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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mrs. e. S. Wilson invited Miss Mar
cenA johnson and Frank Houston 70
luncheon Tuesday noon for Mr.. end
Mrs. Iaenberger and IT was also the
event of Mrs. ~Isenberger's birthday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mrs. Elon bearing had Mrs. J. 4.
johnson and Mrs. r. s. Wilson in for
4 game az Bridge Monday afternoon
WITH lfiss Esther Houston.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mxs. 3. nj. MARROW and Rossmarey
ars home from az extended visit n
IAtfis Bock, AK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Miss Frances williams is HON.
from an extended visit in Moline.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Wednesday noon Mr.. and Mrs. G..
II. Elliott entertained at dinner for
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Tucker Of Colorado
Springs, Colo, Mrs. J. w. Tucker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Elliott.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Jewell Null had as dinner guests:
Mrs. ]. W. Tucker, Clanton Ellis, and
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Tucker Of Color
ado Springs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mrs. Norton Nelson returned HON
from Chicago Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Friday noon Mr.. and Mrs. c. N.
Null entertained Mrs. J. w. Tucker
and Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Tucker, of
Colorado Springs, Colo, at q very de-
ightful dinner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Miss Fannie Guthrie will return
home next week after spending the
summer at Bay View. Mich
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Last Saturday Miss Margrefna
Clark entertained in d most delightful
manner. The guests were invited at
s o'clock for rock, at which there were
three tables and Miss Betty Pearson
received the prize for the highest
cor AT $40 o'clock, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Bledsoe and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Clark were invited in and an
elaborate four coprse dinner wa aerv-
ed tie guests. This was followed BY
i picture show party. In this party
were: Misses Elizabeth Fraler, q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mn. z X. white j. bstter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Master John Morris and his sister,
Elizabeth May, gave a delightful
lawn party Monday evening on the
occasion Of Johns fifth birthday. The
lawn was strung with gay lanterns,
and seventy-fye kiddies were invited
to enjoy the games and-last but not
least-the elaborate refreshments,
which consisted Of ice cream, animals
and autos" cake, and candy canes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Thursday noon Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hebels had as dinner guests Mrs. J.
w. Tucker and Mr.. and Mrs. oryille
Tucker Of Colorado Springs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

Mrs. Pratt and Miss Pratt Of Little
Rock, Ark, r guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack NARROW.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-01

d & wit Advertisement
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
SUNFLOWER SILAGE is HEAVY
With Corn Crack at Additional
Pressure.

Exact weights for a cubic foot of
sunfloWer shilage have not been accu-
rately determined, but speaking from
general observation, sunfOwer silage
weighs one-third heavier than corn
silage per cubic foot of silo capacity"
says Charles /. Bray of the Agriculture
al college at Fort Collins. "For this
reason, some slos that have proved
satisfactory with corn silage have
cracked under the pressure of suntiow-
er silage.
ave saw one recently so feet high
that had two bad cracks in it after
filling with sunfOwers, and were told
of several more. For this reason, silos
should be exceptionally well reinforced
where sunfowers are to be used.
"There should be no danger with
an ordinary well-built silo. The pres
sure on the walls of the silo increases
II pounds per square foot Of wall
surface for each foot depth Of corn
silage At 40 feet deep this would be
40 pounds pressure-with corn silage.
This might mean almost 600 pounds
pressure at the bottom Of 40 feet of
sunhower silage."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
WHEN NERVES
ARE UNSTRUNC
Guides Pepto-Mangan Builds Up
Vigor and Strength.

There are times when men and
women cannot help losing strength.
They try to do too much or they lose
sleeper do not eat enough food that
nourishes. Blood becomes sluggish
because poisons clog it. Faces grow
pale and pasty looking. It is not long
before nerves get unstrung.
The best way to start a change for
the better is to take a course of GUIDES
Pepto-Mangan. 1t builds the blood
The weakness from lack of red cells
in thet blood is overcome. Guides
Pepto-Mangan sends a fresh supply
of red cells streaming through the
blood. Good blood. pure and free
from poisons, starts building vigor
and strength. Sleep is better, appa-
tite keener, so that the body becomes
properly nourished. Druggists have
Guides Pepto-Mangan in both liquid
and tablet form. The name Guides
Pepto-Mangan" is on the package.
Advertisement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
RIGHT RULES FOR CONCRETE
Posts, Blocks, Floors, Troushs, Etc,
Can Be Made by Following
Simple Rules.

