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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Agricultural Department
Edited by D. d. STEER, County Agent.
Home Garden Campaign.


Home gardening is one means
OF helping on the Governments
war plan for greater food pro.
duction and offers an opportu.
nifty for personal service to nj.
most everyone. Everybody
should plant war garden this
year, as the more vegetables
raised the more wheat and
other food lis released for the
use OF our soldiers. More than
this, a garden for every home
viii save many II dollar ana
keep the family from suffering
for the necessary vegetables.
The Extension Division con.
Quoted a gardening Campaign
during March TO try and con.
vince the people that they
should not only grow enough
vegetables to supply the table
III IA green state, but that suli
Gent should be grown for can
ming, drying and storing for
winter use. y series of meet.
lngs has been arranged with
he Home Demonstration
Agents i'll 2S counties and from
one to six days time will be
gwen to each agent. There
were generally one afternoon
and one night meeting, or, in
all, about one hundred garden
meetings during March. Bull
lctin No. % of the Extension
Division contains articles on
home gardening and the home
orchards, and Bulletin No. 10.
"The Home Garden in Virgin
ia" will prove of great service
to those who are interested in
this subject. Copies may lie
had by applying to the Director
of the Extension Division,
Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Send In Your Name.

81 The Extension Division News
Letter is issued for the farmers
and farm wcmen of the State,
bankers, ministers, public
echool superintendent, and all
BwhO are interested i'm the bet
3terment of conditions on the
farms aud IN the homes of the
people 0 f Virginia, whether
Obey live in the country, the
email towns, or the cities. 1t
contains practical suggestions
for and results of, work along
the varions lines that the spe
cialists are developing all over
Virginia, and copies will be
fent free to anyone deriring
chem. If you want your name
.on the mailing list drop a card
go tho Director, Extension Di.
Vision, Blacksburg Virginia.
fhe scope Of Extension Work
jle5 been so breadened in the
past year that there is scarcely
e line of endeavor that it does
not touch in one way or unoth.
,er.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Junior Red
vi. Cross

Last Thursday morning the
pupils of the school We're for
tunaie IN hearing an address
on the work of the Junior Red
Cross, by the Rev MIR Hughes.
of Graham. who has been help
ing in organizing and putting
to work the children in the
schools of Graham and Blue
field.
Mr.. Hughes made an appeal
to the children not only to help
the American Red Cross in any
way they might be called upon
TO do, but To perform any patri-
otto service that would help the
Allies To win III this great
struggle. He also tod them
what other schools were doing
TO raise tie required amount of
money necessary TO secure Il
JUNIOR Red Cross membership.
The first thing necessary for
a school to do is 10 raisr fund
equal in dollars to one fourth OF
the member of pupils school.
This means that our school
must raise about $ll5 before it
can really be Il Junioruuxiliary
and it is hoped to raise this
amount in Il very short time.
MIR. X. E. faggart, president
OF the Big StOn. Gap Chapter.
has appointed II school commit
Tee consisting of Mrs. j b
Ayers, Mrs w. K. Peck and
Mrs. d. b. Sayers, to work with
the committee of teachers.
Misses Bruce and VanGor,ler,
and MIR. Easley.
A number of boys in the
school have volunteered to give
their services after school Fri
day afternoon To earning money
for the Junior Red Cross. Those
who have work to be done
and want to help the pupils
raise the money vii please send
word to one of the above men
toned teachers, with some idea
OF the kind of work desired SO
that n boy can be sent to them
when school closes on Friday.
The long afternoonsshould give
time for about three hours of
work after three thirty, the
regular time for closing school.
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BY THE PRESIDENT

