Crook County journal., August 29, 1918, Page Page 8, Image 8

CKOOK OOWTY JOl'RNAL
At'M'NT 811 IBIS
PLAN OUTLINED FOR
S MARKETING PRODUCE
Much Time of Farmer and Labor
, of Horses Wasted by the
I Present Farm Practice.
It Is Impossible to' My bow man;
thousand dollar' worth of time of men
nd horses Is wasted every year by
the present plan of having each In
dividual fanner go to town with a few
vegetables, chickens, eggs, or a pound
or so of butter. How much bettor
Is the plan adopted some time ago by
one neighborhood to which we have,
railed attention: One man was em
ployed to act as market agent for the
entire group, going to the market town,
say on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
rdays, and selling for a commission
of 15 per cent. Three collecting sta
tions were named (at fanners' homes),
n say three miles, one six miles, and
ene nine miles from the market town.
To these collecting stations the neigh
bors sent on Mouday, Wednesday and
Friday evening? whatever stuff they
wished their market-man to sell for
them. Thus one man did the work of
many; a regular line of customers was
'built up; the market man knew what
prices were right and got them, and
there are other obvious advantages.
The Progressive Farmer.
HAY STACK ROOF IS MOVABLE
Covering Arranged In Such Manner
That It Can Be Raised or Low
i ered as Desired.
: In response to a query for a hay
bed roof that can be raised or low
ered a writer In The Farmer makes
the following reply:
"We have two of them 18 feet
square, and they are perfectly satis
factory. The roof must be made so as
Removable Roof,
to admit the posts at the corners, as
In the cut. The poles should be cut
boat 22 feet long and set in the
ground about four feet, leaving 18
feet above the ground. Holes should
be bored In the posts a foot apart as
high as the roof should go, and then
ne can raise the roof as high as he
wants It Of course, there is no use
In having It any higher than one can
pitch the hay, bnt the roof must be
raised up high enough to work tinder
while putting in the hay. When rais
ing or lowering, iron pins are placed
In the boles to hold the roof. We
bored one inch holes. The posts should
be quite heavy, say about nine inches
at the butt. We use a tackle to raise
ours, one corner at a time, and keep
going around until it is as high as one
wants it.
FACTORS FOR FERTILE SOIL
Must Be Sweet, Not Acid, and Well
Supplied With Organic Matter to
1 Produce Big Crops.
A fertile soil must be sweet, not acid,
and well supplied with organic mat
ter and humus. It must have a suit
able texture and tilth a favorable en
vironment for the plant roots. The
oil most be aerated and have a suffi
cient supply of soil moisture, which In
eludeg proper tillage, irrigation and
drainage. AH of these factors and
ethers must be associated in a sys
tematic plan of soil management in
erder that the land may be fertile and
produce large crops.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF MANURE
Estimates Worked on Basis of Tonnage
Fed Vary Greatly, Because of
Methods of Handling.
Manure Increases crop yields. The
less the rainfall the more important
the application of manure becomes.
The higher priced the crops are the
greater the returns of the manure.
The manure adds plant food and organ
ic matter to the soil which is of more
Importance than it at first seems, as
the plane can get along with less moist
tre whefl the soil is well supplied with
available plant food such as manure
furnishes as it decays.
PROTECTING PEAS IN STORE
Damage by Weevil Overcome by Use
of Air-Slaked Lme or Liquid
Carbon Bisulphide,
The difficulty of keeping seed peas
free of weevil damage is overcome in
k simple manner by storing them in
air-slaked lime at the rate of one part
of the lime to two parts of peas by
weight. Liquid carbon bisulphide will
reep the seed if It be dipped for a
few minutes In It, but the full benefit
of the liquid seems to depend upon the
percentage of moisture in the seed at
the time of dipping. -
MuHSTROUS I0EA
IN GERMAN m
Treachery, Murder, Barbarity,
Anything. Praiseworthy if fcr
Prussia's Gain,
Abrmlnable Systtm That Must Bt
Overthrown if the World Is to Be
Worth Living In, Regardless
of the Cost
J This I hive seen. I could not
believe it unless I had teen it
through and through. For ev- J
J eral weeks I lived with It; I
X went all about it and back of It;
f Inside and out of it wit shown t
to me until finally I came to If
f realize that the Incredible was J
true. It is monstrous, it Is un- ?
f thinkable, but It exists. It is t
the Prussian system. F. C Wal- I
J cott I
At a conference of field men of the
United States food administration held
in Washington, F. C. Walcott pictured
conditions as he had found them In
the countries Invaded by German
arms. Mr. Walcott served with Sir.
