No Established Wheatless
Days, but Pound and Half
Should Be the Very Limit
Our Army and What it Costs
Mont People Figure Expansion Much Less and
Cost Much Greater T han Facts Warrant
Mimt people uiiilcrstitrnl thnt tli«< United Miste* army ha* beeu tremeo-
itnaaly espande» in (he yenr America ha* been ut war. All bave secn tli«;
imiiy grow, In un« Senne they bave wntchei] tbe tuea go iiwuy, bave wrltten
Ivi ter* and «m i package* to (ha Imy*.
l'Vw reali/,.*, bnvvever, (bai tbe army ha* liirrcnscd 700 per cent, In round
nuinl>.*r*, In Ibnt mie yenr. oitlelnl ligure* from \Ya*lilugtou abow tbat It ha*.
" ben America entered tbe war un Aprii ». 1017, tbe totul strength o f all
brunelle* or tbe servire (Hcgular army, National (iuard and rcaervee) » » »
212,034 9.524 oilleer* and 202,fi 10 men.
i»n Aprii », 1018, ih., grand total strength o f tbe American army (all
brunelle*) wu* 1,uni',720- -12».801 oilleer* and 1,028,02» men.
I lie delulled figure* of tbe old and tbe new iirmle*, whleh are wortb pre-
»e r»ln «, are a* follows:
April, 1918
April, 1917
I »licer* 1 Men
Officer* Men
Begiilar army ............
503,142
10,01*8
121.71*7
National (¡m ini .........
431.583
10,808
78,718
Reserve corps (In service) .......
77,300
4,<*t0
90.219
....... ' 0
National army .........
610,839
0
0
The United Htale* fo o d iidmlnlHtra*
lion bn* made wheatI ck . day* arid
wbeatb’NN meal* optional In prlvata
homes. Kut Ibat dor - not mean the
lid hn* been taken off
I only menn*
that Hit- question o f which day or meal
n I iii II be wbeatlr*** I* l e f t t o the Indi
vidual houMohold,
MM
PDf
ROADS
In other word*, the food iidmlnl*tra-
tlon bn* marie the reduction of wheat
eoiiHUmptlon a te*t of .-.. ih | ettlzeo-
*blp.
Kiieh citizen In t h e land I*
nuked, a* a good Amerh un, to r-ut Id* COMFORTABLE COOP FOR HEN
Imllvltlnnl wheat e o iiH U m p tlo n to a
pound ami a hnlf a week. Tbat means Need Not Be Expensive, but Should GOOD ROADS IN NEW ZEALAND
Be Dry and Roomy— Freeh Air
to cut tbe ordinary, p e n c e time con-
Concrete Declared Mo- t Satisfactory
le Essential.
Humptlon In two. It do* n’t matter on
In Land of Heavy Rains— Cheaper
whnt rjny or what meal* that I* done,
In Long Run.
Ju*t no It I* done. In that regard the (Prepared by the United State* Depart
_____
ment of Agriculture.)
fond arlmlnlMtratlon any*.:
In order to be more *ucee**ful In
The
New
Zcalnnd
authorities, both
“ In innklng optional the oh*ervnnce
raining chicken* tbe poultrymen Hhould local and national, are carefully study
of wbentle** day* In private home*
provide a houne which meet* certain ing the subject o f good roads, reallz-
the food ndniinlMtratlon lifted no re
requirement*. It need not be an ex- 1 !ng that this Is the best way to open
striction* upon the conMiiriptlon of
pennlve structure but It Is essential up the hinterland o f the dominion. The
wheat products. It I* merely linking
—
that the hens have a comfortable roads of the country. In the main, are
Total ...................................
1,528,1*24 the American people to reduce their bouse which Is dry, roomy, and
123,801
not In Very good condition. There are
'I In* coat of the urniy during the llr*t year of tbe war I* a thing that I* per r-nplta consumption t o not more abundantly supplied with fre*h air some good stone roads, about the larg
generally overe*tlmsted. 1’eople are prone to think of tbe billion* that have than 1V4 pound* per week. . . .
and nunllght. It never pays to over er centers, hut few of them extend out
“'I'hl* 1* an absolute military ncees- crowd the fowls.
tx-eii appropriated Inateud of the aetual umount* that have been expended.
more than 25 or 30 miles. Their up
OthetaI ligure* from Waatilngton allow that the total expenditure* on tha *lty. The method of Mining I n being
No particular style o f house Is pe keep has been found very expensive,
left
entirely
to
the
Individual.
