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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Road Drag Is Not Costly.

back the other. e 1t is a mistake to try
to improve too wide a strip at one
time. The best work can be done by
the drag when the soil is moist, but
not sticky, so the earth will move free
" along the face of the blades. If
the roadway is very badly rutted it
may be well to drag it when the earth
is wet. This is particularly true just
before a spell of cold weather in win
ter when it is possible to have a road
way to freeze smooth.
Clay hills after considerable drag
ging frequently become too high in the
center. This can be corrected by drag
ging the earth away from the center
once and toward the center twice. The
road drag is only good in clay or sim
liar soils, as its effectiveness depends
on the smearing action which it has
and by means of which it can make
water-tight coat. The sand road will
be injured by browning it toward the
center and dragging because the sand
road needs all the moisture it can hold,
and a crown will drain this moisture
away.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
BOILED OATS FOR CHICKENS
Favorable Results Obtained by Penn
syIVania Department of Agri-
cuIture-Feed Warm.

Poultry experts in the Pennsylvania
department of agriculture report favor
able results from feeding boiled oats,
and state they are the cheapest poultry
food now obtainable. Boiled oats have
largely, too, superseded the sprouted
oats so much exploited a few years
ago, as they are better, safer and less
fuSsy.
To prepare. soak good, heavy oats
II hours or more Gin hot weather or
warm room a fresh lot should be
soaked daily, dissolve one tablespoon
full Of salt in each bucket of water
used for this, boil two or three hours
and so gauge the amount of water
used for soaking that at the finish the
water is boiled away. Feed warm but
not hot. White LeghOrn puIlets can
have these boiled oats twice daily, say
at 10 a. ID. and 4 p. M, and all they
will eat up clean. For old hens or
heavyweight pullets, one feed a day
is enough and not too much at that,
lest they become too fat on this much
liked feed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
DRAG PREPARES GOOD ROADS
Length and Position of Hitch, and Pc
sition Of Driver Are Of Much
Importance.
'6y H. L THOMPSON. Oklahoma Ex-
pertinent Station. StiIlRaterl

=
pertinent Station. Stillwater-)
The successful handling OF the drag
on the road depends on two principles
These are the length and position OF
t9e hitch, and the position OF the driY-
e: on the drag.
For ordinary work the clevis should
b., fastened far enough on the chain
toward the ditch end OF the blade to
f'Irce the unloaded drag to follow the
team at about an angle Of 40 degrees.
his will cause the earth to move
smoothly along the face OF the drag
aud viii make the draft light on the
team, provided the driver rides In the
Hne of draft. If small weeds are to
are cut, or if the furrow Of earth in the
ditch is to be moved, the hitch should
BE attached rather close on the chain
- the ditch end of the drag. This viii
sause the drag to move nearly citclt-
end foremost. The driver should put
his weight on the extreme forward end
of the front blade, which will make the
drag swing back to the proper angle
and make the blade pillow.
For such work the team should be
driven slowly and carefully-to keep the
0ISS ILOll lOI NdEu IL u Wa
spot is met, the driver should shift his
weight backward so as not to dig too
deeply. If the blade becomes clogged
with straw or weeds it can be made to
clean itself usually if the driver shifts
his weight as far as possible from the
ditch end of the blade. If there is a
low place or q mudhole to be filled the
drag can be made TO drop its load of
earth. if the driver shifts his weight
quickly from the ditch end.
The distance from the drag at which
the team is hitched affects the depth
of cutting. A long hitch causes the
blade to cut deeper and is used often
when a rough road is to be smoOthed
Up Shortening the chain seems to lift
the furrow blade from the ground and
makes lighter cutting when doing light
smoothing work.
For a new road with bumps and
holes the three-blade steel drag is ex-
cellent, as it carries considerable earth
and will not drop into the ruts or holes
as badly as a twO-blade drag. How
ever, it usually requires four horses.
The team should ride the whole dis
lance, going up one wheel track and
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
CAREFUL ESTIMATE OF FEED
If Bran and Shorts Are Used Freely
in Dry Mash They Will Take
Place of Grains.

