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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

Bringing Up the Child
By MRS. JOHN HENRY HAMMOND

By MRS. JOHN HENRY HAMMOND
 The other day I was reeitlng to my little five-year-old son the old nursery rhyme:
 Here am I, little Jumping Joan. When nobody's with me, I'm always
 alone"
 What does that mean?" asked the child.
 "why, when nobody's with you, aren't you always alone?" I questioned.
 "No." he replied, Because God Is al- ways with me"
 How shall we measure the significance of this early realization of our Fathers presence everywhere? For with the knowledge that God is present to help at all times, our children lose the sense of fear-and there Is no greater lesson that we can impart to them. From ear Hest infancy we can begin to awaken In our children the sense of the all-pres- ence of God.
 Froebel, in his 'Mother Play" a se- ries of songs and games which he devised for the mother to play with her child. always seeks to make her look from the things which are seen and temporal to the things which are unseen and eter- nal; the father is to manifest so much patience and love towards his little ones as to make the transition of idea from the earthly to the heavenly Father sim pie and natural. The child is to be treired to look upon himself as neces- sary and responsible part of a great whole. and to be taught that whole can only be as strong as the weakest link. And from his earliest infancy he Is to be taught to show gratitude to all who aid In ministertng to his needs.
 Tn these days, when so much Is written about sense testimony, and so much Is done to meet the physical and mental needs of our children both in the home and at school there is a tendency to for got the teachings of Froebel and to give our children only a partial education. an education which stops short of their spiritual needs.
 A momentous question, and one which all parents must answer individually is Do we want our children to be merely healthy little animals with certain amount cr superficial learning. or do we wish to develop their deeper natures so that one day they may be able to take their place in the world, and through their spiritual insight into things, be- come powers for good in the commit nity?" For parents cannot turn over their own responsibilities to the teachers and expect them to lay the foundations of character. The home is the place where this must be done, and 1t is for us to prove to our children that it Is only as we are good ourselves that we help those around us. Then. imitation being one of the earliest and strongest instincts of childhood, our little ones, taking knowledge of us. begin practicing in their own lives what they see in. ours. And living in an atmosphere of love and har- mony. they come early to understand that love is the greatest power in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
RURAL THOUGHTS
FROM A FARMERS NOTEBOOK


 1918 will mean to most of US about whar we make it. If we are not wealthier, healthier and happier a year from now 1t will probably be our own fault. s country woman told me not long since that she hadn't many friends. She said nobody seemed to care much abnd, } her and that she wished her husband would sell out and leave. I wonder if 5 1t would be any different with her else where.
 Some students of rural sociology tell us that country people are inclined to be self-centered. I don't believe it; but for fear there might be danger of it, We can all try to be just a little more public spirited during the year.
 a It's not a good plan to oppose taxation for schools, roads or other improvements; nor to knock the little church too hard. The public good should always precede selfish interest; and when one contrib utes to the general welfare he ultimately benefits himself most of all.
 If man Is knocker he soon makes himself so unpopular that others do not like to help him with his shellin' LOT change with him in his thrashin. guess knockin is poor business at best. Of course am not contending that a man is required to support every tom fool thing that comes up. For we are a , bunch of faddists, and start lots of things that we never finish and would not do us any real good if we did So, I reckon ? man is Justified in registering who;e- some objection occasionally so long as ne is conscientious about it.
 short time ago I was out to a farm ers' union meeting in school house. It was bitter cold night but women and children were present and took part in the business meeting and the programme that fofiowed Aside from the direct profit derived, they are having some rattling good times in a social way.
 Funny, country boys are no longer hoppers," "country jakes," and hay seeds" I suppose people are beginning to realize that with alfala seed worth 20 cents a pound 1t is worth while to have a little hayseed in ones hair.
 Early to bed, and early to rise" may make man healthy, wealthy and wise; but still 1t is pretty nice to lie in an hour longer than usual after one has been crawling out in the middle of the night all through corn pickin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
The Guinea Valuable

The guinea fowl used to be desplsed bird. It Is now coming to be consid- cred with much favor. On practically every bill of fare one picks up now in the best and most expensive eating places in the cities we find guinea fowl priced at anywhere from 50 cents to S1.50 for service for one person.
 The guinea has some advantages over other fowls and there are some advan- tages in having few guineas with the regular flock. They always give tho alarm if anything strange appears night or day. If a hawk flies over or a crow comes near the barnyard or a strange man or dog or other animal appears the guineas always tell about it. They are, If anything, more hardy than tho farm poultry They make a good sub stitute for game for their meat is more the color and flavor of game birds than is the meat of any of our other domestic birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Don't Waste Manure

