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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
plies for shipment to france ana pel-

plies for shipment to france ana BEL
GUM.
The London chapter, Of which Am
bassador Page is president and Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid is chairman, operates
a workshop where about 1000 women
are employed in making dressings,
bandages, splints and other hospital
necessities. About one-third of the
work force is American, the rest Brit
ish =
The London chapter also maintains
st. GATHERINGS Lodge Hospital for Off
GERS, with 40 beds for orthopedic cases.
Other chapter activities include the
distribution of books for American
soldiers in France and American sail
ors in European waters, entertainment
for American soldiers and nurses In
London and the maintenance OF club
house for nurses.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
HOW TO AVOID TUBERCULOSIS
Disease Renders More Pork UNIT for
Human Food Than Any Other
Trouble Except Cholera.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricuiture9
With the exception Of hog cholera.
tuberculosis renders more pork unfit
for human food than any other disease.
In 1916 under federal inspection, which
represents only go per cent of hogs
slaughtered In the United States. there
were found infected with tuberculosis
594, JOB hogs, which were condemned
in part or In whole, nearly as many
as were raised In the entire state OF
New York for that year. Aside from
the monetary loss sustained from tu-
berculosis, the fact that 1t Is transmits
sible to the human makes 1t doubly
important that strict measures for Its
eradication be inaugurated.
Hogs contract tuberculosis chiefly
from dairy cows. which are also very
subject to tuberculosis. The disease
in cow infects her milk system. her
lungs, and her throat with tubercle
bacilli-the germs which cause tuber-
culosis in men and animals. Some of
these germs escape from the cow In
her milk or in her droppings, or she
may cough them out on feed or bed
ding. Hogs get the disease from the
raw milk or droppings, or feed infected
by tuberculous COW. Pasteurized or
looked milk will not pass the disease
from infected cows to other animals,
Therefore, to protect hogs from tu-
bereulosis and to make sure that the
feed will be turned into meat instead
If into fertilizer
l. See that all milk, especially all
skim milk from the creamery is pas
teurized or cooked before 1t is fed to
the hogs.
2. Keep the hogs from following
larry cattle, unless the cattle are tu-
berculin tested. Keep them out Of COW
OTIS and barns, and keep dairy drain
ge out of hog lots. Hogs can follow
steers without much danger.
g. Give healthy hogs chance to
Keep healthy. Give them clean, we'll
trained lots and plenty of fresh air,
sunlight, and clean water. Shelter
hem in well-lighted and ventilated.
:anitary hog houses. Keep the houses
clean and use plenty of whitewash
md dislnfectants.
If there was tuberculosis In your
swine last year, it is safest to get rid
If the herd, especially the breeding
animals, and raise clean hogs from
fresh stock.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

Young rigs helping Themselves.
pigs had free access at all times to
the three feeds placed In separate
compartments of the self-feeder. The
handled pigs were given a ration con-
sisting Of pounds of cornmeal, 4
pounds of middlings, and l pound of
tankage. They ate a total of 2,694.j
pounds of feed and gained 675 pounds
making an average daily gain of Ia
pounds. 1t required 410.1 pounds of
grain to produce 100 pounds of gain in
this lot. The settled pigs consumed
their feed in the following proportion:
10 pounds of cornmeal, 2.S3 pounds of
middlings and l pound of tankage
They consumed total of 4,138 pounds
of feed and gained 1,01S pounds, max
ing an average daily gain of 1.62
pounds. In this lot 1t required 1904
of gain. Settled pigs made much more
rapid gains by consuming larger
daily ration In proportion to live
weight than did the handled pigs, but
this rapid gain did not require any
more feed in proportion to the gains
In live weight. In fact the settled
pigs required little less feed to gain
100 pounds In weight.
sheIied Corn VS.. cornmeaI.
In the other test 10 grade Berkshire
pigs were used. The object of the
test was to compare the value of
cornmeal with that Of shelled corn
for use in the self-feeder. The pigs
were divided equally. and both lots
had access to tankage In a separate
self-feeder. The pigs averaged about
30 pounds In weight. To complete the
comparison another lot, dot threel
was fed by hand method. This Iot
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Great Wheat Stocks
Isolated.

