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Helping the Meat and Milk Supply <?peciai Information Service, U. 8. Department of ARricultur?.) SQUABS? ANOTHER WAY TO QUICK MEAT Backyard Lofts Make Pigeon-Raising Town Man's Opportunity. RAISING SQUABS JS ON INCREASE I Choice Meat Can Be Obtained From a Back-Yard Loft. FLESH IN FOUR WEEKS' TIME Space of Six Feet Square Will Accom modate Eight or Ten Pairs of Pigeons ? Ideal Arrangement Is on the Ground. TO RETAIL SKIM MILK? A SUGGESTION FOR YOUR TOWN? Stations for the sale of skim milk are soon to be established in Hartford, Conn., as part of the work outlined by the urban home demonstration agent em ployed by the state agricultural college, co-operating with the department of agriculture. The direct object of these stations will be to supply a cheap and nourishing food and to demon strate the value of skim milk as a tissue-building food. For food purposes pigeons are usu ally classed with poultry. Culturally they are in a class by themselves, producing meat only, producing it very quickly and under conditions that do not admit of growing any other crea ture used for food. While the ideal arrangement for pigeons is to have their house on the ground, and a small covered yard ? called a "fly" ? connected with it, pigeon keeping may be carried on extensively in upper rooms, or lofts, with or without an open-air fly. Many flocks of pigeons are kept in large cit ies in quarters provided for them in the lofts or on the roofs of buildings used for mercantile and manufactur ing purposes. A space six feet square, and high enough for the attendant to stand erect, will accommodate eight to ten pairs of pigeons for squab breeding. The birds mate and begin breeding when six to seven months old. Two eggs are laid by the hen. Then the ,male shares with her the duty of incu ibatlon. The young hatch in about 17 | days. At four weeks old average good "squabs will weigh about three-quarters jof a pound each. Some of the larger ones will weigh over a pound at that !age. A good pair of breeders will produce six or seven more pairs of squabs a year. As many as 11 pairs of squabs ,have been produced by one pair in a iyear. When production is high the fe male lays and begins incubation while she has young still in the nest, leaving the care of them to her mate. liaising squabs has greatly increased in cities in recent years. On farms GET GOOD PIGEON STOCK; HOMER A POPULAR VARIETY. Good breeding stock Is neces sary to succeed in pigeon-rais ing. It is advisable to buy pigeons from reliable breeders ? those who guarantee their stock. Many failures in squab-raising have been due to poor stock ? old pigeons past their period of usefulness, or perhaps too many male birds. There are a great many varieties of pigeons, but only a few are used in squab raising. The Homer is generally considered the most popular va riety. The United States depart ment of agriculture has a pub lication on squab-raising, Farm ers' Bulletin 684, which will aid the beginner. the tendency has been the other way. On a farm a flock of free pigeons, if not kept down by killing off the in crease, soon becomes a nuisance, de stroying grain and doing a great deal of damage, especially on new-seeded ground. The remedy for this is to keep the pigeons under control and use the young birds, except the few needed to keep up the flock, as fast as ready for the table. By establishing the flock of pigeons in an accessible place, giving them a little feed occasionally in their loft, and keeping them shut in and feeding them when they could damage new-seeded ground, a farm flock of pigeons can be made to con tribute substantially to the meat sup ply, and still be prevented from doing any serious damage. The fact that rabbits are a cheap substitute for the ordinary meats is likely to turn the attention of many more persons to rearing them, special ists of the United States department of agriculture believe. They can be kept in small and inexpensive pens and buildings and, like poultry, can be killed and prepared for the table on short notice. WHY NOT SKIM MILK ROUTES? To make rise of a valuable food which has been very much neglected, the federal dairy division Is urging dealers to consider seriously the ad visability of putting out skim milk on their regular milk routes. Consumers can help the movement by asking for this product. In the past many dealers have been opposed to the sale of skim milk on the routes, fearing that it would cur tail the consumption of whole milk. It is believed, however, that many people, if they had an opportunity, would use skim milk for cooking and drinking in addition to their custom ary quantity of whole milk. Skim milk sold In this way should be pasteurized and handled as carefully as market milk. It should also be labeled con spicuously to comply with local re quirements, so that the consumer may be fully informed as to its