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- •v^w-- Farmers to Use Oiy Improved Stock: vv" * .SlSS21f9lep &?&•••• VkCiMM Wl* Im jUM |be "B^ V Itr am.^rw »o«P tsbmpiign. and •p afr doing pledged thquadfri n to ait pare bred sires of unkind 4r 6} 'ftt United OUtee Itecrf Agriculture. Tikis «*n- 8 tMgW by various d^mtasent four yc*n< «go and bss been gaining headway ever Daring the sixteenth quarter of iwa down to the Purs Bred Beer HeMefc period, tiw three months ending September 30, 460 persons enrolled from 11 states. Each farmer who signs the pledge lists the numbers of different kinds of live stock owned, and the records now show that those taking part In this movement for live stock Improvement own nearly 500,000 anim&ls and close fee l,OQ6yOOO head Of poultry. States With Largest Membership. The states now having the lancest ^Battle 4s high tw| aaflmV^^jpj^ come second la this ;$*nares are retfcfc swine cent of ^#»'«tttle; 72 per grades; ct. •re classed, the sheep; aad 4.1 pa#.. area, it aiai|||^^v'iai««rfigBit' apply only to tbfant j»rms where nothing bat pure bred aire* are used. 8lgp«r Identification. Many e*-"t|# farms of the members of the Slrea--Better Stock" eaiqpaljrt'otey be Identified from the hlgbwa# by a sign, fcipplled by the department, which b^artt the words ~Pure Bred SireBRkd naively Used on This Farm." Bach etfn bear* the owner's membership number. A list of the officials In the varlou* states who have charge of the bettersires activities has been compiled and may be obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ntttnbersbip •r&ape;. ;-K " ' *' A leMb Female. Virginia, with 2£27; Kentucky, with 1.806; and Nebraska, With 1,480. Kentucky and Vermont made the largest gains in the last three months. The counties making the best showings In this periou were Windsor county, Vermont, and Union county, Kentucky, but Pulaski county, Virginia, L; still far in the lead of all counties with a membership of 578 farmers and breedera. During the last quarter 20 new members were added in this county. Thfe records kept by the Department of Agriculture show some inter, estlng facts concerning the live stock owned by those who have signed the pledges. All the males kept must be pore'bred, but females may be pure Future of Civilization *• t9 Depends Upon Highways The future of civilization, of malarial, moral and educational progress tn America depends upon the highways, says the Manufacturers* Record, In a recent number, which is largely devoted to a discission of the highway question. "Bad highways--mod or deep sand roads--spell backwardness. Good high-, ways make certain the advancement of religion, education and wealth. "Bad highways will drive men and women from the farms Into cities, thus reducing the number of food producers and Increasing the number of mouths to be fed from a steadily diminishing food aupply- That road leads straight to anarchy and Bolshevism, for a decreasing food supply and increasing population congestion breeds discontent, poverty and ultimately anarchy. "The good highway Is the straight road that opens the way to better schools, better religious activities In country churches, better dwellings, and that means better homes, more contentment on the farms, larger food production, with more profit Justly earned by the grower and yet a lower cost to the consumer. "On one side--the safety of civilisation, Increased food supply and the rounding of the nation's life; on the other side--civilization endangered, food riots a certainty of the future, with a nation sunk la its own bottomless mudholes, sometimes called roads." Dehorning Calves While Young Is Proper Scheme * It Is probably better to dehorn ths calves than to wait until maturity, but If a cow Is particularly troublesome In the herd, as they are occasionally found to be, they probably will snffer less from having their horns removed than the other members of the herd will suffer from allowing then to remain. Compactly Built Lambs Command Highest Price A prime fat lamb weighing 89 pounds commands the highest market price. The blocky, compactly built, lamb is the one that will make the most dfesirable finished lamb in ths shortest time Whole barley, kaflr, in Ho, feterita, and shelled corn have practically the same feeding value pond for pound for fattening. Study 8llo Question. Study the silo question. A silo saves feed and provides succulence. Silage will carry the stock cattle through In better shape than hay alone, and for winter dairying silage la an absolute necessity. < f Unprofitable Boards** 4 ttlfass you like their company, ft la poor business to keep unprofitable cows and hens as winter boarders. Way to Improve Farming. One way of improving farming la to think over what you have seen at ths recent fairs. STOCK RAISERS ASKK&UESTI0NS Wide Rangp of Problems , From Many States. *r*a by ik« United Stat«a Mpirtaitt •* Agriculture.) The recent work