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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
RECORD DEATH RATE IN 1918
of the One and one-Half
Million Mortality Was Due to
the Influenza.

Washington.-The 1918 death rate
in the United States was the highest
on record. according to the census
bureaus annual mortality statistics
just issued, which shows 1,471 1867
deaths for the year. representing a
rate of 18 per cent of one thousand
population IN the death registration
area of thirty states and twenty-seven
cities, with a total estimated popula-
ton of 81 1868 ,104
OF the total All, 467, or over 50 per
cent, were due, to influenza and pneu-
nonia. S8O,996 having occurred in the
last four months of the year, when
an epidemic of these diseases prevail
ed. The rate for influenza and pneu-
monia was 1892 per cent to the one
hundred thousand Influenza caused
244,631 deaths and pneumonia 232, 726,
showing rates of 2899 and 2S4.3 per
enc hundred thousand, respectively,
the highest rates which ever have
appeared for these causes. The rate
in 1917 for influenza was 1923 and
for pneumonia 1893.
The other principal causes of death
were organic diseases of the heart,
tuberculosis. acute nephritis, Bright's
disease and cancer, which together
were responsible for 1913 deaths,
or nearly y per cent of the total dur
ing the year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

following year rOosters of only the
general-purpOse stock are kept. The
difference in the color of eggs of the
two breeds selected is so great that
Matching eggs have always been select
ed with a certainty as to the breed
laying them. The plan necessitates in
Producing new males, but the advan-
tages of keeping the blood lines of two
breeds separate outweigh the slight
cost of purchasing the males. The de-
partment of agriculture points out that
when this method is followed On two
neighbOring farms an exchange of
ROSTERS might readily be arranged.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
AMERICAS FRUIT, THE APPLE
People Are Beginning to Show 1t
Proper Appreciation, and Crop
Should Be Increased.

Americans are coming to treat ap-
pies more as a food and less as a
between-meals superfluity than they
used to do, yet when the north wind
blows and the fireside CLOVIS they
can't refrain from paying especial at
tention to the question whether there
is plenty of them. This year, the
farm reports tells US, there is not
There are, in the whole country,
1,091, 200 barrels fewer than there
were in 1918, and almost the same
shortage from the crop of 1916,
though we are considerably better off
than we were in 1917. That is, we
have 100000 barrels this year.
That's about one for each family in
the country, and each family, not each
member thereof, might, if they were
evenly distributed, have one apple a
day. The true lover of apples will
never admit this to be sufficient, and
he should not
It is not especially cheering to
learn that the country's crop of ap-
pies does not tend to increase. Our
record crop was in 1912, but we had
almost as many in 1896, and the crop
in 1895 was greater than that in
either Of the past four years. But
the apple is Americas fruit, the most
satisfactory, the most dependable, the
most healthful fruit in the world
Hartford Times.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
HELPS IN MARKETING
WOODLAND PRODUCTS

prepared by the United States De-
partment of AgricuIture.)
Get prices for various wood
products from as many sawmiIls
and other wood-using plants as
possible.
Before selling, consult neigh
bOrs who have sold timber, and
benefit from their experience.
Investigate local timber re-
Quirements and prices. Your
products may be worth more
locally because transportation is
saved.
Advertise in papers and other
wise secure outside competition
for your product.
Secure bids, if practicable,
both by the lump and by log
scale measure.
Be sure that you are selling to
responsible purchasers
Get a reliable estimate Of the
amount and value OF the mate
rial before selling.
Market the higher grades Of
timber and use the cheaper for
farm purposes.
Remember that standing TIM
Der can wait over a period Of
low prices without rapid deteri-
grafton.
Use a written agreement in
selling timber, especially if the
cutting is TO be done by the pur-
chaser.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
IF BACK HURTS USE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Eat less meat II Kidneys feel like
lead or Bladder
bothers.

