CALLED HER FAMILY
TP KB BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago, Thialriag She Might Die, Stye Texas Laily, Bat Now
She I* • VcD, Strong Wean and Praises Car dm 4 For
Her Recovery.
Royse City, Tex.—Mrs. Mary Kll
man, of this place, says; "After the
birth of my little girl...my aide com
menced to hurt me. I had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me...but I got no better. I
got worse and worse until the misery
waa unbearable...l was In bed for
three months and suffered such agony
( that I was Just drawn up In a knot...
I told my husband It be would gst
me a bottle of Cardul I would try it...
I commenced taking It, however, that
evening I called my family about
me... for I knew I could not last
many days unless I had a change far
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ALL ABOARD NUMBERING 140 ARB
LOST WHEN SHIP 18 WRECK
ED IN BLI2ZARD.
'BODIES WISHED ASHORE
'.Nobody Catches Llns Shot Out by
| Gunners—Twelve Women and Four
j Children Among the Passengers.
I Bt. Johns, N. F—The crack lied
Cross liner Florixel, from St. Johns
for New York, by way of Halifax,
with 140 persons aboard. Including 78
jpaasengers, plied up on the ledges
(near Capa Race during a billiard and
jit is believed that all on board were
llaaL
I- Naval gunners sent on a special.
eiln from this city, shot a line across
a bow of the partly submerged ship
;but waited In vain for It to be hauled
aboard. Just before darkness blotted
the wrack from view, five men, driven
from tha forecastle by the giant aaas,
were aaen to climb the forward rig
ging aignalling feebly for help. But
when they failed to make faat tha line
It waa foared that they had succumb
ad to'the cold and exposure. Those
five ware the only ones visible on
board aevaral hours after the ahlp
struck. \
Somewhere beyond the white mael
strom of breakers two staanch reacua
ateamera, the Terra Nova, and the
Hone, manned by New Foundlaad
•allors, lay In waiting for a favor
able moment to send a boat 'hrough
tha snrf, but though the storm ap
peared to ha subsiding. It waa faarad
that It would be daybreak before the
aaa moderated enough to make It pos
sible to approach the wreck.
Included among the passengers were
II women, and fopr children.! Among
tha flrat-cabin pasaenger* ware John
Shannon Munn, a managing director
of the firm of Bowring Brothers, Ltd..
owners of the liner, and bis three
year-old daughter. Batty. They ware
Cong to New York to meet -Mrs Munn
and Sir Edgar Bowrlng. one af the
©waers of the llaa, for a visit of two
moaths in Florida.
Biz cad eta of tha royal flying corpe.
on their way from Now Foundlaad to
Join their were aboard. The
body of one member of tha detach
meat. Fred Snow, vu Included
among tha aix washed ashore. Anoth
ar Now Foundland officer who, It Is
faarad was loat, was Michael Sullivan.
U. I. ARMY OFFICER
GIVEN 28 YKAM
Wanted to be Relieved of CommlMion
••ylng He Could Not PlgM Prlende.
Now Tort.—Copt. David A. Honkoo.
•Sixth Infantry, U. S. A., baa boon eon
ton cod to dlamlooal from the service
and confinement at bard labor for It
years by a feneral court snartUl held
at Governor's Island.
Captain Heokee, who wae etatlonad
at San Antonio last May. wrote tbo
aocretary of war. arglnc him to accept
his roelgnatlon. which bo had already
oabnlttod. and giving reasons wblob.
ha declared, would no longer allow
him to serve aa aa officer of the Amar
lota army. .
