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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
A FARMERS STRIKE
By ROY H. GUsTAFsoN. Nebraska


 Some of you probably read of the Chicago milk strike sometime ago, and that the farmers won quickly. Later the same thing happened in New York and the farmers won again.
 It seems as if the producers are given the same treatment there IS we farmers are receiving here. The only difference is that the farmers there produce milk. while our prod ucts are in the form of grain. The milk distributors in New York refused tr pay the milk producers what it cost them to produce the milk and naturally it was case of "get more or quit for the milk producers. So farm organizations in the east began to form leagues and this kept grow ing till they had practically every milk producer of any account in the ganization. They were now banded together into an organization, but whether or not they could stick
 sEiE dealers said they could not and oFoc1eeaS 10 pay no attention to them. .sft sisSS the test came the league lsN'd 1st III the time and they won. l&fld nere comes. the same old story, they had to contend with an oppos- ing and Corporation controlled press. Well, they did not effect the outcome of the strike in the least.
 Now Nebraska farmers, we have in this event, a lesson to learn That is, if we expect to accomplish anything. we must stay together till we get what we are working for. Today when the competitive elevator offers cent or two more for your grain, many of you "flop" over to the grain trust" that you are trying to dissolve. If I these milk producers had done this, -t1 rntt1I 1a L@x .F the strike? It would have been a farce. The old milk dealers combine was ac- customed to buying out few of the producers until they had broken the ! chain" But this time they did not succeed in doing this and naturally the farmers won. Moral: United we stand, separated we fa1l.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

1 sides and leave 21a-inch space between l for the sprouts to come through. The pen is started with a six inch layer of dirt The plot is then marked off with 1 guide lines foot apart each way, al- i lowing six inches of space for soil all
 around the edge between the inside of 1 the pen and other place for the outer row of potatoes. Plant a potato seed at every cross line In the plot, which amounts to 4S hills of potatoes. Then put an inch or two of fertilizer over the potatoes and sprinkle with water. Lay l six inches of dirt as before, mark off, plant manure and water again, repeat l ing the operation with enough layers to | fill the pen to the top, which may be | six or eight feet from the ground
 | As the pen rises, MT Hendricks sug- 1 gests, place on the fourth layer in the ! center of one side, about two feet from J the ground, moist tester. This may be made of any piece of timber about the l size of the arm, 4x4 inches by three feet 1 long, placed so that it will protrude from
 the pen about foot After the potatoes
 have been planted three weeks, loosen 1 this tester, pull it out, and run your hand in the opening to determine the
 moisture condition. By doing this one can learn how much water to use on the pen. After the tester has once been re- moved, it is easy to make the test once
 or twice a week afterward. This will
 keep the soil in proper condition.
 KEEP WELL WATERED l The pen should be near water supply | so that it may be well watered during 1 a dry spell. It should be watered from the top about twice week, unless na- 1 ture performs the task with rainfall. AS
 an aid, the top layer should be sloped 1 toward the center so that the soil will absorb moisture and not. shed it, but
 care should be taken by the owner so
 that mud does not form on the top and | bake into a crust.
 When this preliminary preparation is 1 finished the potatoes will soon begin to
 grow through the sides and top of the pen--the nearest way to the light. As 1 the shoots emerge through the crevices
 they conceal the wooden framework with | the coat of living green.
 | As soon as the potatoes are matured
 the pens may be taken down and the potatoes rolled out of the thin covering l with a rake. the soil may be saved for
 another year. This is the extent of the operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Curing Ham and Shoulder

If you are ready to cure hams and shoulders you will find this method suc- cessful: Lay large piece of stout wrap ping paper on the table. Sprinkle F pint of brown sugar, pint of salt and E teaspoon cayene pepper on the paper. Lay the meat skin side down on the pa- per. then use the same amount in- gredients to rub on the flesh side. After rubbing this in well, wrap the meat in the paper. slir 1t into sugar sack and hang 1t up. If you wish to. smoke the meat in six or eight weeks, wash and proceed. M Mss Emhee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

first time in many years the number of sheep has shown tendency to in crease.
 The total estimated value of all farm products, including animals and animal products, for 1917, is given as $1s, s,44s -l s49sSl. as against Na 4O6,S64,oll for 1916. age q910-i9iD These valuations are based upon prices received by producers. which are applied to the total output re- gardless of whether the products are con- stunned on the farms or sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
Rabbit Good Picked in Sage