It's the shortage in ships that
is putting the Allies and the
United States on wheat rations.
Great stocks of wheat are iSo-
lated in India, and Australia. At
great sacrifice in ship space and
use the Allies are forced to Sc
cure some wheat from Argentina.
On January 1, Australia had
stored l0O,00OOO0 bushels of
wheat that was ready for ex-
port--but there were no ships
Then came the new crop with
an eXportable surplus of 10000
600 bushels. Now Australia has
approXima tely lS0.000.000 BUSH
els waiting for ships.
India, at the same time, had
70,000,G00 bushels of wheat
stored for export. During April
50,000,000 bushels more out of
the new crop will be added to
the pile.
Argentina closed the last ship
ping season with 100000
bushels of wheat left In the
stock available for export. The
new crop will add l35,000,OO0 to
the left over.
1t is not a problem that the
wheat does not exist In the
world 1t is entirely a problem
Of shipping, which has thrown on
America the obligation of divid-
ihg our stock with the Allies.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
PROTEIN ESSENTIAL TO sow
Strength and vigor at narrowing
Time Necessary for Young Animals
to Do Their Best.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Every hog grower knows that If he
is going to have pigs that will do
their best from the start they must
necessarily be strong and vigorous at
narrowing time. Proper care of the
brood SOW usually insures such pigs,
and one essential included In this
proper care is feeding the brood SOW
a ration containing good percentage
of protein.
Protein feeds in the form Of shorts,
tankage, oil meal, or alfalfa hay should
be supplied. Self-feeders can be used
for these feeds. and 1t is quite sue
cessful to grind the alfalfa hay. Sows
will eat larger percentage of alfalfa
hay fed In the ground form than
when fed in racks unground. This
alfalfa is generally cheaper on the
corn-belt farms than any of the other
protein feeds and is good balance
70 the corn ration.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
ALLIED FOOD SHIPMENTS
REACH LARGE TOTAL.

A general idea of the quantity OF
food sent to European allies by the
United States from July l, 1914. Il
January l, 1918 is given by figures
just announced by the U. S. Food AID
ministration. In that period the Unit
ed States has furnished complete year
ly rations for 57.100,933 people In
addition there was enough extra pro
tein to supply this portion9of the diet
for %, 194,570 additional men
The total export of wheat and wheat
flour to the three principal allies i
equivalent to about 1884 900. 600 bushels
Pork exports fol- the 31s years amount
ed to almost 2,0O0000,0OO pounds FIX
ports of fresh beef totaled 443. 4S4. .!o
pounds. The amount Of food exporle,
to Russia is negligible compared with
that sent to the western allies.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
EVERY AMERICAN SOLDIER
is GIVEN A COMFORT KIT.

Every American soldier now enter
ing the trenches carries an American
Red Cross comfort kit containing tow
ell, shirt, writing paper, pencil, soap,
handkerchief, socks. mirror and tobac-
co. according to a cable message just
received from Major James H. Perkins,
American Red Cross commissioner TO
Europe.
More comfort kits are wanted with
socks and tobacco, Major Perkins ca
BILE stated
The number of kits cannot be stated.
but the fact that every soldier has one
means that the work done by Aneri-
can women is a big comfort to the
soldiers now on the firing line.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

