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! The yield of dry stover, as estimated,
varies from l to 6 1-2 tons per acre,
with the average close to tons per
acre. The estiamted value is about
50 ton.
The disposition of corn stover in
the United States is very similar in
character to the disposition of straw,
though differing somewhat in degree.
About 55 per cent of the straw is fed,
while 81.5 per cent of the stover is
utilized in that way. Of the stover
fed to live stock, however, it is esti-
mated that a leas 35 per cent is
wasted. Straw is burned to the ex-
tent of Is per cent, while only 81
per cent of the stover is disposed of
in that manner. Straw sold amount
ed to 7.8 per cent, while only 2.6 per
cent Of the stOver is marketed. This
is to be expected, since straw is more
easily handled in marketing. About
IL per cent of all the straw is used
for bedding, while less than 2 per
cent of the stover is so used.
1t is needless to say that burning
the stoVer is great waste, although
it seems to offer quick and easy
method of cleaning the ground pre-
paratory to plowing. This system is
most largely practiced where the corn
is snapped, or husked, in the field,
leaving the stalks standing.
In some sections of the United
States cattle are wintered with stover
as the sole roughage, supplemented
with a little grain. Breeding cows
or suckers will winter nicely on stow
er and oat straw, together with a
small quantity of either cottonseed
meal, linseed-oil meal, or corn. The
meal, when fed without other grain,
should be fed in the cake form, pre-
ferably of not size. When fed in
that manner it is not lost by drop
ping through cracks or by being
blown away, and is not spoiled by
saliva or rain.
Preparing Slower For Feeding
In preparing stover for feeding
purposes, cutting and shocking un-
der general conditions involves less
labor than shredding, and the waste
is about offset by the labor factor.
Chopping or shredding increases the
palatability and reduces the storage
space for housing the crop, but the
labor involved greatly increases the
and labor are available on the farm,
shredding Or cutting is to be recon-
mended. Dry corn stover may be
shredded or cut and put into the silo
if sufficient water is added. The
waste is greatly decreased in this
manner, and the resulting feed some
what resembles green silage and has
been used successfully by some farm
ers.
The total value of the stover pro-
duced in the United States in 1914
was about $346,867 900. Almost
per cent as stated above, or about,
$14,757 900 worth of it was burned.
This waste is astonishing when one
considers the feeding value of the ma
terial thus destroyed. To utilize Che
wasted straw and stover by feeding
to cattle would, Of course, involve the
use of large quantities of >concentrat-
ed feeds.
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ROOSEVELT DIES MON.
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diagnosed as infammatory rheuma-
tism which, according to one of the
doctors, had affected practically every
joint in his body.
The colonel's physicians were DR..
J. A. Faller of Oyster Bay, and Dr.
J. H. Richards and DR.. J. H. Hart
we'll of New York City.
Forty-eight hours before his death
the former president had been visited
by one of his physicians who stated
he had found the colonel apparently
in good condition and spirits. The
colonel, he said, laughed and joked
with him and said he expected soon
to renew his wood chopping expedi-
tions on his Sycamore Hill estate.
The day before Christmas when
Colonel Roosevelt left the hospital
here to spend the holiday in Oyster
Bay, Miss Stricken, in speaking Of
his condition, said he was in slight
pain at intervals but apparently was
far from being seriously i'll. On the
Sunday previous to his departure for
his home he had dictated articles for
the Kansas City Star and other pub
lications from II. a. m. until 2 p. m.
He ate we'll and slept like child.
So marked had been his improve
ment under the regimen provided at
the hospital that Mrs. Roosevelt who
at the beginning remained with her
husband continuously, was impor-
tuned by him to rest. She went to
Oyster Bay, returning two or three
times "a week to visit him and bring
him table delicacies.
Blood Tests Made
Two separate blood tests had been
made at the hospital, one by DR..
Richards and the other by DR.. Hart
we'll, both of which confirmed the
diagnosis of the other. These tests, it
was said, indicated that the colonel
was entirely free from any organic
disease and that his only trouble was
the inf1ammatory rheumatism. This
ailment was only pronounced in his
left leg, but at time sit affected one
of his hands and arms.
IF you could see the tray full of
food that is sent into Colonel Roose-
velt's room at dinner time," said
friend of the family, "you would
think he was certainly on the mend.
He has the appetite Of a vigorous,
healthy school boy"
Blood pressure tests, it was said,
showed that the patient has arteries
of man of forty instead of sixty
years.
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more importance, and it was during
this administration that he 10 said
first to have earned the hostility of
corporations. When the Republican
national convention was held in Phil
adelphia in 1900 his party in New
York demanded and attained his nom-
ination for vice president on the tick
ct with William Mckinley. In No.
yember of that year this ticket was
elected.
The policies of Mckinley, Roose-
velt endeavored to carry out after he
succeeded the former upon the Pres
ident's tragic death at the hands of
an assassin. Roosevelt retained his
predecessors cabinet as his own and
he kept in office the ambassadors and
ministers whom Mckinley had ap-
pointed. As much as two years be-
fore the presidential campaign of
one as plaintiff and in the other as
defendant, winning them both, kept
Roosevelt before the public eye.
1904 Republican organizations in var
ious states began endorsing him as
their next candidate.
1t was thus that ''the man of des-
tiny idea became associated with his
life. Ostensibly, Roosevelt, leaving
the governorship of New York to.
become vice president, was moving
forward from state politics into ma
tional politics, so his political oppo-
nents professed publicly to believe;
but it was their secret desire to
"shelve" the man and eliminate him
from prominence in their own COM
munity it was said, that prompted
these political foes to obtain for him
the vice presidential nomination,
which he personally did not desire.
His Achievements
At the height of his public and po-
litical career, during the four years
of the term for which he had been
elected, Roosevelt accomplished
achievements which historians will
rank high in the international and
industrial progress of the country.
They included his influential negoti-
ations which, conducted at Ports
mouth, N. H., effected peace between
Russia and Japan; maintenance of
the Monroe Doctrine at a period
when European Powers were inter-
ested in the affairs of Venezuela; the
recognition of Panama as a repub-
lie and his treaty with Panama by
which the inter-oceanic canal through
that country was put under way; and
the settlement, through his moral in
f1uence in the face of a situation in
which there was no federal legisla-
ton, of the Pennsylvania coal mine
strike. For his part in terminating
the Russo-Japanese conflict he was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1906. Four years after, once more
private citizen, he was special am
bassador from the United States at
the funeral of King Edward VII of
England.
A rift in the friendship between
Roosevelt and his successor as Pres
ident, William Howard Taft, led to
the formers announcement of his
opposition to Mr.. Taft's renomina-
ton. The ex-President's influence had
been large in placing Mr.. Taft in the
White House. Now his influence was
equally strong in preventing Mr.. Taft
from remaining there. Men who had
clashed with the Taft policies quickly
rallied to Roosevelt's support. Roose-
welt assembled what he termed as
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Last Public Statement