Haye you ever tried pickling rabbit in sage? It is excellent. Prepare rab- bit as to fry, dry the meat with cloth So that no water remains on it. then sprinkle in a jar thin layer of salt. one of sage, then rabbit and continu. in layers until the jar is filled. After standing two or three weeks the rab- bit will have the flavor of sausage and when fried will make dish that all will relish.-Mrs. J. Reid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
COrnstarch Saves an Egg

find that a tablespoon of corH- starch will replace an egg in most all recipes. In cakes use one egg and tablespoon of cornstarch for each ad- ditional egg called for-Mrs. w. r. Epling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS

OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED-Don't matter if broken; we pay up to SIS per set; also cash for old gold, silver and broken jewelry: check sent by return mail; goods held 10 days for senders approval of our offcr Mazer's Tooth Speciality. 2oo7 g. 9th st.. Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
How to Make Peanut Butter

Delicious peanut butter-a highly nutritious food-may be made at
 home by grinding the roasted nuts in 1ood chopper, reports Miss Flora
 Monroe. director of the cafeteria in thl.
 Agriculture College of Kansas, who has tried 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
WANTED-AGENTS

SELL FRUIT TREEs-Pecan trees, ornamental trees; good profit; ligh, work Write today. Smith Bros, Dept 63, Concord, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
ONE CENT A WORD
FOR SALE

RATEy-One cent word dayy no aa.
 taken for leas than 25c for first inseP. tlOn. Cash must accompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
SAFEGUARDING STOCK

. This insect can fly but does so very rarely. It is spread almost entirely by movement fo infested planting stock, hence the fundamental need of using ex- treme care in planting only clean, sound stock.
 In accordance with the quarantine reg ulations every shipment of sweet potato planting stock coming into Alabama from any other state must bear a certificate tag showing CD that inspection has been made @ that no trace of sweet potato root borer was found on the premises or among the stock where shipment orig mated and (3) that shipment did not orig
 mate within five miles of any point where this insect is known to occur. If a grower cannot give such certificate Ala bama planters do not want. and can not now get his stock, either by pur- chase or as a gift.
 If other states should make similar requirements regarding Alabama grown sweet potato planting Utocf.. growers should apply at once to the state horti- culturst, Auburn, for an inspection so that proper certificates can be arranged for and embarrassing delays avoided. So far as we know at the present time all Alabama grown stock is perfectly safe and the culture of bedding or plant ing stock in this state should be 1n- creased to supply Alabama demands This is a possible and profitable undertaking. Fortunately. most of the Florida grow CTS are yet free from this pest and stock shipped under certificate may be obtained from them but it will certainly prove far safer in the long run if we can produce all of our own planting stock here in Alabama Only in this way can we hope for long continued freedom from tha cwaat DOtatO root hOrPr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

S~-~-~-~~~--~-~>>-----= IMPROVED black lime land farm. 400 acres, lease or rent suitable live stock, alfalfa grain; 150 acres hog fencing, re- mainder wires; good house, barn. out houses orchard, garden, fine water. \ miles Southern railroad; fine neighbor- hood, on Demopolis-E Eutaw highway. Bentwood Plantation, Watsonia, Greene County. Alabama.
 25 PACKETS garden seed, F peach or apple trees or 200 strawberry plants sent free. postpaid with Ballew's Farmer three years $1. You'll like Bal lew's Farmer. Clean. bright. pungent Hugh Ballew. Editor, Albany, Ala. TOR SALE-s2: full information of Searcy's plan of marking and shipping hogs and cattle; every farmer should know how. J. T. Searcy, Columbus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

By W. E. HINDS, EntomoIogist
 While the presence of this pest in Ala bama has been suspected, the investiga-
 tion of many rumors and rather extend- ed inspections made in Baldwin, Es-
 cambia and Mobile counties before and during the digging season of 1917 and oc- casional inspections of potatoes at mar
 kets have failed to reveal the species The continued success of sweet potato growing depends upon keeping this pest out and it is in line with the best in- terests of both the growers and users Of sweet potatoes that the quarantine herein announced be most carefully en- forced. This circular is intended, there fore, primarily as a warning and to safe guard as much as pu.slble the sweet potato industry of the future. The crop of 1917 was valued at s10.0o0,O0o and there Is every reason to believe that the crop of 1918 will be yet more valuable.
 All growers and users of sweet po- ta toes are therefore warned to be on the lookout for this pest and to report any suspicious specimens or infested po- tatoes. Send them by mail in tight packages that cannot be crushed to the I entomologist at Auburn for examination and report. If an infestation should oc-
 cur it may be stamped out by prompt and intelligent action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21
STAGES OF THE INSECT

