31

morning. Four or five handfuls Of
grain-about one-half pint-scattered
in the litter will be sufficient for a
flock of 20 to % hens. By handful is
meant as much as can be grasped in
the hand, not what car be scooped up
in the open hand. By scattering 1t in
the litter the hens will be compelled to
scratch in order to find the grain, and
in this way they get exercise which Is
decidedly beneficial to them. If the
house is too small to feed in, the grain
can be scattered on the ground out.
side. A good grain mixture for this
purpose is composed of equal parts by
weight of feeding wheat, cracked corn
and oats. Another suitable grain mix
ture would be two parts by weight Of
cracked corn and n part oats.
Have Dry Mash Accessible.
In addition to the grain and the
table scraps, it is well to feed a dry
mash. This dry mash is composed of
various ground grains and is placed
in a mash hopper or box from which
, 1918-01-31
WINTER EXERCISE FOR CALF
When Weather Is Favorable Young
Animal Should Be Turned Out
In Sheltered Yard.

Each day during the winter, when
the weather is favorable, the calves
need to be turned out into a shelter
ed yard for exercise, which is neces-
sary for their proper growth and
health. 1t is also very important that
the calves, from n very early age, be
given all the pure, fresh water they
care to drink each day. The pens
should be disinfected frequently.
Quick-llme is excellent to sprinkle on
the floor each time it is cleaned, and
n frequent spraying with some stand
ard coal-tar-dip solution will prove
beneficial.
, 1918-01-31

the hens a help themselves. The
advantage of feeding such a mash Is
that the hens always have access to
feed and this tends to make up fol
any faulty or inexperienced feeding.
Hens do not like dry mash so well
that they are likely to overeat. A
good dry mash may be made of equal
parts by weight of cornmeal, wheat
bran, bran middlings and beef scrap.
Fish scrap when available may re,
place the beef scrap or cottOnseed
meal may be made to replace one-half
of the beef scrap in the mash.
The hens should have access at all
times to a supply of grit or stones
of a size small enough to be swallowed
readily. Grit is used by the hens 10
help in grinding in their gizzards the
hard grains which they eat. A supply
of ordinary gravel will answer the
purpose Of grit very well. Crushed
oyster or clam shells also should DO
given to the hens and be kept before
them at all times. If this is withheiu
the hens are likely to lack sufficient
shell-forming material in their feed'
and soft-shelled or thin-shelled eggs
may result. Grit or shell can be pur,
chased in small quantities at any 1eeu
or supply store. A plentiful supply oi
clean, fresh water must always pe
available for the hens. They drink
freely, especially when laying heavily
and should not be stinted In this ne
cessity. Keep the water pan, or dlsn'
clean. If the water pan is raised u
foot above the floor the hens Will MOI
kick 1t full of straw and other litter
when scratching for their feed.
, 1918-01-31
To "Rreakn Rroody Hen.

When hens become broody Inc II
not desired to allow them to ha'cn
chickens, they should be "broken up
as quickly as possible. The sooner thls
is done the sooner they will RESUME
laying. To break a hen of broodiness
she should be confined to a small coop
preferably with a Stat bottom. Give
her plenty of water to drink she may
be fed or not, as desired. Not muc"
difference will be found in the time It.
quired to break her of brochures
whether she is fed or made to las''
Usually three to six days of colIus
ment will do the work, but some heh'
require ten to twelve days luz
broody hen will be recognized by het
inclination to stay on the nest !,
night, the rufhing of her feathers anu
her d.sire to pick anyone VINO ap
proaches her, and by the cluchIne
noise she makes. When these slnp
toms disappear, she has been "DroA'"
up"
, 1918-01-31
cow is CREATURE OF HABIT
Heifer Should Be MIXED Up to Within
Two Months of Next Lacta-
ton Period.