ere are still some people in this country that need
~ "e reminded that this is not only President Wilson'S
war; or the Democratic pary's war but The American
Peoples War
mere are still some who need to be reminded Tint
here are times when to play politics is criminal and t
is one of those times
PRESIDENT Wilson is Commander il. Chief Of the
armed forces OF the Republic, because he is Demo
cra ior Republican might have been in his place and
nave hau inc same problems to solve He is the con,mop
uer because having been placed the presidential chair
nc came under the provision of the Constitution that
places III the hands of that official the leadership of the
''oh I'D times oil war He is asking your support not
because you are Democrat, or Republican, or n mem
" o any o'hcr party, but because you an American
any, yo" country is in danger and in urgent need of vonr
services lie is asking your loyalty becasee is oinu his
utmost TO win your battles for you, and safeguard your
interests. -
The Administration does not claim that il has made
no mistakes Il makes no claim to supcrhuman wsd,m
vi knowledge III can, however, does ella in, TINT tha
immense tasks that the war has imposed upon it have
peen a'scNarged with minimum of mistakes L, admits
''e limitations OF human nature, but claims for itself
honesty OF purpose and sincere desire to almniso, tb
alairs OF the nation to the lasting interest of the ho
people
Your government needs our support not your crit
ieism. IL must have your support your interests will
suffer- IL Tor no other than self interest you can moi
AFFORD to obstruc with carpng criticism If YOU are nat
prepared 10 remedy or offer remedy for the evils of
"mch you complain, accept affairs they are come for
M"ro win loyal and whoehearted support, and condi
'ons WIN DC much more apt to change for the better
o'ahd by your President by your country and by
your own homes -
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Be- Patriotic, Produce NJ ore
Food, Be Saving, Buy
4 Another Liberty Bond

q The real agricultural posi-
Ibnities of Wise County, consid :
dring her superb markets,
are just beginning to be I'm
folded. AS farmers and farm
or sons and daughters n really
i,argc opportunity is before us.
.ReAl progressive methods and
plenty of enterprise will make
good profits, where now only Il
moderate living exists.
+ Cattle are high, hogs are
high, chickens are high and so
IL corn, beans, tomatoes and all
itruck crops, SO there is nothing
to keep the farmer from max
ing money but his own limila-
lions. Let's broaden them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Third Liberty;
Loan
Began Last Saturday and Will
Be Closed on May d

Washington, April S-Thc
third Liberty Loan campaign
will last for four weeks, begin.
ming last Saturday aud ending
May 1. Banks will be gi,cn
five days after the campaigu's
close to tabulate and report sub
scriptions.
Instead Of requiring > per
cent cash payment with the sub
scription, rs in the second loan,
. per cent. will be akcd for the
third loan. Twenty per cent.
then will be due May Is, 30
per cent. July is, and 40 per
cent. August 10.
The Treasury expects many
subscribers to pay i'll full on pur-
chase and these early payments
may be sufficient to redeem the
5000, 100000 of certificates of
Indebtedness falling due before
May o. Otherwise ii may be
necessary to refund the ccrtiii-
Gates with other short time lois.
Officials also believe the May >
payment actually will be much
greater than the 20 per cent. re-
quircd.
The payment dates have been
ARRANGED SO none will come in
June, when the drain Oh the
country's financial resources will
be great on account of income
and excess profits taxes due
June 10. In the second loan Is
per cent, was due two weeks
after the campaign closed, 80
per cent. II month later, and 10
per cent. one month after that.
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The Women County Agent

& The home demonstration
4hgents have proved their worth
9nst as have the county agents
for thefmen. They are home
economics advisors for the
women and girls in the home,
whether In the city or country,
5Snd the history of the work ac
a romplished during the past
year IS in itself a lesson in the
sTalue of organized efficiency
3canning, preserving, and brin-
nhS and curing fruits and vege.
s'nulcs We're only part of the
campaign for saving food and
4"'olding waste. Club members
.s"ere taught TO cook and sew,
&to use all kinds Of substitutes
sior The usual wheat bread and
88Fiheat, to utilize The products of
Igefden and orchard, to insure a
9healthful and economic diet,
55ahd take advantage of the
5nany labor saving devices that
sare available. This work was
8carfled on by 81 county and 4
sc'ty workers in 1917 and the re.
55hGits :ell the story of what was
3donc.
9t,45l women and girls were
88enrolled i'll clubs, 100, 522 cans
soi irnlt and vegetables were
put up by Club members. ISL,
sf6s pounds of same were dried,
s4i-s'9l+ pounds of vegetables
i"ore sold fresh, with an est
mated value of $lG9,437 and the
lYaiue of poultry and eggs sold
was $l9,7sG. This makes no
mention Of the hundreds of
lessons that were given in sani-
'ahon, the thousands of fly
traps and swatters which were
made, the doors and windows
mat were screened, the water
system that were installed, and
Tue numberless things that
we're done to help the club girl
and her mother.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Patriotism And Pics.

