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DUG ATTftGKS BUILDING POLiGY inFMKiQ cocr.Tinw of unsafe i 1CHOOLS OR ADDITIONS TO SUCH STRUCTURES. 6PATGHES FROM RALEIGH ngs and Happenings That Marft he Progress of North Carolina Peo- le. Gathered Around the State :apital. Raleigh. nsurance Commissioner James 1 ung in an interview attacked the licy employed in some counties and ies in the state of constructing ad ions to school buildings already un- fe, when the lack of ready money aid prevent the erection of a new ilding. I must admit that it nuzzles me to derstand why people wll persist in Jacting unsafe buildings. Is it from ik of thought or is it purely because the habit? It cannot be to save a w dollars in the construction cost this will be more than made up in few years In insurance and upkeep It Is indeed poor policy to erect lildings liable to burn by reason of eir construction but nothing less .an criminal to erect buildings that e a menace to the lives of their oc ipants. Take as an example our hool buildings. Certainly they lould be made safe for our children. School disasters involving the death many children are occurring from me to time all over our country. ortnnately so far none have occurred 1 our state. But fathers and mothers p North Carolina note the fact that Le loss of lives In school buildings are occurred in the class of buildings which the best buildings in our tate, excepting possibly less than a ozen, belong. Is this not a sufficient rarning to you and your school of cers? ."Under the plea of lack of money, ot only unsafe school buildings are eing erected, and. safe ones can be reoted for the same money, but ad ditional rooms are being added to mildings admittedly unsafe. Is it ;ood business judgment or even hu nane to make places in unsafe build- ngs for mpre children rather than nake the buildings safe for those that ran be accommodated? Is this course 'orced by a demand of the parents? U"e our parents willing to take the -lsk? Not ir they realize what they ire doing. Let the first money spent m an unsafe school building be used o make it safe for the children who ire to occupy it. "The law of North Carolina requires the insurance commissioner to pass on the safety of all school buildings. He 3 unwilling to carry the load of re sponsibility without doing all in his power to make these buildings safe and warn the people. The use of fire escapes and fire drills wil'i give only a small per cent of safety. Full safe ty and its protection for children must be sought in the construction of the buildings." State Must Increase Wheat. It has been estimated that North Carolina needs 13,000,000 bushels of wheat for food. The normal crop pro duced in the State amounts to about 10,000,000 bushels, and from this it may be seen that it is necessary for the state to produce 3,000,000 bushels more in order to make enough for our bread. With a good price assured for wheat during the coming year, and with the imperative necessity of there being a good supply on hand, all available land should be planted this fall over all the western and Pied mont sections of the state. According to Mr. C. B. Williams, chief of the Division of Agronomy, wheat will be a safe and profitable crop for the coming year. If this in creased acreage is to be put in, how ever, it should be remembered that a well-prepared seed-bed pays, and that deep plowing will increase the yield. Special pains should be taken to plow and harrow the land until the soil is In a good friable condition before the seed are planted. Now is the time to begin making plans for securing the seed wheat. It will be high and scarce later on. North Carolina can produce enough bread to feed herself by observing six main factors: By planting more wheat this fall: by securing good seed of the best varieties now; by prepar ing th eround early and thoroughly; 'by treating the seed for smut; by nine farm manures and tne rignt kinds of fertilizer, and by planting sufficiently early. , ri uinmin Cheese Maker. WKh the establishment of a cheese factory by the Valle Crucls industrial LrivJ in Watarua county Miss Hef ner, a graduate of the school, has been TVTnintpd cheese maker and becomes the first in the Soutti. Miss Hefner In cheese making at l,wcv Pennsylvania State College last winter to prepare for this work. When w- ra.m-v vn) roniDleted and begun operation this month she was select- Twin the work and will take w v w j-o an active part In manufacturing cheese for commercial purposes. Should Publish Exemption Claims. The press of the state will be de pended on largely by the Provost Mar shal General in bringing to light any cases in which exemptions are improp srly secured by registrants. In tele graphic instructions to Governor Bick t:tt it is made plain that the boards should inform' the public of the grounds upon which exemptions or discharge are asking by registered men. The order reads: "The names of all registered men are on a list arranged in the order in which they will be called for military service. Wherever any registered person imposes upon a local board and