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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01
JUST TWO LONE DRINKS
= "GRAoEp. POLICE COURT

my goodness, but this is wonder
full" ruminated Justice John yester-
day morning as he found but two
DRINKS bfeore him as the result of po-
lice vigilance for Saturday and Sun
day, And this during the holidays,
Never in my long career on this bench
has such thing occurred before"
Then he fired J. II. White and W.
2. Dillard $40 each for being drunk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

should have no difficulty IN showing
TINT business Is improved by the ban
.shing Of booze.
While there is ne doubt that there
would be a very much larger increase
I'm the number OF persons employed
here IL operatives could have been
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

The Bolsheviki were doing a per-
fectly natural thi in sending a ship
Iond OF arms and ammunition to the
!. w. ", in the United States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

The I. w. w. published a book to
tell It's followers how to cripple news.
papers. Just then the freight conges-
ton and the coal shortage came along.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

Fa'. still republic, has Just survived
another revolution.
The world moves--and In these
days moves swiftly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

The claim OF tho Swiss legation that
Dr, Muck is "a citizen OF Switzerland
hss not enabled the Boston director to
get into the training camps or the
national capital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued yes
ferdsy in clerks Office OF hustings
court to the following:
w. r. slmrls and Minnie L. Grubhs
Joseph ". Maiesky and Marie Ko-
ryteska.
Charles c. Garrett and Margaret L.
walku2.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

The difference between a revolu-
ton and an earthquake In Central
America is that the earthquake is over
sooner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

upon the kind of pressure put upon
tho brewers and their satellites by the
federal officers. Nothing short OF a
definite threat of summary and dras-
tic punishment would have tho effect
Of gaining for the present law any
measure of respect from those who
have made it their business to violate
all laws.
The incident shows to what extent
tho beer business has been and Is a
law unto itself With the brewers
mostly Germans--the German idea
that law which they do not like is
a scrap of paper" has controlled their
actions for many years. The beer
business is a real autocracy on the
German pattern with which America
has to doaI at home
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

The Nobel peace prize could best
be employed this year by providing a
few aIrpianes for tho allies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01
CAPITOL HILL. co SIP

All departments of the state govern
ment with the probable exception OF
that Of the acknowledgement Will be
closed today. New Years day being a
legal holiday
During the holiday season painters
have been occupied giving the inside
nt the capitol building it's biennial new
dress preparatory to the assembling OF
the Legislature.
Tomorrow the state treaturer will
mail checks fer the payment of s420,-
600 interest on the state debt He will
also distribute about $4,000 on pay
roll and appropriations account There
will stiil be comfortable nest-egg
ieft 10 keep the wolf from the state.
house doors,
The state corporation commission
yesterday granted dissolution to the
Qraensville and DinwIddle Railway
company, which has for a number OF
years operated a railroad seventeen
miles In length entirely in the county
of Dinwiddie While the road was
built under a regular public service
charter under an act OF the assem- bi y
before the adoption OF the new con-
stitution IL has never performed the
functions OF public service company.
Its business having been solely for tho
hauling OF logs and lumber In con-
neetion with the business OF the Camp
Manufacturing company.
Judge C. r. Garnett. chairman OF the
state corporation commission. left last
nkSht for Baton Rouge. La. where he
will deliver an address to the tax as
SCISSORS OF state meeting there on
1anuary4. Judge Garnett was invited
the National Tax association meeting
at Atlanta in November.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-01

That Accounts for n.
DID you ever notice how closely ne
crown prince hangs around the Cham
payne district OF France7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
To Test Seed Corn

A seed corn test. will detect poor seed. simple preliminary test should be made first. according to the de- partment of farm crops of the Uni yersity of Missouri College of Agri- culture. Take 200 ears at random and remove six or eight kernels from va rious parts of each ear.
 Fill pie tin with sawdust or fine soil. Place cotton cloth on the soil and spread the kernels on the cloth. Place second over the kernels and wet it. Then invert second pie tin over the. first; thus moist chamber is made for the seed. Set the tins in a warm place and wet the top cloth once a day. Ii at least 90 per cent of the kernels show strong sprouts in six days. it will not be necessary to make a test of each ear separately, if the seed corn has been properly selected and cared for during the winter.
 If the germination is low, or if the seed corn has not been carefully se- lected and cared for. it may be con- oluded that some of the seed are weak and al the ears should be tested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
The Home Garden

