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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-21
FOl SALB-HeaI Estate

FOR SALE ACRE IN CROP, g.
room house, large barn, outbuild-
ings; owner leaving town. $40 e.
8tb. Phone 117Z. 23-7
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-21

FOR SALE OR RENT 4-ROOM
house, some ground, good well,
poultry yard. Call at 8O5 Kenneth
Ave-, or Phone 31W or see me at
postoffice. G. R. Knowles. 221tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-21
FOl SALE -MisceIIan CO.'S.

FOR SALE-A NO. 1 ALFALFA
hay; $40 ton in the field, $23
delivered. Phone 134J. 25-6
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-21

FOR SALE-7-PASSENGER STU
debaker 4-cylinder auto; Good
year cord tires, almost new; must
sell account entering government
service. Inquire. Phone 239 or
Moscow hotel. 224-226
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
coNhEcTicuTss SEED CORN
 SITUATION ALARMING
Makes it Necessary For Every Crow
 CT to See That Test is Made.

Recent statements regarding the condition Of seed corn has been somewhat misleading It was as- suEneds that because much of the crop in Connecticut udatured that we would
 have fair seed at least. Late reports show a far more serious condition than was supposed. Through the eg-
 forts of the Agricultural College and the County agents, many samples
 New Haven Experiment. Station. Up to date 115 tests have been completed Only g of these show s5 per cent
 germination OF better; se were below
 5s per cent examination.
 In the face of these figures, it. be-
 comes imperative that every corn
 grower either make a test himself or
 have it made for him. If the corn is to be offered for sale, the sample should be drawn by the County Agent. Otherwise. the sample may be sent di- rect to Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, by the owner of the corn. x If the test shows low vitality, what shall be done {?
 Corn testing 50 to 80 per cent. fbulk 1 test) should contain enough good ears to make it pay to run an ear test. Select about twice as snany ears as needed for planting, and test | 6 kernels from each ear in a Rag Doli' or a sand box. Plant no ears that do not show s good sprouts
 Corn testing below 50 per cent. (bulk l testJ will hardly pay for ear unless it l is impossible to secure good seed in 1 its place. k Seed corn grown in the state is the best kind to plant. Good seed ;corn 1 is, scarce and high in price theis year. ] Connecticut gfown seed will be more sure to ripen well before frost than seed grown elsewhere. It will produce l less soft corn because Of better ma l turity. It will yield as well, and pos- sibiy innuch better, because 1t is l adapted to our climate and conditions. l Buying home grown seed will, there l fore, mean increased production of food i and also encourage this perfectly I sound practice for coming years. I Remember you can get Connecticut
 grown seed cord that has shown 9 l high gefmination-that will growi Il For silage purposes practically II every farmer in the State should tase il Connecticut grown seed corn Seed T that will grfow can be had at req
 sonable prices. Our Connecticut dent
 corns will produce sflage of higher l feeding value because they will ma I ture better than western or southern
 varieties The higher the. feeding value of silage is, the less grain H needed to supplement it. Start now
 to reduce next winters grain bill, by getting good seed corn of Connecti-
 cut grown dents to plant for silage. Il Your County Agent can help you lo-
 cate it, or if there is no satisfactory Il seed corn in your county. write to the Agronony Department, Conneeti- i cut Agricultural College, Etorrs Conn. for a list of holders of high
 testing corn-Agronony Dept Con |i necticut Agricultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
INCREASE eRAM CROPS BY AID OF MACHINERY

