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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
LIVE STOCK NOTES
Observation-Disclosures

There should be more calves on
farms.
A satisfied cow is probably salts
factory COW.
More cows should be kept on the
Cows without salt lose flesh and
finally break down.
Comfort is as essential to cow as
to any other worker.
When buying a grade cow it pays
TO select one from a pure-bred bull.
A number of calves die every year
on account of the disease known as
Scours.
In stormy weather, when mud is too
frequent, the cows will take great
deal OF scrubbing-
One hundred tons of silage will
feed % cows 40 pounds of silage
day Tor 2OO days.
ANY man who keeps ten head or
more cattle will find a silo an eco
nomic equipment On his farm.
Calves two or three months old get
along very nicely on six or eight
pounds of skim milk daily, or even
less.
The best rule to get the most out
of a pig is never to allow him to stop
growing from the time he is narrowed
until he reaches the scales.
Cattle can be fattened more cheaply
on a ration consisting Of alfalfa hay.
sorghum silage and linseed neal than
they can on rations which contain q
liberal apportionment Of corn
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HOG RAISING IN THE SOUTH
Many Southern Farmers Growing
More Animals and of Larger Type
Noticeable in Georgia.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture-)
An important result of hOg-cholera
control work which has resulted in a
steady decline of the disease, has
been the stimulus given the develop
ment of swine raising in the South.
With other activities of the depart
ment in this line, the assurance given
to Southern farmers that hogs can be
produced without fear of losses from
cholera has encouraged growing not
only larger numbers of animals but
also better types. This has been no
ticeable particularly in Georgia. a
few years ago that state purchased
about 100000 pounds of pork more
than it produced annually. But eff
forts for the control of hog cholera
have gradually extended over the en-
tire state, with resulting confidence in
hog raising. By 1918 Georgia was
producing pork enough to make ship
ments to outside points besides sup
plying a large number Of hogs to local
sIaughtering establishments. Similar
progress has been made in Mississip-
pi, Alabama and Florida.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
TO IMPROVE SEED POTATOES
Extensive Experiments Being Made in
Various States by Govern
ment Officials.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
To select strains OF potatoes which
are best adapted for commercial pro-
duction, the United States department
of agriculture and cooperating state
agencies are conducting extensive ex-
periments in seed improvement. Trials
are being made in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Oregon, Washington,
Maine, and also in Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas. Several
strains of the leading commercial va
rieties now grown in the North are
under test, the purpose being to study
them carefully under actual growing
and harvest conditions in the field,
and to select the best strain of seed
Of each commercial variety. The fol-
lowing year each strain will be grown
on a large scale. As the supply Of
seed stock permits, the seed is to be
distributed among growers and seeds
men, and in this way is to be gradu-
ally popularized and disseminated.
This investigation will be Of country
wide significance in improving the fu-
ture stocks OF seed potatoes.
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z2y166JEISAsLERAL
.RMl2NOpBS

The wheel hoe makes garden cult
Walton easy.
Alfalfa is relatively free from dis
eases and enemies.
Don't quit cultivating now. Plants
need the soil stirred now as much as
ever.
Keep the potatoes well cultivated.
Much depends on the way the crop
is cultivated. The killing of weeds
is not the only purpose of cultivation.
Muck and swamp soils make excel
lent timothy meadows. They may be
used for that purpose when it is i'm
practicable to drain them sufficiently
for vegetable crops.
Corn is the most economical plant
to use for siIage purposes; not only
because the yield is larger per acre,
but because 1t is more pa1atable than
most other crops.
The green clover worm is reported
as seriously damaging alfalfa In east.
ern United States.
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Potatoes in Different staaes Of Var Disease.

