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MOST ECONOMICAL OF FEEDS
Better Use of Cheap Roughage or
Farm By-Product* Should Be
Practice of Stockmen.
(From the United States Department ot
-Agriculture.)
Stockmen should make better use of
cheap roughage or form by-products,
such as cornstalks or straw in winter
ing beef cows, is the opinion of spe
cialists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture after making a
survey of nearly 500 stock farms in
the corn belt. The records which they
obtnined show that there is no fixed
rule that should gove.rn the quality or
the kind of feeds used except that the
ration should be adequate and eco
nomical.
Whether the coarse feeds of the ra
tion shall be composed mostly of hay,
fodder, silage, or grain, will depend or
dinarily on local and seasonal condi
tions.
In years when there is a serious
shortage of corn, farmers will find it
necessary greatly to reduce the quan
tity of the corn that ordinarily Is fed
n« grain or fodder or silage. That this
can he done under many circumstances
Is evident from a study of the rec
. oids. They show that a ration which
does not contain corn fodder either as
grain or In fodder or silage can he fed
without any detriment whatever to the
cows or thpir offspring. There were
149 of the farms studied feeding such
rations, the majority of them in Kan
sas and Nebraska, and they produced
as good calves as the farms feeding
corn. The winter feed bill on these
farms was $13.10 per cow, as against
an average of $1G.G0 for those using
grain, fodder, or silage, showing a sav
ing of $3.50 per head due to elimina
tion of corn.
The use of such a grainless ration,
which on these farms consisted solely
of liny and cheap roughage. Is, of
course, not always possible or practi
cable. If this type of ration Is to be
economical, there must be an abund
ance of cheap hay to combine with the
rough feeds; or, if the bulk of the ra
tion consists of cheap roughage, which,
unless there is some winter pasture. Is
largely composed of carbohydrates,
there should be a sufficient amount of
leguminous hay, such as alfalfa or
clover, to supply the protein needs of
the animal. In localities where there
Is a shortage of hay but where large
quantities of cheap roughage, such as
corn stover, straw, or damaged hay.
Is available, this cheap roughage often
can be made to serve as the greater
part of the ration by supplementing it
with a small amount of some concen
trate high in protein, such as cotton
seed meal. The farmers in that por
tion of the corn belt lying west of
the Missouri river, where alfalfa is
grown abundantly, nearly always can
flan an adequate ration without corn,
i The fact that the 149 farms using
the cheaper ration were not feeding
Good Pasture Is an Economical Home
Grown Feed.
0
torn Poes not Imply that it should never
bensi 1, for there are farms where it is
cece"ary to feed a moderate amount
of grain. This is particularly true of
cattlemen who are conducting a pure
bred business and who advertise their
stock by exhibiting at the various live
■took shows. The ftsults of this study
simply Indicate that cure should be
taken that no unnecessary quantities
of corn are fed.
There are 154 farms (not quite one
third of those studied) on which corn
was fed to the breeding herd for at
least part of the winter. The average
winter feed bill for these farms was
$17.10 per head, as against $14.80 for
the cows receiving no grain. There
were 58 of these farms where less
than 10 per cent of the ration was
Composed of grain and where the cows
received an average of 2 bushel,? of
corn and 15 pounds of cottonseed
meal per head during the winter. As
42 per cent of this winter ration con
sisted of cheap roughage and as the
amount of feed used was not excessive,
(he cows were carried through the
winter at an average cost of
$14.(50, or 9 cents a day. In the herds
where grain constituted more than
10 per cent of the ration, the cows re
ceived an average of from 6 to 18
bushels of corn, much of which was
unnecessary. The average cost of feed
for wintering these cows ranged from
$17.50 to more than $20 a head.
Probably one of the largest wastes
of corn occurs in the feeding of un
, husked corn fodder, which is exten
sively fed in sections where corn is the
Incultnrr or, -n •>»»/! uhaPa hut la
TAKEN PRISONER;
HIS LIFEJS SAVED
American Bombing Rase.—Dr. Albert
M. Stevens of N'ew York, medical offi
cer at this base, owes Ids life to the
fact that he was taken prisoner by the
Germans, while Dr. Harry J. Dooley of
Chicago, successor to Doctor Stevens,
assistant surgeon, owes his liberty to
the fact that Doctor Stevens is a pris
oner.