Most folks forget that the kidneys.
like the bowels. get sluggish and
cIogged and need a flushing occasion
ally, else we have backache and dull
misery in the kidney region, severe
headaches. rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach. sleepleSsneSs and
all sorts Of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here.
take tablespoonful in a glass Of water
before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys viii then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice. combined with
lithia, and is harmless to flush clOgged
kidneys and stimulates them to normal
activity. It also neutraIizes the acids
in the urine so 1t no longer irritates.
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless inexpensive |:
makes a delightful effervescent Ithia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean, THIS avoiding serious complt-
cations.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots Of Jad Salts to folks whe
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while 1t is only trouble.-Ady.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
BASIS FOR PORK PRODUCTION
One Source of Failure Is That Many
Follow II as Speculation Rather
Than Business.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural
Recent heavy slumps in the hog
market, as well as the high prices OF
corn, have caused hog raisers in Va
rious parts of the country to reduce
the number of sOws in their herds, &C
cOrding TO reports received But hog
raising on the farm should be made
stable, regular business. department
specialists believe. The man begin
ming to raise hogs should resolve 10
follow il year in and year out, regard
less Of the price he may obtain for MS
hogs or the cost of the feed which he
converts into pork. Like every other
farming activity, pork production mas
its ups and downs, but, according TO
longtime averages, the farmer VINO
sticks realizes a fair and depenoaOie
profit, the specialists declare.
One source of failure is that too
many follow it as a speculation rather
than as a business. They plunge on
hogs lust as they would gamble on
grain futures or on the stock market
Operations Of this character are never
beneficial for any business. Because
of the recent decline in the hog mar
ket II does not necessarily follow that
the selling price of the pigs that VIII
be raised from the sOws bred this ran
will not be satisfactory. The pigs OF
this fall will not be ready for year
and untold changes may come about
Every farmer who is conservative,
careful. and painstaking in his hog
raising operations is able after few
years of experimentation to determine
approximately the maximum and MN
imum number of sows that he can
maintain on his farm at the greatest
net profit. When he has accurately
ascertained this number he should
breed that many sOwS every year
other conditions being equal In adj
herring TO this plan the farmer is, In
no sense, a Spectator, but is In real
ity a business man practicing common
sense business management. Hog
raising throughout the localities where
pork is made as regular and depend
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Communities, as well as firms and
individuals, can reap legitimate profits
through advertising. In her day Rome
was a big advertiser and kept at it
so persistently that eventually all roads
led TO that metropolis. From the stand
point Of legitimate municipal publicity,
America has several Romes. But this
sort of cooperative advertising is not
mOnOpOlized by the big centers- In
deed there are scores of communities
rural and semirural-that have put
themselves on the map in big red let
tiers. Their fame has not been re-
stricted by their small size. The secret
lies in their emphasizing some local
product which the community is well
suited to produce, and getting all in
terested persons to do their very best
In that line
a purse is trash compared with
good name, according to Shakespeare,
and many towns recognizing the in
estimabIe value OF a good name have
built up regulations that have lined
the purses of those forming the COM
munity- For example, Monroe county,
in southern Wisconsin, has built up
national reputation for the fine quail
ity of its cheese. Not the least fac
tor in winning and keeping leadership
in this line has been the annual
cheese day, a splendid community
event at which quantities of the deli
cious product of the region are given
away in sandwiches and in other
forms to thousands who share in the
occasion.
What Monroe county has done with
cheese, Carrie Springs, Tex, has done
with strawberries. The whole country
side in the vicinity Of this village joins
in hOnoring its favorite product each
season. Distinguished citizens come
from miles around to take part in the
festivities. The governor of the state
counts it privilege to be present.
Flowing Made Fine Arr.
That the humblest of farm tasks
can be hOnOred and exalted by COM
munity effort and the community in
turn greatly profit thereby is shown by
the record of the Wheatland blowing
match in northern Illinois. This an
HudI event. AASlituIeu SOnethlnS Ike
half a century ago along lines fol-
lowed by the founders ancestors in
Scotland, attracts annually 10000 to
$4,000 people. Here plOwmen of all
ages are divided into classes, the men,
bers OF which compete for prizes Of
fered for the best work done with rid
ing, walking and tractor plows. The
reputation for skill in agriculture Gre
ated by this annual event has been
worth an incalculabIe amount to the
farmers of this region, and partly be-
cause of 1t Wheatland farms and
Wheatland products are considered
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

