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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
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Popcorn in Farm Garden

 Don't forget to include a plat of pop corn in your garden. Besides it's use as a confection, popcorn possesses much food value.
 On many farms where it is not desired to grow popcorn as a market crop. few rows are planted in the garden for home use. This usually interests the children and it is well to let them do the plant ing.
 If it is desired to grow popcorn as a held crop. the surplus stock that is not wanted for home use can usually be sold to local merchants at a fair price. or profitable local trade may be built up by supplying it direct to consumers.
 Almost any variety of popcorn will give satisfactory results if properly handled and. by the Judicious seed selection the chosen variety can be greatly improv~. Popcorn should be planted early so lt Will have long season in which to ma ture. The planting may be done as soon as the soil is dry enough to cultivate, CT when the oak trees begin to show their new leaves.
 warm well-drained location, free from narshy conditions, should be selected according to the department of agricul- tire The soil should be plowed or spad- ed to a depth of eight inches or more and the surface of the plat thoroughly pulverized before planting The rows should he about three feet apart. A small furrow two or three inches deep is usfficient. The kernels should be dropped s or 10 inches apart in the TOW and covered to depth or one inch. The planting should be done be- fore the moist soil in the furrow has bad time to dry out.
 Grass and weeds should be kept down as much as possible while the corn is max ing it's early growth. and the soil should be kept loose over the surface by frequent cultivation. If only a small plat is planted, it is better to plant number of short rows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

Bread is the largest single item of food people, and of the staple foods probably no other can be so easily spoiled in the preparation. Some women after few failures in bread-making. give up the attempt and buy their bread. Very many Of us are partial to home made bread, however and are never so satisfied as with a slice from a delicious nutty-flav- ored homemade loaf. In many localities it is necessary to bake bread at home, in others t is a convenience. and in very many it is done from choice. It is not difficult to make good bread and it is worth while to learn to do so.
 Some of the points which cause failure
 in bread-mal<n@ are the wrong choice of materials and utensils; lack of absolute cleanliness; carelessness in measuring of
 ingredients; poor methods of mixing and molding and improper care of the dagh while it is rising; also wrong care of the bread while it is baking; or wrong care of the loaves after they are taken from the oven. The necessary materials for bread making are flour. water salt and yehst. The materials occasionally used are milk, sugar and fat. Good wheat bread can be made by number of pro cesses. Three recommended follow;
 Short or Straight-Dough Process--Two cups luke-warm5 milk water or a mixture of the two 1 cake compressed yeast or 11s cups luke-warm milk, water or a mix ture of the two, 1a cup liquid yeast, ? teaspoons salt, tablespoons sugar Fat | if used, 2 tablespoons or less, cups or , pints sifted flour. Original bulk of dough, 1 quart, bulk when ready to be made into loaves. 21a to quarts. This will make two loaves. Boil the water or scald the milk. Put the sugar and salt (and fat, if used, into a mixing bowl. Pour the hot liquid over it and allow it to become luke-warm. Mix the yeast with little of the luke-warm | liquid and add it to the rest of the liquid. ! If convenient, set this aside in a warm place moi over S6 degrees F for one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
How Much Fertilizer?

To show that the food needs of plants are receiving more careful thought on the part of the southern farmers, many of them are now addressing inquiries to the various agricultural experiment stations and other farm service bureaus. asking for specific information as to the plant food needs of their crops on the different tvpes of soil This, states Director J. N Harper of the Southern Soil Improvement Committee is a healthy indication that crops will be fertilized with more care and thoroughness in the future than they nave been in the past. Right now, he says fertilizers cannot be manufactured last enough to supply the demand, and such material as is received in time for spring planting should be used with she utmost care.
 Director Harper gives it as his belief that careful and liberal fertilization of crops will pay better this year than ever before. This does not mean that the materials should be applied indis- srminately, but that they should be put town with thought as to which plants and which soils need the fertilizer most and will respond in such a measure as to make them pay profit to the user.
 During the past several months the soil improvement cmmittee has received several thousand inquiries as to what IS the best fertilizer for certain crops on the different types of soil. In answer to this demand. Director Harper has worked out fertilizer formula finder which gives specific recommendatins for different crops on the different soil types In preparing this finder. Director Harper has tried to standardize the mixtures in accordance with the latest and best rec concentrations of the southern experiment. stations, especially those obtained as a result of his long experience as director of the South Carolina station
 Due to the increased demand for fer tilizing materials at this time he is ad- vising that farmers go right ahead with tteir work, preparing the land and even planting the crop. If the fertilizers are nor received in time, to use them as side applications in order that the plants may be D, operly fed to produce maximum yields. Director Harper does not recom- mend a late side application for cotton under boil weevil conditions as this may cause the pest to seri iously damage the crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

