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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-25

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Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Young were in
Arlington one day last week.
MIS-. Albert King is i'll at her
dsugi tiers, Mrs. Joseph Mears, Of
Arlington.
William King Of Cambridge, N. Y,
YVES a Sunday guest Of his father,
Albert King.
Matilda Mears was in Shushan, n.
Y. ono day last week visiting her sis
Z. ard brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thomas Of
Arlington, spent Monday with the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
r. cmas.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-25

mon Of broad experience and excep-
H5al abiIity
Some recent contributors: Herbert
Hoover, Donald Macmillan, Fred
Stone. Charles Boardman HAYES and
Holman Day.
Calvin Coolidge, the law and order
Of Massachusetts, in a letter
TO US says in part THE OPEN
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-25

The name Doan'B Inspires conf
denee-Doan's Kidney Pills for kid
ney Ills. Doan's Ointments for skin
itching. Doan's Regulets for a mild
laxative Sold al all drug stores. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-25
PosTING NnIIcE

Ny wife Bertha Provan having left
my bed and board without just cause
or provocation hereby give notice
that shall not be rcsp0ns.ble FOR any
Of her debts from this date.
a3-3w DANIEL J.. PROVAE,
Manchester Center, VI, Nov p, 1920.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-25
YOUNG MEM PARENTS!
and
Those Of you who Ed retain
the spirit Of youth.

Here Is magazine fer which YOU
have been waiting a long while, A
happy combination Of clean, stirring
fiction end exceedingly helpful
st 'aight-from -the-shoulder articles by
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
ACID PHOSPHATE BIG FACTOR
Large Increase in Corn, Wheat and
Glover Hay Obtained at Ohio
Experiment Station.

The Ohio station in testing manure
and fertilizers has secured an average
yield of corn of 81 bushels per acre
for q years. or an increase of So BUSH
els over the yield where no manure
or fertilizer has been used. The corn
crop was grown In rotation of corn,
wheat and clover. The manure ap-
piled in this case had been REINFORCED
In the stables at the rate of 40 pounds
Of acid phosphate per ton of manure.
Eight tons were applied to the clover
sod In the winter before II was plowed
down for corn.
The experiments show that manure
loses much of its fertilizing proper
ties when allowed to be leached by
rains, and also that manure needs re-
enforcement with phosphorus to be
most effective. From this applica-
ton of manure and acid phosphate
there has also been an average in
crease of IS bushels of wheat and
$500 pounds of clover hay over the
untreated plots in the rotation, the
wheat and clover following the corn
without any further manuring or fer
tilizing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14

satin straps over the shoulders. Bod
Ices are growing higher and short
sleeves gaining favor in every fashion
center, and at this rate we shall ar
rive at the square neck and elbow
sleeve mode before long. There never
was anything prettier or more becom-
ing.
Short draperies at each side lead up
to high loops of satin at the back
of this frock and they are reminders
of the hustle mode. The moderately
wide girdle is ornamented with love-
ly cluster of roses made of satin rib
bon, and mounted at the left side.
Some dance frocks have no girdlesl
their plain quaint bodices are EXTEND
ed little below the waistline, overlap
ping the top of the skirt and are
crushed" that is slightly wrinkled
about the waist. Garlands of satin
flowers or of vividly-colored satin
fruits, as grapes, little apples, cher.
ries, make the prettiest girdles that
ever We're to encircle the waist in
place of sash. Where so colorful
and important decoration as this is,
used, the skirts are without drape6rF
but are very full and have wide hens
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14