Good concrete for posts, blocks,
floors and troughs can be made by
observing a few simple rules.
Use cement that has been kept dry.
Use clean sand and gravel or
cFushed~rock.
Measure the cement, sand and gravel
in the proper proportions.
Mix the cement and sand thorough
ly, then add the gravel and mix thor
oughly. +.
Place the concrete Immediately,
and lamp thoroughly.
Protect from freezing for two days,
or from drying for four days.
1t is poor economy to try to save
by not using the proper amount of
cement in the mixture. The labor,
forms, sand and gravel cost as muck
for lean, weak mixture, which will
not be permanent, as they do for a
rich mixture which Is suited to the
place where 1t is to be used and which
gives, at slight additional cost for
cement both permanence and salts
faction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
FOWLS FOR EGG PRODUCTION
Old Hens May Return Profit, but
Younger Ones viii Give More
PuIlets Preferred.

Some folks have the right kind Of
fowls, house and feed them properly
and still don't get eggs early In the
winter because their hens are too old.
1t seldom pays to keep hens for lay
ing after they are two and one-half
years old. They may give a profit
but younger fowls will give more.
Many poultrymen who make a spe-
calty of winter-egg production keep
only pullets, disposing of even the
yearling hens, before it is time to put
them in winter quarters.
Early Matched pullets, if properly
grown, ought to begin laying in Octo-
Der or early November, and continue
to lay right through the winter.
Yearling hens seldom begin laying
much before January l, and older hens
not until later. 1t is the November
and December eggs that bring the high
prices. The laying breeds should be-
gin laying when from five to six
months old. general-purpose breeds at
six to seven, and the meat breeds at
seven or eight months.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

should be square, for, other things be-
ing equal, the nearer square a house
Is the less lumber it will take.
The size of the building required
will depend largely on the number Of
fowls to be kept and on the size Of
the tlOcks. From % to 100 seems to
be about as many as is safe and eco
nomical to keep together. With flocks
of this size, about four square feet Of
floor space should be allotted to each
bird, which will suffice in most cases
where careful attention is given TO
cleanliness and ventilation. Three to
three and one-half square feet is
enough for LeghOrns in large f1OCks
If the fowls are kept In smaller flocks
little more floor space per bird will
be needed. Where the climate Is so
mild that it Is unnecessary to keep the
fowls confined, exce@t for a few days
at time, and especially if the fowls
are kept in small colony houses, less
space per bird will be sufficient. The
smaller breeds, being more active and
restless, require about as much room
as the larger breeds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
Profit IN swine
ON Divers CROPS
Demonstration in CoVington
County, Alabama, Shown to
at Least 1000 Farmers.
.SOILING CROPS FORMED BASIS
Thirty Acres Were Divided Into Four
Fields of Equal Size and Planted
With Succession of Crops to
Be Grazed.
prepared by the United States Department

prepared by the United States Department
liza. OF Agricultural
No less than 1000 farmers, ii is
estimated, have been shown hog
demonstration in COvington county,
Ala. The county agent started last
year the system on which this demon
stration was based, when cotton was
abnormally high and hogs so low that
farmers were not making money on
them the way. they were producing
them. Hes found "a man conspicuous
ly located who+Was willing to give spe-
cial attention. the year around to hogs,
which were to be raised on soiling
crops, together with a small amount
of grain.
Thirty Acres Carries Ten Brood Sows.
The farmer making the demOnstra-
ton offered to devote 30 acres to it.
He bought en,brOorA soWs and a good
young boar and put up the proper
houses and fences The 80 acres were
divided into four fields Of equal size
and planted with a succession of crops
to be grazed. The program of crops
followed was that recommended at a
conference of farmers, bankers, and
state and county agents.
The first field was. planted January
l, 1920, to oats land, Canadian peas.
Later the county agent recommended
leaving Canadian peas.ou and using
rye in the first field instead. The hogs
were turned on this March / for two
months. Five of the sews had pigs
at the time they began to Craze. The
hogs We're moved for May and June
to the next field, where sudan grass
and millet had been planted April l.
Use of Third Field.
In July and August the third field
was used. 1t was planted to corn and
Spanish peanuts during the first half
of March. From this crop the hogs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

activities of the county agents of the
department, cooperating with the
State Agricultural college, the use Of
suntlowers has become quite wide
spread. Demonstrations are being car
ried on in Lake, Morrow and Umatilla
counties.
Dairy farmers in Wallowa county
who fed sunhower silage last year
found they could reduce their cost of
production very materially. There are
70 silos in Wallowa county this year,
Four years ago there were but three.
A thousand acres of sunflowers were
planted this year in the county, in spite
of unfavOrable season in 1920, when
much of the crop was not harvested at
all, or harvested too late to make good
ensilage Extension workers feel that
this is q favorable indication of the APP
probation of the crop on the part of
WallOwa county stockmen. Five or six
hundred acres were grown in Dechutes
county, where orders for seed were
pooled
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
Good Reason.