It is through the use Of such ap-
rarentIy sound potatoes for seed that
the disease is often spread to new
localities.
How Disease May Be Spread.
Under ordinary conditions the pota-
to wart disease spreads slowly. It
lives in the soil and on the tubers,
so one or the other must usually be
transported to introduce the disease
into a new field or locality. The
spores may be carried into clean soil
by drainage from infected soil, on the
feet of men or animals, by planting
diseased potatoes, by planting sound
tubers that have grown on infected
soil, by the use of manure from ami
mails to which diseased potatoes have
been fed, and by garbage into which
Feelings from diseased potatoes have
been thrown.
Preventive Measures.
No method of controlling the potato
wart disease has yet been discovered,
so every preventive measure must be
used to keep it from spreading. The
warts should be burned. Diseased
tCbers must not be fed to live stock
without first being boiled. Infested
soil should be planted to other crops.
Potatoes should not be planted again
in infested soil for at least eight years.
Federal and state agricultural au-
tborities are working to prevent the
spread of potato wart, but they will
need heartfest cooperation from every
grower and dealer of potatoes to
save the industry from this new
menace. Experiments are being con-
Quoted to learn, if possible, ways of
controlling the malady, and informa-
ton will be furnished as rapidly as
discovered. But potato wart disease
is much easier to prevent than to con-
troll.
Keep watch at digging time for
potatoes with warty growths which
are whitish or light brown when young,
black and decayed when old. Report
promptly an suspicious cases to your
county agent, to your state agricul-
turaI experiment station or to the
United States department Of agricuI.
| ture.
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A Catfish story.

An old colOred man at Jefferson City
caught a twO-pound catfish and was SO
well satisfied with his skill as a fisher
man that he lay down and took nap,
with the fish beside him AnOther
mOke came along soon after, picked up
the fish and left a half-pound one in
its place When the cOlOred man woke
up, the first thing his eyes sought was
the fish, and it took him several sec
onds to realize what had happened.
Then, turning the fish over and scru-
timing 1t very closely, he exclaimed:
''GoIIy, how dat fish am shwunked p
Sedalia BazoO.
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ENGLAND SPENDS so MILLION
Grants to That Amount viii Be Dis
tributed for Reconstruction of
Roads and Bridges.

Grants amounting to s5O,OOO.OOO viii
be distributed by the British road
board for the reconstruction of roads
and bridges in England in 1919. De
Aobflized army units will be used to
do the labor. Local highway authOri-
ties viii be required to match this
appropriation by at least as large a
program OF road work as they carried
out in the year before the war. Area
taken into consideration, England's
program is thus far in excess Of that
of the United States, including both
federal aid and state funds.
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Good Roads Like This Bring Farmer
Nearer to City Markets.

