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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
p,uu,np for increased Production.

Pruning for Increased Production.
The address By Frank 81. Dudley;
horticulturist of the Maine Department
of Agriculture, contained much valua-
Bile information on "Pruning for lncreas-
al Productiop.n He said that the OBJ
iscts of tree pruning are TO procure Q
correct shaping, to limit trees to . GER
tain area, TO produce strong, bearing
vood. 10 eliminate dead and diseased
wood and to increase the quanuty sno
improve the quality Of the fruit. :,
Heavy annual pruning resniss 70
strong terminal growth. Trees up 20
three or four years of age may be bene,
flttsd by heavy pruning, but afterward
light. annual pruning should be prsc,
,ieed. Heavy pruning delays the lorna.
tion of fruit buds, while light, annual
nrunIpg hastens the formation OF run
buds by retarding lateral growth. Wnen
trees become of q bearing age too neavy
pruning diminishes the crop OF nuit'
while light pruning increases is.
He described In detail the dineren'
,aasons for and methods Of pruning
he said that 10 pruning, care should OF
exsrclsed not TO pull heavy cut orancnes
through the heavier limbs, for In 30 90
inc many fruit spurs will be broken
Care should also be used In climbing
trss TO prime or gather fruit, al careless
stsnnipe on limbs may break on . par
=, tss whole Of the fruit bearing spurs
Treas that have been neglected ions
TINA NAV be heavily pruned to forc'
oytb Heading back, to lowel
shs tons may also be practiced. Hari!
snr,ng or dormant, pruning should D
Spns in March or April. In prunini
Lin limbs We should cut back to BUD
nnins,ng in the direction We wish tn'
hranches to take. In the case OF an up
right growing tree, We should cut 70 IN !;
onsside buds and branches, 20 tnas
nav have sgrsatsr) spread.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
WOMEN'S COUNCIL
MEETS IN PARIS
Elehty We!I.KnoWn French Won.
en- Guests of Y. w. c. l.
for Opening Session.

Paris, Feb. 2.-Eighty Of the most
prominent women IN France who are
interested in all women's problems AZ
tended the first meeting OF the Provi'
sional Council of the American Young
Women's Christian Association, held
at Paris headquarters, 8 Place Edou-
ard VII, Jan. 80.
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife OF the
Secretary of State, who Is first vice
president Of the council, presided, coll
Quoting all sessions in French, as two.
thirds Of the members represent
French associations with whom the
Y. w. 9. A. has been cooperating.
All women In France are looking for
ward to the findings Of the council MS
Of tremendous importance not only to
women In France, but all over the
world The purpose Of the council IN
to collect and make available informa-
ton about conditions and needs OF wo-
men, to become acquainted with wo-
men who are Identified with different
kinds of work and to develop few
typical illustrations which will set
standards for future permanent work.
Following are the societies repre-
sented: Union Chretienne des Jann
Files, Student Movement, Foyer des
Alliees, Amies de la Jeune File, Ma.
tional Council Of Women. Among the
delegates were Nine. Jules Siegfried.
Nine. Avril de st. Croix, Baroness
VAUDEVILLE, Countess Pourtales and
Nine. Waldegrave Of London.
Mrs. William G. Sharp, wife OF the
ambassador to France, Is honorary
chairman of the council and Mrs. Fran.
cis Mcneil Bacon president. pro TEN.
Miss Charlotte Niven, director Of Y.
w. c. A. work In Italy, is secretary.
Departmental and provincial groups
will hold meetings weekly to discuss
local problems, the entire council meet.
ing at the end Of each month. In April,
at the last meeting. each group Will
decide how the Information and ex'
perience may be used most effectively
In the future.
Delegates are guests at the Hotel
Pstrograd, the Y. w. G. A. Hostess
House In Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
10000 Bonus.