The value of barnyard manure has always been recognized, but the pro- lection necessary to preserve the fer tility of the manure has not been rec oGnized The value of manure on dif- ferent soils Is illustrated by experi- rlents in different parts of the state, by the University of Missouri college of agriculture. As an average of all experiments on outlying fields, barn yard manure has brought return of s1.90 ton, although on some of the fields the return has exceeded $3 a tor. On one experiment field the re- turn has been at the rate of $4.10 a ton, These experiments show that the farmer who is not caring for his ma- nure is overlooking a most important source of revenue. A combination of phosphate and manure on certain fields has been very profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Velvet Bean Popular

The increased culture of velvet beans in the south during the last two years has been one of the most remarkable recent agricultural developments. Heretofore the culture of the velvet bean has been largely limited to Florida With the in- troduction by the department of several new varieties, particularly the Chinese, and the development of other varieties by breeding. especially the Georgia and the Osceola, the culture of this bean has been extended to cover a large part Of the cotton belt. It has proved especially adapted to sandy soils. It is estimated that the acreage planted to velvet beans in 1916 was at least four times that of any previous year, and it Is not improb- able, according to federal specialists, that the 1917 acreage was at least four times that of 1916
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Cotton Seed Meal Prices

The food administration has issued a new ruling to the effect that any quantity of 10 tons or more of cotton seed meal shall be considered whole sale lot, and the buyer of that quantity shall not be charged moro than the agreed price, plus drayage or carriage, that may be necessary to make deliv- cry All sales of less than 10 tons may be considered as retail sales. for which not more than $2.50 a ton above the agreed wholesale price may be charged. Mills will avoid criticism and misunderstanding if they always quote the price f. o. b. at the mills, in- stead of at points of delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
DEHORNING CALVES
By ". W. SWEET, Missouri CoIIels
 of AEriculture


 of Agriculture
 There are two methods of dehorning dairy animals One of these which Is widely practiced is to allow the horns to grow until the animal is fairly ma- tIre and then cut them off with special dehorning clippers. This method removes the horn but it Is a painful and bloody operation. The other method is to pre- vent the horns from developing.
 The calves should be treated when they are from to 10 days old or when the horns are just beginning to show as small buttons and before they break through the skin. The hair should be clipped away from this part of the head with a pair of shears As soon as the skin is thus made visible it should be broken with sharp instrument, directly over the center of the appearing horn. deep cut should not be made. As soon as the skin is brolln stick of caustic potash should be rubbed in the horn until the skin Is removed over an area slightly less than the size of a dime. The caustic can be purchased in small white sticks about the size of a pencil One end should be wrapped with paper or cloth to protect the fin- gers Rubbing should continue over the surface until 1t begins to turn white Too much rubbing may give bad results As soon as this is complete it Is we'll to grease around the treated area with vas elines.
 It is usually better to use the caustic in a dry form rather than to use it wet because when too much moisture Is pres ent 1t may run down into the calf's eyes and cause injury.
 The caustic should be kept in an air tight bottle because in the presence of T -k,1 . ficult to handle. With little experience one can perform this operation in about five minutes and horns will never de- yelop.
 Tn case 1t Is not properly done, short spurs will develop. These may be clipped off after year or two with very little trouble or injury to the animal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Sausage for Summer

I always put up sausage for summe- : use and find it quite help to me Take strips of muslin. flour sacks will do. Sx15 inches Seam up, but do not turn, and fill with sausage. Pack rather tightly and tie with a cord Now, put lard in suitable kettel to cover the sacks and cook until the lard quits buhbling, which is sign thai the water has cooked out. Pack the sausage in jars and cover with lard When wanted to use place sack ot sausage in the dripping pan, put this in the oven to heat and it Is ready for use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

rear all of her goslings. In raising geese, however. 1t is advisable to confine the goose until the goslings are a few weeks old. Geese are great foragers. and the old goose will tire and wear out her brood unless they are allowed to first gain size and strength before being turned out to pasture. Yet good pas ture is as necessary to goose raising as it Is for dairy COWS.
 Any building or shed that will keep the bedding dry Is a first-rate shelter for geese, and beyond a few weeks care of the goslings, after they are matched. they require little attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Dairyman's Dont's