1t is 4 far cry from the pigs on
the farms of Virginia to the
soldiers in the trenches "over
there" but there is direct line
of communication that the Ma
ti0nal Government is trying to
make clear. Pork is absolutely
essential in the daily diet of
the man who fights and the
United States must supply it,
not only for our own men but
for the Allies. The Extension
Division is doing everything
possible to help in this by slim
ulating the production of more
and better pork, the organiza-
tion of Boys Pig Clubs, the
prevention of hog colera and
it's control, and by trying to
induce every farmer in the
State to raise more hogs this
year, the county agents are
waging an effective campaign
for the prevention of hog colera
through vaccination. disinfec-
ton, and quarantine of infected
herds, and prominent banker
in Southside Virginia told the
agent in G-county recently
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Boy Scout
Notes
tscout Carl Knight, Editor.


The Scout drive for the third
Liberty Loan will be fromApr,l
20th 10 April 3Oth. The boys
were busy Saturday last getting
up thoir posters, .and are anx-
iously waiting their time to
strike, which will be April Goth.
Friends of the Scouts are re.
quested TO save their subscrip-
items for them.
The sale of War Savings and
Thrift Stamps have now reach.
ed $1,000.
The boys were able to secure
t22 volums of standard books
for the soldiers libraries.
Saturday last the boys liked
to Wild Cat, where they pre-.
pared supper in their style.
Menu:-Soup. bacon, eggs,
baked and fried. (served as egg
sandwiches, which all pro.
nounced excellent, )beans, bread
and assorted fruits.
The approach of dusk only
brought an end 10 the game
of pezer, end the boys turned
homeward.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Home Garden Specialist For
Extension Division

Edmund G. Mugill of Big
Pool, Maryland, has been ap.
pointed by the Federal Govern
ment as Home Garden Special.
list for the Extension Division
in Virginia. Mr.. Magill is a
native of Kansas, a graduate of
the Paramount College of that
State, and of the Kansas State
Agricultural College, has held
the position of Instructor in the
latter, and has been Director
OF Agriculture i'll tho Wayzata
Agricultural High Schools in
Minnesota. He has wide OK
perience in the line of work he
has taken up in Virginia and
in orcharding in general, hav-
ing been for several years part
owner and manager of n large
archard in Western Maryland.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Record of One Poultry Club
Member Last Year

The best record made by a
poultry club member in the
State last year was that of Su.
Sic Sutter. Sutherlin, Dinwiddie
County. Miss Suttcr had 100
chickens Matched by April 18th
and raised 81 of these. Her total
sales for the season amounted
to Sl7S.73, which gave n profit
of Sl42 IS.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
When to Spray aud What TO
Use

/. All fruit trees, before buds
begin to open, standard lime
sulpur I Gal. to s Gals. water
2. Apple and pear, when pink
first show in bud cluster 5
quarts lime sulphur to so gallons
of water.
3. Apple and pear, when pei
ala are 7 s fallen, standard lime
sulphur 5 quarts to so gnllens
water to which add | 10. DOW.
dered or lbs. paste lead ar
senate.
4. Apple and pear, June 10th
to 18th, bordeaux Is so formu-
la to which add same amount
of lead arsenate as in No. 3.
o. Apple, July lst, bordeaux
4 $50 formula.
&. Peaches, plumbs and cher.
ries, 2-S days after petals fall,
10. powdered or 9 lbs. paste
lead arsenate to which add 3
lbs. freshly burned lime to so
gallons water.
T. Peaches and plums, 3
weeks after petals fall, 8 $50
formula self boiled lime sulphur
or 1873 so formula hydrated
lime sulphur to which add / Id.
powder or 9 lbs. paste lead ar.
senate.
8. Peaches. one month before
fruit ripens, or in CAGE of late
varieties, July 10th to Goth.
same as No. 2 with lead ARISEN.
ate omitted.
Q. Peaches, middle August.
same as No. 8.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
Chambers of
Commerce
As an Antidote for Anarchy,
German-Americans and
All Retardine Forces

