Mexico Missouri message., July 04, 1918, Image 7

About Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918

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'MEXICO MISSOURI MESSAGE, MEXICO, MISSOURI.
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CONCEALED AMERICAN BATTERY IN PICARDY
SALT WOODED SHIPS
Method Used to Lengthen Life of
Vessels.
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SUITABLE SHELTER FOR HENS
Howe of Appropriate . Size, With
Nests, Root and Feeding Appli
ance It Needed.
Prepared y the United States Depart,
ment of Agriculture.)
Every flock of hens needs a suitable
shelter a coop or house of appropri
ate size, furnished with roosts, nests
and appliances for feeding and wuter
lng. A flock that Is to be used for
breeding should also have a yard where
the birds can exercise on the ground
and in the open air. Hens kept only
for eggs for the table may be confined
to their house continuously for as long
a time as ordinary hens are profitable
layers. It Is better to give them an
outdoor run, but when space is limited
It can be dispensed with.
Small flocks need a little more floor
Apace per bird than large flocks, and
birds confined constantly to the bouse
.should have a little more floor space
per bird than others. A coop for six
hens should allow five or six square
' feet of floor space for each; a house
for twenty to thirty hens, three or four
square feet to'each. Yards are usu
ally planned to give not less than 20
square feet of land per hen.
Small. coops which can' be cleaned
-without entering them may be built
nly three or four feet high. This
-height is most comfortable for the
hens. Coops for flocks of more than
six or eight birds must be of such
, height that a grown person can move
about in them. In a low coop the same
opening will answer for door and win
dow. In high coops with larger wall
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.A Boy's Backyard Poultry House, Built
by Himself.
surfaces a full-sized door and one or
more windows are needed.
' Roosts are commonly made of small
scantling or narrow strips of board,
about eight or ten inches length of
roost being allowed to each fowl. In
small, low coops the roosts should be
placed about twelve to fifteen inches
from the floor. In larger coops wide
hoards, to catch the droppings of the
birds, are generally used under the
roosts, the droppings board being from
twenty to thirty Inches from the floor
and the roost a few Inches above the
droppings board.
The simplest form of nest Is a box
a little over a foot square and not less
than five or six Inches deep. When
ispaee Is limited the nests should be at
tached to the wall, the bottom of the
nest being a foot or more from the
floor. For flocks of frVe or six hens
two nests are needed ; for larger flocks
one nest for each four or five hens.
The feeding utensils required are:
Hoppers for dry mash, trough for ta
ble scraps or moist mash, small hop
pers for shell and grit, and drinking
pans or fountains. For Hocks contain
ing not more than 30 birds one of each
kind of utensil, If of appropriate size,
Is enough. .
FAVOR SPREAD OF DISEASES
Uamp, Poor Ventilated Quarter En
courage Such Ailmen'i as
Roup.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Cold, damp, poorly lighted and ven
tilated poultry quarters favor the
spread of sucli diseases as roup. Such
contagious diseases as these are diffl
cult and sometimes Impossible to con
trol unless given attention in the early
stages. Whenever preventative meas
ures fall, separate sick birds from the
flock as soon as there Is evidence of
disease, and then consult expert advice
. to effect a cure.
MANY ERRORS OF BEGINNERS
difficult Problems Will Be Presented
Before Success In Any Large
. Degree Is, Attained.
Prepared by the United States Depart-
mem or Agriculture.)
Beginners in the poultry business
"will probably make many mistakes and
difficult problems will be presented for
solution before success la any large
measure will be attained. As soon as
it is found to be a paying investment,
more capital may be put into the plant
Turkey Raising on Farm.
Turkey raising, as ordinarily en
gaged in, is a side line upon the gen
era! farm. For those persons wBo are
.favorably situated for raising tur
keys, a more profitable aide line can
.hardly be found. Plenty of range la
essential to success. . .
Bronze Most Popular. '
The most widely known turkey ts
the Bronze, after which come the
White Holland, the Bourbon Red, the
Black, the Nurragunsett and the
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The American batteries have been an important factor In stopping the
great drive of the Huns on the Plcardy front. The picture shows a concealed
American battery and members of the gun crew gathering empty shells from
the powerful 75's.-
TREAT WOUNDED
Red . Cross Workers Refuse
Retreat While There Is
Work To Do.
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AMERICANS IN HERO ROLE
Incident of Early Spring Offensive of
Huns on the Somme That Should
Make Americana Proud of
Their Men.
Washington. The story of the part
America and Americans played iu aid
ing the British and the French during
the eurly spring offensive of the Ger
mans on the Somme can never be ade
quately told. The whole picture is too
.big to paint on one canvas. It is only
by describing the work of Individuals
and particular groups of workers that
some idea of the American effort and
its effectiveness In this historic battle
can be brought home to the people
back home and then only in a small
way.