Don't buy cream separator for each COW!
 Don't think there's something wrong with the milk if the butter isn't. yellow.
 Don't think that the feed is tough sim ply because your prize Guernsey is con stantly chewing a cud.
 Don't take it for granted that you can wean a calf the first day. and feed it on alfalfa, because you need the milk.
 Don't skim the top off set milk in the belief that 1t Is sediment come to the surface. It's cream!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
1889 Farm Loan Societies

Up to December 1, s29,S24655 had been paid out to farmers on per cent long time loans by the F federal land banks. The total of loans approved is s105, ,136, ,529 The interest rate under the farm loan system has been increased from to 5H per cent to apply to all applications which have not yet been approved. The borrowing Is done through cooperative farm loan associations or ganized by farmers, each association be- ing composed of 10 or more farmer-bor- .erowers and each group borrowing at least sao,0O0. Up-to December i the farm loan board had chartered 1889 such as. scciations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Eggs for the Trenches

Iowa farm women have started a movement for sending fresh eggs to the soldiers in the trenches, beginning next spring. Every mother who has son in France is to send at least one crate The state food commission approves on condition the war department does not find "eggs for soldiers objectionable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

Besides the nuts used In confectionery the Indian cashew tree yields an insect repeling gum, a juice that makes in delible ink. and three kinds of oil. ons edible. the others used to tan fishing nets and preserve wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
A GREAT LABOR SAVER

Heretofore. the breeding of large focks necessitsted long brooder house. either heated by individual lamps or by a. hot water system To brood 1000 chicks in this manner would require 20 hovers, bhclding 50 chicks each. which would mean 20 small hovers and as many exercise pens to clean, 20 water founts, 20 feed boxes, and if a lamp system was used, a like number of lamps to be filled and cleaned. It would also require the per- foa1nance of all feeding operations like number of times.
 | One large brooder stove will care for all these chicks in one flock with less than half the labor. Three or four feed troughs and a like number of water fouEts will serve the flock, and in feed ing 1t is just as easy to feed a large flock as small one. Tn cleaning there is also great saving. as with the large stove there are only the floors of two rooms to be swept, while the other method re- qu!res the cleaning of numerous hovers and exercise pens. Thus it can be un- derstood how great saving this method of breeding has effected. In fact. 1t is one of the greatest labor saving devices ever offered to the poultryman, and the results of this brood'ng in large nocks have been remarkably good.
 If home gardens are need to conserve food, why not home poultry flocks? These are needed in greater numbers than ever to save our meat supplies. Hens should be kept If only to save table scraps. The risk involved is as nothing com pared to the benefits. Read about this subject in next weeks article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
ON A FROSTY MORN

II. M. Rallsbock. in The Furrow." The sheep bells tinkle on a frosty
 morn, IN the lonesome bark of dog for
 lorn. IN lots other early sounds one hears They're not much joy to feller's ears When he has to milk the cows. I wonder if the poet who wrote tho
 lines Bout the corn--and frost on the pun
 kin vines Ever woke up, contented until He saw the frost round the window
 sill- N he had to milk the cows. Did he wonder, watch his steamin' nose In a frosty room-'n most of his clothes Seemed to be strewn all over the floor, Knees and teeth seein which one could
 rattle more When he had to milk the cows. But then reckon that 1t ain't so bad For partnership with a feller's dad Means helpin' out with work when he
 can He's going through things that make
 him a man. When he has to milk the cows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

capable of lowering from 1000 to 15oo in one flock
 There are two types. oil burning and coal burning, and both giving excellent results. The coal burning types may be had in small and large sizes, but the majority of the oil burning type are made only In the large size. The greater part of the coal burning colony breeders are simply the old idea of hover on a larger scale, but some of the newer types arc built on somewhat the same plan as the oil-burning stoves, deflecting the heat to the floor without a hover, making a warm circfe of heat instead of a warm hover.
 Tho question of which is best is for the buyer to decide Some claim that the deflecting type Is superior because the chicks can sleep at whatever dis tance from the stove they find the heat to their liking. Others prefer the hover type. claiming that the chicks rest more quietly under it. and that there is less danger of drafts of cold air. However, when 1t comes to actual results, both types are used In large numbers with equally good results.
 The small stoves should have a room about 10 feet square. while the larger ones require two rooms 15 feet square, one for the stove and one as a cold ex- ercise room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
FOR THE BIG PRODUCER

