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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-06
Treasury Department Sends Out
This Advice to Demobilized
Soldiers.
new POLICIES ARE PLANNED
Federal Government Perfectino New
Forms With Many Advantages
Which Insured Men Will Want
in Place Of Present Con-
tracts.

Washington.-A busy place these
days of rehabilitation is the bureau of
war risk insurance of the treasury de-
partment of the United States, with its
1900 employees and its files contain
ing 30,0O0,000 records.
disqualification is having the effect
Of making a large proportion~Of the
soldiers become transient for an in
definite period after leaving the serv-
lee. Many of the original addresses of
these men become useless, as thou
sands forget to leave forwarding adj
dresses and neglect to write to the bu-
reau. In this way many men are los
ing touch with the bureau and are
neglecting their insurance. Hence the
efforts Of the bureau to keep in touch
with demobilized men are increasingly
difficult, as rehabilitation progresses.
Every possible agency is being used,
including the Red Cross and public or
CARNATIONS Of many kinds.
Uncle Sam is perfecting plans for
the new forms Of government insur-
ance which the demobilized soldier will
want in place of his war risk insur-
ance. But the soldier cannot change
his war risk insurance for this new In
surance unless his monthly premiums
are paid up to date on his old insur-
ance
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-06
Dog License Now Due Aug. 1, 1915

Dog License Now Due Aug. 1, 1919.
Ordinance No 326 of the City of
Moscow. Idaho, provides any person
keeping or harboring dog within the
city limits without license is liable
to fine OF not less than three dol
lars nor more than twenty, together
with the cost of production.
This ordinance will now be enforc-
ed.
GRANT ROBBINS,
1857 Chief of Police.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
Fertilizers Suited to Cotton Produc
ton

D. A. r., Augusta, Ca, writes: Do you
think an application of 1000 pounds of
9-3 at the time of planting cotton and
1000 pounds of ST as a top dresser
would tend to parch the plant in case
there was wet weather followed by a
drought? What effect would such ap-
plica tions have on cotton in case of
favorable weather conditions? That is,
do you think it would flourish with such
heavy applications of commercial fer
tilizer2
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
Beware of Limitations.

The entire machine is mounted on
truck wheels to make it easy to move
to the trees or logs, and from cut
to cut on a log without stopping the
engine. For moving on the road, the
truck wheels are placed parallel with
the skids and the rig hauled straight
ahead. The, wheels turn on two
way spindle. You do not have to
take them off, but can. change direc-
ton of wheel travel by merely TAX
ing out pin.
The Ottawa can be fitted for saw
ing down trees. It cuts level with
surface of ground, thereby getting
all the timber and leaving no stumps
sticking up. An automatic friction
clutch stops the saw in case of I'M
due resistance. Two men can fall
forty to fifty trees a day in ordi-
nary timber.
The whole outfit is compact, sim
pie durable against a lifetime of
hard wear. 1t sells for low price
and is fully guaranteed for reliable
operation in the hands of every one
who has trees to cut down and logs
to work up.
Full information and low factory
price to you can be had simply by
addressing the Ottawa Mfg. Com
pany, S54 Wood ST., ottawa, Kan.
(AdHtD
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
II Wasn't Getting an Egg
Now Get 10 a Day"

II received your More Eggs Tonic
and started giving it to my hens. 1
wasn't getting an egg; now am get
ting 10 a day." So writes Mrs. Ernest
Campbell, of Mineral, Va.
Any poultry raiser can easily dou-
BILE his profits by doubling the egg
production of his hens. Refers
More Eggs" is a scientific tonic that
revitalizes the flock and makes the
hens lay all the time. More Eggs"
will double the production of eggs.
Poultry raisers everywhere are MAX
ing big profits by giving their hens
more Eggs" The results of a few
cents worth will amaze you.
Send 81 to E. j. Refer, the poultry expert,
917S Refer Bldg, Kansas City, Missouri,
and he will send you seasons supply of
More Eggs" The Million Dollar National
Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo-, guaran-
tees if you are not absolutely satisfied your
dollar will be returned ON request. So there
is no risk. Send dollar today. Profit by
the experience of man who has made a for
tune out Of poultry.-(Advt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

