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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Wade's Letter

If you are going to have patriotic wheat patch from which to feed your family and help to win the war by con
 tributing your share of the nations bread supply, you will have to get busy right
 away. From October 20 to November 10i is the proper time to SOW wheat in Ala oama You are requested by your gov erninent to SOW some wheat if you havel any firm clay soils adapted to growing wheat The time of the year has arrived when debating must be turned into ac-
 rlon and the sower go forth to sow"
 1T your turnip patch failed on account oA not dry weather, SOW again. It is not @ .Oo iate 10 produce nice crop of greens.
 ihe turnips may not have time to grow
 very large but a good crop of tops can yet pc made, if sown on rich land. Ass an appetizer, laxative, diet tonic and general health-givng food turnip greens are indispensable in winter If YOU hayea not soWn or your sowing has failed try again without delay
 Sow some rape for the pigs and for' table use in the event your turnips fail You realize how scarce greenstuffs get sometimes during the winter and how
 our systems crave it. The cows ands pigs suffer for something green just as5 human beings do. Sow a patch of rape5 for the pigs and a field of Abruzza rye3 for the horses and cows. The thoughtful master who provides well for his dumbE animals is always appreciated by them < It IS both humane and profitable Thes procrastinator always sows a crop of
 excuses that never germinate and pro-; duce anything material, but consumesI much of other peoples time trying tod explain why he did not do the things which he should have done. Shall this apply to you or will you be one of the5 thoughtful thrifty and determined?
 If you have any surplus cotton that you do not need to sell at this time deposit it in a good warehouse and laveA it insured. Go home and wait for al fair price before you sell it. If you will do this you will receive 5 cents perl pound for it by or before planting time
 next spring. This would be $25 per bale profit as compared with the present. market price. It will beat selling the1 cotton at present levels and depositing the money in a savings bank. The cot
 ton market has been depressed by aa speculative combination taking advan tage of political agitation under the whipS of threatened price fixing. MT. Farmer, ,N are you going to submit to this injus- tice or contend for what is right? Yourf| cotton belongs to you who produced it.H H You may kold any amount less thanA 5000 worth and sell it any time nextN year without paying income tax thereon. If the government needs this cotton witbH which to win the war, sell it, or ifd protect yourselves against a depressed speculative market that is unprofitableEl and unfair to the producer. E J. A WADE, 1 Commissioner of Agriculture and Indus
 tries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
CHOLERA TREATMENT HELPS

Advance of the serum and virus treat ment for hog cholera is credited by Uni ted States department of agriculture of- ficials with being largely responsible for recent great development of the traffic in stocker and feeder hogs. It is esti-
 mated that more than 37,50OOOO pounds
 of pork were added to the nations SUD-
 ply by this traffic in the fiscal year that
 ended June 30, although regulations were
 modified to help Nthe industry only on
 January ?. Further notable growth of
 the traffic Is expected.
 During the fiscal year ending June 30,
 254, ,731 head of swine were inspected and
 immunized against hog cholera by in-
 spectors of the bureau of animal indus
 try at public stock yards and were
 shipped to country points for feeding and
 breeding purposes. The average weight
 of these animals at the time of immuni-
 zation was approximately 100 pounds,
 Probably 250O00 of the number were
 shipped for feeding purposes and later
 were returned to the markets at an aver
 age weight of 250 to 2l5 pounds, glvlng
 an approximate total increase of from
 37, ,5oo. 600 to 49,5Oo.0O0 pounds of pork.
 Many years ago lightweight hogs and piggy ssows were sold at the markets as feeders and breeding animals, respec- lively, and shipped indiscriminately to all sections of the country This prac- tice spread hog chouera infection throughout all swine raising sections and was one of the causes of the staggering losses from that disease. The depart ment thereupon issued an order prohlb- ting the interstate shipment of hogs from public stock yards except for lm- mediate slaughter The effect of that order was that>-all lightweight hogs- scrae of them young sows suitable TOT breeding-sent to the markets were slaughtered. and the pork which would have been produced had they grown to r.,aturity, as well as the potential breed ng value of the sows, was consequently iost
 In addition. the~fact that many of these annals were not especially desirable fo; slaughter made them bring comparative | y low prices. frequently resulting in actual loss to the shippers.
 After the serum and virus treatment | against hog cholera was standardized by specialists of the department an order vas issued permitting swine to be 1 ihipped from public stock yards for feed 1 ng or breeding purposes when they had loeen given such treatment under the ilpervision of a department inspector. However, It was required that treated
 swine should be held in the yards 2l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24