. "Farther senrlco as a commissioned
officer most sooner or later take ma
to Europe and there bring me In con
tact wtth my relatives and friends,
although for the time being my legal
enemlee." Captain Honkoo wrote
"My father came fron* Germany; my
mother wee bom bore shortly after the
arrival of her parents. We have
many other relatlvaa and friends
' "I cannot force myselY to the con
victim that I am capable of making
war on my kindred upon their soil In
« manner that would become my duty
•at station I earnestly request that
1 may not be required to undergo this
] art sal. I seriously doubt my ability
go wlthatand It. and would avoid. In
and friends, what at least appears to
bo the probable consequences"
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY READY
TO CONCLUDE PEACE
* Amsterdam. —Count Csernln. the
foreign minister,
gtecorrilng to a dispatch from Vienna.
Ma sent a message by wireless teleg.
f raphy to Loon Trotsky, the bolsherlkl
foreign minister, stating that Austria
Hangary la ready conjointly with her
' 'tslßoa to bring the peace negotiations
with Bneala to a conclusion.
JAPANESE PLAN TOVAKE
ACTION IN SIBERIA SOON
' Harbin. —The Japanese, according
to reliable authority, intend to take
t action .In Siberia at as early data, and
the better. That wu its years ago
and I am (till here and am a well
strong woman, and I owe my Ufa to
Cart?al I had only taken half the
bott! • when I began to feel better.
The misery In my aide got leafl... 1
continued right on taking the Cardul
until I had taken three bottle* and I
did not need any more for I wu well
and never felt better In my life... I
have never bad any trouble from that
day to thla."
Do you suffer from headache, back
ache, pains In aides, or other discom
forts, each month T Or do yon feel
weak, nervous and fagged-oat? If 80,
give Cardul, th* woman's tonic, a
trial. J. 71
thero arc evidences that the Japanese
have long been preparing to carry out
this move. The *lt nation In Siberia
Is considered extremely grave, owing
to the inability of the Cossack General
Bemer.ofT, to secure allied support tor
which he has appealed to the Japan
ese
There Is no standard recipe for "vic
tory bread," the only requirement be
ing that It (Hunt contain not more than
NO per cent of wheat flour, the remain
ing 20 per cent being composed of corn
meul or corn flour, rice, potato flour, or
other cereala recommended by the*
food administration. "Victory" pie*
and doughnut*, which contain not Iwts
than one-third nonwheat flour, may be
Mold on whcatle** day* If the aame
reel pea are uaed throughout the week.
The limit of time for filing Income
tax returns has been extended to
April 1.
In order to assure prompt and accu
rate Identification, the war department
has adopted n system of numbering en
listed men of the army. The system
provides for one writ's of numbers,
without alphabetical prefix, for all en
listed men. The number assigned to a
soldier will become a part of hi* offi
cial designation, and will never be
changed nor assigned to another man.
It will be entered on Identification tags.
The ar.minl expenditure of the Unit
ed Stntes for candy Is approximately
»4f10,000.000.
Movies Showing Methods
of Increasing Country's Pork
Supple-Boys' Pig Clubs
A« • means of helping to Increase
the pork supply, the United Statea de
partment of agriculture baa released
to the motion picture theaters, through
one of the large motion picture com
panies, a film showing the work of the
hoys' pig i-llibs which the department
la organising In all parts of the country
la co-operation with the extenalon
divisions of the atate agricultural col
leges. The film shows methods of In
structing farm boys, and In some In
stances girls, who have Joined the agri
cultural clubs, how to raise better pigs
and the methoda used by club members
In carrying out Instructions. The first
laaaon taught In the film story Is that it
costs no more to feed and care for the
pig of carefully selected stock than the
scrub, while the results In meat pro
duced la greatly In favor of the well
bred animal. The picture shows fur
ther how to feed and care for the pigs,
how to protect them from disease, and
how to abelter them from the Inclem
ency of winter and the heat of aum
tuer. The results of wise selection and
Intelligent care are shown In the well
groomed, fat, healthy porkers wearing
the prise ribbons they have won.
