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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
FARM DEPARTMENT.

Immunity to Hog Cholera Lasting.
A series of recent experiments OF
duration of immunity to hog choleri
following simultaneous incubation
of young pigs supports the conclusion
that the protection is lasting. The in
vestigations were conducted at Ames
Iowa, by specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Altogether III pigs, inoculated
when a week to six weeks old and
exposed to hog cholera, at times va
rying from 5 to months and &c days
later, were found without exception
to be immune to that disease.
Three of the pigs, however, died
during the period of exposure from
causes other than hog cholera.
There was no apparent ill-effect
from the simultaneous incubation in
any of the pigs.
There was no difference in the i'm
munity of pigs from immune and
nOnimmune sows.
Pigs that were approximately one
week old received 10 cubic cent?
meters of anti-hog chilera serum and
II C. C. of virus. Pigs that were
three weeks old or more received
from Is to 20 C. C. of serum and from
" toA C. C. of virus.
Immunity was tested by injecting
C. C. of virus into the animals when
they had attained weights exceeding,
in many cases, 200 pounds. None of
the hogs contracted cholera. The
experiments appear to disprove as
sertions by some observers that SIM
ultaneOus incubation of young pigs
is not lasting and that immunity dis
appears at stages of growth variously
placed from weaving time up to so
or 60 pounds in weight.
Note-I clipped y this from the
Weekly News Letter, publication of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and am giving it to you first hand. 1t
answers a question that has been
discussed for long time.
NJ. L. McCrackep,
County Agent, o. C.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

4 Ties WHeTe the DeHellCldl results o.
the farm telephone have not beer
proven by observation having moi
been introduced into these commune
ties and as it is usually necessary to
'show" farmers there is a lack of in.
terest in farm telephones in these
communities.
There is no invention of the age
so useful to the farmer. The more
sparsely settled the community, the
greater the need of the telephone
There is nothing that will add as
much to the happiness of all men,
bers Of the farmers family and at the
same time, render more important
service, in the farms business than
the telephone.
Farmers, of all other business
men, on account of their isolated
locations are in greater need for the
telephone than any other class of
point of economy, it can well be
questioned if any farmer can afford
to do without the advantages the
telephone furnishes for in this day of
high-priced labor, time is certainly
money. Up-to-date farmers with
products to sell do not offer them
on the market today without first q
certaining the condition of the mar
ket. Instead of driving to town with
load and selling the product at any
thing offered, the farmer with the
telephone ascertains what the price
is and thus makes every trip to town
paying one. This kind of infor-
nation can not always be found in
the newspapers for they do not re-
peat the quotations of each locality
in the country, only the current quo
tations in the city. There always
exists a variation in the price in the
country and in the city and it is not
always the case that things are lower
in the country. To sell hogs and 9th
er produce of many kinds, to country
people at higher prices than are be-
ing paid for them in the city is not
an uncommon experience in the life
of farmers. Then there is also the |
reverse of the case when the city will |
pay better than the country and by |
the use of the use of the telephone, |
the farmer is not disappointed when |
he takes his produce to the buyer,
whether he lives in the country or in
the city, for he has called him and
has gotten his prices and he knows
exactly what to do and what he will
get. In such cases, the farmer will
find that it doesn't take long to turn
enough his way, to more than pay
for his telephone service.
The commercial advantages of the
'arm telephone is great, but there
S also the great social side which
must never be overlooked. The tele-
hone furnishes break in the monot-
my of the farm life; keeps the boys
md girls contented, gives the whole ,
household the feeling that they are ,
n touch with the outside world, es- ,
on days when the roads and ,
he weather are impossible. All OF ,
hese are just few of the advantages ;
f the farm telephone which give It 6
value that can not be equalled by q
ny other modern contrivance on the S
arm. .
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