and the windows wide open to drive out
 the sulphur fumes thoroughly
 + is well to divide the scraps and waste
 from the kitchen and place in a. separate
 receptacle the portion adaptable for feed
 ing to the flock Decomposed waste ma
 terial or moldly bread or cake should
 never be fed to hens. as it is harmful and
 may cause severe bowel trouble. It is
 useless to put in such things as banana
 peels or skins of oranges, as these have !. little or no food value.
 For success in raising chickens it is
 necessary to have healthy and vigorous
 breeding stock, for the lack of vigor in
 the newly matched chicks is often trace
 able to weak parents. Only the most viz orous and the best grown birds should
 be put in the breeding yards. Each bird
 should be full of life and energy tod
 Tree from any serious deformity.
 Yearling hens are usually better than outlets for breeders, because hens are more mature and do not lay so many
 eggs during the winter months, and con
 sequently do not reduce their vitality SC
 much before the breeding season. Wig orcus hens to years old can often be
 advantageously retained in the breeding yards. The male bird chosen should be young anu dcllN6. All cdIly 1dlCneQ WttIsuS- veloped cockerel is usually satisfactory.
 Or good vigorous yearling or two-year- old cock may be chosen. The hens used for breeding purposes should be given the best care possible; they should be pro- vided with large runs and should not be forced for heavy egg production during the early winter
 The period of incubation varies with If trxr na' ! 2l days.l pheasant, 2 to "A days; duck, 2S; Muscovy duck. s to 35; turkey, 2S; pea i fowl, s; guinea, 26 to B ostrich, AZ; goose, 1 90 to 34. Conditions also affect incubation so that in some cases a hatch may run one or two days over, due to an accident during incubation or to a low temperature 1 throughout that period while, on the other hand, the period may end earlier l If through any accident the eggy are chilled or overloaded, it is advisable to continue the hatch, testing the eggs after a few days to determine the extent si | the damage Chickens have been hatchee 1 from eggs left out of the incubator al night, as well as from eggs which have
 been subjecter to temperature of over ] 1I0 degrees F. for a short time. l Uniform poultry products command the | best prices Pure-bred fowls produce un- | form products. M 1 Begin marketing the cockerels as soor as they weight d pound or attain | marketable weight
 I Market white-shelled and brown -shelled eggs in separate packages.
 I When selling eggs to the country ner' | chant or cash buyer. insist that the trans action be on a quality basis
 1 Ship or deliver eggs twice or three | times weekly.
 1 Small or dirty eggs should be used al l home.
 l Eggs being taken to market should be protected from the suns rays. 1 rnfertile eggs will withstand marketing conditions much better than fertile eggs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
Birds

By Florence Pennoyer.
 Do you love the song of birds Do you understand the words?
 Joyfulness and recklessness,
 Happiness and restfulness, Love, told in a twittering stream And they are just what they seem. There is naught in them to harm us, Every effort seeks to charm us Ali should protect and feed them. For. where e'er we are, we need them To see the bright flash of a wing To hear the first soft notes. that spring. Eleepy twitter waking flutters.
 Peeps and trills. that fairly utters Words to all who know their ways; And to them bring brighter days. We would miss them in the spring. If we could not hear them sing. Those that stay with us through snow. Should be loved the best we Know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