improperly secured a certificate of exemption or discharge he ad vances the time of call of all other uncalled persons of the list. For this reason every registered person and, to some extent, every person in the com munity is mor or less directly inter ested in seeing that the true facts are brought to the attention of the gov ernment. For every local board, a person will be designated who will re reive information of such cases and ake appeal to the district board or nform the local board. For this reason 1 lie public is enitled to know the grounds upon which claims for exemp tion or discharge are being asked by registered men. Local boards should therefore be instructed Immediately to make available to the press from day to day the names of persons claiming exemption or discharge, the ground on which such claims are based and in general the number of cases that are being disposed of by the boards from day to day. This instruction does not apply, of course, to discharges on the ground of physical disqualifications." Blooded Cattle Brought to State. Sixty-five purbred Jersey and IIol stein cattle, representing a purchase price of over $10,000, were bought by North Carolina farmers through the Animal Industry Division of he N. C. Agricultural Extension Service during the past month. Mrs. A. J. Reed, of the Office of Dairy Farming, was auth orized by these farmers' and associa tions to make the purchases when on a recent trip to the purebred cattle centers of Ohio and surrounding states. The oattle are a distinct addi tion to the purebred roster of the state. Not one of them are from dams that did not average at least 525 pounds of butter fat per year. The average fat production of the average North Carolina cow' is only 150 pounds per year. When a dairy man has a cow that produces 360 pounds he considers her a good ani mal. From this it is not to be infer red, however, that all of the Jerseys brought in will produce 500 pounds of fat, but they will be a distinct im provement over the old scrub type. They will also become the center of purebred live stock production from which later on good animals for fam ily cows may be obtained. Mr. W. T. Yancey, cashier of the Na tional Bank of Granville, at Oxford, took a prominent stand as one of the leaders in the cause for purebred live stock when he loaned the money to re liable farmers for buying thirteen Jer sey animals. The money was loaned without interest and each animal cost between $100 and $150 each. Planning Big State Fair. Secretary Joseph E. Pogue, of the state fair, is delighted with the move ment that directors launched for mak ing the fair this year a conservation j affair that will be in line with the general movement for conserving the resources of the state and stirring th3 people in the matter of home eco nomics and general agricultural prog ress. This will be the fifty-seventh state fair, and it will be held October 15-20. The woman's building will ba com pleted in ample time at a cost of $12,000 and will be quite an addition which will swing fully in line with the war conditions and needs. It was decided to give the grandstand re ceipts of the fair on Thursday of fair week to the Red Cross. This was on motion of Col. J. C. L. Harris. The resolutions adopted by the executive committee declare that the fair must be made to bear its part in effective ly co-ordinating features of the fair so that it will play an important part in the nation's vital scheme of food production and conservation. A tele gram was sent to the President, that the management of the fair is with him in heart, soul, bone and muscle, until the war is over. Appoints New Veterinarian. Maior W. A. Graham, commissioner of agriculture, appointed Dr. O. H. Graham, of Duplin county, state vet erinarian to succeed Dr. B. B. Flowe, who resigned to accept a commission in the army. Dr. Graham, who is no relation of the commissioner, has "een the assistant veterinarian in the department and he moves up. He is regarded as splendidly fitted for the work, havine the confidence of the federal agents employed in this work. Dr. William Moore has begun his work. Druggists Fear German Drugs. So strong is the dislike for the Ger mans in America, that some druggists in this section of the country have started a boycott on German dru?s handled over the counter. Local drug salesmen report a big decrease in the sale of German medicines and In some cases druggsts have positively refused to buy drugs manufactured by subjects of the Kaiser. Aaperin Is one of the drugs now held in feary some druggists, American made tab lets of this nature taking prefereno. over the Grman tablet or FACTS PRINCIPAL CUSE OF SCOURS Feeding From Dirty Pails or Giving Rations Unhardened Stomachs Cannot Properly Digest. Those who raise young calves by hand know that scours is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, source of loss. Dr. .C. C. Ltpp, veterinarian nt the South Dakota college, says feeding from dirty palls, or feeding rations the unhardened stomachs of the young calves cannot digest, are the two main causes from which this trouble