The length of time which a COW will
milk depends very largely upon the
length of her first milking period.
While the tendency for a long milk
ing period is supposed to be heredl-
tary in dairy cattle, they are also crea-
lures of habit, and a heifer should,
therefore, be MIXED up to within two
months of her next lactation period
whether or not she gives enough milk
to pay for the milking.
, 1918-01-31
EGGS FIVE CENTS APIECE
TIME TO START HENNERY

Eggs at go to 20 cents a dozenI
More than that in some placesl
Isn't it about time for you, Mr..
Town Man, to do something"
about the egg supply? Be a pro-
Queer. Put that backyard to
work-six or eight hens should
furnish eggs enough, when used
economically, for four or five per-
sons. Table waste helps to pay
the feed bill. With eggs at pres
ent prices you scarcely can lose.
Don't take a flier in hens. Get
reliable advice and then go
ahead. Backyard Poultry Keep
ing" Farmers Bulletin $50, re-
Gently published by the United
States department of agriculture,
points out safe paths with poul-
try. Send for 1t.
, 1918-01-31

er. After the material has been put
through the grinder 1t is usually a
rather moist mass, and 1t is well to
mix with 1t some cornmeal, bran or
other ground grain until the whole
assumes a crumbly condition. The
best method is to feed the table scraps
at noon or night, or at both times, as
may be desired, in a trough or on a
board. All should be fed that the hens
will eat clean.
With the table Straps 1t is we'll to
feed some grain. Perhaps this may
best be given as a light feed in the
, 1918-01-31
LET NEIGHBoRS SAVE ALL
WASTE FOR YOUR FLOCK

Maybe your neighbors who do
not keep chickens would save
the waste from their kitchens, If
you asked them, for your hens.
Scraps from the table make ex-
cellent feed and they enable a
saving in the grain bill. Many
people, doubtless, would be glad
to save the useful material if a
small pail is furnished.
, 1918-01-31
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

Encouraged by the growing strength
of the Fatherland party, the pan-Ger-
mans have thrown aside the mask they
have worn in their dealings with the
Russians and shown their true face.
At the last meeting of the delegates
at Brest-Litovsk before adjournment
to January 20, General Hoffman told
the bolsheviki frankly that Germany
must have Courland and all the Baltic
provinces, and that If Russia did not
consent the German armies would
move at once and within a week would
occupy Reval. When asked about the
territory south of Brest-Litovsk, Hoff-
man replied that Germany would set
tie that only with the Ukrainians. The
request of the Russians for n recess
that they might consult on the Ger
man terms was grudgingly granted
with the assertion that no further post
ponements would be allowed.
The Russian delegates thereupon
voted unanimously to reject the Ger
man terms and departed for Petrograd
to submit the question of peace or war
to the congress of soldiers and work
mems delegates, with which the final
decision rests.
That the Germans are able to carry
out their threats against Russia there
can be little doubt. The bolsheviki
leaders realize their helplessness and
have issued ''to all" an official wall
telling how they have been deceived
and how monstrous are the demands
Of the Germans. In Petrograd and
Moscow the bolshevikl are struggling
to maintain their power, putting in jail
large numbers of their opponents on
charges of plotting a counter-revolu-
ton, and taking any other coercive
steps that promise to help them. If
they car prevent 1t, they do not intend
that their principles of "self-definition"
and personal liberty shall apply at
home. They promptly dissolved the
constituent assembly because they
could not control its deliberations.
So QUO has become the popular out
cry against the rule of the bolsheviki
and so great the disorder in Russia
that German parliamentary leaders are
seriously questioning whether II is
wise for the central powers to nego-
tiate further with a government that
may be swept away any day.
The Ukrainians, according to late
dispatches, are proceeding amicably In
their negotiations with Germany and
Austria and are about ready to sign a
separate peace.
"a
Japan. which holds itself RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation of peace in
the far East, is ready to take radical
steps to put an end to the increasing
disorders In Siberia, according TO Pre-
mier Tarauchi who addressed the open
ing session of the japanese diet. He
reiterated his country's absolute 10y
atty and fidelity to the allies and its
determination not to sheathe the sword
until an honorable peace Is secured.
In Finland there is growing dlsord-
or and the socialist red guards and
government militia have fought sew
eral considerable battles, notably at
Viborg and Davidstad. The red guards
are sided by Russian soldiers while
the peasants are supporting the gov
eminent forces.
The AustrO-H Hungarian government
has been treading or thin Ice for two
weeks. A great p~eace-demand wave
swept over the nation and more Thar
@ million workers went on strike, the
war industries being absolutely para
, 1918-01-31
Purebred Bull.