Hoover on the Belgium relief commis
sion when this nation was attempt"
lng to feed the starving civilian pop
ulation of Belgium, Poland and north
ern France. In his address he had
pictured such conditions as he said he
could not believe unless he had seen
the situation through and through, and
had lived with It for weeks. He
showed these terrible conditions to be
the result of deliberate plans on the
part of official Germany, and in sum
mine np he said:
"Such is the German mind as It
was disclosed to me In several weeks'
contact with officers of ,the staff.
Treaties are scraps of paper. If they
hinder German alms. Treachery Is
condoned and praised. If It falls In
with German Interest. Men, lands,
countries are German prizes. Popula
tions are to be destroyed or enslaved
so Germany may gain. Women are
Germany's prey, children are spoils of
war. God gave Germany the Hohen
zoilem and together they are destined
to rule Europe and, eventually, the
world thus reasons the kaiser.
"Coolly, deliberately, officers of the
German staff, permeated by this mon
strous philosophy, discuss the dena
tionalization of peoples, the destruc
tion of nations, the undoing of other
civilizations, for Germany's account
"In all the world such a thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like. Even among
barbarians, the thing would be Incred
ible. The mind can scarcely grasp
the fact that these things are pro
posed and done by a modern govern'
ment professedly a Christian govern-
ment in the family of civilized na-
Hons.
This system has got to be rooted
out If It takes everything In the
world. If It takes everyone of us, this
abomination most beoverthrown. It
must be ended or the world is not
worth living In. No matter how long
it takes, no matter how much it costs,
we must endure to the end with agon
ized France, with Imperiled Britain,
with shattered Belgium, with shaken
Russia.
"We must hope that Germany will
have a new birth as Russia Is being re
born. We must pray, as we fight
against the evil that is In Germany,
that the good which Is In Germany
may somehow prevail. We must trust
that in the end a Germany really great
with the strength of a wonderful race
may find its place as one of the broth
erhood of nations in the new world
that Is to be.
The responsibility of success or
failure rests now upon our shoulders;
the eyes of the world are anxiously
watching us. Are we going to be able
to rise to the emergency, throw off our
Inefficiency, and prove that democracy
is safe for the world T
In the, above statement Mr. Wal
cott has described a condition that
must be changed if America, If the
world, Is to remain a "fit place to
live in." And the only way by which
this change can be effected is the de
feat of German arms In this war.
Nothing good, nothing but evil, can
come out of Germany, so long as the
German people are controlled by a
military autocracy, and the German
people cannot be made to realize this
until this autocracy Is crushed. The
spirit of militarism that has made of
the Germans a robber and a murder
nation must be utterly crushed If the'
world la to remain free, and to accom
plish this those of us who cannot fight
la France must lend our support to
our men who aro fighting for us.
FLIER IS MADE CHEVALIER
Guynemer's Friend and Pupil Ha
Seven Victories to Hi
Credit
Paris. Sous-Lieutenant Bozon-Ver-duraz,
recently made a chevalier of
the Legion of Honor, following his
seventh officially recorded aerial vic
tory, was the intimate friend and pupil
of Guynemer.
He accompanied Guynemer Septem
ber 11, 1917, when the latter met his
fate. His one thought since, It Is as
serted, has been to avenge the great
ace. One of the new chevalier's feat
was to shoot down three planes In four
hours. He was a cavalryman until
transferred to the air service.
HIGH-CLASS HORSES WANTED
Animal That Performs Work Most Effi
ciently and Sells at Profit Is
Most Desirable. j
The most desirable horse Is the one
that performs the work required most
efficiently and economically, and sells
at the greatest profit. Under mer
nge conditions this horse ill com
bine slr.e, substance, style, step and
quality. Nothing adds more to Ihi'
vi;!ue of a big horse than style, action
and quality.
A big horse without thcst thre
thlnts Is a very undesirable, unsatis
factory and expensive form of mo
tive power, either on the farm or In
he city. Each year sees U-ss domu'-.J
for Inferior horses, both largo and
small, and a corresponding Increase
In the value of high-class horses of
Style, Action and Finish.
three kinds wagon horses, chunks
and drafters. All of these horses are
derived from draft breeds.