It is one of those weird romances
of the sea and war.
Word was flashed to the bombing
base one afternoon that a seaplane
was down on the surface of the water
about thirty miles off the coast. A
fast motor boar, ready for such emer
gencies, was sent out. A surgeon al
ways accompanies such expeditious.
Doctor Dooley in ordinary circumstan
ces would have gone. Rut Doctor Stev
ens was just retiring from the post,
and he thought the trip might do him
good.
“I think I'll go,” he said to Doctor
Dooley. "It will be my last trip and
the journey will be something of a re
lief."
He jumped into the boat and was
off. There were six others aboard.
They reached the stranded seaplane in
a little under two hours. The flyer’s
men had got her into condition again
and were Just ready to start off. They
left the motor bout and landed back at
the base in good time.
Shelled by Germans.
It was dark. The surgeon, seeing
what he thought were lights of a town
near the base, headed the motor boat
in what he supposed the correct direc
tion. They surged through the light
seas for an hour or more. They ap
proached close to the supposed home
lights, when suddenly the scream of
a shell was heard coming straight at
them. It exploded directly In the back
of the boat. A second shell dropped
about two hundred yards in front.
“The Germans are shelling us," call
ed one of the men.
“Where are we?” asked the skipper.
They were under German guns. The
lights they thought their base lights
had been far off. They had been steer
ing straight toward German-held
ground.
“Jump into the water!” commanded
the surgeon.
The men went overboard. Half a
minute later a shell struck in the cen
ter of the boat. It blew a great hole
in her and sank her.
A strong current was running up
the shore. Doctor Stevens and one oth
er man, being strong swimmers, head
ed for the nearest point of land. They
reached the beach. They were drag
ging themselves through the surf and
had just reached the shallow water
when a squad of German soldiers
marched down the sands with drawn
bayonets and commanded:
“Surrender! You are on German
territory!”
Doctor Stevens and his companion
surrendered.
Meanwhile the other five men were
trying to make land. Two of them
headed down with the current, look
ing for any chance to make land.
One of this trio was drowned. The
; other two got to land and were cnp
] tured by the Germans. The two men
who were left swimming in the current
were in a weakened condition when two
British officers ashore made them out.
The Britons Jumped into the surf,
swam out nnd dragged the men ashore.
They ran to a telephone and called
i the bombing base.
“We have two of your men suffer
ing from exposure and exhaustion.
Their boat was sunk by Germans and
'.wo of the men taken prisoner,” said
the voice.
Germans Raid Base.
Maurice M. Moore of Washington, D.
1 C., jumped into the camp jitney and
; started for the place where the res
! cued men were. He had to drive over
exposed roads, but he made the up
! journey safely, his car loaded with
blankets. He took the men aboard,
and started home. Suddenly shells
began exploding in front of him and
back of him. But through the canopy
of bursting shells the little jitney made
speed safely for more than five miles,
getting in without even a scratch.
Meanwhile the German bombing
YANKEE NURSES
SHOW METTLE
London.—America has poured a ,
veritable army of her womanhood into I
war-torn Europe. To date over 12.000
American nurses have been sent over. ;
Within the year there will be right
here on the ground more than 24,000
of these American “girls behind the ;
men behind the guns.”
This is the estimate of Miss Carrie ,
M. Hall of Boston, head of all Ameri
can Bed Cross nurses in Great Britain.
Of the 12,000 now here, between
GOO and 700 are working in Great Brit
ain in the dozen or more American
hospitals that have sprung into being
within the past six months. The re
mainder are staffing hospitals behind
the lines in France.
With the arrival of American sol
diers at Vladivostok came a contin
gent of nurses from the American Bed
Cross unit at Toklo, Japan. As hos
tilities and American casualties begin
there more United States army regu
lar nurses probably will be sent to
Russia.
