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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Remains To Be Proved.

In commenting upon an agricultural
program before the annual meeting OF
the Commissioners of Agriculture, Pres
ident Kenyon Butterfield said: SIT re-
mains to be proved whether we are not
producing enough farm products; it re-
mains to be proved whether We have NOT
enough land under cultivation" 1t has
been stated that we have been the most
wasteful nation in the world with food
products; that fully one-balf of all the
farm products produced has been wasted
either In the field or In transportation Ia
market or by the housewife. This is q
severe charge against our system of pro-
ducipg, marketing, and handling farm
products.
The high prices of all our food prod.
ucts are undoubtedly teaching people to
waste less; they have also led the farmer
to save more and to appreciate the neces'
sity of providing better system of mar.
keting. If We have been wasting one
half OF all the farm products produced
it is to be proved whether we are moi
producing a sufficient quantity OF farm
products. We are of the opinion tina,
we have a sufficient amount of land un.
der cultivation and that there is no ne.
cessity of entering a large program fol
reclaimipg the waste lands, such as the
deserts of the West, the swamps of the
South, and the stump lands of the North
We believe it would be saner practice
to attempt to bring these lands gradu
ally under cultivation rather than to at.
tempt through large appropriation
from the federal government to do this
work on an extensive scale.
Secretary Houston has said that fifty
per cent of the arabic lands are now I'M.
der cultivation and only twelve per cent
are yielding well. A person has to re-
fleet but a moment to know what tire.
mendous opportunity we have to in.
crease the yield OF lands which are a.
ready under cultivation. II only twelve
per cent are yielding we'll, We have op
portunity 10 improve eighty per cent OF
he fifty per cent of arabic lands under
cultivation. If this is done, and the food
products are saved, 1T remains to be
proved whether we need more produc.
tion and more land under cultivation
Hnard,a Dairvmap
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Maine News Notes.

Automobile registration fees for 1920
paid up to the first of January amount
to over 800, 1000, much more than double
the amount paid in any previous year.
A group policy has just been written
by the Travellers Insurance Co. covering
1900 employees of the Maine Coated
Paper Co. of Rumford for q total Of
nearly $i,500,0OOa
Not to be outdone by the larger cities,
Bath reports the taking of several bot
ties OF wood alcohol from persons who
have been arrested there recently. How.
ever, the stuff was plainly labeled, and
no results of Its use have been reported.
Baths first launching for 1920 will
probably be steel cargo carrier from
the Texas yard. She has been named
Roanoke, In honor of wooden ship of
that pame built In 1892 by Arthur Sewall
& Co. A big schooner will be launched
10. January from the Bowker yard in
Phipps burg.
Bowdoinham can claim the oldest
woman mason in New England and few
If any will dispute the claim, for one day
recently Miss Elizabeth Britt, aged 10,
mixed some mortar and then placing q
ladder to the roof climbed up and re-
paired the chimney which had been in
need of mortar. Some feat for young
woman 10 accomplish but record for q
woman Of nearly 80.
| The Carbon public library has in
augurated plan that should be watched
| by xll,other libraries not having simi.
lar system. All school pupils under 9
years Of age will be invited to pass az
hour at the library, whore the librarian
or some Interested person will devote an
hour to reading story adapted for the
occasion. II is hoped in this way to be-
gin getting the pupils interested in tbs
library and books, ct the impressionabls
age.
When the Fort Fairfield Review perpe
trated the following, 1t should hav,
changed the spelling Of lite name t.
Revue: "a prominent farmer from .
neighboring town was In Fort Fairfield
day or two ago and wanted to borr0v
GIG, 900 from the editor of the Review
We were going to let him have 1t q
once, but somehow the security did no
quite suit us, and, when We learned, o
We did, that he had only that day takel
his first ride on the Canadian Pacif1'
Railway, We determined that he Was no
. At man 70 lend money TO-"
II
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Small Potatoes for Seed.