among the best in the whole Missis-
sippi valley.
The orange growers Of California
have learned a similar lesson. Each
year they hold a magnificent orange
festival which is one OF the big events
Of the Pacific coast, attracting as many
as $4,000 people, some of them from
distant states. The rivalry for hon
ors has done much to raise and main
tain high standards among the orange
growers of the region.
A community celebration of a some
what different character but equally
effective in its advertising power. is
the Ground-HOg day picnic at PUNK
sutawney, Pa. At this novel annual
event farmers, politicians and former
residents to the number of many thou
sands gather to share in eating a
splendid repast. the principal feature
of which is grounding meat. The
meat is cooked in barbecue fashion
and invariably wins the praise OF the
celebrantS.. Speeches and informal
hearty greetings of old friends occupy
the afternoon. While this event is
not designed to advertise a farm prod
uct, its distinctive character and the
fine spirit OF hospitality that obtains
puts Punxsutawney and the surround
ing country on the map.
Texas Turkey Drives Famous.
The little town of Cuero, Tex, has
won fame from ocean to ocean be-
cause of its turkey drives. Drivers OF
turkeys within a radius Of 100 to $50
miles bring in f1ocks Of birds on foot.
The fowls travel at a slow rate dur
ing daylight and at dusk instinctively
huddle together, while their drivers
camp by the roadside until dawn.
when the journey toward Cuero, a
Mecca Of turkeydom, is resumed. The
eliminating feature of this event is
the turkey parade in which all Of the
drivers lead their flOckS through the
principal streets Of the town. On a
recent turkey day no less than $4,000
birds were in the procession. Follow
ing the parade the turkeys are loaded
on cars and shipped to markets in all
parts of the country.
There are thousands Of commune
ties which might undertake a celebra-
ton similar to these cited. In some
cases the spring is the appropriate
season, in others the fall or summer
is the logical time. The first need is
for an association or individual to
gather together persons interested in
promoting this idea. The winter days,
when the farm work is less strenuous,
offer an opportunity for preliminary
of1oo Of
agement of the United States depart
ment of agriculture will be glad TO Of
fer any inquirers suggestions regard
ing the best methods OF promoting
such events.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
DOULIM NOIF(

Clean, dry litter, clean water pans
and mash hOppers are essential to the
health of good layers.
All air that is admitted for ventiEa-
ton should be so handled that it will
not blow on the fowls, especially when
they are on the roost at night.
1t is necessary to provide the hens
with some reason for exercising in
winter because they have no incen-
tive to exercise naturally, as they do
in summer hunting for bugs and
worms, etc.
The birds in the farm flock should
; have ut least four square feet of floor
space per bird In their house.
A warm, comfortable henhouse will
do much to secure a good egg yield,
for fowls that are not comfortable
cannot lay we'll
One of the best ways to furnish
green food is to hang a cabbage head
just high enough so that the fowls
Will have TO jump for it.
There is not much danger that
healthy, vigorous fowls will become
too fat, if compelled to exercise by
scratching for the grain part of their
ration.
The yolk OF the egg is largely fat
and material for forming this is
abundantly supplied by corn, oats and
the other grains and grain products
commonly fed.
Progress In all breeding is based on
selection, so apply the cuIling test to
your flock. Keep the best and breed
from them and watch the increase IN
egg production.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
LIVE STOCK NOTES

Every colt raised viii be one more
work animal to help till farms.
Better a nose ring for the young bull
than an accident after it Is too late.
Pasture Is by no means a luxury for
live stock. It is now recognized as a
necessity.
Silage Is a good feed for most all
classes OF stock, but is more popular
as a feed for cattle and sheep.
No other farm animals put on flesh
as economically as pigs with a given
amount Of feed Every farmer should
have few pigs
Teach the calf to eat grain early.
Calves are imftators. If an older calf,
knowing how to eat grain, is in the pea
with the smaller ones these viii soon
learn TO eat grain
From six to eight weeks before
spring work commences the horses
should be put to light work and start
ed on a light grain ration
An excellent grain ration for little
calves is three parts Of oats, one part
Of corn and one part Of oil meal. Keep
the grain fresh.
The COWS should have al OF The
roughage they viii eat without waste
and then they should have approx
mateIy one pound OF a grain mixture
for each four pounds Of E:ilk given.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
REMoDELING POULTRY HOUSE
Many ~stuffy Old Structures Can Be
Rebuilt With Little Trouble
Cost Is Small.

