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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02

as to secure proper and uniform utili-
zation of the forage. The divisions
should be protected from grazing ex-
cept during the seasons determined
upon. On successive parts of the sum-
mer and fall range grazing should be
deferred until after seed maturity of the
forage plants so as to insure proper
revegetation. On winter range the for
age close to the sheds should be re
served for stormy periods only.
The old practice of bedding the goats
ON the same bed ground every night
in the year prevents proper manage
ment of the range and results in over
grazing, In uneven utilization of the
forage and general depreciation of the
range. This in turn has a bad effect
on the condition of goats and the pro-
ductiOn of meat and mohair. The use
OF many bed grounds widely distribut-
ed over the range aids materially in
improving the quality and quantity of
the forage, reducing the trailing and
driving OF the goats, and securing bet
ter growth of goats and mohair. The
ideal system is TO bed the goats wher-
ever night overtakes them, and it is
this system, called the "bedding-out"
system, that growers of goats are
urged to adopt whatever practicable.
The bedding-out system cannot be
strictly adhered to during kidding, dur
ing periods of stormy winter weather,
nor just after shearing; but its use at
other times is practicable and 1t has
many advantages.
Range to be suitable for goats should
possess mixture Of browse, grasses,
and weeds, be free from continued
heavy rains and SHOWS. and be well
supplied with bed grounds and water
ing places. Browse furnishes most Of
the range feed for goats throughout
the year, so that 1t should be abundant.
Grass and weeds are necessary for
does and kids during the spring and
summer, and are of considerable value
at all times to give variety to the for
age.
Plenty of fresh palatable feed has
marked beneficial effect ON mohair pro-
duction, growth of the goats, and the
proportion of kids raised. 1t also re-
duces the proportion Of losses. There
fore, instead of overstocking q range
with inferior goats, the producer
should stock it with the number Of
high-gra goats which it can eonsery-
atively carry.
The range goat should be the large.
well-built, early maturing Angora, proc
ducing large quantity Of fine mOhair.t
The body and chest should be relative-f
ly broad and deep, the back wide and
straight, the thighs full, the ribs well
sprung and the legs short, strong, and
set wide apart. Such AngOras make
possible a substantial revenue from
two sources-mohalr and meat.
The does should be uniform, of good
size. have good constitutions, be good
producers of mohalr, and should pro-
duce sufficient milk TO insure proper
growth OF their kids. The bucks should
more nearly approximate the ideal
than the does. They should be large
and vigorous and should produce a
large quantity of high-quality mohair.
Only those wethers which produce a
very large quantity OF fine mohair
should be retained in the herd after
they are two years old.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
BY c. s. CLARK.


Paris, France.-Standing amid the
ruins of Fort DouamOnt just beyond
Verdun. and surveying the spectacle
Of ruined villages. the tortured earth,
the wasted and shell-torn regions--the
awful destruction and desolation
stretching league after league in ev-
cry direction-one does not feel that
the peace terms handed TO the Ger
man delegation at Versailles are too
severe. One cannot look upon this
work of fiends and feel that any
punishment or any indemnities are
too great for the nation responsible
for the scenes that are oy arywhere
apparent throughout the northern
part of France and Belgium.
We followed the road taken by the
second and third American armies on
their way to the Argonne and Chateau
Thlerry sectors. Over hills, through
valleys and quaint villages runs the
road, as straight as an arrow for over
hundred kilometers (about two kill
ometers to mile) hOrdered on both
sides by trees, which when their TO-
iiage is out, forms a complete arch
way of the road So straight are the
roads constructed by the government
that frequently you can see the next
town at distance of ten miles, usu-
ally with the cathedral standing APP
parently at the head of the street.
Villages nesting on the hillsides or
perched on the crest Of a hill. come
into view and disappear as we speed
along an almost perfect ''rue ma
tionale" which connects the principal
cities OF France.
Scenes of Great Beauty.
These picturesque villages, with
their houses of cement or stucco red
tiled roofs, upon a background of
green, present a scene that would
enrapture the heart Of an artist The
colOrs of the scenery and the sky in
France are Incompatible.
Passing through Claye, Meaux and
Montmirail toward Challons, there
are acres of farm land on both sides
Of the roadway. hundreds of acres
are under cultivation and one won
ders where the men and women who
till the land come from. for often
there are no houses In sight for many
miles.
At the inn of the Gallant OF the
Green Castle" in MOntmirail, we
stopped for the night. The inn had
NOT been heated for months and, of
course. the bedding was very damp.
Otherwise our rooms were most home
like and we spent comfortable night.
While the dew was still upon the
grass we speeded toward st. Meme
hould ana Verdun. Soon we came 20
within sight of the first grave-lt
was that of an aviatOr-in the center
Of a wheat field, The soldier had
been buried where he fell. We pass
ed hundreds Of such graves during
the next few hours.
The roadway was becoming more
uneven where the shell holes had not
been filed up, and we found IL neces-
sary 10 reduce Cur speed. Entire VII
lagos were deserted, and gaping shell
holes in the houses. the shattered roofs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The production of more mohair and
meat can be obtained in raising goats
on the range by following a plan of
grazing which will give the vegetation
chance to grow sufficiently to main
tain itself. Most goat ranges are used
throughout the year. This and the
general practice of driving the goats
out from a corral at the ranch head
quarters and back every day for
months or throughout the year have
been largely responsible for deteriora-
ton of the range. An excellent method
OF giving the forage proper oppor-
tunity for growth is to divide the range
into three areas-one for spring, an
other for summer and fall, and third
for winter.
The number and distribution of the
goats on these divisions should be such
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
CHAPTER XII.
A Friend in the ForecastIe.

