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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE

Washington, Dec. 22.---PresIdent
Wilson's industrial conference has
prepared program OF specific pro
possls for the adjustment OF indus
trial disputes" This tenLsiive pro-
gram will be made public about Dec
ember 20.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22

SCHOOLS CLOSE EOn
HOLIDAY SEASON

All IN. schoola Ia Guthrie glnard
Saturday Tor the holiday aeaman and
will remain cinaed GaF . daFa
Many Of iho teachers lefl ismmnslI
a,ely 20 spend the abort vacation wlth
frisnds of relaIIyry n Daher paftw
OF the country Mahs Of ihn nguflsnla
arr fnkisw advantage ~ The ot,.ussun
ny to make some extra money and
are helping out IN the stores or on
farmA Some arr making good waesa
picking pecana,
During the time The mchosia are
closed the hoafd 81 education wllI
'Fke opportunity BY Tho fowieck and
have ih@ buildings renovated and faa
igatcd
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22

A NON PARTISAN BoARD

New YORK.. Dee. appointment
Of non partisan commission Of Am
orleans and Mexicans to investigate
the causes OF the present friction be-
tween the two nations. was urged by
speakers at a mass meeting SUNDAY
i'm Carnegie hall
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
PRICE or CHRISTMAS TREES
DROPS m NEW YORK

New york.--The law OF supply and
demand today forced down the price
OF Christmas trees from 81 each to
six for go cents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
srEEaiN COMMITTEE Acron

Washington. Dec. 22.--At meeting
Of the republican steering com
mittee" OF the Senate II was agreed
TO insist upon the passage by the sen
ate OF the cummins bin and the Nc
Nary sugar bill.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
Q. 0. P. TO MEET JANUARY s

Chicago. Dec. a. Memoirs OF the
committee OF arrangements for the
republican national convention next
June have been summoned by Chair
man A. r. Hert to meet here Jan. 5.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
WEATHER.

New Orleans. La. Dec. 22.-Tonlght
and Tuesday fair: not much change
in temperature.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22
susslplzE cHiLpREN7

Sidney. n. 8. w. Dec. 22.-The New
South w-alss state nationalist party
has approved the governments gro-
posal TO snbsidize children exceeding
the number OF two In any family.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22

Mis- oieta Bishop OF Sapulpa. Is
here to spend Christmas with her
mother.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22

amendment takes effect Much VI tho
$4,000 900 galons II Ia expected. will
BE- exported 10 The one Canadian pro
vince which remains wet. ID Cuba,
10 Mexico and abroad
Must cuara Whisky.
but there will be many gallons THAI
will not be exported The eaete of
these Will iia with the enforcement de-
parimsnt The whisky must be
guarded. hs elandIstine removal pfe
vented. and 3ls lllIgl,imsie wishdras
al for permitted purpo iea. whieh are
few. must be carefully checked
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-22

st'on'lnaea % Pass ., Col -
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Standard Breeds of Ducks.

There are IL standard breeds OF
ducks which have been admitted to
the American Standard of Perfec-
ton. These may be divided into 3
classes: "a the meat class, including
the Pekin, Aylesbury. Muscovy, Rou-
en-, Cayuga, Buff, and Swedish; CD
the egg class, which includes the In
dian runner and go the ornamental
class. composed of the Call, the Crest
ed white, and the Black East India.
The common so-called puddle" duck
is kept on many farms in the middle
West and South and is generally of
small size. poor layer. and an un-
desirable type of market duck. Elk
cepting the Muscovy. all OF our eco
monte breeds of ducks are said to
have originated from the Mallard, or
common wild duck.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07

farm labor will depend to consid-
cradle extent on the wages that we
are able or think we will be able to
pay. Certain it is that farm wages
will not soon. If ever, go back to pre-
war scale. Men who have been coax
ed away by Observation-Disclosures
Jobs in machine shops and munition
factories will be slow in coming back
to a observation-disclosures
month-and-board basis, even though
they may be able to save more money
by so doing But If wages remain
high 80 also must the price of wheat,
cabbage, apples and all other crops
which require labor for their produc-
ton. We can hardly expect Congress
or the President to set maximum or
minimum prices after the wartime
necessity of stimulating production
has passed. We must come back to
supply and demand or cost of
production basis. Production costs
depend on so many varying factors
that in time of flux like the present
they are hard to determine. Supply
and demand will ultimately have full
sway as In the past.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Saving Fertility Means Saving None,

