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Farm Production Grows
Eilimttcd Grow Value of Wealth Produced on Farmi in 191 7 Exceeds
Nineteen Billion DoUiti
KollowInK ttio Items of tliu census of 11)10, Hie United Htntcs department of
agriculture litm estimated tlio gross vnluo of tliu wraith produced on fiirms In
1017 to tic 1 10.4 M,000,000. flits I divided Into n totul of Sl.'l.OU.OOO.OOO for nil
crops nnd $5,8X1,000,000 for niilmnl products mill nnliimlH sold off fiirms unit
slaughtered on fiiruiN. Such totulH iih these, even though tlicy represent grim
vnliics, would luivo lieen regarded us fabulous before 1010. v
Tim consu total of wealth production on farms Is $'J,riOO,000,KiO for 1880,
4,700.O0O,f)O0 for 1800, nnd 8,000,000.000 for 10011. nnd the cstlmuto for Wlo is
$10,800,000,000. Thosu nuiiilierH, being dollnrH nnd not ipuuitltlcH of product,
ii ro the, resultant of two factors, production nnd price, nnd lience, us gauges of
the productiveness of thn agricultural industry, limy he nhovo or helow the fuel,
lu the ordliuiry course of events, many yeurs must huve elapsed heforu the
products if fnriuH would reach tho stupendous nggregnto grins vnluo of 1017.
The nvornge Incrensi. per yenr from 1880 to 18IH.I wns S'.-JO.OOO.OOO i from 1MM
to 1000,.$:i8 1,000,000; from WOO to 10ir, $.'170,000,000, noil from 1800 to 1015, 10
years, $370,000,000. At tho average minimi rntu of Increase for tho 1(1 years,
not until 10:i8 would the cross vnluo of 1017 ho reached, computed as mi In
crease over 1015. Mainly due to Increase of prlco since lOlfi, tho ealeuihir has
hevn anticipated liy -1 years.
In the continuous annual record, extending linclc 21 years, 1011 Is the only
year with a dcclluo In total cross vnluo of farm products when compared with
tho prccedlriK year, nnd that year wns ono with low production. A year that
linrdly exceeded tho preceding ono wns MM, when tliu prlco of cotton was
demoralized liy tho war. lly tliu end of 1015 tho prices of most farm products
weru still nearly on the piano of 1014, with crop production 7 per cent above
nnd tho total gross vnluo of farm production was $10,77n,OOO,O0O, u gain ot
nearly a hllllon dollars over either 1013 or 101-1,
Then followed n rnpld ascent of prices of farm products, nnd tho weighted
Index for tho prices of principal crops In Dcccmher, 1010, wns 50 per cent nhovo
1015, so that, although tho crop production wus 14 per cent less, tho totnl gross
vnluo of farm production wns $13,400,000,000, or 25 per cent nhovo 1015, Itself
tho topmost year at that time.
Tho performunco of 1010 In farm wealth production, unprecedented!)' largo
though It wns, wns a puny precursor of 1017. Tho prlco Index numher of tho
principal crops of this year Is 05 per cent nhovo 1010 nnd 111 per cent nhovo
1015, nnd compltcntcd with this enormous factor Is n crop production that Is 12
per cent nhovo 1010. Hcnco It Is thnt tho grand uggrcgate of $13,011,000,000 Is
reached ns tho gross vnluo of tho farm crop production of 1017, nnd of $10,
444,000,000 na tho total of all production.
Caution Is given hy tho department of ugrlculturo ugnlust accepting this
totnl ot $10,444,000,000 ns tho umount of tho farmers' ensh Income, unci also
against regarding It ns a net Income. There nro duplication nnd triplication ot
valuo and also omitted Items ; cost of production must ho considered, nnd cer
tainly for 1010 nnd 1017 a soaring cost has complicated tho problem. It Is n
gross Income In n vague, undcflnublc, Intnnglhlo sense, which cannot bo reduced
to o cot Income, nor net wealth production, by any process.
proved tilting" lor teeth, ami invent, ng
new appliances, Doctor William T. (I.