All Highly Trained.
All women sent over so far are high
ly trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo
gists, dietitians and college trained
hygiene experts. The war department
in Washington has ruled that only
these trained women may be sent over
for the time being, at least.
For this reason General 1’ershing’s
recent call for 5.000 girl workers with
the American army In France will be
tilled by British instead of American
girls. England’s women’s army, the
“Waacs” (Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps) is now conducting a nation
wide recruiting campaign here for
AMERICAN ARMY STEAM LAUNDRY
An American steam laundry going close to the lines lo clean and sterilize
the underwear and uniforms of our soldiers. The big drums behind the engine
filled with boiling water are needed to give the Yunks a decent appearance
again after their buttles.
YANKS ENJOY CHOW
With the American Army In France.
_"Chow time" means one of the most
picturesque sights along the front, es
pecially with the Americans. It seems
to mean more to the Americans than
to any other army, perhaps because
American "grub" Is better.
Happen along through a ruined vil
lage or a woods In an American sector
fifteen minutes before “chow time” and
you would think the place deserted.
Probably there wouldn't be more than
one or two stray doughboys In sight.
Come along fifteen minutes later and
you wonder “where In thunder they all
came from.’’
They'll be lined up, and In front of
each line there’ll be a field kitchen
steaming away, with a perspiring army
cook dishing out grub that makes you
wuiV. I*' “grab some tools and get In
line” too.
There’s lots of animation at “chow
time" among the Americans. A crowd
the only time French soldiers nre
quiet. They munch their bread and
meat and vegetables and drink their
wine In silence.
Not so with the Americans. It’s a
big time. First of all, there’s specula
tion on “what’s the chow for today."
Then, as they sit around on the
ground, on ruins, or under trees, and
that satisfied feeling of having eaten
a good meal grows upon them, there’s
lots of life and joking among the
doughboys.
“Doughboy chow" Is good. Usually
there Is soup. Then there are meat
and vegetables, usually two kinds.
There are always big slices of white
bread and coffee. Nine times out of
ten there's dessert, probably pudding
or fruit.
Each man has a pan with a handle
that folds Into It, and a cup. Some
way they get some of everything in a
four-course meal into these two Instru
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| MR. KAISER OF BERLIN %
t FIRST TO REGISTER ?
j — ?
i 4, Rerlin, Conn.—That this town 4,
+ is doing its best to live down its jv
4, name was indicated when M 4
+ men of the town stepped up to ^
X register. And first among them, 4
* ’strange to say, was J. H. Kaiser. |
4> The town was one of the first in 4
ttie state to erect a huge honor 4
4* roll, which is evidence to visi- 4
1 4 tors and passing autolsts that 4
4* there is no local lnck of patrl- 4
4, otism. 4
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planes started to raid the base. The
sound of exploding bombs dropping
around the air base was heard by Mr.
Moore even before the automobile was
near home.
“Where is Stevens?” asked the ex
ecutive officer, ns the car drew up.
“Taken prisoner by the Germans,
was the reply.
“Well, I guess he is lucky at that
His pet place, in which he nlways
stands when the raiders come, was
blown to pieces half an hour ngo."
"We have been wondering who is
the luckier of the two—Stevens or
Dooley,” said the executive officer;
“Dooley for not being captured or
Stevens for not being killed.”
these British girl volunteers for duty
ns clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies,
telephonists, etc., with the American
army.
Practically every troop convoy
from the United States brings scores
more of these women experts. From
peace loving American homes that
have not yet felt the grim hand of
war these bine-dad Yankee girls, like
their big brothers, are plunging into
this maelstrom of war with a deter
mination and efficiency that has won
for them already the unstinted praise
of all the allies.
They know they’ve got a man-sized
Job before them, stripped of all the
so-called glamour of war, nnd they’re
tackling it in a mnn's way. Up In the
field nnd base hospitals under shell
fire nnd valiantly braving nlr raid ter
rors. they're “carrying on” untiringly,
night and day, working unceasingly to
save the lives of our hors.