Saving Fertility Means Saving Money
My experience in farming has
taught me the vital Importance Of
saving fertility at home. For the hu-
mus of barnyard manure and the nj
trogen of legumes are valuable not
only in furnishing food for the grow
ing crops but also In building up the
land,
BY the rotation of leguminous
crops on my land, | eliminate the
necessity of purchasing that most ex-
pensive element of fertilizer, nitro
gen. After turning under these
crops the land is well sprinkled with
lime to sweeten the soil. For this
purpose, l haul lime soil by the
wagon load from a nearby lime hill.
The stables are kept Uttered with
an abundance of leaves or fine straw,
in order to save every particle of Ii
quid or solid manure. The stalls are
cleaned frequently. For garden pur-
poses | compost some of the manure
in a broad, flat heap, well layered
with dry leaves. However, the most
of the manure is hauled directly to
the fields and spread evenly over the
land. / never make compost piles
for the field crops. Not only would
that method be very expensive, but l
nave found that the best crops are
made when the manure is hauled di-
rect from the stable to the field, where
it can get busy feeding the plants.
By practicing crop rotation, there is
always place where the manure can
be spread and its valuable humus in
corporated into the soil instead of
being leached away by rain water
from piles in the barnyard.
The hen houses are cleaned fire.
quently and the manure from the
flock of $50 fowls is also spread on
the land.
AS a large percentage OF potash
and lime is contained in wood ashes,
am careful to have the contents of
our ash cans spread over the fields.
BY saving all available home fertil-
izer--humus in manure, nitrogen in
legume crops. potash in ashes,-I
greatly reduce fertilizer expenses. To
make a complete fertilizer. have to
buy only one element, acid phosphate,
and 1t is the cheapest of the COM
mercial fertilizers.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
arm Department

deficiency or excess OF any of the ele-
ments of food may result in serious
digestive disturbances.
Mineral material or ash is need
ed in proper proportion If the animals
are to continue to, grow and remain
in good health The necessity of
bulk in the ration is of more i'm
portance than most people imagine.
In fact, most of the trouble experience
ed in hog feeding has been caused by
rations lacking proper bulk. Sue
culence is another feature which
should not be lacking in the ration.
Feeds containing excessive quantities
of dry. woody fiber, unless accompani-
ed by some form of succulent forage.
produce stomach and intestinal
troubles. Moldy feeds frequently
produce forage poisoning. Excessive
quantities of ergot in grain fed suf-
ficient time will produce certain
diseases.
Some feeds, as for example cotton
seed meal, prove to be very satisfac-
tory and economical when fed in rea-
sonable quantities to certain animals,
but If larger quantities are fed may
result In sickness or even death. Any
sudden changes in feeds. such as from
dry to wet feed. or an abrupt intro
duction of fresh, green grain, tends
to derange digestion. produce collie
and other stomach and intestinal dis
orders, particularly among horses
Stock is sometimes poisoned through
excess of piles of lime, paint cans, or
fresh paint on walls.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07

Mississippi: please inform me
the most suitable time for pruning
shade trees"
Shade trees can be pruned If need
ed at any time from the fall of the
leaf till the buds swell in the spring.
Winter pruning of trees tends to pro-
mote growth in summer. Summer
pruning is a check to growth. In
removing a limb of any size note care
fully the ring or creases in the bark
near the fork with the tree body. IL
you cut inside this ring you will run
the risk of having a decayed hollow
made. If you cut far outside this
ring you will leave stump that the
bark will not grow over. Therefore
cut just outside the rings of bark
and the bark will close over the cut
in a year or SO. In cutting off limb
growing out nearly horizontally be
careful to first saw on the under side
and then cut from above. If you saw
the limb only from above you will
have it fall and strip down the bark
on the under side and make an ugly
place on the body of the tree. Paint
the cut place with white lead and oil
colored to make it less conspicuous.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07

Buy Plant Foods Cheap and Sell High
Deep plowing and good cultiva-
ton; winter breaking and cover
crops. other than legumes.. plowed
under. do not add any plant foods to
the soil. They add nothing, but they
change the form of what Is already
in the soil. More of the plant foods
in the soil are made available and
more are used by the crops. because
larger crops are grown These
practices take plant foods from the
soil, but that is the object of farming.
The more plant foods which can be
taken from the soil in large crops. the
better the farming; but good farm
ing does not stop there.
II plant foods are taken from the
soils in large crops and sold at high
prices, then, Just ordinary common
sense should dictate to any farmer
that he must in time replace these
plant foods at lower cost than he
received for them when sold in crops,
or his fertility will decrease, his lands
refuse TO give him large crops, and
MS business fail.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
FORFFNE JOB PRINTING

1900. Ducks were reported on only
10 per cent of the farms in the coun-
try, and are most numerous in the
following States, arranged according
to their production: Iowa, Illinois,
New York, Pennsylvania. Missouri,
Tennessee, Indiana, Kansas. Oklaho-
ma, Arkansas, and Ohio, the number
ranging from about 225,000 head in
Iowa to 100, 900 in Ohio.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Clubs Help Young and Old.