Section l4O6 of the Revenue Act ap.
proved February "a, 1919. authorizes the
payment of bonus of $50 90 to officers,
soldiers, field clerks and nurses of the
army upon honorable separation from
active service by discharge, resignation
or otherwise. This bonus 10 not payable
to the heirs or representatives Of any
deceased soldier.
Those who are discharged hereafter
will receive this bonus on the same roll
or voucher upon which they are paid
their final pay.
Those who have been discharged and
have received their final pay without the
$1,000 bonus, should write letter to the
Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building,
Washington, D. c., stating their service
since April 8, 1917, the date Of last dis
charge aud their present address to which
they desire their bonus checks to be sent
and enclosing with this letter their dis
charge certificate or military order for
discharge and both, II both were Issued.
Upon the receipt by the Zone Finance
Officer, Washington, D. c., of this infor.
nation and the soldiers discharge Ger.
tiflcate, this officer will cause checks to
be drawn and mailed to the claimants In
the order In which their clsims were re,
ceived by him. The discharge certif.
cate will be returned to the soldier with
the check.
It 10 estimated that ut least one million
and q quarter persons have been dis.
charged from the service who are entitled
to the benefits of this aot and while pay
ments will be made as expeditiously as
practicable, II will manifestly take con-
siderable time to write and mail this
many checks.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
NUMBER II.
DOMESTIC SERVICE
COURSES PLANNED
Trained Home. Maker Is to Have
an Eight Hour Day and Stand.
ard Minimum Wage.

Courses for training home assist.
ants, who will 60 into the home by the
day, hour or week and work on q
schedule Of hours and fixed wages,
have been inaugurated by the Young
Women's Christian Association as q
means for meeting the problem Of do
nestle service.
The object Of this course, now being
tried out In New York City, Is to place
domestic service on the same dignified
basis as clerical work, trained nursing
or other professions open to women.
The home assistant will work eight
hours day for a salary Of SIS week.
She will not live In the home Of her
employer or take her meals there. She
will have an hour for luncheon, when
she can 60 to restaurant or eat
lunch which she has brought with her
just as she would were she employed
in a factory. The employer will not
address the home worker by her first
Brown, as the case may be.
Applicants for the course are care
fully selected, and registrants are ap-
pearing In large numbers. With the
same independence as to recreation
hours, places OF eating and living as
the factory girl, house-work has a
greater appeal, as being less monoto-
nous and more interesting work to the
average woman.
The course Is thorough one In plain
cooking, waiting on table and door.
chamber work, plain sewing, care Of
children, making Of menus and the
washing and ironing Of light things
Heavy work 10 to be done by outside
workers. On graduation the student
receives a certificate which proves her
qualification as dependable home
worker capable Of attending to oil ordi-
nary duties in home.
The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation has been interested In the prob
lem Of domestic service both from the
standpoint Of the employee and from
that Of the employer for some years.
The first commission on Household
Employment made Its report at the
hfth national convention Of the Young
Women's Christian Association held In
Los Angeles Cal. In May. 1915.
The difficulties OF attracting capable
women In this field Of work were laid
to the long hourc. lack Of independence
In arranging recreation hours, lack OF
opportunities for growth and progress
and lack Of social standing.
Girls have acquired distaste for
the conditions which govern household
work since the freedom they have ex.
perienced in working in munition fac.
tories. BY standardzing domestic serv-
ice 1t Is believed by the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association that q
higher type Of worker may be At.
tracted to the necessary work In homes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
WOMEN BEGIN Y. W. c. A.
FOREIGN TRADE COURSES
Courses In New Y.rk City Prepare
Girls for South Am:ri-
can Jobs.

Sensing sudden call 10 t'''s for
American women In South America.
the New York City Y. w. G. A. has
opened Foreign Trade courses, includ.
Ing classes in shipping, filing orders,
trade acceptances, tariff, consular In.
voices, documents, insurance. mail or.
der trade and other lines OF interna-
tional work hitherto left mostly to
men. These classes are designed to
meet aftsr-war needs.
South America ID receiving particu.
lar attention a. the 7. w. c. A. is in.
formed Of new jobs that are opening
In the southern countrieA Many girls
In New York who combine desire to
see the world With craving for finan-
cial Independence are registering with
the expectation Of going there 10 GET
positions when their courses In train
iny are completed
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
Legumes for Livestock.
BY George e. Simmons.)

