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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
Against All Rules.

AS every golfer is aware, it is
against the rules to remove anything
growing on the course.
The other day a player asked !:
"What should l do on the putting
green If a worm lay between my ball
and the hole? Am I entitled to lift
it or brush it aside?"
"Well," replied his companion, 81
think you should brush it aside"
"Yes," he replied, you may be right,
but this was a young and growing
worm, you know !-Houston Post.
PecuIiarities of Speech.
"Why do sailors say ship ahoyY"
81 dunno" answered the able seaman,
"Why do landsmen say 'hello?'"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
DOULTM NOIE(|
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Rats are shrewd pests. You may
have them though you don't see them.
Clean up their breeding places as
much as possible and place the setting
hens in protected nests.
The advantages Of good standard
bred stock are being so rapidly recog-
nized that there Is a keen demand In
every community for breeding stock
and Matching eggs from good stock.
The best way to avoid trouble in
the flock of fowls in the winter is by
having %open-front houses. There will
be less dampness, fowls will be health
Ter and there is less risk of frozen
combs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17

personal items. The diary supplies
items of supplementary interest which
usually are left out of the accounts.
Without the diary, the task of keep
ing the books Of the farm business
becomes dry and uninteresting.
Only persistency and practice will
make one an adept at writing a diary.
The only rule which can be followed
is that the entries must be kept in
teresting, and in choosing an inter-
esting high light In the days work
one must have an eye to the future.
as well as to the present. 1t is i'm
pOrtant to write the records regular
ly. Make entries in the diary every
evening at a certain time, and con-
slider It as a part Of the daily routine.
Once the owner commences to slight
his diary, It's failure Is certain.
Best Materials Essential.
1t never pays to use inferior mate
rails in the making of a farm diary:
The work Is important enough to merit
the use of good tools. Good paper
and binding, a good pen, and ink that
will not fade In a few years are es-
s%entials in preparing a volume that
will grow In value and interest as its
age increases. 1t Is a mistake to
think n small blank book is sufficient.
The limited size Of the sheets makes
writing cramped and uncomfortable
and detracts from the pleasure Of
writing up the record.
While a diary can hardly supply
the required amount of bookkeeping
for a large and extensive farm bust.
ness, 1t does record facts and figures
that are never preserved In any other
form.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
GRAZING MAINTAINS
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
Many Pastures in Virginia Have
Never Been Flowed.
Where Beef Cattle or Sheep Are
Grazed All Of Resulting Manure Is
Left on SoiI-Lime and Phos-
phate Are Favored.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
There is no system of agriculture
that maintains the productivity Of the
soil better than grazing, according TO
observations of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, especially
where the animals are kept continual
ly on the pastures. Some of the best
pastures in southwestern Virginia
have been grazed for at least 100
years. Many of them have never been
plOwed.
The difficulty in getting a good sod
on land that has been cropped with
grain for a few years has proved the
wisdom Of keeping the land perma-
nently in grass. 1t must be borne in
mind that there are striking differ
ences in methods of grazing. Where
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
MILK goat INDUSTRY GROWS
of Milk for Average Family
Easily Kept.

The production of milk goats has
fo- a great many years been an i'm
portant feature of the livestock in
dustry in many European countries,
but 1t has never secured a very strong
fOOthOld in the United States. In
yhis country the goat has always been
an animal Of more or less ridicule, as
the majority of the people do no. re-
aliZe the possibilities of certain breeds
Or types that have been bred for many
years along definite lines, say special
lists OF the United States Department
of Agriculture.
' In continental Europe milk goats
are largely used by families unable to
keep a COW, and great benefit is de-
rived from having fresh milk at hand
and at q low cost. In those countries
the goat is often spoken of as the
poor mans cow"
During thetpast several years con.
siderable interest has been manifested
In the milk-goat industry in this cOun.
try. The fact that the goat will supply
sufficient milk for the average family
and can be kept where it would be
impossible to keep a COW is beginning
to appeal to many people, especially
those living in the small towns and the
suburbs Of the large cities.
The milk-goat industry is only in its
Infancy in America, the department
specialists say. This type Of goat is
adapted TO our country, and the in.
dustry should become of greater i'm.
p~ortance every year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
He Was Careful.