of the United States Department of Agriculture and co-operating states to improve the methods of feeding live stock has stimulated Interest In all parts of the country and feeding problem blanks sent to many farmers have been filled out and Rent In for replies. A survey made last summer"showed that a large percentage of stock raisers and tenders have many pusdlng problems and that most of them are searching for better and more economical rations. A few of the early inquiries received as a result of this new service offered to fanners show a wide range of problems from scattered states. A Maryland farmer asked for good rations for brood sows and growing pigs. Although he had been keeping bogs for eight years, ear corn was practically the only feed used. The department's reply pointed out the principles of successful swine feeding and called attention to the need for good pastures, mineral mixtures, and a weli-balanced grain ration. A Kentucky cattle feeder submitted the rations he had been using for finishing for both the spring and fall markets aad received -auggfeflaaa yhk-h should aave him money the coming year. Among the other problems the department baa. helped to eolve are the feeds commonly used are not available; the addition of more desirable crops In the farm rotation; feeding boar pin to be sold for breeding purposes; tne saving of grain by use of other roughages; and many more. Requests for assistance have come from Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, 'Massachusetts. Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Simple Laying Rations Give Good Egg Results lust as good results can be obtained with a simple mash containing three or four ground grains and meat scrap as from a highly complicated mash containing ten or twelve products, say government poultry feedent Good production and profitable returns from layUig, hens ar* the result of properly balanced ratlona. Some simple mixtures of homegrown grains supplemented with meat scraps or milk are: One part oats and two parts cracked corn for scratch feed; the mash to consist of fhree parts corn meal and one part meat scrap. A fair amount of grciin feed should go with the, above combinations. About 8.7 pounds of ffmf are required to produce a dozen -egga with genertl-parpeae pullets, whil* ^ laying breed* require about 4£ panada Old hens use a muck larger amount of feed to produce a doaaa eggs than vrf- A-""' -Jft m*,- Molar, Lodged in Windpipe After Visit to Dentist, Removed^ Rare Operation. New York.--A dentist eight months ago told Mrs. Helen Petersburg, thirty years old, of 478 East One Hundred Fortieth street, that she needed to have several of her teeth extracted. Accordingly he administered an anesthetic and performed the necessary dental operation. Several minutes after she left his office, however, she started to cough violently, and consulted a physician as to the cause. It was found one of the teeth had become lodged in the windpipe and gradually worked Its way down into the spongy tissue of the lungs. Specialists informed her it was a serious Case, and If any organic matter attached itself to the tooth and caused TWO TONS OF CHEESE | v\31p^ I*'!?' "You big cheese." said pretty Miss Qlrtle Porter to her "dancing platform," the biggest piece of cheese eve* sent to the Pacific coast. The gigantic "cracker companion" was sent from Lowville, N. Y., where it was made. It is ap American cheddar and weigh* a trifle more than two tons, standing 4 feet 3 Inches high snd of 4 feet 5 Inches diameter. To make It 88,218 pounds of milk were used, or 4.525 gallons, representing a day's output of 1,274 average cows. Its value Is over g2,000 at market prices. - pus to form it might even result in death. X-Ray Rsveals Tooth In Lung. Finding no relief, she applied to St Mary's hospital, where the staff surgeons took X-ray pictures which showed the tooth still lodged, unmoved, in the lung, below the t^ith rib. If she would submit to a rare and delicate operation, they told her--one which only a certain specialist in town, who preferred to remain anonymous, could do--she might recover. Mrs. Petersburg consented and went on the operating table. Twenty minutes later the tooth had been removed without any ill effect. The operation was performed with what surgeons call m bronchoscope, which is a long, hollow half-Inch metal tube equipped with a light on 000 end. No aneatheflc was used, but an X-ray was directed on the lung during the entire 20 minutes. Like Swallowing 8word. Before the tube could be Introduced through the mouth Mrs. Petersburg* h*a<* #nc' neck were placed tn a position so that th® lung, larynx, throat and mouth were in a perfectly straight line. The principle Involved, according to the surgeons, was the same as sword-swallowing, except that'In the Wttti ' the wlnter aeaaon well under way the world of fashion enters now the period of crystallization, observes a Parts fashion writer tn the New York Xrtbuae^ Many and varied are the styles that have been offered by the great French draaamakers, but there Is always a period following each season's exhibitions when selection directed by the taste of the individual fancy of the smartly-dressed woman takes place. No matter what the Important designer launches she cannot force it upon her customers; thus a new fashion often dlea at birth. The winter season Big Freighter to Be Scrapped by Germany New York.