The sweet potato root borer is weevil, having a snout something like the bool weevil Zig. D. The adult is one-fourth inch long, of steel blue color on the head and hinder part of the body with the central portion, or thorax, and the legs redish orange in color. There are four stages in this weevil as with the boil weevil The eggs, or first stage, are not conspicuous as they are laid In cavities eaten into the vines or 'tubers.' v From the eggs come the second stage or grubs Zig. 9, which look very much like small. or partly grown boil weevil grubs. The third stage or transforma- tion stage which is called the pupa (Figs 8 and A.. occurs also inside the vines or 'tubers,' and from this comes the fourth stage which is the adult. Only the adults are ever seen outside the 'tubers'' Zig 9. The period from egg to egg in succeeding generations av- erages between five and six weeks. One female may deposit from 100 to 150 eggs.
 EXTENT OF INJURY
 The adult insect may lay eggs in the base of the vine, causing the dying of vines in many places, but most of their work is in the roots Heavily infested roots become so obnoxious that even hogs refuse to eat them Zig. 9 and the loss is then complete. Damage by this insect will probably always be most se- verc near the gulf coast but the species does damage in Texas at points hum dreds of miles inland.
 The presence of this weevil may be de- termined from finding CD adults; @ such punctures. especially around the stem end of the potato, as shown in Fig. 6-F and E. (3) exit holes as shown in Fig. GEM opening from tD irregular burrows which are packed with particles of excrement having an elliptical form character of this species (Fiss s and g.
 ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION
 This pest is not a native of the United States. but has been introduced from West Indian Islands into the gulf states. It was first noticed near New Orleans in 1877 and now occurs quite widely dis tributed through Louisiana, Texas and along the east coast of Florida. It is found on the west coast of Florida in Hillsboro, Pinellas and Manatee counties, also in Baker county on the northern boundary of Florida and in Charlton county, Georgia, adjoining. It has been found recently in south Mississippi neal the gulf coast in Hancock. Harrison
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

No longer can it be truthfully said that "anyone can farm" Farming is a busi- ness science. an art; and it takes a pretty level head to make go of it.. Butchers, doctors and merchants need not think they can go into the country and get rich. They can't. They don t know how Perhaps they could learn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Appreciation Of keokuk Poet

The dull brown road before me
Like nuttering pennon ran;
And the tingling dust in my nostrtls
Smelled sweeter than roses can
The wayside shrines were many
But where was the one sought?
One was of ancient branches
With murmuring leave enwrought
One a sun dazzled wheat field
Where the wind made shadow
road
That rippled and wavered and beckon-
And in streams unchanne1led
flowed.
One lay where the moonlight colour
OF oats, green-silvered, shone;
And one where Ahe purpling clover
Close to my feet had grown.
But the brown road Ned before me,
And would not let me stay
To kneel at the shrines Of the way
side
To lift up my heart and pray.
So who was the saint, know not,
Who quiet healing wrought,
For the road that had turned like a
fancy.
Lay straight as an iron thought.
Led back to my house OF labour.
To my garment Of smoke dimmed
grey,
And home from my pilgrimagfng
At the closing of the day.
But 10! It was girdled with sunshine
20 where was the miracle shrineD
And my garment shone as the rain
bow
And my heart sang aloud for a
30. B. c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
AMERICAN ACE
IS KILLED
CONTINUED from page IL

