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The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
Why We Need More "Rubes" on the Farms

II XCERpTS from contribution on
T. the senate floor by Senators Ken
yon NJ Iowa ana sherman II Illinois I:
Mr.. kcnyon--When boy getting
so a month and his board on the farm
can 90 to the city and get 81 or IS
Il day. and only work eight hours n
lay. you cannot keep the boy on the
FARM
Mr.. Shermnn-The cause Is basil
cully deeper than equal compensation.
II the compensation on the farm were
precisely what II Is In the cities n
large portion of the population Is OF
such u morbid instinct or habit Of
l;fe that you could not take n dwcller
In the city out on the farm and make
him stay. There nre not enough cigar
stores. not enough grafonolns, not
enough confectionery establishments,
md ballet dancers 10 suit their hab.
Us of life and modes of thought.
Mr. Ecnyon-And pool halls.
Mr. sherman And pool rooms, | arl
sorry To say. which are worse tsan 0ny
VI the others, not even excepting the
lust ulmCd; and until that Is
changed ana until their natures are
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
MAKING ROADS WITH BRAINS
Most Of Heavy Work Incident to High.
ways Is Being Done by Maehin.
ery-cost ls Less.

As help Is scarce. and increasing
traffic makes good roads necessity,
more and more of the heavy work In
cIdent TO highways is being done by
machinery.
Al one time the work Of lcvellng and
road building had TO be- done largely
with the p!ckaX In the hants of work.
men, and with shoyels and teams. Now
gasoline engines, motor trucks. aud
huge ,power.proprlled cranes do all Of
the heavy work In the pew method
the expense Is less than by the old
method, for machinery Is always cheap.
cr than human lnhor, In that n mate.
rial saving OF time II effected.
Good roads ure nm economy 10 any
section of the 'oun'ry, as they permit
produce to he hauled to market Just
when II win bring tie most, and prop.
crty Is always worth more which hor.
ders well CONSTRUCTED highways. Try
TO buy farm amng n concrete road
and You will find the location makes
bg difference In the price asked,
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
Public Hit Hard by Flour Pro6teering

says "FOr this the consumer wns
forced 10 pay ut least SlljO. Had the
miller iohhcr, wholesaler, and retailer
hrcn content with reasonable margins
this flour might have been available
To the purchaser ut Sil51.
However, the product was saddlrd
with So many cNtnrtlonate profits In
passing from the mills through the VA.
rlous distributing agencies. that the
ultimate cost 10 the consumer was
more than 81 In excess Of reasonable
selling price"
With respect TO the milling com.
rnnles, the survey alleges. "The, the
profits had advanced In 1917 pract,.
cally 3I5 per cent over 1913 earnings /.
That the cost Of operation. which In.
cludes labor cost. advanced only "a
Ter cent In the same period. or only
hve cents per barrel, Ms contrusted
With an Increase In mlllers' profits OF
~ cents barrel"
Mr. Lauck asserts that the jobbers
sliced proiiteerlnH melon of approx.
imately siS0oooco. or a tax OF nearly
VI on every family In the country"
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cy to the extent Of 5000 n square mile
~ wheat area. so that roads could be
Improved 10 effect l. saving on wheat
hauling cqnnl 10 that cited nhoye. and,
at the same time. effect correspond.
Ing saving In each of the other crops.
The lowering of distribution costs
II is now recognized. Is one of the most
important problems In reducing living
costs While business Is searching for
more economical methods ~ handling
goods, the farmers have not been neg
lrcting other phases ~ this problem.
On the prices nj which he sells. all
other prices must depend. Good roads,
enabling him TO get his products to
the market nj materially reduced cost,
are among the hlg factors In more eco.
nomlcal distribution.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
TNAI Il0NZT
Hi TIE ny
uWSNuAU
STOCK THRIVE on R0UGHAGE
Feeding Value OF siIaee, Fodder ans
Slower In Dairy Ration Not
Fully Appreciated.