One is compelled these days to make
pretty careful estimates in regard to
kinds of feed for chickens. It seems
that bran and shorts are cheap as any
thing on the market. If these are used
freely In q dry mash with eornmeal,
making the shorts the predominant
part, the mixture will largely take the
place OF cracked grains. It can be fed
in self-feeders. It is a good mixture
for growing chicks whether or not
cracked grains are used, and can prof
itably be kept before them all the
time
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Get Rid of Rats and Mice.

In the United States rats and mice
destroy each year in homes, factories,
stores and warehouses, in cars and on
ships, crops, poultry, and other prop
erty valued at-more than 5000, ZOO, 600
an amount equivalent to the gross
earnings of an army of 100000 men.
Grain, eaten and wasted by rats and
mice on many farms would pay all Of
the farmers taxes.
States, communities and individuals
can help eliminate rats and mice:
By requiring that all new buildings,
wharves, and other structures be rat
proof; that existing buildings of rat
proof construction be further protect
ed by having basement windows and
drains covered with screens, gratings,
etc.; and that existing buildings that
are not rat-proof be made so by re-
modelling.
By constructing sewers and drains
so that they will not provide entrance
and retreat for rats.
By insisting on greater cleanliness
about markets, stores, and generally
throughout cities, villages, and the
country districts.
By threshing and marketing grain
early so that stacks will not furnish
harboring places and food for rats.
By removing piles of straw, trash,
and lumber which harbor rats in fields
and vacant lots.
By protecting the hawks, owls and
other natural enemies of rats which
are not so destructive to poultry as
rats themselves.
By keeping well-trained dogs on
farms and about city warehouses.
By keeping provisions which rats
and mice will attack in rat-proof and
mouse-proof containers.
By destroying rats and mice sys-
tematically by poisoning, trapping and
by organized systematic hunts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
OUR BOYS IN FRANCE AND
HOME PROTECTION

The men on the firing line represent
the pick of our American youth One in
four Of our boys at home was sick, re-
jected because of physical deficiency.
Many times the kidneys were to blame
If We wish to prevent old age coming
On too soon, or II we want to increase
our chances for a long life. DR.. Pierce Of
the Surgical Institute, Buffalo, y. Y, says
that you should drink plenty OF water
daily between meals Then procure at
your nearest drug store Anuric double
strength. This An-u-ric drives the uric
acid out and cures backache and rheuma-
t1sm.
II we wish to keep our kidneys in the
best condition a diet Of milk and vege-
tables. with only little meat once a day,
Is the most suitable Drink plenty OF
pure water. take Auurfc three times a day
for a month It sells for Co.
Step into the drug store and ask for
Anuric, or send Dr. Pierce Zoe for trial
pkg. Anuric. many times more potent
than lithia. eliminates uric acid as hot
water meits sugar. short trial VIII
convince you
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
ProductIon in South.
GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED
SAYS SECRETARY HOUSTON

That the farmers of the nation
have generously responded to
the appeals for increased pro-
duction, and that much has al
ready been done to insure a large
supply of food and feedstuffs,
justif1eS no let-down in their &C
tiyities or in these of all agri-
cultural agencies. On the con-
trary, even greater efforts must
be put forth in the coming
months if we are to meet salts
factOrily the domestic demands
and the needs of the nations
with which we are associated in
this struggle. There must be no
breakdown on the farms, no fail
ure of foods, feedstuffs, or cloth
ing. I cannot emphasize too
strongly the urgent necessity of
doing everything possible to
bring about a still further in
crease in the production of all
essential commodities, particu-
larly OF the staple crops and live
stock.-Secretary Houston.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
SHOULD RETAIN BEST FOWL
Patriotic Farmers Who Desire to Do
Their Bit Will Find II Wise to
Keep Best Layers

Among farmers generally it is the
common practice TO sell hens over
year old for poultry when they stop
laying in the fall. Under the usual con-
ditions this is good policy, for as
rule only about half the flock lay well
enough the second year to be profit
able, and the farmer who has pullets
enough TO replace all his old hens sees
no advantage in keeping any Of them
over.
This year, however, patriotic farm
ers who desire TO do their part to in
crease the poultry and egg supplies
will find it desirable to retain a consid
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
SWINE NANCE NOT UNCOMMON
Parasite Is Microscopic in Size and
Looks Something Like Dat Grain
Hard to Cure.