true char acter. Skim milk contains all the food ele ments of whole milk except the fat. It has a little more protein than whole milk, but because of the deficiency in fat, does not supply so much energy. When 4 per cent whole milk ? an average butterfat content of market milk ? sells at 12 cents a quart, skim milk is worth 12.4 cents a quart as a source of protein. In energy value, skim milk is worth 6.3 cents a quart when 4 per cent whole milk is sell ing for 12 cents. Stop the Farm Leaks. Every one knows what happens when water is put into a barrel that has stood empty in the sun for a while. The water leaks out between the staves. Many manufacturers hire men to study dut ways of stopping such leaks in their business. It is said that a well-known automobile company offers a small fortune to any man who can save a few cents in the cost of building prominent parts of an auto. Just so in farming. The most successful farmer Is the one who has the best organized business, which is best adapted to conditions, and has the fewest "leaks." Every dairy farmer knows the Babcock test shows how much butter fat is in a cow's milk. Much of the excellence, of the rab bit as food depends upon the cook ing. As often prepared, it is dry and insipid, while in the hands of an ex perienced cook it becomes all that n fastidious taste can wish ? wholly as palatable as the finest -poultry. A spe cial requirement in cooking is that none of the natural juices in the meat be lost in the process. The decrease in the number of beef cattle in the United States, with Lhe resulting high prices which have pre vailed during recent years, has caused greater interest to be taken in this In dustry, arid many men who have never raised beef cattle in the past are tak ing up this line of work. SLACKERS PREFER CRIME TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY Columbus, O. ? I>urlnc the past six mouths there have been more men between the ages of eighteen and thirty committed to state penal Institutions than ever before. There have been fewer men over thirty-one com mitted than in recent years. It has been pointed out this situa tion may be due to slackers com mitting petty offenses in order to escape military duty. There are about five hundred more young men confined than re? ords of previous years show. (lftHnnnKnKftKnftnKnnftKnKnBn OIL IS BIG FACTOR - Asset That Makes America Im portant as War Power. As Valuable to Cause of Allies a? American Men, Money and Munitions. Washington. ? If America's men, money and munitions did not consti tute a vital asset in the cause of tha allies against Germany, America would ; still be a friend in need. If she could not provide ships or steel, she would 'still constitute a pillar of strength. The reason? Oil. America produces more oil than all the rest of the world. And ships, en gines, autos, and many other war fac , tors are using oil as a motive force. Oil is needed as a lubricant for all the metals used in the prosecution of war. Its uses are so varied and so vital, indeed, that oil constitutes another of those commodities without which the war could not be won. In 1915, for which figures have been completed and issued by the Aiperi ! can Mining congress, the United Slates produced and marketed 281,104,104 barrels of crude petroleum. This com prised 65.72 per cent, or almost two thirds, of the entire world production. Other countries follow: Russia, 10.03 per cent ; Mexico, 7.09 per cent ; Dutch East Indies, 2.90 per cent ; Roumania, 2.81 per cent; India, 1.92 per cent. And less than 1 per cent each, Gallcia, Ja pan and Formosa, Peru, Germany, Trinidad, Argentina, Egypt, Canada and Italy. With this list in hand, it is easy to see why American oil is so important a factor In the prosecution of the war. Russian fields, if they are being work ed at all, probably are being worked for Germany's benefit. So are Rou manian fields. , 1 Thus far, though prices have soared 'just as if there was a famine in oil, the American fields, including the Mex ican, have sufficed to keep all the allies fairly well supplied. Students of war , problems declare that America's oil supply will be practically as valuable in the last analysis as American men, money and munitions. l! SHIP VANSE LOST AT SEA Few Vessels as Well Known to Per> sons Other Than Seafaring Men. New York. ? Somewhere In the At lantic, tossed about like a cork and ] without lights or course, Is the staunch ship Vanse, the pride of Capt. Jacob O. Samuelson, who was forced to de ! sert her five days after a terrific storm snapped off her masts. Few sailing vessels are as well known as this erstwhile full-rigged ship to persons other than seafaring men. For years the Vanse was a pas I senger ship, carrying sometimes 1,000 coolies out of Calcutta. Her last car go was oil, which she conveyed from New York to Buenos Ayres. She is of 1,691 tons register and was coming up the coast in