What makes the best seed potatoes,
the cut potatoes or the smaller ones?
Ladysmith, Wis. w. S.
Small seed from clean, healthy potato
fields is satisfactory and this stock may
be planted whole with good results.
The planting of Gull potatoes, however,
is q poor practice. This 10 because a
large percentage of this small seed may
be due to weak vines, diseases, or other
unfavorable conditions.
Many growers cut seed potatoes into
pieces approximately two to three inches
in size with, at least, two strong eyes to
each piece. The strongest or quickest
gro wing eyes are located on the bud end
or seed end of the potatoes and II ii
advisable to divide this part Of the pota
to in cutting. A successful method ID
to cut small to medium sized potatoes IL
halves, cutting lengthwise from the stem
end to the bud end. To ensure strong
early growth good sized pisce Of seee
potato is demanded.-Hoard's Dairy
man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Explorer MacMllIan's plans.

Donald B. Macmillan Of Freeport haa
made his first definite announcement in
regard to the auxiliary knockabout Bow.
doin which he Is to have built at Booth.
bay for making voyage OF discovery
along the western shores of Bafin's Land.
The Bowdoin will have gross ton
mage of 55, her principal measurements
being S5 feet over all, 20 feet beam and 8
feet, 7 inches draft. The oak planking
will be sheathed with greenheart, or iron
wood, similar to that used on the Peary
craft, Roosevelt, iron plated forward,
and with q four-foot belt around her,
just above and below the waterline. The
explorer wants craft which will "tread
ice, rather than one which will depen,,
upon cutting through 1t, and this is wha \
,be designer is planning for the Bow
doin. 4.
A 45 horsepower engine will serve az
auxiliary to the heavy spread of sails,
and with 1000 gallons of kerosene oil in
the tanks, the Bowdoin will have cruis.
ing radius Of 5000 miles, 1t is claimed.
1.-THE trouble with the Roosevelt" said
M. Macmillan "was that she couldn't
carry her own necessary supply Of fuel,
and Admiral Peary was obliged to take
along another craft for that purpose"
Kerosene is especially useful as fuel,
be says, because be is able to get sup
ply in the Far North. In the long series
of trials which he purposes to make af-
ter the Bowdoin is completed, expert
ments will be made with all sorts of oils,
and Mr.. Macmillan will penetrate Baf-
al, ond 18th Tho hoot oidc m pouiuo =.
tion that have yet been discovered, prof
itipg by the mistakes of previous ex-
plorers. He is even planning to give seal
oil a trial, but is not over-sanguipe as to
how the experiment will result.
Mr.. Macmillan also sees the virtue Of
having small crew and plans to have
only five on this expedition. The Bow.
doin's designer says she can carry two
years. supplies for five men. The ex-
plorer's companions, none Of whom has
vet been chosen, will be selected with q
view to their skill as scientists, as the
principal object of the voyage is to OBJ
rain scientific and geographical data.
The western shores of Baffin's LanG
constitute 1000 miles of upexplored ter
ritory, now designated by blank. Near
ly 100 years ago, two English ships up-
dertook a voyage of discovery there, but
after two years of vain attempt were
compelled to abandon the task. No
" hite man Las ever yet trod this coast.
Mr.. Macmillan proposes to make bis
dash the latter part of June or early in
July, 1921, and hopes to get through the
Peary and Hecla Straits this season. His
departure is not timed earlier for the
reason that other explorers have been
compelled to make long wait after
reaching the frozen region, to the grea,
detriDent OF their supplies. BE has ut
most faith in Eskimo assistance, without
which Admiral Peary could never have
reached the North Pole, be believes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
. NATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS
. DEPEND UPON WoMANKlND
. Japanese Diplomat Says Men
. Alone Cannot Create lnterna.
tlonaI FrlendIinesa