factors in the decrease in submarine
sinkings. The aircraft contingent is
beng augmented and the ship forces
are being enlarged.
Acting Secretary Of Navy Benson
declared the department felt the sub
marine situation has improved, but
the department would be loath to
make optimistic predictions lest the
people relax and the submarine cam
paign burst out with renewed vigor
Benson declared there was some
reason to believe Germany has super
submarines OF unusual power and
cruising radius, but that so far it has
been impossible to establish the truth
of such reports.
Quiet on American Front.
WASHINGTON, May 20-Quiet
prevailed along the American front
except for aerial activity yesterday,
General Pershing reported today. Two
enemy machines were brought down.
The statement follows:
"Section Aside from the activ-
tiles of the air forces on both sides,
the day was quiet at all points occu-
pied by our troops.
Our aviators brought down two hos
tile machines.
Section B-Reports in hand show a
notable instance of bravery and devo-
ton shown by two soldiers OF an
American colored regiment operating
in a French sector. Before daylight
on May Is, Private Henry Johnson
and Private Roberts, while on sentry
duty at some distance from one an
other we're attacked by the German
raidine party, estimated at twenty
men, who advanced in two groups al
lacking at once from flank and rear.
Both men fought bravely in hand to
h.nd encounters, one resorting TO the
/ use Of a bolo knife after his rifle
iammed and further fighting with
havonet and butt became impossible.
There is evidence that at least one
and nrobably a second German was
severely cut.
third is known to have been shot.
Attention is drawn to the fact that
tho two colored sentries were first at
tackled and continued fighting after
receiving wounds and despite the use
of erenades by a superior force, they
should be given credit for preventing
Inv their bravery the capture OF any OF
onr men. Three of our men were
wounded. two by grenades. All are
recovering, and the wounds in two
cases were slight.
Major Lufberry was. killed in
flight during which he had been in
combat with an enemy plane. he
was seen to fall from his machine,
which fell a short distance from him.
He was possibly wounded or dead be-
fore he fell. Earlier reports stated
tina. he was, at the time in long run
ming fight and was flying upside down
AZ two thousand feet.
Last night one of our aviators en-
Gagged two German planes and brought
down one in the vicinity of Apremont
This morning Lieut.. Douglas Camp
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

S8.0O@14.OO.
Sheep = Receipts, $4,000; market,
steady; native. $12.75@16.00; west
ern, s13.O0@16.10; lambs, $14.75@
1875; western, $14.75@20.50; ewes,
$12.00@16.Oo.
st. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, May 20.-Cattie
receipts 800: market steady. Texas
receipts 81. Native beef steers, $11-5O
@16.75; yearling steers and heifers,
$9.50@15.OO; cows. $7.5O@12.50;
stockers and feeders, S7.50@12.OO;
calves. $7.75@15.70; cows and heifers,
$6.OO@13.50.
Hog receipts 5000: market 1o@15c
higher. Mixed and butchers, $17.45 @
1875; good to heavy, s17.45@17.75;
rough, .O0@16.50; light, $4,000
1875: pigs. $16.50@17.5o; bulk. $3.50
@17.75.
Sheen receipts $500; market steady
Ewes. $13.5O014.50; lambs, $3.50 a
rs. 90: Gamers ad choppers, s6.50@
$50: wethers. $14.50@15.50.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, May 2O.-Cattle-
Receipts, II 900; market strong, 1oc
D,
and heifers, sS.00@15.00; stockers
and feeders, $10.00@15.50; calves.
Ss0O@13.00.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; market. 1oc
higher; bulk, $17.25@17.45; heavy.
s17.15617.35: medium, $17.25@1745;
light, ST. 1850.
Sheep - Receipts, $1,000; market,
steady: lambs, $15.50@19.50; ewes.
$4,000 wethers, $700@1T.0O.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA. May 20.-Cattle-Receipts
1900; market, 10@d5c lower: steers,
S12.5O6 1750: COWS and heifers. $I.15
015.O0; stockers and feeders. $3.50
613.00; calves, $9.00@13.00; bulls
and stays, 10.00613.00.
IJogs-Receipts. $500: market, SD
Zoe higher; bulk, $16.95@17.10; top.
ST. %.
Sheep Receipts, 1000: market,
steady; yearlinss, $l6.00@l7.So;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

A Keokuk girl now in Chicago sends
the following in appreciation of the
work OF Mrs. Mann Clark Barr Mavity,
to The Gate City:
"a keokuk Poet"
In the February Bookman 1918 is
published the last Of a series OF
poems written for the pure love Of
creation and printed anonymously to
prove that such poems were enjoyed
for more than the name OF the writer.
"The series which began in Febru-
airy, 1917 is called "A Masuqe Of
Poets and announces itself as poems
gathered together in order to restore
in some measure to our day that
Elijah ethean spirit Of comradeship
land friendly rivalry which produced
poetry because it had to sing rather
than because 1t sought the applause
of It's personal admirers However,
in the February number Of this cur
rent year-the necessity for secrecy
being removed-the names Of the
writer's Of the poems are printed and
among such well known names as
Amy Lowell, vachel Lindsay and Fan
ME Stears Davis is the name of a Keo-
kuk girl-Nannie Barr .Mavity).
For the pleasure of the friends OF
this Keokuk girl-friends who may
not see the Bookman-her poem is re-
/, printed, as it appeared in the Febru-
airy number. 1918:
"A Pilgrimage"
II put OF my smoke dimmed garment,
I, 1 put on my white for grey;
| For I would go on pilgrimage
J At the opening of the day.
To a nameless saint: whose altar
Is hidden know not where,
To be healed of the heavy sickness
! My soul like cloak must wear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
STIMULATING
FARM LABOR
state Director Of Public Service Re
serve, Cites Need for
Helping the
Farmers.