--The Minnesota, of 33,000 deadweight toils, the world's largest freighter, soon will leave here to be scrapped to Germany. A Dutch tug Is now crossing the Atlantic to take the vessel In tow. The freighter has been sold to Qerman Interests, represented here by the General Shipping Corporation, and has been transferred to the German flag for the trip to Hamburg, where she will be dismantled. The name of the purchaser Is given as the Schlffswerft Untereibe Aktlea- Gesellschaft, of which M. F. Hertel is the representative. latter the sword Is Introduced into tka esophagus instead of the larynx. \?hen the proper adjustment had been made an assistant held the patient's head while the operating surgeon Inserted the tube. When the mouth of the tube had been placed directly over the tooth a pair of specially constructed forceps were slipped through the tube. The forceps grasped the tooth and the instruments wuarv withdrawn. % The amount of strength exerclaed In an ordinary handshake ia ll Pound*. • v.;^, r^5V,^ EXPLORERS FIND ONE OF LOST ISRAELITE TRIBES People Discovered on (stand Said te Have Semitic Appearance. New York.--A weird, primitive land of mighty rivers, mountains and Inacceasible swamps, with luxuriant vegetation; a land of greet ft eats and fevers, Inhabited by cannibalistic tribes who hunt their victims with poisonous darts made of human bones; a land where women are bartered for pigs. Such was the description of subequatorial New Guinea, the world's largest terra incognita, given by Capt. Frank Hurley, Australian war veteran, explorer and adventurer, who Is bound for London' to form an Antarctic expedition. "There were seven in our party," said "hurley. "With seaplanes we crossed the barriers to the Interior, where we found a great lake on whose shores dwell a hitherto unknown race. The people have a peculiar 8emltlc cast, which convinces us they are one of the lost Israelite tribes. "They preserve the heads of their vtctima la the clubhouse aad holy «C hoi lea of the tribe. The fleah la mixed with coconuts and is considered a great delicacy. Women do all the work. Their husbands loaf around the clubhouse and are only active In wartime. Women are bought for pigs, although morality & high. A man must pay tumual installments of pigs for hla wife. "If a native's wife Is a shrew he jtaBh dlea her hack to her parenta." 4 ^ Cat Saddened by Death of Mouse It Mothered Goshen, N. Y.--One of the greatest curiosities in the relations of cat and mouse has just been terminated In the death of a mouse which hnd been cared for by a cat here. After the cat lost six kittens she lavished her affections on a mouse, caring for it as tenderly as If it had been a kitten. The cat Is the property of a Goshen restaurateur, where the animal is now very disconsolate. The mouse answered to the "meows" of the cat by appearing immediately when called, and at times was carried by the cat as she carried her own kittens. Seasonable and Chle Tunic Btouae of a Blue and Silver Lame Bordered Fabric. is now In full swing and every day brings confirmation of the survival of the fittest. Important features Include the retaining of the sllm-llne silhouette, In spite of the profuse use of circular flounces and goilets. This circular movement Is achieved in various ways. Sometimes the flounce Is placed diagonally on a model; sometimes It Is straight, aga4n It starts at the hips or at the waistline. Then, too, a flounce may begin at the normal waistline and continue in a spiral around the skirt to the hem. But whatever the nature at the flounce, the back of the dress invariably remains plain and straight*. An interesting model, which Philippe et Gaston have named Van Houten, has as Its novel feature shaped volants which begin st the yoke and descend to the hem of the skirt. - Even the collar and cuffs carry out the circular movement. The dress 1a a one-piece affair of brown cloth and the fur alao Is brown. One of Renee's circular flounce coats, accompanying a matching dress. and thereby forming the popular threepiece costume, is In the limelight. Flounces at One Side Only. While Paquin and Worth use continuous flounces at the edge of their coats, Renee varies the idea by having the flounces at one aide only, aad letting them aad in a broad panel band of fur. Another eoatums la a Martial et Armand model, which keepa the Blender other equally important Bavarian Princes at a Ceremony in Munich •f* ^*...'1"^' J