We hear much about mango in horses
and cattle, and scab in sheep, but
mango in hogs is not at all uncom-
mon. The parasite that causes mango
in hogs is microscopic in size and looks
something like an oat grain. It imbeds
in the region of the hair follicles, es-
pecially around the snout, eyes and
forelegs, causing the formation Of
email pustules. The skin becomes
thickened and rough. Where a hog is
much affected the carcass should be
condemned for food.
This kind of mango is readily trans
mitted TO other hogs and treatment is
difficult. Since there are some who
believe hog cholera may be transmit
ted by these and other external para
sites, such as lice, it is well to keep
a lookout for hog mango.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

Mississippi river 91a per cent, and the
section west of the river ID per cent.
The smallest share of the total value
of the ID crops remains to the North
Atlantic states and to the Western
states, 71A per cent each.
The relative standing of the various
divisions of states in value of chief
crops may be better understood when
it is remembered that the corn crop Of
1917 has an estimated value OF $4,O54,-
100000, cotton lint $1,452, GOO, 600, hay
$1,359, 100000, wheat 1,307, OO0, 600,
oats 81, O61 100000; and that the North
Central states enormously produce
corn, wheat, oats, and hay, and the
Southern states cotton, with strong
support from corn, tobacco, sweet 20
tatoes, and rice.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
HustEinq Town.

Lore Northcliffe. at a farewell din
ner, expressed his admiration for
American hustle.
ION train the other day" he said,
Il heard a dialogue that brought out
your hustling qualities beautifully
I'm from Ashton said a man.
Finest little town in the middle West =
"'AShtOnT Sneered another man. I
don't think much Of Ashton
You don't? When were you there
last?' said the first man.
Two weeks ago.
"'Oh, WELL said the AshtOnian, you
ought TO see her now y"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

that govern profit. It seems to be well
established that the problem for the
farmer is to produce and carry the
calves to weaving time as cheaply as
possible, as the calves produced cheap
ly make just as good feeders and bring
just as good price per pound as the
more expensive ones. The weight at
the time of sale seems to have very
little effect on the profit, except that
they are usually heavier in the sum-
mer which is the time when heavier
calves are put upon the market. An
expense entailed in feeding the calves
up for weight in anticipation of sale
is q loss, as being sold for feeders,
their flesh and fat weight does not
count unless obtained without cost.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

start and in less than a year =
was absolutely without pain My
whole system seemed to- be renovated
and gained in weight and strength
from that time 0n."-MRS MARI
PARRY, 1920 Durham Avenue.
Any druggist can supply the Pre-
serptiOn in either liquid or tabletR
The cost is modest, the benefit tru1R
remarkable. Write DR.. Pierce, InvsS-
lids Hotel, Buffalo. N Z, for free
book on woman's diseaSes.=AdF.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
BLANKET COLTS IN STABLES
YOUNG Animal VIII Not Do Well In
Filthy Stall Where He Is Com
PEELED to Stand.

A colt cannot do well In a wet,
filthy stall, where he will be inclined
to stand up most of the time rather
than to lie down in the filth.
During extreme cold weather it pays
to blanket the colt while standing in
the stable, unless it is warmer than
are the majority OF stables
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
PROTECT FOOD BILLIONS;
DESTROY RATS AND MICE