Many farms have old style, closed
up poultry houses with poor light and
ventilation; also old sheds and other
buildings of little use for ether pur-
poses that can be remodeled or built
over with little difficulty into salts
factory poultry houses, according to
the United States department of ag
riculture.
A building of that kind usually can
be made over for less than one-half
the cost of constructing Q new one,
and if the work is well done should
give just as good results. Further
more, the work performed in remodel
ing. the building serves as a good
poultry club demonstration in poultry
house construction.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
The LEASING BILL
DEADLOCK ENDS
agreement in Congress Opens
Way to Development of Oil
and Gas Lsnds.
HAS BEEN PENDING 10 YEARS
Gaa and Phosphate Lands in Western
States Also Affected by
Measure Favored.

hington-Three months Of
pickering and an almost unbreakable
deadlock on the oil land leasing bill
has ended through agreement by
house md senate conferees in legis-
lation. Chairman Smoot, of the SEN
ate managers announced the confer
ence report would be submitted to
the house tomorrow and an effort
made to obtain immediate considera-
ton.
The agreement is expected to be
approved with little opposition by
both the house and senate, thereby
completing legislation. pending for
ten years. which would open for de-
velopnlent approximately $4,000, 900
acres OF public domain in Western
states. Last session a similar bill
was passed. but the senate's failure
to adopt the conference report in the
jam of legislation at the close of the
session prevented enactment.
Strictly Leasing Measure.
AS proposed, the bill affects oil,
coal. gas. phosphate. sodium and oil
shale lands and is strictly leasing
measure, all provisions for sale hav-
ing been eliminated. Under the meas
ure. approximately 44.00O.000 acres of
government coal land would be open
ed for development as we'll as about
100000 acres of oil lands.
AS agreed by the conferees, the
bill specifies only a minimum royalty,
the senate provisions providing maxi
mum rOyaltie having been elimin-
ated. AS to cOntestees' claims on
oil. the COnferees agreed upon 20 per
cent OF the royalty received on past
- production going to the reclamation
fund, 20 per cent to the states in
which the oil was produced and 10
per cent to the government.
BY Competitive Bidding.
The compromised measure also pro-
vides that the total amount OF the
royalties shall be determined by COM
petitive bidding or by methods to be
prescribed by the secretary of the in
terror. For oil lands a maximum of
$500 acres may be leased at mini
mum royalty of 1919 per cent. The
maximum for coal lands is 1850 acres
with minimum royalty of cents
per ton. The same acreage is pre-
scribed for phosphate and sodium
but 5,12O acres for oil shale lands
can be leased.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
GETS SO EGGS DAY
Remarkable Record of One Woman
Can Be Made BY others.

more Eggs Tonic is a Godsend, -
writes Mrs. Myrtle Ice, of Boston, KY.
She adds, Il was only getting II eggs
day and now get 50.''
Thousands OF poultry raisers are
vastly increasing their egg profits just
by using few cents worth of Reef
er's old reliable More Eggs" Tonic.
You can do the same. Last winter
eggs sold as high as 81 a dozen; this
winter I predict that they'll go high.
er. Be ready to reap your share OF
this golden harvest.
1888 Eggs from 125 Hens.
Since using the More EGGS 1 have
got more eggs than any time l have
been in the poultry business, about
thirty years. Since the 18th of March
to November 18th 1 have marketed
749 dozen and only have one hundred
and twenty-five hens. highly recon-
mend More Eggs" Tonic to all poul-
try raisers. w. S. Deahl, Elk
line, Ia.
100 Hens-15oo Eggs.
have fed boxes of More Eggs
to my hens and 1 think they have
OAOhOA lAO 0SS record L nave lou
White Leghorns and in exactly q
days I got 125 dozen eggs.-Mrs. H
Ii. Patton, WaYerly, Mo.
$500 Worth of Eggs from "a Hens.
I never used More Eggs" Tonic
until last December; then just used
one $1.00 package and have sold over
$4,000 worth of eggs from forty-four
hens. More Eggs" Tonic did it-A
G. Thode. Sterling, Kans., R. No. 2
Box AZ.
500 Package Free.
II you wish to try this great profit
maker, simply write a postcard OF
letter to E. ]. Refer, the poultry ex
pert, 1888 Refer Bldg, Kansas City,
Mo-, and ask for his special free pack
age S1.00 offer. Don't send any
money. Mr.. Refer will send you two
$1.00 packages of More Eggs" You
pay the postman upon delivery only
S1.00, the price of just one package
the other package being free. The
Million Dollar Merchants Bank OF
Kansas City, No, guarantees If you
are not absolutely satisfied, your dol
lar will be returned on request So
there is no risk. Write today for
this special free package offer.-Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
zWG6EsAsLERAL
NRW2NOTES.
Do some of the repair work now.