The first pig club was organised In
Loulslaua In 1810. Now approximately
45,000 members are enrolled In the
pig clubs throughout the country. \
Payment of Funds to Credit
of Enemy or Ally Authorized
by U. S. War Trade Board
The war trade board has authorised
the payment of drafta that have been
accepted, drawn on funds to the credit
of ■ person who In an "enemy" or "ally
of enemy," or acting for or on behalf
of an "enemy" or "ally at enemy." or
on which such a person sppears as
drawer or Indoraer. when sucb drafts
are presented for payment In the
United Rtates: Provided, however, that
when such drafta are collected for or
on behalf of any person who la an
"enemy" or "ally of enemy," or persoo
acting for or on behalf of ait "enemy"
or "ally of enemy," the proceeds of col
lection ahall bo at once reported by the
person making such collection to and
l>o held subject to. the dlspooltlon of
tb»slleo property custodian.
No drafta can now be accepted or
transferred or dealt In before accept
ance which are drawn on funds to the
credit of any person who la an "ene
my" or "ally of enemy" or acting for
or on behalf of an "enemy" or "ally of
enemy," or drawn by or to the order
of such person, or on which such per
•on sppesrs aa Indoraer, unless a li
cense Is flrst obtained from'the bureau
of enemy trade. Bond Building. Waah-
Ington.
The wsr trade board baa also an
thorlted the payment of travelers'
checka. not exceeding fIOO In amount,
on which thero appears the Indorse
ment of a person who Is an "enemy"
or "ally of enemy," or acting for or
on behalf of nn "enemy" or "ally of
enemy." without obtaining a license
therefor.
FATTENING FEED FOR FOWLS
Cornmosl, Mldllngo, Beef Scrap and
Ground Oats Are Said to So
Advantagsou^
A good fattening ration for poultry
Is two parts cornmesl. one part each
of middlings, beef-scrap and ground
oats, with the halls sifted oat. These
meals should be thoroughly mixed, wet
with milk and fed to the penned birds
three daces a day. Usually, It la not
profitable to keep birds in the fatten-
In# pen long or than three weeks.
■ "
Culture Buttermilk More'
Beneficial at Drink; Hat
More of the Lactic Acid
Culture buttermilk Is more beneficial
as a drink than the common variety,
according to C. B.' Buchanan of the
dairy department of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. It Is more like
ly to be free from harmful bacteria,
Aid to contain more of the lactic acid
which give* it its healthful properties.
Lactic add bacteria are present In
the digestive tract and destroy other
bacteria which might prove Injurious
to the body. The use of buttermilk as
a beverage Is one method of Introduc
ing more of these lacUc bacteria Into
the system.
Whole or skim milk may be used to
make culture buttermilk, but usually
these are combined In equal parts. The
milk Is first subjected to a temperature
of 180 degrees for 80 minutes to steri
lise It. It Is then cooled to 70 de
grees and a small amount of starter
la added. The milk Is kept at this
temperature for ten or twelve hours
until the whole Is coagulated. After
wards It Is beaten thoroughly or churn
ed from three to five minutes and salt
ed —one teaspoonful of salt to each
gallon. (The buttermilk Is then cooled
to 50 degrees, at which temperature It
Is kept ready "for use. j
The starter Is made frimi pure lactic
add culture obtained from the labora
tories where It Is cultivated. The lac
tic add bacteria are carried by means
of sterilized milk powder made from
the A-led casein of milk.
A small quunUty of tills powder U
put Into a small bottle of milk, which
soon coagulates. The curded milk Is
used In a new bottle of milk the next
dny and this process Is continued
through three or four propagations.
Those preliminary propagations of the
starter are necessary to eliminate the
peculiar taste of the original powdered
milk culture.