by manufacturers in December, 1919,
or 26,000,O00 pounds more than in
December 1918, according to the Blu
reau of Markets monthly report jus,
issued by the Department of Agri-
culture.
The continued demand for fabrics
made from the finer grades of wool is
reflected by the percentages given in
the report. OF the total wool con-
sumed in December, "a per cent was
fine, is per cent one-half blood, II
per cent three-eighths blood, 16 per
cent one-quarter blood, per cent
low, and IL per cent carpet wool.
Massachusetts continued to hold
he lead in the amount consumed with
23,42O,S47 pounds of all grades,
classes, and conditions. followed by
Pennsylvania with S,SO4,S37 pounds;
,Rhoad Island, 6,54S,116; New York,
lose, OSO. Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, Ohio and Maine used between
100000 and 100000 pounds,
while in the Pacific coast States
S6S,07S pounds were used.
The total amount consumed, ac-
cording to condition, were grease
46,165,9S4 pounds; secured, 1918.
627 pounds.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
NJ. L. McCrackep,
County Agent, o. C.

The following article, clipped from
the Farmers Home Journal for Mar
4th, is all right as far as it goes, But
1T does not say anything about
farmers caring for the phones after
they do install them; this care prOpo-
sition is just like the care of machin-
cry for a farm, some men will buy
a binder and let her set in a fence
corner between times-well you all
know what happens-bet you can call
half a dozen names right off like
that.
Sure, but do YOU kick like a bay
steer if someone says 1--WE need such
and such a sum, to string new wires,
or so much to extend our switch
board or set new poles?" Do you?
And as consequence does it take
you from half and hour to half day
TO call Jim Brown, two miles down
the road? Couldn't you spend soc
a month more, and, more than likely,
save so dollars some one time ON one
call? Telephones and good passable
roads are merely forms of life In
surance for Farmers and their fam
lilies. Think it over.
The Farm Telephone.
The advantages to be derived from
a telephone on the farm are innumer-
able. Some farmers who are unac-
quainted with many OF tls uses,
benefits and pleasures of the tele-
phone, hesitate to have them installed |
and there are others who positively f.,
refuse to have one even at a small
price.
Perhaps the most essential and the
most profitable use that can be made
of a telephone on farm is that il
puts the farm resident in constant
communication with commercial and
trade centers and gives the city man
the opportunity to reach him just as
easily as he can reach dny dweller in
the city and vice versa. The advaR-
tages from the commercial side of the
telephone are so numerous and so (
evident that il is needless to review
them.
There are many farming communi-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
Exercise Care in Buying and Sowing
Clover.

The great hindrance to an extern
sive planting of clover this year is the
price of the seed, which has advanced
to the unprecedented figure of 60
cents a pound wholesale for the best
grade. High prices, however, should
not stop the planting of clover and the
return to proved rotations, but should
serve simply as an additional reason
for sowing the seed with the greatest
care, according to United States De-
partment of Agriculture specialists.
Plant the Seed Right.
Glover should not be planted at all
unless ii is planted right. Scattering
expensive clover seed on poorly pre-
pared ground is the poorest economy.
The crop should be provided with a
seed bed which is firm, moist, and
fine, and the quality of the seed
should be of the best. If the land is
Sour" il should be lined for red and
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

The Farmers Home Journal prints
the following:
Many prominent breeders of cattle
and hogs are in Louisville this week
attending the sales of the Kentucky
Roundup. This is the second annual
series of sales held at the Bourbon
Stock Yards in Louisville under the
auspices of the Kentucky Pure Bred
Live Stock Association.
The sales opened Tuesday with the
offerings of Holsteins and Poland
Chinas. The Holsteins sale followed
show of the cattle. The fifty-six
head of Holsteins sold for $10,527.5O,
an average of 1SS. The top animal
was a bull consigned by the we'll
known breeders, George Button &
Sons, Franklin, Ky. 1t brought $500
and was purchased by Palmer Bros,
of Yorkville, Ill.
The fOrty-three Poland Chinas
brought $3,071 an average of $71.4O.
the top being s275. going also to Pal
mer Bros, of Illinois.
A detailed report of these and
other six sales of the Roundup which
will be held after this issue goes to
press will be given in our next issue
NJ. L. McCRACKEN.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
.USELIV-vER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
Constipation.