New York, Jan. 6.-What was the
last public statement by Col. Roose-
velt, was read last night at an All
American concert here, under the aus
pices Of the American Defense society
of which he was honorary president.
~ cannot be with you and so all
can do is to wish you Godspeed," it
read. "There must be no sagging
back in the fight for Americanism
merely because the war is over"
THE LIFE OF ROOSEVELT
Colonel Roosevelt's career has left
such a vivid impression upon the
people of his time that it is necessary
to touch but briefly upon some of
the more striking phases of his
varied interesting and "strenuous''
life to recall to the public mind full
details of his many exploits and ex-
periences.
Called to the White House in 1920
after President Mckinley had been
assassinated, Col. Roosevelt, AZ years
of, age, became the youngest presi-
dent the United States has ever had.
Three years later he was elected as
president by the largest popular vote
a president has received.
This Roosevelt, sometimes called
man sbf destiny, served for seven
years as the nations chief magis-
trate. In a subsequent decade the
fortunes of politics did not favor him
for, again candidate for president
this time leading the Progressive
party which he himself had organ
lied when he differed radically with
some of the policies Of the Republi-
can party in 1912-he went down to
defeat, together with the Republi-
can candidate, William Howard
Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Democrat,
was elected.
COL Roosevelt's enemies agreed
with his friends that his life, his
character and his writings represent
ed high type of Americanism.
Of Dutch ancestry, born in New
York City on October 27, 1858, in
house in East Twentieth street, the
baby Theodore was a weakling. He
was one of four children who came to
Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roose-
welt. The mother was of southern
stock and the father Of northern, a
situation which during the early
years of Theodore, Juniors boyhood
was not allowed to interfere with the
family life of these children during
the Civil war days. -
Was Frail Youth
So frail that he was not privileged
to associate with the other boys in
his neighborhood, Roosevelt was
tutored privately, in New York and
during travels on which his parents
took the children abroad. A porch
gymnasium at his home provided him
with PHYSICAL exercises with which he
combatted troublesome asthma. His
father, glass importer and man of
means, was his constant companion;
he kept a diary; he read so much
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
Second Death in Family

