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The spectator., 1921-08-12

vOlving certain records and blanks, is strictly educational To aid in con- ducting educational campaigns. the department has issued number of circulars. posters and newspaper atti- cles. as we'll as much mimeographed material. A booklet entitled Better Sires-Better Stock" explaining the movement, can be obtained by address ing the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. Other material on this subject is:
 Yearbook Separate S16. Harnessing Heredity to Improve the Nations Live Stock
 Department Bulletin 905, Principles of Live Stock Breeding tsemlscIen- tific). Price, 15 cents.
 Farmers Bulletin 1167, Essentials of Animal Breeding.
 Enrolment Blank for Better Sires--- Better Stock Crusade Con which live stock owners agree to use good pure bred siresl.
 Specific Facts and Figures on Rene fits Following Use of Better Sires
 county Live Stock survey Blank.
 Poster, Which Way Is Your Live Stock Going?
 Poster, Purebred Sires and Herd Improvement
 Several sets of 72 lantern slides each have also been prepared by the department and motion picture js now in the making.
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An Aduenture Romance
By George Agnew Chamberlain
Copyright, The Bobbs- Merrill Company

tor, but. after all, I'd rather-rather die that way
 Twist things around little and you'll get what happened to Miss Ter ry de Guest with the difference that that beautiful and hungry young wom- an who had all but turned her back on Settlement work and her face to the Great White Way, suddenly awoke not in the moonlit embrace If Clair of a House In Henry street.
 Nor was Mir. Slim Hervey partial to sex in salvation. There was the Instance of young Bertram Blossome who shame-facedly hurried into his cab painted, wan-faced waif of the street with self-accusing eyes. No case this of hunted and hunter-rath- CT two strayed bits of weak humanity driven before the unleashed dogs of poverty and lust. How readily and unQuestioningly the boy slipped from the cab at his home address, miracu- lously confused almost as by the med ding finger of God with one very iioN SiuNCIuiiy tlit Eili took the possible fare and something over" and how her tears brimmed when ten minutes later the blue-eyed chauffeur, a wage-earner like herself. said: Nothing doing, Sister The ride is on me-" and promptly whirled awayl
 While all these incidents were en- gazing, each in its own way. and showed reasonable profit to all con- cerned Mir. Randolph looked upon them more or less as a means of get ting In his hand during period of initiation. Once he felt sure of him. self and of his new chauffeurlng point of view and attitude toward the gay world from the under side. he began to haunt the neighborhood of East Ninth street at the hour when dinners are plenty and taxis scarce.
 Twice he saw Miss Madge Van Tellier carried off in Somebody's pri- vate car but he was not discouraged. for he recognized in the very fact of that public privacy the badge of pre-
The spectator., 1921-08-12
HIGHER PRICES FOR HORSES
Heavy Draft Animals Wanted for City Hauling.

Heavy draft horses are in greater demand and commanding higher prices than at any time in the last 20 years. according to the proprietor of Bos- ton trucking concern which maintains 100 horses and 2S auto trucks. In a letter received at University farm he says: For the short ahaul the horse has no competitor. We buy at any time and have paid as high as $6OO each, but are not getting as good horses as we would like to use. We believe the peak stage of motortruck sales and use has been reached. Farmers should be encouraged e breed better hQrses."
The spectator., 1921-08-12
PLAN TO WEAN CALVES EARLY
Younoster Is Taken Away When Quite Young.

The COW owner who neglects to wean his calf because it is too much trouble is making ten times the trou- ble for himself by letting it nurse its mother. It is surprising how soon a calf can be taught to drink from a bucket, if one Is determined enough And the freedom from bothering with a hungry young bull a few weeks later, charging down. trampling ones feet and insisting upon having his way, is worth lor.
The spectator., 1921-08-12