Hogs are good judges Of what they
ought to eat. They can select their
own rations better than their feeder.
II permitted to do so they will eat the
right proportions of number of feeds
necessary to make rapid gains. and.
strange to say, they will make these
gains cheaper than If the ration Is
carefully measured out and fed to
them by hog raiser. Numerous
tests in which the self-feeder and
hand-feed methods of fattening hogs
have been compared show that the
marked success of the self-feeding
system is largely due to the fact that
the hogs will eat an abundance of those
feeds which will nourish them to the
best advantage.
Tests on Government Farm.
The United States department of ag
riculture conducted two tests with the
self-feeder at the experiment farm at
Beltsville, Maryland, and the results
obtained from these tests show why
self-feeders for fattening hogs are
gaining in popularity. In one test Is
grade Berkshire pigs were put on a
To-day feeding period and the relative
fattening efficiency of ration Of corn
meal, middlings, and tankage fed with
the self-feeder and by the hand method.
was compared. The pigs were kept III
q dry lot, the handled lot being fed
three times day, the amount being
governed by the appetite (That is, all
would eat up clean) while the settled
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
CANTEEN WOMAN TELLS
OF WORK IN FRANCE
Tells How Workers Meet PoiluS
With Boilers Filled With
Coffee.

The following is an excerpt from a
letter of an American Red Cross can
teen worker in France, describing the
work of the canteen women and the
experiences which enliven the daily
routine of their lives:
1--WE meet the trains at the station
they have only short stop-with
great boilers full of hot coffee, and on
these cold winter nights you don't
know how grateful the Poilus hold out
their battered tin cups to have them
filed
THE canteen itself is very pleasant,
with brightly colored walls, a beauti-
full painting by a former judge of the
Salon, who has a country home near
by, son who is prisoner in Germany
and charming daughter who Is one
of the helpers at the canteen. He has
donated a large seaseape and wants
the Red Cross to take it back to Amer
lea after the war.
Good Food Served.
Then we have photograph which
. an endless source of pleasure to the
men, and soon when our new recrea-
ton room is in order we shall hire
piano. We serve good food at much
lower price than they can get at the
railroad restaurants, and, as the Poilus
receive cents day it means lot
to them.
'The bread ration is very strict at
present. and 1t is hard to have to re-
fuse more than one sou of bread to
each man when he looks up in hum
CRY fashion and says: But how can l
eat this cheese without little more
bread?' The one expression that seems
to cover everything over here is cest
la guerre, but sometimes you see 1t
brings very little comfort.
"The suffering in the world comes
home so to one here. Why, just the
other night when I was on duty at the
canteen, which is at the station,
roor soldier had both legs run over
and torn off by a train. We tried to
do what we could to help the doctor
who just happened to he changing
trains Our Red Cross car took the
man off to a hospital | shall never
forget how, while ! was holding his
hand trying to comfort him, he repeat
ed over and over, Mes trois pauyres
enfants (my three poor children)."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Dogs That Follow by Sight.

Hound is a term that embraces all
dogs which follow game either by scent
or sight. OF those which follow by
sight the leading variety Of the pres
ent time is the greyhound. and along
with this class are also the Irish wolf
hound, the Scottish deerhound and the
Russian wolfhound.
OF the hounds that follow the quarry
by scent are the bloodhound. foxhound.
beagle and basset. At one time there
was the large foxhound called the stag
hound or buckhound. which was used
In deer hunting. but this variety has
practically passed out.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
The Handy Automobile.

It is not an uncommon sight on an
extra frosty morning, notes an ex-
change, to see a teamster walking
alongside his team to keep warm, but
1t certainly was surprising on such a
day to see driver doing that with an
automobile.
This was on broad, smooth subur-
ban highway, where the passengers
shooting past in a big limousine saw a
delivery wagon ambling serenely along
while its driver, swinging his arms to
warm himself, was trotting along be-
side it on the ground, just as he might
have done if instead of machine he
had been driving horse and wagon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
An Indefinite Liability.

A true story about citizen whose
daughter is about to be married, and
who has been trying to get line on
what the expense of the rather elab-
crate ceremony will be. He APP
preached friend Of his. seeking In
formation.
morris" he said. ''your oldest
daughter was married about five years
ago. wasn't she? Would you mind
telling me about how much the we'd
ding cost your"
mot at all, SAM" was the answer.
Altogether about five thousand dol
lars n year." -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
ONLY AMERICA CAN HELP.

