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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
STRAW IS Excellent
ROUGHAGE FOR STOCK
By.Product Should Never Be
Burned or Wasted.
Besides Furnishing Good Feed 1t Can
Be Used for Bedding to Save
Large Part of Valuable Liquid
Manure for Fertilizer.
prepared by the United States Depart

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
Thrashing should not be attempted
when wheat or straw Is wet or tough,
as good results cannot then be OBJ!
tanned. Wheat can dry out much bet
ter in the head than after being
thrashed. If thrashed wet and mar
keted Immediately it is discounted
heavily in price; if placed in a bin
it is likely to become hot and badly
damaged.
The wheat straw may be stacked In
the open, stored in the NOW, or spread
at once over the field. When the price
Is good 1t may be sold. It should never
be burned. Straw furnishes excellent
roughage for live stock, while by using
it for bedding in stalls large part
of the valuable liquid manure can be
preserved. Rotted straw from an old
straw pile or from straw spread d.
rectly on the field makes good manure,
as each thousand pounds of straw, con-
tains on the average about eight
pounds of potassium, five pounds Of
nitrogen, and smaller amounts of other
important plant foods. a thousand
pounds of wheat grain removes on the
average about twenty pounds of nj
trogen and about three and one-haYf
pounds each of potassium and phos.
phorus.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
You Do More Work.

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when you
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system. causing weakness, laziness
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood When you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how II brings color TO the cheeks and how
Il improves the appetite. you viii then
appreciate its true tonic value
GROVES TASTELE SS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like 1t. The
blood needs Quinine to Purifyit and IRON
to Enrich il. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail TO drive ont impurities in
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favOrite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-fve years ago, folks
would ride long distance TO get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member of their family had Malaria or
needed a Bodybuilding. strengthening
sonic. The formula is just the same to-
day. and you can get it from any drug
stOTe. SOC per bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
HIDES AND SKINS
OF BEST QUALITY
Many Of Profit absorbing Inter
mediary Agencies Avoided
by Direct Marketing.
PREPARATION IS IMPORTANT
Essential to Fold in Head and Neck,
Flesh Sides ogether-sheepskins
Are Bundled Differently
Use Strong Linen Tags.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
Much may be done to improve the
country branch of the hide and skin
industry by marketing the hides AMI
pelts on a graded and selected basis,
according to relative merits, and by
avoiding many of the Notwithstanding
intermediary agencies through mole
Greet marketing by the rural produc-
ers. In this way country producers
will not only derive more profits, but
the profits will be commensurate with
the quality of their products, con-
lition which will prove an incentive to
produce hides and skins of the best
possible quality.
The preparation of hides and skins
for market is of great Importance, as
when they are not properly prepared
and shipped they are subject to great
deterioration. The farmer who has
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
SECRETARY HOUSTON
WANTS SQUARE DEAL
Manufacturer Must Do His Part
in Lowering Prices.
Everything Possible Will Be Done TO
Enable Farmer to Produce More
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Must Be Stopped.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)