While it is perhaps only a very
small Incident in the history of that
great affair, the story of how a small
band of American lied Cross workers
"carried on" at one of the evacuation
hospitals back of the British front
should make Americans proud. When
all but a few of the hospital staff had
left with the two hundred or more
patients and the Germans were ad
vancing only a few miles away, four
American army surgeons, assigned to
the American Red Cross for work at
this particular hospital, declared their
Intention of "sticking till h froze
over." And six Red Cross ambulance
and .truck drivers, as well as several
American Red Cross nurses and aides
"stuck" with them.
The Americans made their decision
1 not because of sheer bravado, but be
cause the hospital -had the opportu
nity of serving a few wounded sol
diers from day to day and could save
their lives. And at this writing these
Americans are still there, giving much
Deeded medical attention to French
and British soldiers who are brought
back to this hospital because It is
! the nearest one back of that point of
the line.
Stay on the Job.
The big guns of the British and
French have been planted in the rear
of It and then moved farther back.
The Boche airmen come over at night
The little group of Americans have
seen the troops, guns and transports
go by in streams to points in the rear,
but as long as the wounded are
brought there, these. Americana will
stay.
1 A few hours after American Red
' Cross headquarters In Paris learned
' of the big German offensive, It dis
patched eight trucks and motor cars
to this hospital to aid, In the evacua
tion of the patients. Night and day
the Red Cross drivers worked bring
ing the wounded from the hospital to
Paris.
i When this bad been accomplished
RAISE GARDEN STUFF
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Red Cross . Establishes Truck
Farms In France. ,
Supplies Recreation and Employment
to Convalescents and Increases
, Food Supply.
Parts. With a view to supplying
recreation and employment to conval
escents, ' and Incidentally Increasing
the food supply, the American Red
Cross has established ten truck farms
la connection with base hospitals in
France where, under trained supervision,-
the convalescents are raising
vegetables for consumption in the hos
pitals. The number of farms will be
Increased during the year, thn Ameri
can Red Cross supplying seed Imple
ments and trained supervision, well
as money for operating expenses.
At one place, where there are three
base hospitals together, a farm of 100
acres Is now under cultivation, though
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the Red Cross curs went out Into the
surrounding country to pick up the
wounded, who were attempting to
walk to a hospital, and to aid the
refugees straggling along the r ad.
Besides transporting these two hun
dred or more wounded men to places
of safety, the Red Cross cars aided
130 refugees to the railheads in three
uays.
But their work had only begun.
Despite the evncuutlon of the hospital
and the consequent order for more of
the staff to accompany the patients to
points of safety, the wounded kept
coming In.- Ninety per cent of them
were serious cases. Practically nil
demanded immediate operations. Not
simple operations, but major ones;
where a steady nerve, delicate touch
and sure hand were necessary to give
the wounded the best chance for life.
Work Night and Day.
Night and day the American sur
geons worked. There were a few
nurses to assist, but all were tired
completely fagged, mentally and
physically. Every one needed rest.
But there were the men coming in
every few hours, their bodies pitifully
torn, and suffering untold agonies. So
no one thought of stopping, and even
when one did get a few hours off duty
tlfere were the big guns only a few
hundred feet from the hospital. They
belched and roared all night.
Of course, some of the cases were
hopeless and no amount of surgical
skill or medical attention could save
them. Here again the American Red
Cross men came in for more work.
They had to dig the graves and act as
pallbearers.
One night was especially hard. The
doctors were kept busy in the oper
ating room until three o'clock in the
morning. The nurses had to have a
bit of rest. One nurse only was avail
able. So again the Red Cross drivers
were called upon. One became an aid
to the operating surgeon, remaining
In service until the last wounded man
was rolled finally Into his bed.
BROTHERS PREFER DEATH
TO EXPOSURE OF BODIES
Pittsburgh, Pa. Rather than
expose their bodies to a physical
examination William and Chris
tian Hoag, brothers, prefer
death. This was their state
ment to United States Commis
sioner Knox here when they
were charged with evading the
draft by not presenting them
selves for physical examination.
Order Pickled Cabbage.
Pittsburgh, Pa. The local food ad
ministration has decided to make
sauerkraut less German by striking
out the hyphen. It has been officially
placed on the list of patriotic foods
and it' ts believed more would be eat
en If given the name "pickled cab
bage." the average farm Is about eight acres.
Two of the larger farms are equipped
with tractors. For the most part, how
ever, the work is hand labor, that the
convalescents may profit to the utmost
from the outdoor exercise.
Owing to climate conditions garden
ing Is an all-the-year-round occupation
In France and is carried on in a most
Intensive way, with every inch of
ground under cultivation and rows be
tween rows, aa, for Instance, cabbages
between ' rows of potatoes. When
plants are removed In the morning the
ground is worked over during the day
and. by night the soil is again at work
on fresldy sown seed. No charge is
made the hospitals for the produce,
but accounts are kept and it Is expect
ed to show that the farms more than
pay for the cost of operation. .