The train stopped longer than usual
on the big curve coming into the Irish
wayside station. A passenger looked
out, saw the guard descend from his
a and listened to the following con-
versatiOn with the driver:
Guard-What are We shopping for?
Driver-Sure and can't We see the
signal is agin' me?
Guard-It's mighty particular you're
gettin' all of q sudden.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
ALFALFA SEED THIS SEASON
According to Reports to Bureau Of
Markets and Crop Estimates Pro-
duction 10 Larger.

A somewhat larger production of al
falfa seed this year than last Is indi-
Gated by reports to the bureau Of mar
kets and crop estimates. Dry, hot
weather interfered with the crop In
portions Of the Southwest, but else
where the crop is larger than usual.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17

beef cattle or sheep are grazed, all of
the resulting manure is left on the
pastures, and the land is further en-
riched if the animals are given addi-
tional feed during the winter. This
is usually not the case on dairy farms,
where the cattle spend much Of the
time in yards or stables.
Grazing is not sufficiently remunera-
tive TO justify the liberal use of COM
mercial fertilizers, and very little Is
ever used in the bluegrass region on
the pasture lands. In England It Is
not uncommon to apply basic Stag at
the rate of 1000 pounds per acre to
permanent grassland. Some farmers
IN the bluegrass region OF Virginia are
beginning to use lime and some form
Of phosphate on their pastures. This
improves the stand Of grass, but there
are no data available to show whether
the increase will cover the expense. In
The absence Of any experimental data,
every farmer is advised to experiment
on his W fields in a small way. An
application of 500 pounds Of acid phos-
phate or of bone meal to a half acre
in an old pasture will soon show
whether 1t is advisable to use fer
t~lizers. If this quantity makes a
marked Improvement in the stand Of
grass, less might be beneficial.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
American Ice Cream for Canada.

Thousands of gallons of ice cream
are being shipped every month from
Vancouver, British Columbia, to China,
the frozen dainty being forwarded in
specially constructed containers, hold
ing about 500 gallons each.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
Battle Won India for Britain.

British rule in India dates from
June %, 1857, when Siraj-ud-Dauls
was absolutely defeated In the battle
Of Plassy. This victory gave England
the provinces Of Bengal and Behar,
which laid the foundation of the
empire.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
May Give Gems Color.

If experiments now being carried
on at the Reno station Of the bureau
Of mines r successful, says the Min
ing Congress Journal, 1t will be posi-
BILE to give color to colorless gems
which exist in abundance in the West.
The experiments 50 far have produced
results which are considered prOmis-
ing. The penetrating radiation of
radium Is the agency through which
gems are being cOlored. In a prelim-
mary experiment, a colorless Colorado
topaz was tinted yellow. The coloring
when exposed to light was found to be
not permanent, and the experimental
ton continues with a view to making
the color light-proof. Successful
termination Of the experiments would
add materially to the value of Western
gem stones, whose market value is low
on account Of their lack of the tint
qualities deemed essential by gem
manufacturers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17
Mistaken.

"YOu didn't open your mouth once
during the entire session." you are
quite wrong, my friend, because each
time you took the floor l yawned."-
Paris lie Journal Amusant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17

The III always makes rainbows
through the clouds Of grief if we look
toward it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-11-17

About the time a man begins to lay
up something for a rainy day, it begins
to r0in.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23

ton. The three suggested are H. B.
Nickerson, Elk River, president Of the
Minnesota Cooperative Creameries
Inc.; John Brandt, Litch-
field, secretary of the association, and
H. R. Leonard, manager of the Twin
City Milk Producers association. Jas.
r. Howard, president of the American
Farm Bureau federal ation, was author
lied by national convention of dairy
men in Chicago last month to appoint
the investigating body.
This committee will work out plans
for Capitalization of cooperative mar
keting of dairy products, recommend
ways to improve prices and market
and transportation conditions, and help
form cooperative associations where
none now exists.
Minnesota, as the foremost butter
producing state, is expected to play
leading part in the inquiry. Its new
state association, now being organized
with the cooperation Of the farm bu-
reau federation, probably will furnish
a model for recommendations of the in.
vestigating\ committee, farm bureau
officials said today.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
Cheese Parties at White House.

