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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

youngster have brought to maturity
animals which otherwise would not
have survived infancy. AS a result,
the meat supply is increased and the
boy or girl is enabled to earn money.
The father of a little girl in Arson
county, n. c., who was very anxious to
join a pig club, repeatedly refused to
give her a pig. One of his pigs did
not do well last year and he tried to
sell the "runt" for 81, but could not
find a buyer. His wife persuaded him
to give the friendless pig to the little
girl. Care and careful feeding brought
it to maturity. After while the club
members herd was increased to six.
The little girl traded the best two OF
the litter to her father for sole posses
sion of the mother hog, and sold the
other three for SIS. Having now &C
Quired a membership in the pig club,
she plans to continue in the work.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
WHITE ANT is CAUSE
OF SERIOUS DAMAGE
Little insects Are Essentially
Wood Destroyers.
There Are Numerous Records Of In
Jury to Young Fruit and Nut Tree
Seedlings and to Young Trees
Planted in Rich Soil.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Unless proper care is taken to
make buildings white-ant proof, and
to eliminate these ants from build
ings already established, the insects
may cause serious damage, especially
in the southern states.
White ants, or termites, are essen
TALLY wood destroyers, and live in
nests in the wood of dead trees, de-
caying logs or stumps in the forest
in the foundation timbers Of build
ings, fences and other structures of
wood in contact with the ground; or
in q labyrinth of underground pas
sages in the earth usually underneath
wood or vegetation. An average col
ony contains several thousand indi-
viduals, but owing to their subterra-
mean habits they frequently carry on
their work unnoticed, and it is some
times very difficult to destroy them
once they get established in build
ing.
Though colonies are made up of
both wingless and winged individuals,
the grayish white, soft-bodied wing
less workers are the destructive form.
These workers make the excavations
and live underground, shun the light
and are therefore rarely seen. Al
ways coming up through underground
passages, they work in the interior
of the wood, and leave intact a pro
tective outer shell, so that the dam
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
MONEY MADE WITH CHICKENS
Tennessee Woman Cleared 1919 in
Five Years With Two Settings
of Wyandotte Eggs

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Two settings of White WyandOtte
eggs, costing 81, in five years time net
ted 1919 profit for a woman poultry
club member in Madison county. Tenn.
The first two settings Of eggs were
bought in 1914. In 1915, nine hens and
six cockerels were sold for 81 in
1916 43 hens and two cockerels brought
$40; in 1917 500 worth of eggs and
birds were sold; in 1918 the value OF
the flock. both fowls kept and sold,
was 1915; a total of $429. Much OF
the feed was waste products of the
farm and cost nothing.
The total cost of production was /:
Original settings. 81; two breeding
pens, $50; feed. $40; advertising. three
years, S8-a total of $50. The profit Of
1919 was made possible because of the
smallness of the enterprise and the
fact that most of the feed for the birds
had no money value
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
REMOVE MALES FROM FLOCK
infertIIe Eggs Are Best to Keep and
Cost Less to Produce-Send the
Boosters to Market.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural
Produce infertiIe eggs. They are
worth more, as they keep better and
they cost less to produce since there
are no ROSTERS to feed. No expense,
education. ability, or labor other than
catching and killing or selling the
roosters are necessary. Remove the
males at once.
While eggs are plentiful some should
be preserved for the winter months,
as they will be scarce and high priced
It costs but little in time, money and
labor, and is so easily done that it is
only common sense to do 1t. Use
fresh, infertile eggs and let custom
ers know that they can get such eggs
for preserving. Those who have never
pr eserved eggs should get in touch
ton agent, the state extension direct
OF. or the United States department
Of agriculture.
Now is the time to begin culling
fiocSs. Send the BOOSTERS to the chop
ping block or the market. Eliminate
all weaklings and defOrmed chicks.
Get rid Of the chick that stands along
the side of the coop with its wings
down, its feathers ruff1ed, eye shut,
and head down. Do not keep a single
chick that you are not sure 1t Will pay
TO raise.
Shade, clean fresh water, clean
coOps, and colony houses, and good
ventilation and plenty of room during
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
COOPERATIVE SHIPPING PLAN
Boys Of Florida County to Market
Their Pigs in acknowledgements
in Feed Contest.

ment of Agriculture.l
The pig club boys of Madison cOun-
ty, Fla, are planning to market their
pigs next fall in a cooperative car
load shipment. These boys are now
busiIy engaged in a feeding contest
and are working for one Of number
Of prizes offered for the most success
full feeders. Peanut meal and corn,
with rape and rye pastures, make up
the present ratiOns of the club pigs.
The local county agent has already
Informed a number OF livestock COM
mission companies of the plan of mar
keting the club pigs, and states that
the buyer will have to bid above the
market price to get them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Peeled Chicken.