+ International friendship be- 1
/. tween nations depends largely I
+ upon the friendly feeling between I
i. the women of those nations, ac- I
1. cordlng to representatives Of the !
/. Japanese embassy In Washington. !
+ Their theory Is that there can 1
+ be no frm friendship between I
+ two nations unless the women Of 1
!. those two countries know and I
I. like one another. as cooperation !
+ between nations, as In the state :
I. and in the family, is based on Co :
+ operation between men and wo- Z
+ men.
+ Therefore, II japan and Ameri- !
1. ca are to have real. lasting 1
= I. friendship, to really know and !
1. understand one another, the wo- i"
i. men of the two nations must I
1. learn to play together, to study 4
+ together and to think together. !
1. The 2. w. G. A. Is one OF the I
+ best mediums for bringing about !
4. this friendship between the two !
!. nations, according to diplomatic :
1. representatives Of Japan, as that !
+ organization is teaching Japanese I
4. women recreation, showing them
+ how to enjoy out-of-door life and :
4. sports. 1t is particularly neces-
+ sary that Japanese women learn I
+ to enjoy and appreciate recrea- :.
I. ton, they say, since the great :!
r influx of women into Industry 4
+ and business. as Japanese wo- :
+ men, formerly so conservative I
1. are going into business and doing :
+ many things which they had :
1. never thought of doing before the :
+ war.
+ The z. W. G. A. has been as i
4. sured the fullest possible cooper 4
= alton Of the Japanese embassy
I. and the Japanese people IN MAX 1
1. ing its "World Service program"
4. for three million dollars to be :
+ used for women and girls In the !
4. United States. India, China, ia.
+ pan, South America, Egypt 81 :
+ IBERIA, the Near East and Mexico
+ a success. 4
++++++++++++++++a + ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Honey Yield Higher.

The average yield OF surplus honey In
1919 was 80 pounds to colony Of honey
bees, as estimated by the Bureau OF Crop
Estimates, United States Department OF
Agriculture. This is considerably above
the average of As pounds In 1918, and OF
41.8 pounds for the five years 101S-19l7.
The relative proportions In which the
honey OF the last two years Was market
I'd are indicated by 80 for extracted
honey, 81 for comb honey, and 10 foi
bulk honey. About one-third OF the
product goes to "outside" markets.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of the United States for the
District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
OF Rumford, Bankrupt
To the creditors OF Charles Russell Inglis OF
Rumford, In the County Of Oxford and district
aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given thar on the 6th day OF
December. A. ID. 1912. the said Charles Russell
Inglis was duly adjudicated bankrupt. and that
the first meeting Of his creditors win be held at
the Office OF the Referee, No. Market Square,
south Paris, Maine, on the 7th day Of January
A. ID. 1920, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon,
al which time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other business
as may properly come before said meeting.
South Paris, Dec. 20, 1919.
WALTER L. GRAY,
ll Referee In Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
,rEADFAsT CONFIDENCE
The Following Statement Should
Form Conclusive Proof of Merit
to Every South Paris
Reader.

Could stronger proof OF the merit ef
anv remedy be desired than the state
mspts of grateful endorsers who say
heir confidence has been undiminisbed
by lapse of time? These are the kind OF
statements that are appearing constantly
in your local papers for Dosn's Kidney
pills. They are twice told aud confirmed,
With new enthusiasm. Can any reader
doubt the following? It's from South
Paris resident:
IL sohof, 81 Market Square, says
"I was troubled at different times oy
rheumatic pains and felt as II my KID
nevs needed attention. Doan's Kidney
pills greatly relieved me and have beer
| feelinr much better SINCE"
LASTING RESULTS.
EIGHT wears later Mr.. Schof said: -
ill have confidence in Doan's Kidne!
pills. They have brought permanen
benefit In my case"
Price 6Oc. at all dealers. Don't simpi.
ask for . kidney remedy-get Doan,
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr: Schoi
had. Foster Milburn Co., Mrs, bui
Salo, n. z.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
AMONG THE FARMERS.
" SPEED THE PLow."
Figures on Sweet Corn Cost.