days before shipment this period being later reduced to If days. The cost of feeding the animals during the quaran. tine period was so great that the traf- fc did not reach any considerable pro- portions. But With the added knowl. edge and experience in the control of hogh cholera. and amplification of state laws governing it's control, the depart. ment thought 1t safe to permit the ship, ment of treated hogs at once to points in states which haze regulations requiring that such animals~be held in local quar- antine until 21 days have elapsed since the date of treatment. The order per hitting this became effective on Jan uary ,, 19lS
 Previous to that date shipments ot immunized swine had been comparative ly few, while since that time the num- Der has grown rapidly. No doubt is entertained that as the facilities for handling such animals are improved and the general knowledge with reference to hog cholera is increased, the traffic in stockerf and feeder hogs from public stock yards will have a steady growth and will become a tremendous factor in the production and conservation of food scene of activity throughout the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24

Well-matured pumpkins of\anykvariety of make an acceptable dried product which only requires soaking, for use later in pies or custards. The deeply-colored solid-fleshed varieties are the best for the purpose. Squash of the winter va rieties may also be cured in the same way.
 Cut into strips one-half inch wide, peel and remove seeds, then cut the long strips with rotary slicer or by hand into slices one-half inch in thickness Blanch in vigorously boiling water for three minutes, orr preferably in steam for five minutes. "A washboiler partly filled with boiling water and fitted with support which will hold a wire basket containing the material just out of the water makes a good steamer. Some Va rieties blanch more slowly than others; the treatment should be continued until the pieces have lost the opaque character and have become transparent but must be stopped as soon as this result is ob- tained.
 Spread one or two pieces deep on the trays and begin the drying at 135 de- grees As soon as the pieces have be- come somewhat plastic the temperature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Activities of Agents

un Russell county a great deal Of in- terest is being shown in pure bred beef cattle. w. R. Turnipseed, county dem onstration agent, in a recent report to extension service headquarters at Au- burn, states that several pure bred snort horn bulls have been purchased recently by the farmers of the county In nearly every instance where Shorthorn bull has been purchased a scrub bull has been disposed of
 Much interest is being shown in trac- tors in Shelby county, says Agent J. N Wyatt. MT. Wyatt states that on account of the scarcity of labor 1t is al most impossible to put in as large grain crop as is desirable, but that the purchase of these farm tractors IS helping to solve the situation. MT. wyatt mas bought tractor for his own farm, anq several others are planning to do the same. A great deal more rye and bar ley Is being sown in this county than heretofore, and much activity is shown in the way of getting ready for win ter pasture
 In Morgan county Demonstration agent Ernest Carnes has not only pushed tne wheat campaign with all his energy, put has induced many others to cooperate with him, and recently two merchants of Hartselle mailed out to their customers 700 letters advising and urging that every farmer plant as much wheat as pos sible this fall. At recent farmers union meeting at Runal Grove, where there were 50 farmers present, and without single exception all promised to plant reasonable acreage to wheat this fall. and Mir. Carnes reports that in the Rural Grove section an increase of at least 200 per cent will be made in the wheat acreage over last year.
 From Chiffon county comes the report of Demonstration Agent w. II. conway that the farmers of that county have secured sufficient seed wheat, oats and rye to SOW the biggest grain crop that the county has ever had. MT conway states that the farmers are planning to overcome the labor shortage by planting in small grain all the land that was cultivated by the labor that has gone to the army. Tthis is an excellent pan, because it requires far less labor to grow Q crop of smafl grain than it does 10 grow a crop of cotton, corn or other cultivated crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Accredited Dairy Herds