K ION your side are boundIess
< supplies of men, food, and mate
4 rial; on this side boundIess de-
4 mand for their help.
4 sour men are war-weary and
4 their nerves have been strained
< by more than three years of
4 hard, relentless toll.
X "our position is critical, par.
X ticuIariy until the next harvest,
X but the United States can save
X US.
4 "You Americans have the men,
4 the skill, and the material to
X save the allied cause"
4 SIR JOSEPH MAcLAY.
4 British Shipping Controller.
= 4 \ \ \ = \ \ II \ 4 a \ 4 a A a 4
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
AMERICAN WOMEN DOING
RED CROSS WORK IN LONDON.

American Red Cross activities in
England cover wide field, ranging
from contribution of S953, 900 (f200,-
OO0) to the war work fund of the
British Red Cross, to the promotion
of social welfare work involving wo-
men and children. They include also
the gathering and distributing of sup
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
pLUMS THRIVE IN HENYARD
by Laying Stones Around
Bottom Of Trees.

Plums seem to do particularly we'll
in the poultry yard. In setting them
out. however, provide protection to
the roots by laying stones around the
trees or the fowls will soon destroy
them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
OPERATE PORTABLE LAuNDRIEs

The Red Cross has now Ave portable
laundries In operation at the base hos
pitfalls abroad. These laundries have
proved of great value to the hospitals
and others are to be installed as soon
rs noSSihla
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
PATIENTS SOLE SLIPPERS.

Some Of the patients in the tuber-
culosis barrac in France have been.
taught to oleNippers A commercial
organization pays them for this work,
thus enabling them to earn little
spending money.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
i. s. Must Cut Use
OF Wheat by One-Half
America Consumed 100000 Bushels Monthly
From Now Until Harvest Must Use
Only 21,OOO,OOO.
RATION PER PERSON is Il POUNDS
OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY
Military Necessity Calls for Sacrifice ereAed War
Bread Must Be Maintained-Our Soldiers and
Sailors 10 Have Full Allowance.

lies with the necessary proper
: war bread from now until the
itary necessity, we must reduce
II, 100000 bushels a month, as
On of about 100000 bushels,
consumption. This is the situa-
God Administration at Washing
distribution to the army and for
raj consumption approximately
weekly per person. The Food
ltinues: Many of our consumers
lad. Such bread must be durable
er proportion of wheat products
the household. Our army and
The well-to-do in our population
in the consumption of wheat
In addition, our population in
re the other cereals are abun-
PREPARATION of breads from these
city and Industrial populations.
on conditions we now have avail
e also have in the spring months
ample corn and oats for human
re and barley, as substitutes, has
supply of these grains.
cent. Of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March /.
o. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
g. There is no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, fiours, and meals. corn,
barley, buckwheat, potato -four, ct
cetera.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever, except a very small
amount for cooking purposes. and are
doing so In perfect health and satisfac,
ton. There is no reason why all OF
, the American people who are able tc
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the use OF
! less wheat products than one and one
| half pounds week, and we specially
! ask the well-to-do households in the
, country to follow this additional pro
gramme In order that we may provide
. the necessary marginal supplies fol
those parts of the community less able
to adapt themselves to so large a pro
! portion of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able tc
, make the wheat exports that are alb
? solutely demanded of US to maintain
! the civil population and soldiers of the
1 allies and our own army, we propose
g to supplement the voluntary co-opera
t ton of the public by further limita
! ton of distribution, and we shall placs
at once restrictions on distributor
0 which will be adjusted from time t.
j time to secure as nearly equitable dis
r tribution as possible. With the arriva
d of harvest we should be able to rela,
S such restrictions. Until then we asl
S for the necessary patience, sacrific,
r and cooperation of the distributin,
r trades.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