Figures on Sweet Corn Cost.
ORoNo, Dec. %.
When the Maine producers and pack
ers of sweet corn were engaged, last
spring, In a controversy over the ques
tion Of what price per pound for cut
corn should be paid at the canning fac
tories, the State Corn Growers Associa'
tion requested the University of Maine
agricultural extension service to secure
data on the cost of growing sweet corr
| IN Maine.
Maurice D. Jones, farm management
demopstrator, was assigned to the task.
he has Just submitted report that con-
tains information of general interest and
should be helpful to the growers and
packers in settlement OF their price
problem.
Through the efforts of the Farm Blu.
reaus and county agents many farmers
in the corn belt were induced to keep
accurate records, and from these records
and replies to q questionpaire the data
have been compiled. The information
was received from 81 farms. All of the
counties In which sweet corn is raised
for factories are represented except Ok
ford and York, in which there were no
Farm Bureaus when the records were
being kept.
The analysis shows that the cost per
acre of raising sweet corn on 2O9 acres
was S11456 Allowing credit of $12.9S
per acre for fodder, left a Det cost OF
SlO1 .6S. The total production of cut
corn raised on the 200 acres was 275s
pounds; net cost of production per
pound, 8 6S-100 cents.
But these figures were based on the
1919 crop, and the 1919 season was ex-
ceptiopally good for sweet corn. The
seed ran unusually well, there were prac-
tically no early fall frosts to shorten the
growth, and except in two counties there
was coed amount of moisture, along
wi tn the warm weather.
The average yield per acre Of cut corn
in the last five years, according 10 avail
able records, did not exceed 1000 pounds,
while the figures of this year show an
average considerably in excess of that
amount. Mr.. Jones' deduction is that,
considering average yields and costs,
there is no profit for the Maine farmer
in raising swe ct corn for the factories at
less than FIVE cents per pound.
In reckon ing the cost, the following
items were included, based on averages
compiled from the records of 81 growers: !:
rent of land, 50 %; use of machinery,
s4.14; interest on investment, $1.9l;
fertilizer used, GIG pounds, SIG q; ma
nure used, 1872 tons, S25. .S3; horse labor,
a. II cents per hour, S16.5S; man labor,
1921 hours at "a cents per hour, $751; |;
seed and other costs, So 25.
Mr.. Jones says the records show 1t
paws TO plant sweet corn before June /.
The average yield of all COIN planted be-
fore May "a was 30SS pounds per acre; |;
between May "a and June 1, 32S3 pounds; !;
between June l and June 10, 244l
pounds; after June 10, 1882 pounds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Hidden Hand whispers.

A correspondent Of an English paper
recently INDUCED in this bull: LEST q
whisper of the hidden hand be
heard" Was 1t an English clergy
man who said to his congregation:
Brethren, the muddy pool Of politics
was the rock on which split"ROut'
look.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Manure Should Be Used When Fresh.

Manure is never so valuable" says
Professor Vivian, 'as when perfectly
fresh. For this reason the plan of haul
ing the manure from the barn directly
to the field is to be recommended when
ever there is q field available and the
weather is suitable. This method of
handling is most economical of time and
labor. Almost the total value of the
manure is realized when 1t is removed
directly to the field and spread over the
surface of the ground. The rains will
leach out the soluble portion, but 1t will
be carried directly into the soil where it
is needed and will be there fixed 80 it
will not be lost. When msnureis spread
in q thin layer, it will not heat; 1t simply
dries out and there is no loss Of valuable
constituents as results from the. fermen-
tations of the manure pile"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06

Next Morning the Loaves Had Two.
A baker of raisin bread whose prod
uct got shyer and shyer or raisins one
day received this sarcastic letter:
"Herewtth l hasten to return faisin
which found in a loaf bought on your
premises this morning. Trusting that
you have not been inconvenienced In
any way by Its temporary loss, ] 70.
main, etc."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
.Jsde From pu,ma.

Practically all the Jade now mined
comes from Burma. though New zsa-
land II q producer Of some note. China'
takes practically the entire output. Ia
Burma the privilege Of mining Il has
been held by the same Indian or Sham
tribe for many generations. The meth
cd employed is- the crudest The
Chinese prefer Jade which II Of dark
green color. free from oil mottlss. ana
Jade Of this grsds u worth is weight
In gold.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that b,
has been duly appointed administrator of th'
estate of
I'm the County OF Oxford, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement, ano
all indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately.
GEORGE E. MOY, Dixaeld, Maine;
December 18th, 1919. oz'z
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
The Sowing.

Every harvest looks back to a SOW
ing. every fruit to seed. Each gold
en-wheateds October pre-supposes q
grain-sowing May: logic. common.
place and Inevitable, in conditions ma.
terial. But humanity is not so inclined
to recognize the fact, or to appreciate
the meaning Of the fact in conditions
Intellectual. moral human.-Charles >.
ThHips,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that 8
has been duly appointed sdministratrix OF the
estate of -,
In the County OF Oxford, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired TO present the same for settlement, and
all indebted thereto are requested TO make pay
ment Immediately.
ANNIE j. FREEMAN, Denmark, Me.
December 18th, 1919. 522
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Poultry Manure a Valuable Fertilizer.