GOOD RoaoS Like 7 his Bring Farmer
Nearer to City Markets.
What are the things to be considered
in locating the road? What grade"
should be maintained? How should
the road be drained? What are the
laws governing highway construction?
There are a few questions answered
in extension circular IS dealing with
country roads.
Matters OF prime consideration in
locating a road are: Easy grades,
good drainage, exposure to sunshine,
elimination of culverts and bridges by
avoiding unnecessary creek crossings,
directnesS and the number of farms to
be served for a given length OF road.
Whenever possible to avoid it, good
location should not be rejected merely
because a certain roadway has been in
use for some time. If the location of
used road is bad it should be
changed if possible. In relocating roads
avoid railroad crossings at grades.
The grade Of the road is important
for on this depends the weight OF the
load which can be hauled economically.
By grade is meant the rise or fall in
length Of road, usually expressed in
percentage A 3 per cent grade means
that the road rises or falls feet each
| 100 feet along its center line. 1t has
| been calculated that on a smooth coun-
| try road the load that one horse could
| pull on level would require two on a
! 5 per cent grade, three on a 10 per cent
/ grade and four on 10 per cent grade
| Engineers usually figure a per cent
| grade as a maximum.
Road work in Missouri has not been
rs well managed as other public work.
! Projects have been too narrowly lin
| tied TO localities. resulting in frag-
mentary effort. Skilled locating and
supervision of construction have been
! generally lacking. The remedies are {:
First, a wider cooperation and the
adoption of broad schemes of improve
ment, preferably with units no smaller
than counties Second, the absolute
elimination OF political considerations
in the spending Of money. Third, Sc
| curing good engineering advice in the
preparation Of plans and requiring
careful engineering supervision Of con-
| structiOn.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The potato industry is seriously
menaced by a malady new to this
Countrywide potato wart disease. On
less it can be eradicated before 1t
spreads to commercial paintings,
specialists Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture say it will
cost potato growers millions annually.
II is easily recognized and when dis
covered it should be promptly reported
to federal or state agricultural Off
Gals.
Like many other plant diseases and
insect pests, the potato wart disease
was imported from Europe. 1t is with
out doubt the most serious potato
disease yet discovered in the United
States. Unless promptly suppressed it
may prove disastrous to the entire
American potato industry, which in
wolves nearly half billion dollars an
nually.
What to Look For.
Two bright spots reduce the menace
OF this disease.
Except in its early stages, it is cas-
lily recognized; and it spreads slowly.
However, it cannot be detected IN
til the potatoes are dug, as it does
not seriously affect the growth or
vigor of the vines.
1t usually appears in the eyes of the
tubers. Spreading from this point of
infection, it may gradually envelop the
whole potato and render it a spOngy,
warty mass. 1t is characterized by the
prominent Wart-like outgrowths on the
tubers.
The warts at first are whitish or
light brown. Eventually they turn to
darker shade. After decay starts
they turn black. Young warts, when
exposed to the light, turn green.
The warty tumOrs vary from the
size of a pea to a walnut; or they
may even exceed the size of the potato
on which they grow. In the latter
case, the warty mass loses all re-
semblance to a potato. In some hills
some of the potatoes may appear per
fectly healthy, but the eyes are likely
to be infected.
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PINE MOUSE QUITE HARMFUL
Makes Use of Tunnels Made by MoIes
Destroys the Vegetable and
Root Crops.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AgTicu1ture.)
''Let the mole do the work and get
the blame" says the pine mouse as
he scurries through a mole-made tun-
mel to a hill of juicy potatoes, where
he eats a self-service meal. And at
that, pine mice are not inherently
lazy. These pests OF the gardener,
orchardist and farmer are crafty.
Moles burrow tunnels in their search
after grubs, insects and worms, and
officiate as plain-clothes men in Kidding
the soil OF rascally insects. Pine mice
tag after the mOles and destroy the
vegetables and root crops which the
moIes free of insects.
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BENEFITS OF COUNTRY ROADS
Among Other Things They Cheaper
Cost of Transportation Of Farm
Products to Market

Good roads promote self-respect in
a community. They make possible
social intercourse. They bring the
benefits Of churches and schools with
in the reach OF all. They help to keep
the boys on the farm. They cheaper
the cost of transportation OF farm
products to the markets and thus add
to the farm profits. They add to the
value Of farm lands much more than
they cost. They mark the degree Of
civilization Of the rural community.
This, in short, is the value Of good
roads as seen by the extension service
OF the University OF Missouri College
Of Agriculture.
The building OF good roads is of the
greatest. Importance to a community.
What kind OF a road should be built?
OF what should IL be constructed?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
MORE AND BETTER CHICKENS
Owner of Common MongreI Flock
Will Soon Apologize for Its Exist
ence-Keep Pure-Breds-

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
1t will not be long before the owner
Of a common mongrel flock viii apollo
gize for its existence. This is the opIn-
ion OF the poultry-extensiOn worker Of
the United States department OF agri-
culture who is a leader in the cam
paign for more and better poultry on
farms in south and southwestern Ar
kansas. In many parts OF Arkansas
the Importance Of better poultry and
more efficient management is being
recognized by progressive business
men, commercial organizations, bank
ers and others and they are active in
their moral and financial support In
cooperating with the government and
state extension forces in their efforts
10 convince the farmer that standard
bred poultry properly managed is a
paying industry, and that the old
barnyard mOngrel hen must get out
OF the way for standardized, uniform
foeks.
The county agent Of Drew county
has placed so pens Of one male and
four females each Of pure-bred Bar
red Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island
Reds on 80 farms, in charge OF a boy
and girl pOuItry-club member The
Monticello Chamber OF Commerce and
the banks of Monticello have advanced
the money to purchase these pure
bred fowls and have assisted in their
distribution. In addition to the 30
pens OF chickens, over 100 Sittings
of pure-bred Matching eggs have been
secured for the club boys and girls.
The farm and home demonstration
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
With much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Dr.. Kilmers Swamp-ROot,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine
It is q physicians prescription
S~zmp-Root Is q Strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bad
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swmp-Root has stood the test Of years.
It Is sold by all druggists on its merit
and 1t should help you. No other kidney
medicine has 50 many friends
Be sure to get SEamp-Root and start
treatment AZ once.
However, If you wish first TO test this
great preparation send ten cents 70 Dr.
Kilmer & Co, Binghzmton, N Y, for =
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper-AdT.
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commenced.