VOU cannot think of anything much
L prettier to dance in than this
fower-like frock, which might be made
accent on "taffeffta." For there is
of either satin or taffeta-with the
something joyous in the crispness of
this particular silk that endows every
frock made of it with a certain buoy
ancy and the looms turn it out in ex-
Quisite shades of every color under
the sun. No other silk is so tract
able when bouffant and spirited drap-
cries are needed. But smooth, lus-
trous satins have advantages when
supple silks are required to carry out
the idea in the mind of the designer.
The lovely party frock, shown in
the picture, reveals new interpreta-
ton of the petal dress and looks like
great blossom. Four overlapping
panels, scalloped at the bottom, and
faced back with satin, resemble long
petals. The deep facing weights the
panels in way that insures good lines
in the skirt, which is gathered in,
all around at the waist line. 1t al
most goes without saying that the
bodice is plain and it is worth not
ing that it is not very low and has
a band of georgettte at the top with
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14

Feeding Calves in Homemade stanch-
ions-This Method lnsures Each
Calf His Share Of the Feed.
is rather expensive, but many of the
calf meals that have given the best
results have contained considerable
amounts of 1t.
The cost of calf meal is variable. At
present, it may be bought, ready
mixed, at prices ranging from 81 to $40
hundred pounds. The average retail
price is approximately SIS. In large
quantities the meal may usually be
bought at considerably lower price.
There is nothing to indicate that the
highest-priced meals are superior to
some of the more moderately priced
ones.
One home-mixed calf meal. known as
the Purdue Mixture, which has given
good results, is composed of equal
parts by weight of hominy feed, linseed
meal, red dog flour and dried blood
Each of these constituents can be
bought at reasonable price and mixed
at home. Another mixture used with
success at the Indiana experiment sta
ton consists of eight parts cornmeal.
three parts dried blood and one part
oilmeal. Still another mixture that has
been recommended is one made up Of
A pounds ground oat fakes. 20 pounds
ground fla1seed meal, 10 pounds flour
Il nn
and pounds blood flour.
Many other mixtures can be used
that will give good results provided:
(D the proper nutrients are present.
(2) the feeds are Of nature to pro-
mote good physiological condition, and
(3) the nutrients are present in an
easily digestihle form.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
TO HANDLE STUMBLE FIELDS
II Cultivated Crops Are to Follow
Good Plan 10 to List Land
Soon az Possible.

One of the best ways to handle
stubble fields on dry lands is to disk
the stubble as soon as possible after
the crop is removed. according to
Professor Kezer. Colorado agricultural
college. If the land is to be put back
into fall wheat. blowing should be done
Immediately. The earlier the blowing
is done. the better the chances of get
ting n crop. This is due to the fact
that nature requires some time to
properly settle and compact the seed
bed.
If the stubble land is to be put in
to cultivated crops the following year,
good method to follow and a cheap
one is to use the lister just us soon as
the grain is off If possible. This is
one of the cheapest methods of control.
ling weeds eand putting the land in
shape to catch moisture. 1t also Is O
very good way to control blowing,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
FEEDING TO FULL CAPACITY
Adjust Grain Ration Of Cow to Milk
Production and Give All Rough.
age She Will Eat

Economical feeding demands that
the cows be fed to full capacity. To
do this and to have the best effect on
the individual COW requires thor
ough knowledge Of feeds and of cows.
Under most circumstances the COW
should be fed all the roughage that
She will eat up clean, adjusting the
grain ration to the milk production.
Only when the COW tends to become
overfat should the quantity of rough
age be restricted.
A grain mixture should be fed in
the proportion of one pound TO each
three pints or pound of milk pro-
duced daily by the COW. except in case
of COW producing flow of 40 pounds
or more. when the ration can be one
pound to each three and half or four
pounds of milk. An even better rule
Is one pound of grain each day for
every pound of butterfat produced
during the week by the COW.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
THE fashion reporter, like the Athe-