Food May Be Saved by Close
Watch of Weather Forecasts
Immense lo**ea of food produeta oc
casioned by freezing and other InjuVl
ous weather conditions, occur nnnunlly
that may, with proper precautions, be
avoided. This Is especially true of
shipments by rnll during the winter
season. The weather bureau Issues
forecast* dally, and special warnings
as occasion demands, giving Informa
tion of eipectbd weather conditions, In
cluding frosts, cold wayes, high winds
and heavy rains or snow) During the
winter season, officials In charge of
nearly all weather bureau stations Is
sue dally what are known ns "Ship
pers' Forecasts," giving the minimum
temperature expected to occure within
a shipping radius of from 24 to 36
hour* from the station. These fore
casts are published on postal cards.
Careful watch of forecasts and
warnings will often enable shippers to
avoid losses, either by expediting or
delaying shipments or taking extra pre
cautions to protect goods from Injury.
No shipment of considerable length
should be made without first ascertain
ing the expected conditions over the
route. The occasion demands the ut
most care to prevent losses of foo.l not
only aa a matter of aelf-lnterest but at
a patriotic duty.
"Who Is a stranger to htm who hath
the habit of speaking KlndlyT"
Good Food for the Family.
While we are cutting down on our
meat, using lesa beef, mutton and pork,
the following recipe will help out when
planning a beef dinner:
, Beef and Kidney Ragout
wash akin and cot beef kidney Into
one-fourtb-lnch cubea; wipe a pound of
stew meat nnd cut Into Inch cubes.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
dredge with flour. Cut two slices of
bacon Into dice, put Into saucepan, add
one onion peeled and sliced, cook three
minutes, then add the meat and stir
and cook until well browned. Add a
cupful of boiling water, a tahlespoonful
of Worcestershire sauce nnd one green
pepper cut In'atripa; bring to the boil
ing point, nnd cook alowly until the
roent la tender. Thicken the gravy,
add n half-cupful of stoned ripe olives
and garnish with rings of green pepper
sod fried mush.
A salad that la most appetizing ll
made of a atnall head of cabbage and
one onion chopped fine. Cut a thick
allce of salt pork into small dice and
fry out until brown; pour the fat all
lover the cabbage, stir well, add salt
and pepper to taste, then pour over
enough boiling hot vliy-gur to moisten
and further season the cabbage. Serve
at ante.
Oatmeal Soup.
Cook one good-sited onion In a tabla
spoonful of butter until soft. Add a
bay leaf, celery-need (one-fourth ten
spoonful), three-fourths of a cupful of
oatmeal, leftover; two cupfuls of wa
ter or stock and two cupfuls of milk.
801 l up, season and strain and serva
with hot buttered toast. Fine for •
supper dish.
Cranberry Salad.
For this salad make a cranberry Jelly
aa usual and mold It In a baking pow
der can. When ready to use unmold
and cut in half-Inch slices and arrange
on lettuce; on top sprinkle a few brok
en walnut meats and some shredded
celery with a spoonful of thick salad
dressing.
"TyufwtiQ.
GRUBS INJURIOUS TO STOCK
Paata Pound an Backs of Cattle Do
velop Into Heel Fllae and Da Oraat
Harm ta Animal*.
The characteristic luropa or swell
ings which may be found under the
akin on the backa of many cattle from
January to April contain cm be. If
theaa grab* are allowed to remain,
they will complete their growth, drop
to the ground and tran*form to heel
fllea, which may reinfect the cattle
during the spring and summer. The
grubs weaken the cattle, cause them
to fall off In fleah and milk, and de
crease the ralue of the hide. The beef
In the Immediate rldnlty of a grab be
comes allpiy and of a greenish color,
and Is known to the botcher as licked
beef." On an srerage the damage to
the hldea la placed at one-third their
valne and the lom of beef to each In
fected animal ranges from $3.00 to
t&OO-
RUB-MY-TlSM— Antiseptic, Be
lieve# Rheumatism, Spraing, Neo
ralgin, etc.
FARM TOOLS READY
Make Needed Repairs on Machin
ery Before Spring Rush.
ACTUAL LOSS CAN BE SAVED
Farmers Who Walt Until Last Minute
Before Examining Implements
Often Encounter Trouble.