Wagon horses weigh from 1,250 to
1.500 pounds, and show style, action,
finish and substance to a marked de
gree. Chunks weigh from 1,350 to
1,600 pounds and are compactly built,
about two Inches less In height than
wagon horses of equui weight Tliey
must show quulity, action and espe
cially substance, to sell well. Draft
ers weigh from 1,600 pounds up. The
bigger the better if they bIww the
other qualities and are snappy
movers.
KEEP CLOSE TRACK OF HOGS
'
Make Sure That Animals Are Not Af
flicted With Lice Oiler Are ;
Quite Common. t
It is well to keep close track of the '
hogs and make sure that they are not
afflicted with lice. Lice are blood-
sucking parasites. NThey lower the vl-
tallty of hogs, not only by sucking the
blood but by continual irritation which
gives the hog no rest When hogs
have many lice they will not do well
and will lose flesh, becoming much
weakened In condition and thus more
susceptible to disease.
There are various methods of get
ting rid of lice. Hog oilers are quite
j common, though the crude oil which
Is used in them may be applied to the
hog directly with a brush. The hogs
j muy be dipped two or three times at
j Intervals of about ten days, using some
reliable coal-tar dip or disinfectant
This gives good results.
GRAIN RATION FOR LAMBS
Young Animal Just Beginning to Eat
Should Be Given Corn, Oats, Oil
Meal and Bran.
A good grain ration for lambs Just
beginning to eat is ground corn, 1
part; crushed oats, 1 part; linseed
oil meal, 1 part; and wheat bran, 2
parts. Wheat bran Is very essential
in this ration, and the shepherd should
always see that it is present. A grain
ration consisting of 2 pounds of wheat
bran, 1 pound of oats (crushed oats be
ing preferred), 1 pound of finely
ground cornmeal, and one-half pound
of oil meal has proved to be an excel
lent grain ration for young lambs. It
has also been found that a grain mix
ture of oil meal and cornmeal has giv
en better results than a mixture of
cottonseed meal and cornmeal.
ROUGHAGE FOR IDLE HORSES
Expert of North Dakota Station
Makes Suggestions on Feeding
During Winter Season.
Mr. Peters of the North Dakota ex
periment station makes the following
suggestions on wintering the horse.
The work horse that has Deen proper-
ly cared for and fed in the summer
can be wintered, when not at work, on .
such roughage as oats straw, good hay !
and corn fodder. In addition to the
above it may be necessary to give four
to five pounds of grain dally per ani
mal in order to maintain them in good
flesh. Idle horses should bo turned
out for exercise every day In winter
except on the few stormy winter days
that occur during this season.
POLES DRIVEN TO
GERMANYTO WORK
Hun Commander's Brutal Order
Issued to Conquered and
Hetpless People.
Every Able-Bodled Man Forced to
Leave Hit Starving Family and
Labor Under Shocking Condi
tion! for the Oppressor,
This I have seen. I could not ! '.
believe It unless I had seen It
through and through. For etv- ! '.
oral weeks I lived with It; I "
went all about It and back of
It; inside and out of It wae
shown to me until finally I
came to realize that the Incredl-
ble was true. It Is monstrous, ! '
It Is unthinkable, but It exists.
l Is , h Dpi...:.. E
1 Walcott t
F. C. Walcott, a Member of the
Tutted States food administration, and
during the time America was feeding
the civilian populations of Belgium,
Serbia and northern France an assist
ant of Mr. Hoover In these Invaded
countries, hue pictured In a graphic
way the conditions he found among
the people it was his duly to help.
After describing the terrible condi
tions In Poland In 1910, the million
tliut were dying of starvation, the
hundreds of thousands of defenseless
people thnt had been ruthlessly cut
down by the sword of the German cou
queror, he says;
In that situation, the German com
mander Issued a proclamation. Every
able-bodied Pule was bidden to Ger
many to work. If any refused, let no
other Pole give him to enf, not so
much as a mouthful, under penalty of
German military law.
Tills is the choice the German gov
ernment gives to the conquered Pole,
to the husband and father of a starv
ing family: Leave your fumlly or die
or survive as the case may be. Leave
your country which Is destroyed, to
work In Germany for its further de
struction. If you ire obstinate, we
shall see that you surely starve.