ie carrying a of the godet. Au Bois Is the name of this dress, which is developed la lours de Smyrne, the carpet woveMk cloth, in the new elephant gray sbadt combined wj*h lacquer red and gold. Another 'model from this houa«» which shows an interesting movement of the skirt, is developed from maa» darln brown moire, with brown aad gold embroidery. The skirt has an overtunic which is quite circular at the front, but shortens toward the back. The "Embroidery appears In a girdlelike band around the bottom of the waist and the long, tight sleeves. Miller Soenrs show many new Idem In the arrangement of flouncea. Omi of their newest models Is cut oa straight lines except for the flounce^ which Is let In by slashing the fabric and reversing the flounce to turn bad: on Itself. Another model from :hls house shows the skirt wrapping the figure, but reverses at the front to form a sort of cascading flounce. Both of these models are extremely dewr and entirely original. •*$ Everywhere one sees a very market revival of metal brocades. The tendency, however, is to use single-tana effects rather than the brilliant colorings of t be previous seasons. There are feWer marked patterns snd more of the shimmering moire effects with the color shot through the background. The leading demand seems to be for rose and green, shot with sliver* though copper-colored effects In gold brocades are much liked. The combination of copper tone metal lace and gold brocade is often seen. Frequently two metal cloths of identically the same pattern, but In different color* such as gold and silver, are combined in one dress. When these metals are used the silver is always the whtteat and the gold a deep yellow. The damkak pattern reeembiee that oftea seen in table linens or tapestry bwr cades. Velvet on Georgette Grounds. Ftewer dresses of crepe georgette an noted, though all the big houses aMr showing special qualities in that doth which have a tendency toward heavier effects. Redmond's Crepe MarQUtaa and Crepe Jersey are of the weight approximating georgette crepe and seem to be very popular. These an also more durable than georgetta crepe. / An Important feature this ^winter It the revival of velvet brocades on chiffon and georgette crepe grounds. These come in both seif-tooee and varlcolors. An elaborate pattern 4» known as Main de Singe. A very notable success of RempndU Is Crepe Byzantine. This was Introduced by Jean Patdu and is a heavy, doubie-faeed, satin crepe one meter wide. Another attraction from this man facturer's line Is Velours Flamme, an exquisite warp printed silk velvet la colorings, known as Clair de Lune-- opalescent blues and greens--and alee in orchid and alabaster blue combinations. This novelty is being especially featured by Gallot Soeurs. In faille and grosgrain weaves bengallne aad veloutlne are much in favor. Perhaps no other manufacturer fabrics in France is more generally represented at the big dressmaking houses than Rodier, who Is so famous as a creator of gallows and novelty cotton and wool dress goods. Starting in with the kasha cloths fa| plain and mixed colorings, there an the later novelties, such as kashadea, kashadrap, knshaduvetyne, chlnekasha, zlblekasha and Indokasha. All of these are notable successes, belag used by Jeanne Lanvin, Paquin, Callot Soeurs, Cherult, Jenny, Reaae 43A Fancy Stripe Patterns I Photographed at the laying of the corner stone for a soldiers' monument In front of the Army museum In Munleh fiithis most Interesting group for a "republican" state: Crown Prince Itupprecht, Pripce Leopold aad fons, all of the Bavarian royal fsntily, with the prime minister, Dr. Voa Knlillng. TWO CHILDREN LOST MOUNTAIN THREE DAYS Kidnaping Rumors Send Thousands of Kentucky Coat Miners to Searching Hills. Corbin, Ky--In a hollow log in the Kentucky mountains two lost children were found st night by a posse of searchers. They were Ernest and Gladys Manning, four and three years old respectively, who had been missing for three days. They are children of Ansel Manning, a coal J?lner of Packart. Ky. Playing Indian,* the children had wandered away from home. At night 1 hey found refuge in a hollow log When found they were fainting with hunger snd numbed by the cold. Th* entire countryside was roused by tlie disappearance of the children. Some one said they tmd been kidnaped by a man who took them north in an automobile, and a garage man reported that the trio bad stopped at bis place for gasoline. All activity in the mining town if Packard was suspended aad the populace organized Into posses which pursued the .imaginary automobile, while others searched the woods. Twentyfive huml*«ed coal miners and mountaineers engaged In the hunt, which extended 40 miles in every direction from the little town. The children were back In the little mountain cottage of their parents shortly after being found, tlned but happy. They were examined by a doctor, who said they probably would suf* fer no ill effects from their escapade.' Russlsn profteaaor Sublnla, who for ' tfears has been excavating near Simferopol. In the Crimea, has discovered the ruins of a city which was in Its prime during the time the Scythians ruled the Crimea. This period, according to archaeologists who have studied relics from Scythic tombs, roughly appears to have begun about the Sixth century before Christ and to have continued to the Second century anno DomlnL The Scythians at various times fought for their existence against Darius and Philip n of Macedon -aad other warriors of those ages. Rum Unearths Axtctait City Near Simferopol Berlin.