A Scottish parish church was in
need of minister, and the beadle,
who was rather a gawky character,
was very loud in his praise of one Of
the candidates. This gentleman was
duly elected, and proved a great sue
cess. Whereupon some of the mem
bers of the congregation asked the
beadle what there had been about
the candidate that so conclusively
proved his good qualities.
"Oh, naething at "a" said the bea-
die; "but, We see, I aye get the min
ister's auld claes, and he wis the only
yin O the candidates that wis about
ma size"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
SUNFL0WER Is FOUND
SUPERIOR AS SILAGE
Recommended for Use Where
Corn Cannot Be Grown.
Dairy Farmers in Oregon Counties
Discover They Can Reduce Cost of
Production MateriaIly-Many
SiIos Built.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
In states where certain districts are
high in elevation, so that corn cannot
be grown in sufficient quantities to
make it a feasible silage crop, the Uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture
and the state experiment stations rec
ommend sunflowers for silage. Up to
short time ago there We're no sun
flowers, nor, in fact, any silos, in east
ern Oregon counties, but through the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

went in September and October to soy
beans, planted the middle of May as
the second crop in the first field. The
second field, replanted July 1, was
ready for November and December
with sweet potatoes. BY January 1
the rye and oats sowed in field No.
on October l were ready for the hogs,
and so on the year around.
The 80 demonstration acres and ten
sows cleared approximately $500 the
first eight months. But the important
object Of this demonstration was to
have place to show farmers how
they could raise hogs on sOiling crops
and have few matured hogs ready
for market every month in the year.
About 10000 copies Of this program
were sent out to farmers in southeast
Alabama, and it is expected that 100
or more such systems will be started
in the near future.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
POULTRY
CACKLES
BUILDING HOUSE FOR FOWLS
Structure Should Be as Low as Pos
sible Without Danger OF Attend
ants Dumping Heads.

A poultry house should not be so
wide that the sun cannot reach the
back of the house, say poultry special
lists of the United States Department
of Agriculture, or 1t will be damp.
Eighteen feet is a convenient width
for a large house if there are no al
leyways.
The house should be built as low as
possible without danger of the at
PENDANTS humping their heads against
the ceiling. A low house IS more
easily warmed, than a high one.
For the greatest amount of floor
space for the least cost, "a building
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
FOWLS SUBJECT TO DISEASE
Chickens Should Be Properly Fed,
Sheltered and Kept in Good
Sanitary Condition.

Chickens that are not sheltered and
fed and kept in sanitary condition are
subject to disease which may extend
to the neighDors' flocks. The farmer
who likes pure-bred stock in horses
and cattle and hogs, needs pure-bred
chickens to match them. 1t speaks
well for him to keep everything In
stock from well bred lines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
ALFALFA NEEDS MUCH LIME
Like Other Member Of Legume Family
1t Will Not Thrive Well in
Sour Soils.

The reason why so many farmers
have tried to grow alfalfa and failed
Is due largely to lack of lime in the
bers of the legume family, requires
large quantities of lime for its growth !;
besides, it will not grow to advantage
in sour soil. This is probably due
to the fact that the bacteria, which
grow in the nodules on its roots, can't
develop in a sour or acid soil. The
way to get alfalfa started on sour
soils is to give them a dressing of
lime.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
BUYING OF BULLETS IN FALL
Practice Is Preferable to Matching
Chicks in Spring on Account of
Small Space.

The buying of pullets in the fall Is
preferable In most cases to buying
day-old chicks or to Matching chicks in
the spring, says the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. Usually lit
tie space is available for raising chicks,
and, moreover few city dwellers have
had experience enough to warrant the
undertaking. Matching and raising
chicks requires broody hens, or the
buying of incubators and breeders, and
such an investment is too large for
the average small flock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
EGGSHELLS QUITE VALUABLE
They Supply Material Necessary
for All Hens.

Eggshells are too valuable to the
poultry raiser for him to burn them
or throw them away. If crushed and
added to a mash, they will supply the
material with which the hens may
make more eggshels. However, it is
always well to beat them up quite fine
before feeding, so the fowls won't
recognize them and thus contract the
egg-eating habit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
TIME TO DOCTOR FOWL

The time to doctor a fowl is
before it gets sick, and the way
to do this is to keep it free from
lice, feed judiciously, keep the
quarters clean and well venti-
lated, supply good, clean water
and plenty Of sharp grit or gray
ell; avoid drafts and use only
the most vigorous and healthy
birds in the breeding pens.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
In hfs Glory,

'"The Pecktons had a burglar scare
IN their house last night"
Il noticed Peckton. walking about
town with his chest stuck out. Did he
catch the burglar"
mo, but for the first time in twenty
years ne got a chance to issue some
sharp commands to Mrs Peckton that
we're meekly Obeyed."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