such forms as to be but slowly
available to plants even under the
most favorable circumstances. In
other words,> it has been found,
through the agency of our soil sur
vey work here in Georgia, that a
considerable proportion of the phos-
phoric acid and potash shown by
chemical analyses as present in our
soils is combined with iron and
aIumina, chemical combinations
which are very difficult to break up.
Hence it is not SURPRISING that under
many circumstances much larger
amounts of phosphor:c acid and pot
ash can often be used on soils winch
theoretically should yield an album
dant supply of these elements to
the growing crop. -.
1t is evident that we must under
take to increase the, yields of our
farm crops. In 1917 the Bureau of
Farm management of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
in association with the Georgia
State College Of Agriculture, under
took an investigation of farming
conditions in Sumter county, Geor-
q Id. All SAdulIHdLlO OF O3U farms
of all tenures showed that the yield
of lint cotton per acre varied from
168 to 285 pounds. The cost at that
time of producing 1913 pounds was
lis cents per pound, whereas on
the 285-pound basis the cost fell to
9.6S. A similar survey made in An
derson county, South Carolina, where
conditions are typical Of the Pied
mont region, showed that where IT'S
pounds Of lint cotton was produced
per acre the cost per pound was
1854 cents. This cost fell Just in
proportion as the yield of cotton was
increased. When it became 326
pounds or more the cost fell to 9.61
cents. In Brooks county, Georgia,
where the same type of survey was
conducted, it was shown that when
less than 200 pounds of cotton was
produced per acre the cost per pound
was lis cents; where over 400
pounds was produced the cost was
rs cents. The profit on a yield of
200 pounds and less basis was
S1.63; on the 400 pounds and over
basis $18.19. In the same county,
where the yield of corn was 10
bushels, the cost per bushel was
$1.26. When the yield varied be-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18

no doubt affected more or less in
the same way,
1t is easily possible to put more
fertilizer athe land than the crop
will be able to use to a1Vantagc.
It would not be economical to do
this, as the fertilizer would be lost
through leacning away in the drain
age waters or through surface ero-
sion. Moreover, a, fertilizer formula
can be used on soil whicSa does
not balance up the food require
ments of the land as related to the
crop, and little benefit will result
from the fertilizer thus used. In
other words, we will say that the
limiting factor in a soil is nitrogen
or upotash as the case may be. II
you supply an additional amount OF
nitrogen you will not increase pro-
duction materially because potash is
probably the limiting factor in
growth. If you reverse the coNdi-
ton and apply heavy AMOUNTS of
potash you will probably nos in
crease production because nitrogen
Is the limiting factor. The balanc-
ing up of the food supply in reIa-
ton to the needs of the soil and
the crop is therefore a very i'm
portant matter. 1t takes about "a
POUNDS Of nitrogen to produce
bale Of cotton including the stalk
and leaf. You, therefore, applied
an excessive amount of this mate
rial unless you were endeavorinG to
secure an unusual yield. We have
cotton on the farm this year which
will make nearly two bales peracre,
and you can see that in that event
the draft on thenitroge n supply of
the soil is veryheavy and that the
use fvery large amounts Of plant
food will not only be justified but
probably used to advantage as we'll
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
supp1ementing Soil Food Needs