1t is claimed that the weekly droppiDgs
of twenty five hens, as scraped from the
roosting platform, are sufficient to COM
post with eight pounds of kainite or
acid phosphate and half peck of saw
dust. Estimates compiled by various
experiment stations give twenty-f FIVE hens
credit for producing, during six months
of winter weather, 375 pounds Of ma
nure, gathered from roosting platforms
alone. On this basis of comparison, 100
fowls on an acre range, In six months of
summer weather, would add to the fer.
tility of that acre the equivalent Of at
least 200 pounds of sulphate of ammonia,
100 pounds of high-grade acid phosphate
and sixty pounds kainite.
Poultry manure contains all the fer,
tilizipg materials in condensed form
that 10 why 1t is worth more money than
any other kind Of manure. Fresh drop
pings contain fifty-seven per cent water,
/ 15 per cent nitrogen, .96 per cent phos-
phoric acid, and SO per cent potash.
A strong odor of ammonia is noticeable
in poultry manure allowed to accumu-
late under the roosts and when DROP
pings are left in barrels. This 10 due 10
the gaseous ammonia escaping into the
air. In order to prevent this loss, chem
icals which have more or less fertilizipe
value in themselves can be added to the
droppings from time to time with good
effect, both In checking the waste and In
purifying the atmosphere of the hen
house. -
The best materials for this purpose are
gypsum, or land plaster, acid phosphate,
and kainite, which is cheap potash salt,
Each of these chemicals has the power
OF forming new compounds with the am
monia as fast as II Is set free from the
original combination. Wood-ashes and
slaked lime should never be used because
they cannot combine with ammonia
while they do force 1t out of It's com
pounds and take its place. Plaster II
likely to produce q dry, lumpy mixture
when used in large quantities to .arres
the ammonia. while kainite and act
phosphate produce moist, sticky mass
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Collectors Advertisement of Sale o
Lands of Nonresident Owners.
STATE OF MAINE.

Uppald taxes on ands situated In the town of
woodstock, in tn, County Of Oxford, for the
year 1919.
The following Is Of taxes on real estate Of
non resident ownes, in the town of Woodstock,
aforesaid. for te year 1919, committed to
dsy OF May, 1914 remain unpaid; and notice Is
hereby given tina II said taxes with interest
and charges are Of previously paid, 80 much
OF the real estatetaxed as Is sufficient TO pay
the amount due terefor, including interest and
charges will be old without further notice, al
public auction a Town Hall In said town on the
irst Monday In 'ebruary, 1920, at nine O'Clock
A. NJ.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
EIrst Mirror Was Watsr.

Brushes were probably invented
much later than the comb, but the
mirror. the one toilet article without
which woman could not exist, must
date from very early period. Per-
haps clear pool allowed curious worn'
an q first view of her face, though we
must say that she is not the only vain
creature to exist. for certain gentle
man named Narclssus gazed at his re-
Election In the still water, and gazing
fell so In love with his beauty that ne
pined away and died.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that r,
has been duly appointed executor Of the las
will and testament of
MARY K. ROBBINS, late Of Paris.
In the County Of Oxford, deceased, without
bond. All persons having demands against tht
estate Of said deceased are desired to present
the same for settlement, and all indebted
thereto are requested to make payment imme
FRANKLIN ROBBINS, Paris, Me.
December 18th, 1919. 22
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06

Not much use to make q written con-
tract with the hired man. Just use him
right, let him know you appreciate every
effort on bis part to do the square thing,
and you have the best contract In the
world. Il will hold when one written
with pen and Ink will fall.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NOTICE.

The Subscribers hereby give notice that the
have been duly appointed executors OF the las
will and tes' ament of
EMERY PARSONS, late Of Hartford,
In the County OF Oxford, deceased, without
bond All persons having demands against the
estate of said deceased are desired TO present
the same for settlement, and all Indebted thereto
are requested 20 make payment Immediately.
EDITH p. ROBERTS, Readneld, Me.
HAROLOE. PARSONS, Hartford, Ne.
December 18th, 1919. 52-2
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06

"When the farmers adopt the 40-hour
week." unused the city man who was
born and raised on farm, ~ guess one
Of our problems Will b 70 find = substl'
tuts for sats."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06

Good Reasons for Optimism.
The little world Of ours Is not grow
ing worse to the men and women who
are doing their best to make It better.