liminary outings. In due course his night and hour came. He was hailed by the arriving Mir Beacher Fremont and ordered to stand by: twenty min utcs later he was listening to that gentleman explaining to Miss Van T.. thnt Il cylinder had gone wrong on his own car at the last moment.
 Miss Madge Van Tellier, upon whom Mir. Randolph had not laid eyes since the very definite parting of their ways on the rock of ready cash. was more beautiful tonight than at any other timf since the evening of her coming out party. The reason was one and the same. Tonight. as upon that oth- er she stood within a threshold and pe<red out on Life with big l.. A flame was in her cheeks and in her eyes; her lips were half-parted and thirsty. her bosom agitated. She was divinely dressed.
 They were very silent on their way to dinner at the Knickerbocker, but they exuded an aura of tense expect ancy that made nothing of the glass barrier between them and the car pl- lot. who soon felt himself lifted and carried on its wave. Something was cooking beyond a doubt and he then and there determined to stick fist through the crust of the pte just be- fore the smell of burning.
 There is nothing more stereotyped than night run before the fever hounds of New York. It is invariably a fouract play that starts with sin gle cocktail and tasty dinner, goes on to show peppered with double meanings, thickens at the cabaret in the close harmony of booze and dance music and finally bursts somewhere in the country"
 The first act was easy for Randolph: he went on with the villain and the leading lady. but once the revolving door of the hotel had clucked on their backs he had to withdraw to the wings and dope out . means of evolving
The spectator., 1921-08-12

county. Nebraska, who in one day en- rolled in the better sires drive. 65 re- ported Standard-bred fowls The flocks averaged 94 birds. The principal breeds reported are, in the order stated, Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds. Orpingtons and Wyandottes. Barred Plymouth Rocks were more numerous than other varie- ties In the breed. Of the Leghorns the White Leghorns were raised in largest numbers. while of the Wyan- dottes the white variety was some what more popular than the Silver Laced Wyandottes, which were sec ond. Buff Orpingtons were the only variety of that breed reported.
 The facts stated are believed to show interest in the keeping of well bred poultry, especially since the Bet ter Sires-Better Stock blanks merely call for the number of poultry kept :; and in all cases the livestock owners volunteered the facts about breeds and varieties. IL Is also noteworthy that. whereas the hetter-Sires drive Is aimed chiefly at the improvement of breeding males. in the case of poultry large majority of females likewise are standard bred.
The spectator., 1921-08-12

CTS Bulletin 1l6S. Varieties of Win ter Wheat. Adapted to the Eastern United States, which charts localities in which various types of wheat can be grown to advantage, and lists the varieties adapted to each particular locality.
 The bulletin suggests that there Is large local demand fin New England for wheat as a poultry or stock feed. and it should not be difficult for sever al farmers in almost every neighbOr- hood to sell all the wheat they can raise at good price 10 their neigh bors. Winter wheat will doubtless produce better average yields, where il can he grown, than spring wheat, if proper cultural methods and suit able varieties are used
 improve Wheat Yield
 Wheat can be improved in yield and in other desirable characteristics by the selection of good heads or good plants from the general field and grow irrg the seed from each individual head or plant in separate rows. Continued selection will result in constantly i'm proved seed. Another method of puri- flying variety and increasing the yield is what may be called mass se- lection. This consists simply in pick Ing out good heads from the field at large, sowing the selected seed in a small area, and reselecting it the next harvest time The hullpfin may ha had on application.
The spectator., 1921-08-12
WELL-BRED POULTRY
 ACCUSING INTEREST
PouItTymen Help Better Sires-
 Better Stock Movement.
Nebraska Live Stock Owners En- rolled in Campaign Report Stand srd-Bred Fowls - Plymouth
 Rocks and leghorns Lead.

Uorepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agrieulture)
 In the absence of census data on the quality of farm poultry, information being received by the United States Department of Agriculture in connec- tion with the Better Sires-Better Stock movement is believed to be of Of 75 livestock owners in Webster
The spectator., 1921-08-12
HOW DISEASE IS INTRODUCED
Unwholesome Foodstuff That Is De. cayed or Moldy Should Never
 Be Given to Fowls.

Disease Is often introduced into a flock by unwholesone foodstuff that Is decayed or moldy, but good food may be easily spoiled by placing 1t in dirty troughs or neglected feeding places, especially in hot weather when soft food or milk h given.
The spectator., 1921-08-12
COVER OR BLANKET FOR COW
Good Way to Keep Flies From Bother. ing While Milklng-Obviates
 Tall Switching.