Medium red clover bay contains 7,6
per cent of digestible protein and 43.S
per cent of digestible carbohydrates and
fat, while timothy or herdsgrass con-
taius but 8 per cent protein and 45.6 per
cent of carbohydrates and fat.
Protein feeds are the high priced feeds
to buy. This tends to decrease the
amount OF money to be spent for other
feeds. Alsike clover has very similar
feeding value to red clover. Oat and
pea hay contain nearly three times as
much protein as timothy. Glover silage
has . rather narrow nutrition ratio.
Based on feeding vslne alone the
legume is of great Importance In live
stock farming. 1t serves the purpose OF
building up the tissues of growing AMI
mails, repairs the muscular waste In
work animals and increases the food
value of the products OF the milking
herd.
The legumes tend to enrich the soil In
which they are grown by storing nitro
gen in the soil. The roots and stnobie
Of an average crop Of clover hay will
supply about 80 pounds OF nitrogen TO
the acre. This, figured at the present
price Of nitrogen in fertilizer-4O cents
per pouud-would cost about $50.
This nitrogen is secured from the air
by means of bacterial action. Nitrifying
bacteria attack the roots, causing the
formation of nodules where the nitrogen
accumulatss to be carried up into the
plant, there forming part of the pro-
Iein OF the feed.
Lsgumss are usually deep-rooted, 60
ing beyond the usual depth for other
plants, thus securing plant food that Is
out of reach of many other plants.
A well drained, thoroughly prepared
seed-bed is necessary for q successful
production of leguminous crops. Acid
ity in the soil should be corrected by an
application Of lime after the land has
been we'll drained.
As the legume secures nitrogen from
the air, it will reduce the amount OF
nitrogen needed In the fertilizer and
only require large amounts of phosphoric
acid and potash to balance IL.
The iegume is, under proper condi,
tious, q feeder for both the livestock and
the land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
Reading In the Home.

The work of the Maine Library Com.
mission was attractively portrayed BY
Miss Theresa G. Stuart Of Augusta,
Library Organizer, ct the University of
Maine, recently, the topic OF whose ad-
dress was Reading in the Home"
After disooursing briefly on the lasting
benefits to be derived from home read.
ing, she spoke of the State Library ut
Augusta, with 120, 900 volumes, covering
prao otioally every range of literature, sol
ence, reference, history, trade, travel and
fiction. The people of the whole State
can get the benefit of this library through
the service of tho Maine Library Com.
mission, which on application sends out
'traveling libraries" to schools, Sunday
schools, town libraries, oranges, boards
of trade, social organizations and com.
munities. For2tbe payment Of $3.50 q
collection of Is volumes Of fiction, 10
juvenile books and 10 adult volumes OF
travel, history, essays, biography, sol
ence, etc., can be obtained and used q
period of six months.
The commission also sends out q library
organizer, to aid In organizing, ,catsloging,
and systematizing free public libraries.
To aid newly organized free libraries In
rural communities the commission do
mates books and gives advice % to books
to be purohased. In addition every free
public library In the atate making appli.
cation 10 entitled to an annual stipend
| from the commission.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
Feeding Potatoes to Livestock.


At the present low price and slight
demand for potatoes aud the critical
market whereby potatoes have to be
graded much more carefully than they
would in q firm market with . high de-
msnd, there will be quite q lot Of Gull
potatoes left In the hands OF the grower.
While in the potato growing sections of
the state the starch factories may start
up later in the season, In many cases
these potatoes can be advantageously
used for food for stock. Horses, cows,
and sheep eat raw potatoes readily and
II swine have not had cooked potatoes
they will eat raw potatoes freely, particu-
larry In connection with some grain.
The Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has compared the composition OF
cooked with uncooked potatoes, their
digestibility and their growth produc-
ton In the case Of swine. The results
showed their chemical composition after
cooking and before cooking to be practi-
cally the same SO far as total nutrients
are concerned. In the swelling of the
starch grains due to steaming or boiling,
there is no absorption OF water. Both
the cooked and uncooked potatoes carry
about II per cent of water and 23 per
cent of dry matter. The protein of pota.
toes, raw or cooked, is about s per cent;
nitrogen free extract about 10 per cent.
The small amounts of fiber, fat and ash
make up the other one per cent.
Iu feeding trials with sheep the Maine
Station found that cooked potatoes have
slightly higher digestibllity than raw
potatoes. Eighty-one per cent of the
organic matter Of cooked potatoes and
II per cent of the organic matter of raw
potatoes are digestible. The protein of
raw potatoes ip these trials was found to
be as digestible as that Of the cooked
but the carbohydrates were slightly bet
ter digested when cooked than uncooked.
The only feeding trials made at the
Maine Station were with swine num-
Der of years ago. In this experiment,
potatoes were the only feed used. The
pigs having cooked potatoes gained In
the same period of time tenth more in
weight than those having the uncooksd.
II Is doubtful, however, II the labor and
expense of cooking were warranted by
the increased growth. Where they are
not the exclusive diet, raw potatoes can
be fed quite literally to swine with
small amounts of grain, with practically
as good results ss can be obtained with
cooked. After, however, swine have
been fed the cooked potatoes it is rather
difficult to teach them to eat raw pota
toes freely. There is no question but
that they prefer the cooked to the un-
cooked. And IL one is so situated that
it can be done conveniently, cooked pota
toes to which ground feed of a nitroge-
nous nature is added, the ration is far
better balanced than in the case of pota
toes alone.-Chas. D. Woods, Director.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
international chlldren's week.Iolo.
APRIL ~ TO MAY 4, INCLUSIVE.

