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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07
JUDGE" RIGHT PARDONED

Judge I. F.. Right who was SEN
fenced last September to serve 6
mo. jail sentence has been pardoned
by Gov. John j. Cornwell. 1t is
easy to see the Judge" is highly
elated over the good news that the
county bastile is not to be honored
with his presence.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07

When you want pleasant physic
try Chamberlain Tablets. They are
easy to take and mild and gentle in
effect. They are highly priced by
people who have become acquainted
with their good qualities They only
cost a quarter.
Sold by all dealers (adv.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07
STREET FAIR

The farmers at their meeting last
Saturday in Philippi, decided upon
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Oct. 1st, End and 3rd as the dates
for the Barbour county Agricultural
Fair, at Philippi.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07

G. neao for the O. Virginia.
correct dh just adH nay n axe
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for lie aid taxes b have d @
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07

Mrs Strotonice Furbee and child
rem of Clarksburg, formerly of Delta,
Colorado, are visiting relatives and
friends here this week.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07
WOODS

A small child named Woods died
at McLain Station Wednesday.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-08-07
ENGLAND's GRATITUDE

Don't forget it was the British
Empire that won this war" Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig declared
July 9Th in speech at Newcastle.
I'VE talk a great deal about our
allies" Haig said, 1T was necessary
and right that we should do SO to
buck them up all we could while the
fighting was going on, but don't for
get it was the British Empire that
won this war" 81 don't wish to par
ticularize, but you know our Russian
friends let us down, and the Italians
didn't do great deal then.
Our French friends made the best
of it, but then they really had a very
hard job at the beginning. For the
last two years Britain bore the brunt
of the struggle"
/ What About This?
at is impossible to exaggerate
the Impotence of getting reinforce-
ments across the Atlantic in the
4 shortest snace Of time '-Premiel
LLOYD George to the American people
in March 1918.
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SPRAYING.
ny A. sCHLEIMER.

There is undoubtedly more trouble
and greater variation in the prepara-
ton OF spray solutions than any other
thing on the farm.
lust why this should be so is hard
TO ainderetand when one considers the
vast amount OF literature on the sub
ject.
Properly prepared n good fungicide
is worth It's; weight in gold when one
stops to consider the. great increase in
retsrrs. ~, g.
Every faf1ner ehould know how to
make, them, properly. There are Of
course some who have no need of them,
fortunately; but they have no guaran-
tee how soon they may.
No matter how careful and thorough
you may be, IL neighbor happens to
be careless of his orchard 1t means
trouble for those near him. and when
the time comes to fight it it is no time
to prepare.
Even though the solutions are made
on a small scale. in about one quart or
one gallon quantities, it will acquaint
one with the method OF making them,
at practically no cost. And no amount
OF reading will ever equal the knowl-
edge or experience that Is gained by
demonstration.
For this reason would advise every
one who at one time or another may
have use for them to make them up on
small scale for their own information.
There are several general fungicides,
used for a variety Of purposes, among
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REARING CHICKS.
BY f. 1. HARRINGTON.

Commercial poultrymen have been
amazed at the suddenly increased in
terest manifested this season by anna
tours. In some towns it seems as
though a poultry house was going up
in almost every backyard. Certain it
Is that the number OF small tiocks is
going 20 be very much larger the COM
ing season than ever before. Matching
establishments report tremendous
demand for day old chicks, even though
the price is higher than in the past.
Poultrymen who have eggs to be In
cubated In custom hatcheries are find
ing 1t difficult to get accommodations.
There can be no question about the
fact that the poultry business is com
ing back fast.
1t is unfortunate that the losses
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GUINEA FOWLS.
BY SARAH A LITTLE.