Feel right all the time. Don't Law Oh
from work for days by taking calomel
when pleasant LiU- Ver-Lax Keeps yop
on your feet, while relieving your troub.
ie; Safer too, and easy to take. Donv
take anything else. You can't AFFORD
It. Eliminates poisons, cleanses sys.
TEN and relieves constipation. A nat
ural remedy. natural in its actions, sure
In its effect and certain in results. Is
won't be long before LiU- Ve--La win
completely displace calomel In eyers
home.l Children can take it freely and
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar.
anteed. Soc and 81 in bottles. None
genuine without the likeness and signs
lure OF l. X. Grigsby For sale by ,
I. N. WILLLAMs. Hartford IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

The Articles reproduced here were
printed in the Farmers Home Jour
nal, recently, and they struck me as
being worth calling your attention
Continued on eth page.)
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
NCIRCUIT COURT.


Judge-R. w. Slack, greensboro.
Com'th. Attorney-C. Il. Smith. Hart
ford.
Clerk--A. G. Porter, Hartford.
Master Commissioner-ott c. Mar
tin, Hartford.
Trustee Jury Fund-Cal P. Keown.
Hartford.
LIST Monday in March-i3 days
rCom'th. and Civil.
LIST Monday in May-12 days-Civil.
LIST Monday In July-12 days
Com tn. and Civil.
Sd Monday In September-12 days
Civil.
4th Monday in November-17 days
-Com'th. and Civil.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets first Monday In each month.
Judge-Mack Cook.
County Att'y.-A. ID. Kirk.
Clerk-W. c. Blankenship.
sherif-S. A. Bratcher.
superintendent. S. Howard.
Jailer-Worth Tichenor,
Tax Commissioner-D. e. Ward.
surveyor-C. s. Monkey.
CorOner-E. p. Rodgers.
FISCAL COURT.
Meets first Tuesday in April and
October.
list District-Ed Shown, Hartford,
Route 3.
End District-Sam L. Stevens, Beav-
er Dam.
3rd District-Q. B. Brown, Simmons.
4th District-G. w. Rowe, Center
town.
9th District-w. C. Daugherty, Baize-
town.
9th District-w. s. Dean, Dundee.
9TH District-B. F. Rice, Fordsville.
9Th District-B. C. Rhoades, Hart
ford. Route s.
HARTFORD.
Mayor. z. Bean.
Clerk. A. Howard.
Police Judge. M. Grove.
Marshal-E. P. Casebier.
ROCKPORT
Chm'n. Board-W C. Her.
Clerk-N II. Bratcher
Police Judges. l.. Fulkerson.
Marshal-Ed. ]. Bratcher.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
When The Day Is Over


headache, backache and worry. turn n
the right prescription, one gotten I'D by
DIR. Pierce fifty years ago.
Everything growing out Of the ground
seems intended for some use in establish
ing natural conditions. DR.. Pierce. of
Buffalo, N. Y, long since found out what
is naturally best for women's diseases
lie learned it all through treating thou
sands OF cases. The result of his studies
was medicine called DIR. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription. This medicine is made
OF vegetable growths that nature surely
intended for backache, headache, weak
ening, bearing-down pains, irregularities,
pelvic inhammations, and for the MANY
disorders common to women in all ages of
life. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
made OF lady's slipper root, black cohosh
root, unicorn root, blue cohosh root and
Oregon grape root. DR.. Pierce knew,
when he first made this standard medi-
cine, that whiskey and morphine are in
furious, and so he has always kept them
out of his remedies. Women who take
this standard remedy know that in DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription they are
getting a safe woman's tonic so good that
druggists everywhere sell it n liquid or
tablet form.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
DIR E c r 0 f Y :.
BEAVER DAM.