Boston, Jan. 6.-Thomas st. John
Lockwood, father-in-law of Captain
Archibald Roosevelt died Saturday
night, but the fact did not become
generally known until this morning,
when the home was communicated
with in reference to the death of Mr..
Roosevelt. Mr.. Lockwood's daughter,
Mrs. Archie Roosevelt arrived here
last night.
Capt. Roosevelt was accompanying
her when a message overlook him on
the train which he left at the next
station with the purpose of going i'm
mediately to Oyster Bay.
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
thrumbOsed vein.

thrumbosed vein.
"Since leaving the hospital he has
been doing we'll until last night when
he died in his sleep. The cause was
probably another whether
to the lungs, as 1 believe, or to the
brain, as may be possible, only an
autopsy could determine. There will
be no autopsy in this case unless, one
is requested by the Roosevelt family
DR.. Richards revealed in his state
ment that the colonel's inflammatory
rheumatism from which he suffered
acutely at times, was traceable
twenty years back to an infected
tooth. This infection spread to near
ly all the joints in the colonel's body
as the years went on.
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
The Rough Riders

The famous Rough Riders were
organized by Wood and Roosevelt
a band of fighting men the mention
of whose name today suggests inn
mediately the word Roosevelt" "
They came out of the west-plains-
men, miners, rough and ready fight
ers who were natural marksmen, and
Wood became their colonel and "Ted-
dy," as he had become familiarly call
ed by the public, their lieutenant COL
onel. In company with the regulars
of the army they took transports to
Cuba, landed at Santiago and were
soon engaged in the thick Of battle.
Among the promotions which this
hardy regiments gallantry brought
about were those of Wood to briga-
der general and Roosevelt to colonel
and this title Theodore Roosevelt
cherished until the end. Some of the
Rough Riders formed the military es-
court when he was elected President
a few years later.
When Cuba had been liberated,
Roosevelt returned to New York. A
gubernatorial campaign was in swing
with the Republican party in need of
a candidate. Roosevelt was nomin-
ated. Van Wyck, his Democratic op-
ponent, was defeated. The reforms
Roosevelt had favored as assembly,
man he now had the opportunity to
consummate, together with others Of
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
Flags at Half Mast

Washington, Jan. 6.-Flags were
half masted at the White House, the
capitol and all public buildings today
upon the announcement of the death
Of Colonel Roosevelt, and in respect
to the memory Of the former presi-
dent eand commander in chief, Secre-
tary Daniels and General March or
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
Last Public Statement

New York, Jan. 6.-What was the
last public statement by Colonel
Roosevelt was read last night at an
"All American concert" here under
the auspices of the American De-
fense society, of which he was hon
orary president. =,
81 cannot be with you and so all l
can do is to wish you Godspeed," it
read.
"There must be no sagging back in
the fight for Americanism merely be-
cause the war is over.'
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HOW TO UTILIZE CORN STOVER
The estimated total yield of corn

stover in the United States is 245,.
253,O00 TONS. According to figures
from the Bureau of Crop Estimates,
the corn stover was disposed of as
follows: 81 per cent (142,000,00
tons) was fed to cattle; 1886 per cent
(58,OO0,000 tons) fed to other live
stock 81 per cent (9,00O,OO0 tons)
burned; 1913 per cent (25,00O,000
tons) plowed under; 2.6 per cent &C.,
100000 tons) sold and 1.9 per cent
(4,0O0,00O tons) used for other pur-
poses, most of which was for bedding.
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09