According to some agricultural
chemists 1t requires "a pounds of
nitrogen, 81 pounds Of phosphoric
acid and AZ pounds of potash to pro-
duce so bushels of corn, including
both grain and stalk. 1t requires "a
pounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 40 pounds of
potash to produce one bale of cot
ton, including the lint, seed and
stalk. These are standards, it seems
to me, which every Georgia farmer
should attempt to reach. To do this
it is evident that there must be a
radical change in the method Of fer
tilization followed, that the physi-
cal condition of the land must be
improved Though the use of legu-
fninous crops and yard manure so as
to increase it's humus. content and
make profitable larger applications
of commercial plant food. 1t is nee
essary, if increased crops are to be
raised, that larger stores OF plant
food be made available from some
source. and to this end the wise
and intelligent use Of commercial
fertilizers becomes increasingly I'M
Dortant in Georgia's agriculture.
Since in so bushels of corn and one
bale of cotton about one-half the
nitrogen and phosphoric acid and
two-thirds of the potash required
for the corn is in the stalks or
stover and leaves, and more than
one-half of the nitrogen and phos-
nhoric acid and about two-thirds or
the potash required for the bale or
cotton is in the stalks and leaves,
it is easy to understand why the
apparent variation in figures is so
great.
1t is also evident that if the stalks
and leaves are returned to the soil
instead of being burned, as is the
common practice, a great conserva-
ton of plant food may be effected.
If the stalks of corn are harvested
and fed and the manure returned to
the land the soil can be enriched
with necessary humus with COM
paratively little loss of plant food.
There is one factor in this con-
nection which must not be over
looked, namely, that while there
may be theoretically an abundant
supply of phosphoric acid and potash
in the soil. it may be combined in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18

A2WW 60 = : s4hV @Sts As@ %~ssIs1 ~
The trap should always be stakcd in deep
water SO that the animal will drown. A good
place TO make your set is at the foot OF the
rnuskrat slides on the bank. If ycu can ind
their holes in the side of the bank, Get your
trap at the entrance in deep water.
When trappingin pond. use board about
twelve inches wide and ten feet long, with
strips nailed across it. Between strips set
traps and fasten securely to board. Cover
the set with brush, dead grass and dirt and
around traps. The Taylor Colony Trap is also
q most excellent device for taking Muskrat.
From Taylor ZTGppsrs' GxiGe
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
TREATING HOGS ATTACKED
BY THUMBS

G. NJ c., Inverness, Fla, writes: /
have some fine hogs and have just lost
one with thumps. 1t was sick only
few days. What causes thumps, and
Is there a cure for the disease?
Thumps is q disease not uncom-
mon to pigs. It is especially likely
to occur in the case of young ami
mails. 1t is as a rule associated with
digestive troubles. It is most like
" to develop where hogs are fed on
one kind of food for a long period
of time. 1t will be aggravated by a
lack of exercise, and constipation re-
su1ting therefron. Sometimes it is
caused by overlooking pigs.
The best treatment is TO empty
the stomach and bowels by giving g
good purgative. Then feed sparing-
" on laxative, nutritious food for
some days. The food should be CIV
en- in relatively small amounts and
rather frequently. From two tea
spoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls OF
Glaubers salts, or two to four ta-
blespoonfuIs of castor oil, depending
on the size of the animal, will be
found satisfactory. From one to
four drops of laudanum with one to
two tablespoonfuls of aromatic
spirits of ammonia in half a cup of
rela lively hot water will often stop
the jerking Of the muscles observed
in bad cases.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
EASY NOW TO saw LOGS
And Cut down Trees

Only one man, or even a boy, with
the improved Ottawa Engine Log
Saw can easily cut twenty-five to
forty cords day, and at cost of
less than &c per cord. This ma
chine, which outdoes all others, has
a heavy. cross-cut saw driven by
a powerful especially designed 4-cycle
gasoline engine. It's fast money
maker for those using it, and does
more than ten men could do, either
cutting down trees, saving logs, or
buzzing branches while you rest.
When not saving, the engine can be
used for other work requiring
power
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18