The home garden will be more inn portant this year than ever before. Liv- ing costs are high and the necessity of saving all the wheat and meat that we can is great. The garden will be 8 big factor in solving both problems. No one who has not had a good garden can realize the shrinking effect it has on store bill. Supplemented with a busy flock of hens (laying, I mean, not scratching in the garden and some cows. the most wholesome and health full living can be had at the lowest cost
 Seeds are scarce this year and should be ordered early. We'll prepared ground and liberal fertilization will pay good profits in getting the garden onto the table at an early date
 And by all means plant your garden so it can be cultivated with horse. or at least with wheel hoe. Hand labor will be too scarce and costly to waste. and it is waste of labor to care for a garden entirely with a hand hoe. Some hand work must be done, but let there be no more than 's absolutely necessary If very much is required the likely result will be a plot of ground grown to weeds in stead of a garden.
 Take it all together and no other farm work pays as we'll as the care of good garden. Patriotism supplies another and the biggest reason for having one this year. Plant a garden by all means and have something to he glad about every time you sit down to the table or run your eye over the price of groceries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Weaning the Kids

With goats for milk, as with cows, it is best to take the young kid from the mother soon after birth and raise it by hand. If the kid is taken within few hours, and the mother milked dry and given a bunch of hay to nibble, and a drink of water (warmed if the weather is cooD, she will not worry for the kid as much as if it is left with her few days and she grows fond of it.
 The kid will readily drink from baby's bottle, using a straight nipple. with the hole somewhat enlarged. The milk should be it's own mothers milk, and the kid should be fed about every three hours from morning until bed time (not during the nighD for the first two days. Only three or four ounces will be taken at a feeding at first; more may produce securing. In a few days the quantity can be in creased up to as much as the kid is willing to take. As more is taken at one time, the times between feedlngs can be extended. About the fourth day it is quite likely the kid can be in- duced to drink the milk from shallow pan To do this easily let the kid take hold of the nipple, and then put the nipple into the pan, so that the Kid can suck through it.
  ent in the ease with which they learn to drink. All require patience and gem tie handling. Hurrying or force only delays matters, for few animals are as nervous as a goat, and they should never be frightened. If the mother is regularly and fully milked by hand, she will give more milk and continue milking longer than if allowed to raise her own kinds. The kids should have milk for three months at least, about a quart a day or more. They should be allowed access to hay, little ground feed, though they will only nibble at it for sometime, and water from about the second or third week. By degrees they will eat more and more so that when three or four months old they can live on the hay and grain entirely. Where there is plenty of milk to spare, it is of ad- vantage to continue giving some each day for some weeks longer For the best development, kids should never be bred to freshen before they are two years old, and goats should not be all lowed to kid oftener than once year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

Said a Farmer

| Trips to town can be made fewer by | keeping a want" book hanging in the l kitchen and setting down articles to be | purchased on the first trip. One cannot depend upon memory alone, and man does hate to take scolding when he tells his wife "he forgot"
 | Some folks used to think that farmers | were boobs. Lately these folks are chang | ing what little mind they have. Farm CTS are reading, thinking and contriving 1 in their efforts to better their condi- | tions And just incidentally, they are | adding considerably to the volume of bus | mess done by the hundreds of small town banks scattered over the country. Indeed. am convinced that roads, schools and churches will never be what 1 they might, and that farm homes will never be so comfortable and attractive
 as they ought until every man in a con- | munity owns his home and thus feels a
 pride in all things of which he is a part.
 q will tell one thing" said the grocer | to a bunch of us fellows one afternoon. | This moving to town to school the children is poor business. If had mine back on the farm I would keep them | there''
 | Said the butcher, "Confound this thing l of trying to raise boys in town. l | haven't thing for this youngster of mine | to do He is on the streets too much. I am going to get him a farm as soon as I can get together enough to buy a plow,''
 Everythig considered, though, I believe the odds are in favor of the country The main point is that children. es- pecially boys, live active outdoor life. Orchards, gardens and fields; horses. poultry and pigs, all offer wholesome l outlets for the overflow of youthful spirit.
 Associations too, are better A boy is 1 less likely to get into trouble if he IS at home at 4 o'clock than he is running l around town until supper time Some town folks turn the boys loose right aft CT supper. and are glad to get them out of their way for the evening. When town children get a vacation or holiday, they always want to go to the country that they may climb hills. romp over the meadows and play in the or- chards or along the brooks. Poor things. 1 I am sorry for them. l think 1t almost a | crime to deny them these things. l Of course, folks can't all live in the l country, else one would not have any packers, manufacturers, etc. However, I think it pretty good plan for those l now in the country who understand the
 science of production to be content to l stay where they are.
 l No longer can it be truthfully said that "anyone can farm" Farming is a busi- ness, a science. an art; and it takes a I pretty level head to make go Of It..
 Butchers. doctors and merchants need i not think they can go into the country l and get rich. They can't. They don t know how. Perhaps they could learn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Home-Grown Meal