"HE fashion reporter, like the Atlle-
i mans, is always looking for some
thing new, and the search In so far
as blouses are concerned, is little
discouraging just now. Designers ap-
pear to think without ceasing in terms
of georgette crepe-any other materi-
ais, get only an occasional scrap OF
their attention. and these georgette
blouses merely provide the theme If
embroidery for discussion; but that
they furnish in endless variations. A
very new and promising departure
points in the direction OF taffeta
blouses in plain colors. toned up with
plaid and striped ribbons and the time
will soon arrive when the annual pro-
ccssions of lingerie blouses will pre-
sent themselves in anticipation of the
needs of southern tourists.
Meantime embroidered georgette
blouses parade the work of the needle
woman or of machinery that under
takes to do the work of deft fingers.
Blouses and smocks are classed to-
gether and discussion of one in
cludes the other. The smock Cor
blouse with peplum shown in the pic
ture. has the familiar round neck and
the plain girdle of georgette that ties
In front. But it boasts an unfamiliar
pattern in embroidery, employing Two
colors, and unusual sig yes. long and
flaring at the wrisT The checker
=
board embroidered der and the mo
til at the center are quaint and child
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
DAIRY
FACTS
CALF ON MILK SUBSTITUTES
Feeds Which Have Been Tried Have
Given Only Small Degree of
Satisfaction.

The need for home-raised calves has
lea 10 search for milk substitute"
While the feeds which have been tried
nave given some degree Of success,
thefe has not yet been found COM
piete or satisfactory substitute for
milk. 1t is doubtful il any article or
combination of articles that will COM
pletely take the place of milk in diet
during the first two months of the
calf's life can be found. There are
number OF so-called milk substitutes
on the market Most Of them are sold
IN the form Of calf meals. and with
proper care many of them will give
good results. 1t should be clearly I'M
derstood at the outset that calves
raised on calf meals will not be as fat
and sleek as those raised on milk.
They will be growthy and healthful,
however, provided they are given prop
err attention. Calf meals can be bought
from local dealers at varying prices,
Or they may be mixed at home if the
proper ingredients can be secured. In
many cases the home mixed calf meals
are superior to the ones bought on the
market and as a rule they are consid-
erably cheaper.
According to the University of Mis-
souri, college of agriculture, a calf
meal, in order to give success, should
be made up of ingredients that are cas-
lily digested and that are not too ex-
pensive. A few of the most commonly
used materials are: Fine cornmeal,
flour middlings, wheat flour (poor
grade), ground rice, oat flakes, barley
malt, coconut meal. linseed meal, flax
seed meal, cottonseed meal, blood
flour, blood meal, and dried skim milk
or sikm milk powder. Skim milk pow
der is not absolutely essential and it
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
Selecting Seed Corn Under Field
Conditions.

Conditions.
Some men mark the selected stalks,
but do not cut them until after the
field is cut. Others husk the selected
ears before cutting and hang them
up at once In place where they will
dry quickly.
The characteristics to keep in mind
In selecting corn in the field are: A
sturdy, upright stalk of medium
height and thickness, with short joints,
and broad leaves carried we'll down,
which stands in an average hill on
average soil; an ear we'll matured and
low set, CT fair size. with straight
rows and fairly well-covered tip. with
deep uniform grains. having medium
sized cob, rather small butt, and a
husk protecting the tip; the ear hang
ing over SO as to shed the rain. Al
'hough some strains of corn have been
developed that tend to produce two
ears to the stalk, one good ear is all
we should expect where the stand is
thick enough. 1t is much better to OBJ
tain one good ear than two nubbins.
Anyone who takes an interest and
pride In his corn will find profit and
satisfaction in field selection, especial
ly If 1t is followed up for several
years,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14