Morion, a linstnn dentist, rohbed stir
gory of much of Its horrors hy Intro
ducing Hip ukp of ether In operations.
This wni In 1811, a few yeurs nftcr
the first dentnl eollego In Amerlcn wns
founded In llnltlmore. Doctor Mny
nard was nlo tho Inventor of the
hreech-londlng Maynard rlllo patented
In ISM, which was tho forerunner of
the modern rifle, lie died In Washing
ton In 1801,
A Bird in the Hand
(Bptclsl information Service, United Etntei Department of Agriculture.)
KEEP THE PULLETS GROWING.
Ten Commandments Adapted
to the Soldiers and Sailors
in Service of Uncle Sam
The I.nlce Division News, official
pilhllrntlnn of the Lake 'division of tho
lted Cross, which Includes Indiana!
Ohio and Kcntuclsy, contains lint
It culls "Uncle Sam's Ten t'oininaiid'
inputs? In n .recent Issue. The "coin-
,M, I, ill, 1. Lttl.t..ltl...l I.., .... 111. In
I ,.-.. r- llllllil 1 1 . I tlf III, Willi. ,
chanter, follow r
"1. Thou shall not evict for nonpay
ment of rent a soldier' dependents,
under penalty of $10,000 line.
"J. Thou shall not cut off n soldier's
life Insurance because of delayed pro- 1
tuluins.
'.'I. Thou shnlt not forccloso n mort-1
gago on a soldier's property. I
"I. Thou shnlt not tnl:e nwny a sol-1
mors nomo on wiiicu no mis mniiopnrt
payment.
"5. Thou shnlt not sell n soldier's
property ticcauso of Ids failure to pay
the tnxes, national, statu or local.
0. Thou Shalt not scttln n lawsuit
ngnlnst n soldier In his nhsencc.
"7. If n soldier is Biicd, thn courts
shall postpone nctlon until ho can at
tend to It.
'8. If n soldier Iip.vo n mine, timber
or fnrni claim, assessments on which
nro overdue, It shall be held for htm.
"0. Honor thy soldier nnd thy sailor
thnt thy dnys may bo long.
"10. No man hutli greater lovo thnn
thnt ho offer his life for tho world's
sake, nnd It Is commanded thnt law
ycia, lonn sharks and tltho gnthcrers
shall not fntten on him."
Baseball Equipment Aids in
Making Athletes of Soldiers
of tho U. S. Now In Franco
Thrco months ngo'nn enrnest appeal
from a second lieutenant of an engi
neer regiment doing duty at n perma
nent post back ot tho lines In Franco,
for athletic equipment to outfit flvo
teams was mailed to Clark arllllth. Mr.
Griffith responded to tho call.
Up to tho present tlmo tho arllllth
list and Hall fund has given the boys
About 48,000 balls, 12,000 bats, 4,000
catcher's mnsks, .4,000 catcher's mitts,
4,000 chest protectors, 4,000 first bnsc-
HaBkai - 'J
fractional pnrt thereof chnrged for
such trnnsportntlon, to bo pnld by tho
consignor, No such parcel or pack
age shall bo transported until u stamp
or stamps representing tbo tax duo
shall huve been nlllxed thereto." This
Is not an amendment of tho postal
laws but n special war tnx bnscd on
jjostngo rates. Thcro Is no wnr tax
on parcel post packages on which tho
postngo Is less than 20 cents.
Clark Qrlfflth.
man's mitts, 12,000 bnso bags, moro
thnn 00,000 Holder's gloves nnd thou
sands upon thousnnds of baseball
guides, scoro cards, sweaters, boxing
gloves, shoes nnd couutless other ar
ticles. In all, It has furnished n great
er pnrt ot tho bnscbnll goods that
have been sent over there.