To keep flies from bothering while milking, make cover or blanket for the COW from a large gunny sack, ripped open, and provided with strings for fastening under forelegs, and string across back to hold In place over the trump. If both the COW being milked and the one behind the milkeI are so protected there will be very little tail switchins.
The spectator., 1921-08-12
ANALYSIS MADE OF MANURES
Dry Material Contains Larqe Amount of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and
 Potassium.

The average of analysis of manures from cattle. horses and mixed. shows that ton of dry manure contains 3S pounds of nitrogen, 76 phosphorus and BOA pounds of potassium. A ton Of fresh farm manure consists of about three fourths water but 1t con tains ten pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus and eight pounds of potassium.
The spectator., 1921-08-12
Meaning of Feverish pream.

To dream you have a fever signi. fies that you will excite the envy q your friends; also difficulties with yous lover.
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01

be a Radical, a Red, a BoIshsH..
or something worse, and he will
have a thousand lies inventedto
ruin his characteristics that
could not originate anywhere ex-
cept in a Except" newspaper Of
flee.
There is really a Lie Trust,
and it is we'll understood among
all the members of the Lie Trust
that certain matters are to be
handled favorably and certain
others unfavorably, and that
without any regard to the facts
in the case.
Oh, shucks, there is no use for
me to try to tell you everything
in the book-the only way for
you to find out is to read it. And
if you don't send for a copy and
read it right away you will miss
a treat. Upton Sinclair, the au~
thor, is acting as his own pub
Usher, and he is selling <"ThG'
Brass Check faster than he can
get it made. The price in cloth
binding is $1.20, and paper bind
ing 60c. Send your order to Up
ton Sinclair, Pasadena, :Cal-
foffia.
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01
ANOTHER DEBATE.

Henry Tick.-And so YOU
think man is composed. of two.
parts, soul and body?
xOrtho Dox.-Yes.
H. T.-Which is the real man,
the soul or the body?
%. D.-The soul is the real
man. The body is only the house
that the man lives in.
H. Twas Jesus Christ com
posed Of two parts, soul and
body?
.O.sD.-Yes, certainly.
H. T.-Which was the real
Christ?
0. D.-The soul, of course.
H. T.-When Christ was cru
sifed, did his soul die?
@. D.-No, it did not. How d.
you think an immortal soul could
die?
H. T.-Then it must be all "a
mistake about Christ dying for
sinners. -
O.. Doh, no, his body died
for sinners.
H. T.-What kind of sinners:
0. D.-Why, just sinners, I
guess-any kind.
H. T.-But you divide men in
to two parts. [ want to know
which part of man it was that
|Christ's body died for?
O.. D.-For their bodies, T
reckon.
H. T.-But you argue that
mans body is not the real man..
and that Christ's body was not
the real Christ. It seems, then,
that the house Jesus lived in died.
to save the house that man lives
in, but Jesus himself did not die.
and man himself is not saved.
What are you going to do about:
that?
o. D.-Youo old mean thingl
You are getting me all tangled
up. Boo-hoo!
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01

AIMS ankle bone in each issue,
Listen! | am not running this
paper to please anybody but my
self. / am going to print what
Pearson thinks, and if other peo-
pie want something different
printed they will have to do like
| did-start them a paper Of
their own.
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01
MIR. MORRELL.