The men and women who organ
ize boys and girls clubs strive to in
terest and train the youth of the
country in better methods of agri-
culture and better homemaking. The
developing generation is given an in
centive and spirit that in many cases
have not only spurred them to high
endeavor but have caused their ell
ders to adopt better methods of farm
ing and housekeeping.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
33 Acres, 23 Pigs, Give Boys $2,255.'
o.

Twenty-three boys under 16 years
of age, in Haywood county, Tenn, pig
club, each bought pig. The average
weight of the pigs was rs pounds.
Most of them were registered. In
$50 days they produced a gain OF
266 pounds each, at cost for feed Of
101a cents. pound. These pigs at
the time of the local pig club show
were worth 16 cents pound at meat
prices, making profit of 4 " cents
pound averaging a net return to
each boy OF S11.97 over cost OF all
feed-a total gain for the club of
s275.3l.
Now, see what the corn club in the
same community has done:Thirty-
three boys, 16 and under, each culti-
waited one acre of corn, according to
instructions furnished by the county
agent, produced an average of 5S.l
bushels to the acre at $1.40 bushel
selling price-$74.4S-making to-
tai production for all OF $2,457.S4.
Cost of raising corn was 27ls cents
bushel, or a total cost OF $47751,
leaving a clear profit of $1,9SO.SS.
Now add to this the pig club profits
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
OF s275.31 and you have a grand
profit for the boys of $2,255.64 from
33 acres of land and 23 small pigs.
"smoke Screen" Saves Potatoes.

"Smoke Screen" Saves Potatoes.
A member of the farm bureau in
Hardin county, Ohio, saved a 2O-acre
field Of late potatoes from frost last
fall by the use of a smudge. The po-
atoes had made practically no growth
during July and August because of
dry weather, but we're maturing in
good shape when. on the night of
September 81. the temperature
dropped below freezing point. Prep
arations had been made for just such
an emergency. Baled straw had been
placed in readiness, and at 1880 that
night the fires we're started. 1t was
found that a heavy smoke could be
made by using wet straw after the
flame had been applied. Fires were
kept burning i'm 102 places, and 1t is
estimated that 10 tons of straw were
used. The entire field was kept COW
cred with smoke, and after the sun
had been up few hours the follow
ing day it was plain that the potatoes
had been saved. The potatoes re-
manned green until October 1. 9th
err foliage, not completely covered
with smoke, was killed by the frost.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
SIs7,sO6 Saved by Selling Stacker
Hens.

A saving of $177,sO6 worth of
grain was effected by the culling out
of Stacker hens in forty-five counties
of Missouri as the result of poultry
culling campaign conducted by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture and the State College of Agri-
culture. The demonstrations were
attended by 17,145 persons. A to-
tai of 1888 hens examined, which re-
suited in the elimination OF esq.,
SOS low-producing hens that other
wise would have been permitted to
remain on the farms as consumers
of grain. The estimated saving prob
ably is too low, as 1t was assumed
that each culled hen would have paid
for her keep after February l, which
is probably not the case.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Wedding For Health.

Aside from the communicable
diseases, the owner of livestock will
ind that his greatest losses can be
traced to the diseases and conditions
arising from some form of abuse Of
the stomachs and intestines OF his
animals as a result of improper feed
ing. The proper balancing OF ra'
tions. therefore, has a material infiu-
ence upon the health OF stock. Con-
Linued feeding Of a ration having
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is n local disease. greatly In
fiuenced by constitutional conditions. and
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine Is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
In this country for years. IT Is COM
posed OF some OF the best tonlcs known,
combined with some OF the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination OF
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials. free.
T.. j. CHENEY a. CO., Props. Toledo, o.
All Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Texas Claims Pig Club Champion.

Williamson. County, Texas, claims
the national pig club champion, ac-
cording to the local county agent:
The name of the claiment is Elton
Sartor, who started with a 6S-pound.
SOW pig. selected from a famous herd
registered big-type, Poland China
in Kansas. 1t cost $25. The first
litter from this SOW was IL pigs
which were sold. when they were six
months old and weighed 2,23Sib, for
$527.S5. From the second litter of
IL pigs the boy sold 8. for which he
received $225. Adding ( $500. the
amount refused for the sow. and de-
Quoting the feed bill of $172, the
gain was s1.052.S5. which was the
profit made In Is months on an initial
investment OF $25. Four of Elton's
fellow club members made a profit
of over $500; eight. over $3.50; and
eleven. over 500 out of one SOW pig
each in the past year.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Farm Labor.