Miss Hall, who was one of the first
American nurses to arrive In France
immediately after the United States
decided to Jump into this Job of wind
ing up the watch on the ltliine, was
witness of the sterling quality of
American womanhood in this war un
der fire.
Morale Is Perfect.
“I was one of the first to come over
with the Harvard Base hospital unit
No sooner were we landed than we
were attached to the British and hur
ried up near the first line to staff a
little tented hospital city near Cam
iers. There were two other American
field hospitals near us.
"It was n bright moonlight night.
Our tents were shown up like a silver
city. At midnight the alarm sounded.
We leaped from our beds. There was
no panic. The hum of the Boehe ma
chines was plainly audible. Suddenly
five deafening explosions told us they
hnd gotten our camp. It only lasted
about five minutes, but in that short
lime their five bombs dropped In a
straight line had nearly demolished
our camp.
"Tents containing American wound
ed were ripped to shreds, temporary
hospital buildings mowed down like
a pack of cards. Six soldier patients
were killed ami a score or more In
jured. The morale of the nurses and
doctors was wonderful. Forgetting
self, they plunged Into the work of
rescue.
“One girl, Eva Parmalee of Boston
was on duty in one of the tents most
badly hit. One bomb fell so near her
clothing was ripped and torn by bits
of flying debris anil pieces of snnd
lodged in the flesh of her face. Un
daunted. she carried on through It all,
rushing here and there aiding wound
ed and assisting In tlxe work of rescue.
Xot until it was all over did she no
tice the state of her clothes or the hits
of sand In her face.”
CUPID GETS HELLO GIRLS
Lcndcn Telephone Company Has Dlf.
flculty in Keeping Corps of
Operators.
London.—Ban Cupid Is playing hav
oc with the London telephone system.
So many “hello girls” have been mar
ried lately that tile staffs of tile va
rious exchanges are very short-handed.
Wages up to $7 a week and the lure
of the telephone brings In raw re
cruits, hut as soon as they are suffi
ciently trained some cooing voice over
the phone interferes and there's a new
untrained girl on the Job next day,
telephone officials complain.
Negro Women as Nurses.
Kansas City, Mo.—The first free
| school in the United States to train
i negro women for nurses for negro sol
I dlers with the American expedition
ary forces In France has been estab
lished here. Br. William .1. Tho np
klns has charge of the work under the
supervision of the city hospital and the
health board. The course of training
DRUGGISTS!! PLEASE NOTE
VICK’S VAPORUB OVERSOLD
DUE TO PRESENT EPIDEMIC
—
Tremendous Demand Last Few Days Has Wiped Out
Excess Stocks That We Had Estimated Would Last
Until Next January. Last Week’s Orders Called For
One and Three Quarter Million Jars—Today’s Orders
Alone Amount to 932,459 Jars.
_
Big Shipments Are En Route to
Jobbers. Until These Arrive
There May Be a Temporary
Shortage. All Deals Postponed
—Buy in Small Lots Only.
RETAILERS CAN GET IMME
DIATE SHIPMENTS DI
RECT BY PARCEL
POST.
This advertisement Is written on
Monday, October 21st. It is directed to
the attention of all distributors of
Vick’s VnpoUub, both wholesale and
retail. In an emergency such as the
present epiden.le—our duty—and your
duty—Is to distribute VapoRub in the
quickest possible manner to those sec
tions stricken by Influenza. We there
fore, call your careful attention to the
following:
DANGER OF SHORTAGE IF SUP
PLY IS NOT CONSERVED
On October 1st we Imd on hand, at
our Factory and In twenty wareh' use
seat tered over the country, sufficient
VapoRub to last ns. we thought, until
January 1st, allow ing for a SO per cent
Increase over Inst year's sales, and not
counting our daily output. This big
excess stock had been accumulated
during the summer months.
Then this epidemic of Spanish In
fluenza hit us- -and In the last ten days
this stock has vanished. At first we
thought this tremendous demand
would last only a few days, hut the
orders have run :
Wed., Oet. Id.18.501 doz.