i slowly opened my eyes to find my
self lying in an upper bunk of the fore
castle. Memory soon returned. stimu-
lated no doubt by the aching of my
body where Estada had so brutality
kicked me with his heavy boot. The
heavy rolling of the bark clearly evil
denced that We were already at sea,
and bucking against a high wind. 1t
was a dark, dismal, smelly interior
amply large enough, but i'll ventilated.
and inexpreSsibly dirty. 1 must have
been lying unconscious for several
hours. l rested back, feeling of the
numerous bruises on my body. and
touching glngerly the dried blood
caked on my face. No very serious
damage seemed to have been done, al
though every muscle and tendon APP
peared to be strained and lacerated.
Clinching my teeth TO keep back a
groan, l succeeded in sitting upright,
my head touching the upper deck, as
undertook to survey my surround
ings. About half the hunks seemed to
be occupied, the figures Of the sleeping
men barely discernible.
AS / sat there, staring about at this
scene there was a stir within the up
per berth on my own level. and an up
lifted face appeared suddenly in the
yellow flare of light. 1t was mani
testify an English face at first glance.
rosy of cheek, with chestnut beard. A
pair of humorous, gray eyes surveyed
me silently, and then, apparently salts
fed by the scrutiny, the owner sat up
in the bunk, revealing powerful Shout
ders, and a round bull neck.
"Ahoy, mate" he said pleasantly,
endeavoring to speak low, the effort
resembling the growl of bear. How
do you feel-pretty sore?'
Ache from head to foot" l an
swered, Immediately feeling his friend
illness. But no harm done"
Il saw part of it. The damn black
brute kicked savagely enough, but at
that you're lucky; it's the Spanish
style to use a knife. I've seen that
cock slash a man into ribbons for
nothing at ADJUST to show he was
bad. Haines tells me your name is
Gates, and that you are English"
That's right; l shipped first out of
Bristol"
$50 did l. mate-twenty years ago
though, and / never went back since
My name is Tom Watkins. Let's shake !;
there is quite a sprinkling of us Brit
ishers aboard, and we ought to hang
together"
He put out big, hairy fist, and
gripped it heartily, decidedly liking
the man as his eyes frankly met mine.
He appeared honest and square, fine
type of the English seaman.
"Tom Watkins, sou said. May ask
if you were out on the bow-sprit along
with Haines last nightT
Just afore the longboat come In?
Yes, we were there"
"Well, was down below, hanging
to the cable, and overheard you two
talking together. Somehow. Watkins.
you do not seem to me to fit In exactly
with this gang of pirates; you don't
look TO be that sort. How long have
you been with them?'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
SPIDERS "CUT IN" ON CABLES
Insects Interfere With TeiegraphIc
Work In South America by caus-
ing Short Circuit.

Buenos Aires-spIder webs are
working havoc with land ends Of ca
bic communication from Argentina,
Brazil and parts of Chile to the Unit
90 States, as well as interfering with
Interior telegraphic routes In South
America.
The ground spider spins a heavy
web which the wind sometimes wraps
around the wires. These masses be-
come very damp during humid spell
and short circuits are caused.
Large forces Of liner en- ar follow
Ing the wires across the pampas and
the mountains. removing the accumu-
lotions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Y. M. C. A. TO AID AIR SERVICE
VIII Assist Government in Recruiting
MEMS, 900 to Be Permitted
70 Join.