The feeding value Of corn silage,
corn fodder and corn stover In the
dairy ration is not sufficiently appre-
ciated, especially In those regions
where legumes do not thrive, says q
specialist of the dairy division, Unit
ed States department Of agriculture.
A recent study of records from COW.
testing associations points to the con-
clusion that the growing of more corn
roughage and less non-legumnous
hay would increase the profitableness
Of the ration.
In all sections where legumes thrive
II Is. Of course, advisable to grow
them. as their value Is well recognized
for feeding dairy cattle. In fact, from
q study Of cOw-testing association re-
ports II would seem that even grain
does not fully take the place of good
legume rOughage. II Is In these sec
tions where legumes do not thrive.
however, that dairymen may well con-
slider the growing of more corn rough
age and less non-legume hay.
Few plants apparently contain all
the substances required to nOur;sh
properly the animal body, but in the
light Of present knowledge, the corn
plant seems to be one of these. 1t Is
possible to balance ration from
corn nroducts only that will enable
the animals to thrive and reproduce
with apparently no i'll effects. This Is
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every man and woman IN the country
practice such economy, and as a con-
sequence, predict we will get our
clothing for something Esar the ancient
prices.
Il am able 10 live on corned-beef
hash; and II that becomes too high,
upon hash made Of rabbit meat; and
If that gets out OF the market. then
upon no meat al all until the prices
come within reason.
"When we do that, Mr.. President, we
are going to have cheaper food. until wo
do that we are going to have the high
cost of living, which. when we con-
slider the vast number Of men who dis
dan labor In these days might prop
erly be designated the high cost Of
loafing.'"
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

TN SPITE of an appeal by Repub-
i llcnn Leader Mondell. the house re-
iecird the conference report on the
diplomatic and Jnsular appropriation
hill because OF It's provisions making
permanent wartime passport restric-
tions. The vote on the approval Of the
conference report was 10 10 1872. The
Lill was sent hack TO conference.
Representatives SABBATH Of Illinois,
SIegcl OF New York and Connally Of
Texas were among those who fought
The adoption OF the report. Minority
Leader Champ Clark voted against It..
The rejected measure made perma-
nent the wartime requirement that
no alien could enter the United States
without a passport from his own coun-
try vIsed by an American consul. II
also made II necessary for American
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WAR MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED
Equipment Turned Over Promises to
Be Great Aid In Carrying Out
Road Building Plan.

To date the war department has
turned over To the United States de-
partment Of agriculture approximately
2A,UH motor vehicles. as provided In
congressional legislation empowering
the latter department to distribute this
war material among the state high
way commissioners for use In road
building, all0tments of the vehicles
10 be- based on the amount Of federal
mid for roads which the states receive.
This Is practically all the vehicles
which the war department has to re-
lease. OF this total 1900 have been
delivered to the states. The remain
der will be- distributed as fast as rail
way cars can be secured for their
transportation. Representatives OF
the bureau of public roads. In charge
Of the matter, believe that within two
or three months all of the vehicles
will have been delivered to the states.
This equipment promises to be a great
aid in carrying the large road build.
Ing program for 1920.
The state hl.hway commissioners
nre also Interested In securing allot.
ments Of tractors, steam shOvels, To-
c0motlve cranes, antomotIye cranes.
Industrial railway track, dump cars
and industrial locomotives which re-
rnnIn to be disposed OF by the war
department. A measure known as
the Kahn bill, directing the secretary
OF war to release this material for the
state highway commissioners, has
passed the senate and has been re-.
ported out OF committee In the house.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

EARM'NOTES
Sweet clover is winning On merit.

Sweet clover is winning on merit.
Head lettuce does best In cool, moist
weather.
Ilumus makes the soil more mellow
aud granular
The shining hoe Is the best badge of
the good gardener
Plan, plenty or celery and late cab.
hngc for an season, use,
Trees grow; they grow In height, In
volume. In value, aud In quality.
Cultivation NJ SOY beans rs factor
In solving the stock food problem Is
urged.
The easiest, cheapest aud most sat
lsfnctory way to prevent soil drifting
is To SOW n field every year to tnme
grass.
Ergot Is n fungus growth on the
shndy side " corn stalk leaves mud
sometimes on the undcrsldc Of maize
leaves,
II stable manure Is reinforced with
80 pounds ncld phosphate to the ton
It's crop producing value Is Just about
doubled.
Paths and ronds about the fnrmstcnd
not only should be as few Ms posslhl,
bu, should be kept out NJ sight 80 fa'
as feasible. say specialists ~ the Unl
ted States department OF agriculture
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bred differently we will not get them
to leave the city ind 60 on the farm.
| have seen II tried, unwittingly In.
suited n friend by suggesting that II
he were out of work aud money and
wanted three meals n day | knew
where could get him u very remuner.
ativc place on farm, and he flushed
In the fnce aud said he was no "rube."
Mr.. Kcnyon-Thn, is the trouble In
the country; we have not enough
"ruhcs." as the senator speaks OF
them.
Mr.. Shcrman-Ycs: we need good
many more ~ ;hcm The huslc dlfi.
Guilty with the dwcller In the city be-.
gins there.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
GOOD HIGHWAYS
ASSIST FARMER
Vast Road.BuiIding Program Now
Under Way Throughout
Whole United States.
POOR ROADS ADD BIG TOLL
Projects Have Been Approved Calling
for Federal Aid TO Amount OF
St,0,84o, ,773--important Factor
In Buying and Selling.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF AgricultureJ
The highway Is coming into It's own
In America.
Neglected. abused. undervalued. sub
Jected TO cheap remedies for decades.
at lust the country road ls being nc.
corded the treatment II deserves. At
n cost Of hundreds Of millions. the
United States Is rapidly overcoming
the economic handicap which highway
neglect has so long cntalled.
This stupendous movement. the scope
OF which the public even now does
not fully comprehend. Is founded on
sound business considerations. Good
roHls pay. II they dld not. the nation
would not now be constructing and
planning them on nn unprecedented
scale. They pay by promoting the so
clnl life OF the people. by helping re-
lleyc the congestion that Is making
mnclstroms Of municipalities. But
more important still, they pay In dol
lars and cents, for poor roads add Il
heavy toll 10 the huving and selling oi
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