tilizerG
1t Is difficult for me to see how
an application of thousand pounds
Of a go fertilizer followed by
heavy application of an 81 formula
should cause cotton plants to parch
up 1t is true that fertilizer, when
brought in contact with the seed
Immediately after it is planted or in
close proximity to the roots of
young plants, may on the one hand
prevent satisfactory termination and
on the other affect the development
of the plants for some time. 1t is
Of course, possible that when the
roots Of young plants are brought in
direct contact with very strong
fertilizer mixture they might be in
jured. To avoid these objections we
have always advocated that the fer
tilizer should be well mixed with
the soil at or before the time of
planting the cotton. In other words,
the seed should be kept from COM
ing in contact with the fertilizer.
In transplantfng the plants in gar
dens or fields it is also desirable
hat tn fertilizer used be we'll mixed
with the soil so that the roots of
the plants will not come in direct
contact Herewith. Otherwise we
have never seen any Objectionable
results follow the use of heavy APP
plications Of fertilizer. We cannot
subscribe to the doctrine that plants
are burned up by reason of heavy
applications of fertilizer, unless the
conditions just described should
apply. The so-called burning up of
plants is due generally to an in
sufficient supply Of moisture in the
soil. Conditions such as we had last
spring and summer were very I'M
favorable to the growth and devel-
opment of plants. AS you know,
we had dry spells followed by vio-
lent rainfalls. In the one instance
the plants suffered from lack of
water and in the other instance
they were surfelted with water.
This all interferes with the prop
er physiological tunctioning of the
plants. For instance, the disease
known as wilt in tomatoes is ia
vored by such conditions ard may
suddenly develop in the field, while
the trouble can be ascribed to moth
ing except an excessive wet period
followed 10y a dry period. Cotton IS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18

LACE CURTAINS given for
tNBxyasE8ti selling boxes of Prof. Smiths
tsBSsSTsSSSsI Headache and Neuralgia Tab
fg9.M sE2SSssl lets at 25 cents a box. Gaia
Eke2&34segMEj logue of other premiums sent
With goods. SMITH DRUG CO., Dept. 81,
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
Destruction of Rats in Cities.

The routing of rats from cities has become both an economic and sani- tary necessity. Facing the possibility of an epidemic of bubonic or pneu- menie plague and the enormous ex- penditures necessitated by such an outbreak. it is the part of wisdom for any city to protect itself from the calamity. It is not for the individual householder or citizen to decide whether he will interest himself in the subject. It is matter for muni- cipal legislation, and it is the duty of the citizen to support the ordinances and to cooperate with the authorities to the best of his ability in order that the city may be clean and safe place in which to live.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
BATES TO BREED BEEF COWS
To Secure Uniform Herd of Calves Definite Time Of Year Should
 Be Decided Upon.

CPrepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture.)
 In order to have a uniform herd of calves, cows should be bred at defi- mite time of year with this point in view. For fall and early winter calves November and December), cows should be bred during February and March. For spring calves (February and March). which in most cases is a more desirable date to have the calves dropped. the cows should be bred dur ing May and June. Where milk for family use during winter months is not an important consideration cows may be more -cheaply wintered, and calves escape flies and hot weather when dropped at that time. In all breeding operations pure-sred sires only should be used.
 Breeders of pure-bred cattle who desire to grow calves for exhibition, should breed their cows from the 1st to the 18th of December to produce calves of senior classification, and from the 1st to the 10th of April for calves of junior rating.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
HAVE MORE THAN CASH VALUE
General Cultivation of Back-Yard Gar dens Means improvement in the
 Health of a Community.

It may seem bit previous to men, tion it, but don't neglect your garden this year. See If you can't prove peace better than war. even in the back yard.
 Mar gardens were worth several 'ucdred million dollars to their mak- CTS lost year, in cash saved alone. They were worth yet more to the na Ion, for the food thus raised at home released railroad equipment for other uses. They were worth most of all n health, education, better habits and saner grasp of life.
 All these items will be worth just as much this year as last. Food prices are sure to remain high for considerable time. Railroad equipment will be scanty enough if we release every pos sible bit of it for service to the indus tries which must have 1t. And of course there is no need to enlarge upon the perennial benefits of healthful work, or the superior taste of home grown vegetables.
 Plan your peace garden now.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
Major Simmons Resigns