ballast, bound for Hamp ton Roads, Va., when the storm hit i her. , HUN TELLS OF TANK TERROR I General in Tageblatt Recalls Hannibal Elephants as Simile to British Machines. Borne, Switzerland. ? Describing the battle of Cambrai to German readers, Lieutenant General von Ardenne, In j the Tagehlatt says: "Those who fought i In the battle describe the Imposing Im pression made by the British tanks which preceded the attack on the wid est front. As they advanced In mosses, with very small intervals between them, they reminded one of Hannibal's battle elephants or the sickle chariots of Pharaoh. The booming, rumbling nttack was accompanied or, rather, supported from the air by a veritable cloud of battle aircraft, while closefy pressed masses of Infantry and field artillery followed the Iron wall, three cavalry divisions bringing up the rear." SAYS SON OWES FOR BOARD Stepfather Puts in Claim Against Es* tate for $5,200 for Meals and Lodging. Baclne, Wis. ? Claiming that Theo dore Johnson, who died six months ago, leaving an estate worth $70,000, owes his mother for board and rent for the last quarter of a century, August Wilson has filed a $5,200 claim against the estate. Wilson declares Johnson boarded at his mother's house and also had a trunk stored there for twenty five year*. He figures that the board and room were worth at least $5 a Keek with accrued Interest. I [WASTAGE TELLS TRAGEDY OF WAR Daily Eight Trains Bring Soldiers' Ruined Equipment to Le Mans From Front. 5,000 MAKE OVER GARMENTS I ? ? ? ? _ French Redeem 60.000 Pairs of Trench Boots and 50,000 Pieces of Outer Clothing Monthly ? GeT man War Prisoners Work. Le Mans, Department of the Sarthe, ? France. ? Ou an average eight trains I a day are bringing to Le Mans the wastage at the hattle front, consisting 1 of thousands of tons of damaged war ; material and soldiers' ruined equip i ment. There have been as many as 1 17 trains a day heavily loaded with I this material picked up on battlefields and around camps. Le Mans would be i the paradise of ragmen and dealers in second-hand goods were It not for the fact that the French army Is find ing Its own use for such of the mate rial as it is able to recuperate or re pair. Establishments located here by the quartermaster's department recuper ates monthly 50,000 outer garments, | 125,000 undergarments, 3,500 pairs of shoes, 00,000 pairs of trench boots, 25, 000 steel helmets, 270,000 sheepskin capes and 120,000 pieces of equipment. These articles are made ready for I ' use again by disinfection, renovation and repiflrs. There are in addition, made each month from pieces of cloth ing that are not repaired, 100,000 pairs of slippers, 120,000 cases for sol | dlers' canteens, 50,000 forage caps, 75,000 shoe laces, 20,000 cloth cases for bread loaves, and 10,000 wash rags. 5,000 in Repair Shops. The recuperation and repair of worn j anil damaged articles began In the spring of 1910 In vast warehouses and repair shops in which 5,000 persons, Including 2,000 refugees, mostly wom en, are employed. Here and at Les Murlins, northwest of Orleons, anung the quays from ! which the mobilized men of the fifth military region went off to war in August, 1914, German prisoners of war now line up in front "of Incoming freight trains and unload quantities of great sacks that look like the prod uct of a gigantic ragman's shop. The indescribable mass invokes the confusion as well as the tragedy of the battlefield. There are pierced and dented helmets, worn and stained I pieces of uniform, forage caps, great i coats, leggings, army shoes and trench boots, some of them pierced by bullets, some torn by shrapnel and others shredded by violent contact with I barbed wire. All of them are covered with layers of mud of varying thicknesses and ' not infrequently a garment presents a stain of an indefinable color, always easily recognized but got rid of with difficulty. These garments receive special treatment. They are first thrown into a receptacle which they go through a long and thorough cleans ing before being treated as other gar ments. Leather, Metal and Cloth. The first operation on the arrival of a train is the sorting of the load into three piles, leather, metal and cloth. The cloth and canvas go at once Into Immense disinfecting tanks that are in operation night and day, and from there to the laundry. Then they go to another warehouse, where they are separated into repairable and unre pairable ; here there is a great deal of ripping to separate trimmings from garments and to divide the garments themselves into pieces of as nearly uni form size as possible to facilitate their transformation into comfortable slip pers. The sheep skins are purified hy a sulphur application in the abandoned vault of an old cemetery near by, where 6,000 of them are treated each day, after which they are made plia ble and ready for wear again by a beat ing machine. Some of them are able to