—Place Order* Early.
(Prepared by the United Bute* Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Much time, trouble and actual loss
In the operation of the farm can be
saved if the Implements and ma
chines are well cared for and needed
1 repairs made before the spring rush
lof work begins. Some farmers wait
| until it is time to use the Implements
then haul them out of their winter
quarters. The man who follows this
practice may find that important im
plements need repairs, and although
the season Is ripe for plowing or seed
ing, which should be done without de
lay, it is necessary for him to drop
—all other work and attend to the re
pair Job which could have been done
earlier In the season. Orders for re
pair parts and new machines should
be placed as soon as possible. This
will acquaint manufacturers and their
agents with the demand in different
sections and enable them to make the
best possible NAt the
Hume time. It will
delays In transportation at t«, busy
season. • . >
Preserve All Machinery'.
AU practicable steps should be taken
to preserve machinery now on hand.
Needless exposure to the weather
should be avoided, and In cases where
it Is lot practicable to house machin
ery when idle, all bearings should
receive a thorough application of
heavy oil or grease to keep out moist
ure and prevent rust It Is believed
that on many farms machinery could
be more adequately sheltered In the
buildings available by exercising care
In placing them so as to economize
space. A
Importance of Oiling.
More damage can be done to a ma
chine In half an hour through lack of
oil or grease on some bearings than by
a whole season* exposure to the
weather, saeclnllsts of the United
States department of Agriculture de
clare. For this sort of neglect there
can be no excuse, It is said. Operat
ing a machine without lubrication, es
pecially when the bearings are slight
ly rusty, will quickly result In the
wearing away of the metal, often to a
considerable depth, In a very few min
utes. Expensive breakages, as well
as serious delays, also may be caused
by operating machines on which nuts
have worked loose or have come off
entirely, allowtng bolta to loosen or
drop out
Some consideration In the use and
care of farm machinery are:
Orders for new equipment and re
—pair parts should be placed as soon
as possible.
To produce maximum results with
a minimum of labor, new and modern,
machinery in large sizes ahouid be
used wherever possible.
Serviceable equipment not needed,
should be aold or made available to
others.
Useless machinery should be return
ed to the channels of trade as Junk,.
Thorough lubrication, and proper
care when in use will materially
lengthen the period of service of farm
equipment
More care shoujd be given to pro
tecting farm Implements from the
weather.
PREPARE A SEED CORN PLOT
Beet Plan to Select Choice Ear* and
Plant In Separate Row*—Discard
Large Cob*.
(R B. COQLON, Idaho Station.)
No matter bow Inferior the seed
corn may be, some of It la better than
the rest
The tendency la for seed of any kind
to produce after Its likeness.
If the best ears are selected and
planted In, separute rows, the rest of
- yrr
Splendid Seed Corn Ear*.
the field, one ear to a ..row, this will
constitute a seed plot where the best
seed for pext year can be secured.
The average yield of corn In lowa
last year was leas than 35 bushels per
acre. Yields Were secured In Idaho
above 125 bushels per acre.
Buy seed corn on the ear, then yon
will know whether the rows were
straight or crooked. Tou ran discard
the ear* with large cob* and those that
are Immature or otherwise undcslra-
Hk
Tret each ear for germination: then
you wont be cultivating puny stalks
this summer and cultivating and wa
tering hills where no corn grew at all
WHEN YOU lIAVK A COLD.
It i» whet) you have a severe
cold thut you appreciate the good
qualities of Chamberlain'* Cough
Remedy. Mrs. Prank Crocker, of
Pana 111... write*. "Our S-year-ola
son, Paul, caught -a severe cola
last winter that settled on hi* lung*
inu he had terrible coughing ape Is.
\Ve were greatly worried about
him as the medicine wc gave hUn
did not help him in the leaat. A
neighbor spoke so highly of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy that I
got a bottle of It. The first dose
benefited him so much that 1 con
tinued giving it to him until he
vas cured."
