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Washington
In agricultural products the year
1916 was the greatest in the nation’s
existence, the value of which is report
ed by the department of agriculture
to have been $13,449,060,000.
The state department has borrowed
the cruiser Des Moines from the navy
department to bring more than one
thousand American refugees out of
Syria and Palestine. The refugees
will be taken to Barcelona, Spain for
trans-shipment to the United Stales.
The entente allies, in a note ad
dressed by Arthur Balfour, British for
eign minister, to Ambassador Spring.
Rice, and delivered to the state de
partment, amplify their reply to Pres
ident Wilson’s peace note by explain
ing in detail why they believe it im
possible at present to attain a peace
w’hich will assure them such guaran
tees as they consider essential.
""Petrograd (Russia) correspondents
say it is reported in the Russian cap
ital that Sergius Sazonoff, former for
eign minister, has been appointed Rus
sian ambassador to Great Britain. The
post of Russian ambassador to Great
Britain was made vacant recently by
the deatli of Count Beckendorff.
Admiral Dewey, the nation’s Spanish-
American war hero, who cut the cable
and captured Manila and presented
the Philippines as a Fourth of July
offering, is dead in Washington. He
was the ranking naval officer of the
world, eighty years old and had seen
sixty-two years of active service in
the navy.
Sovereignty over the Danish West
Indies, after half a century of nego
tiations, will pass to the United States,
with the exchange of ratifications of
the purchase treaty by Secretary Lan
sing and Danish Minister Brun.
Spreading a dragnet over the finan
cial district of New York, the house
rules committee extended the peace
note leak investigation to a general in
quiry into the stock market. At an
executive meeting the committee con
sidered the advisability of employing
expert counsel familiar with financial
affairs to conduct the examination of
witnesses. It is also planned to ask
congress to make an extension of time
to report.
Thomas W. Lawson, haled before the
house rules committee to tell what he
knew or had heard about a stock mar
ket leak on President Wilson’s peace
note or be punished, named the chair
man of the committee, Representative
Henry. Then before the hearers had
time to recover from the shock Lawson
sprang one sensation after the other
by declaring the cabinet officer refer
red to was Secretary McAdoa, that
the banker was H. Pliny Fisk of New
York and that he knew the senator
only by the initial “O.” To complete
the explosion, Lawson went on to
charge that Paul M. Warburg of the
federal reserve board had knowledge
of the leak machinery, and repeated a
rumor that Count Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, had made two
millions in the stock market, and to
mention a list of well-known men he
thought should be questioned.
Domestic
Crops alone in 1916 were worth
more than crops and animal products
combined in any years in the history
of the United States prior to 1912.
A Wellton, Ariz., dispatch announces
that Lieut. Col. Harry U. Bishop and
Lieut. W. A. Robertson, missing army
aviators, exhausted from walking
four days in the wilds of Sonora,
Mex., without food or water, were
found more than thirty-two miles to
the south of the border by a civilian
searching party from Wellton.
A posse of ten men which left Ok
mulgee, Okla., in search of alleged
bank robbers, returned with the dead
bodies of Oscar .Poe, Will Hart and
Harry Hart. The men killed were en
gaged in a battle with the posse eigh
teen miles souhtwest of Okmulgee.
The chief of police of Okmulgee was
the only member of the posse to re
ceive an injury, and he was but slight
ly wounded in the hand.
Crop production for the year 1916
was comparatively low and did not
reach anything like record figures, ex
cept in a few minor instances, but the
high prices sent the total values up.
Texas reports a record-breaking
snowstorm in the northern and cen
tral portions of the state. Seven inch
es is reported at Dallas and as far
south as Waco a fall of an inch and
a half is reported.
The faintest sound becomes so pro
nounced by the aid of an improvement
on the sound amplifier perfected by
R. B. Abbott, instructor of physics at
the University of California, that the
fall of a feather makes a noise like a
wrestler striking the mat.
A La Mesa, N. M., dispatch announc
es that Gen. Bejamln J. Viljoen, who
took a prominent part in the Boer
war, was at one time a member of
the Boer parliament, took part in
the Madero revolution in Mexico and
whose son is now with Pershing’s col
umn in Mexico, is dead, having suc
cumbed to pneumonia.