Clark (Irllllth's nppenl to President
Wilson nnd tho secretaries of tbo war
department nnd tho navy, ns well as
other men of Intluenco Is largely l-e-sponslbto
for thn Intorest that Is being
taken to keep the soldiers physlcnlly
tit hy athletic sports.
"A soldier Is only half n soldier un
til hn hecoaiSH nthlutlcnlly trained."
This Is the not of thnnks that Gen
eral Pershing sent to Mr. (Irlfflth for
the work i lint he tins done for the
American Htxpedltlonnry forces.
Historic Forests Aro Cut
Down to Supply tho Many
Needs of Warring Nations
War, tvlth Its greedy demands, Is
fnst sweeping nwny tho carefully
tended forests of Europe. Even In
England, which has been protected by
Its licet from Invasion, tho ax of tho
woodman Is making great changes In
tho appearance of tho landscape, He?.
ports say that tho beautiful wood
lands, forests and groves that havo
for centuries formed part of tho
charm of rurnl England aro disappear
ing.
It Is expected thnt by tho middle of
this summer the llrltlsh government
will bo converting trees Into lumber
ut tho rato of 0,000,000 tons per nn
num. Tho old, enrcful methods of Eu
rope by which trees which hud passed
their prlmo were selected nnd Indi
vidually chopped down, leaving the
forest undisturbed, nro being replaced
by n stylo of lumbering more familiar
here, says tho Itnclicster Times-Union.
Cnnadlnn lumberjacks uro swinging
I their axes In tbo New Portst nnd
1 many other historic tracts, cutting n
wldo swath In much tho snmo fashion
ns In tho woods ot llrltlsh Columbia
or northern Ontnrlo.
Over In France, American forestry
regiments nro making n similar bwpcd
I through the woodlands. In Great Iirlt-
aln replanting tins followed tho lum
berniau, but It will tnko a century
' fully to cover the scars. In Franco
, thcro hits been no chanco to pay nt-
tcntlon to anything but getting what
was needed for tliu wnr.
With Europcnu forests thus laid low
wo should bo tho moro enrcful to sco
that our own grent resources nro not
recklessly wasted, and should follow
tho exnmplo ot tho older countries In
making oven privnto owners guard for
ests ngnlnst flro loss.
Provisions of the War Tax
on Parcal Post Packages
The wnr tnx net of October D, 1017,
Impose n stamp tux on parcel post
pnpknSM ns follows: "Upon every
parcel or imekago transported from ono
Itoint In the United Htatiw to another
by parcel (jMt on which tho postngo
Amounts of 35 cents or moro, n
tnx of eno cunt fer eneli '.'5 cents or
New Jersey Dentist First
to Fill Tooth With Gold
Tho first dentist to 1111 tho nervo
cnvlty with gold wns Edward Mnynnrd,
who wus born In Madison, N. .., 105
yenra ago. Mnynnrd wns also tho In'
ventor of many of tho Instiuments
now used In dental surgery. He hail n
varied career. Ills nmhltlon was to be
como ii soldier, nnd ho wus appointed
to tho Wost Point Mllltnry ncndeiny,
but resigned becniiso of 111 hcnllh. In
18.15 ho graduated In dental surgery
nnd sr'Htd In Washington, where ho
practiced for 65 years. Whllo Doctor
Mayitnrd was experimenting with I in-
ii'ii iintiii I,,! .I.
IGH
A Flock of Pullets Such is These Will Become Money Makers Immediately
Upon Reaching Maturity.
RETARDED LAYING
GUARDED AGAINST
One of Most Important Things to
Prevent In Keeping Flock
of Chickens.
tlAtl.l.J..I.ArLi
iiTTTTTT
HAVE A LAUGH
Proves His Point
After witness
lug tho wonderful
performnnco of n
blind plnulst ono
Irishman r o
mnrked to an
other: "Ilo tho pow
ers, Hint's tho best
music -I over
heard with mo
two ours."
lie docs pretty well for n blind
man, doesn't ho?"