tW- G. Coutts, Big Stone Gap, Va
| am following up your efforts
to rally this nation pretty close.
ly. Every copy of your publ
cation fills me with an enthusi.
astic desire to do something to
help i'll the great work you are
doing.
For years | have been making
close study of Chamber of
Commerce possibilities as II
foundation for efficiency, pro
grcss and moral forces. find
ii is the greatest moral and crea-
tive force in the United States.
and we must find some way to
arouse new interest in our
Chamber of Commerce possibili-
ties.
Russia has just forced les
son on the world that makes it Il
stern patriotic duty to intensity
on organizing The greatest posi-.
bic civic patriotism and creative
energy OF every citizen of every
community for the defeat of
Germany, and every community
should be organized rs Il unit on
L war basis.
| want to urge that immcdi.
ate steps be taken to rally every
| Chamber of Commerce in the
United States and put it on a
war basis to handle the Libert,
Loan campaign and carry i
clean over the top.
We must find some way t,
assist thousands of towns tn,
size of Big Stone Gap to pu
their Boards of Trade ona wa
basis.
For II long time have BEEF
convinced that it was the dut,
of railroads to assist small town
to put their Board of Trade OH
war basis, but now would Xix,
to shift half this responsibility,
to X. G. Bhett and his Nationa
| Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce i
the one all-powerful antidotc ro
anarchy, socialism, German
Americanism and all forces tina
are organized 10 retnrd, tea
down and obstruct our progress
Let MS get the small commu,
mites organized. They are al
immense possible foace. MAN
ufacturcr Record.
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your own homes.

that his service along this line
had been worth tho agents
salary many times over, and
that he had saved the farmers
thousands of dollars by teach
ing them how to vacinate their
hogs.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10
A Back Yard Poultry Cam
paign

The Extension Division has
inaugurated Il "Back Yard
Poultry Campaign" for the pur-
pose of reducing the cost of
living in the cities and towns
Of Virginia, and to increase the
production of poultry in the
state: Two hens in the back
yard for each person in the
house will keep family in
fresh eggs, and even tho small.
est backyard has room for u
plat large enough to supply the
average home with eggs, while
the coat of maintaining the
flock is small. Any child old
enough TO take n little RESPONSE
bility can care for a few fowls.
There is a certain amount of
kitchen waste in every house.
hold, which is thrown in tho
garbage pail. This, and a small
amount of grain, if fed to a
flock of hens properly housed,
will keep q family in eggs for
the greater part of the year.
The reduction in the cost of
living and the quality of the
eggs is well worth while. 1t is
not true that hens must have a
free range to be prolific layers.
They will produce 80 many
eggs when confined. N. E. b.
Talcott, poultry husbandman
of the Extension Division, will
answer any question along
poultry lines and will! give full
information about the backyard
poultry campaign. For bulle-
tins acting forth the purposes
of this campaign in full and
answering some of the object
ions that are urged against the
keeping of chickens in towns
or cities, address the Extension
Division, Blacksburg, Virginia.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10

Buy your Stationery from
he Wise Printing Company
The Washington times., 1918-07-02
HOW WILL
YOU SPEND
THE 4TH

A rare opportunity
for a few days hou-
day for the weekend
with inspiration and
exhilaration OF noun
tain air Is offered by
The Washington times., 1918-07-02
GIRL SCOUTS GET
MEDALS FOR SALE
OF LIBERTY BONDS