(Prepare ed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
David F. Houston, secretary OF
agriculture, does not assent TO the
theory that the prices of farm products
should fall before the prices Of manu-
featured commodities fall. He makes
this clear in replying to recent COM
munication in which it was stated that
There must be drop in prices before
there is a drop in wages, and it would
seem that the farmer is the man who
is going to be first hit"
This theory has been advanced by
number Of manufacturers, said the
secretary, who continued, lit is clearly
an unjust contention. 1t manitestly
would not do to ask farmers to pro-
duce, buying everything that they have
to buy from manufacturers at high
prices, with the assurance to them
that their products will fall in price,
and that then manufacturers will con
slider what they will do with reference
to their own prices. Obviously, manu-
facturers must be willing to make at
least a cOntempOraneous decrease in
their prices. 1t might even be con-
tended that they chould make prior
decrease in their prices, since the
farmers operations involve year and
he could not recoup for twelve months,
or could not recOup at all, because,
on the theory put forth, his products
would fall In price. 1t seems to me
that business men must be brought
to realize that if we are to get back
to the normal, they must set about
Immediately to do their part, and I'M
questionably, profiteering in manufac-
tured products must be eliminated.
"Of course, everything possible will
be done to enable the farmer to pro-
duce more economically, so that If
prices do fall, he will not sustain a
loss, or so great loss. All the efforts
Of the department of agriculture and
of the Immigrant colleges have this
aim. They are trying to bring about
better methods of cultivation, better
financing, better marketing, the elimi'
nation of plant and animal diseases
and insect pests, and the better utiliza-
ton of labor. Much has been done in
this direction. and more will be done
as time passes"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Stop q minute and think what It
means to say that Green's August
Flower has been a household remedy
all over the civilized world for more
than half century" No higher praise
Is possible and no better remedy can
be found for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the depress-
ed feeling that accompanies such dis
orders. 1t is most valuable for in
digestion or nervous dyspepsia and
liver trouble, coming up of food, pal
pitation Of heart, and many other
symptoms. A few doses of August
Flower will relieve you. It is gentle
laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold In
all civilized COuntries.-AdV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18

Quire neither petting nor pampering-
should be handled under normal con-
ditions before and during the railroad
trip. The cows should be fed and
watered at regular intervals, and If
any of the animals are in milk they
should be MIXED according to regular
schedule. 1t pays to feed grain and
hay during long shipment where the
COWS are accustomed to these feeds.
1t is difficult to feed grain in freight
car where no special provisions are
made to prevent wastage, as a result
of the tendency of the animals to move
about where they are not held Sc
curely In place. However, on long trips
grain can be carried in the car and
fed at all points where the stock Is
unloaded. A competent attendant
should always accompany the dairy
COWS; he should ride in the car with
the stock, as often he can avert in
jury to the animals by prompt action
in case one Of them gets down or
otherwise gets into trouble.
Water Supply Important.
Several large barrels of water, as
we'll as plenty Of feed, should be car
ried in the car as insurance against
delay or accident which may detain
the train to the extent that without
this feed the animals might go hun
CRY or thirsty far beyond the 36hour
limit. Sand Is one of the best bedding
materials, and during long trips fresh
supplies of it should be placed in the
car at unloading points whenever they
are needed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
| LAVE tNOONI
z61R0FES -

Overgrazing viii ruin the best Of
pastures.
Don't feed moldy silage to horses or
sheep. Deaths will result.
The fewer sows kept together dur
ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time the better.
"a
Any type of good silo is valuable
adjunct to the farm equipment where
there is live stock to feed.
All of the young animals raised this
year should have a fair chance to
make profit on the farm. Much will
depend upon the number and kind.
4
Much money is wasted every year
by inefficient use of horse labor. Many
farms have too few horses in proper
ton to the men on the farm.
When the horse comes in after work,
sponge OFF the harness marks and
sweat, his eyes, his nose and mouth,
and the dock. Wash his feet but not
his legs.
Allow the breeding stock plenty Of
exercise and keep in a medium fat
condition.
Hogs like green foods. Farm boys
and girls used to gather for them the
windfall apples that couldn't be other
wise used.
Beef cattle might be raised profita-
bly, on many farms where there are
pasture, silage and hay. A little grain
to supplement these feeds should en-
able farmers to produce beef economi.
cally.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
I'm MEMORY OF D0UGHBOYS
Memorial Centers for Social Ac-
tivities Are Preferred to
Monuments.