Stage Manager-"All ready, run up
the curtain" Stage Hand-"Say.
what do you .think l am, sQuirrel?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

Why do we refer to a sailor as "jol-
ly" Well, because he seems always
so to be-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15
Irresistible,

Dorothy just heard something hor-
rid about Gladys.
Kathleen-You know / just hate Cos
sip What was it?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-15

One-half of our citizens who are
eligible voters fail to vote.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-21
DENIES WORLD IS
 GOING TO THE DOCS
Optimistic Minister at Detroit Says Girls Are Not Immodest and Declares Present Alarm Is
 Bunkum.
By W. R. stokley,
International News Service Staff
 Cnrraapandanf

International News Service Stan
 Correspondent
 Detroit, July 1S.-World going to the dogs?
 Think SO?
 That the old world and all those on it are headed for the general bow VOWS seems to be the idea of about everyone these days.
 The Catholic Daughters of Ameri- ca, in national convention here, said that divorce, birth control, agitation and modern dress, etc, indicate de- cadency
 The Christian Endeavor convention in New York came out with the same idea.
 The Hon. Ernest T. Tustin, presi- dent of the Northern Baptist conven- tion held recently in Des Moines, la, declared that ein our social life there has been a most deplorabie lowering of morale" and that Fin our local poli- cies the morale is lower perhaps than ever before"
 And now comes voice declaring that the alarmists are all wrong.
 "Bunkum," cries the Rev. w. l.. Stidgcr, pastor of St. Marks M. E. church.
 "The world is not growing worse it is better than ever before and is becoming better every day." the min ister declared.
 ''The world, or our part of the world, is not in it's decadency, nor are there signs of approaching it.
 "rThe old world isn't all right--it never has been---but it is imprvoing all the time.
 You hear about empty churches Many of them are empty, that's a fact. But these ministers who are preaching present-day gospel in a present-day way aren't talking to empty pews. There are more persons attending church than in many years
 After all, the kind of modern gos- pei mean isn't a new gospel at all-- it's the real, original gospel-the kind that makes men better, because il makes their hearts better; the kind that reaches down to the industrial life and insists on the principles oi Christ being applied to the work-a- day life.
 "Immodest dress? To be criticised surely. However, because gir wears a short plaid skirt is no indi- cation that she has fallen or is going to fall Girls today are just as good as they ever were and much more self-reliant.
 Drinking? Of course there is drinking. But there was more of ii before prohibition came. When it was usual for men to be drunk there was less talk about it. The unusual causes gossip"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-21
WIRELESS PHONE
 TOEVERY FARMER
Postoffice Department Plans to Help Rural Communities to Keep Up-to- Date on Government Reports
 Thru Radio Service.
By George R. Holmes, International News Service stan
 C0rraanOndanf

Washington, July 19.--If Will H. Hays, the diminutive dynamo now pre-
 iding over the worlds greatest busi- ness, which is the United States postal service, doesn't quit fooling around and experimenting with things, some of these days any farmer in the coun- try is going to be able to put up a thingumajig Tn peach tree in his backyard and find out instantly what
 steel is selling for in New York, what wheat and hogs are bringing in Chi
 cago, and the market price of or anges in sunny California.
 1t may sound fantastic, but it's true. Not only will the farmers have his market reports brought right to the peach tree in his backyard, but he also will have the governmental weather reports from the same tree, which will enable him to decide whether it's safe to figure on cutting wheat or hay to- morrow.
 All this is going to be accomplished, Hays believes, thru the development of wireless telephony and the coop
 ration of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture and the Postoffice Department.
 The ground work already has been laid out and is being added to daily. 1t is not generally known that right now market reports are going out of Washington several times daily from the big radio stations of the air mail service all over the country, where they are available for anyone who ap- plies for them.
 These stations are comparatively few in number at present, the princi- pal ones being at St. Louis, Omaha, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Reno, North Platte, Neb.; Elko, New, land Bellefonte, Pa.
 The success which has attended in- tial efforts at this broadcasting has |convinced officials of the feasibility of doing it on a national scale, providing, |of course, that the scientific sharps ontinue to make progress in the sim plification of radio telephony. Radio apparatus is soon to be in- Istalled at the air service stations. A commission, headed by R. B. How Il, Republican National Committee Iman from Nebraska, is now engaged n studying the possibilities of the lplan. He is being assisted by William "A. Wheeler, a Department of Agri- lculture specialist, and J. c. Edgerton radio expert of the Postoffice Depart lment
 Howell is going abroad at his own |expense to study what European coun- tries are doing along similar lines. Great strides have been made in this direction in England, and in France and Germany steps have been taken to bring the farmer into the city"