Threeyear-oid Kitty was visiting her
grandmother. who lived on a farm Ev-
erything about the farm was a nov
city TO the child Another pleasant
thing about the visit was grandmoth-
er's constant questioning Of:
EEoE, what shall We have to eat to-
day."
One morning she asked the usual
question as TO the menu. Little Kitty
thought 3 minute and then answered
"Oh. grandma. won't you please
catch a chicken and peel It for din
nerF
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
FOWLS YIELD S1.f4 AN HOUR
That This Amount Can Be Made
by Keeping Chickens.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
A side line for the farmers wife
which yields $1.14 for every hour she
puts into it is worth the consideration
of every farm woman. A Wabash
county Indiana) woman has demon
strated that this amount can be made
by keeping chickens. Last year the
local county agent interested this
woman in keeping a farm poultry
flock, and as result she produced a
net profit of $172.24. She kept an &C
curate account of her work and found
at the end of the season that she had
received $1.14 an hour for the time she
flock.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
SAVE TRANSPORTATION COSTS
Eight Cents Per Ton-MiIe Can Be IF
fected When Road is Lifted to
Durable Class.

The report OF the joint congressional
committee which investigated highway
economics in 1914 shows that a saving
Of eight cents per ton-mIIe can be eff
fected in transportation costs when a
road is lifted from the dirt to the du-
rable class. This does not take into
account increased real estate valua-
tons or social advantages from the i'm
provement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

IOr they SalQ.
''It's all right for US TO treat the pO-
tatOes badly, but it is a different thing
for people to have the bad manners
TO pick US up as though we were lit
tie creatures Of no importance"
There were also brick-red bugs with
blacks dots on either side. These were
the little potato bugs, while the others
were the daddies and the mothers
They got on the leaves OF the first po-
tato crop and fed OF them, eating
away at the leaves as hard and as fast
as such tiny creatures could do
These little bugs were very anxious
to kill the plants and they would have
done so II they had gotten a good head
way. That is, they would have done
a great deal Of harm If they
hadn't been driven away in time.
But these bugs went to other pota-
toes and they saw some OF the potato
gruhs, so they said to them:
Potato grubs, what are you do
Ing?"
Were eating holes in the potatoes"
said the grubs. what are you do
ing?'
1--WE were eating leaves Of potato
plants" said the potato bugs 'We
were driven away from some other
plants, but here we are, and the dear
little children have come, too"
"Are you going TO eat the leaves
here?" asked the grubs-
1--WE think they look good" said the
potato bugs
'sThey do" said the grubs. 'but of
course we pay all our compliments to
the potatoes themselves We don't
bother about the leaves"
Perhaps" saiG the potato bugs,
''the potatoes wouldn't mind it IL you
didn't pay them such compliments
perhaps not" said the grubs. but
we do, Just the same. We say to the
potatoes:
Dear potatoes, we love you Let Us
show you how fond We are Of you BY
eating you
"Ha. ha. ha." laughed the potato
bugs, that is q good joke"
THE farmers don't Ike the jokes
/ though" said the grubs. They think
/ dreD and their neighbors and their
! friends are the ones who should pay
such compliments to the potatoes"
Absurd said the potato bugs.
''Of course" admitted the grubs, 81
is not so absurd If we put ourselves
| In their places, but who in the world
ever imagined that a grub would put
itself in the place Of a person? No one
would, so why should we do it7 And
we don't"
That's So" said the potato bugs
| "and neither do we. II we cared fol-
/ people we wouldn't eat the leaves and
we wouldn't try to destroy the plants
Were not friendly with farmers
even if we do like potato hills" said
| the grubs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