Statistics just made public by the
bureau Of memorial buildings of War
Camp Community service show that 254
communities in the United States have
decided to erect buildings in memory
of their men who served in the war.
OF the memorial buildings to be
raised, 1872 will take the form of COM
munity-houses, each to function as a
free recreation and social center. Six
Of the structures will be municipal
office buildings.
More than 700 American commu-
mites are now considering the put
ting up of memorial buildings instead
Of shafts or monuments, the bureau
Of memorial buildings also announces.
1t Is crusading throughout the United
States for the community building
type of memorial Such an institu-
ton, the bureau head maintains, Is a
living influence in every community,
and serves constantly as reminder
Of the men the community gave
to the national fighting forces.
Additional figures concerning the
24 memorial buildings already de-
cided upon show that fourteen of them
will serve as state memorials and
that forty-four of them will be Of the
auditorium type. These will have so
cial and recreational facilities In adj
dition to large meeting halls, and for
the most part will be in larger cities.
Other memorials will take the form
Of hospitals, libraries, school build
ings and church work centers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
-~@nr- q SOLD FOR Nm
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. For MALAR
IVWIlIkI II I5lASUuQu HIM CHlIS and
W @lnILT@N1G 50: !: =; :: !:
NmMm
GOT SPIRIT OF THE TRIM
After Watching Men Give Up M
Seats in Car, He Offers Hl
Place.

The Broad Ripple car was rOEA.
as usual. As women boarded De q
the polite and gallant men got up d
permitted them to have seats Az
his wife and little son, about FIVE yaS
old, got on the car. The attasE
looking mother was given q ssi d
she took her son on her lap.
AS the car went along, the boz a
versed in q loud tone. BE spOA I
the condition of the road bed d Y
length of his trousers, Of how hsl
would be until they got thefs y
so on.
Finally so many men had G's !
their places that several Of then .
standing In the car aisle Inc 2
boy seemed to think 1t was VraaI !
him to have a comfortable g J
mothers lap while so many nea ?
standing. Finally he sung Oui !
voice that could be heard throu
the car:
Somebody can have my SEAL
shouted.-Indianapolis News
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BR1NCSoSURE RElm

you need. Take three or to,
i Inin sss Of The oil t sSat9 into o.
the ti,eo Poi sons Nsy life and S Sfy.s
has been restored co STir Normal ~ y
for a while to keep yourss. tssat tas,
ease. OF TIE
Don't wait until you Or.
fighting. Start takinS c cIs I9eapsb. =
Harlem Oil Capsules V III R6E
n [noga1 ;e VIII I'll, cheerfully rstg,, u
i Te9Glts 6 G6r 9S s TTt to get tie
packages. At all drug ' stes. S.as
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18

thoroughly cured a number Of hides
and skins by the green sailing method
commonly followed should place them
oN er some elevated object, such as a
barrel They should remain there
over night, to drain free Of excess
moisture; after which the surplus salt
should be swept off or removed by
thoroughly shaking the hides.
Folding the Hides.
AS a rule hides are folded so that
the hair side is out. 1t is essential to
fold in the head and neck on the body
of the hide, flesh surfaces together,
and 70 turn in the tail in a similar
mariner. Then narrow fold on each
side should be made by throwing back
the body edges and legs upon the
body of the hide, flesh surfaces to-
gether, keeping the lines of the folds
parallel. The legs should then be
folded back and these Tapped with the
hair surfaces together, bringing the
break of each fold near the middle line
Of the back. The side folds should
then be completed by bringing together
the two breaks of the folds, with the
mi. Gle line of the back as the main
fold, In this way making one long rect.
angular bundle. The butt end of the
folded hide should then be thrown for.
wmd about four-fifths of the distance
to the neck fold, whereupon the for.
ward portion Of the bottom lap should
be folded back on top of the first fold
bringing the break of the rear fold
even with that of the fold just made
Each hide should be bundled sepa-
rately and tied securely, about seven
feet of strong cord being necessary to
tie one hide bundle. A soft rope OF
line at least one-fourth inch thick is
SUI table for this purpose, although reg.
ulsr hide rope is preferable. Wire
should never be used, as 1t is likely to
damage the hide by rusting.
sheepskins Bundled Differently.
Sheepskins are bundled differently
from either cattle hides or calfskins
The wool sides are laid down and the
skins are folded along the median line
of the back with the wool side out. As
many as five skins folded in this man
ner can be placed in a single bundle
for shipment. Two pieces of stout
rope should then be wound around the
pack from back to belly, one passing
around the back portion just in front
Of the hind legs, and the other passing
aOund the front portion Immediately
back of the forelegs All shipments
of hides should be tagged with good
strong linen tags with a paper finisf
and brass eyelets, and all addresses
si;ou!d be done plainly with moisture
resisting ink. Hides and skins should
he shipped as soon as possible after
hundling without needless exposure t.
sun, draft, water, or rusty or corrodeC
metals.
Complete information regarding the
best methods for skinning. curing, anG
preparing hides for market is giver
In Farmers Bulletin No. 1855. which
may be obtained upon request to the
United States department of agricul
ture, Washington, D. c.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
One Month At Sea,