In the good old days of bygone
years cheese (not the kind you had to
keep muzzled and ch1oroformed) was
considered popular article of refresh
ment to serve at state social functions
in the national capital.
Pink teas with their anaemic accom-
paniment of lady fingers, sickly sand
witches and ice cream had not yet been
dreamed of.
Two notable cheese parties have
been held in the white house-Ameri-
cas- best known residence. The first
cheese party was staged during the
regime of Thomas jefferson, and the
second one was held while Andrew
Jackson was at the head Of the govern
ment.
The sage of Monticello had many
warm admirers in the little town of
Cheshire, Mass. These admirers want
ed to do something out Of the ordi-
nary for their friend in the white
house. Consequently they hit upon the
unique scheme of presenting him with
the largest cheese ever made. On a
given day every cow owner brought
his quota of freshly made curd to a
large cider press, which had been con-
verted into a cheese press, and in
which a cheese was pressed that
weighed one thousand six hundred
pounds. 1t was brought to Washing
ton in the following winter on a sled,
under the charge Of Parson Leland,
and in the name Of the people of Che
shire, was formerly presented to
President Jefferson in the then un-
furnished east room of the white
house. jefferson, of course, returned
thanks, and after having great
wedge cut from the cheese, to send
back to the donors, he invited all
present to help themselves. The
cheese was variegated in appearance,
owing to so many dairies having con-
tributcd the curd, but the flavor was
pronounced the best cvc- tasted in
Washington.
When Jackson became president his
admirers thought that every honor
which Jefferson had ever received
should be paid him, so some of them
residing in a rural district of New
York, got up, under the superinten
dence of Mr.. Meacham, mammoth
; cheese for "Old Hickory" After hav
ing been exhibited at New York, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, it was kept
for some time in the vestibule at the
Whit house, and was finally cut a
an afternoon reception en- the 22rd o:
: February, 1887. For i,oucs crowd o.
men, women and boys hacked at the
cheese, many taking large hunks of il
away with them. When they com
mcnced the cheese weighed one thou.
sand four hundred pounds, and onl!
a small piece was saved for the presi.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
SOLID FOR COMBINE.
Ninety Per Cent of Livestock Ship
ping Locals Unite to Sell Through
Their Own COMPANY.


ping Locals Unite to Sell Through
Their Own Company.
St. Paul, June 23.-The movement
for centralized cooperative marketing,
backed by the farm bureaus, is sweep
ing the state. Ninety per cent of the
farmers cooperative livestock ship
ping associations in Minnesota are
uniting to market all their stock
through their own agency on the South
St. Paul market.
Results of the first three weeks of
organization work, announced today
by the Minnesota Farm Bureau feder-
alton and w. A. McKerrow, manager
of the new sales agency, show that
more than 25O local shipping associa-
tions already have joined the Mime
sofa Central Cooperative Commission
company. The association was orga-
nized by delegates from farmers ship
ping units who met in St. Paul and
voted unanimously to combine COOP
erative livestock marketing under the
direction of a single company, owned
and controlled by farmers and operat-
ed on cooperative basis.
"The success of the centralized live
stock marketing enterprise, the first
Of three great cooperative marketing
projects to be launched in Minnesota
this year, is assured by the early re.
suits of the campaign" Mr.. McKerrow
said today. ''The rapidity with which
local shipping associations are joining
the new central sales agency is break.
ing all records. The federation of 25(
independent shipping units in tw(
weeks, in support of an entirely new
venture in livestock marketing in tht
northwest, demonstrates that farmer
are determined to take the process o]
marketing into their own hands in ar
effort to eliminate waste and get {
squarer deal for themselves and fol
the consumers as we'll.
"Six counties have made a perfect
record in cheir support of centralized
marketing. Every local shipping as
sociation in Lincoln, Dakota, Scott
Hubbard and Lac qui Parle counties
has joined the Central Cooperative
Commission association. In Lyon
county all associations with the excep-
tion Of one which is tributary to the
Sioux City market, have joined. Nine
ty per cent Of the associations we have
reached have voted without hesitation
to concentrate the sale of all their
livestock through the farmers agen-
cy."
Mr.. McKerrow assorted today that
within the next two years the coop.
erative sales agency at South St. Pau
will be "the greatest institution of its
kind in the world" It will become
the sales agency for farmers asso.
Citations in Minnesota, the Dakotas
Montana and Wisconsin, he said.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23