commenced.
SCI think" he said, "that I should
have a stand by my side with a glass
Of water on the stand. That is in case
I get thirsty, or in case my voice gets
husky or hoarse. I then can take a
drink of water"
"Oh, nonsense" said the others;
'you mustn't be so fussy."
well, I should have a lantern and
have pictures to illustrate my talk.
and better still, 1 should have some
moving pictures to show you how
ran at times"
Mustn't put on airs" squealed the
other mice; you're only a mouse,
even If you have had adventures"
But at least 1 should have a map
and show all the places I have been
to-" Lecturer Mouse said.
''We can all imagine" said the other
mice. 1--WE know what cellar looks
like and what a hole is and all such
things, and we know what horrible,
horrible cat is like, and so we don't
need pictures or maps or anything of
the Sort
''It would make the lecture very
fine" said Lecturer Mouse, land then
1 could be paid for it."
"What would you do with the
money!" asked the other mice.
Buy cheese" said Lecturer Mouse.
But you can't buy cheese. You can
steal it if you get the chance, but you
can't buy it," one of the mice said.
"Of course not said another;
''what would a lady do, for example,
If she was marketing and she was sit
ting on a stool in grocery shop Civ
ing her order for vegetables and gro
| ceries.
"Just suppose you should hop on
the next STOOL what would happen?
Do you suppose the grocery man
would say:
pray pardon me, Mr.. Mouse; am
waiting on a customer. 1 will wait on
| you in just a moment
''Why, he would shoe you away, and
the lady would be quite frightened
! without a doubt, and he would say:
"TH try to catch that mouse. I
do hope you weren't very nervous, my
| dear madam
yes, I am afraid that is what he
would say"
$50 money would be of no use to
you" said the other mouse.
''Of no USE" they all said in their
squealing voices.
'Well, then I will lecture free" said
Lecturer Mouse.
''And we will listen Free said the
mice
I'm the good old days I lived in an
that apartment. It was in the big
city. 1 lived on one floor. There was
no cellar and no garnet, and I was
glad when 1 moved.
81 did have one good friend, though
that was a Dicky bird. Every night
used to go to Dicky's cage and share
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