Staying with his folk, he Is doomed
and they are not saved; the futher and
husband can do nothing for them, he
only adds to their risk and suffering.
Leaving them, he will be cut oft from
his family, they may never hear from
him again nor he from them. Ger
many will set him to work thnt a Ger
man workman may be released to tight
against his own land and people. He
shall be lodged In barracks, behind
bnrhed wire entanglements, under
armed guard. He shall sleep on the
bare ground with a single thin blan
ket He shall be scantily fed and hla
earnings shall be taken from hlin to
pay for bis food.
That Is the choice which the Ger
man government offers to a proud,
sensitive, .high-strung people. Death
or slavery.
When a Pole gave me that proclama
tion, I was boiling. But I bad to re
strain myself. I wrs practically the
only foreign civilian In the country
and I wanted to get food to the people.
That was what I was there for and I
must not for any cause jeopardize the
undertaking. I asked Governor Gen
eral von Beseler, "Can this be true?"
"Really, 1 cannot say," he replied.
, "I have signed so many proclamations;
ask General Von Krles."
! So I asked General von Ertes, "Gen
eral, this Is a civilized people. Can
this be truer
! "Yes," he said, "It Is true" with an
air of adding, Why not?
I dared not trust myself to speak;
I turned to go. "Walt" he said. And
he explained to me how Germany,
; official Germany, regards the state of
subject peoples.
I It is hard for us to Imagine such a
condition in America as Mr. Walcott
has described as existing in Hun-rld-den
Poland, and yet that is just what
would exist should our boys, and the
boys of our allies, now fighting in
France fall to defeat the soldiers of
this murder empire. This fair coun
try of ours would be made Into a Ger
man province ; our people would be
the slaves of the Junkers of Germany,
subject to the beastly whims of the
officers of the German army. In no
war in which America hus ever en
gaged have the stakes been so great
as In this present conflict Should we,
by any chance, lose; should the Hun,
by any chance, win ; our liberties, our
happiness, everything Americans bold
dear, would be lost
WILL "USE NOTHING GERMAN"
Club Organized for the Purpose of
Boycotting Products of Hun
Manufacture.
Chicago, High art and low art,
music and literature and dolls that
talk and walk ere to be taboo forever
and forever to members of a new club
here, when they bear the "Made In
Germany" stamp or flavor.
"Use Nothing German" Is the name
of the club. And the women who have
formed It swear that they mean what
they say, and that after the war they
Intend that the kaiser does not re
cuperate from the Ills he has brought
upon himself through their aid.
The club expects to spread its mes
sage countrywide, and thus to Induce
women throughout the United States
to back them up In Ignoring every
thing German.
of. Dry Goods, Shoes and Hab
erdashery are being shipped to us,
and we wish to say here that ev
ery article purchased by us is the
very best and latest to be had.
When in need of anything in the
Grocery or Hardware line, give
different brands a try-out.
CORNETT & COMPANY
STOP LOOK LISTEN
The Hamilton Barn is the place to put
your horses, where they will be fed.
Horses and cattle sold by private sale
or auction. Heavy truck hauling.
Grain and Baled Hay for sale. Leave
orders with
J. E. CAMPBELL
Phone Black 21
The Michel
"THE STORE OF SERVICE '
We are Offering for Canning
PLUMS, PEACHES
PEARS AND
TOMATOES
Our prices are right, and we will
take care of your order at
once. A large stock on hand
daily. Phone or write us your
order.
Try a package of King's New Process Evap
orated Fruits and Vegetables. Ask for a sample
of Soup Vegetables.
Learn to Get Along Without Sugar
It has been done before. A hundred years ago re
fined sugar was unknown. Our ancestors used honey and
you can use honey also. Besides there are syrups. The
natural sugars of fruits will serve today as they did cen
turies ago. You will get all the sugar you need in this
way. The Allies do it now. England, which before the
war used more sugar than we did, has but two pounds
per head a month now; France one and a half pounds,
and Italy only one. Show yourself a patriotic American
and use less than your ration. This is but a slight sacri
fice as compared with all that the Allies are doing. Do it
yourself.
The Journal does Modern
Printing on Short Notice
E have received word from
our buyer in the East, that
our Fall and Winter stocks
Grocery Co.