Bills reinforcing Tennessee’s prohi
bition laws by prohibiting lockers and
making it unlawful for any person to
have intoxicating liquor for sale in
his possession were sent to Governor
Rye by the legislature, and will be
come effective just as soon as the
governor affixes his signature.
Employers in all parts of the state
of West Virginia were much concerned
when it became known that Senator
M. V. Godbey (Rep.) had introduced
a measure in the legislature providing
for an eight-hour day in all branches
of industry and business except farm
ing, with the privilege given the em
ployed to work three hours overtime
at time and one-half.
Mexican
The news received in El Paso, Tex
as, is to the effect that actual with
drawal operations are under way at
El Valle, the southern outpost of me
punitive expedition in Mexico.
Predictions are that the entire puni
tive expedition will arrive in Colum
bus, N. M., shortly.
All supplies billed to Americans in
the Casas Grandes-Colonia Dublano
district and sent to Juarez for trans
portation over the Mexico Northwest
ern railroad have been ordered held
at Juarez.
It is stated in Paso that no fur
ther shipments of supplies will be
made to the punitive expedition in
Mexico.
It is apparent at Colonia Dublan,
field headquarters for General Per
shing’s column, that a withdrawal
movement is under way.
The Mexican-American joint com
mission which failed to effect an ad
justment of the questions at issue be
tween Mexico and the United States
after a series of conferences that be
gan four months ago, has been for
mally dissolved.
The Mexicans have little doubt that
full diplomatic relations between the
United States and Mexico will soon
be re-established.
The latest move is that the United
States will withdraw Pershing’s ex
pedition and send an ambassador to
the de facto government in Mexico.
European War
The Russians announce the follow
ing captures during 1916: Officers 8,-
770; men, 420,000; guns, 525; machine
guns, 1,661; trench mortars and mine
throwers, 421. This shows a total
of 428,000 officers and men.
A Berlin dispatch announces that
a British steamer, the Yarrowdale,
was taken into a harbor (name of the
harbor not given) on December 31
as a prize by a prize crew of sixteen
men. The Yarrowdale carried ,469
prisoners, the crew’s of steamers cap
tured by a German auxiliary cruiser
in the Atlantic.
The Germens announce that the tak
ing of the Yarrowdale into a harbor
December 31 has been kept secret for
military reasons purely, and is only
made public because of the statement
made by the British admiralty on Jan
uary 17.
The cargoes of the captured ves
sels December 31 by the Germans
consisted of foodstuffs, including 6,000
tons of wheat, 2,000 tons of flour and
1,900 horses.
The Germans made a rich haul in
the latest capture of vessels In the
Atlantic. The Yarrowdale had on
board 117 motor lorries, one motor car,
6,300 cases or rifle cartridges, 30,000
rolls of barbed wire, and 3,330 tons
of steel bars, besides a quantity of
bacon and sausage.
Great Britain’s reply to President
Wilson’s peace note includes this sen
tence: “So long as Germany remains
the Germany which without a shadow
of justification overran and barbarous
ly ill-treated a country it was pledged
to defend, no state can regard its
rights as secure if they have no bet
ter protection than a solnien treaty.”
The allies say that international
law as it is now interpreted can never
prevent war, and that some form of
international sanction must be devis
ed which does not now’ exist which
would give any pause to aggressors.
The British troops in France have
hit the German line hard at two places
and have succeeded in making slight
gains.
Northeast of Cite Calonen the Cana
dians carried out a brilliant raid on
the German trenches on a front of
seven hundred yards and penetrated
the German position to a depth of five
hundred yards, reaching the second
line.
London admits that a German sea
rover has sunk, captured or destroy
ed eight British merchant vessels and
two French vessels between December
12, 1916, and January 12, this year.
These are the ships that the en
tentes admit have been sunk, captured
or destroyed by the Germans in the
recent past: British —Dramatist, Rad
norshire, Minieh, Netherbyhall, Mount
Temple, King George, Georgic, Vol
taire; French —Nantes and Asmieres.
At any rate the whereabouts of these
vessels is unknown, and it is con
ceded that they are lost.
Aside from Roumania, there has
been quiet in all the war theaters for
many hours.
General Nivelle and Field Marshal
Haig visited London and conferred
with the British war council- anent
the alleged big blow which the al
lies plan to precipitate in the near
future.
Hard fighting continues in the re
gion of Vadeni, southwest of Galatz,
in the Roumanian theater.