ls.-s1 s1e.f-- ..foad corsitsaas. 1t would be impos- saaIs. For sile tanners to produce
 encEgh to T4ss. tl.e world, if they planted, cs,5.asaits4. end harvested their sc1Hs1t ers-essci-r h.. human labor.
 E.nix .ts str. t;isii ,tsip proven in the cs.ss ~sf s,iaesss Americas most i'm rt.s-tatts ..;ss;>i- c,op.ysIhe total annual prod1stiIn, of wheat in the United Sss;ssas aetMeen 1S4s, when there were
 no modern farm implements, and 1914, increased 4SS per cent. During that period, the total acreage planted to wheat increased 192 per cent.,while
 the total population of the country increased but IFS per cent, and the
 percentage of those engaged in agri-
 culture decreased between and 90
 per cent. This great increase in pro- duction was made possible by the use of farm machinery, N The great war has created a marked shOlk agel of labor It demands in creased production of foodstuffs on American farms. In this crisis the use of every possible labor saving farm machine is imperative.
 No machine that can be repaired and put in Shape for use should be allowed to stand idle in the fields. No farmer should wait until he needs " ydPC HAS 146S414lS DcAO1G 1C AlafdS out whether it needs repairs. Deal CTS should ascertain at the earliest possible moment the conditions of the machines on the farms in therr com fnunity. They should know what new machines will be. needed, what repairs will be requited.. They should order these machines and machine parts in time to avoid any possible delay. in planting, cliltivating or harvesting
 They should keep in mind that the heavy burden imposed upon the raif-
 roads in the transportation of war
 necessities makes shipments uncer-
 tain.
 Nothing responds more readily to fair treatment than the soil, but there is no reward for shiftlessness and in efiaeie1aey
 We must think of the soil, care for lit, keep 1t fertile; think of. the crops produces from 1t, and their relation to the soil. Such are the demands upon the farmers of America, if we are to Answer the countryss call
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
By p. c. HOLDER.

The Governmsnt has appealed to the farmers of AznericA yo increase their acreage of practically s.ii grain crops from 5 to Nl per csnt. cVss what it was + 1917. This opssal n based upot tsa food efsssE4z, ascsNssg.ss; for the cou2ing year.
 z To cultivate shls increased acreage will necessitate a1 eaEEi ;sics ease in the man power oTl tts. farms. R.I- our boys, have goaA ts wgr. We are short of labor. The situation presents one solntiors.-lRf,cr. saving machines and preparedness.
 Upon the farmers of this country rests the responsibility os food pro- 6t1ctionf but the implement menu 1actlrer knd the Ehnplenent dealer must provide the farmer with the means of growing more food with less labor
 This can be accomplished only through preparedness; Sby furnishing machines and repaifs and having. them shipped on time. AS
 Every farmer is urged to thoroughly and carefully inspect all his farm ma ehinery and tools this early in the sea- son, ascertain what repairs and new parts he will need and place his or n, If each farmer and implement dealer will do his duty at this time every farm machine will be in good condition when it is needed for blowing, planting, cultivating or har- vesting the crops. y Of the 2s, ,so0.eo0 people engaged in money making pursuits in the United States. 40 per cent, or 13,806. 900; are engaged in agricultural work. These do not include farmers wives, who, like all housewives, are ciassed in the U. S. census report as having mo occupation"
 Of all classes of business men. the agricultural implement dealer is in a position 10 render the most service, the best service. to the greatest in dustriai class of men in the world the farmer. He is servant to the man behind the, crop.
 Feeding . World a Big Task.
 Even in times of peace and normal
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
BREEDING. CARE AND
 MANAGEMENT OF HOGS
Wrong Idea That No Attention Shsul5 Be Paid To These Matters.

lNI1E
 Very few farmers have >,theT time, training and special qualifications which fit them for doing pronouncediy good work in breeding. It is a great mistake 10 suppose. however, that for this reason the average farmer should pay no attention to the breeding of the animals which he raises. Every breed of livestock has been developed by selection because of its special adaptability in meeting the given con- ditionS When this selection is stopped there is a tendency for the offspring 10 revert 10 the type of their ancestors a few generations back, thus losing their special fitness for profit aey. meeting the condffons. under which they are to be grown. This seems to be especially true of hogs, parly. because the great American breeds have been largely developed within a half a. century. By using care in selecting hogs to maintain the herd and occasionally introducing freah blood from the herds of the best professional breeders the quality of the herd can be kept at a high plane with very little expenditure of time or money. A small number of poor animals in England is striking H. lustrEfion of what the average man can do with a little care. The Amer quickly and make rapid gains on a szlan amount of feed. and the Ameri- can farmer cannot now afford to waste
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
RAISING LAMBS BY HAND,