Ilo docs, Indeed; hut I wns just
thinking of wan thing."
"What's thntr
"It wouldn't mnko nny difference to
him if ho wasn't blind."
"Why not J"
"Well, I wns wntchln' him all tho
evening, nnd ho novcr looks nt tho
plnno anyhow."
The 8olutlan.
"You enn't be too drastic In your
trentment of u nntlon llko Oermnny,"
snld Admiral Condon Perry nt n Cold
Springs luncheon.
"You've got to consider (lermnny ns
John Nngg considered marrlnge.
"'John,' snld Mrs. Nngg, 'hnvo you
rend this book, "How to bo Hnppy
Though Slurried?"
"'.Vopo, snld Nngg. 'I didn't need
to. I know how, you see, without
rending It.'
'"Well, how then?' snld his wife.
" '(let n divorce, snld he."
Observations.
"Did Iteglnnld cnll to sen you?"
"Yes, Gwendolyn," replied Mr, Cum-
rox. "I supposo you wnnted to seo
whether I d object to him us u son-in-law."
"Not exuctly. I thought you two
had better get ncqunlntcd so thnt Iteg
lnnld would decldo whether ho object
ed to you n n fntheMn-lnw."
The Abientee Owner.
Pol lu (on short
lenvo) Whcro Is
your mistress'
maid?
fiuzctto U
stairs, monsieur,
arranging tn n d
nmo's hair,
I" o 1 1 u And
mndnme Is shu
with her?
Self.Crltlcltm
Doctor Tin mail who told you your
hwirt wns wen was mud. When wns
It7
Itecrult When 1 Inst cume up, sir,
Doctor Who was It?
Hecrult You.
A Qentle Hint.
Ho I mil soon gnlni uwny to Imro
wells.
Shu Woll, that Is n grent Improve-
miiui on uonng people.
EARLY PULLETS BEST LAYERS
Young Fowls Whose Growth Has Been
Continuous From Hatching to Ma
turity Are Almost Invariably
Largest Producers.
The dlffercnco between early-laying
pullets and lnto-lnylng pullets tnuy bo
tho dlffercnco between prolU mid loss
In poultry keeping. Ilctnrded laying,
therefore, Is ono of thu things to bo
guarded ngnlnst by nil poultry keep
ers, whether on n large or a small
scale.
Normally, laying begins when growth
censes. Individuals ot the smnll, pre
cocious breeds muy begin laying bo
foro thoy censo growing. Thnt, though
likely to be of somo permanent dis
advantage, need not give tho grower
serious concern. Individuals, ot what
ever breed, may fall to begin laying
nt maturity, nnd thnt Is n mutter of
serious concern to every poultry
keeper. Tho pullet thnt foils to be-
coino an egg producer nt maturity, In
stead of being an asset, becomes n
dead expense, absorbing u. largo part
of tho profit thnt she may make In
Inter life.
Early Laying Pullet 1
Almost without exception tho pullot
whose growth from hatching to ma
turity has been regulnr, nut subject to
checks nnd Interruptions, is an early
Inycr. A check to growth at nny stage,
according to poultry experts of tho
United Slates department of agricul
ture, Is likely to retard laying. In
support of tills statement, tho fact la
pointed out thnt It Is not unusual to
find Mny-lmtched pullets laying earlier
than their sisters that wero hatched
In April and were retarded In tho
early stngo of their growth by unfa
vornhlo weather. Itctnrdatlon by weath
er coudtlnns, however, Is only ono ot
many things that mny check tho nor
mal growth of n pullet mid defer tho
beginning of her usefulness ns a pro
ductive fowl.
Egg production depends upon nctlv
Ity of the reproductive orgnns, which
should begin nt or beforo the cessation
of physical growth. Apparently, Influ
ences unfavorable to thu development
of tho body aro still moro unfavorable
to thu development of thu reproductive
organs, and It Is not uncommon to llnd
pullets of apparently perfect outward
body development In which egg pro
duction Is def' ired for several months.