hour; if not convenient to set 1t aside, add
 the flour at once, putting in little
 at time and kneading until the dough
 is of such consistency that it sticks
 neither to the bowl nor to the hands.
 This requires about ten minutes. Cover,
 and allow to rise one hour and fifteen
 minutes at temperature of s6 degrees;
 it may be better to set it at lower tenn
 perature, but the lower the temper1-
 ture the longer the required for the rising.
 Cut down the dough from the sides of
 the bowl; grease the hands slightly. knead little and set aside to rise again for one hour. With a good bread flour, the dough would treble it's bulk in each | rising. With a soft wheat flour, it should not rise much beyond twice it's volume. Divide into portions, mold and place in greased pans of standard size 1 tone and one-haf quarts). Allow to rise until a light toch will make slight dent With good bread flour this hap pens when the dough reaches the top of the pans Bake fifty minutes in medium hot oven.
 Bread can be made during the day by l what Is known as the short sponge method All the ingredients are the same | as for the short or straight dough- pro- | cess, but only half of the flour is aG'Aed 1 at first When this mixture. which is called a Sponge is so light that it will fall at the slightest touch, it is
 ready for the addition of the rest of the ] flour.
 Overnight Sponge ethod-Use the same proportions as for the short process, ex- | cept in the case of the yeast, which should be one-eighth cake of compressed 1 yeast, or two tablespoons of liquid yeast | for each loaf. Use water rather than milk. In the evening mix the yeast
 with water. salt and half of the flour and beat thoroughly, Cover and place at temperature of e5 degrees to 70 de' grees F., or that of an ordinary room In the morning add the sugar and the rest of the flour and proceed in the
 case of the short process.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
Fresh From the Farm

farmer writes to Commissioner of Ag' riculttre Allgood as follows:
 Dear Sir--Before the advent of the boil weevil into Alabama did you ever know any farmer who planted all cotton and bought his corn and meat, to make any money? Don't you know that Tt takes ten acres of our lands to each one-mule farm to produce feed enough for man and beast?
 Plant q big cotton crop if you want to; plant just enough feed crops to last you until christmay and when the rains come in June and July. as in 1916 and 1919, you will make no cotton and have no money to buy food for your family and animals. The Lord might help you. 'she banks and merchants will not be able.
 An all-cotton farmer dreamed that he died and went to heaven. When he knocked on the gate Saint 8eter ap- peared and asked him what kind or life he had lived and what his occupation had been on earth. The farmer hung his head and answered. I raised cotton to clothe the world. Saint Peter then asked him if he had not produced anything to feed his own people and animals, as well as to help feed those who were engaged in other useful occupations. The farmer looked up and answered. No sold my cotton to buy feed Saint Peter threw wide the gates and said. You nave ..veo in debt and trouble and the life of slave You have served your time in hell. Enter and be at rest
 Farmers and business men of Alabama, have you forgotten whas diyersification O. crops has cone for y<i? Do you want to again go back into financial slaveryg If you do not. then plant ten acres to the blow in feed crops. Plant what cotton you can work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

Following close upon the shortage os small change in Mexico City. counter feiters turned out large quantities of spurious coins. mostly 50-cent pieces. that virtually defied detection.
 constantinople boasts of more dogs than any other city. The dogs are the common property of the city and are waintained at public expense because of their valuable work as scayengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
Poor Stock, Less Incon

It doesn't pay to grow low-grat vi scrub stock of any kind. This state
 is made in connection with seriS
 tests on efficiency in farm manageA in the south On 2S9 dairy farms 1t 4, found that 4S farms receiving $50 and les income per COW had labor incomes X per cent below the general average. of the other hand, the 2S farms with re ceipts per SOW of more than $lso hao lanel incomes 75 per cent above the average and were the most profitable of the group The quality of the live stock kept is on of the 16 points outlined by the depart ment of agriculture to be tested in de- termining the efficiency of farm manage7 ment. Full information concerning the tests is embodied in a new circular Q. the department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

yladivostok is Russia's gateway on the Pacific ocean. and has developed during the war into a distributing cen- ter of great commercial importance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01

Miss Healey, who recently re s;e,ned as head waitress at the Pitts field Mass. hotel to get married, ha' served at the hotel for twenty-fou years. and in all that time she ha missed serving only two meals.
 Two ocean going steamships oulls for the United states shipping boar nave been launched in Japanese yards the Eastern Trade. l3,0O0-to' steamer and the Eastern Glade, stet cargo ship 400 feet long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
Buy Tested Seed Only

information received is to the effect that in some states dealers are displaying signs, Seeds Sold for Feeding Purposes Onlyo Those signs are for the purpose of evading the state laws requiring q n,,rity tag on bags of seeds sold. Seed sold sfor feeding purposes only IS all most sure to be below standard Buy nothing but tested seeds.
 It is the belief of some of the Chinese that the women who wear short halr VIII 3,e transformed into men in the future Hx orld
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-08
THE BEST PROOF
Given By a Paris Citizen