Those who have any acquaintance
with guinea fowls know that there
are three varieties. The pearl guinea
Is best known, as 1t is the hardest.
requires the least care and is the best
all around bird OF the species. 1t
breeds true to color, blush gray with
elongated white spots on the wings
and u purplish sheen on the upper
part Of the breast extending to the
head. There is red, white and blue
in tho head coloring. but the blue is
not CT a tint to make the bird a re-
minder of the national colors.
The white African guinea is a+so
a bird OF pure breeding and repro
ducing its pure white plumage and
fine head appendages with certainty.
They are similar to the pearl in shape
and all o. r characteristics except
color. The skin Is yellow and the
dressed Gu! cass is moro attractive
than that OF the pearl. The lavender
variety looks like a faded pearl. The
white spots appear on pale gray
background. They are the result OF q
cross of white with pearl quineas, the
resulting females being bred back to
a pearl male. Other spots are made
and some curious markings are pro-
duced by this sort OF cross breeding
Guineas are an amusing fowl, not
destructive to vegetation, do not
scratch badly in the earth, but they
do love strawberries and tomatoes an6
all red fruit. They are valuable, aside
from their efficiency In the subjuga.
ton Of insects, as producers Of food
Dressed for the table as broliers. roast.
ers or in stews, they are most de-
licious. 1t Is said that they are often
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among amateurs are usually much
greater than those among more expert
poultrymen. Yet these losses may be
avoided 10 a large extent By observing
n few simple rules. If the chicks are
raised in breeders IL Is Of tho utmost
Importance that overcrowdlng he
avoided. Probably that accounts for
more losses than any other mistake.
The ordinary lamp heated brooder will
not accommodate more than fifty
chicks safely. The larger stove heated
breeders are often rated by the manu-
faCturers as having n capacity of 800
OF 900 chickens. This number is alto
gether too large. however. except late
IT. the season when the weather gets
warm, As a rule 800 chickens are
enough TO keep under one cover when
the weather is cool.
Brooder operators are sometimes
troubled by having the chicks crowd TO
one side at night. They may not un-
derstand that the chicks always have a
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SHIPPING BOX FOR
DAY OLD CHICKS

begins to fall or danger from hawks
threatens.
Overlooking is responsible for many
chicken losses. 1t is difficult for the
beginner to refrain from feeding the
chicks as soon as they will eat. but
this is bad practice. 1t is much better
to let them fast for thirty-six or forty
eight hours. They really have plenty
of sustenance in the yolks Of the eggs
which were absorbed just before they
were Matched. Traces Of yolk have
been found at the end of a week. Too
early feeling is likely to induce bowel
trouble. 1t is much better to feed n
little at time and to feed often than
to give the chicks all they will eat
Professional chicken raisers like to
keep their chicks little on the hungry
side all the time.
There is no better first feed than
stale breadcrumbs soaked in milk and
squeezed dry. II it Is whole wheat
bread. so much the better. After the
first day gradual shift may be made
TO a commercial chick feed. There are
many good feeds of this kind on the
market but those which contain
larly good results in the hands OF ANA
tours. Gradually the feeding OF small
grains may be commenced, and then
the mash, always used dry, may be
Kept before the chickens all the time.
II may not be a practical thing to do
as rule. but one poultryman Of the
writer's acquaintance finds that his
chicks make unusually rapid growth
II he feeds them an extra meal at
night. This is made possible by having
an electric light in the brooder house
which is kept burning until 3 o'clock.
His chickens get one more meal n day
than those of his neighbors and his
results seem to warrant the extra time
and labor required.
1t is an axiom among commercial
poultry keepers that chickens should
be got onto the ground as quickly as
possible. Sometimes they shovel away
the snow outside the brooder house SO
that early Matched chicks can get out
side for few hours each day even
| though the temperature may be low
This is a valuable hint for the amateur
| who is using a brooder. 1t is a great
mistake to keep the chicks confined to
the house after they are a week old
1t is usually important, though. to
have n yard with stout wire fence in
suburban sections. because otherwise
| the neighbors' cats are likely to rap
| idly-deplete the flock 1t is an unfor-
tunate fact that tho losses from the
! depredations OF cats are very heavy
each yenr, and they are hard to pre-
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served as game birds, but this seems
most unnecessary, as they need no
other than their own name to make
them popular. Guinea eggs are also
fine food and their keeping qualities
are much superior to those OF hens
eggs. They are small, but OF high
food value.
Distinguishes Sex In Guinea Fowl
Many have trouble in selecting
euineas with respect to sex, but by
listening to their calls there need be
no uncertainty, Either sex when
frightened gives the same shrill, ear
splitting shrek and chatter, but the
male in common conversation with
the flock uses q soft, complaining sort
Of call which the female never imi-
tates. This sound, while not musical
is not annoying. The female, on the
other hand, fairly screams her slogan.
Buclswheat! Buckwheatl Buckwheati
The male has no cry which is in the
least like It. The head of the guinea
hen Is smaller and its appendages
are more delicate than those OF the
male.
hearing Dung Guineus.
A practice with which I have been
successful in rearing young guinea
fowl involves the use of common hens
as incubators and breeders. The hens
employed should be tame and accus-
toned to their caretaker's presence.
but with action enough to take the
little birds Off for long hikes" in
search of insects. An old tame Leg
horn does nicely, though Rhode Island
Reds leave little to desire.
A large hen will cover from fifteen
to seventeen eggs safely. The time Of
incubation is twenty-eight days, but
1t is wise to watch for precocious
youngsters who may fall out OF the
nest and work destruction for them
selves or their nestmates. The cries
of the young might cause the hen 10
leave the unfledged nestlings to suffer
or the straggler might get chilled and
die. It Is better to have the nest 60
guarded that the chicks cannot escape
until liberated.
large rainproof coop should be in
readiness at some distance from other
poultry and in the shade OF n tree II
|
by removing all boards from a long
packing case, except the sides and one
end, and hooking the free ends, one to
each side of the coop, makes a suit
able home for the hen and brood. Care
must be taken that there be no hole or
crack through which the young car
escape, as they must be closely con-
fined for a few days to learn the hens
language; and they are SO small they
can get out where water would run
In a week II the weather is fair her
and brood may have liberty for a short
time and the hen must be taught &c
return to the coop for food and water
and sheltering place at night or dur
ing storms.
The first feed is stale bread crum-
bled, little chick grit and a shallow
dish of water with wheat or cracked
corn for the hen. In n week or two
the little fellows will eat the harl
grain with their mother and II the her
is a good forager they will grow and
thrive. It is well to have a sitting OF
eggs for the guinea when she becomes
broody, for she will rear a fair proper
ton of her hatch with little If an,
care
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NATIONAL MILK SHOW.