Disturbances Retard Laying.
Any dlsturhnnco affecting tho habits,
nutrition or comfort of u pullot, nt nny
previous stugu of llfo muy retard lay
ing at maturity and thereore, Is to bo
iisstdunuHly guarded ngnlnst. Shifting
from -plnco tn plncu or chaiigoN In diet
may constitute n sulllclcnt dlsttirhnnen
to retard laying. In fact, those aro
common method In use among1 poul
try fanciers to retard thu laying ot
pullets that they desire to keep In con
dition for inhibition as pulliits. It
follows, therefore, that tho disturb
uneo$ encouraged by fancier for i
hlliltlon pullets aro among thu things
Hint mutt he. avoided by iwultry keep
ers whose object Is to develop pullets
Into cnrly egg-producing hens.
Thu fact to be hornu constantly In
mind Is Hint thu main factor In egg
production Is activity okllio reproduc
tive organs, and that tho development
of these organs Is continuous from tho
earliest stages of tho growth of tho
bird instead of beginning, as wns onco
supposed, at or near mnturlty. Pul
lets nbout to begin laying nro moro
sensitive to disturbances than nt
curlier' stages of their growth, and
therefore require greater enro In
handling, but disturbances retarding
growth even of smnll chicks nro likely
to retard tho beginning ot egg produc
tion. Keep Growth Regular.
Every poultry keeper, tlicteforc, who
Is growing pullets for egg production,
will need to cxcrclso caro from tho
tlmo tho chicks nro hatched until they
become mature hens to mnko sure thnt
their growth Is regulnr, not subjsct nt
nny tlmo to checks nnd disturbances.
All other fnctors In egg production aro
secondary to activity of tho reproduce
ttvo organs, which depends largely
upon regularity of development. With
out this not an egg Is produced, though
every other factor may bo sulllclcnt,
nnd 'with It eggs nmy be produced
though every other fnctor Is Inade
quate, Secondary factors nro nourish
ment, regularity, comfort, constitution,
exercise, cleanliness, varying grently
In vulue, but ranking nbout lu tho
order named.
5 KEEP PULLETS GROWING
J For every day that your pul-
lets fall to lay after they cease
J growing you nro pocketing a
loss.
Laying Is retarded by nny
check to growth at any period
from hatching to mnturlty.
Laying Is retarded by seeming
ly trivial disturbance, llko mov
ing from plnco to plnco nnd radi
cal changes lu rations.
Ill order to bo sure ot early
eggs eggs laid nt n tlmo when
prices nro high nnd eggs senrco
sco to It that thu growth of
your pullets Is not retarded, nnd
that they nro never uunoyed or
Mustered unnecessarily.
PRICE OF SQUABS NOT
CHANGED BY BIG WAR
Thero Is one kind ot meat and, bo
far us anybody has been ublu to ascer
tain, only one that has not Increased
grently In price. Thnt one, beforo tho
wnr, wns considered n luxury within
tho reach only of persons with excep
tionally fat purses, but it lias main
tained practically Its pro-wnr price,
nnd Is now little, If nny. moro expen
sive than other choice meats.
That meat Is squab young pigeon.
At last Kiiunhs appear about to como
Into their own us an Important sourcu
of meat supply.
This transformation Is due, lu Inrgo
measure, to tho energy ami patriotic
action of tliu American Kqunh 11 reed
ers' association. Thu liilluencu of that
association extend to about 10,000
vquab breedors, and lu estimated to
affect, In ono way or another, not less
than 50.000 prions who raise pigeons
for meat.
Qet Chicks Started Nicely.
In order to get the clilahB started
nicety mid Induce it rnplil growth, ani
mal fowl mint Iks ipillMl either
milk or nny ot thu iniui product