Doan's Kidney Pills were used
they brought benefit.
The story was told to Paris resi-
dents.
Time has strengthened the evil
dence.
Has proven the result lasting.
The testimony is home testimony.
The proof convincing.
1t car be investigated by Paris res
idents.
Mrs. J. L. Martin. 1924 Main
street, says: Kidney trouble came
on from a fall and the results were
very severe, causing me more Suf-
fering than the fall itself. No one
can ever know what l went through
at that time, for l suffered awfully.
My back ached and panied until I
thought it would break in two.
Sharp twinges shot TIL ough my kid
peys and if anyone had hit me in the
back with a heavy axe, it couldn't
have hurt worse. In one week after
using Deans Kidney Pills, felt like
different woman, for they fixed me
up in fine shape"
AFTER LAPSE OF EIGHT YEARS
Mrs. Martin said: ''Doan's Kidney
Pills have made a cure for me and 1T
has been permanent"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mis-. Martin had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. tadv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-08
On an average, twelve school.
houses and two college buildings
are burned in America every week.
LEMON JUICE
FOR FRECKLES
Girls! Make beauty lotion Tor
a few cents-Try It!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white. shake well
and you will have a quarter pint OF
the best freckle and tan lotion, and
complexion beautifler, at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter
will supply three ounces of orchard
white for a few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into = the
face, neck, arms and hands each
day and see how freckles and blem-
ishes disappear and how clear. soft
aud rosy-white the skin becomes.
Yes! It is harmless and never iris
tates. (adv-tf-F)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-08
GOOD PRICES REALIZED AT SALE.
OF TROTTERS

Fifty-three head of trctters and
PAGERS sold for total of $14,125
an average of $3.50, on the first day
of the annual auction of the Ken
lucky Sales Company, in Lexington.
The top price of the morning sale
was bought by Guy Hall, yearliAg
colt by Guy Axworthy, out of Bessie
Hall, by Walnut Hall, which was
bought by F.. ]. Burks and Son, Ips-
wich, Mich. The highest price of the
night sale was SITS, which ]. o. Nc
Allister paid for the 2-year-old pac-
ing filly, Gertrude Gosset.
Better prices were realized at the
second days auction, when "A head
of trotters were sold for $63,565, an
average of $858.98 per head. The
worlds champion trotter, Peter
Volo. the star of the sale, was taken
down with reserve bid of $4,000.
The last bid was $4,000, which was
made by R. l.. Nash. The contender
was J. D. Grover, of Georgetown,
KY. With Peter Volo out the av-
erage was slightly over $3.50.
The highest-priced brood mare was
Clara Scott, for which H. L. Scott,
of Omaha. Neb., paid $1,SO0. Clara
Scott is a daughter of San Francisco
and Jenny Scott 2:14k.
The following purchases were made
by Bourbon county men: Brine Har-
vester br m, The Harvester-Brinc
Belle by Ballast, B. J. Alkamde,
500; May Todd, br m, Todd-The
May Fern by Red Fern, R. S. Hcl-
land, Paris $500; Miss Crystal Eva.
b an, Peter The Great-Eva Onward
by Onward, John Howell, Paris,
$500; Flora McKerron, CHI m. John
A. McKerron-Grandifio by Red
Heart, P. Horton, Paris, $175; Lady
Ormonde, b m, Ormonde-Bondlin by
The Bondsrnan, A. J. Holland, Paris,
$500; Sorrento Worth, b m, Axwor-
thy-Sorrento Hall by Walnut, Hall,
B. S. Cole, Paris, 1925.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
COUNTY TEACHERS
HEAR STRONG TALKS
DR.. Br,neY, Of Normal, and Pref.
J. Howard Payne Deliver
FoYcefug Discourses