"oh mother. / am so happy. I am
going TO receive the Paul Manship
medAl-you know that is the one
awarded by tire Treasury DepSrt-
ment to girl scouts who have sold
ten Liberty bonds"
This is the greeting Miss Virginia
Maupin, of 1920 Longfellow street
northwest, give her mother when
she came home from summer school
to her lunch today. She is the first
girl scout in the District to be no.
titled that she is eligible for the
Manship medal
Miss Maupin. fifteen years old, and
a graduate of Central High School.
heads the list OF District girls who
will receive the Manship medal.
which Will be awarded by Secretary
McAdoo shortly after the scout rail-
Iy Saturday next
They are Miss Arletta Phillips.
1T45 Seventh street; Miss Margaret
johnson, 10 Seaton place northwest
Miss Minnie Hill. 1920 Eighteenth
street northwest Each sold ten
bonds
The Washington times., 1918-07-02
GERMANS DISARM
CREWS. TAKE OVER
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS

STOCKHOLM. July 2.-The dread
naughts VOLTA and Demokratia and
six destroyers Of the Russian Black
Sea fleet. have arrived In Sebastopol.
according to semi-official dispatches
from Russian sources today. Their
crews were disermcd by the Germans
and forced to leave the city imme-
diately.
In the revolt at Novo-Russusk goo
miles east OF SebastopoD. the Russians
blew up the dreadnaught SvObodnaya-
Rossia md ten deatroyers
Persons close to the leaders OF the
Siberian government state that Alex
ander Kerensky led the Siberian
movement in favor OF ro-estabiish-
ment OF the constituent assembly from
outside the country. am not allow
ed to dIvulCe the details, but Keren-
sky went into Russia from Christiania
with a delegation. all Of whom were
travelling in disguise. They visited
Moscow and other centers. where they
conferred with aides. Afterward they
all returned to a Scandinavian city.
The two Siberian governments have
been united. The eastern govern
ment. the capital OF which was 4;
Harbin. has Joined with the western
government, and the latteT's capital.
Omsk,' has been chosen as the cen'er
Of government. Members of the con-
Stituent assembly, General ChOrvat.
lIstman. OF the Baikal CossAcks, and
other leaders have formed a small
cabinet. =. Col iVanoff we NAMED cum
mnnder-in-ohfef Of the CEecho- SioHak
front
The Czecfo- -Slavaks form the nu-
cleus OF the siberian army. With
them are brigaded several corps OF
volunteers and detachments Of Cos
SackR .-. g.. s" .
The Washington times., 1918-07-02
GIRLS CAN HELP PREPARE
|LUNCHFORWA WORKERS
High sehoOl VACATION girls!

Spend one day q week making
sandwiches for the service a la carte
wagons. which serve daily lunches
to thousands of Government way
workers.
Go to the office Of Miss Marjorie
Day, Fourteenth and G streets north
west, and fill out a card signifying
what day you can make trim sand
wiches.
This Is the appeal issued today by
Miss Day, head of the girls work
in the Commission of Training Camp
Activities.
"Come and help make sandwiches
slice cake, fill ice cream cones for
one day in the week." Miss Day said
at a convention of delegates from
the Y. w. c. A. Friendship clubs OF
high, schools, held at the Cherry
dale Vacation Lodge OF the Y. w
c. A. last night.
The Washington times., 1918-07-02
STRIKES IN NORTH
HOLDUP MILLIONS
IN WAR ORDERS

BOSTON, July millions OF DOL
lars worth OF war orders are being
held up in various stages OF manu-
featuring process on account OF
strikes and lockouts in New England
textile centerS.
According to figures given out by
strike leaders today there are more
than 10000 men and women operatives
idle. .
In an effort to break, the deadlock
between the mills and the strikers
the Federal authorities have ordered
H. ]. skeffington, commissioner Of
immigration and a local conciliator
for the Department Of Labor 20 begin
Investigation
State labor authorities are likewise
trying TO help.
The chief locations OF Industrial
troubles are:
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.
Manchester, N. H.. Prints and wool
ems. locked out by agent Hermsn F..
Straw: from $4,000 TO 10000 out.
Stark Mills, at Manchester, ". H..
buclIing and blsnketing: lock out by
Agent Lewis Dexter, 1000 TO 10000
hands.
Six mills at Lowell: 5000 on strike.
Pawtucket Y. l.. mills. . 900 strike
Clinton, 100 Lancaster mills loom
hXcrs on strike.