The horses should be given plenty
of fresh water regularly every day.
Regular feeding is of paramount i'm
portance in keeping stock in a healthy
condition.
Pasture lands devoted to sheep have
greater possibility of their own sus-
tenance than any other.
The rule is that it is better not to
milk the COW before freshening unless
it become absolutely necessary.
There is nothing like a self-feeder
to give pigs a good start, and it is the
start they get that tells in the wind
up.
By providing good pasture crops for
lambs after weaving, a setback in
growth may frequently be avoided and
the lambs marketed at an earlier age.
The number of pigs a sow finds
depends entirely upon the care and
feed she received previous to being
bred.
Cattle should be cut of feed about
So TO 48 hours previous to shipping
and fed perhaps a pint or SO of grain,
with plenty of timothy hay.
1t does not pay to feed up cattle
with grain and expensive feed in the
winter only to let them wear of on
grass, especially poor pasturage dur
ing the summer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

That's So" said
the potato bugs.
and why should
we be friendly
with the farmerS7
They don't like
US. They ask Us
to leave. They
try to get rid Of
US.
They never in
Vite US to have
some Of the leaves
Of the potatoes,
any more than
they ask you to
bite holes and eat
Of the potatoes
eve have to in
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
ORPHANED LAMBS AND PIGS
Patience. Care and Coed Nursing Have
Brought to Maturity Many IN
fortunate Animals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Many weak orphan" lambs and
pigs, requiring too much care for the
average farmer or ranchman to bother
with, are sa1vaged by the boys and
girls belonging to the clubs organized
by the United States department of ag-
riculture and the state colleges. Pa
tience, care and good nursing by a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
FATTENING ON SELF-FEEDERS
Hogs Fed in This Manner Save Feed
and Labor and Are Fit for Market
Much Earlier.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Fatten hogs on self-feedeFs as far
as possible. Hogs fed in this way save
labor, save feed in proportion to the
gain in weight made, and are ready
for market sooner than those which
are hand fed. Less feed is actually
required to fatten when hogs are self
fed. The system is therefore econom-
ica1 in every respect.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Doesn't hun q bit and Freezona
costs only . few cents.

With your fngersi You can lift on
any hard corn. soft corn, or corn be
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
luses from bottom OF feet
A tiny bottle Of 'Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply a few
drops upon the corn or caEus. In
stantIy It stops hurting. then shortly
you lift that bothersOme corn OF call1s
right OF. root and all. without one bit
of pain or soreness. Trulyl No hum
buRf
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

the night are of the greatest impor-
lance in growing healthy. strong. Wig
orous birds, whether they are for meat,
eggs, or breeding.
Growing chicks should have plenty
of good, nOurishing food. Bone meal
should be fed literally to those intend
Ell for layers or breeders.
Do not forget to continue the fight
on mites and lice. They must be fought
all the time in all sections and in all
seasons.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
PLAN FOR MARKETING EGGS
Brown and White Shells Should Be
Placed in Separate Packages
Keep All CuIIs.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Market white-shelled and brown
sheTled eggs in separate packages.
Eggs irregular in shape, those which
are unusually long or thin-shelled, or
which have shells otherwise defective,
should be kept by the producer for
home use, so that breakage in transit
may be reduced as much as possible.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

.RM2N0TES

Successful farming is farming that
brings success to the farmer. Such
farming is well worth doing.
Rats viii spoil about four bushels
OF wheat per year. They are rather
expensive pests to have about the
place.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

look after ourselves. It's too bad the
farmers don't like US when we like the
potatoes they plant"
And so the potato bugs and the
grubs tried to do all they could to
hurt the farmers crop Of potatoes.
And they were SO mean about it that
they didn't even feel badly, they were
so naughty
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Good Roads Approved

The secretary OF agriculture, up to
May L, had approved 1857 project
statements for federal aid roads, in
volving the Improvement OF 1880
miles Of highways at an estimated
cost of S92, 933, 900.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
No man knows all about farming.