y. H.. MetcaIt. federal director for
the state OF the United States public
service reserve calls attention in a
letter addressed to The Gate City, to
the need for community effort In the
stimulation Of farm labor.
He says in a communication from
Des Moines today:
Iowa has this spring increased her
wheat acreage approximately 100000
acres. 1t is up to US to see that this
crop is protected by every means
within our power. Governor Hard
ing's proclamations dealing with the
seed wheat and seed corn situations
have worked a marvellous transform
alton and as result the supply OF
wheat, with proper weather condi-
tons, will be enormous.
''Iowa's farm situation SO far as la
Dor is concerned, is excellent. There
is no shortage. 1t is well, however,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Late Market Quotations
wethers, S14.5o@16.50; lambs
@19.sO; ewes, $4,000 13.W.

wethers, S14.50@ 1850; lambs
@19.S0; ewes, $12.00@13.W.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, H., May 2o.-bu
Creamery extras. 42c; cfea
standards, 41641Ac; dairy
3Sk @41c; dairy firsts. S4gse,
Ordinary firsts, -s@s
firsts, 31@32kc. e,l
CHI e Q e - Twins, 2lAW'
Young Americas, 22@ 221ac.
Potatoes-Receipts, "a cars,
MINI, 9Dc@$1.15; new springs
per barrel.
Live poultry-Fowls, 27c;
13c; ROSTERS, zoe; turkeys
ducks. CSC
New York Produce.
NEW YORK. May 20.-flou
ket quiet, unchanged. sd
Pork market steady. Mess "1
$500.
Lard market firmer. Middle
spot, $25.1O@25.20.
Sugar. raw, market quiet 0e''
gal test, S60.05. =,
Sugar, refined. market quieL
loaf. $S.95; crushed. $50; pow
$3.50; graduated, s7.45. Oy,
Coffee Rio No. on spot, SN'
Tallow market; steady. c"'
special, 17Ac. q
Hay market weak. NO. l. y
1.5o: No. 8. s5c@s1.1e; clover
$1.35. I'll,
Dressed poultry market dai a.:
keys, 25@3Sc; chickens, %@'
fowls, 2s@35c; ducks. 42c. a
Live poultry market weakeI II.
1661Sc; ducks. ESQ 45c: io"
chickens, broilers, 6o@75c.
Cheese market steady @ 1
common to special, 16Gsoo'
common to specials, 401sc. LIN
Butter market easier ReI :rs
459. Dairy extras, 4btsc; e nsS4
3S645hc; dairy tubs, aeg aac
imitation creamery firsts, s0g a,nt.
Egg market weaker. Rece az
$50. Nearby white fancy,
nearby mixed fancy. 34QSo',
s40ssc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
All Traces of Scrofula
Cleansed from the Blood

Tor removing the last trace of Scrof.
uia and other blood taiuts, and there
Is no case that it does not promptly
reach. 5. s. S. will thoroughly cleanse
and remove every disease perm that
mfests the blood and give YOU new
l me. anc s,gor. 1t IS sold by all drug
begin its use TO-DAY e W = polite and
plete history Of your case, and you
SSn s oS5an fpeT Ma 9asesa advice
! Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ca. ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
SERVICE FLAG
HAS 100 STARS
Knights of Columbus Plan to Pur-
chase Emblem for Men Of
Catholic Faith at
War.

De La Sale council, NO. 6l9,
knights of Columbus, is planning to
purchase a new service flag which
will contain nearly 100 stars These
stars will honor young men from St
Peters St Mary's and ST Francis
dc Sales churches who have entered
military service. Fifty-nine men have
gone from St. Peters, twenty from
St. Mary's and eighteen from st
Francis.
The Knights of Columbus service
flag has twenty-eight stars. Thes'