& y 4- ~ /
dents use. The air was redolcnt with
cheese, the carpet was slippery with
cheese, and nothing else was talked
about at Washington that day. Even
the alleged scandal about the wife of
the presidents secretary of war was
forgotten in the tumultuous jubi.ation
Of that great occasion.
General jackson received that day
for TIE last time at the white house,
and was so feeble that he had to re-
main seated. Mrs. Donelson stood on
one side and on the Other Ven Buren
who wcs inaugurated as president 8
fortnight latcr.-National Republican
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
Mr.. Gompers and the Middle Way

Samuel Gompers and the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor come in for a deal of criticism
just now because of their break with
European radicals. Two international
bodies ask the federation to repudiate
Mr.. Gompers because of his position.
It is evident today, as it has been
for some time, that Mr.. Gompers is
making his way between extreme radi-
calism on the one hand and extreme
conservatism on the other. He is fol-
lowing the middle way. This is not al
ways easy to do but it is the states
manlike method.
Mr.. Gompers has European back
ground such as few labor leaders have.
He realizes the difference between old
world conditions and those. prevailing
in this country. He speaks as high
ly competent authority when he points
out this difference in these words:
"What strikes the American is how
little the European renting wage
Garner gets for his money Very sell
dom, indeed, has he a bit of garden;
his rooms are fewer and smaller than
is ordinarily the case in an American
house. The rent payer is usually a
rent payer all his life. The struggle
for barely decent living is ever be.
fore them. Living is cheap to the
wage worker in Europe only because
he does without what in America
usually becomes necessity for him."
The American worker enjoys :
standard of living unknown to Euro
pean workers. He has opportun;tie!
to get ahead and to become the owne1
Of shop or business himself that d>
not obtain in the old world. He lives
larger, finer and freer life thai
Europe provides. American problem
are not like those of Europe, Asia O
South America. Our economic posi-
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
MOOnshine!

The New Orleans Timcs-Picayune
calls attention to a race disorder of
the human balancing apparatus known
as Meniere's disease, which exhilarates
the eighth cranial nerve so that man
takes to revolving on his toes, or
perhaps on his ear, if he happens to
lose MS footing. Moonshine!-De-
troit Free Press.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23

unanimously reelected for the en-
suing year. Miss Lynch has been Q
resident of Plains Wiley for the past
35 wears and is farmer and stock
raiser. She has personally superin-
tended the Lynch ranch for the past
20 years and has made it one of the
best hay ranches in the state.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23

Nominated for Dairy Market Board.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau feder-
alton has nominated three Minnesota
dairymen for places on the Commit
tee of Eleven, which is to conduct a ma
tionwide dairy marketing investiga-
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
ion is as unique as our geographic

tion is as unique as our geographic
one.
Mr.. Gompers is not disposed to iec-
pardize the opportunities and advan-
tages enjoyed by all in this country
for dangerous distractions and en-
tangling alliances. He appreciates
America for what it IS, and thoughtful
citizens here should honor him for
standing firm in the face of bitter and
blind opposition.-Mi Minneapolis, Jour-
nal.
The Princeton union., 1921-06-23
Woman Farm Bureau President

A Woman Farm Bureau President.
Congresswomen and lady aviators
have long been with US, but Sanders
county, Mont, has the unique distinc-
tion of having the only woman county
farm bureau president in the United
States. Mrs. Lizzie Lynch was elected
to this office year ago and filled the
office with such efficiency that she was
Evening journal., 1921-09-29
Japan s Huge Military Load
CFrom the New York Herald).