The Russians on both sides of Fun
deni suffered heavy casualties in two
attacks against the German line.
The Russians and Teutons are still
locking horns between the Kasino and
Sueliitza valleys, with nothing definite
having developed for several days.
MAKE HEN EXERCISE IF YOU WANT EGGS
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FIRST PRIZE WINNER AT NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW.
(By C. S. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Activity is the life of the laying
hen. As her activity decreases, so
does her egg production. The hen
that stands around all day, and scarce
ly has enough energy to eat food
placed before her, is never a laying
hen.
The amount of forced exercise nec
essary will vary with the breed. The
Leghorn, conceded to be the highest
egg producer, and most active bird,
will take a great deal of exercise
The Brahma is an example of the
other extreme, and must always have
a strong incentive to exercise. The
vigor and productivity of the free
range hen as compared to one yard
confined is largely accounted for by
her active life.
During the winter months exercise
can best be managed by feeding all
VARIETY FOR POULTRY
Method Recommended by Maine
Experiment Station.
Grain Mixture of Wheat, Oats and
Corn Is Scattered in Litter—Chick
ens Should Have Ample Sup
ply of Green Food.
One of the most successful methods
of feeding poultry is the one advo
cated by the Maine experiment station,
which is briefly us follows: A grain
mixture of equal parts by weight of
wheat, oats and corn, and a dry mash
of a mixture made up as follows:
Bran, 200 pounds; eornmCal, 100
pounds ; middlings, 100 pounds ; gluten
meal, 100 pounds, and beef scraps, 100
pounds.
The usual method of feeding the
is to scatter about four quarts
of the grain mixture for each 100 hens
in the litter at night after the chick
ens have gone to roost, or early in the
morning. The litter should be deep
enough to give the hens plenty of ex
ercise. At noon another four quarters
should be scattered in the litter.
Aside from the grain and dry mash
the chickens should have plenty of
green food, which may be furnished
either in the form of mangels, cab
bages, sprouted oats or cut clover hay.
Milk is also a very valuable poultry
food, and if furnished daily the amount
of beef scraps in the dry mash can be
cut down to 50 pounds. It is prefer
able to feed sour milk, as sweet milk
will often sour and cause digestive
troubles.
One of the secrets of successful
feeding Is to have the chickens go to
roost with their crops full and in the
morning have them eager for grain.
If the chickens are not anxious for
the feed, it is an indication that they
are getting it too easily or that they
are getting too liberal amounts.
TREATING WORMS IN FOWLS
Mix in Feed One Teaspoonful of Per
manganate Root Bark for Every
Fifty Head of Birds.
Intestinal worms are prevalent in
almost all farm flocks. To be con
vinced of whether or not your bird
has worms, it is a good plan to give
the flock, or at least a few individ
uals, a .dose of physic. One of the
best methods of treating worms in
fowls is to mix in the feed a teaspoon
ful of powdered permanganate root
bark for every 50 head of birds. In
treating a few birds at a time it is
well to follow this medicine with a
purgative dose of castor oil, such as
two or three teaspoonfuls.
Oil of turpentine is an excellent
remedy for all worms which inhabit
the digestive tract. It may be given
in the dose of one to three teaspoon
fuls, and is best administered by forc
ing it through a small, flexible cathe
ter that has been oiled and passed
through the mouth and esophagus to
the crop.
the whole grain in a litter 10 to 12
inches deep. This will not involve
a waste, for if hens are left a little
hungry they will scratch long after the
last kernel has been found.
Laying hens should never be fed in
such quantities as to satisfy their ap
petite. Whole grain should be fed
very sparingly in the morning, and
heavily at night. This not only keeps
the birds more active through the day,
but a heavy feed of grain at night
keeps their bodies warmer.
Straw, hay, alfalfa chaff, leaves and
cut corn stover, all make good litters.
Shavings and sawdust are not best
because they tend to pack, and also
hold dampness. Regardless of the
kind of litter used, it should be re
newed frequently and never allowed
to become badly contaminated with
droppings.
USING AN INCUBATOR
Users of incubators are given
the following suggestions by
the United States department
of agriculture.
See that the incubator is run
ning steadily at the desired tem
perature before filling with eggs.
Do not add fresh eggs to a tray
containing eggs which are un
dergoing incubation.