The resumption of sailings Wed
nesday A week by the Washing
ton steamship line and the arrival
of Baltimore boats marked tbe
reopening of tbe Chesapeake bay
for navigation after being par
tially or wholly closed for six
weeks, owing to ioe formations.
HOME PI
TOWN IS
HELPSPI
CONTROL OF TREES IN CITY
Lm Angelee Newspaper Advocate*
Commission Which Should Wield
Abeolute Power..
What we need, and need badly
right now, la a tree commission hav
ing absolute control of all street
planting. The trees should be taken
away from the owners of abutting
property. lie ahouid neither be held
responsible for them nor allowed to
touch them, afty further thaa any
other resident df the city. Why has
the city taken over street, curb and
sidewalk, and allowed a narrow strip
of private property to Intervene? Why
does the city partially control It? Is
a divided interest and responsibility
conducive to the best results? A
study of our street planting will quick
ly bring an answer. Mot one In a
: hundred is competent to choose the
{right tree for a street. The same per
centage will care for them properly,
'and about the same number will agree
on the same tree. No resident of' Los
.Angeles need be told of the outcome
of such laxity of control, or, rather
such absence of control. The need for
a change Is great, qnd the problem
cries to high heaven for relief. When
will It be solved, and solved aright?
How long are we to continue under
present conditions? All know a
change must topic —why delay? Our
'charter framers may help us out by
providing for a tree commission In
full control, with a corps of trained
experts, to give us a city In the near
future of which our residents for all
time may be proud as the really city
beautiful. —Los Angeles Times.
PUTTING YARD TO BEST.USE
Bulletin of Department of Agriculture
dives Some Valuable Information
to Those Interested.
The best methods to follow and the
best crops to grow in order to make
a small area like a back yard produce
the maximum amount of food for the
family are discussed In a publication
of the United States department of
agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 818,
."The Small Vegetable Garden." In
addition to furnishing Information in
regnrd to the fundamental principles
of gardening, this bulletin describes In
detail the culture of all of the common
garden plants, and also furnishes a ta
ble showing In a concise form the
quantity of seed needed for ench kind
of vegetable, the proper way and times
to plant, and the material required to
produce the crop. "
To make a small area produce a
large amount of food, the bulletin
points out that not only every foot of
available space must be utilized, but
, that late or succession crops mtist be
planted (is soon as the earlier plants
hnve been removed. To carry on gar
dening in this intensive way requires
careful planning In advance, and it Is
recommended that a detailed diagram
of the garden be drawn up and the va
rious uses that It Is planned to put
each portion to, throughout the grow
ing season, be clearly Indicated. On
this plan the success or failure of the
various enterprises should be noted
and the plan Itself kept as a guide for
the following year.
Encouragement Counts.
In every town there are a few of
tasto and purpose who will take the
helm. To'thoroughly arouse public In
terest Is u long and arduous task.
Make a beginning. Results will at
tract attention and gain suppod. It
was Gladstone who said: "One ex
ample Is worth a thousand argu
ments." Organize, Interest the local
press. Interest this department, your
efforts and progress will cheerfully
be given place and encouragement in
these columns. Every year of the
past decade Mr. Reed has written 1
thanks for substantial aid given |
"Reed and Riverside" In city beautlfl
catlon. In a very recent letter. In re
viewing the progress of street plant
ing In Riverside, he writes: "I re
member very distinctly the very effi
cient aid I received through the *City
Beautiful' department of the Times."
Let us hear of your work, no matter
how humble or how small 'the com
munity—aid and encouragement will
be extended to all alike. —Los Angeles
Times.
Landscape Gardening.
Lnndncape gardening has not re
ceived tlie attention that It deserves.
We have not studied the kinds of rose
tluit thrive best here, nor have we ex
ercised care in preparing the soil for
thrifty growth and blooming. Most
people have merely dug holes In the
gropnd and planted rose bushes with
out adding the elements on which ros- I
es thrive. Then we wonder in the |
blooming season why they do not pro
duce fine flowers.