We have billions of bushels
Of food worth billions of dollars.
Let's protect these billions. We
need ali of them. Let's not al
low rats and mice to take their
toll of millions this year-S200,-
100000 is their annual bill of de-
structiOn. Trapping, poisoning,
and rat-prOOfing buildings will
help reduce this enormous food
loss. Organized rat hunts by
communities are effective. In
one Ohio town a few years ago
each Of two organized teams
killed more than 5000 rats, and
a dinner for all the hunters was
the penalty for the losing side.
Boards of trade, civic societies,
and citizens associations in
towns, and farmers and women's
clubs in rural communities
should find this matter worthy of
their efforts. Farmers Bulletin
800 tells how individuals and
communities can fight rats and
mice. Write to the United States
department Of agriculture for it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
BIG CROP WORTH
$1O,7OO,OOO,O
Estimate of Department of Agri-
culture for 1917.
STATE OF ILLINOIS IN LEAD
Farm Value of Nations Production
TWO and One-HaIf Times That of
1909-Crops include Cereals, Po-
tatces, Hay and Cotton Lint.

Thirteen principal farm crops in this
country in 1917 had a value at the
farm of $1O,7OO,OO0,OOO, according to
estimates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, or nearly two and
one-half times the value for the census
year 1909. This amount is about four
ffths of the value Of all crops. These
crops include seven cereals, f1axseed,
potatoes, sweet potatoes, tame hay, to-
bacco, and cotton lint. Three states
stand out far in the lead in their share
of this great and unprecedented total,
Illinois is in the front with a value Of
$775,OOO,OO0 for these crops, Iowa is
next with $712OO0,OOO, and Texas is
third with $647, 100000.
The position of Texas is determined
by the cotton crop, which was much
damaged by drought; in 1915 and in
the average of the preceding five years
Texas led all the states in the total
value of these crops, and this with
out including cottonseed In the value
of the cotton crop. The states that
follow In order after Texas in 1917 are
Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Georgia, and
Minnesota, with values ranging from
$470,0OO,000 TO $41S,OOO,O00.
Great Achievement.
These figures represent a great
achievement by the nations agricul-
tural forces, and the workers well de-
serve to be cited for commentator.
But it is not the time to rest on these
gains. 1t is a time to plan for greater
efforts this year, as Secretary Houston
recently pointed out.
In comparing the geographic divi-
siOns of the country with one another
for 1917, the great predominance of
the North Central states is conspicu-
Gus, and their production is mostly hui
man food and animal food. The II
chief crops produced in these states,
for cotton does not appear, had a value
that is nearly One-half, or over 4S per
cent, of the value Of the 13 crops for
the whole country. OF this division,
the section west of the Mississippi
river produced the greater value, or
over 81 per cent, of the nations total,
while the eastern section produced 81
per cent.
Production in South.
TIE entire South produced nearly
three-eighths of the total value Of the
nations 13 crops, or 361z per cent,
and this fraction was divided among
the three sections so that the South
Atlantic states produced Il per cent,
the South Central section east of the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
RECIPE FOR GRAN HAIR

To half pint of water add ! o. Bay
Rum, small box OF Barbo Compound,
and 4 or Of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix 1t at home at
very little cost Full directions for max
ing and use come In each box Of BsTbo
Compound 1t VIII gradually darker
streaked, faded gray hair, and make It soft
End glossy. 1t VIII not color the scalp, Is not
Tticky or greasy, and does not rub on Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
KEEP ONLY THE BEST FOWLS
Owing to High Price of Feed Poultry.
man Should Gull Out and Dis
pose Of All Runts.

Now that poultry feeds, like all other
feeds, are high In price, the poultry
keeper should be more careful than
ever to Gull out and dispose Of all
runts, weak specimens and those which
are in any way deformed. While these
are allowed in the flock, they are con-
Stunning food and using coop and house
room which could be more proftabIy
devoted to strong, more perfect stock.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
MANAGEMENT OF BROOD soWs
Strong Litters Secured if Preparation
Is Made Before Breeding
Ration Favored.

To get strong filters of pigs begin
before the SOW is bred. If aged sOws
let them be little thin in flesh; then
from two or three weeks before you
want to breed them put them on a ra-
ton of middlings and tankage, con-
sisting of nine parts middlings to one
of tankage, made into a s1op. Add
ear corn and get them up to all they
will eat up clean each feed so they
will get to gaining fast.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

The sugar specialists of the bureau
of chemistry have devised improved
methods of preparing cane strip that
will neither crystalline nor ferment.
These methods are being adopted COM
mercially. The department is develop
ing improved methods OF clarifying
this strip.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
GROWING CROP OF LETTUCE
Best Results Obtained If sown in Cold
Frames and Beds Given Plenty
Of Fresh Air.