A continent wide campaign to empha-
size the religious education Of children,
promoted BY the International Sunday
School Association through its auxil.
iaries the State and Provincial Sunday
School Associations OF the North Ameri.
can Continent.
Every community and every church
school should cobservs this "W eek" and
every community and church school
interested in the upliftt Of childhood
will observe II.
Write sat once for complete informa-
tlon to your State iOhlldren's sDivision
Superintendent.
MRS. WESLEY q. WEIR,
Y.M. @. A. Bldg, Room 40,
'a4 Portland, Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
commsrc,., Chick Feeds.

When one has only q few chickens, '.
4. ,,s.s trouble TO purchase prepared
shiok fssd, but where . oonsiderso'e
nnmber are reared Il 10 sometimes cnesp,
- :. 80 hnv the finely cracked grains AND
"a, =. ~ ,hsm together. Some chick feeds
un.,sin III . large quantity Of grit and may
contain grains OF poor quan 80
shey should bs carsfully sxaolneS ~ snu
susrsnty q to quality Nsesusd se'ole
1usshsse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
Eyes Had to Be Blue.

Blue-eyed babies always claim pre-
ponderance of admirers. The fact has
Just again been emphasised-this time
at Hampstead. England. It was an
nounced In the press that the town Of
flcials had a "bonny blue-eyed baby"
for adoption, and straightway $50
would.be adopters wrote to secure 1t.
Unfortunately it was found that the
infants eyes had been wrongly de-
scribed. The eyes were not blue, after
all, and when they heard Of this some
Of the ladies Withdrew their o1ers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18

He looked her oar and asked her
to sail the sea Of matrimony with him.
When she said o. K. Tor words to that
eftect) they launched out with little
smack. A wave Of color swept over
her cheeks and her eyes swan In tears.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18

Senator John P. Deering Of Saoo an.
nounces that he will be . candidate for
the Republican nomination tor governor
ct the o. 70 primaries In June. 1920. He
ID native Of Ssoo. where he 70 engaged
In the practice Of law, and 10 4s years OF
|age.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18

-s.r.. folks talk about slack seasons
=, shs farm. bot the man that . m.sing
=. ..sc" sr ~ fsrmise, usvsr bsss any -snck
seasons. slack seasons oe'''s
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
CHAPTER XVI.

IaEeavs for the Frontier.
To get out Of the city, It would be
necessary to pass two guards. This !
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPHED TIE PLow."

Corresponcence on prackcal Agricultural topic
70 sonctted. Address all communications In.
ended Tor this department to HlNIY d
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18

optlmistIc Thought
The empty vessel makes the greatest
round.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18
THE FIRST SAW MILL AND
GRIST MILL.