At the Madison County Teachers
Associations regular meeting Satur-i
day at the court house, Prof Fftzger-
ell, of Kirksvil.e, presided. Singing.
was led by Mr. Cosby Duncan, of
Valley View. Gr. Fitzgerel intreduc-
ed DE-. Brunei, Of the English depaTt-
ment of Eastern Normal. Dr. Bru-
ner spoke on "Fducation and E,nvir-
opment" He emphasized the fact that
education depends upon heredity, en-
vironment ard viii. He said in Fart
physical environment consists OF
earth, air and water. These al -af-
feet the school, beth teacher ard pr-
pill. The greatest social environment
is public opinion. The business CT
the teacher IS TO adopt herself to the
environment, which is constantly
changing. You change this environ
ment-public opinion-and you have
succeeded measurably well, The
school should initiate life. There is
no life without conflict, without stIug-
gle. Be careful about cosmetics, c.
.garettes, fashions. Disregard person.
al liberty for tire sake of the in1u-
ence upon the children. They int
tate you. Use your power OF sug-a
gestion. It IS the third strong fac
tor in education. Emphasize the
good! Minimize the bad. Your school
room should be the most attractive
place in the whole community
Mr.. Fitzgeral introduced Pro-. J.
Howard Payne, of the Richmond city
schools, who spoke along the lire of
the teachers problem, emph2s' zing
the idea of physical educatioiis. ''W6
must not only turn our pupils who
can compete intellectually, but we
must emphasize the play" he said
''The pupil must have q strong body
When we think Of play as q rart of
our program, we think of it apar,
from other intelligent activities. Play
is more cultural than arithmetic
Education is not merely the acqui-
sition of knowledge-it is a workshop
quire is used. Play must be directed
either by the play director, or it will
be directed by the leader cf the
gang. The child is vitality intcIcstet
in play. Play offsets idleness. Every
muscle of the body is used, as well
as the brain, in his body. 1t enables
US to develop our real powers 80 that
later IN life it will not become a
burden. The work period of 4 child
or man is three times the play per-
iod. Play develops optimism Play
develops teom work. It also leads to
fame-publicity stimulus TO .sesisfy
not to disappoint friends. Play
keeps US young. It viii check TIC
tendency to overcome the ovc1rirc-
ness of the individual Young people
tend to become grown too quickly
Our young people are beeo5nln.
blase."
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
COLDS
'Pape's Cold Compound
Breaks any Cold
in Few Hours

Instant relief! Don'tastay stuff
ed up! Quit blowing and snuffling
A dose of Pape's Gold Com
pound taken every two hours I'M
ii three doses are taken usually
oeraks UP any cold.
The first dose opens clogged
nostrils and the air. passages of
the head stops nose running re-
lieves the headache, dullness, fe-
verishness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" acts
quick, sure, and costs only a few
cents at drug stores. 1t acts with
out assistance, tastes nice, con-
tains no quinine-Insist upon
Pape'sl 1t
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
KILLED WHEN HE .FEyL,

Bowling Green, KY. = Herbert
Thomas, IS, fell over cliff while
hunting. In efforts to catch himself
his shotgun was fired and the charge
took effect in the heart.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
JAMES II. PEARSON

REAL ESTATE and 1--WE STOCK
AUCTIONEsEGR
As an evidence of my ability J refer you
to the many rD~mers, StOclSmcn and
Real Estate Dcnsc~I Ss~ whom / have
conducted snics Throughout abe i;iJsc
Grass.
-E S2I HI..4ELIOND. NV
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
FIRST am FTRED uojTsr

Paducah, Ky.--Roy Lewis, Q, was
severely cut on the windshield of his
fatIer's car. While water was being
heated for the surgeons, the house
caught fire. In spite of panic and
shock, it is said the lad will recover.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06

LOST-Sunday afternoon, on the,
street OH at Elks' service, Masonic
ring. Reward for return to Joe Boggs,
Colyer Hotel: 293-2t
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06

FOR; SALE-A modern house on.
Fourth. Five rooms anr bath, gasa
water and light. Phone 213. 293-6p'
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06

Ky. Ped BerlVshires for sale; some
extra nice boars: also gifts, both bred
and open. Also several meat hogs for
sale W. b Turley. $50 3tw If
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06

FOR SALE-FGll blCoded Rhode Is
land Red cockereIs; 81 each as long al
they last. Mrs. Jarias w. Wagerss:
phone Waco 2A-W. 290