TO nave unlnCenLlOnally neglect
ed. He has been one of my best
club-raisers for a long time, and
on two or three different >occas-
ions he has written me long per-
,sonal letters containing ques-
tions that he wanted answered.
/ always INTENDED to try to-
answer them, but the rush of
work prevented. If he had been
the only. one on the waiting list
| might have attended to him
better, but there were hundreds
more always waiting, and | new
ef seemed able to get around. So
Mr.. Morrell is not the only one
who has reason to think that |
am a very poor correspondent.
But if I NEVER get to all the
others who are waiting, [ am
going to take time right here to
give my friend Morrell a hear
ing. I am not sure that | could
properly answer his questions,
and so / shall not try. Maybe
somebody among the thousands
who read The Fool-KilIer would
like to help him out. 1t seems
that Mr.. Mo1rell is a believer in
Holiness, and wants to know
what I think about It. Honestly.
I do not know what I think about
It. It is a question that I have
never got fully settled in my own
mind. The New Testament Ger
tainly see. rs to teach H:Iiness.
Christ lived a holy. and sinless
life, and he was supposed to be
a model for his followers to live
by. Then it seems that it
OUGHT to be possible for Chris
tians to live holy lives, but I.
have my serious doubts whether
any of them do it or not. I know
mighty we'll that I don't. And
yet / would not like to say posi-
lively that it COULDN'T be
done.
Without further comment, I
now present Mr.. Henry T. Nor
rell, Of Ebro, Florida: .
Ebro, Florida, Jan. 9Th, 1921.
Mr.. James l.. Pearson, q
Boomer, N. c. In:
Kind Sir:
/ will try you once more, as I have
a few questions to ask, and you seem
to be able to answer others. First,
I will try to explain myself: | be-
lieve and know that the Scripture is
the inspired Word of God, and when
rightly understood is non-con +adic-
tory. What / first wrote you about
was concerning the Baptism-the
"born again" condition-and | wrote
the Bible Students (that is, the Watch
Tower folks), and also the head man.
ayers of the so-called Latter Day
Saints, which I found to be Latter
Day Catholics, like the Catholic Bap-
lists, Catholic Methodists, and Cath
olic every other creeded branch that
has a name under heaven. And they
all tried to deny the Scripture. But
you'll never have been able to get
you to say anything to me yet. Now
for a question: Why will you not re-
ply to me?. If I am a fool it is your
job to knock me straight. The Cath.
olic Methodists and the Latter Day
Catholics, etc., all deny the power Of
God by saying that it is impossible t.
live righteous here in this world. Still
they claim to be saints and followers
of Christ. What is the New Tesla
ment teaching If Il. is imnnssihle t.
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01
" here in this world? And Iook whit
It saws in Romans 12:1-2. and the

IL says III NOT1dnS 1Z:l-Z. a the
definition of grace is excellence Of
character; and it says that if we are
justified by faith we are under grace
excellence of character.
Some tell US that they are right,
but that we cannot get right-that on
ly $4,000 will be allowed in the
elect class, no matter if we should do
His will. But they seem to ignore
what it says about ~"whosoever will
let him come and take the water of
life freely."And that God finds no
pleasure in the death of any, but that
He would have all to turn and live.
They fix that by telling us that God
will let US live here on earth always.
But it says that Christ is not divided
against Himself, and that we shall
reign with Him, and some that claim
ed to be Christ's seem to think th,y
are in a little crowd all by themselves.
Now, old man, if knocking is your
game, that's the game I play, too,
but not fighting with my fist or any
literal thing. I am the same kind Of
knocker that you are-the only thing
we differ in is the rough language
you use. IF you would fiji all your
columns with sermons and letters like
this, look how much better and more
interesting II. would be. and leave. the
foolishness and friendship Of the
world, for money is the reet Of all
evil. But pat ON the armour Of God.
If you will do this there. will be one
more in your little crowd at least, and
winning souls to Christ would be the
object.
You indicated in the letter that you
returned to me that some Holiness
paper might be. glad to. publish it.
Huh! They are farther from talking
with me than you are. They make a
lot of noise, but their hearts are far
from me.
Here is the question: What viii
you charge to publish this? Let me
know. Enclosed are four more new
subs and s1.00.
Respectfully,
HENRY T. MORRILL,, P. NJ.
Now, folks, what do you think
of that? It sorter -stumps me.
This man is a good man and per-
|fectly sincere, and seems to want
information, but he strikes me
as being the kind Of man who
would not take information if Of
fered-unless it fitted in with
his preconceived notions. All his
efforts to draw me out on these
questions is, only trying to make
ME agree with HIM. See? He
seems to have read the literature
that gives the information he
claims to want-especially on
the matter of the Elect Class
but he refuses to believe it. His
own theory suits him better,
| Well, if it does, why isn't he sat
isfied with it? And he objects
to the kind Of language | use
Well, that is just his persona
opinion about it. All my thous'
ands of readers do not see it like
he does, and [ cant-afford to dis
please several thousand just il
order to please one. He think:
I ought to fill all my column:
with stuff like he writes. Again
that is just his opinion; Others
would see it different. A goot
lRen11hlican would advise me Il
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01
THE LIE TRUST.