When raising lambs by hand the only. caution is: Do not feed too much. A baby lamb should receive only few. spoonfhls of fresh cows milk. When a couple of days old give ne-fourth pint, which should gradually increase to one-ha9 pint when the lamb coni- mence to eat grass. When two months old they may have a pint of milk.
 So much for quanity: now for fsed- ing times. This first three weeks, feed regularly every three hours during the day; after this feed everyy four hours. When they begin to eat grass, feed morning, noon and night and 6nally drop the noon feeding.
 always use bottle and nipple to feed with until the lambs learn to drink Where one has large number. feed- ing from a pan is more tedious, al each lamb must have a separate pan
 and milk must be measured, for some drink faster than others.
 Feeding too much will producs A
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

SCOUTS. Lessen the quantity of milk and give a dose of castor oil (one tea spoenfuD followed by ten drops of ginger extract. In severe cases in crease the does and give Drowned flour gruel. To liyen weak, chilled lambs give a little milk. and keep them in a warm room. If lambs look droopy and wilk stiff1y, give castor -oil.
 I have had lambs brought me which were wet and chilled, and appeared dead. pour spoonful of milk down their throats and lay them on the furn- ace register. In few hours they get up and walk. ~
 I feed the lambs for about three months; skim milk the last two months.-IBy Flora Blaettner in Farm Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
SELECTING EGGS FOR MATCHING Rules Which Should Be Observed By
 Poultry Raisers.

Eggs for matching should be select ed for size, shape, color and texture of she'll Medium or slightly above medium sized eggs should be used. The extra Large eggs ara just as un- satisfactory as the extra small eggs. Shape end color are important only in that we must have a uniform prod uct for high class egg trade. Texture and strength of shell should always be considered. Porous or thin shells in dicate low vitality in the breeding stock4 anH also &cause considerable loss through breakage in handling during incubation. 1t Is well to candle eggs which are to be used for incubation Thin or watery eggs may be easily picked out and porous shells or blind checks may also be detected.
 Eggs should be incubateds as fresh as possible. While cases are on rec ord when eggs several weeks old have been matched. a considerable decrease may be expected for every day. the eggs are kept in quite as important as the time they are kept. A. temporal ture of 50 to 56 degrees is considered best. The ordinary commercial egg case makes a most satisfactory con- tainer for holding matching eggs. The pasteboard filters allow a slight ven- tlation. but prevent undue evapora- tion. By placing empty fillers above the eggs when the ease Is not full. the whole may be turned each day. Turning the eggs is not necessary if the eggs are. held only three or four eggs, but if held a week or more, 1t is advisable. Dirty !. eggs may be cleaned for -tncubztiDn ,S.but much 1et-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

during the winter when the other work is not rushing. Ground limestone can be bought, laid down here at the sta- ton. for $1.30 a ton in fifty-ton cars. This makes it possible to go over fifteen acres at a cash outlay of $6S.
 Our banks are willing and eager to loan money when it is to be used for lining such soils.
 It is desirable to spread this ground limestone on field that has been fall plowed or a corn field that will be disked up and put to oats.
 One man who lined two years ago had corn on the lined field this year. The Timed portion of the field gave a yield of thirty eight bushels per acre most of which was solid, while the unlimed portion did not have corn enough on it to pay for huswing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

ter results may be expected if eggs are never allowed to get dirty
 Low fertility in eggs can often be traced to some of the following difn- entities:
 Immature breeding stock. Over fat breeding stock. Improper rations. Insufficient exercise. Too many fe- males to one male. Eggs used too ment. Damp, poorly ventilated housessRoy E. Jones, Connecticut Agricultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
When to Prune.