Every dairy herd in the United States that on July 1 had been officially &C., credited as free from tuberculosis or that had passed successfully one test with a view to certifcation is listed in a pub lication just issued by the bureau of an- imal industry, United States department of agriculture Copies of the list are available for the use of state and mu- nicipal officials and private persons
 Certificates of freedom from tubercu- losis are soon to be issued by the bu- reau of animal industry to all the own CTS of the accredited herds. Certificate No. 1 is to go to the United States Sol diers Home in the District of Columbia. The Holstein-Friesian dairy herd at this institution includes 134 registered pure bred cows and is one of the oldest ac- credited herds in the United States.
 Control with view to the eventual eradication of tuberculosis in cattle Is being accomplished by systematic efforts of federal and state authorities in CO., operation with cattle breeders associa- tions and herd owners.
 A definite plan was adopted in 1917 whereby herds of cattle passing the pre- scribed number of official tuberculin tests should be certified or accredited as free from tuberculosis.
 An accredited herd is one that has suc- cessfully passed two annual or three semi-annual tuberculin tests applied by regularly employed veterinary inspectors of the bureau of animal industry or of the state where cooperative work is con- ducted, and has otherwise complied with the regulations governing the work.
 The work is thought to have been in progress long enough to justify publica- ton of the results. If the status of any of the accredited herds should be changed prompt notice is to be given to the of ficials of the various states. Additional lists are to be published from time to lime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Chicken Pie

Cook chicken till real tender, and take from bones. Then cut the meat up real fine and fix the gravy to pour over chicken
 Make batter of 2 eggs beaten thor oughly, 1a cup cream. cup milk heap ing teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon teaspoon salt, teaspoon sugar, Tour enough to make batter little stiner than ayer cake batter. Drop this in spoon fuls over chicken and bake.-Mrs. J. L.. Warner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Live Stock in Florida

The stock industry is flourishing II Florida and thousands of good breedin cattle are being shipped into the statf3 one large farm recently bought lo0h Hereford cows from Texas for breeding purposes. Twenty-Five or more fcdersH and state agents are kept busy bringA ing in cattle from the drouth area da the southwest. The specialists havH made thorough canvass of the sta.l by means of letters sent out for the pun pose. of the farmers who desire to pug chase cattle. The cattle brought .ntS the state last year from the soulhwcA have given entire satisfaction and arg largely responsible for the present ing petus in the industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Honey Cookies

One cup of sugar. one cup of honey, one cup of butter, one cup of water, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons of bak- ing powder one teaspoon of vanilla. salt, powdered sugar. flour.
 Beat the butter until it is light, then add the sugar and beat it to cream With the butter. Warm the honey and drop In the soda When the honey has cooled beat it until it is light and add to the butter and sugar. Then add a cup oi cold water and vanilla and flour enough to make stiff dough. After rolling the dough into a sheet sprinkle with the powdered sugar and press the sugar In by rolling the pin over it. Cut out into circles and bake in moderate cs-e,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Peanut Butter Soup

Peanut butter is wholesome and highly nutritious food not nearly as much used as it should be. Pound Tor pound it possesses higher food value than round steak. though It selis Tor a lower price, Peanut butter added to any dish raises it's protein, fat, and cal lbohydrate value.
 Tomato and Peanut Soup-1h cups seeded and strained Tomatoes, 9a cup peanut butter, 1 level teaspoon of salt, Ii level teaspoon of paprika, 7 F cups boiling water.
 Add tomatoes gradually to the pea nut butter and when smooth add the seasoning and water. simmer Tor lo minutes and serve with croutons. We'll seasoned soup stock may be substituted for the water; if used the quantity of salt should be reduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Song to Gallant Singers