Do some Of the repair work now.
4. Blood viii tell-and so viii feed.
Fighting stops, but feeding must go
on.
Hogging down corn saves labor and
time, increases pork production and
puts the soil in excellent condition to
be plowed-
The Hye-at-home farmer accumu-
lates a fat bank account and few wor-
ries.
Talk sounds good: but it won't Gull
tiEate crops or milk cows or cook a
meal.
If rust was money, there'd be an
awful lot OF mighty rich farmers in
our country.
Begin feeding from your siIo irnme-
diately after 1t is filed and thus save
spoiled feed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
TWO BREEDS IN SAME FLOCK
Crossing Is Prevented by Keeping
Male of One Breed One Year and
Another the Next.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture-)
While keeping two distinct breeds
OF poultry in one yard without mix
ing the breeds seems difficult, il can
be accomplished easily and with salts
factory results, as shown by the ac-
count of an experience just received
from a New England poultry raiser
One of the kinds kept is a sO-called
egg breed, the other being a general
purpose variety of poultry. The
method of preventing crossing is as
follows:
One year, roosters of the egg-laying
breed are retained and used for breed
ing. no other males being kept. The
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
CUT BADLY DISEASED TREES
Excellent Forestry Practice to Use All
Inferior Specimens in Wood
Lot for Fuel

1t is an excellent forestry practice
to cut out the badly diseased, crooked,
Overcrowded, inferior trees in a wood
lot for fuel wood, giving more growing
space to the straight, promising young
trees, according to forestry specialists
Of the United States department Of
agriculture. In some cases, such as
in stands of old pines. few large
trees should be left for seed to re-
stock the land, unless the area is to be
cleared. In many sections of the couR-
try the present high prices of coal
have made profitable a renewal Of the
wood fuel industry so that many farm
ers are hnding it worth their while
to clear out the less desirable trees In
cordwood or shorter lengths.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
Ancient Grains Do Not eerminate

Ancient Grains Do Not terminate.
The United States department of
agriculture gives hard knock to the
stories about the termination of
wheat and other cereals found
wrapped with ancient Egyptian mum
mics. 1t says that close investigation
proves all such reports to be fictitious.
French tests show that grain more
than few years old will not germi-
nate. Tests indicate that when seeds
are kept under ideal conditions, wheat,
barley and oats may terminate up to
eight or ten years, but few if any
grains are alive after 20 years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
AMERICA HAS DONE ENOUGH

Washington.-Europe, in so far as
the United States government Is con-
cerned, must rely upon her own re-
sources n retrieving financial equili
briun. This was the Interpretation
OF the letter that Secretary OF the
Treasury Glass has sent to a commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, which sought
government expression on the propos-
merciaI leaders to discuss reconstruc-
ton problems
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
PREVENT cRoWDING OF PIGS
Properly Constructed Feed Trough
Assures Each Individual Porker
of His Share.

Young pigs should be given their
feed in such a manner that each indi-
viduaI pig gets its share The sim
pbest way to accomplish this is TO al
low the pigs to eat from properly
constructed feed trough, one that will
keep the pigs out of the feed and viii
lessen the possibilities of crowdiAg.