It is generally advocated that late winter, just before the tree comes to life, is the ideal time to prune. Per sonally, prune when I have the time. I prefer the winter, but last year, as had a little time after my Jonathans were harvested. commenced pruning them then. don't believe in putting things of to the last minute, when it is time for some other work to be ac- complished. -s Winter pruning tends to produce wood growth, while summer pruning has a tendency to prevent bud forma- tion.
 Plants cut !. in midsummer have power to adjust themselves, while plants which are pruned in winter have expended all their energy. 1 Ii, is said that heading in of the branches before active growth has
 ceased has tendency to induce fruit 1 fulness. This checks the length o
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

.thesbranch and encourages short la teral growths,- os short spur like branches, The tendency of such branches is to develop fruit buds.
 In planting the young tree, the broken or torn roots should be cut back to healthy tissue. so they will readily heal. Masses of tangled roots should be thinned, The tree should Be thinred The tree should be headed back when it is planted.
 If 1t is a one year old whin it should be cut back to about twenty inches. from the ground.-Dan W. LeGore in Farm Life.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
WHITE ROCK

Mrs. Henry Wills of North stcn- ington was 6 caller on Mrs. John Ml, Collins, Friday.
 Mrs. Andrew Cavenaagh ef r4w@ tucket spent the week end with friends here.
 Miss Flora White of North gtcn- ington spent Sunday night with Mrs. II. R. Maine.
 Miss Pearl Jones is spending the week with relatives at Quonocontaug Miss Rosie Bernard has returned after three months spent in Provi- dence. -g z
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

land farm for the week end.
 A. r. Grosvenor, E. E. Brown, 0s- car Peterson Allan Averiii, attended the Boston Automobile show.
 John and Alfred Moves were recent visitors in Pomfret.
 Miss Annie Christy has left for a position in Massachusetts with Aunt Della" Taft, aunt of ex-President
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
HOW TO KEEP STOCK HEALTHY Many Minor Ailments of Stock Can
 be Prepared byaa Little Care.

When a COW gives bloody milk, get separate sample of milk from each quarter of the udder to determine if the blood comes from one or all.
 Bleeding often comes from growths in test or teots which are irritated by the act of milking Such growths. sometimes can be removed by operat : tioYl. If that can. not be done the secretion of milk should be dried of in the affected quarter. This also is the. best course in a case of chronic gar : get
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
APPLYING GROUND LIMESTONE

Soils where dewberry vines, white violets corn squrry, creeping crowfoot, securing rush, sheep sorrei or horse sorrel abroad are acid. On these lands the lime should be put on, if possible,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
POFRET

Miss Virginia Sharpe spent the week end with her mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

a do later so push the pigs from 4he start.
 See that the. pigs have a chance for exercise, though it is best not to give the SOW a very large range until the pigs are four weeks oud. Castrate the boar pigs at five weeks old, being sure that the hands, knives, scrotum, etc, are we'll disinfected Though 1t is a common practice to wean pigs at six weeks of age in Connecticut it is better to wait until they are eight weeks old or ten weeks if the SOW is not to be bred again at once The pigs will always make cheaper gains when stockings than at any other time.
 The following mixture costs very little and is usually quite beneficial acting as a tonic, helping to keep the animals free from worms, and sup ulvines ash for hone form tfoa
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

Mix the lime, salt and sulphur and then mix with the charcQal and ashes. Dissolve the copperas iii a quart of hot water and sprinkle it over the whole mass. mixing we'll Keep some of this mixture before the hogs at all times, allowing them to eat 1t at will.
 If cholera breaks out in the herd or neighborhood the hogs should be given the simultaneous treatment for cholera This may be obtained from the Commissioner on Domestic Ami mals, Hartford, Conn
 There is no market for lice, so do not feed them through your hogs. Get any coal tar disinfectant from drug store and use ii according to di- rections. The bedding must also be entirely cleaned out and the bed dis infected This may have to be re- peated several times before the hogs are entirely freed.-;J. A. Simms, Con- necticut Agricultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