New York.-Wlth the hearty ap-
proval of the secretary Of the Inter
national. Young Mems Christian asso-
citation. Capt. Charles J. Glidden, gov
eminent air service publicity officer
st lO4 Broad street, has mailed 1000
secretaries Of the Young Mems Chris
tan association throughout the United
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Yankee Horseshoer Found
Shell Had Spoiled Horse

Joseph Wolfe, son of Council
man George Wolfe. of st. Clair,
Pa recently returned from
France. had one Of the oldest
experiences Of the war, as his
comrades tell It.
Wolfe is an expert horseshoer,
and while putting a shoe on a
horse in France. he was aston
ished when the animal collapsed
on to him. Looking to see what
was the matter, Wolfe saw that
a shell had taken the horses
head of. cutting it as clean as
If done by a knife.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02

In through a call recently issued
throughout the country, Captain Gid
den says, will give the air service a
list Of between 100000 and 100000 men
to seller from. At present only $1,000
win be permitted TO join the service
and excess applications will be placed
on file.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Most PopuIar Hod-

The butcher hog, weighing between
200 and $50 pounds Is the most popu-
lar with the packing companies be-
cause II furnishes everything that is
desirable in meat, and consequently
will command a higher price.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02

A Michigan inventor has patented a
crane to be attached TO any wagon to
enable one man to pick Up a can Of
ashes or garbage along a curb snd
empty It into the wagon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Feed PIGS in Evening.

BY feeding once a day in the early
evening, pigs take greater advantage
Of the pasture and Craze hungrily
during the cool of the morning or
afternoon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Question About Alfalfa.

Whether alfalfa seed should be sown
with a nurse crop is a question upon
which there Is some difference Of opin-
on.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Not Any More.

Milwaukee.-Leo Zilinski treated
them TO q few drinks and laid his
pockethook on the bar. Just then they
cried fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02

The successful farmer is the one
who plans ahead !.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
Work Of Fiends.

place of the horses they have killed
or stolen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-02
dfA]R6
S1E,CD(GIK.
PLAN OF GRAZING FOR GOATS
Give Vegetation Opportunity to Grow
by Dividing Range on Which
Animals Forage.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
When Criticism Hurts.

The street car men have taken UNI.
bragg because the city solicitor of Bos-
ton is reported to have said that their
action in repudiating their agreement
was no better than the morality of the
Germans in regarding treaty merely
as scrap of paper
1t matters little whether the city So
licitor made the statement or not, but
it matters much to Boston that the
statement was true. By failure to keep
her written promise Germany won the
contempt of the world, and when the
street ear men refuse to stand by an
agreement that they have made to sub
nit their claims to arbitration they can
not expect to receive public appreciation.
A man or body Of men that does
not hesitate to break a promise cannot
be trusted. Even the granting of every
thing that the strikers demand gives no
assurance that there will not be another
strike within six months, for the de-
cision of any arbitrator is binding on
the government and on corporations, but
on certain members of labor unions an
agreement is binding only until they
think it to their advantage to break it.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11

concerned it may make no visible dif-
ference whether facts and ideas have
been acquired by effort or merely bought
and paid for. But in respect to the proc
esses, machinery and layout of the men
tai factory, it makes all the difference in
the world whether the goods are made
on the premises or by sweatshop labor.
Upon a particular point the exploiter OF
the brains of others may get far more
copious, impressive and perhaps more
trustworthy information than he could
acquire by his own efforts, but to assim-
ilate it is another matter. Assimilation
implies an existing stock of more or less
related facts and ideas; if these are lack
ing, even predigested information has
little or no effect except as it enables ig-
norance to keep up appearances
In this respect, however, it matters
little whether one gets his facts and
ideas I'm five minutes from a salaried
man." or in little longer time from
handy books of reference at no cost in
the nearest public library. Gram" is a
highly useful accomplishment to which
busy workers Of many kinds constantly
resort for legitimate purposes. But it is
no substitute for the permanent furnisl}'
ing of the mind and the constant nour-
ishment of such mental growth as has
begun. 1t is complained that in our day
conversation has fallen off; if this is true
may it not be TO some extent explained
by the modern tendency toward getting
information when it is needed and scrap
ping" ii when it has served its purposef
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
Wasteful Saving.

When Senator Wadsworth declared on
the floor of the Senate that the UnitN
States army will not have an active fier
in its service after Sept. 80, next. he
brought to the attention of the American
public condition as discredtable to the
intelligence of the last Congress as any
indictment that has been charged against
it.
Mexico must be paeified and civilized
within the near future. That is one of
the implications following our entrance
as a world power into the peace treaty
at Versailles To subdue the bands OF
brigands who have terrorized that UNI
happy land and destroyed the property
of Americans and their allies aviation is
necessary if such pacifcation is to be &C
complished with the minimum of casual
ties The broken terrain back of Tam
pieo, where Zapstistas have ruled and
ruined, can be read at will by observers
in scout airplanes and squadron of
modern air bombers can terrify and
round up the little bands of terrorists
without serious loss OF life to the in
eyitable force Of pacification.
With this course plainly before us, the
action OF Congress in destroying the air
service Of the American army was both
Short sighted and wasteful. 1t costs
more to build again from the ground an
efficient aerial fighting force than to
maintain a service that is in sense a
going concern. We must have planes,
observation balloons, pilots, bombers and
observers if we are to maintain a we'll
rounded fighting force. This is true
without reference to Mexico Philadel-
mia Pros
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
BUYING KNOWLEDGE.
Ways Which Rich Men Have of Gaining
Information.