take another turn at the front, but the most of them, along with pieces of uniform, are distributed among the as sembling stations at the rear for the equipment of auxiliaries and among the hospitals for the clothing of con valescents. Rags are sold here at the rate of a hundred bales per day, weighing in the aggregate about 12 tons. This rep resents the wear and wastage of cloth ing received at Le Mans alone; an equal quantity Is received at Les Mur 11ns. Kettles, braziers, lanterns, drums, musical Instruments and all kinds of tools also pass through here on their way to Rennes to be dealt with by spe cial establishments where the per centage of recuperation is said to be very slight. Patriotism Personified! New Rochelle, N. Y. ? The greatest patriot in the history of New Rochelle has been discovered. He Is the man who hung out a service flag with one star in front of his garage because he sold his car to the army quartermaster department. Woman Is Deputy Marshal. Denver, Colo. ? To Miss Lola An derson of Pueblo, Colo., belongs the distinction of winning the first appoint ment of a woman ever made as a dep uty United States marshal. -\l * I? HI a v get it vfor my wife NO CTHETt LIKE IT. ^ NO OTHSFt AS COOD t ? . < M?- ?' ?:r.v nr -v li4 ? ^ >et a' th* prn c \*<*\\ r?v. 'l c el uiji :<ti ?i > HH'h Ape? . ... ijpftic t rkmaasr. p <i 1< aa. .?/!?( ?*: f <? ri : ? t insures -"iu.'- ; ii_ ? 4u:a cust J-) ?t on luwm ' the 4 NEW HO M. WARRANTED FOR ALL TIM 7 K.nown the world over (? r superior sewlnff tie Not sold under any oihcr ntuic int ?tW IlilMt SEWING MACHINE CO.,ORANC,F,N'.*> ' J. M. BEATY, Smith field, N. C. When House Work Drags Keeping house is hard enough when well. The woman who has a bad back, blue, nervous spells, and dizzy headaches, has a hard lot, for the family tasks never let up. Probably it's the result of kidney trouble and not the much-feared "woman's weakness." Strengthen the kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills. They are as harmless as they are effective and may be used for children with weak kidneys, too. A Smithfield Case. Phr+r* Mrs. R. L. San ders, Smith field, says: "I had dull pains in my back. I was stiff in the morning. I had headaches and dizzy spells and at times my sight was blur red. I bought Dean's Kidney Pills at Hood Bros.' Drug Store and they reliev ed mo very much, putting my kid neys in good shape. I gladly rcc j ommend them." Get Coaa'i at Any Store, 60c a Box dgan's K,r,r Foster- Milburn Co. - Buffalo, N. Y. LAND FOR SALE. By virtue of the powers contained in a certain mortgage deed executed by J. W. Stephenson on March the 12th, 1915, to the undersigned and duly recorded in Book 2 Page 168 Johnston County, at 12 o'clock on the conditions not having been complied with, the undersigned will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Rmithfield, Johnstont County, at 12 o'clock on the 7th day of February, 1918, the fol lowing land in Pleasant Grove Town ship. Adjoining the lands og Z. L. Coats, S. D. Coats, deceased, and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in the center of the Smithfield Road, J. W. Stephen son's corner and runs N. 23 1-2 E. 57.90 chains to a beach tree on the run of Middle Creek, S. D. Coats, de ceased, corner thence up to the run of said creek to a stake Z. L. Coats' cor ner, thence S. 2.'J 1-2 W. 54.90 chains to a stake in the center of the Smith field Road, thence S. 65 E. 1 chain thence S. 40 E. 6.25 chains to the beginning containing thirty-nine acres more or less. This mortgage deed is subject to a mortgage of W. H. Hunter's. This January 5tli, 1918. JAMES C. CARROLL. Mortgagee. W. W. Cole. Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administratrix C. T. A. on the estate of Allen L. Wall, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 8th day of January, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment. This 4th day of January, 191.8. DIANAH WALL, Adm'x C. T. A. A. M. NOBLE, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Chas. M .Johnson, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 9 day of Jan uary, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 5 day January, 1918. A. G. JOHNSON, NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administer on the estate of Spieey Pope, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 5th day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons ndebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 4th day of Februarv, 1&18. J. R. POPE, Administrator. Coats, N. C. Ezra Par er, -Attorney. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND. Pursuant to the power contained in the mortgage 0f j ?. Hocutt and Dora Hocutt, his wife, to O. Marx & Son, lated February 1, 1916, and re corded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Johnston County, N. C.f in Book No. 11, l'age 210, we will, on Monday, the 25th day of Feb., 1918, at 12 o'clock noon, at the door of the Court Houvj of Johnston County, in Smithfield, N. C., sell at public auc tion, to the highest bidder, for cash, a piece or tract of land lying and being in Johnston County, N. C., bounded by a line beginning at a stake in Wm. H. O'Neal's line on a branch; thence N. 76 1-2 E. 100 poles to a pine, said O'Neal's corner; thence N. 13 W. with W. H. O'Neal's lino 70 poles to formerly a pine, now a stake W. H. O'Neal's corner; thence N. 86 W. along W. H. O'Neal's line 67 1-2 poles to a pine in said W. H. O'Neal's line; thence S. 87 W. 25 poles to a stake in W. H. O'Neal's and A. G. Bunn's line; thence S. 5 1-2 E. 95 poles to the beginning, containing 50 acres and 1 rod, more or less; ex cepting 1 acre on the road, lying east of this tract, sold to Wm. Holder by 1). H. McCullers and wife by deed dated Dec. 7, 1897. For further de scription see Book No. 11, page 210, Johnston County Registry. This January 19, 1918. O. MARX & SON. Hinsdale & Shr.w, Attorneys, Raleigh, N. C. NOTICE OF SALE OF HOUSE ANI) LOT. That under and by virtue of powers conferred on the undersigned by a judgement of H. G. Cor.nor, Judge, I will on Monday, February 25, 1918, in front of the Courthouse in the town of Smithfield, North Carolina, offer for sale, between he hours of 12 M. and 2 o'clock P. M., that cer tain house and lot, belonging lo Cal donin. Turner, which was mortgaged to Nowell & Richardson, Incorpora ted, prior to the said corporal ion going into bankruptcy. The said property being described as follows: "Beginning at Mary Williams' cor ner oiif Smithfield Street, in the town of Selr.ia, North Carolina, and runs with the said Stre et South 75 f.-et to the line of Eliza Richardson; thence East 75 feet to the comer cf Claude Bell; '.hence Northwardly with tho line of Claude Bell 75 feet to the cor ner of Mary Williams; thence with the line of Mi ry Williams 75 feet to the point of beginning, and contain ing 1-8 ef ;;n acre more or less. This Icing the property conveyed by J. H. Parker i nd wife to Caldcnia Turner September 24lh, 1903, and recorded in Book A. No. 9 at pare 548 Regis try of Johnston County. January 24th, 1918. Terms of Sale cash. S. P. WOOD, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Nowe'l & Puehardson, Inc., Bnnkrunts. RAY & COCKEftHAM. Attorneys. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND. Under and by virtue of an order and judgement of the Superior Court made on January 19th, 1918, in the special proceedings entitled, "G. W. Johnson, et als, vs. Jas. Ira Johnson," the same being a petition for sale of lands for partition, the undersigned, Commissioner, will, on Saturday, Feb ruary 23rd, 1918, at twelve o'clock M., at the Court, House door of John ston County, in the town of Smithfield N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following de scribed tract of land, towit: Situate in Oneals Township, Coun ty and State aforesaid, and being all of Lot No. 7 in the Division of the lands of Calvin Johnson, dee'd, and recorded in Book No. 4, page 554, Office of the Clerk* of the Superior Court of Johnston County, and BE GINNING at a stake in the Stilley line and runs S. 4 degrees W. 17 poles to a stake; thence N. 89 degrees W. 95 1-2 poles to a stake; thence N. 21/2 degrees E. 17 poles to a stake; thence S. 89 degrees E. 96 poles to the be ginning, containing Ten (10) Acres, more or less. About Eight acres of this land cleared. This January 19th, 1918. ED. F. WARD, Commissioner. NOTICE. NORTH CAROLINA, Johnston County. , Under and by virtue of authority contain^ in a mortgage deed execut ed on December 16th, 1914 by and be tween Lula Williams, Willis Cole and Eliza Cole to Wellons & Wellons, -nd duly recorded in Book G. No. 13 at page 206 in the public Registry of Johnston County, the undersigned will on Wednesday, February 27th 1918 at the Court house door in the town of Smithfield, sell at public auc tion for cash to the highest bid 'er. all af the right, title and interest of said mortgagers in and to the follow ing described tract of land situate in Bentonville township, Johnston County: Lot No. 1 allotted to the heirs of Hinton Cole. Beginning at a intake in B. B. Cox's line, corner of lot No. 3 and runs with said line of lot No. 3 N. 8 1-2 E. 34 poles to a stake, comer of lot No. 2; thence S. 87 1-2 E. 88 1-2 poles u> a st".!ke in line of Fairoloth heirs; thence with said line S.2 1-2 W. 14.7 poles to a stake; thence S. 88 E. 66.8 poles to a pine stump in the edge . f New Road; thence with said road S. 22 E. 22 1-2 poles to a stake, B. B. Cox's corner; thence with said line N. 89 W. 168 1-2 poles to the be ginning, containing 28 1-2 acres, ? v?re cr less. This January 26th, 1918. WELLONS & WELLONS. Mortgagees. I in FOR A BIG FAMILY BIBLE. CALL at The Herald Office, where you can get a nice one for $3.50. Big type so that old people can read.
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