medicine for woman's ailments ! ever
saW."-Mrs. SARA SHAW, & Ne. l.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Hrs. Shaw proved the merit Of this
medicine and wrote this letter IN order
that other suffering women may 6nc
relief IS she did
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day TO day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, . trial. For special
advice IN regard TO such ailments Erits
toLydia E. Pinkhsm Medicine Co, Lynn,
Hasa- The result Of its forty yeaEs
experience Is st your seTViees
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KEEPING POULTRY IN TOWNS
Families Should Keep Small
FIoctcs Of Hens.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AgricuItureO
When conditions render il feasible
small fOcks Of poultry should be kept
by families in villages, towns and es-
pecially in the suburbs Of large cities.
The need for this extension Of poultry
raising is particularly great where con-
sumption exceeds production, as in the
northeastern states Through utiliza-
ton Of table waste, scraps and other
refuse as poultry feed much whole
some food in the form OF eggs and
poultry for home use may be produced
at relatively low cost
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There Is No Profit in Unhealthy Hogs
Animals Kept Under Clean condi-
tons, as on Good Pasture, Are Bet
ter Able to Resist Cholera and Other
Diseases.
with cholera, were cleaned and disin-
fected under supervision of the depart
ment veterinarians.
Altogether, representatives OF the
department visited more than $4,000
farms to investigate reported out
breaks, to apply preventive measures
and to clean and disinfect premises.
How great a menace hog cholera has
been to the nations swine industry
may be judged from the accepted esti-
mate that 90 per cent of hogs lost from
all ailments die from cholera. In 1918
the death rate of swine from disease
was placed at 42.1 per 1000. Thus the
loss was slightly above 4 per cent for
the United States, the lowest on rec
ord, according to the departments fig
ureS.
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his seed and wa
ter with him.
Dicky didn't mind.
] didn't hurt him.
OF urs e the
people used to be
mad when they
found the seed
W e mt so much
faster at night
than in the day
time.
''They didn't IN
derstand it was
my good mouse
appe title, but
when they saw
me they m a q e
such a fuss that I
ran away, for I
didn't like To Star
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~
SHOCK
II IN
LESS Hoe-cHoLERA LOSSES
Disease Was Placed at 42.1
Per Thousand.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Since 1913, when the United States
department of agriculture began work
to control hog cholera, the dreaded dis
ease has become less and less destruc-
tive each year. A force averaging 165
federal veterinarians has been main
tanned, working in cooperation with
state authorities in charge of quaran-
tine and other regulatory measures
necessary for the success of control
work. During the fiscal year 1913 more
than 100000 hogs were inoculated
with hOg-cholera serum, and more
than 2,2OO farms, found to be infected
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One More Effort

''In the rainbow the colors blend
into one another so that you cannot
tell just where one leaves OF and the
next begins. Failure is sometimes the
next thing to success, and discourage
ment shades by imperceptible degrees
into the citation of victory. Keep try
ing. One more effort may be all that
is necessary to bring you across the
line which separates triumph from de-
feat"-Girl's Companion.
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POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Congressional Report Places Annual
Loss at s5O4, 900 900 for Trans
portstion Alone.

The congressional report OF 1914
placed the economic loss of the United
States through poor roads at an an
nuaI figure of S5O4 100000 for trans
portation costs alone. The heavy
increase in tonnage since that time
probably makes the loss today close
to SLOOO,OOO,OOO.
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nothing that VII supply this deficiency
20 Fe1 as the organic phosphate known
among druggists as 6itrO-pnospnarer
which Is inexpensive and IS sold by most
al druggists under q guarantees Of salts
faction or money back BY feeding the
nerves directly and by supplying the BODY
cells with the necessary p1oSphoT1c food
elements. bitro-phosphats should producs
q welcome transformation IN the appear
ancs- the increase in weight frequently
being astonishing
Increase in weight also carries with =
= general Improvement in the health
Nervousness. sleeplesSness and lack OF
energy. which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness. should soon disappear.
dull eyes ought TO brighten, and psle
cheeks glow with the bloom OF perfect
health Miss Georgia Hamilton who vas
once thin and frzil. reporting her Own
experience writes ssBitro-PhoSpf7te nas
brought about a magic transformaoo1
with me / gained Is pounds and never
before felt so well"
CAUTION:-Although bitro-phosPhate Il
unsurpassed for relieving nerEousneszs
sleeplessness and general weakness. ~
should not owing to its tendency 70 N
crease weight be used by anyone Wno
does not desire TO put on Geeh-
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How He Understood Il

Small Edward accompanied his IA
Their to church one cold Sunday morn
ing, and upon their return his mother
asked IL he could repeat the minis
ter's text. Course can" replied Ed
ward. He got up and rubbed his
hands together and said Many are
cold, but few are frozen
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in that house, or rather in that apart
ment.
Eyes, L have had many adventul es,
as have all mice, but the greatest OF
all was my sharing of the birds seed
and paying a call each night to his
cage.
Don't you think that adventure is
worth two of any other kind %
''It is" agreed all the other mice,
'.it's q most unusual adventure"
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20 weak At tunes j
could hardly get
around 70 DO my
work, and As I had
four In my family
and three bearders
itmsde livery hard
for me. Lydia E
Pinkhsm's Vegs-
table Compound
was recommended
70 me. / took it
and it hSs restored
my health Il 10
rarSzfnlv the ba4t