No man knows all about farming.
The grazing qualities Of alfalfa are
just becoming known.
Save fuel from the log heaps; post
pOne burning the waste wood.
Tomatoes and other vine crops
should be tied to their supports early.
Hulching conseryes the moisture IN
the soil and adds a quantity OF Or
ganic matter.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Mueh for rrunk Hintu,avs-

It is proposed that Uncle Sam spend
$4OO,OOOOOO for trunk highways. now
that the season approaches when
man will have no further reason to
travel principally with suitcase.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

during h0 time i
Vas lookingfcrWard
% the coming Of my
little one that ] am
Recommending IL 70
other exPec tsnt
mothers. Before
taking T. Eomedsys
I suffered with nsu.
ralgia 30 badly thai
I thought I could
not live, but after
taking three botheS
of Lydia E Pink
hams V e ge table
ConpoundIwas en-
tirely relieved of
neuralgia / had
gained in strength
and was able 70 &C
around and do al
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Pasture Cows at NIGHT.

The COWS viii keep in much better
condition and viii give at least one
third more milk when they can run on
pasture at night during hot weather.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

"And We must
work hard" said
Mr.. Potato Bug.
''We have such
fun working" said
the little potato
bugs.
TIL e potato
bugs had six legs
apiece They had
little black feel
ers and tiny eyes.
They were yellow
and black on the
back, and blue
and brown under
Meath
They spit a lit
tie yellow juice
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
nv Homework

nv houseWork. Ny baby When ssven
months old weighed 19 pounds and l feel
better than I have for long time. !
never had any medicine do me 81
much good. Mrs PEARL MOUNTAIN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good health during maternity Is .
most important factor to both mother
and child, and many letters have been
received by the Lydia z. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass, telling OF
health restored during this trying period
BY the use of Lydia E. Pinkhsm' Vege-
tabls COMPOUND.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

Every department OF housekeeping
needs Red Cross Ball Blue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table Hnen,
sheets and pilIowcases. etc.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Admirer Of IdIeness-

Dat League of Nations idea sort O.
gets to my sympathy in one way" re-
marked Flooding Pete.
What dye meanE' inquired Mean
dering Nike
a lot OF people is sayin' it can't be
made to work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Roads Are comrunitv Mirror.

It has been said that roads are true
mirrors Of the community. Are you
willing to have your locality judged
that Way2
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Beino Exact

"Don-t yOV think higgins has .
great deal Of Idle curiOsitys"
Curiosity yes But never idle"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

All Is not gold that pays a per
cent dividend and calls for a 10 per
cent assessment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
MOTHERS
TO BE
Should Read Mrs. Monyhan's
Letter Published by
Her Permission.

Mitchell, Ind-"Lyda z Pinkhan's
Vsgstable Compond helPedme % muek
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
OADDYJEvfNIN0H
FAIRY TALE III
6y harY GFahsgm1! I bo IHIE.:t
THE POTATO BUGS.

"Wen, It is time we should get start
ed,H said Mrs. Potato Bug.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
More Hard Roads Needed.

America needs fewer hard heads and
more hard roads
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

NOTES 81

The horses should be given plenty
of fresh water regularly every day.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-04-25

Home Grown Red Clover Seed. A
few bushels left at Tcarc 4 Rulcy's.
$1,000 per bushel. Strictly clean and
irst-class.
Mrs. 7. 4. Clagctt. in the y. ".
c. A. work in st. Joseph. was in Ore.
g0n over Faster, the guest Of friends.
DIR Lydia Hillyapl. of ST. Joseph,
was the guest Of Miss Cora Frye and
other friends in Oregon. this week.
Elder u. II. Dawson and family
left this week for Hoyokc. Colo,
where they expect TO make their fu-
ture home. We wish them health,
prosperity and happiness in their new
home.
Hugh Brohan and wife, Of the
Mayflower district, had a full house"
over Easter Sunday; several of their
children coming in on them: G %.
Stovall. wife and family, Of Crais;
Pat Brohan, wife and son, of near
Forbes; Mrs. James Brohnn, Misses
Stella and Alice, of st. Joseph. You
can see there was "A bunch Of them,
and a royal good time was had.
QUALITY Work Shoes for Men
and Little Men at
G. W. KINGS.
Mrs. Herbert Caskcy and children,
Virginia and Mary. oi Kansas City,
were here for few days, last week,
the guests Of her mother, Mrs. India
Price, and other relatives. They ~
turned sunday, accompanied by Mrs.
Price, who will make them a visit.
-Gcorgc Policy is now chief clerk
in W. W. Dawson's clothing store.
Frank Matthews and wife were
the guests Of Harry Lasa'lc, wife aud
daughter, little Dorothca, in Maitland,
sunday. Mrs. Lasallc is a niece Of
Mrs. Matthews.
Jas. Huatt and wife and Joe
Henry, Of Clay township, were Oregon
visitors, Friday of last week.
Herman Schultz and James Car
der and wife, Of st. Joseph, we're here
over Easter, the guests of relatives
and friends.
Charles Wcis, Of Kansas, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. y. Stock, and
brother, Henry Weis, and other rela-
tievs.
H. y. Lawrence. Of Craig, was
transacting business in Oregon, Tues
day of this week.
For Sales. c. Golden Bluff Leg
horn Eggs from carefully selected
flock. Extra good layers. Eggs,
$3.50 for Is; $500 for 100.
MRS. RUSSELL ROWLETT,
Farmers Phone. Graham, Mo.
The honor goes to the Forbes
school district for being the first dis
trict to raise her quota in the Victory
Loan drive, her quota being S6.450,
which was raised by nine o'clock the
first day of the drive, Monday, April
81.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-04-25