may arise. The milk pails cannot be kept too clenn. Scrupulous cnre must be ob served if the feed palls are not to be the source of scours. Washing after each. feeding with cold water Is not enough; a thorough scalding at least once a day Is essential and exposure to bright sunlight on every clear day will not come amiss. Bacteria are little things, but the way they live and multiply Is remarkable, and the damage they $an do when they got started assumes mighty proportions. When the feed is hard to digest and the first evidence of stomach disorders appear, a dose of physic is the best cure. A few tablespoonfuls of castor oil or an equal amount of salts will remove th offending food and restore Ihe system to working order again. A 40 per cent solution of formalde hyde has also been found to be an effective preventive of scours. One tablespoonful of formalin is diluted in one pint of water. A spoonful or two of the solution may then be added to the calf's milk as many times a day and as long as conditions demand. PREVENT COW FROM KICKING Method Shown In Illustration Is Easy and Safe Leg Tied by Means cf Strong Strap. (By E. ESCH.) j I had a heifer which persisted in ; kicking and struggling until It was j simply impossible to milk her. A i neighbor told me about the strap meth od and I adopted It nt once. It Is Holding Cow's Leg. 9 easy and safe nnd worked just fine. In a little while the heifer would stand without the strap. A very good method to cure a cow from kicking and to teach her to stand still while milking is to fasten a 2-by-4 timber securely to the floor and ceil ing just back of the cow, then have a good, strong strap, with a buckle, pass around her hind right leg and then around the 2-by-4 nnd draw up tight and buckle It. Drive a spike" In the 2-by-4 part way to keep the strap from slipping down when the cow struggles to get her leg free. SPEED OF STEAM SEPARATOR Farmers Should Be Careful to Follow Directions Given by Manufactur- j ers of Machine. j Some tests conducted by the Indiana station show that much cream may be lost by not running the cream separa tor the proper number of revolutions. Farmers should be particular about following directions of the several makes of separators. It has been es timated that over 0" per cent of the dairymen turn their machines too slowly. The question of speed, there fore, becomes one of much Importance, nnd dairymen should look after, this feature of milk and cream handling with as much carefulness as they do any other detail of milk handling. PREVENTING HORNS ON CALF When Animal Is Week or Two Old Rub Caustic Potash cn Little Nubs Protect From Rain. (North Dakota Experiment Station.) Ilorns can be prevented from grow ing on a calf by rubbing caustic pot ash on 'the little nubs that develop Into horns.- A good time to do this s when the calf Is a week or tw) old. Wrap one end of the stick of caustic In paper to protect the fingers, moisten the other and rub on the nubs. Be nreful that It does not run down the face nnd into the eyes. Itemovlng the halr helps. Make three applications, illovving it to dry between ench appll ntlon. 1 The calf should be protected 'rom rain to Sep the caustic from preadlnf IMP . Hi SHEEP TICK CAUSES MONEY MAKERS ON (W. II. DAI.RYMPLK, Ixmislana Station.) The sheep ticks or their young may be found on sheep at all times of the year, but appear most numerous In the spring and are especially noticeable at shearing time on the old sheep after they have been deprived of their shelter. This pest, although it seldom causes any very serious damage, either to the sheep or the wool, is at all times an annoyance nnd occasionally causes de cided losses to the sheep owner, be ing a blood-sucker and producing con siderable Irritation, which varies ac cording to the number of the ticks present. Fortunately, these ticks may be readily destroyed by suitable dips or dressings; and It would be well, whenever discovered, to have the sheep treated to prevent the dissemination of the parasites. One of the dipping solutions recom mended Is kerosene emulsion, which may be prepared as follows:' Dissolve one-half pound of common soap in one gallon of boiling water. Remove from SWEET-POTATO ENEMY Leaf-Folder Found at Browns ville, Tex., and in Louisiana. Field Workers of Bureau of Entomol ogy Find Insect Can Be Controlled by Careful Spraying With Arsenate of Lead. (From the United States Department of Agriculture ) Sweet-potato growers are warned to be on the alert against a new insect pest, the sweet-potato leaf-folder, which was found in 1910 in injurious numbers in the region of Brownsville, Tex. It has been noted also in Louisi ana. Field workers of the Bureau of Entomology of the United States de partment of agriculture who have studied the new pest at Brownsville found it can be controlled by careful spraying. Arsenate of lead, used at the rate of one .pound of powder to 50 gallons of water, or zinc arsenate, used at the rate of one pound of pow der to 40 gallons of water, were found effective. These sprays destroyed from 93 to 90 per cent of the larvae on the sweet-potato