If we are to furnish the ALI
ton of wheat to maintain their
next harvest, and this is a milit;
our monthly consumption to 81
against our normal consumption
or so per cent. of our normal &C
ton as set forth by the u. S. Foe
ton. Reserving a margin for dis
special cases, leaves for genera
11a pounds of wheat products ,
Administrations statement cont
are dependent upon bakers brea
and therefore, requires a larger
than cereal breads baked in Il
navy require full allowance. 7
can make greater sacrifices il
products than can the poor.
the agricultural districts, wher,
dant, are more skilled in the pre-
other cereals than the crowded ,
With improved transportation
able a surplus of potatoes. We
a surplus of milk, and we have &
consumption. The drain on rye
already greatly exhausted the s
To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
/. Householders to use not to exceed
a total of IN pounds per week of
wheat products per person. This
means not more than TX pounds of
victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one-half
pound of cooking -four, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined.
2. Public eating places and clubs to
observe two wheatleSs days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as at present
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs. macaroni,
crackers. pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing a total
of more than two ounces of wheat
-four. No wheat products to be served |
unless specially ordered. Public eat |
ing establishments not to buy more |
than six pounds of wheat products for |
each ninety meals served, thus con-
forming with the limitations requested |
Of the householders.
8. Retailers to sell not more than |
one-eighth of barrel of -four to any |
town customer at any one time and |
not more than one-quarter Of barrel |
to any country customer at any one |
time, and in no case to sell wheat |
products without the sale of an equal |
weight of other cereals.
f. We ask the bakers and grocers to |
reduce the volume Of Victory bread |
sold, by delivery of the three-Quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
before, and corresponding proportions
In other weights We also ask bakers
not to Increase the amount of their
wheat flour purchases beyond 20 per
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day

When you are worried by backache;
By lameness and urinary disorders
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow Mount Holly peoples example.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's Mount Holly testimony.
Verify it if you wish:
Frank L. Hates, proprietor black
smith shop. 40 Washington street, says;
az use Doan's Kidney Pills occasionally.
When my kidneys cause meany trouble,
II only takes few of Doan's to relieve
me and, am not bothered near so much
as was before / started using them.
Others in my family have also been
greatly benefited by Doan's Kidney rus
and whenever can recommend them,
am glad to do it." Statement given
February 6, I9I4.)
AGAIN PRAISES
On October 4, 1917, Mr.. Hates said
81 Recommended Doan's Kidney Pills
in 1914. Since then, they have always
helped me when l have needed them
although il has been some time since
have had any kidney disorder. Doan':
Kidney Pills deserve all the credit fol
my good health"
Coo, at all dealers. Foster-Milburr
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y. s.....-. q
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
SELF-FEEDER IS
BEST FOR SWINE
Animals Can Select Their Own
Rations Better Than Feeder.
RIGHT FOR FATTENING PIGS
Comparative Tests Show Advantages
Of Allowing Hogs to Help Them
selves to Various Feeds to
Make Rapid Growth.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculturs.)

.ssessesessseeeseeesseess.
; A self-feeder is simply de-
I vice by means of which sup
: ply of grain or other feed Is kept
: constantly available to the hogs,
In order that they may always
! satisfy the craving of their APP I
2 petites with respect to the kind
{ and amount of feed. The quick I
z est. the easiest. and most eco
. nomical method of fattening
pigs. with the least expenditure
. Of grain and labor, is through
the use of the self-feeder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y. $50. q
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-13
WORLD HAS CHANGED SOME.
Reasons Why Feats of PhenomenaIiy
Strong Men Are Not Likely
to Be Duplicated.

George Hackenschmidt was pretty
strong man and many are the tales
told of his wOndrous feats of strength.
But the Russian lion was a weakling
compared to certain man who lived
on the southern coast of Ireland.
1t is said of this particular Irish
man that when he went fishing for
whales he always used a three-inch
hawser for a line and 600-pound an
Choir for a hook. He'd bait his hook
with a couple of sheep, or maybe a
calf, whirl it around his head two or
three times and send it sailing out
into the ocean.
We forget to mention that he usual
ly used an old cannon or something for
a sinker.
Atlas used to do pretty neat lit
tie turn in holding the world on his
shoulders. But it must be remembered
that in his time the world wasn't as
heavy as it is now. There weren't so
many people and practically no heavy
machinery, and big guns and monu-
ments and bridges and Wilbert Robin
son and Bill Taft and others.-Kansas
City Star.