Last night saw the close Of the most
successful National Milk and Dairy
Farm Exposition at the Seventy-flrst
Regiment Armory. II was a huge sue
cess from every viewpoint and particu-
larly in point of attendance. The big
building was crowded daily since the
opening last Monday, and the story OF
milk, Its production, distribution and
consumption was we'll told. Thousands
Of men and women interested in the
dairy industry visited the exposition.
Mothers and fathers were keenly in
terested in the judging OF prize babies
and many were instructed in new
ways Of using milk. Generally speak
ing the various exhibits held the at
tention Of visitors in a striking man
ner.
II was most complete exhibit. 1t
was a demonstration of the dairy in
dustry in its various branches and was
produced on a large scaIe-model dairy
farms, COWS MIXED by electricity. ia
nous cows and bulls. milk drinks, pow
ders, &c.
One OF the features OF the show was
Financial Sensation. 100000 Jersey
bull. This wonderful bull was bred by
Prof. Hugh q. Van Pelt, one OF the
leading dairy experts in the country,
who recently sold one-half interest in
the animal for $4,000 TO z. NJ.
Sharples. Financial Sensation has
some of the most famous ancestors in
the bovine world, including such IA
nous animals as Interest, Finance,
Financial King, Financial Countess,
Fabulous Interests, Compound Inter
est and Financial Beauty. His pedi-
gree reads like a paragraph about
Wall Street. For example, Financial
Beauty, as two-year- old. yielded in
one year $3.50 pounds of milk contain
Ing 476 pounds OF butter fat, while
Financial Countess. who was the
worlds champion Jersey COW in hei
day, yielded 13,24s pounds OF milk and
1876 pounds OF fat. During that year
an actual churn test was made, which
showed a production OF ga pounds of
butter, from which it will be seen that
the value OF Financial Sensation as a
breeding proposition is not at all u
fictitious value. In fact, he is con-
sidered so valuable that Prof. Van Pelt
| refused fatty to sell the bull outright
There were numerous other bovine
attractions at the exposition, incNId-
Ing the famous Butter Ball SeXtette y
owned by S. NJ. kaplan OF Yantic
Conn. This sextette comprises six OF
the most beautiful COWS ever bred, and
their specially Is supplying butter for
the leading New York hotels. The
exhibit Of Holsteins was always sur
rounded by an interested group OF
spectators. One OF the exposition fea-
lures was the luncheon given in honor
Of Financial Sensation. the 100000
bull. at the Waldorf-Astoris. the ia.
nous bull being present. Apparently
he enjoyed the luncheon as much al
the 200 other guests present, and ever
had a special menu served consisting
OF a hay salad and q dessert OF braI
meal pudding. HIS oatmeal water
cocktail filled a Ave gallon pail. Al
of these delicacies were the connections
of Oscar, the famous chef. who per
sonally prepared the menu. Tn,
luncheon was rendered by John An
drews. president of "Kimballs Dair!
Farmer" and his assistants, who ar,
ton; Hugh Van Peit Of Water
loo Jersey Farms. who bred th,
famous bull; s. M. sharples ant
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will probably be at least another half
century before all or even much OF
this area is reclaimed.
Opportunity in Irrigation.
The irrigated sections OF the Western
States have approximately 100000
acres Of land still available for farming
purposes II complete utilization is
made of the potential water supply.
This is double the present area of the
irrigated land and would provide 34o,-
900 farms averaging eighty-seven
acres, which Is the average farm acre
age of irrigated land shown by the
1910 census. However. construction
OF irrigation dams and canals Is so ex-
pensive that 1t will be many years
before much of this land is put to
crops.
In the Eastern States and in the
Great Plains region much waste land
is classified in the census reports as
"unimproved land other than wood
land" 1t consists of stony upland
pastures in hilly regions and other
parcels of waste land in Eastern
farms and Of grazing land in Western
Ao'ANA'SS, COS oA dboOt w.
100000 acres. Some OF this land in
the East at one time was cropped
and now constitutes in part the So
called abandoned farms. IL prices Of
farm products continue high and farm
labor again becomes comp ,ratively
cheap, a portion OF this land will un-
doubtedly be reclaimed for crop pro-
ducuon. The further development Of
dry farming may also make room for
few more farmers In the West. Tn
der the $40 acre grazing homestead
act passed in 1916 more than $4,000
applications had been made and APP
proved by October /, 1916. In the
opinion of department specialists,
however. most OF the grazing home
steads offering promise OF supporting
family have been applied for.
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E BULL ENTERTAINED AT EXCLUSIVE NEW YORK HOTEL