An Alabama blossom is bud
ding into Washington social af-
fairs. 1t is the beautiful Eugenia
Bankhead, daughter of Senator
John H. Bankhead OF Alabama,
who has just made her debut
there, Her sister, TulleaE Bank
head, is in the movies.
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Political Life Affected

Washington, Jan. Given mem
bers of congress and other political
leaders who we're most distressed
over Colonel Roosevelt's death, today
could not help being drawn, into the
inevitable discussion of it's effect up
on American political life, and par
ticularly the presidential campaign OF
1920. Everyone agreed that the ef-
feet would be tremendous, opinions
differing only as to its nature.
There had been reports recently
that Colonel Roosevelt would issue a
statement soon, formally announcing
his intention not to seek the nomina-
ton for president next year. Never
theless Democratic leaders and many
Republicans still regarded him as the
prospective Republican nominee for
president in 1920: His death, it is
conceded, must cause a radical change
in campaign plans of both Democrats
and Republicans.
Republicans in congress said the
effect upon the party as whole
would be varied. Some expressed the
belief that one resoult would be to
unity the party by healing factional
differences.
Democratic leaders took the view
that Col. Roosevelt's loss left the Re-
publican party without a leader or
potential presidential candidate.
In the capitol lobby discussions, the
name of General Pershing was men,
toned frequently as a possible Re-
publican standard bearer in 1920.
Some Republican leaders, however,
declared emphatically that. General
Pershing could not be seriously con-
sidered. The Republican opinion gen.
orally seemed to be that there was
plenty of time in which to select a
candidate and plenty of material.
Physicians Statement
Oyster Bay, Jan. 6-Announcement
that pulmonary embolism was the
cause of Colonel Roosevelt's death
was made by w. Emlen Roosevelt,
quoting DR.. Harwell.
Denial was made by DR.. Richards
of statements which have been pub
lished from time to time that Colonel
Roosevelt suffered from sciatica as
we'll as rheumatism. The physician
asserted that the colonel had never
Suue WIFI HldSCOluILlS, as was iS~
ported when he underwent an opera
tion about a year ago for an abcess
of the inner ear, and that neither this
operation nor the fever which he con-
tracted while in South America on q
hunting trip could in any way be con-
sidered contributory cause toward
his death.
"When Colonel Roosevelt left the
hospital on Christmas day." DR.. Rich
ards said, "the following bulletin was
made public: Colonel Roosevelt has
been sick in Roosevelt hospital for
the past seven weeks suffering from
a severe attack of inflammatory rheu-
matism. He responded readily to the
ordinary treatment of such cases
and now is able to go home.' ,
"That statement was true and was
given to the Associated Press with
Col. Roosevelt's approval.
"While the colonel was in the hos
pital he had a pulmonary embodism
about three weeks before he went
home, which nearly most him his life
at that time. This was caused by a
clot of blood breaking away from
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09

Aiken, S. c., Jan. 6.-Mrs. Richard
Derby, who was Miss Ethel Roose-
welt, left here today for Oyster Bay,
N. Y. DR.. Derby, her husband, is at
tached to a medical unit overseas.
Williston graphic., 1919-01-09

dered uags at half mast on every ship
and shore station of the navy and at
every army post and camp at home
and abroad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-11
Ripping Rhymes
BY w T MASON
Fierce Times.

So many troubles chase us, so
many problems face us, were al
ways in q stew; so many woes dis
tress.ng, so many cares are press
ing, we don't know what to do.
We sigh for days departed, when
we were happy hearted, and full
of wholesome glee; when griefs
were not invented, and every man,
contented, sat meath his vine and
tree. But in those bygone seasons,
ere Huns. with tricks and treas
sons, kicked up a beastly row, we
all were as unhappy, as sassy and
as scrappy, as sore as we are now.
The troubles then parading were
of another shading, they bore an
other brand, but they were Just
as calling, they kept tho people
Drawing throughout a wear1ed
land. Our words were Just as bit
ter, we didn't sing and twitter
more than we do today; We paved
around and painted, and walked
the floor and ranted, and groaned
our hearts away. Despite the
thorns that scar us despite the
jolts that jar us. we still a smile
a few; 1t doesn't make things bet
ter to be a chronic fretter and
weep q quart or two.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-11
INHERITANCE TAX