many years. At creamery prices for
milk, one years record showed a bal.
ance of $31.51 per cow in favor of the
seven herds that had used purebred
sires.
, 1918-01-31

General Tasker H. Bliss, chief of
staff, has arrived in Paris to represent
the American army In the supreme
war council. 1t Is believed he will urge
that the allies enew offensive opera,
lions on a large scale.
, 1918-01-31
news review OF
THE PAST week
Germans Threaten Quick Attack
When the Russian Delegates
Reject Peace Terms.
DEMAND BALTIC PROVINCES

Proletariat of Austria-H Hungary on
Eve of a RevoIt-Turks Lose Two
Big cruisers-Seeretary Bak-
ers Management Holly
Criticized by Senator
Chamberlain.
, 1918-01-31

Belgium made a dlgnihed reply to
the pope's peace note, stating that its
, 1918-01-31

The Austro-H Hungarian government
has been treading on thin Ice for two
weeks. A great peace-demand wave
swept over the nation and more than
@ million workers went on strike, the
war industries being absolutely para
, 1918-01-31

Having lost to the French some i'm
portant positions on Monte Tomba, the
Teutons in Italy We're compelled to
~evacuate considerable territory west
of the Piave river, moving back to
Monte Spinoncia. They seem to have
given up hope of forcing the passage
to the plains along the west bank of
the Plave and are constructing de-
lenses In the rear.
, 1918-01-31

In Finland there is growing disord-
er and the socialist red guards and
government militia have fought sew
eral considerable battles, notably at
Viborg and Davidstad. The red guards
are sided by Russian soldiers while
the peasants are supporting the gov
eminent forces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30
U-BOATS TO RUN AMUCK IN
NEW ZONE, DECREED BY FOE
Germanys Extension of Submarine Activity Menace ia
Neutral Shipping, but No Gauge for
Worry by United States.

exert in the restricted so-ca}ied war
sone.
The prospective attscks against the
American supply or transport service TO
France would not be affected by the
new decree.
warfare launched against American and
allied shipping by Germany enc year
ago Friday there have Seen sunk by
submarines. mines and raiders 81 Amer
lean vessels. totallinS 17l.o6l gross tons,
according TO q compilation Of records
OF sinkings which have been made pub
lie during the period.
Odsettine this losa me United States
since February / has ADDED TO her mer-
chant marine by the eeiSure OF former
German and Austrian owned ships
total OF 107 vessels. having q grose ton
mage Of Sss.<s4. leaving on the credit
side Of the American ledger q net gain
Of bl5,4SS gross tone The lose OF life
caused by the sinking of american
ships was more than 800 persona.
Records Of The Department OF Com
nerce show that for the period Begin
ninE with February \, 1917, and ondins
with December there were cleared
from American ports In tn. foreign trade
shipe aegreeating 17,SSs.se0 net. Or ap-
proximAtely 2%,s3<.&0o gross tons. The
number OF ships making up the total OF
tons was not made public
Further ofYaettinG the loss OF tonnage
by submarine warfare the United States
requSitioned In American shipyArds <eS
vessels, totalling more than e.Ooo.oeo
aross tons, and contracts have been
awarded for ss4 ships, which Are being
rushed TO completion. In addition the
Shipping Board On October IL last
placed under Government requisitton sss
American vessels of Overt $500 tons
dead weight capacity which were aaoat.
The announced stnk,ngs OF British
shtPs for the year up to and including
the week ending January = have been
1.0Ss vessels. OF which 7s4 were over
1000 tons and :70 were under that hs-
ure. The Joint Iceses Of France and
Italy have averaged three TO four large
vessels weekly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30
MURDER AMI SUICIDE
ON SWEDISH SHIP
Captain Shoots First Officer
and Kills Himself.