For those desiring to brood large num- bers of chicks the colony brooder stoves are probably the best. These stoves can be obtained in two general sizes. The
 small ones have capacity of from 300 to 50o chicks. while the larger ones are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Another Point Settled

Another Point Settled From the Casselrs Saturday Journal Mother-Svhat Is the plural Of man. Willie?
 Willie-Men. Mother-And the plural of chiIds Willie-Twins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

The other day I was reeiting to my little five-year-old son the old nursery rhyme:
Evening star., 1918-12-01
TO MAP OUT PROGRAM
FOR AFTER-W WAR ISSUES
Business Men to Take Initiative
Thursday at Merchants and
Manufacturers' Dinner.

A definite program for meeting
problems that may arise during the
period Of readjustment will be mapped
out by the business men Washing
ton at a dinner meeting of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton at the Wardman Park Inn at Z
o'clock Thursday evening.
The merchants will hear a report
from Adolph Weyl. local chairman Of
the retailers national committee, who
will attend a conference in Atlantic
City tomorrow and Tuesday of mer-
chants from all sections Of the coun-
try.
At the meeting Thursday night the
business mon will discuss Washing
toms future. Officers of the asso-
citation said last night they realize
that the National Capital has been
brought more prominently into the
limeHght by the war and probably
will remain there for years to come.
Business men who desire to attend
the meeting should communicate with
Charles J. Columbus, secretary, In
The Star building. not later than noon
Wo6uASdAY.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
SECRETARY WILSON'S AID
ASKED IN DENSMORE CASE
California Judge Wants Publisher
Of Charges to Appear
Before Jury.

SAN FRANCISCO. November so.-A
telegram asking him to direct John B.
Densmore. director general of employ
ment, to appear before the county grand
jury in connection with Densmore's pub
lished charges Of an attempted corrup-
tiop in the prosecution of Mrs. Rena
Moneys case here was sent to Secre-
tary Of Labor Wilson by Presiding Judge
E. F. Morgan Of the superior court here
today. Densmore, who Is in Seattle,
has refused to go before tho jury, say
ing that he is acting under instructions
from Secretary Wilson.
Renewed decisions by labor organiza-
tions to call strikes December were
reported here today by Edward D.
Nolan. secretary Of the International
Workers Defense League, as evidence
that the movement to obtain a new trial
for Thomas ]. Mooney had not been
abandoned.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
LAW FRESHMEN ELECT.
Georgetown Students Choose Thei1
Class Officers.

The freshman class of Georeetovn
University Law School has elected the
following oficerE Capt. Wolverton of
Iowa, president; T. A. Doyle of Mass
achusetts, first vice president; Lieut..
Wood Of South Carolina. second vice
president; William A. Dyke Of New
York. secretary; F. C. Mccoy, District
Of Columbia. treasurer; J. b. EgRles-
ton of Oklahoma, class historian: M
E. Sands Of District Of Columbia a
sergeant at arms: J. b. Morissey OF
Evening star., 1918-12-01

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Evening star., 1918-12-01
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have its attention called to
any misleading or untrue
statement, if such should
appeal at any time in any
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umns.
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Evening star., 1918-12-01
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Evening star., 1918-12-01
Mayor Thompson to Run Apai,

@01PoV0 " 0UU A&810.
CHICAGO. November s0-Mayor VIII
liam Hale Thompson announced TODAY
that he viii be candidate to succeed
himself in the spring. He did not dis
close whether he will seek the republican
nomination or run ~ an Independent
candidate by petition.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

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Evening star., 1918-12-01
CARDS OF THANKS.

11ooKA. The family Of the Late Mrs. ELIZA
"A. BROOKS Of Ksnilworth, D. c.. wish to
kindness extended to them and to thar:
their many friends for the beautiful dorsl
tributes sent during their ead Bereavement.
THE FAMILY.
6EED00E. wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation for the kindness apo
sympathy Of relatives and friends extendeo
during the illness and death Of our beloved
daughter and sister, DORA L. SEEB0DE,
and for the beautiful Aoral tributes.
By HER DEVOTED FAMILY.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

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