If
It
army for tbe year America bn* bean In tbe war Including everything from new
culiarly adapted to any section of this es)*-clally In the northern part o f the
cantonment* to *boe lace* and a good many thing* not properly chargeable to run be tlone without fore -.lug the uxe country. A bouse which gives satis country, since the rainfall Is heavy
o f wheat *at any *pedfb d meal or no
tbe w a r- were $8.006.701.91*7.15.
faction In Maine will also give good and washouts are numerous because
Ibat hiiiii doc* not Include, of courue, the obligation* o f tbe war depart any day. the food arlrnlul-tratlon'* ur results In Texas or California, but It tbe stone used Is soft and grinds up
m ent- contract* made for tin* billion* of dollar*' worth of Kupplle* tbat will gent plea for further con-.-rvutlon will
raptdly, the Scientific American states*.
be furnlMhcd till* year; It I* tbe *um actually paid out for material* already de be carried out to the letter."
O f late much has been said In re
livered and pay of the men for tbe time they have ulready Nerved. There are
gard to the construction o f concrete
Included river and harbor and civil e*tabll*bment expenditure* tbat would have
highways, and It Is thought thnt this
e
bees nuule bad there been no war. The detailed oftlelul ligure* o f wur depart e
will be far cheaper in the long run
e
ment appropriation* and ex|a-mllture* for the year are a* follow s:
than the stone roads as they are now
e
Mince the declaration of war congre** bu* müde tbe following appropria e
constructed, for the reason that the
e
tion* for tin* war department :
upkeep will be so very greatly reduced.
s
C ivil estnbllabment ................................................. y .f
10.205, 148.00
It Is eitlinaterl that a mile of 12-foot
•
e
••••••••••••••••••••••••a*
concrete road four Inches thick could
Military e*tabll*hmènt .............
7.413.835,468.48
Itlver* and harbor* ......................................................
34,731,150.00
be built In New Zealand fo r $2.000
One must plan ahead in order to he
more than a mile of ordinary stone
successful In any line of endeavor.
road, on which there would be a saving
Total .................................................................... 97,464.771.706.48
Poultry keeping I* no exception, write*
in upkeep for the first five years o f at
Withdrawal* from tbe trea*ury have been made under tbe*e appropria an authority. 11 you do not have the
least $1,200, while at the end o f ten
tion* during the period from June 15, 11*17. to March 9, 1PI8, a* follow *:
breeding bird* ™u need for the seas
years there would be a saving o f $7,-
civ il eNtiildlNbllii-nt . . .
.$
0,517.1*18.70
on of 1018, now I* a good time to get
000
or $8,000.
Military eatahlUbinent
. 2,801 ,»00,885.85
them. There l* a country-wide scarc
Itlve r* and harbor* . . .
.
18.687.102.60
ity o f good bird* for breeding purposes,
and one must expect to pay somewhat
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
higher price* than In past years. It
$8,006,7«1,007.15
will not pay to get Inferior birds In or
Organization Arranged by Secretary of
der to save a little of the purchase
Agriculture Described In Re
until
It
I*
realized
thnt
».ouo
words
Manager George Stallings
price.
cent Publication.
set In type will nil seven and n half
If you are Just starting, or If you
Is in the Game Heart and
standard magazine page*. Detail* of
want new blood, you can buy either
(Prepared by the United State* Depart
Soul on the Ball Diamond • «h a t appears to he qn epoch-making stock
or egg* for hatching. Men are whickens Do Better When Made Com
ment of Agriculture.)
achievement must he withheld for
fortable
In
a
Well-Constructed
The organization that has been ar
Fred Mitchell, manager of the Chi military reason*. It I* n war Inven more likely to buy stock because they
do not usually handle eggs so care
House.