An ATLANTIC PoEr. Jan. % The
Swedish teamship Anglia was brought
into port here to-night by her seconh
ofYscer win a story Of how Cast, A +.
Waerns the master. shot I'D fatally
wounded the frst otficsr. q. r, Furst at
sea last SATURDAY. ard then shot him.
SELF The captain fen over the ships
side and his body was not recovered.
According 10 the second ofyicer Can't.
waerns had been drinking and abused
Fu-st. who was shot during an gu-
r,ent tha' followed. The master then
ushed 10 the ships side and turned the
pistol on hinssls The first oAicer died
before the ship could reach pert.
4 Swedish maritime inquiry will he
held by TIE Swedish V.ce-consui to-
morrow IN the presence o: representa-
tives OF the Customs and Justice depart
ments. In the meantime an American
srmed guard 10 in charge Of the ship
The Anglia was bound from an Atlantic
port 90 South America.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30
ONLY IS MONTHS
WHISKEY STOCK
Americans Are Drinking
Themselves Ont Of Supply
at Rapid Rate.
ls7,0OO,OOO GALLONS LEFT
Government Will Collect Only
SsdA N00. 600 in Taxes
on Liquor.
s7,OOO,OOO GALLONS LEFT

WASHINGTON, Ian ss.--Nhkkey bib
bers of the COUNTY,. at their presen,
rate OF consrmp; ION. are drinking them
se!ves out Of a supply. So RAPID Is the
rate thar all Of the whiskey in the
United States win be some it, eighteen
mon lbs. the summer OF 1919.
This is the consers alive estimate Of
Government ofYiciak, WHO have heen
watching the rate Of now from the ware
houses since the Presidents proclama-
ton stcpcing d:stilliK on September s.
There a,e only about $4,000. 900 gallons
left In these warehouses.
The normal per capita consumption Of
whiskey In the United States il about
one gallon \ year. This II statistical
way Of saying the annual normal con-
sumption Is l00. .000,06 gallons a year.
At this rate the availa bic supply. hgrr-
ing from February !, will las: q little
authorities say that the odd 1000 600
will be absorbed during the eighteen
months period and that all the whishey
len on August i. 1913, Will be in private
hands and that II will not he much at
that.
There Is q comparatively large sunply
Of whiskey In private hands which the
experts cannot trace. IT IL expected
tina; the supply held by consumers win
increa<r In. ratio - the stocks In the
warehouses 20 down. This Ia where
much Of the odd 100000 gallons will 70.
When the lid was clamped down nv
the Presidential procla nation there were
les.06ooO0 gallons OF
whiskey IN the country. Since Septen-
Der there has been no legitimate dis
tiliing and no whiskey can he imported.
Beer consumption has fallen on RAPIDLY
under prohibition. hut there Ia rio diminu-
tion in the amount of whiskey that 10
apparently consumed despite tie spread
Of dry territory.
With the whiskey famine VIZ! come a
drop in the Government revenues o; ap-
proxin,ateiy $3.50 .eO0. .080 . year. The
present tax on whtskey 10 $S?o a GAL
Ion and the tax is paid upon the approxi-
mate consumption Of l00. 900 600 gaiions
. year. This revenue viii have To he
made up in other ways The Govern
ment. therefore, has in all but $500 .e0o.- =
900 more to collect in whiskey taxes on
q hasis 4 $4,000. 900 gallons at $32o .
gallon.
During the -four months sine. d.stil!ing
was stopped Withdrawals Of spirits for
beverage purposes have teen unusually
light according "a figures OF the Inter-
nsl Revenue Bureau.
While the vhiskey stock 10 being rap
idly exhausted production OF distilled
spirits for other purposes 10 apparently
increasing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30

HERE, you fans, read this post
- card which Second Lieut. H.
n. CasweIl, Company C, Machine
Gun Battalion. Second Brigade,
First Division. somewhere in
France. has written to Charles B.
Dillingham; Of DILLINGHAM; 4
Ziegfeld. theatrical managers
and SUN Tobacco Fund boostsrs:
"Your smokes came like q
three base drive with the bases
full One smoke Of . popular
brand from the States is worth
. dozen Of the kind they use over
here.
''The boys greatly appreciate
these slnokes. They appreciate
yeuF efforts to make then happy
and will give . good account Of
thsmselves. Many thanks."
WARNINGi THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND hes no connsctien
With any etAsr fund. erganisa-
tion or pubheatiea. Il sap3oys
.s af'as' er ''aeis''- s.
1e90 2.