World war veterans are called on
to answer many questions. This took
place the other day:
"YOung man, did you get across"
mo, sir" the soldier replied. 81
dln't get a cross, or a citation or a
decoration"
81 mean" says the other, "were you
in EuropeT
"Oh, yes" smiled the soldier /;
France nine months; Germany, two,
and the Atlantic ocean, one month"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
nONLY ONE THING
BREAKS MY COLDI
''ThaPs DR.. Kings New Dis.
cOvery for fifty years a
coId-breaker"

NOTHING but sustained quality
~ and unfailing effectiveness can
arouse such enthusiasm. Moth
ing but sure relief from stubborn old
colds and 0nrushing new ones, grippe,
throat-tearing coughs, and Group could
have made DR.. Kings New Discovery
the nationally popular and standard
remedy it is today.
Fifty years old and always reliable.
Good for the whole family. A bottle in
the medicine cabinet means a short
lived cold or cough. 60c. and S1.20.
All druggists, Give it a trial.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
BED Tape Citadel.

decentralization office" is descrip-
ton used by the great novelist, Charles
Dickens, in his book, Little Dorrit,"
to ridicule official delays and indirect
ness. 1t is described as the chief Of
public departments in the art of per-
ceiving how not to do it." The name
has come into popular use as a syno-
nym for governmental routine, "red
tape" representation and delay in
transacting public business.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
GOOD PASTURE is ESSENTIAL
Because Grass is Able to Take Care
of Itself 1t Is Most Neglected
Farm Crop.

Of all the feeds that come nearest
to meeting the needs of live stock,
good grass pasture is generally admit
ted as being the best, and yet, because
1t is so able to take care of itself and
requires so little attention, 1t is the
most commonly neglected farm crop.
Good pastures can always be depended
upon to get results when the most
carefully prepared feed mixtures fail.
In fact every ration that is fed is an
imitation of grass.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
KEEP IT HANDY

If you paid a specialist $500 for a
prescription, you would not get any,
thing that would give quicker relief
for Group, Catarrh, Colds, or Sore
Throat, than VACHER BALM, which
only costs 25c in Jars, or tubes.
Write for Samples and Agents
Prices. Beware of limitations. e. w.
Vacher, Inc, New Orleans, La.-Adv.
India is reviving its ancient indus
try of building wooden ships, using
timber from its vast forests.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
PLENTIFUL SUPPLY or FEED
Sometimes Desirable to Buy Animals
at Attractive Prices to Consume
Any Surplus.

Many men miss an opportunity in
failing to save plenty of feed. When
one has plenty Of feed, even if he does
not have enough animals to consume
the feed, often he may buy desirable
animals at attractive prices and thus
get a good price for feed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
A Hint to Employers

"These holiday arrangement =
nuisance |" said a business nsl :
ting with a friend. u always aa'
bother fitting everybody in
Tt's easy for me this year g
the other. 81 have two typfn !
neither of them viii take lals !.
"By Jove, that's strange ~ = !
"Not very" laughed the fFiene
see. l recently engaged . nes s
clerk-a very handsome young s.. :
and neither of the girls IS VIZ
60 away and leave the ousi
clear fieId."-London Answer
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
WELL-DIVIDED YARD SYSTEM
Farmer Should Have Strong Perma.
nent Fences, Together With
Convenient Gates.