ranged by the secretary of agriculture
cago Cubs, delight* to tell *tor!e* of tion and hn* for It* chief purpose the
to administer the provisions of the
hi* former ho**. Miracle Muu Stallings liberation of hundred* o f expert oper fully a* women and nlso been use usu
ally they have more money to spend. is preferable to build more open, and federal-aid road act o f 1916 Is de
ator* for the signal corps without dis
To buy »lock Is the safer plan, of consequently less expensive, houses In scribed In a recent publication of tbe
organizing our much-needed commer
course, and on the whole Is better, but the South than In the North. The best department.
cial lines. No secret I* divulged, how
It costs more money. For both stock site for the poultry house depends prln-
Ten district offices, each directed by
ever, when the apparatus I* described
anil eggs prices are high and will con eipally on the local conditions. The a district engineer, reporting to the
a* n printing telegraph system, de
tinue so. One cannot cxjrect to buy location should have good water and director of the office of public roads,
trending upon a universally used re
eggs for hatching In 1918 In quantities, air drainage, so that the floor and have been established. The district
cording Instrument thut ha* never be at 55 per hundred
Such low price* yards will be dry. while the house offices are located In Portland, Ore.;
fore been associated with telegraphy.
are now absurd for eggs from stock of should not occupy a low pocket or hol San Francisco, C al.; Denver. Colo.;
Messages are handled In any language
low In which cold air settles, and It Minneapolis, Minn.; Omaha, N eb.;
any decent quality at all.
or cipher with equnl facility and ra
should
be situated for convenience in Fort Worth, Tex.; Chicago, 111.; Mont
Most poultry breeders, except those
pidity,— Popular Mechanics Magazine.
who have a large number o f birds of management anil adapted to the nvnll- gomery, Ala.; Troy, N. Y., and Wash
superior quality, are compelled to re able land. Wherever possible n south ington. D. C.
England to Grow Sunflowers.
The procedure adopted calls for the
plenish their flock with new blood al ern or southeastern exposure should
most every year. Our flocks either be select I'd, nlthough this Is not essen submission o f an application, known
The production of sunflowers Is go up or go down. Just because prices tial If there Is nny good reason for fac
being encouraged In Knglnnd.
The nre higher than normal we must be ing the house In a different direction.
ministry o f food and production de careful to get good qunllty In what
Poultry can be raised successfully on
partment hn* Issued Instructions on we buy. This Is a time when poor any well-drained soli. A light loam
how to grow sunflowers nnd advises stuff will not pay. There never was which will grow good grass Is well
all persons to grow them, explaining u time when It was so true thnt “ the adapted for this purpose, while a very
thnt the seed I* rich In oil and makes best Is none too good.” It does not light sandy soil through which the wa
nil excellent chicken food.
pay to keep inferior fowls now.
ter leaches freely will stand more In
tensive poultry conditions, but most of
the green fin'd fo r the fowls kept on
" I f I had n weak heart do you think
such n soil will have to he purchased.
1'<1 want to go Into this kind o f a
A
heavy clay or adobe soil is not as
war?”
well adapted to poultry raising, as
:
’
ÿ A
-iS
such land does not drain readily, and
Early Crop.
: :
■'> V \ 'Si «:
it Is much more difficult to keep the
His Temptation.
“ So you own a good many suburban stock healthy. Long stationary houses,
* ■■ ;
" I hope my husband won't get In houses a nil small farms. L ive on any or the Intensive system, saves steps,
R .% 'srtf.x. « v'
veigled Into any games with those card of them?”
but It Is easier to keep the birds healthy
*
“ No.*
sharks.”
i \'
nnd to reproduce the stock under the
George T. Stalling*.
“ Oh, he'll know when they are try
"Then you don’t raise anvthlng your colony system, where the birds nre al H r v : s
p
i
self.”
ing to cheat him.”
lowed free range. Breeding stock, nnd
o f the Braves. When Mitch wa* Stall
f'’ ' ' . y
'T m not afraid of thnt, hut you
"Oh, y e s ; every spring I raise rents." especially growing chickens, should
ing'* assistant In lloston hr* bad many
'
know, he’s u sharpshooter.”
have nn abundance of range, while
a run-in with tin* manager, and be ad
"i-
Mental Industry,
hens used solely for the production of
mits now that Stallings thinks more of
A Victim of Fate.