lengthwise the burrows II the quack
grass shows growth pfterward the
diskings should be continued through
the fall. In the spring. diskings or cul-
tivation should be continued often
enough to keep the quack grass from
showing green above the ground until
complaining time. Usually the re-
blowing of the field just before the
planting of the corn should be resort
ed to. Corn should be checked and
cultivated often enough to keep 1t
clean. Hand work may be necessary
TO get all the Quack grass out of the
hills. AS soon as the corn crop Is of
in the fall, the land should be plowed
and manfred. In the spring again
disking should be resorted to and
should be kept up as during the previ-
Gus year. In the third year grain and
clover should be sown. In the fourth
year the clover crop should be cut in
the latter part of June. then the ground
should be plowed Immediately. three
or four inches deep, and double-disked
at once and often enough to keep the
quack grass out until August 10 The
ground should then be replowed FIVE
or six inches deep and the disking con-
tinued through the fall. Corn should
be planted the next year again.
A 40-acre field divided into four
equal parts. two Of which are in corn,
one in grain and the other in clover.
can be handled In this way by one man
with one team.
Qunck grass cannot stand up against
this kind of treatment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
FARM
ANIMALS
CLEAN PENS ARE IMPORTANT
Development and Perpetuatton Of
Roundworms Is Fostered by
Manure Covered Lots.

investigations reported in a recent
technical publication of the bureau of
animal industry, United States depart
ment of agriculture, disclosed addi-
tional evidence of the Importance of
Keeping young pigs in clean pens that
have not been contaminated by other
swine.
A roundworm of pigs. known as
Ascarfs SUM. is held responsible not
only for many deaths among swine,
but for large proportion of the runts
among these animals. Development
and perpetuation of the roundworms is
fostered by badly drained and manure
covered hog lots. which are on this ac-
count dangerous to young pigs and not
good for pigs Of any age.
Eggs of the parasite may remain
alive in soil for five years and even
longer. Places occupied by pigs har-
boring the adult worms IN their intes-
tines will become badly infested with
the eggs. Pigs farrowed and kept in
such places are certain to pick up
many of these eggs, and even suck
ling pigs are liable to swallow eggs
present in dirt adhering to the teats of
the SOW.
Investigations by the bureau have
proved that after the eggs have been
swallowed and have Matched in the in
testine the young worms do not imme-
diately settle down, but penetrate the
wall of the intestine and travel to the
liver and the lungs. From the lungs
they crawl up the windpipe and then
down the esophagus and return to the
intestine. Only after they nave passed
through the lungs do they establish
themselves in the intestine and grow
to maturity.
In passing through the lungs the
young worms cause more or less dam
age to these organs. Pneumonia may
result and the animal may die about a
week or ten days after infection.
Symptoms of this pneumonia among
pigs are commonly known as
''thumps." Not all cases of ''thumps"
come from this source. but the worms
are frequently the cause. Young pigs
are more susceptible than older pigs
to infection, and are also more likely
to suffer severely from migration Of
the young worms through the lungs.
There is no treatment for the lung
stage of the parasite. If the pig sur
wives he may later be treated with
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
ERADICATE CROP
OF QUACk GRASS
Courage, Determination and At
tention to Detail Make the
Outcome Certain.
ROTATION FOR LARGE AREAS
Land Should Be PIowed In Fall and
OoubIe-Disked at Once, Lensthwise
of Furrows-Some Hand Work
May Be Necessary.

Quack grass can be killed out COM
pletely without losing crop, says A.
z. Army, assistant agriculturist at the
Minnesota College of Agriculture. To
secure such result, however, the
crops grown must be such as to admit
of thorough cleanup of the fields
every two OF three years. Courage to
Go the work, determination to win,
and attention to detail make the out
come certain.
For the Small Spot.
For spots not more than three or
four rods square, three plans may be
followed:
l. Cut the Quack grass as close to
the ground as practicable, cover the
spots and the ground two or three feet
beyond them in all directions, with tar
paper. tapping the paper about four
inches and Weighing 1t down with
stones or soil. Leave the paper
on eight or ten weeks. This method
is most effective when started from
May to August I.
:. Keep the spots thoroughly cult
vated>or hoed up to the latter part Of
May. and then plant corn or late cab
bage. Keep these plats clean of quack
grass.
3. Apply sodium arsenate, eight
pounds dissolved in 20 gallons of wa
ter. TO each square rod of infested soil.
This will kill the quack grass and all
other plants. This treatment leaves
the soil sterile for some time after
ward. Sodium arsenate is a deadly
poison and the greatest care should be
observed in. it's use.
For the Larger Area.
For larger areas n rotation must be
used that gives chance for an exceed
tngly thorough cleanup often enough
to keep the quack grass from recover
ing
A four-year rotation of grain, clover,
corn and corn meets this demand. In
following such a rotation, the area
should be plowed as early as possible
in the fall, five or six inches deep. and
should he double-dislled at once,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
CUTTING ALFALFA CROP ONCE
Aftermath Furnishes Pasture for Live
Stock at Time When II Is
Usually Needed.