St. Louis. Mo, June 25.-Al- fred w. FairbanK. acting mana ger Of the Southwestern Divi sion, American Red Cross, has been appointed manager of the division to succeed Maj. George w. Simmons, who has resigned on account of increased private business affairs, according to an. nouncemept made at division headquarters. Maj. Simmons re- gently returned from Siberia, where he spent six months as the head of Red Cross Mission there.
 Fairbank joined the staff of the Southwestern Division of the Red Cross in August 1917 as Di- rector of Civilian Relief. When Maj. Simmons left for Russia last January, Fairbank was made acting manager. Before taking on his Red Cross duties he was a member of the St. Louis Board of Children's Guardian. He was also formerly assistant superin- tendent of the St Louis Indus trial School.
 Word of the change of man agement of the Southwestern Division was brought to St Louis
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

by Willoughby Walling, vice. chairman of the Central Com mittee of the Red Cross, who was in St. Louis during the past week to attend the peace confer ence of the organization.
 pr. Livingston Farrand, chair. man of the Central Com mittee. also attended the conference and in discussing the peace time pro gram of the American Red Cross declared that one of the biggest problems facing the organization today was the fighting of pre- ventable diseases and the better ment of social conditions in all the communities of the country.
 In his address to the delegates to the conference Dr. Farrand said that the American Red Cross above all saved the Allies from defeat at the hands of the Germans through the strength ening of the morale of the sol diers and civilians in France and Italy long before the Amer. ican army had a chance to set foot on European soil
 The fact is that the American Red Cross workers in France quietly and faithfully worked among the civilian population during the most .litical period
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
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COOPERATE TO FIGHT FIRE
Officials and Citizens Should Work To- gether to Reduce Waste Largely
 Caused by Carelessness.

Self-interest should prompt every property owner and tenant to cooper ate with the officials of the fire depart ment and of the fire-prevention bu- reau. Chief Loucks and Jacob Fl. Hill kene, director of the fire-prevention bureau, have instituted system to fight fires before they begin" Semi monthly inspections are made in every part of the city and property owners are warned to clean up rubbish and to take precautions against fire where such appear to be needed.
 The comparative figures on fire waste in the United States and in Flu ropean countries have been presented to American newspaper readers many times. The per capita loss in this country is ten to twenty times as great as in some parts of the Old World. Much of that. to be sure, is due to the difference in materials and methods of large percentage may be charged to our American carelessness. A large proportion of our fire waste is pre- ventable and the Indianapolis officials are working to eliminate that ele- ment.
 Fire waste is burden to everybody and all should be active in helping to reduce it.. The insurance rates of a city or a nation are based on the losses the companies pay. The small CT the risk the lower the rates will be. The companies receive from policy holders the money that is paid out on fire losses. The way in which to get lower insurance rates is to keep down losses. We are all interested in that and each should do his or her part to make the inspection system of the city thoroughly effective. - Indianapolis Star.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

of the war, he declared, They cared for the refugees and chil- dren, lending a helpful hand wherever it was needed. This saved the people from utter des- peration and defeat
 We all know that at the time the United States entered the war the situation in France was at most desperate stage," said pr. Farrand. The people of France knew that America had declared war, but they could not conceive why the American sol- diers did not come at once. They wondered and waited and de. spared, and ir was not till many montLs that finally the first American armies landed in France. .-
 But there was one sign which unmistakably showed America s entrance in the war from tbe day of the declaration on, and that one sign was the American Red Cross. It's workers went about and did heroic york among the soldiers as well as among the civilians. caring for the wounded and fighting di- seases. Never will the French people forget what the Ameri- can Red Cross has done for the little children. :"
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
NO ATTRACTION NOW.

Mrs. Gotham-I met your friend. Mir. Higgins, today.
 MT. Gotham-(over his paper)-Oh, did you?
 "1es. And he said you never called to see him at his office any more."
 "Oh, did he?"
 '.Yes. You know you used to like to call at his office very often."
 'Yes, I know"
 Well, why don't you now?"
 "Well. you see. he had some trouble with his girl stenographers and type writers, and he's got the cheesiest lot of female key punchers now you ever saw!"
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
seLF-FEEDER SAVES MONEY
Expert at Kansas State College Writes Circular Explaining Great
 Value of Device.

How labor and feed may be saved by using seif-feeder is explained in circular issued by the division of extension in the Kansas State Agri- cultural college and written by Carl P Thompson of the division.
 Mir. Thompson shows in the bulletin that more rapid and economical gains are made when the self-feeder is used than when the hogs are fed by hand. Plans and specifications for construct ing self-feeders at sma 9st are in- cltpded in the circular, oh may be had upon request to the division of extension.