Miss Bertha Reynolds. Of st. Jo.
seph, spent Faster sunday in Oregon
with her parents, Thomas Reynolds
and wife.
-Asby Greene, of st. Joseph, chief
chemist with Swift a Co., was here
Easter, with his father, grandfather,
brothers and sisters.
j. A. Kreek and wife have return
cd from Kansas City from a visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Hurst Ma
jors and husband.
Miss Olive Morgan, a registered
nurse from st. Joseph, is here. visit
ing her parents, +. s. Morgan and
wife. and other relatives.
&C. {. Lawrence, wife and son,
Robert, Of the Blair school district,
were in Oregon, Monday, coming and
returning in their car.
John +. lden. of Big Lake, was a
business visitor TO Oregon, Monday of
this week.
&C. II. Smith, of Bigelow. had bus
mess in Oregon, Monday of this week.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-04-25
Taps Are Sounded.

The sympathy of friends here goes
out TO the relatives Of "Unclc" Louis
Streckebein, who died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Zetta Philbrick-
Tapken, in st, Joseph, on Friday last,
April Is, 1919, in the S0th year of his
age. For nearly sixty years he had
been n resident Of st. Joseph, and took
an active part in the affairs of that
city IN the early days, and was one
of the best known and highly esteem
ed citizens OF st. Joseph; everybody
knew him and everybody had warm
spot in their heart for him.
He was horn in sse-Darmstadt,
Germany, May /. 1889, and came to
the United States in 1886, and took
up the tailor trade, which he pursued
until his health compelled him to
abandon the taiIor's trade. In 1868
he came to st. Joseph and worked for
Louis koerner, the brewer, the brew
cry then was located where the Maple
Leaf depot is now located. He was a
veteran Of the Civil War, serving in
the 18th Missouri Cavalry, under Maj.
Hartwig, and was one of the oldest
in rank of membership of Custer Post,
q. A. r., Of that city.
FOR many years he conducted the
New Ulm Park and the Streckebein
Garden. Of st. Joseph, noted resorts Of
that city in those days. In later years
he was the steward Of the st. Joseph
Tunverin, but some four years ago
he retired from active life, making
his home with his daughter, waiting
for the great bugler to sound "taps"
for him.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. August Tapken, of st. Joseph
and Mrs. Anna Liable, Of Fort Wayne,
Indiana. He is also survived by sew
eral grandchildren, Leo and Ernest
Lang, and Fred Philbrick, John and
Matt Filler, of this city, are among
this list. Mr.. Streckebein owned the
residence property here now occupied
by Don Martin.
The funeral was held Sunday from
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tapken,
and he was laid away with the honors
Of the G. A. r.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Philbrick, of this
city, attended the funeral.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-04-25

-.'lcmbcrs Of companies and rcgi-
mcnts Of the "5th division will hc
discharged az Camp Funston On the
same day. 10 that each organization
will return 10 It's home town as a
unit.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-04-25

The Presbyterian Aid society has
told our old friend, A. H. Greene. To
get busy and give the Presbyterian
manse good painting ON the out.
side. They would see him later a. to
the inside