VXIASHINGTON. - From painting
w signs on express wagons along
Canal street IN Chicago Al 30 cents
a wagon to portraits Of members OF
nearly every royal family. and their
friends In Europe Is the distance trav-
eled In, the last 20 years by Seymour
NJ. Stone Of Chicago. who has returned
to this country after II years abroad
Barely forty years old. Mr.. S.one
has achieved an international repu-
tation. His story is modern fairy
tale come true. lie Is the struggling
young artist Of fiction come to life.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
WASHINGTON
>SIDELIGHTS
Once Painted Signs; Now Famous Artist

Born Of American parents, his mother
of Russian extraction. he was the only
one Of II family Of five children 10
show an artistic talent. At eighteen
he was earning SO u day II. Chicago
painting signs In Boston he got a
position In the art department or
the Herald at so week. In Phllndel-
phla he again painted signs; in New
York he painted drop curtains at So
day. In the next five years he
studied and worked until he broke
down from overwOrk, and, 10 save him
self from going blind. took his first
vacation.
Then. with another art student, he
travelled through Europe, visiting
Paris. Rome. Florence and Venice be-
fore settling down TO work. In Paris
he studied at Jullens under lie Favre,
and in Munich with Loeftz and Angelo
Jank.
In Europe he came into his own.
He has two brothers and two sisters
In Chicago. He will not return TO Eu'
rope
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Filling Silo With corn-More Corn
silage or Other Corn Roughage Is
Needed. Especially In Regions
Where tegumes Do Not Thrive.

not the case with many other crops.
Corn. then, has unusual feeding prop
critics.
Experimental work done at the
South Carolina and Pennsylvania sta.
tions has shown that 1t is practical
under some conditions to feed dairy
cows on a ration Of corn sllage and
grain without hay. Such ration has
been used successfully In feeding beef
steers. Reports from one cow-testing
association In a non-leguminous hay
region having an unusually high In.
come over cost Of feed and large pro-
duction per COW is in district where
the dalrymen have practically discon.
tlnued the feeding Of hay. but instead
feed silage and corn fodder. In this
association the grain ration is also
composed largely Of corn by-products.
No matter what other conclusions
may be drawn from the evidence avail.
able showing the value Of corn fodder
and corn sllage as dairy feeds, Il
seems certain that the corn plant pro-
vides an excellent roughage.
Hay Is often damaged very much By
becoming overripe.' Storms damage II
seriously. The feeding value Of corn
Is not damaged by Its becoming ma
ture, and II II is properly shocked
storms do little damage to It.
There are undoubtedly many dairy.
men who can well consider the wis.
dom Of reducing the amount OF non.
legumlnous feed, corn fodder, aud
silage to feed their dairy cows.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

Naere Ton.Mile Costs Are Low.
rlcs from nothing 10 maximum of
SUn pounds. ON u smooth, dry earth
ruud. from 100 io 900 pounds; on
rrn,rl road I'm hgl condition, from
1000 To 1900 pounds; on % gravel road
IN good condition about $500 pounds
an mrcud1m runj, from 2on to 1000
pounds. ou a brick road, from 1000 to
S.OON pounds,
II the speed " travel is the same
on all NJ these surfaces, the horse VIII
haul ON u good mncndum road from
three to five times as many miles n
dny ns upon moderately muddy earth
road. Assuming TINT one horse Is ca
pnblc Of n certain fixed amount day
then. with given load, Ills effective
radius of travel from TINT point on n
mncadnm rond II from tbgcc to i've
times the radius OF travel from that
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