One of the lessons we seem likely to learn from the food conservation necessitated by the war is that the coarser Hours and meals are both pal atable and healthful, and that it is not necessary to subject wheat and corn to the finer processes of milling in order to prepare them for human food
 In our home we have been grind ing wheat with a small hand grinder and using the product for bread and breakfast food. The cost of this wheat meal is only the cost of the wheat plus little elbow grease. It Is superior to commercial whole wheat flour in that it contains tho germs of the wheat. The germs are removed in the process of milling whole wheat flour or gra- ham flour, so that the product will keep indefinitely.
 We have made corn meal, too, in, our little grinder, and find it equal to the celebrated corn meal of the olden days made in birthstone mills. Of course. the bran is sifted out. Here again the germs account for the superior quality. The reason commercial corn meal does not taste so good as the old-fashioned meal is that the germs of the corn are re- moved in the modern milling process to make the meal keep longer.
 Home ground corn meal can be made at only slight increase in cost over the corn itself. Home grinding will settle the difficulty the food admin istrators are having over the high cost of corn meal. A farmer who has a gasoline engine could install a small power grinder and prepare flour and meal at home at a small cost Or, bet ter still, perhaps, every farmers ele- H9tOr mic hax ana grind wheat and corn for it's pat fonS.
 In this connection 1t is pertinent to sa. that the food administration has no regulations to interfere with farmer grinding his own wheat at nome and using as much of it as ho desires. And under the new ruling re 7 curing flour to be sold with substi- tutes, farmer who grinds corn meal at home, or has it ground, can certify 10 the amount so ground to the agent. association or dealer from whom he puys Hour and obtain an equal weight, o. flour,-Nebraska Union Farmer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Must Save More Wheat

The allies need from 75, ,OO0000 to 90 0O0. .0gl bushels more American wheat. We have already exported the theoretical surplus of last harvest over our normal consump- tlon The American people have saved considerable amount. estimated from 25,ooc,0o0 to 3oO00,0oO bushels, during ths past five months and we are exporting this saving.
 We cannot and will not export more than our savings, for our own people must be fed. The allies have reduced the bread ration to their people sharply the last few days and if this lowered ration is to be maintained we must save more than hitherto.
 Every grain of wheat and every ounce of flour and bread saved now is exactly that amount supplied to some man, wonl- and child among the allies We are asking the American people to further reduce their consumption of wheat products and use other foodstuffs instead for the allies must also have some wheat as well as ourselves. It is one of the vital issues in winning the war that we must maintain the health and strength and morale of their meny women and children over this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

Jackson andd Pearl River counties, Jack son county, Mississippi, is the point oi occurrence nearest to Alabama so far as known now.
 Control methods will consist principally of the following: 1. Infested vines should be burned. 2 Infested "tubers,' where the infestation is very light, should be boiled and fed to hogs. Heavily infested "tubers'' should be boiled or burned to destroy them completely. Only sound po- tatoes may be utilized for human food 8 All potatoes from any probably in- fested locality should be disposed of lo- cally, or if shipped at all, it should be to markets located in large cities. partic- ularly in the northern states in territory where sweet potatoes are not grown Do not run the risk of inflicting this pest on any other sweet potato growers even in states where there may be no law to prote ct them. 4. This insect is spread principally through the planting of infested stock therefore extreme care should be exercised in selecting only sound, uninfested. Alabama grown stock or certified stock from other states for future planting. Rotation of crops will be advisable so that sweet potatoes will not be grown upon the same ground two years in succession, as this would certainly result in reinfection where the borerS occur. Vine cuttings are safer than draws or slips. 6. Deep planting and level cultivation helps to protect the "tubers' in the ground. '. Storage houses keep the "tubers' better than do banks and potatoes in houses can be fumigated and handled much better if infested. Storage houses should be well cleaned an1 disnfected by burning sui- phur in them after the crop has been moved and before a new crop is stored therein. This kills insects, fungi and mice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Speed Up

We must speed up the farm. making every unproductive acre productive and every productive acre more productive. There are 800, 900 acres of tillable land in the United States. but only about one-half of this acreage is being cultivated in crops. The other-h half Is largely uncultvated because it is not cleared of stumps or stones, or because Tit is not drained or irrigated. The
 450.000,000 acres which are under cul- tivation are not made to produce nearly as large crops as they might
 produce by proper fertilization and
 more intensive cultivation. One-half of
 this cultivated area should be made to
 produce at least five bushels more
 grain per acre each year This in
 creased yield would add more than l.
 000,000,000 bushels to our annual cereal
 crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Tractor Here to Stay