OF one thing we may be certain.
That is that the supply of farm labor
this year will be somewhat greater
than last year. though probably not
equal to the supply before the war.
Nor will the need for farm labor be
so great as in pre-war time, for we
have learned how TO use power ma
ehinery TO a surprising degree Of eff
fectiyeness. Then too the supply OF
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07

Before the war the United States
was dependent upon Holland and 9TH
er European countries for practically
all of it's bulbs. That may never be
true again. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture, at its bulb
farm at Bellingham, Wash, has de-
veloped several species of commercial
bulbs to such an extent that the
stock produced has proved superior
to imported stock of the same spe-
cies.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
Duck Formulation.

According to the census of 1910
there were 2,9O6,525 ducks in the
United States. valued at S1,567164,
showing a decrease in number of
nearly 40 per cent as compared with
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-02-07
HAD ONE AT HOME.

SMITH see whore they have in
vented a machine for telling when a
man is lying. Ever heard OF it?
Jones-Sure.
Smith-Ever see one?
Jones See one? H, married
onel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25
Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
February rs. 1894.

February rs, 1894.
A meeting of the district court stenog-
raphers of ten Kansas counties was held
in Topeka yesterday and "A court reporters
association was organized by the election
Of II. H. Cav of Topeka. president: c. f.
Carroll of Alma. vice president: Charles
Fredericks of Fort Scott, secretary. and
Justin Davis of Wellington, treasurer. All
members of the association must pass
test of 150 words minute. \
At the last meeting Of the Saturday
Night club Ell q. Foster read an essay on
Charles Lamb.
Miss Louise Towne of Lawrence is the
guest of Miss Mary Barley.
]. B. Hayden, Frank willard, Robt
Pierce and g. p. Palmer have returned
from Mino, Ok. laden with game, the re-
suits of weeks hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T.. Walker and daughter
Miss Eta, of Baldwin, are the guests Of
Mrs Clifford Welsh at 635 Fillmore street
Miss Rowena Whaley and Miss HoIton
of Manhattan, were the guests Of Miss VIII
ma Tomlinson yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25
GLOBE SIGHTS
from the Atchison Globe

The first poisonous gas was the first
lie.
The real dangerous guy is seldom a
shoot-mouth.
Many a man is different man
when he is in another town.
The knockers will never go on a
strike. Why not strike for them?
1t is more trouble for a woman to
wash her head than to do the family
washing.
A nuisance is a man who thinks
he is a prophet without honor in his
own town.
Men inherit their religious belief
from their mothers and their political
beliefs from their fathers.
Some people are worthless because
they think they have to go TO some
foreign land before they can Do Good.
Nothing pleases the average woman
quite so much as for a man to pay
her a bit of attention when other wom-
en- are around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25

Senator Sherman wants to keep
President Wilson from talking and
the president would like TO have the
senators quit talking. Since neither
is likely to pay any attention to the
other the public appears to be in for
a large amount of oratory on the sub
ject of a society of nations. In the
Incntime the gospel of peace on earth
and good will to men is being carried
from one end of the country to the
other by former President Taft and
three former ambassadors of the
United States to European countries,
1t seems unlikely that the senate will
enter upon a discussion of the society
of nations constitution without a
working knowledge of how the pub
lie feels about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25
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The war forced so many changes IA
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Keep in touch with your government
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25

While the Poindexters. the Borahs,
the Vardamans, the Reeds md the
Fesses in congress are ranting against
the president of the United States and
against the proposal of league of ma
tions to secure the world against fu-
ture wars, former President Taft is
saying: THE gentlemen in the senate
who are setting out to defeat this
league of nations are those 1 would
not trust overnight" Compare the
members of that little group. which
includes both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. some fighting the league of ma
lions principle -or petty partisan rea-
sofs and others thru personal spite
and vindictive malice. says the At
lanta Constitution. with big, broad,
forwar I-lool- 'ng, humanitarian Will
liam Howard Taft, standing with his
head above the clouds and facing the
sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-25

On the whole the past week has
shown decided progress toward the
new. and it is to be hoped normal. con-
dition of things. says Herr Clews in
his Financial Review. and while there
is still much to be done there are many
who think that the turn of the tide is
in sight if not actually here. The stock
market with it's keen perceptions evil
IDENTIFY believes so and is already dis
counting the better outlook. Food
stuffs have shown a distinct down
ward tendency as compared with the
: lie armistice, he continues altho they
are by means hack to pre-war lev
els and not likely to go there. Whole
sale prices or various manufactured
goods as well as for the basic mater
ials. to which reference has already
been made, have been revised in a
plumber of cases. prominent among
them + ,Xtiles, building materials and
Several others. Tho Sc revisions cannot
J considered complete or permn nent
until labor conditio: have more near
" settled themselves. Such a settle
.1nent would be deferred thru the
9nainte~q of high retail ~~ices Ill
-ers naturally desiring to get rid of
their present stocks at remunerative
rates. Fv ntually, howev~ the adj
Vantage of who, :. 1e reductions must
be ira red to consu~er and