The best results are obtained in
growing any kind OF lettuce If the seed
is sown in cold frames, and the beds
given fresh air as often as it is possible
without danger OF injuring the tender
plants. The seed should not be COW
cred more than half an inch in this
bed. and the soil should be very light
and rich.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
ALFALFA VALUABLE FOR HOGS
Especially True This Year More Than
Ever on Account of the High
Price of Alfalfa.

Alfalfa hay is especially valuable
for hogs, and that is true more than
ever this year, with the price of tank
age so high.
Every farmer should be sure that
all of the waste leaves around the
feeding places of the cattle and horses
are saved carefully for the hogs or the
chickens. Then it will pay to feed
hay to the hogs directly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
TO GET EARLY CAULlFLOWER
Seed Should Be sov.n in Mild Hotbed
or Cold Frame, EarIy-Give
Plenty Fresh Air.

To secure the best results in grow
ing early cauliflower, the seed should
be sown in a mild hotbed or good cold
frame early, and the seed should be
covered with about half an inch OF
fne, rich earth AS they grow, every
opportunity should be taken to harden
the plants BY giving them plenty OF
fresh air.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Keen Golf erowina.

Keep the colt growing as rapidly as
possible from weaving time because
he makes his most rapid and cheapest
growth up to the time he is one year
of age. at this time he has made prac.
ticalIy half his growth
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
KEEPING MALES IN SAME PEN
Not Wise Plan to Permit Two Rocs-
tiers With Hens-Use Them on
Alternate Days.

II Is not best TO allow two males In
the same pen together. Il it becomes
necessary to keep more than one In
the same pen. only one should be al
lowed with the hens the same day.
It is a good plan to let one run with
the hens and the other one the next
day. The male should be kept in
pen by himself when he Is not with
the hens.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
EclIo,s Test Directions

One reason why people do not get
better results from testing is that they
do not follow directions. They try to
make short cut to save time, but sac
riflce thereby accuracy in the test
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
win4erInn RreedInn Ewes.

The aim in wintering breeding ewes
is to bring them TO 1ambing time in
good vigorous condition and in only
medium flesh. This can be done by
giving plenty of exercise and the right
kind of feed regularly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
He Got the Girl.

Il am amazed that you should pro
pose to my daughter. You have not
known her a week"
Eyes, but I have known you for some
time, and everybody says your daugh-
ter takes after you"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

Meat in some form. like cut fresh
bone or prepared beef scraps, which
can be purchased from poultry supuly
keepers, must be given during fan.
winter and spring If the hens are az.
pected to lay enough to be profitable
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

ago i suffered
with Woman'S
weakness. I also
had pains all
over my body. !
saw Dr.. Pferce'S
Z av orite Pre-
scripdon sdVa-
dSed and decided
to give IL a trial
( h clip e d N .
RIGHT from zha
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
The Prolific Sou,

Large. big-boned sows are the most
prolific and the best mothers. If the
small type OF hogs which fattea early
is wanted. g smaiI-boned boar can be
used
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Avoid Sharp Peaks

Never permit a sharp peak to be
formed in the center OF the roadway.
A trip down the center with the drag
set straight wiz prevent this.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Avoid DRAGGING DRY Read.

It is not wise to drag a dry road, for
the loosened surface VIII be sucked ND
by the traffic, also the wind wiz blow
It away.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Hypnotist.

Ethel (dreamily)-I know a girl that
made four men love her
Alfred-What? All at once?-Pur-
pie Cow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
Murder in siaht.

The Kid-Say officer, you'd better
lock me up, Jimmie Jones has cut
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

The preparation of sweet potato
-four is under investigation by the
United States department OF agricul-
ture.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

An undertaken is probably so called
because he eventually Oyertakes the
rest of mankind.