vines. The sweet-potato1 leaf-folder con struct a shelter by folding a leaf or drawing two leaves together with silk which it spins for the purpose. As it Increases in size it devours most of the leaf except the larger veins nnd mid rib. In 101G, at Brownsville, Tex., the pest was first observed about the mid dle of September. By the middle of October the caterpillars had become so abundant that it was found advis able to spray -Immediately. When done early one spray application may be sufficient, whereas if treatment Is de layed until a large number of larvae have spun cocoons, two or more appli cations may be necessary In order to effect complete control. Natural enemies of this Insect In Texas are the jackdaw or boat-tailed grackle nnd the spined soldier bug. COTTON CROP IS NEGLECTED Careless Wrapping, Sampling Abuses 1 and Indifferent Storage Illus trate Disregard. There is no agricultural product that Is so neglected as American cotton. The careless wrapping, the sampling abuses, indifferent storage and country damage all' combine to. Illustrate In a most striking manner the utter disre gard of consequences and careless In difference which exists In the handling and marketing of this Important and valuable crop. . .In no other case does a farmer care for his product from the time It Is planted in the spring until It is harvested in the autumn, and then expose It to all kinds of weather and abuse. MORE ACREAGE FOR TURNIPS Vegetable Is Fine for Human Consump tion Cowlot Makes Ideal Spot for Growing Crop. The turnip acreage should be In creased this year. Turnips are fine for human consumption and'are easy to grow. Many fanners fix a cowlot it this fasnn of yeai In which the nws are 'Bilked and penned at night. ilng this rich spot for turnips In .ill. LOSS TO THE OWNER ANY SOUTHERN FARM. the fire, stir in two gallons of coal oil and agitate thoroughly until It Is emul sified. Use one gallon of this emul sion to eight or ten gallons of cold water, which should also be well mixed. Fifty gallons of this solution will suffice for 50 sheep. Any qu'i tity of this solution may be prepared by observing the above-mentioned pro portions. Any of the coal-tar dips on the mar ket, such as kreso, etc., will also serve as a dipping solution of about two per cent strength with water. Sheep that have been dipped should not be turned into the old pens or pas tures until about a week afterward, by which time It nay be presumed, that any ticks left on the ground will have died. And any sheep recently pur chased, especially from the northern section of the country, should always he dipped or otherwise treated before being turned out among the home flock, so as to prevent, if possible, the further introduction and distribution of th?se parasites. GRAIN FOR PRODUCING COWS Much Depends on Quantity of Milk Given and Food Obtained From Good Pasturage. Does it pay to feed grain to cows on pasture? The results obtained at the University of Missouri College of Agri culture Indicate that it depends largely upon how much' milk the cows give and how good the pasture is. If a cow is producing less than a pound of butter each day the necessary fjod can be obtained from a good pasture. If she produces more . than this some grain can be fed profitably. This means that a Jersey cow should be able to get enough food from grass to make about 20 pounds of milk dally and a Holsteln about 25 to 30. It will pay to feed grain to all cows which give more than this amount, since high-producing animals cannot gather sufficient feed in the form of grass. A cow giving a pound and a half of butter dally should receive about five pounds of grain dally, and one giving two pounds of butter should receive seyen or eight pounds of grain. When not more than four or five pounds of grain are fed it may consist of corn. If more than this is needed, some bran or a small amount of cotton seed meal should be added. These recommendations hold good only when pastures are good. In late summer it will often be necessary to feed more grain to high-producing cows or give some silage or green feeds to help out the pastures. STAPLE FOOD CROPS NEEDED Enlarged Production Is Greatest and Most Important Service Required of Farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Houston, In urging the planting of a heavy acreage of food and feed crops, emphasizes par ticularly the practical certainty that all such crops will bring very high prices. He says: "It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that Is re quired of our agriculture under exist ing conditions is an enlarged produc tion of the staple food crops. Because of the shortage of such crops practical ly throughout the world there. Is no risk in the near future of excessive production such as sometimes has re sulted In unremuneratlve prices to pro ducers. This is particularly true of the cereals and of peas, beans, cowpeas. soy beans and buckwheat. In, view of the world scarcity of food, there is hardly a possibility that the pro duction of. these crops by the farm ers of the United States can be too great this year, and there