Too much attention has been given to
terestng remark that in regard to any
subject he ''csn find out all he needs to
know about that in five minutes from a
salaried man." No doubt the possessor
of great wealth is at great advantage
in the Number and ability of the special
lists at his command, yet the theory Of
knowledge which Mr. Ford propounds is
not unlike that held by many who lack
the advantage of wealth. What is a
great public library but an apparatus for
enabling anybody without expense to
learn quickly from the best authorities
whatever knowledge on any subject may
be needed !? What is cyclopedia but
short cut to essential facts? Dictionaries
of quotations make it unnecessary to
learn important passages by heart Bib
Biographies, indexes, summaries, enable
one to find swiftly and easily what is
needed upon almost any subject, The
man who can afford to hire specialists
merely goes a step. further and his ex-
perts would often be puzzled if they had
not at their command these very tools
which have made the acquisition of
knowledge so simple and painless a mat
ter in our day.
These modern facilities have done much
to modify the theory of education, Since
knowledge can be got so easily when it
is wanted, the necessity for carrying it in
ones head has in great measure disap-
peared. The walking encyclopedia" no
longer commands admiration. The es-
sential thing in studying books, it is
held, is to learn where to look for facts
when they are needed In school courses
mere information is at a. discount; why
cram young peoples heads with facts
they may never need? There is so much
to learn in our expanded modern world
that it sometimes seems hardly worth
while to begin; one can't learn every
thing then why learn anything till there
is need for knowing III
In this change there is both good and
bad. 1t is good to be relieved of the
notion that education is a process Of
storing the mind with inert information.
Yet there is some danger that the reform
may be merely negative, stopping with
tle eiihiHhtioh vi WHAT HoueIn ldcilltles
have made no longer necessary. II would
be much wiser to utilize the time thus
saved for learning things which are by
no means an inert load in the memory
things which work upon each other and
set up chemical ferment, the product
Of which is ideas.
Just here lies the fallacy in the other
wise plausible theory of buying knowl-
edge. So far as the intellectual facade is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
HANCOCK

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cline and Mrs. Ed
gar Manning of Watertown, Conn, were
recent visitors at Charles Minkler's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hubbard and
Mrs i. A. Guernsey we're in Montpelier
last week to see Mrs s. 4. Foske, who is
seriously i'll.
Supt. and Mrs. s. H. Erskine and
daughter, Dorothy, are visiting friends in
Maine
Friends of Ralph Bush will be glad to
know that he has passed the Massachu-
sets examination in Boston.
Rev and Mrs. Carleton Hazen and two
sons of Kensington, Conn, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Trask last week.
Will G. Converse has been spending
the past week at the home Of l.. j. Spen-
Ger before starting for his home in Ia
coma, Wash
Lillian Lawrence is quite i'll.
Mrs E. H. Edgerton and son, Law
renee, were in Burlington last week
Mrs Stella Marsh has shipped her
household goods to Eliot, Me-, where
they will live.
Mrs. Charles Stockwell and son, HUI
bert, of Randolph were recent guests of
her brother, Floyd Perry, and wife at
Bingo.
Lester Badger will be the principal of
the school for the coming year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
ROCHESTER

The Pierce brothers of Rochester have
bought Mr. Smiths share in the Whit
err Smith Lumber Co and the firm win be
known as the Whittier Pierce Lumber
Co.
Mrs Clerib Claain of Bethel is visiting
her sister, Mrs G. R. Church.
Mrs. Carl Boyd and children have re-
turned from their visit to South Royal
ton.
Roy Douglas has sold his farm to Er.
win Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs E. L. Martin are visiting
friends in Massachusetts, and also in Rut-
land and Tyson of this state.
Mrs. Betty Farr Of Stoneham, Mass,
visited at George Fairs recently.
Miss Winnie Wilson of Strafford was
a guest of Miss Ruth Howdells last week.
Mr. and Mrs Shepardson and Mrs.
Lowe of Melrose are at A. l.. Mller's
for few weeks.
Mrs James Freeland and children of
Rochester visited at the, home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John Andrews, re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodyear of
Springfield are guests of friends and rela-
tiyes here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
MARSHFTELD

Plans are under way for the welcome
home celebration to the returned soldiers
of our town, to be held Wednesday, Aug.
20. According to the latest plans by the
committee in charge, this will be in the
form of general holiday for the citizens
of our town, with a basket picnic and
appropriate outdoor entertainments for
the day. In the evening exercises will
be held in the hall, followed by dancing.
The committee are sparing no pains to
make this success. A notice of the
program for the day will appear at an
early date. Plan to make this your hol.
iday and come out and give the boys a
genuine welcome.