A NALlSiS OF alleged rrotltecrlng
"A In -four, filed with the United
States railroad labor hoard by W. J.
Jctt Lauck, consulting economist Of
the railroad brothcrhcods. states that
the wartime profits absorbed one.third
OF the price paid by the consumer for
n barrel OF -four, and that % per cent
Of this margin was chargeable to
prohteeriag.
"The actual cost OF producing bar.
rel Of -four In iDiI, Including interest.
freight aud other expenses Of the
miller. was only $780," the report
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In Doubt.

"For chap just engaged to such
lovely girl you seem l bit gloomy"
"Well. I'm worried. You know Jes-
sica Is an enthusiast always. Once 1t
was for horses, once for dogs, once
prize poultry, once Angora cats. Now
-nm regular sweetheart or is she
Just taking up another animal fad?"
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UNPAvED ROADS UNCERTAIN
When Weather is Good They May De
passabe " They hav. Been
Continuously Dragged.

rnpnvri roads vary with the wealth.
cr-pavcd roads nrc constant when
the weather Is good, dirt roads may he
paSsnhlc II they have been continuous.
ly dragged, hut they nre not roads tor
truck and automobile traffic. so char.
nctwls'lc cf the highways today when
properly constructed.
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NOTEs
So=T!G s.ss,N

Feed the cows well.
The sooner the utensils that have
contained milk or been IN contact with
Il are washed the easier the job win
be.
Grass hay, fodder. and other rough
age which may not have a ready sale
ure economically utilized by the dairy
COW.
Contagious abortion can he pre-.
vented W the use Of an untiScptc So
luton used ON the sire after each
service.
Though the dairy COW many unsal-
able rouehagcs may he transformed
nto products from Which cash may
We realized.
A Jar Of vasellne Is almost neces-
,ty around the dairy barn, especially
IN very cold days when chapped and
cracked teats are common.
To keep the herd sire from getting
100 fat give him access to small
Geld or paddock where he can get the
necessary exercise.
Vermont experiments Indicate that
Il takes about two and half tons Of
pumpkins to equal In feeding valus
one ton Of sllage fer milk cows
DO not feed the calf large amount
" milk just because It Is there to bs
ted. II Is better TO feed the calf
a uniform amount daily aud thea
give the surplus ~ the pigs
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REDUCE COST OF MARKETING
II Can Be Brought About b. Farmers
Using More Trucks, Ttailers
and Automobiles.

The high cost ~ MARKET 2 That Is
such n factor IN the cost of living will
he reduced when he roads nrr i'm.
proved and farmers use more trucks,
tmlrr> aud automobiles In reaching
city markets with their products.
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A Channsd Man.

"our candidate is getting fond Of
public speaking"
"rll say so. A while back we could
hardly coax him TO stand up, aud now
It's practically impossible to induce
him u sit down.
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Had to Obey the Law.

"Why did you let him get away
from you?" thundered the chief.
"He-er-took mean advantage Of
me-" replied the green detective. "He
ran across the grass in the park,
and"
"Why didn't you follOwT'
"Well, there was notice there,
Keep off the grass STRAY Stories.
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The Last Resort.

"Thcrc's me thing left II this huSl.
ness venture of minc fails know what
| shall have to try next"
whats thaty"
II shall have to begin writing plays
for the moving picture people"
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Tastes Differ.

Mr.. Sankey-You don't like toma-
toes. won't eat them and are thus de-
privlng yourself of much In life. II
were you I'd learn to eat them.
Mrs. Sankey-But you don't like
rhubarb, Johnl
"Oh, WELL hut that's not fit to eat"
London Answers
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Ethel Could Advise

Ella-lacs's heen calling on me for
slN mouths. Don't you think It's time
he prpposedi
ErS-oh, no; II was nearly n year
before he proposed to ne.-Londou
Answers.
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Click Clique.

otls-Movic people are rather clan.
nlSh, aren't thcyy
Chcsicr-lf they irc, they come hor.
oStly by u. Even the camera has IT,
own clicE,-Fllm Fun.
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Purebreds and serubs.