--German archaeologists are greatly interested la reports that the Enraged Man Shoots Three Gyptlei Oakland. Cal.--Enraged because hla fortune as told by Georgia A. Adams, a gypsy, (lid not contain enough good omens, Ralph Cussla is chsrged by the police with having shot three other members of the Adams family, seriously wounding John Adams, tribal chief, believed to be the "king" of the gypsies In the United States. The shooting took place In the crowded Southern Pacific company station hank missed the fortune-teller. ft* Striynifc patterns shown by Rodier are also widely used and are very beautiful. One particularly successful series Is called poplavella. Tchlnellaine is shown In both plain and fancy stripe patterns. Another popular vogue Is marokcl- Islne. This is particularly used for separate coats and comes Id fancy stripes and in embroidered designs. A very effective material for evening wraps is Velours Jaspellor, a Smyrna velours, intermixed with gold threads. Another velours is called Pavellaine Cachemlre. This Is an extreme novel ty, the design of which is upstanding and in opposing color. The upstanding design Is often omhre, or clouded, and is particularly lovely when need for separate coats. A particularly striking fabric la poplin carre, the big two-color squant In panels of 110 centimeters long This Is cleverly used by Cherult, Callot Soeurs, Premet, Martial et Armand, as well as other designers. Among extreme novelties for trimming purposes or for combinations are Les Casheraeres da mire de Serbas. These are fancy Jacquard wool cloths, interwoven wttil metal snd silk threads. The fashionable Parislenne is lng coat dresses made of velours da lalne, velours de Smyrne or other soft* surfaced material abundaatly trimmed with fur, so that they have the neceasarlty comfortable appearance for wtater. These loot; very attractive, an they present the slender, lithe silhoaette, widened ahoi>t the hem by a deep band of soft fur--usually fox, astrakhan or martin--and with deep collan aad CUffa -of the same fur. ^ Care of Glove* 1 To prolong the life of cotton and suede-finished gloves put a small pleea of cotton wool at each fingertip. This prevents the nails wearing the gloria. Your gloves will wear twice as long tf this method is followed. You can clean black kid gloves if you add a few drops of ink to a tablespoonfnl of salad oil, rub on with a feather aad dry in the sun. ' Fashion Briefs That Will Interest the Women Plaits persist, the most recent veratoa being unpressed plaits that would make you start and stare If you were not reassured that the lack of pressing was Intentional and not an oversight. It Is a new extravagance to have underclothes to match one's frocks. Sometimes this causes considerable Inconvenience and makes It necessary to have laces and georgettes or other materials especially dyed to match the nnusual shade of a gown. The smartly tailored suit la popular and women In this country do hot have to be urged long to adopt thla mode. Twills of various materials will be rhosen first, but the tailors are getting good results with certain thinner pile fabrics as a medium for these new suits. Almond green, tbey say, la on the wane, but if Chinese colore have the vogue that has been predicted as a remit of the Bai de la Grande Prix, tben will come back Into pnumlln the meaattaw a moaa green aad a bottle green an gaining favor. and thaae are need in light fabrfca aag well aa in the heavier material*. New Mirrors for Old. - A lovely mirror for the dreaafeaf ta-'^ ble Is made from a bathroom uimr. having a white enamel frame. Th«a frame is deftly covered with orchid taffeta ribbon, having a blue satin edg|^ on which Is applied shirring* |||q narrowest deeper shaded purple ribbon. The ribbon Is held in place by a, good quality of glue which does n«* discolor and loops of* two-inch satin orchid ribbon form the ornament whfctt Is glued to the center top. ' is FHmy Tells Swathes' Pair ThreaUr^ Colored tulle that swathes Ha thmat snugly -and Is caught at aaa side with a bar ?f ftoweta baa two long ends that fail, eaa la front and one in back. It la wMafXIl ing. particularly .ta tft* woman. The &aij» utytn.li alao wen in. crec«|-<x>l*«rt lMa lair »en .***$ , V;*'. y. y. '*•' ~ ^ ^ ~ : "-"Hi.