tendency to seek the side OF the house
from which tho light comes. II n win
dow can be set into the rear wall so
that the light will enter from two sides
there will be much less crowding at
night and the chicks will form a circle
around the hover, which Is the proper
way.
Whatever kind OF brooder house Is
being used, II Is always a good plan
to have strips of chicken wire set into
the corner so that the chicks will not
lose themselves there.
When the chicks arc being raised
with a hen there Is likely to be con-
siderable loss from vermin unless the
coop Ia kept clean and the hen properly
cared for. The best way to keep n
coop or henhouse free from red
mites Is to use carbola, or some other
preparation which can be easily ap-
piled and which Is death to lice. Dust
ing the hens with lice powder at in
tervals will free them from body lice
and a very little grease applied to the
heads OF the chicks will drive away the
dangerous head louise. When hen is
to be set 1t is always a good plan to
rub blue ointment into the skin Just
around the vent. A piece as big as a
pea is large enough. This is one Of
the most effective ways OF keeping
lice away while the hen Is on the nest.
1t is sad fact that q great many
broody hens succumb to the plague Of
lice.
II Is always advisable to keep the
hen confined and to let the chicks run,
If the hen is allowed her liberty she
will almost invariably lead her brood
through the tall, wet grass and often
come home with only half of them.
When the hen is confined the chicks
roam only q short distance away and
are called into the coop when rain
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
Lead Arscnate.