is abun dant reason to expect generous price returns for all available surplus." flAISE BIG CROP OF CELERY Cannot Be Done Without Liberal Sup ply'of Moisture, but Many Gar deners Are Trying It. It is out of the question to grow a big crop of celery without a liberal supply of moisture, but many garden ers are trying to do it. ' Numerous failures could be cited wherthtre was little hope of success even if the sea son had been favorable, v Unless It is possible to irrigate, it U never safe to plant this vegetable on a large scale, exci-T)t in naturally moist soils abound ing la humus. WOMAN GOULD HARDLY STAND Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Fulton, N. Y, "Why will women pay out their money for treatment and receive no Deneni, when so many have proved that Lydia E. Pinkham 's Vege table Compound will- make them well? For over a year I suffered so from female weak ness I could hardly stand and was afraid to go on the street alone. Doc tors said medicines were useless and only an operation would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound has proved it otherwise. I am now perfectly well and can do any kind of work." Mrs. Nellie Phelps, care of R. A. Rider, R.F.D. No. 5, Fulton, N. Y. We wish every woman who suffers from female troubles, nervousness, backache or the blues could see the let ters written by women made well by Ly dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you have bad symptoms and do not understand the cause, write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for helpful advice given free. " green mountain ASTHMA TREATMENT Tbl treatment is the result of man? years of ttndy anaezpenencein iqobvcii treat ment of diseases of the lanus and tbroat by the lata Dr. J. H. Guild, f raduate of New York Medical Col ette and New York Chwmloal Lab oratory, a practitioner in Bellerae and New York Charity Hospitals, and an eminent physician. 2ocanq 11.00 at druggists. Fra ) and practical treallce on ' Asthma, its causes, treatment, etc. Sent oi request. J. 11. (iul Id Co. Bnport.V t Kills Chills Good for Malaria, constipation biliousness a fine tonic m Guaranteed or money back Ask uour dealer Behrens Drug Co.,Waco.Tex. MAXOTIKES EliminaUia punctuiVH, blow outs, rim cuts. Different from any device you ever saw. Our free illustrated catalogue fully explains this wonderful device and shows clearly how MAXOTIRES will make your tires trouble-proof by very small cost. Char leston Maxotire Co., 46 Mkt.St.. Chariest on.S.C. MONEY LENDER PITIED POOR. Chinese Shylock in. Manchuria Gave Annual Sum for Relief Work to Relieve His Conscience. A wealthy Chinese money lender in Manchuria was recently convicted of making false declaration regarding robberies of his caravans by Mongolian bandits. ' His conscience troubled him to such an extent that he offered to contribute an annual sum of $750 for the relief ofthe poor, East and West . says.. This money was made the basis of a fund for feeding the helpless at Kungchuling. - Manchuria is terribly poor, .despite the mineral and agricultural riches ex-, tracted from its soil and rocks, all of which products are shipped abroad. There are probably thousands of indus trious natives unable, by unremitting toil, to earn more than a meager liv ing. When to their natural difficulties . are added the ravages of bandits and the evils of misgovernment, suoh as now prevail In many parts of China, abject poverty and starvation must be the lot of the people' who, In the best of times, are only half fed. CUTICURA KILLS DANDRUFF The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling Hair and Does It Quickly Trial Free. Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol low at once by a hot shampoo with Qntlcura Soap, if a man, and next morning if a woman. When Dandruff goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura Soap daily for the toilet. Free sample each by mail with Boofc. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. Pan. They have a new game out at Fort Harrison called "pan," and played with an ordinary pie pan, says the Indian apolis News. Such a pan, when sailed correctly, has all the floating quality of an airplane, and with a little prac tice may be sailed fast and straight for a distance of 1,000 feet. "Elimina tion pan" is an improvement oa the game, and is played by any number of men in a big circle, and each man that drops the pan Is out of the game. A True Optimist, "Terribly rainy weather.' "Yes. It's a relief to my mind.. It rains so regularly that I never forget my umbrella any more." mI2! Murine Is for Tired Eyes. I Li 0 VI 83 Red Eyes Sore Eye E 1 Grannlated Byellds. Ratta Refreshes Restores. Marine is a Favorite z Treatment for Brea that feel dry and smart. 3 E.Give your If yes as mnch ot your lorlntr cars 2 s as yonr Teeth and with tfce sama regularity. S S CARE FOR THEM. YOU CANNOT BUY HEW ETESI Sold at Urag and Optical (stores or by Mail. 3 Ask Hurtaia E;i Rne4y Co Chicago, for Fret took aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiHiia WT nfm I 1mA 11
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