Turn the eggs twice daily
after the second and until the
nineteenth day. Cool the eggs
once daily, according to the
weather, from the seventh to the
nineteenth day.
Turn the eggs before caring
for the lamps.
Attend to the machine care
fully at regular hours.
Keep the lamp and wick
clean.
Test the eggs on the seventh
and fourteenth days.
Do not open the machine after
the eighteenth day until the
chickens are hatched.
In setting up and operating an
incubator follow the directions
of the manufacturer.
HENS NEED MUCH ATTENTION
Fowls Must Have Plenty of Right
Kind of Food, Especially During
Cold Weather Season.
The old idea that hens do not need
much attention has almost disap
peared. Farmers now realize, as poul
try fanciers did years ago, that it is
necessary to take good care of the
hens if one expects profits.
There was a time when fowls could
find the food necessary and the farm
er need not worry himself with the
expense of raising feed for the birds.
But there are now very few places
where the fowls may be expected to
find their own food.
It is quite true that hens will find
much of their food on range if given
a chance. But they will, need feed
at certain times and generally at all
times for a supplement to balance the
rations.
During the winter, farm fowls will
need plenty of the right kind of food;
there will be times when little can
be found; then the feed supply must
come from the barn or granary. And
much will depend upon the kind,
amount and frequency of feeding.
KEEP ALL POULTRY HEALTHY
Avoid Condiments and Medicines in
All Kinds of Weather—See That
Fowls Are Comfortable.
If your chickens are healthy and
free from lice keep condiments and
medicines away from them, in cold
weather and all other kinds of weath
er.
Water and good feeds will do them
the most good, granting that they are
comfortably housed.
ALL RUN-DOWN
AND NERVOUS
Says This Lady Who Had to Sup
port Family of Four. Read
Below Her Statement
About Cardui.
Tallapoosa. Ga.—Mrs. Snllie Eidson,
of this place, writes: “I was in very
poor health, all run-down, nervous,
had fainting spells, dizziness and heart
fluttering. I had these symptoms us
ually at my . . . times. I had a
very hard time, working for seven
years in a hotel after my father died.
I had to support our family of four. I
read the Birthday Almanac and
thought I would begin taking Cardui.
I received good benefit from it. I am
sure it will do all that It claims to do.
I took three or four bottles before it
began to show effects. After that I
improved rapidly and gained in health
and strength. I took nine bottles in
all. This is the only time I hove
taken it. I was down to 108 pounds
and I gained to 122. I felt like a new
woman. I couldn’t sleep before and
had to be rubbed, I would get so nerv
ous and numb. And all this was
stopped by Cardui.”
The true value of a medicine can be
determined only by the results ob
tained from its actual use. The thou
sands of letters we have received
every year for many years from
grateful users of Cardui, are powerful
tributes to its worth and effectiveness.
If you suffer from womanly ailments,
try Cardui, the woman’s tonic. —Adv.
Making an Early Start.
“I don’t want my hair curled,” said
Bobbie, aged three, and then added
with a stamp of his foot: “I won't
have my hair curled like a girl.”
“"Why, what objection have you to
girls?” asked his bother, in surprise.
“Ah, they make me tired,” said the
man in miniature, disdaining to be
more explicit.
FOR PIMPLY FACES
Cuticura Is Best—Samples Free by
Mail to Anyone Anywhere.
An easy, speedy way to remove pim
ples and blackheads. Smear the affect
ed surfaces with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, bathing some min
utes. Repeat night and morning. No
better toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Always on the Job.
“Did you ever hear of a cook staying
with the same family as long as 20
years?”
“Oh. yes.”
“I presume she was called a jewel?”
“She was doubtless considered one,
but the family called her ‘mother.’ ”
“CASGARETS” HOT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will make you
feql great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Lost in Thought.
“A man of lofty intellect, you say?”
“Oh, yes. Why, he’s so far above
the plane ordinary people live on that
he has to be reminded eight or ten
times before he will pay a bill.”
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. Vou know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless £orm. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Ir ,r>
builds up the system. 50 cents.
Recently invented stuffed animals
for children have skins that can be re
moved and washed.
THIS IS.THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugljk grizzly, gray hairs by
using “La Creoltr' Hair Dressing.—Adv.
The farmers of North Dakota paid
-■£14,111,640 for farm labor during 1915.