Good fencing is an asset to any farm.
There are many farms that have the
very best of fencing in the fields and
around the fields. but whenlit comes to
a well arranged system Of barnyards,
then many farmsteads are lacking.
If there is any one thing which Is
handy in a barnyard 1t is to have a
good system of yards, having strong,
permanent fences, together with good
stable and handy gates.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
l.. ann ..o..s COLD MEDAL Haar.

For 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem OH has enabled suffering human
ity to withstand attacks of kidney,
liver. bladder and stomach troubles
and all diseases connected with the
urinary organs, and to build up and
restore to health organs weakened by
disease. These most important organs
must be watched, because they. filter
and purify the blood; unless they do
their work you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, dependency, backache, stomach
trouble, pains in the loins and lower
abdomen, gravel, rheumatism. sciaticca
and Iumbago all warn you of trouble
with. YOUR kidneys. GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules are the remedy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
" Bowels Is Health

els that move spasmodicallv-
one day and stubborn the next
<hould be BEAUTIFULLY regulated by DR..
Kings New Life pills. In this way
you keep the impurities of waste mat
ter from circulating through the sys-
TEN by cleansing the bowels thorough
~ and promoting the proper flow Of
bile.
Mild, comfortable, yet always relia.
bic, DR.. Kings New Life Pills work
with precision without the consultation
results of violent purgatives. 25c. as
usual at all druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
TO MAKE MANURE SPREADER
Handy Device for Any Farm Is Easily
Put Together From Parts OF
Discarded Machines,

The Illustration shows machine
that is easily made from parts picked
up about the farm. 1t will replace the
work of two or three men hauling
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
GIVE ALL SEEDS GOOD CARE
Place In Thin Bag, Thoroughly Dry
and Store in Cool Room-Look
Out for Mold.

Tomatoes cucumbers, squash and
melon seeds should be placed in thin
bag, squeezed dry, and then placed in
cool place to dry. Be sure they are
thoroughly dry before shutting them
up or they will mold.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
Each to His Trade.

Sensible man, this macaroni king"
"How sol"
81 asked him what he thought of
the Fiume question"
"Well?"
"He answered: I maka da spaget,
Senior Orlando, he maka da treaty."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
Fall Attention to Garden

1t is good plan to clean up the
garden and spade or pillow it in this
fall. Many cutworms and other insects
are disturbed by fall blowing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
Homemade Manure spreader.

manure to the garden In buckets. Util.
izing very little room, it can be wheel
ed into any size garden. no matter
how small-James Montgomery In
Popular Science Monthly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18
toooo pou Soldiers

At the time of the signing
armistice there were 1OW " ".
ployed in various capacities 90
war front.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18

Believes In Square Deal.
Alfalfa believes in a square deal. It.
gives back to the soil in nitrogen more
than enough to pay for its keep.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-18

Straw From Wheat Crop.
The average wheat crop will make
q ton Of straw to the acre.
The sun., 1919-03-20
Two More Senators Announce They Will
Not Accept Peace and League Pact az One

STATEMENTS additional members
that they would ratfy the
them with tho League Of Nations constitution attached made
to-day, follows:
CLEVELAND, Ohio March 1s-"K the programme il
tied to treaty that be united would against
ratification Of treaty should like the promptly
ratified but could for the proposed anything
like It WILLIAM E. BORAH (Idsho)"
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 1s-"My objections the
ceptance by the United States Of the proposed constitution
League Of Nations based principles objections
not be removed the Of force conscenousy
that the proposed plan for
ultimate interest and advantage Of country
posed to It either Of the
document
I'm judgment the treaty should
ut the earliest without being complicated
jecs which know advance certainly prolong
sion indefinitely and all human probability ratification
which the proposition for League Of Nations be u
sideed and possibly perfected HARRY s. NEW (Indana)
Senator Penrose (Pa issued saying he believed
Congress should be convened at He said;
PHILADELPHIA, March 19I legal
question as whether Congress
sons CALL strongly the conviction however ought
to be convened Immediately by the
method so that prompt and attention given public
business BoIES PENROsE."