Leona Upton in Dumb Animals. Oh, happy, happy little birds,
 Singing the whole wide world around With gratitude too deep for words We hark the joyful sound! Above the farmhouse window. where A Service Flag it's one star shows, Your carols thrill the listening air Until the long days close. Where the white crosses. row on row Tell of high hearts that now are still Your maths and your vespers flow, And the sad silence fill.
 Above the shell-torn battle plain
 You chant in prophet ecstasy. And bring gleam of hope again
 Where hope had ceased to be. Oh, gallant. gallant little birds,
 Who will not bow to pain and wrong With gratitude that gropes for words We hush to hear your song!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Savory Vegetable Stew

For a vegetable stew that is very goo and also inexpensive, get nice piece q soup meat Let it cook for an hour anl then lift out of water and cut the mea| in small pieces and run through foo] grinder. Return these to the broth an cook until done. Pare medium s}efl potatoes and 6 onions and run ~throufiI food grinder. using smallest perIoratei nlate. Add l quart of tomatoes presseI through colander and F box spaghetti broken in small pieces. Salt and peppa to taste.-Mrs. G. c. Grimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Good Homemade Soap

You will find this a fine soap and good cleanser: Put into crock one can of I've (Lewis preferred) Pour on it one quart of water and let cool Add one-half cup powdered borax. one half cup kerosene. one-half cup liquid ammonia Have five pounds of clean grease warmed in granite pan Pour in the cold I've, then the ammonia and oil and last the borax. Either dis solve or dry finely powdered, stirring with clean stick till well blended and looks creamy. If you have trouble with your soap, write to me.-Mrs. Bert Parkhurst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
To Wash Corduroy

A method of washing velour corduroy which I have found very successful, IS to make a good suds in which to put the skirt Then lay skirt on washboard and with a scrub brush, brush the way of the material Brush only the one way, to prevent streaks. When ciean' fror, the waistline to prevent sagging. do not know whether this method wculd be satisfactory for coats, but IS yery satisfactory for skirts.-Eva B. Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Save Everything

The next few weeks constitute the har- vest season for most field crops in the south. It becomes our patriotic duty this year to save everything. Harvest all the grain and utilize all of the forage crops
 As soon as the corn, soy beans, peas
 peanuts, etc, are removed from the field
 arrange to turn in the live stock so as to consume everything of value. Soy beans, peanuts. peas and other crops that would be injured by freezing should be harvested before the first killing frost z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Union Behind Wilson

 At a meeting of the Macon SCounty Farmers union last Saturday near Notasulga. the following telegram was drafted and sent: Hon. Woodrow Wilson. Washington D. c.
 We have answered your call for 1918 increased crop production. and are ready. for any emergency in the future. We stand undividedly behind you and the Fourth Liberty Loan. THE MACON COUNTY FARMERS UNION. NOTASULGA."
 Every man present had contributed toward the winning of the war either through st;imrs>or bonds.
 The. national harness and saddlery adjustment commission has ordered wages increased to 50 cents an hour for leather workers employed on govern went contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Decline in Stock

On about 5000 representative farms. scattered throughout the United States. reporting to the bureau of crop esti- mates, the decline in the number of cat tie was 0.S per cent from last July to August 1, 29 per cent in hogs. and Ss per cent in sheep.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

lery to the Signal Corps, from the submarines to the hospitals, depends this white metal for some part of it's efficiency.
 : It is used in promoters, those in struments which heat-treat the steel of every gun. It is necessary to make the sulphuric and nitric acid for pow der and explosives. To produce sul- phuric acid, certain gases are passed over a mass of asbestos, or some such material, which is coated with pIati- mum ch1orid and dried. This mass acts as a catalyzer. That is, contact with it changes the gas into the acid required.
 The United States had a well-devel- oped acid-manufactur Industry be- fore our entry into hte war, but now 1t has expanded to four times it's for mer size. At the beginning Of the present year there was enough platl- mum on hand to supply all the powder plants contemplated at that time, but the increased war program has in creased their need for it. England has had to establish such an indus try. having previously depended largely on France and Germany for her demands,
 The Demand Tremendous, Electrical equipment. after muni- tions, calls for the greatest amount of platinum. Even in pre-war days, this demand was tremendous. All tele- phone and telegraph instruments, all
 magnetos, have platinum contacts, a Now the Army and Navy are using
 extensive signaling apparatus. They
 need platinum for field telephone,
 wireless, and submarine-sign sys-
 tems. And in building aeroplanes
 ''the eyes of the Army" platinum is essential.
 EIectric-iight bulbs, so common to-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
ROCHE MILITARY POLICE
 ' AMUSE THE BELGIANS