Novel Street Construction.
In one of the larger Michigan cities
they are trying a novel type of street
construction. I'nyemenls 18 feet wide
are bring laid, ronflned between head
ers of concrete built as a part of the
concrete foundation along the center
of the street. A strip along each side
of the pe.vement and the curb Is ballt
of enrth and gravel, as are the shoul
ders of the pnvyd country highway. I
ARRANGING RATION FOR COWS
Three Thing* Should Be Berne In Mind
—Protein, a Little Pat and to
Supply Succulence.
Tlie ration for the dry cow thould
be formulated with three things In
mind, namely, to furnish a sufficient
amount of protein to develop the fetus
properly and allow • surplus for the
needa of the body of the row; to sup
ply enough carbohydrates that the cow
ma? lay on a little fat; and to supply
succulence. Some kind of green feed
la very essential In the ration for the
cow at all times. It serves the pur
pose of maintaining the bgwela In a
loose condition, which la necessary to
good digestion and aaalmllatlon of
food.
CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS.
These tablets are intended espe
cially for disorders of the stom
ach, liver and bowels. If you are
troubled with heartburn, indiges
tion or constipation they will do
yon good,
ERAS US
PUU AT WORK
Now at Labor in Thirty-Three
Northern and Western •
States.
LARGE INCREASE IS NOTED
Part of National Plan to Augment Pro
duction and Conservation of Pood
Supplies to Meet War Emer
gency Needs.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
More than 700 county agents and
emergency demonstration agents are
now at work in the 88 Northern and
Western states. The Increase In agents
since emergency appropriations be
came available was more in two
months than the average yearly In
crease during any of the past four
years.
County agricultural agent work la
conducted by the United States de
partment of agriculture In co-opera
tion with the various state agricultur
al colleges and local organizations rep
resenting the farmers of the county
in which the agent is located* The
county agent is usually selected by a
committee representing the county or
ganization, on recommendation of the
county agent leader at the agricultural
college. There is at present an unusu
ally great demand for men qualified
for work of this kind to carry out the
plan, adopted under the food produc
tion act, of employing an emergency
demonstration agent for every agricul
tural county In the United States not
having a regular county agent. This
is a part of the national plan to in
crease the production and conserva
tion of food to meet the war emer
gency needs. q.
Agent In Each County.
Organization of new counties is
rapid, especially in states of the cen
tral West, several of which have giv
en assurance that there will be a
county agent or county emergency
demonstration agent in each of their
"counties by February 1.
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachus
etts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Delaware already have an agent In
each county, while New York, Indiana
and Pennsylvania are almost complete
ly' covered. Nearly half of the agri
cultural counties in the Northern and
Western states art now being served
by a local demonstration agent, and
the indications are that the country
can be completely covered before the
beginning of another crop year.
One of the most gratifying features
of the organization campaign in the
Northern and Western states thus far
has been that most counties taking up
the work are arranging for it on a per
manent basls-rrmany of them making
plans for periods of three sears.
Must Have Thorough Training.
The qualification requirement of
agents are somewhat different in the
various states. Graduation from an
agricultural college Is not in all cases
required, though training substantial
ly equivalent to a four years' course
at such college is usually insisted up
on. A considerable amount of farm
experience Is a universal requirement,
and it is preferable that some pf this
experience should be secured since
completing the college course.
Additional Information In regard to
county agent work and the organiza
tion of farm bureaus can be had by
writing to your state agricultural"col
lege or to the United States depart
ment of agriculture, Washington, D. O.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A RAM
Male Bhould Be Selected With Refer
ence to Ewee In Flock—Proper
Proportion*.