One OF the more recent sprays for
the orchard Is lead arsenate, and this
is unauestionably one of the best that
has been produced. Its particular
virtue lies in its application to the
cooling moth, which, it is estimated,
is responsible for about 20 per cent.
Of the fruit destroyed annually by
insects.
1t might not be out OF place right
here to offer the suggestion that 1t is
of the utmost importance to know that
the ingredients are of good quality in
making sprays. Why go to the trouble
and expense OF spraying II the quality
Of the ingredients is so poor that the
spray will be worthless? You not only
lose time. money and fruit. but too fire.
quenuy a good spray Is given a bad
name because 1t does not produce re-
suits when in reality the true cause is
poor material.
This is one advantage of making
sprays at home. But when you have
heart to heart talk with the local
druggist. explain the situation and
have him test the quality Of every
thing used.
ounces; lead acetate. 20 ounces; water.
Dissolve each In about two gallons
of hot water. using "a wooden or an
enamel vessel. When dissolved mix
by pouring one into the other. stir
ring constantly. Allow the precipitate
to settle and then test the clear liquid
by adding few drops Of a 3 per cent.
solution Of iodide OF potash. which can
be obtained from druggist. II the
addition Of the iodide solution has nc
effect on 1t more lead must be dis
solved and added. When enough lead
has been added the iodide will produce
a yellow sediment when added to the
clear liquor. The reason for this Ia
thar the lead must be in excess In
order to combine with all tho arsenic
II there Is any arsenic present In q
soluble form It Ii liable to do more
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ROOM IN UNITED STATES FOR
MANY FARMS TO BE
DEVELOPED.

The United States has approx
mately S50,O00,0oo acres Of land-45
per cent OF the country's land area
in crops or available for crop produc-
ton, according to recent estimates Of
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
OF this amount approximately AGO.
100000 acres were improved land in
1910; the remainder consisting Of 200.-
100000 acres Of potentially arabic for
est and cut-over land. 100000 acres
of swamps and other wet lands need
ing drainage, 3o.oo0,0o0 acres Of po-
tentially irrigable land, and about
So,ooo.OOo acres Of unimproved land
other than woodland.
Over .000,000,000 acres Of land in
the United States are not adapted to
cultivation, OF which at least 400, 000,-
900 acres may be used for forests and
about 600,000.000 acres for grazing.
Most Of the grazing Land is located in
the Western States. In addition there
are about 100000 acres OF desert
land. and 100000 acres of land in
cities, rural highways, and railroad
rights of way. an amount which will
gradually increase with increasing
population.
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vent except by keeping the chicks
fenced in.
One other source of loss is rats. The
number Of chickens which they de-
stroy and carry away runs into the
hundreds Of thousands every season.
They are likely to frequent the brooder
house unless It has a cement floor or
cement foundation, and In that event
It il exceedingly important to have
some sort OF wire fence around the
brooder which will keep them out, this
barrier being set in place every night.
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MALE and FENAE

Dale Andrews OF Greystone Farms.
The guests were editors OF dairy and
farm papers and newspapers. All
agreed that the luncheon was simply
bully" The speakers included Messrs.
Andrews and Van Pelt, NJ, d. Mum
and II. H. Charles. Among the guests
were DIR. Copeland and DR.. s. Jo-
sephine Baker Of the Health Depart
ment, the only woman guest OF honor
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This is another we'll known and i'm
portant spray. sometimes called the
California wash. 1t was originally
used, in slightly different form, as
sheep dip. and its main use is for San
Jose scale and the cooling moth, peach
worm. &C. The main ingredient is
sulphur. Unslacked lime. 20 pounds;
sulphur tfiowers), 10 pounds; water.
so gallons. The same precaution in
regard to the quality of lime applies
to this as we'll as to the Bordeaux
mixture
Add the lime to about fifteen gallons
OF water in an iron tank. 1t is better
to heat the water, and as soon as the
lime has been added the sulphur should
be put in. This should be then heated
to boiling and water added gradually SO
as not to lower the temperature until
the mixture Is about thirty-five or
forty gallons. This should be boiled
for one hour, when the balance Of the
water is added to mako the fifty gal
Ions During the cooking the mixture
should be stirred very frequently, and
when cooled It she+Ild be strained, as
the sediment is to be thrown away,
and the deep orange colored liquor Is
ready for use.
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Parishes delight In very rich. deep soil,
plenty 6f.water and slight shade. The
land should be we'll drained and the
plants not permitted to go to seed.
Treated thus they will flower album
dainty. ...