When the alfalfa crop is cut but
once. that cutting is best made when
most of the seed is in the hard dough
stage. Hay cut at this stage of ma
turtty has practically the same feeding
value as that cut earlier, according to
analyses made at the Iowa experiment
station. After the one cutting is Sc
cured. the aftermath furnishes pas
ture at u time when 1t is usually most
needed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14

ish ana are confined to the neck ard
sleeves.
A new rival of the georgettc blouse
appears in the pretty tatfeta jacket.
made of plain silk and ornamented
with plaid or striped ribbon that is
selected to harmonic with 1t and to
brighten 1t up. Small silk-covered
buttons. painstakingly set on in neat
rows. are one means by which these
ingratiating new arrivals make them
selves engaging. hut they are sure of
welcome anyway. Occasionally n
handsomely embroidered blouse Of
canton invites us to consider it's ele-
gance and to forget its extravacant
price. The taffeta blouse is different
in character and, by comparison, it is
modest in price because it REQUIRES
little handwork. 1t points in the d.
rection of high necks and long sleeves.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
GOOD PLAN TO PICK
SEED CORN IN FALL
Select Ears From Plants Which
Have Done Well.
Some characteristics for Farmer to
Keep in Mind When Making Sc
lection of Best Seed for
Next Years Crop.

The best way to select seed corn is
from the standing stalks. Why? Be
cause we can choose ears from plants
which have produced we'll in competi-
ton with neighboring plants. After
the corn is cut we cannot tell how it
grew.
This is the reason why some of the
best seed corn growers go through
their fields as soon as the ears are
ripe and hard and before heavy frosts
or autumn rains injure the corn to
pick out their seed for next year.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
WHY HOGS LIKE TO wALLow
Animal So Constructed That He Does
Not Perspire and Must Cool His
Body In Water.

The hog is SO constructed that he
does not sweat. or perspire. hut must
cool his body either In the shade in
moderate weather or In water during
high temperatures; so. just as 1t Is
natural for the duck TO swim. the hen
to scratch. or the mule to kick, SO II
is for the hog to wallow.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
PROVED SIRE OF HIGH VALUE
Breeders Could Make Much Improve.
ment by Paying More Attention
to Male Animals.

The breeder who is making real
progress is the man who owns proved
sire. Breeders could improve their
business by paying more attention to
this part of their business. Steps
should be taken to prove out the sire
before he is widely used or before he
is discarded.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
Tortoise. Buckles

The popular tortoise shell has at
last reached milady's feet. Shoes
with tortoise-shell buckles are quite
new. Those who cling to the exclu-
sive feel that this style will seen be-
came very common. as it is so easy to
initiate tortoise shell.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
HEAVY sILAcE RATION BEST
Enables Baby Beef Feeder to &c:
Young Animals Up to Full
Feed In Short Period.

The heavy silage ration for baby
beef the first part Of the feeding pc
riod enables the feeder. when grain Is
added. to get the calves up to a full
feed in shorter period Of time than
when grain is fed from the beginning.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-10-14
t1oes Kept Under Conditions Shown
Here Are More Susceptible to Dis
ease Than Animals Under Sanitary
Conditions.

worm remedies to remove the worms
from the intestine. In such cases,
however, 1t commonly happens that
the animal has been so seriously In
jured through the lungs that even after
their expulsion from the intestine the
pig is unable to make up for the set
back he has received, although he does
better than If allowed to go untreated