A ram should be chosen having all
the characteristics of the breed he rep
resents, and showing character. He
Good Type of Mutton.
should also be chosen with reference
to the ewe* of the flock. If the ewes
are large and coarse, the ram should
be small and compact. If the ewes
are small und compact, the ram should
be of a larger type.
ABOUT CONSTIPATION.
Certain articles of diet tend tj
check movements of the bowel.,
The most common of these JIV
cheese, tea anJ b.iiled miik. uu
the other haqil raw fruits, es[»
ciuiiy apples, bananas, ais •
ham bread and wh.de .meat brv-u:
promote a movement of the v.
els. .When the bjwela ar« bal
constipated, however, sure *a
is to take one or two' of Cha nbe.
lain's Tablets immediately "aft
supper.
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The Mart)i Graa celebration,
which ba* been an annual featgre
in New Orleans and other South
ern cities * for generations, wa.-
paaoeil up this year ou account ol
the war. Peuaacola, Fla., wan
the only city in the United States
celehraiiug Mardi Or 8.
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tional secretary and treasurer ol
ibe I. W. W., who with 165 other
members of that organization was
Indicted by a Federal grand jury
in Chicago on a charge of con
ipiracy and sedition, has been re
leased in bond of $16,000. ,
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RAISING MORE BEEF CATTLE
Thousand* of New Breeding Herds Be
ing Established All Over Country
With Better Btock.
It Is a (act that there are thousands
of new breeding herds being estab
lished all over .the country. It is also
a fact that farmers and small ranch
men ore using more care in selecting
the betters and cows fop these new
Fine Beef Specimen.
herds and the they are mak
ing to the herds they already have on
their farms. Better quality has beei)
preached from every hilltop in the
land.
The live stock journals and agricul
tural papers have not let up In their
advocacy of pure-bred cattle for the
beef herds, and the voice has been
heeded.
COMPOST HEAP IS ESSENTIAL
Leave*, Ashes and Other Refuse Mat
ter Should Be Accumulated for
Qarden Soil.
With the existing high cost of fer
tilizers of all kinds it Is Important
that every farmer have a compost
heap where leaves, ashes and other
refuse matter abont the place can be
accumulated for use on the garden
■oil.
WHAT CATTLE WORKERS DID
Field Agent* Gave Advice to 5,300
Farmer*, Addressed Meeting* and
Gave Other Alcl.
(Prepared by the United State* Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Field agents In beef cattle extension
work, according to the annual report
of the bureau of animal Industry, Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
in the last fiscal year gave specific ad
vice to 5,300 fanners, addressed 639
meeting* with attendance of 68,780
people, were instrumental in placing
with farmers 2,901 breeding cattle, be
aide* 960 hogs, a number of breeding
mares, and 1,432 feeder cattle. Direct
assistance was given In building 118
alios, and 25 additional live stock or
ganizations were formed. Demonstra
tions given Included 88 In baby beef,
150 In steer feeding, 42 in cattle pas
taring and over 1,000 In bog raising.
MANURE IS MOST VALUABLE
Humus-Making Material of aa Much
Benefit to Soil aa Commercial
s Fertilizer.
It la difficult to compare the vain*
of stable manure with commercial fer
tilizer since the fertiliser has Its plant
food In a more available form than the
! stable manure; then, on the other
hand, the stable manure has a value
as a bnmua-maklng material which 1*
almost. If not altogether, as valuable
to the soil as lta content of direct plant |
food. The stable manure contains
ranch more potash and nitrogen than
it does phosphorous, so that, consider
ing the high price and scarcity of both .
of these '.n a commercial form. It is
more Important that the manure be
carefully saved and applied to the soli.
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Also the Best one or the ever
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Help For Girts Desiring Education.
We have on our catupu. an apart
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of 25 rooms- 'Vitb a of
100 feet which may be used by
£irls who wish to lorm clubs and
live at 'heir own charges.
Pupils can live cheaply and com
fortably in this way, many of-them
bavin* their table supplies sent to
them from their homii.
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