Thur., Oct. 17.25.323 doz.
Krt., Oct.. 18.30.250 doz.
Sat.. Oct. 19.45.833 doz.
Mon., Oct. 21.77.705 dor.
Fp to Saturday, October 19th. we
have actually shipped for this month
$400,284.10. or over two million Jars
of VapoRub.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS TO DIS
TRIBUTE VAPORUB QUICKLY.
Most of this tremendous quantity Is
still en route to the Jobbers, but
freight and express are both con
gested nowadays, and It inny he some
time before this supply reaches the
Jobbers. In the meantime, therefore,
It Is necessary thnt we distribute, as
widely as possible, the stock that we
are manufacturing dally, together with
that now on the Jobbers' and retailers'
shelves. In order that It may get to
the Influenza districts quickly. Our
normal output Is about 4.000 dozen
per day. We are putting on a night
shift, but It will he a little while be
fore that Is producing.
WHAT WE ASK THE WHOLESALE
DRUGGIST TO DO.
Fast Saturday we notified all of our
Jobbers, by Special Delivery, ns fol
lows :
1st—Deals and quantity shipments
of all kinds are cancelled. Fill no
quantity orders of any kind, whether
taken by our salesman or by your own.
Sell in small lots only.
2nd—Order from us in ns small
quantities ns possible. If you are <01!
we will try to ship a limited amount
by Parcel Post or express, nnd pay tIre
charges ourselves.
3rd—In order to make distribution
still quicker, we will ship direct to
your retail customers quantities not
more than three (3) dozen 30c size at
any one shipment.
4th—We are now out of the 00c slz#
nnd will be for the next ten days.
WHAT WE ASK THE RETAIL
DRUGGIST TO DO.
Huy In as small quantities ns possi
ble. If you have nny quantity orders,
given the Jobber’s salesmen or given
to our salesmen, don't bother nbnnt
them—no neeil to write us—It is nbso.
lutely Impossible to till these orders
at tills time. If the Jobbers In vonr
territory are out of Vick’s VapoRub,
we will sfdp you by Parcel Post, pre
pnld. quantities not more thnn three
13) dozen 30c size in any one order.
Naturally, we can't open accounts fit
this time, so your check or money or
der for this amount must accompany
order. Don't write us stating to “hip
thru vonr Jobber, as we then have to
wait until we write this Jobber nu t get
his O. K. If you wish the cools to
come thru your Jobber, have him order
them for you.
SNOWED UNDER WITH CORRE
SPONDENCE.
Our force has already been “shot to
fdeees”—twenty-four of our men are
wearing Facie Sam’s khaki—and this
recent rush has simply buried us. All
air sales force lias been called In to
help In the office and factory. We last
mention this so you won't hold It
against us If yotrr wires and letters
aren't answered promptly.
SPECIAL BOOKLETS ON SPANISH
INFLUENZA.
We will send, on request, to any re
tail druggist, 100 or more little l*«ok*
lets. Just Issued, on Spanish Influenza,
giving the latest Information about
this disease—Its history—the symp
toms- the treatment, and particularly
the use of Vick's VapoRub as an ex
ternal application to supplement the
physician’s treatment.
NEW WAYS TO USE VAPORUB.
In addition to tie* usual method of
using VapoRuh—that Is, applied over
the throat nnd chest nnd covered with
hot flannel cloths—our customers nr#
writing 11s dully telling of their sno
res# In using VapoRub In other ways,
particularly as a preventive. They
inelt a little In a spoon nnd inhale the
vapors arising, or melt It In a benzoin
steam kettle. Where the steam kettle
Is not available. VapoRub ran he used
In an ordinary teakettle. Kill the tea
kettle half full of boiling water, put In
half n teaspoon of VapoRub from time
to time—keep the kettle Just "lowly
boiling and Inhale the steam arising.
According to a Bulletin Just Issued
b v the Public Health Service. l>r.