"It's wrong to
market eggs tuny be kept on n very
n mini who will answer him back on
"When I began say I don’t work.
small area with good results. The col Sand-Clay Road, If Well Kept, Is Sat
occasion.
business,”
said ! mister,"
said
ony house system necessitates placing
Stallings Is n firebrand In bnsebnll;
isfactory for Moderate Traffic.
plutocrat wearily. I’loddlng Pete.
the houses, holding" about 100 hens,
never laughs, rarely smiles, doesn’t
"1 made a solemn
"Whnt
work
do
from 200 to 250 feet apart, so thnt the as a project statement, by the state
Jest, and roasts the daylight out of n
vow that when I you do?"
s to c k will not kill the grass. The col highway department to the district en
man who makes a slip. He I* also a
hail made nn even
‘‘Brain work. I
ony system may be adapted to severe gineer, who examines the road It Is
nervous person, and I... rimes enrap
million I would have to think up
winter conditions by drawing the col proposed to Improve, and transmits
tured on the bench while be Is watch-
quit."
n terrible lot of
ony houses together In a convenient the project statement with his recom
Ing a game, and plays the whole con
"B u t
you’ve excuses for not
place nt the beginning o f winter, thus mendations to the headquarters office
test over, solo, as he sits on the play
mnilu thnt many acceptin’ Jobs."
reducing the labor during these months. In Washington. I f the secretary of
ers' coop.
times over," said
Stallings Is merciless In cnlllng down
agriculture
approves
the
project
the other man,
A Patriot.
statement, the plans, specifications and
n player and criticizing his work.
"and still you are
FAVOR SPREAD OF DISEASES estimates are then submitted by the
“ He’s a real patriot, nnyhow."
“ A fellow made n bobble once while
accumulating.”
"W
hat
makes
you
thing
so?”
Stnlllngs was watching from the
state highway department to the dis
"That’s
t h e
"H e’s taken a big government con Damp, Poor Ventilated Quarter« En trict engineer, who transmits them
bench,” said Mitchell. “ ‘Look at thnt
curse of It. When tract for the same profit he’d charge,
courage Such Alimenta as
boob,’ said Stallings. ‘What a bone-
with his recommendation to the Wash
ever I think I’ve a private corporation."
Roup.
head ! No, he Isn't a bonehend; his
ington office, and when they are found
mnde nn even mil
head Is made o f Krupp steel.’ ”
to be aultable fo r approval, a formal
lion I find on figuring It up It’s either
(Prepared by the United 8tate* Depart
An Excusing 8plrlt.
certificate to that effect Is Issued by
ment
of
Agriculture.)
a little more or a little less, and I’ve
"Didn’t I sec the grocer’s boy klsa
Six Thousand Words a Minute
Cold, damp, poorly lighted and ven the secretary o f agriculture to the sec
got to renew the heart-breaking strug you this morning. Susan?"
tilated
poultry quarters favor the retary o f the treasury and the state
By New High-Speed Telegraphy gle." And the unfortunate man sighed
"Y es’m.
But he ain’t to blame»
spread o f such diseases as roup. Such highway department, nnd a formal
heavily.
ma'am.
T w a s the Iceman set him
contagious diseases as these are diffi project agreement Is entered Into be
A seven-league stride ha* recently
the had example."
cult and sometimes Impossible to con tween the secretary o f agriculture and
O f Course Not.
been made In high-speed telegraphy.
trol unless given attention In the early the state highway department. As the
"W hy am I rejected?” asked the
An apparatus which In actual test*
Up-to-Date.
stnges.
Whenever preventative meas work progresses or upon Its comple
applicant
for
military
service.
hn* proved Its ability to transmit
"Has your cook anything deleteri
tion, payment on a special voucher ap
"W eak heart,” replied the exam ous In your dally diet, Mrs. Comeupr ures fall, separate sick birds from the
over n single grounded wire 0,000
proved by the comptroller o f the treas
flock
as
noon
ns
there
Is
evidence
of
ining
Burgeon.
word* n minute hn* been evolved. The
“ Sure, she has. We have everything
disease, and then consult expert advice ury la made o f the federal funds ap
"W eak heart?” retorted the youth. now that's the style."
real significance of thl* escape* on«
portioned to the state.
to effect a cure.
PLAN AHEAD FOR
BETTER POULTRY
:
HAVE A LAUGH
•
HSi
4 8 * *
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