No one who reads the third article,
published today. in the New York
Herald's special series from astaff
correspondent on conditions and
problems in the Far East and the
Pacific will question that the ad-
vanced warship plans OF Japan will
soon make that nation as sea
Power the peer Of any in the world.
In respect Of two considerations she
might be regarded as likely to be
come superior in naval strength even
to the United States or Great
Britain.
One Of these is that the great
burden Of ,Japan's stupendous naval
expenditures goes into the con-
struction Of the latest and most for
midable sea-fighting machines. The
true measure Of her naval expendi-
tures is not the $3.50. 900, 900 allotted
for that purpose. but the fact that
in Japan $3.50, 100000 will do as to
labor and many other costs what
$500, 100000 will not do in the
United States.
The other consideration is that.
because Of the more limitel fed
and the lesser interests which a
Japanese navy has to cover in pro-
viding home defense. her naval
power would be relatively greater
than that Of any country on the
globe.
II is to be said OF Japan that on
Evening journal., 1921-09-29
SHIP OPERATORS PROGRAM.

rSHE recommendations OF the United states Ship Oper
i ators' Association recently submitted to Chairman
Lasker Of the United States Shipping Board and read by
many interested Delawareans to offer basis on
which a constructive program may be founded ITO make
the American merchant marine operating reality and
not feet OF idle deteriorating red hus" Summed up
the suggestions follows:
Private ownership Of government tonnage should be
established practicable in accordance with the
provisions Of the Jones act.
Private ownership must not return TO the monopoistc
control by few large companies Any plan Of charter
succeed must afford reasonable possibility OF making
profit or at least OF coming out whole.
Prontsharing must be principle underlying any per-
maneni plan adopted.
No plan will work under present depressed world con-
dtions unless adjusted temporarily to meet such cond
tons
Competition on trade routes, either between govern
ment-owned and priystey-owned American ships or be-
tween goyernment-owned ships operated by different
companies should he eliminated to prevent oyerberthng
only honest and efficient operators who sincerely de-
sire ultimately TO purchase tonnage should be retained.
Trade routes must not be destroyed crippled by nds
criminate tying up Of ships
Tramp ship service is the s--o.ne OF any merchant
marine, and should be so recognized
fixed number OF ships should be distributed to each
Efficient tramp operator to be maintained while aid up
and to be kept ready for improved business conditions
Revise all laws and regulations unfairly hamn rg
American shipping and remove all unnecessary adm 'ur
lrahon restraints
Charge to the the costs due to emer-
gency.
This is quite comprehensive program, much OF which
doubt win appeal to the United States Shipping Boaru
II, in addition system Of discriminatory duty rates is
adopted and enacted by Congress- such those coniem
plated in the Jones amendment to the pending tariff BILL
the future OF merchant marine would to be
sured far legislation and administration could
It,
solve.
Evening journal., 1921-09-29
BALKANS BOIL OVER.

TVvEN while the special committee OF the League OF
~ Nations holding meeting, word came from the
Balkan States that Serbia had opened artillery fire
neghboring state Of Albania
Both countries members OF the league and the dec
arGton OF between them has CONSERVATION
at Geneva
There appears to be dispute the boundaries be-
tween Serbia and Albania which the league in its two
years Of existence has failed to rectfy.
Serbia served notice her neghbor that she must
evacuae certain small towns along the boundary line and
when the order not compiled with fire was COM
menced to compel the Withdrawal OF the Albanians
The Balkans, all Wilmngonians know have been
the most prolific OF trouble in Europe for many
years.
It was a Balkan dispute that precpitaed the World
War
II the league cannot hold in order that group
paativey Insignificant states, It failed at the very
outset to take effective steps toward peace
The trouble with the league, it was with the peace
ENJOYS at Paris that there is too much disposition 10
evolve beautiful theories how the world should be
governed and human passion controlled rather than 10
devote attention to the specific problem at hand
1t IS conceivable that the quarrel between Serbia and
Albania could have been settled through arbitration in
aed by the league but the delegates at Geneva appar-
entity too busy engaged in abstract debate to attend
to practical matters.