When the first party Of explorers,
came to "district number four" now
Paris, they built temporary camp
somewh here on Stony Brook, probably
near the point where IL enters the river,
or iust above, and this was the first habi-
tstion made by white men, that there Is
any knowledge Of. This camp was sup
posed to be near the falls where the first
mill was located. This was about the
wear 1875, and Il may be that some rem
nants of the old camp were still In exist
ence when the first pioneers actually
took up their residence here; anyway
that In the spot that seems to have been
the point of attraction for early settlers,
and that spot was selected and known
ss the "Mill Lot" on account OF the
water power, and without doubt, partly
on account of the beauty OF the place,
and the fish which must have been
plentiful ct that time.
or course the first thing early settlers
wanted "a soon as they had built their
| LOG cabins, was . saw mill and grist mill,
AZ their timber and lumber had to be
hewn from logs with the old fashioned
broad axe.
Corn had to be carried opla horses, OF
q mans back, through psthless fores'
jtventy.five miles to New Gloucester
| which was then the nearest settlement
The old book of Proprietors Records,
contains many illusions OF the many TIL
ais. and difficulties that seemed to pre-
vent the building OF the mills, whicf
were finally built by Lemuel Jackson.
Afa meeting In Waltham, Massaohus
setts. in A pril 1774, 1t was voted to gram
tha 4Mill Lott so-called and one hun
dred dollars in silver money to any per
son mr. persons who would undertake Il
bnIld = saw- aud grist-mill thereon.
AT latter meeting, In August, 1774.
eommittee was chosen to see what en-
couraQemeut could be given to build th'
much desired mills.
Evidently there Was no one capable o.
With the means 10 build the millHant
thsre seems to have been no one tha
could be persuaded to undertake tn
work. - -.
records say nothing about the mill, ant
little about anything. These were to-
.ssrs Of the war of the Revolution. whel
ths proprietors Of the present town o
Psris. mostly lived In Waltham, Water
soSn and Csmbridge, and bad other mat
lss,. In attend 10 more important, thai
building up'a snall settlement IN To
vast wilderness OF Maine.
The next record reports . meeenl
hsld IN April l700, after the war 'wa
over. and The mon could again look Ate
A. this meeting It. tWas voted 70 ev
three lots to sny ono who would bull
their property in Township Number -Four
Shsmllls, and they also ceoss : Oos'
tes to deal with any pe!eon nE psts0n.
Who would build he miils On sny osns
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-18

a cart and bauled under tree, the rope
attached to limb above, and the Judge
paye the prisoner last chance. snow.
iSlugar', IL you have anything to say, CIV
ing good reason why the stern sentence
of the law should not be executed, now
Is your last and only chsnoe."
As the dog maintained Q dignihed
silence, the sentence of the law was fui'
filled. The cart was drawn away from
under the prisoner, and "Slugar" was
chung by the neck until dead"
Az there is no date mentioned, and
from the date of the death Of Widow
Biscoe am inclined to think that 1t was
Lemuel jackson, Jr., or possibly bis son,
who was the active one In this murder
trial. I am also inclined to think that II
the cause OF temperance had been as far
advanced then ss 1t 10 now, poor "Slugar"
might have had moro dignided death,
even II guilty.
THE OLD BuRYINe GROUND ON PARIS
Il was told by Mrs. Deacon Willis, who
WAS Lemuel Jackson's daughter, that the
f3rst land cleared was the site OF the old
burning ground. There was an scct.
dental death. Who was the victim or
how it happened is mott known, but the
body MAS buried IN the old burying
ground because that land Was tho only
suitable place for burial at that time.
The fret log cabins of the Jackson and
Willis families were . short distance
southwest from this spot, although there
IL nothing now to locate the exact place.
1T was my pleasure to go With siiad
Maxim on beautiful day In September
1917, into this old burying ground. Any
one Who has been there during the past
low years does not need to be told OF the
condition In which the yard 10 kept
Bushss, gsass Jand weeds arc runnine
Wild everywhere. The few people who
| occasionally come to visit the spot have
worn . narrpw path thatssoaroely Keeps
1.-The bushes from .encroaching on Ia
gtAvss ofths dsad. In the middle o. shs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-08
COMMITTEE OPPOSES i.
HILL HOSPITAL SITE

The public safety committee OF
the city council viii oppose the
erection OF an internmcnt hospital
on Beacon Hiil. according 90 "a
resolution adopted "Wednesday.
which calls for the repeal OF an orsii.
nance appropriatlhg $1,000 for
the building.
The vigorous protests 81 a dole
cation % Beacon I'm residents
caused the decision. Attention TO
the alleged ipsanitary features con-
sected with the Deacon i'm site
was called by Acting Mayor W. u.
Lane. II H. expected that the fight
will be settled at the next meeting
OF the city council.