BEAVER DAM.
Ch'm'n. Board-w. t. McKennez.
Clerk-R. w. King.
Police judge. w. Cooper.
Marshal-R. f. Stevens.
FoRDsvILLE.
Ch'mn. Board-w. II. Jones.
Clerk-Olla Cobb.
Police Judge. p. Kessinger.
Marshal-Grant Pollard.
OFFICIAL SCHOOL CALENDAR.
County Board Of Education.
e. s. Howard, S. s. o. c.
Div No. ii. M. Hoover. Hart
ford. Ky.
Div. No. 90. W. Duff. Fordsville.
Ky.
Div. No. 3-H. L. Carter. Narrows.
Ky.
DIV. No 4-Robert Goff, Rosine.
Ky.
Div. No. 5-ots II. Stevens. Beav-
err Dam, Ky.
Div. No. 6-Nat Lindley, Center
town, Ky.
Time OF Meeting-lst Monday In
February; LIST Monday in April; LIST
Monday in June; LIST Monday In Au-
gust; LIST Monday in October: LIST
Monday in December.
County Board OF Examiners 1919
e. S. Howard S. S. o. c., Ellis Sande-
fur. w. S. Hill.
Jan. "a and 25-Common school,
diploma examination. Hartford,
Beaver Dam and Fordsville.
May, 8 and 1O-Common school
Beaver Dam and Fordsville.
May 16 and 17-County teachers
examination. (White) Hartford
May. 23-and 24-County teachers
examination (coloredD Hartford.
June, 20 and 21-County and State
teachers examination (white) Fords-
vile.
June. 81 and 2S-County and
state teachers examination (coloredl
Hartford.
July, 7-11-ohio County Institute.
Hartford.
Sept, 10 and 2O-County and
State teachers examination. (white)
Hartford.
Sept. 26 and 27-County and State
eachers' examination (colored) Hart
ford
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

with drill alone, on especially pre-
pared ground Special clover or al
falfa drills are now available anC
when a sufficient acreage is being
grown to justify their purchase the
use of these implements is to be re.
commended. On smaller areas a reg.
ular grain drill can be used il pro.
vided with spouts leading from the
grass seed box back of the shoes OF
/ disks. On most soils a better COW
ering of the seed is obtained If the
drill is equipped with chain seed COW
erers, as these leave a flat furrow.
Unless the soil is in a mellow condi-
ton a shallow seed bed must be pre-
pared for the drill.
When a drill is not available the
seed can be scattered with a rotary
seeder, a wheelbarrow seeder, or by
hand The ground however, must be
in fine, mellow condition, which
means that seeding must be delayed
until the soil can be stirred once or
twice with a spike-tooth harrow.
When seeded in this way the seed
must be covered, usually with a spike
tooth harrow, but sometimes with a
heavy brush drag. One-half inch in
clay soils and an inch in lighter soils
is about the proper depth of planting.
If the clover is being seeded in grain
the seed bed may be prepared as
above and the seed covrd without in
ury to the grain, the teeth of the har-
row being slanted slightly backward
and the harrow Fla at RICH: angles .r
diagonally to the rows Of gram rather
than parallel with them. On land IL
winter wheat suspected of being sour
lime may be put on and narrowed in
lightly so as to mix it with the sur
face soil. This is not as good as lin
ing in fall, but better than sowing red
clover seed without lining. Burnt
lime should be applied at least q
week before seeding so that it may
be mixed with the soil and not in
jure the seedlings.
Scattering Seed on Snow.
An old, familiar method of seed
ing clover is to scatter the seed on
the snow very early in the spring,
just as the spring thaw commences.
The frost leaving the ground leaves
the surface soil honeycombed with
fine cracks, into which the clover /
seed falls and is covered. This prac-
tice is most successful on level fields |
evenly covered with a soft melting |
snow. 1t should not be attempted !
on hillsides or in deep snow, as the |
seed may be washed away. Neither |
should the seed be scattered on snow
covered with a hard crust, nor on |
frozen ground, as a strong wind is |
liable to blow the seed into piles. I'm |
less the clover can be sown before |
the frost is out of the ground one of |
he other methods of seeding should |
be employed as the weather late in
he spring can not be depended upon
o cover the seed.
Cheap seed like cheap fertilizer
S always. expensive. Cheap, seed is
heap because it is poor. Because
If the competition on the clover-seed
market clover seed grades are based
cry closely on their actual value, and
he buyer gets pretty nearly what he
Jays for. AS has been remarked.
Buying cheap seed in order to save
money is like stopping the clock in
rider to save time. There is no saw
ng."
Clover Seed Easily Tested.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
Homegrown Seed Is Best.