Within a very few years the small tractor will be as common on American farms as the automobile is today. There are more autmobiles owned by American farmers than are owned in the cities, yet when automobiles were first manufactured 1t was said that they would be too expensive to come into general use outside of the large towns.
 The small tractor will probably never be used much in the cities, but there is almost no limit to the number that can be put to useful work on American farms. Not only does the tractor supply a portable engine which will carry itself anywhere and furnish power for any work. but it can blow, plant and haul the cultivator. the reaper and any machinery which re- quires heavy traction.
 A tractor doesn't eat hay and grain. Last year it took more than $2,000,000.- OO0worth of hay and grain to feed the horses and mules on American farms. The acreage necessary to raise these crops would provide sufficient food for 12,000. 900 human beings. Some day this land will be farmed by tractors and will produce food for human con- sumption instead of for animals.
 The American farmer Is the smartest man in the world when it comes to the use of labor saving machinery. He will take a machine and do the work of 20 European peasants. He may raise less to the acre than they do in Hol- land, but he will raise surprisingly more to the man. That is the main difference between the American and the European systems of farming. Every important improvement ever made In farm machinery has been in- vented and perfected in America. The use of the small farm tractor, which is becoming so common in all parts of the country. Is the latest and the most remarkable development in Amer ican farm machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

How would you like to raise enough
 potatoes on a plot no bigger than a flowerbed to supply your family for a year? It can be done.
 R. E. Hendricks of Kansas City, Mo, has come forth lately with the announce ment that he raised 42 bushels of pota- toes on a plot of ground eight feet square by growing them in pens. He has also made public the details of his method, and officials of the department of agri- culture say that his plans possess a
 great deal of merit.
 In pen only eight by eight feet in size, with the potatoes planted in thin layers of dirt and fertilizer until the mound was eight feet high, yield of 40 bushels was obtained. The second ex- pertinent brought forth g bushels from the same sized pen. The third experi- ment eclipsed the other by producing the astonishing total of 42 bushels.
 Before going into the details of MT. Hendricks plan. and to bring this new method of potato growing within the reach of all, another idea of similar nature may be suggested. It is possible to raise potatoes in barrel and for many people this plan may be more read fly adopted than that of the eight-foot pen. An ordinary sugar barrel which costs no more than 35 cents is procured ana holes an inch Tn diameter are bored around it. One row of holes encircles the barrel about six inches from the bottom, other rows are bored six inches apart
 until the top of the barrel is reached. The soil and fertilizer is placed in the the barrel up to the line of the first row of holes. then the potato seedlings are set in this soil in such a position that the sprouts, when they begin to grow, can come through the holes. Alternate layers of soil, fertilizer and potatoes are placed in the barrel until it is full As soon as the potatoes begin to send forth their sprouts the barrel will be mass of green.
 ANY SIZE PEN
 The pen works on the same principle. It may be eight feet wide by any length, just so it is strong enough to keep the l sides from spreading. Any kind of stout material may be used though light lum- Der or boards require an additional brac- ing with wires. Rich earth and good fertilizer, preferably we'll routed manure, are required to fill the pen to the top.
 The pen is built as each layer of po-
 1 tatoes is placed and planted. One may
 use Ike inch boards for the ends and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Eat the Cheap Rooster

{ It is good economy to eat the roost- CT. For roasting of coucse the house. keeper wants a good fat hen, but for chicken dishes that call for slow cook ing let the rooster go into the pot. He is full of meat and flavory, nutri- tious juices. Slow cooking and the right seasoning will convert the low priced rooster into dishes that are universally liked-there is pot pie and chicken stew and host of others. If a rooster that is not wanted for din- ner is "eating his head off, in the barn yard, can him for future use and save the stock for soup
 The rooster is the foundation for that famous dish of chicken and rice which the French call "pilau" Make it by boiling the chicken until the meat comes off the bone. Season well and add enough rice to thicken the stew. Cook until the rice is soft. The stew. should be thick enough to eat with a fork
 This stew served with a green salad or stewed fruit makes complete meal as the rice takes the place of bread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
That Farm Home

Farmers, as much as any people, are . in position to enjoy certain blessings that reflect the sentiments of Home, Sweet Home" It is, or should be, the farmer who enjoys the home garden, the home orchard, home-raised flour and meal. home-raised and home cured hams and bacon. home-raised turtey for Thanksgiving and Christ . mas home-raised chickens, fresh home gathered eggs, home preserves, home canned fruit. etc. There are numerous other necessities of life that may be produced and used first hand in the farm home. It is the utilizing of all these things that enables the farmers to fully appreciate the sentiment of Home, Sweet Home"