It costs you nothing to find outshow much
 you can get for your old boiler and to get our experts advice on hew much you ought to spend on heating your house with a proper installation You are under no obligation we simply want to get the information into your hands. knowing that if VIC can show you how it will pay you, you will wish to make your arrangements now rather than wait until next Fall -hen
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13

it will be toe late to have a new boiler installed for next Winter. The scarcity of labor make it advisable to have the work done nov. Cut out the coupon today and send it to us, no matter how small or how large your heating plant may be, and valu- able information about your own heating and how much we wiilsallow you on your old heater, will come to you at once. sssss
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-13
How Many Tons of Coal
 Did You Burn This Winter?


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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
RATIONING.

Why are we afraid to speak the
word 'rationing?" In the next few
months, the food administration tells
us, we must cut our bread consump-
ton in half. Will all of us cut our
bread consumption in half? BY no
means. The patriots will, but. the
others will not. So long as we have
no compulsory system of distribut-
ing the burden, such as rationing
provides, those who are well-te-do
and think of their stomachs before
their country will be served as usual,
and the sacrifice will fall elsewhere.
The food administrator pronoses to
ship to the allies the quantity OF
wheat that they need and trusts to
voluntary methods on our part to
bring us safely through to the next
harvest upon half our normal sup
plies. He may have to speak up and
say the word "ratiotling" and re-
quest that congress empower him, to
ration the population. The Amerl-
can people will back this purpose
and foresight if he does. A country
which without a murmur accepts
CONSUMPTION, instead of the yolun-
teer system, to fight our. military
battles, will accept conscription,
rationing, instead of any volunteer
system, to fight our battles against
famine,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
THE DUTY OF AMERICA.

President Wilson did not advise in
his war message, nor did congress
act in declaring state of war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many, without giving the most sol
emn consideration to what the action
death of thousands OF brave Ameri-
cans; they knew it meant suffering
and. wounds and the disabling for
life of hundreds of thousands of
our young men. They counted to
the full the human cost and the ma
terial cost.
Every development since has just
peratiye necessity of America mar
ticipation. Every German success
and every German failure have
shown how necessary to our own
welfare and peace, how necessary to
the safety and peace of the world,
the defeat of Germany is. Every
foot of ground Germany has been
she has seized, have demonstrated
the imperative necessity of defeat
ing that sinister, intolerable thing
called Germanism
Germanism is 5000 miles away.
1t must never come any nearer. Let
this war result in anything but the
defeat of Germany, let her emerge
kultur still dominant, and it is but
a question OF time until we alone
shall be fighting Germany instead Of
warning against her with our Allies
on our side.
Lincoln said that this country
could not exist half slave and half
free All Americans now recognize
few years have shown equally clear
" that this world can not exist half
free and half autocratic-half free
people loving liberty and justice and
peace, and half an autocracy seek
ing to dominate the world, caring
nothing for liberty or stice and
nothing for humanity and civiliza-
ton where they interfere with it's
There is no peace for America ex-
cept just peace, a peace that means
a world fit for people to live in.
German ideals, German purposes,
and German practices are the antith-
esis of American. The beliefs we
love and honor and uphold are con-
temptible to them; the objects for
which they will to death millions of
enemy. are abhorrent to our ideas
of right and justice; their methods
and practices in warfare are an
abomination and horror to us.
The American who now advocates
or wishes for peace, except a just
peace, is either woe fully misguided
or blind. to Americas future and
Americas past, to all things Ameri-
can-the things which have made
our country great and free, which
hundreds of thousands of Americans
have died to maintain, and for
which Americans now are dying in
France.
There can be no peace with honor
or safety to ourselves or to posterity,
except just peace, and there can
and will be no other peace Work
for, a lesser peace accomplishes
nothing but the hampering of our
effort, the delay OF the real peace,
and greater toll of death of
Americas fighting men. Our duty
is to war for just and righteous
peace; to work or speak for any
other peace is treason.-St. Joe Ga