During the past ~ months large
quantities of Italian-grown red clover
seed have been imported into this
country Tests have shown that seed
grown in Italy produces plants which
are less hardy and more subject 10
disease than plants from American
grown seed. II the season is favora-
BILE, the Italian clover may give salts
factory results but in general home.
grown seed is more liable to make a
good stand. When purchasing clover
seed the buyer should insist on know
ing the countries in which the various
samples of seed were grown.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12
Clover Seed Easily Tested.

First-quality clover seed from a re-
liable scotsman can usually be de-
pended upon to possess good germina-
tion and be free from weed seeds.
However, If there is any doubt as to
the quality of the seed it can easily
be tested for termination in the same
way that corn is tested, by counting
out 100 seeds and placing them in a
sand or rag doll germinator for a
week. The number of seeds which
terminate in that time is the per-
centage of termination of the lot
The percentage of weed seeds is
harder to detect, as many weed seeds
resemble the clover seed in appear
ance. However, with the use Of
magnifying glass the majority of the
weed seeds can easily be seen. The
percentage of weed seeds can be
roughly determined by taking 100
seeds just as they come and counting
out the weed seeds. Not all foreign
seeds in clover are harmful but the
farmer paying for clover seed should
get it. A good quality of red clover
seed should show at least 80 per
cent termination and 80 per cent
purity.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-12

Wool Consumption Reaches High
Mark In December
A total Of 64,000.0O0 pounds OF
wool, grease equivalent, was used
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-17
SkeiiB BriHing In Eight
Producers

Tho skcuy OH corNLnny has two
good wells jus, ahpur> completed
with six more 0u top Or the puy
ur within 100 feet OF it. an un-
usual number ut competitions iu
thoso days OF rurtuilud drilling op-
,rluuns That compHny's No on
tlrc Shl Huh rsa.A allotment I'm tho
southeast OF 23-2I-N. Usage nation,
was given "a shot in the BartlcsviIe
yesterday ana is producing at the
rate OF 900 barrels daily Sand was
found from 2,i63 to 2,208 feet
In the same quarter section, 80.
@ wen had q showing la the Wheeler
sand at 1880 feet which was
passed up, and they now have the
top of the BHrtlesville at 2,l53 feet.
This well viii be drilled In today
or tomorrow.
On the -. B. Nichols farm IN &c
2q-1I, the skelly OH company IS
reported to have gotten well In
the 9O0.foot sand. but no estimate
of production could bo obtained
last evening.
skclly and the Phillips Pctro-
lcum company has l60-barrcl
woll after a shot in tho Hortlesvillc.
In thsir No. in -i-2b-ll. Pay
vas touched at i.G75 foet and II
was drilled to l7il fcot, they arc
now cleaning out
In the Cushing district, the Skolly
OIL company Is drilling AZ 2 900 feet
and expect TO get the Bartlcsyillo
sand by sunday In IT'S No. 2 Walker
In 29-1s-5.
The Slick district IL represented
with four wells nearing pay, the
Skclly oil companys No I Bcmoro,
In the southwest corner of the
northwest corner Of the northeast
~ the southeast Of 32-1G-10 has
tho top Of the pay nt 2,735 feet
ana at IA feet In, - rillod up l,50O
feet with oil and Is estimated at i5O
barrels daily.
offsetting the Bcmorc well TO tho
south, the same company's No. 2
| Perryman has tho top OF the
| butcher sand at the Same depth
and II is now pulling the outside
| casing preparatory to drilling in.
on the Grayson allotment in tho
south half Of the northwest OF 4
| 1910, the Skclly interests No. s
well Is drilling at 1900 feet and ox-
| pcct 10 get thu top OF the butcher
! by Sunday or Monday.
The Skelly oil company's No.
/ on tho Billy Benson farm Is drill-
| ing In the lime at 3,154 feet and
| they expect to got the Wilcox sand
within the next 100 feet. The clc-
walton " this last well ~ 100 feet
higher Nhan I'm the other Wilcox
sand wells in this vicinity
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-17
IN THE OIL FIELDS
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