The latest recruit to the inheritance
tax movement is none other than VIII
Fl. Hays, chairman of the Republican
National Committee. Speaking to
women voters of New York, he said:
There should be a largo inheri-
lance tax on the very large inher-
itances."
This would result in the breaking
I'D of mammoth fortunes when the
builder of them has passed away.
Such a tax would not destroy initia-
tive. 1t would not be a tax upon busl-
ness. 1t would not be a tax easily
passed along to the ultimate consum-
er. 1t would be collected at less cost
than other taxes.
The inheritance tax would not In
~terfere with any persons ambition to
acquire wealth. 1t would not take
wealth from the wealth producer, for
it steps In only after the producer has
left his wealth behind him.
The fair inheritance tax would
never take a cent from the widow or
other dependents hat they needed.
It would confiscate the excess, which
rightly belongs to the society from
which 1t sprang.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-11

philanthropy and social service, died
recently at IS.
Major Higginson was, OF course, a
.well-to-do man but his heart and his
sympathies were with those who labor
and with the poor. He knew the
hopes and fears, the prejudices and
disllkes of us people who work for
our living but he did not see in them
the dangers to the nation hat many
OF the less courageous citizens of the
republic are visionlng today.
Some time before his death, Major
H~igginson wrote the following to a
friend:
81 dlsclaim any ill-temper or des-
lpondency about our country " " I"
Can a man or woman have lived
through the last so years and seen
and felt the revolution of 1s4S in
Europe, the reactions from this rev.
olutlon as viewed on the ground. the
dozen wars which have taken place
and yet feel a single doubt that the
world has greatly progressed in NOR
ais and religion and in the welfare of
every nation?
I'm any case, the men with whom
/ grew up and lived, felt the movement
of this great spirit throughout the
world and carelessly discussed the
! problems which are before us today.
Such problems cannot die and must
fill us with thought and hope until
they are settled.
"Tho welfare and progress OF the
human race absolutely need the help
of everyone, and 1t Is unwise to turn
away or even discourage any class of
mankind. whether the wage-earner,
the mill-owner. the capitalist OF even
the idler, all OF whom a well help.
j If a nan falls to help, he should be
tempted to do so and not be repealed
by harsh words. All our interests are
mutual, and the more fully this patent
fact Is recognized, the better life will
become; and mutual interests breed
mutual good will, then sympathy, and
then reach our goal. 1t Is the poor
est people who attain most by wise,
intelligent teamwork, and, this given,
we can go along in peace and hope"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-11

A@%
WILL O SOLVE 1T.

The appointment of a city p%urchas-
ing agent IS a big step toward more
efficient management of local govern
ment affairs, but 1t is not going to
solve, the great problem that confronts
the city. While the purchasing agent
will be able to get the best prices
possible and can keep down expenses
in many ways, lie Is not the final au-
thority. hi acquisitions will come to
him from the different committees and
it will not be within his jurisdiction
to say what Is needed and what Is not,
neither will he be able to balance one
department against another. He will
make purchases fer the city in the
most economical anner however,
and this alone Is a great improve
ment.
But the one big feature that our
present government lacks is the fixing
Of responsibility. There Is no real and
hnal head to any particular line of
work. 1t is always possible to shift
the blame somewhere else. The va
rious departments are run Independent
of each other, each one looking out
for it's own interest and trying to get
all it can for the work it has to do
regardless Of what the effect ma be
on some other branc of the city
government.
Under commission government there
are Ave commissioners and each one
is in charge of a department. They
meet together and work together, thus
co-ordinating every phase of the city
administration and each commissioner
is directly responsible for the depart
ment assigned to him. The whole
management of the municipality Is
simplifed and regulated.
Then, besides, there is the recall.
whereby any commissioner who has
been deemed negligent in his duties
can be ousted after the first year and
someone else elected to fill his place
If the voters so will 1t. With this re-
sponsibility always hanging over him
he is pretty certain TO do his best.
The present Board of Aldermen is
10 be commended Cor trying to do the
best 1t can In improving the method of
handling city affairs, but 1t can never
overcome the handicap Of a. charter
granted in 1871 and the numerous
state laws, all more or less conflicting.
A straight out and out commission
form of government is the only solu-
ton and Perth Amboy ought TO have
1t before another year passes.