Following the invading German ar my in to Belgium, Brand Whitlock tells us 10 Everyhody's came a horde of civilian officials, spies and military police, all insufferable but offering va rious opportunities for mockery.
 Every morning there set forth from the wide doors of the headquarters of the Chief of Police a battalion of Po- lizei, German soldiers in gray, ill-f1t ting uniforms, their trousers stuffed in their short, heavy iron-shod boots square helmets on their heads, their rifles, with bayonets fixed, slung to their shoulders. They were distin- guished from the others only by the black, white, and red brassards with the seal of the Imperial eagle stamped on them, and by the metal plaques, strung by chains about their necks, bearing in large letters the word, Po- lizei.' This gave them,. in our unac- customed eyes at any rate, a ridicu- lous appearance and the Brussels folk new subject for their incorrigible mockery; they did so instantly suggest the little labels hung about the necks of bottles of Curacao and other li- uueurs."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
WATCH POTATOES CAREFULLY FOR
 SIGNS OF APH|S
Crops May Be Ruined Un- less Spraying is Begun Al.
 Outset of Appearance.

Examine your potatoes carefully for aphis (lice) and keep a careful watch for this pest from now on. Several of the pink and green aphis have been found during the past week on potatoes in New Haven and Fairfield counties and are undoubted- ly present in other parts of the state. The next ten days Is the danger pe- rtod. Potato crops may be ruined unless gardeners find this pest and begin spraying. Spray with 1 12 teaspoonfuls nicotine sulphate solu- ton to one gallon of water and to this add a one inch cube of soapu, or for larger quantities use at the rate of one pint nicotine solution to fifty gallons of water with two pounds of dissolved soap added. Only these lice that are hit by this spray are Killed, Spray thoroughly. Spray thee under eide of the leaves where | 1nost-ofsthe Hoe will be found. The potato aphis is the insect which causeGsuch a. great loss to the potato crop annConnscticut last year.
 { Early blight has been reported by
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

day, use a considerable amount of it. The Heading in" wires, which pierce the glass, must be of a, metal which will not expand with heat.
 In our military hospitals and war surgery, the lives of men depend on the use of instruments, such as eau tery tips, which are1Dnade of platinum. For the X-ray tubes, which find the bullets and shrapnel in wounds, we need it.
 With all this use of platinum at the front, that behind the lines must also increase. Research and experiment. al laboratories redouble their work, which requires instruments of plati- mum.
 But the supply is small. Our chief source has been the Rus sian mines. They are now under Ger man control. We are securing our present stock from Colombia. But Colombia's annual output is 30,00O ounces, while our normal pre-waI consumption was 65,000 ounces.
 The War Industries Board is try ing to meet the deficiency by divert Ing platinum from unnecessarily uses te war industries. It commanders such supplies wherever it can find them, te turn over, to the war workers. A new
 gpewritten list of platinum to be com. mandeered measures some two yards in length. - t..
 While the Government works to se cure platinum for the war, a volun teer organization has started 8 cam paign to eliminate the use of 1t in jew elry. This is the. Women's Nationa League for the Conservation of Plat mum.
 Only 75 years ago this metal wa discovered. Today chemists. engin eers, and a host of others have added
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

several potato growers. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture will protect plants not yet affected.
 Flea Beetles in large numbers are still being found on garden plants throughout the state particularly on potatoes. If you have not already sprayed, do so at once, using a com bined spray consisting of Bordeaux mixture and arsenic or lead.
 For further information, consult your county agent, your State Agri- cultural College, Experiment Station, or the United States Department of Agriculture, or address the under- signed direct at the Connecticut Committee of Food Supply, S6 Pearl street, Hartford. Conn.