LIE LIE lIGOO1s
If you want to know all about
the Lie Trust, and what sort of
shameless prostitutes the big
daily newspapers are, you GER
tain1y ought to read a book call
ed "The Brass Check" written
by Upton Sinclair. I have seen
a heap Of SHINING" and have
done a right smart of it myself,
but in all my born days I never
saw anything to equal "The
Brass Check"
MI. Sinclair explains that the
name Of the book has reference
to some sort of a "brass check
used in. houses Of prostitution.
I don't know anything about that
maybe some Of you do. Any
how, it is a brand Of prostitu-
ton, and Sinclair certainly burns
lit into the hides Of the pluto
|papers SO deep that the scar will
never disappear.
A novel? Not by a jug-ful. If
there ever was a plain-straight-
frozn-the-shou1der statement OF
terrible facts, right here we have
lit. He tells his own personal *
Iperience with the newspapers
how they have Systematically
lied about him and tried to ruin
him for twenty-five years-a;;o
hundreds Of ether cas- IS Of which
he ':as nsa person.: knowledge.
He gives names, places and dates
in connection with every state
ment he makes. IF the charges
were not true, every page would
start a libel suit. But in spite Of
the merciless. b1istering which
he gives the prostitute purvey-
ors Of plutocratic prejudice, no
libel suit has been started. And
there will not be any the next
time you hear about it, either.
There is no roo m. here to cite
special cases, but I want To say
that the book. is simply packed
with proof that there is no such
a thing as free press in Amer
ica-unless it is the small cour-
try press, and even the local
weeklies are not all angels by any
means.
ANY public man who will let
it be known that he stands for
the existing ORDER" with all of
it's graft and corruption, with all
of its wealth and poverty, with
all of it's patriotism and plum
der-that man will have a picnic
of a time with the daily papers,
HI will get MORE than justice
at their hands. He. may be the
meanest scoundrel in forty
Estates, with a mistress in. ev.
cry one of the forty, but if he is
rich and stands by the System
there will never be a word sale
!, in the papers about his mean
!, mess. On the other hand, they
Twill pat him on the back and he
Twill be Honorable So-and-S(
| till you can't rest.
But any manwho tries to bucl
l up against the powerful System
who tries to be honest will
himself and refuses to be put tx
t sleep by the pluto propaganda
/ believe me, that man will catcl
t hell forty times a day. He Wi
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01

Looking for your resolution?
Shucks, I saw you drop it away
back yonder, and the left hind
foot of January stepped on it.
The fool-killer., 1921-02-01

There is too much food in the
world, therefore the poor must
go hungry; there is. too much
clothing in the world, therefore.
the poor must wear rags. Great
system we've got!
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-16

navy with safety unless Japan also quits, and he
 nmates that our program should be increased rather than diminished That is the plain inference from his declaration that, comparing the wealth and re- sources of the United States with those of Japan we could as easily carry out a 64-64 program before 1928 as Japan can carry out her SS program
 It has been urged that the United States can well afford to show her confidence in Japans intentions by stopping naval construction In answer to this might be said that there is nothing in the history of the United States that would warrant the Jap anese conclude that this country would ever become wilful and wrongful aggressor. Her record should make it plain that she will under all circumsances treat with proper respect and regard the rights of other countries including those of Japan. Then why is Japan trying to outstrip world in naval struction? She must realize that she does not need ships for defense against this country She cannot need them to meet any other country. AS concerns Russia China any other country interested in the Orient, except the United States and Great Britain Japan has full command of the Great Britain is her ally Is it not reasonable to con clude that Japan is discountng day when she will have an aggressive policy of her that she does not want the United States thwart and therefore is planning on being able to this country ii necessary in the prosecution of contemplated az gressons?
 Until have league association or nations or some other way to settle matters dispute the peoples the world, it would that prud- ence and the safety of the peoples concerned would the Pacific and that she must continue to build bat tleships and other naval vessels appliances that may be necessary maintain that supremacy. It is not likely that there will be between the United Sttaes and Japan long this country is mistress of the Pacific.