Stiles recommends that the nose and
throat be kept coated with some oily
substance. Kor this purpose VapoRub
is excellent'— Just put a little up the
nostrils from time to time nnd snuff
well back Into the air passages.
THE VICK CHEMICAL COMPANY. GREENSBORO. N. C.
The New Suit.
The country boy hud come to visit
his city friends, and before leaving
home h> mother had spent much time
oil Ills wardrobe, but he soon saw that
things were not quite rigid.
At u smiill party given in his honor
he remained firmly fixed in n corner.
At last his hostess, thinking to make
him feel more ut ease, said: "How nice
you look, William; who made your
suit?” From the depths came the re
ply: “Mother, blame it!”
WHY WOMEN DREAD
OLD AGE
Don’t worry about old age. Don't worry
about being in other people’s way wlien
you are getting on in years. Keep your
body in good condition and you can lie as
hale and hearty in your old daya as you
were when a kid, and every one will he
glad to see you.
The kidneys and bladder are the causes
of senile afllictions. Keep thim clean and
in proper working condition. Drive the
poisonous wastes from the system and
avoid uric acid accumulations. Take GOLD
MKDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules periodical
ly and you will find that the system will
always be in perfect working order. Your
spirits will lie enlivened, your muscles
made strong and your face have
more the look of youth and health.
New life, fresh strength and health will
come as you continue this treatment. When
your first vigor has been restored continue
for awhile taking a capsule or two each
nay. I hey will keep you in condition mid
prevent a return of your troubles.
I here is only one guaranteed brand of
Haarlem Oil Capsules, GOLD MKDAL.
| 1 here are many fakes on the market Be
sure you get the Original 001,1) MKDAL
; Imported Haarlem Oil Capsules. They are
the only reliable. For sale by all first-class
dru(Wsts.—Adv.
At Least He Had None Left
Charles went visiting with his father
end on their return his futher was
asked ns to the boy’s behavior. “Dean
tlful," hub the answer. “He couldn’t
have been better.” Whereupon the
young hopeful said: “1 used all the
manners I had." And the fnmlly
^^g^^£2in_hls_hehaylor the next duy
Too Much for the Skunk.
Mr. Cnckle P.errj vouches for the fol
lowing story :
A Frenchman, un Kngllshinnn, un
Irlshiniiii unit u German prisoner were
In an argument as to which was tIn*
bravest.
A Yank overheard the controversy
and decided to settle It. Pointing to
a near-by poultry house, he told them
that there was a skunk Inside and
asked the Irishman to step Inside and
see how long be could stand It.
Put did as he was told. In live min
utes he came out. The Kngllslmmn fol
lowed. tmt he stood It only four min
utes, The Frenchman next tried It.
but five minutes was enough for him.
It was the German’s turn. He went
In and the others waited. The minutes
passed •— one—two—three—four -five
-—six—seven, but no German. Bight
minutes—ten—the skunk came out.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
bjr LOCAL APPLICATIONS, ns they
1 linnet reu'-h the sent of the dlssass.
Catarrh Is a local disease, grentlv Influ
enced tty constitutional conditions. HALF'S
CATARRH MEDICINE will cute catarrh
It Is taken Internally and nets through
the Rlood on the Mttrous Surfaces of the
System, ft ALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
Is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
blond purifiers. The perfect combination
of the loeredlent* In HALT.’H CATVRHH
MEDICINE ts what produces such won
derful results In catnrrhnl conditions.
Druggist* 7fic. Testimonial* free
F. J. Cheney A Co., Prop’s., Toledo. CA
Something Wrong Somewhere.
Mr. Clout read In a paper that di
gestion Is stimulated by talk and
laughter at meal times; he cogitated
over the Idea, and Unully uddresseed
his family thus;
“Now, this keeping mum at meals
hus got to stop. You hear me, you
girls. You begin to teN stories, aud
keep up agreeable sort of tulk like;
and you hoys, laugh and be Jolly or
| I'll take and dust your Jackets with
Ihe strap till you can’t stand. Now be
gin I"
And yet, somehow the Jollity seemed__