Through these gardens muny French
Poilus will have their first taste of tho
great American delicacy, "corn on the
cob." A greater use of a variety of
vegetables Is made in France than In
America and the Red Cross ts supply
ing seed for beans, beets, cabbuge,
cauliflower, brussels sprouts, carrots,
celery, Swiss chard, chicory, corn, cu-
Turns Seepage Into Brine, Which Acta
as a Preservative of the
Wood.
Seattle, Wash. C. O. Morrow, pres
ident of the EUIottray Shipbuilding
corupuny, suffered something of a
shock the other morning, but at that it
was nothing to the shock suffered by
several prominent citizens who were
taking a stroll through the company's
big wooden shipbuilding plnut.
The citizens were shocked when they
discovered thut 20 tons of rock salt is
used in building each of the big wood
en ships now under construction la
Seattle. Mr. Morrow was shocked be
cause his callers didn't know that rock
salt is a shipbuilding material. Every
body on the water front knows that,
but it seems that there are a lot of
prominent business men who didn't.
Thero Is now a suspicion that only a
very few residents east of Railroad
avenue know that a wooden ship has
to bo salted.
In showing the prominent citizens
about his plant Mr. Morrow came to
the building In which he stores this
rock salt. A railroad car was unload
ing another shipment.
"This Is where we keep the salt for
the ships," said Morrow.
"Haw, haw !" said one caller, who Is
something of a humorist. "I suppose
you're afraid the ships will get too
fresh?"
"That's the exact truth," said Mr.
Morrow.
But the citizens wouldn't believe him
until they had examined the salt. Some
of them tasted it. The storehouses
contuined 120 tons.
Mr, Morrow explained that the salt
is poured between the frames of a
wooden ship above the water line and
is tumped down solid. Then if any wa
ter seeps Into the spaces between the
frames it is turned to brine and does
not damage the wood. Instead, it acts
as a preservative.
FIRST CONSOLATION
W urn N..ppr VnionVfn
The wounded soldier's first consola
tion Is a cigarette to soothe his nerves,
and his comrades are sympathetically
eager to bring him the comfort.
"Flat-Foot" Walks 113 Miles.
ElklnS, W. Va. Tom Blnns, twenty
two, a miner, says "nine" is lucky for
him. Eight times he tried to get Into
the United States military service but
failed because of flat feet. The ninth
time carried him over. He is now a
member of the naval reserves. To
prove that he was able to hike with
the best of them, Blnns walked 113
miles.
Prevents Sugar Famine.
Pullman, Wash. Boys and girls be
longing to Washington's Juvenile
clubs are to be enlisted In the patri
otic movement to raise sugar beets
tills year, to be stored and set out In
the spring of 1019, to produce beet
seed for the spring of 1920. It Is
expected in this way thut the threat
ened sugar famine mny be averted.
cumbers, leeks, lettuce, melons, mache
salad, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes,
parsnips, pumpkins, radishes, spinach,
squash, tomatoes, turnips, cress, fen
nel and sorrel. A large amount of the
List is used both as a boiled vegetable
and In making soup.
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IF A WATCH IS WEARING
APPAREL, THEN HE WINS'
Wichita, Kan. Is a watch
wearing apparel? That Is the
question that John Lewis, a
Wichita furniture, dealer, has
asked the courts to decide. Lew-
is has the business In his wife's
name. - He has been sued sev
eral times lately.
In one suit his watch and all
the money that he happened to
have wiUt him, SO cents, were
attached. Lewis, through h's st-
' torney, claims that the watch is
wearing apparel, "adornment,"
and cites the Ceutury dictionary
for proof.
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National and Local
Meat Business
The meat business of the
country is conducted by various
agencies N
By small slaughter-houses
in villages
By local Abattoirs or small
Packing Houses in towns
both
Using only a part of the
local live stock supply
and
Furnishing only a part of
the local demand for meat.
These slaughtering and distributing
agencies fill a well denned but neces
sarily restricted place in the distribu
tion of -the products of live stock.
But only packer like Swift &
Company, organized on a national
scale, are able to undertake the ser
vice that is more vitally important,
involving
An Obligation to the Producer
To purchase for spot cash all the
live stock the producer may send
to market for slaughter.
An Obligation to the Consumer
To make available to every con
sumer, everywhere, in season and
out, the full supply and variety of
meat products, of the highest
standard that the market affords.
Year Boole of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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All children troubled with worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
TaatoBasa gBsBBB To a Bo
contains just what the blood needs, Iron and Quinine,
in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach
end if given regularly for two or three weeks wilt
enrich the blood, improve the digestion and act as a'
general strengthening tonic to the whole system.
Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and
the child will be in perfect health. It is pleasant to
take. Price 60c .
PERFECTLY HARMLESS. CONTAINS Nf
NUX-V0MICA OR OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. ;
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UNDER THIS EMBLEM
The Gulf Stream.
The gulf stream Is more rapid thaB
the Amazon, more impetuous than OM
Mississippi, nnd Its volume more thaav
1.000 times greater.
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