Quite a percentage Of men who
raised grade cattle the Inst year lost
money, bu, the percentage of men who
raised purebred cattle nnd lost money
was small.
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Don't get the notion in your head
That you can be a shirk.
The world won't give you meat and bread
Unless you give II work.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
WelI.Tralned Ones.

"My son Is very fond Of trained
animal exhibitions"
ale is?'
"Yes, especially Of pony ballets."
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Better Roads, .9e,,er Business.

The business considerations back cf
these vas, Investments nrc no. far 10
seek. Better roads mean cheaper and
quicker hauling. II has been estlmnt.
ed. for example, that on level. muddy
earth road the amount which one horse
can draw IN an ordinary wagon VA
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25
Mississippi Valley Roads.

or the 100000 miles Of rural high.
way In the Mississippi valley only a
scant 10000. or rs per cent OF the
total. are hard surfaced.
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Catty Reply.

"Are those curls Of Annie's natu.
ral?"
~ should say they were. You can't
tell them from her own hair"
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arm lrhuciN-h tnll lhr IN eA''NS "l
he expense ~ adequate Improvement
Unprecedented Road Program.

Unprecedented Road Program.
This IL lesson cities ns well ms
rural districts are learning In the hn-
rcau of public roads. United States de
pnr,mcnt ~ agriculture. which admin
listers the federal aid rnhd act, iS cen.
tered supervision ~ all highway con.
s,ruction which fcirrnl funds help car.
~ on At the close Of last year. prof
cct statements had been approved cnll.
INK for federal mid 90 the amount ~
snO.SiO.773-a sum which indicates
how fully the nation Is convinced that
better roads mean better business. The
total federal funds available 10 nd
the states In their rond.hul.dng PRO.
grams W 10 July |, 1920, will be SlG9,-
7j0OD-and this total is exceeded by
the combined expenditures of state,
county. and municipalities.
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Locks Suspicious.

He says IT'S unaccountable
And still the fact is there,
That while his wife was ut the beach
The parrot learned to swear.
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POSITIVELY CRUEL.

~ don't know of any man who lis
tens 10 IA hard luck story with II
more sympathetic air than Mr.. Wad.
leigh"
"Then he has kind heartF"
"No. It's as hard as adamant. He
enjoys the discontinue of the poor
wretch who is brusquely refused aims
just when he Is nattering himself that
lie never did a better piece of acting
in al his career as panhandler."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Crittenden press., 1920-06-25

point on moderately muddy earth
road-and earth roads are moderately
muddy many months In the year.
Several years ago Information Sc
cured by the department OF agriculture
from 2.SO0 correspondents indicated
that the average cost of hauling on an
unlmprovcd country road was 22.7
cents n ton-mile, Today. with price
levels much higher the cost would he
even greater.
White II is difficult TO estimate ac-
curately what the saving would he II
all highways were improved IN the dis
tricrs represented by these replies. n
specific instance makes the benefit
plain. A farmer In southern stnte
had 10 haul n ton Of bnrhed wire %
miles. over unimpr0ved roads. He
found that with n twohorse team his
maximum lond was 800 pounds. and
that three days were required to make
one round trip. To hnul one ton. there
fore. required IL days 10 make one
round trip Allowing 81 n day for man
and team, the cost was s72. After the
roads In this region were improved. the
same team could draw ton 10 the
load and make one round trip In two
days. ~ n cost ~ $40. The ton-mile
cost under old conditions was S3.1S
and this cost was reduced to ~ reR \
by the improved road.
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Roads and Wheat Marketing.

Take the saving In the cost of haul.
Ing wheat ms another example II the
construction ~ narrow. sinsle.trnck
roads with improved surface will re-
duce the hauling cosi per cent ton
mile. and II the average yield AZ
wheat IN the vicinity Of these roads ls
30 bushels TO the acre, there results.
for nm average haul Of five miles, an
economic advantage Of 22.5 cents an
acre or $50 quarter section. THIS Is
4 per cent on 5000. Calculations Of
this sort have shown thousands ~ com.
muntes the wisdom ~ borrowing mon.
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CUTTING UP.

Freight t.uditor-Were you in on
1t when our directors cut the melon?
Cashier-No. But I cut some fig
ure when they cut the payroll.
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Until the secretary Of war has been
directed by congress IN turn out this
equipment II is not likely that It viii
be available for state distribution.
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JUST LIKE US.
THAT son OF yours isn't very
bright, but he has big appetite"
YES, I expect he'll make q fine
college athlete"
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Surfaced Roads In Florida.

Florida now possesses more than
LOO miles Of surfaced rvadA