are fundamental for both growing THE FOURTH LOAN OVER THE | m— se i i is cutortalic . and fattening hogs. The real issue is : | pasture. If a fenced lot is not avail- | ~wré) ' able and cannot be arranged handily | - PORK PREPAREDNESS FOR NEXT SPRING AND SUMMER. This Fall and Winter is a Good Time to Plan the Most Economical Method. This fall and winter is a good time to plan the most economical method of feeding out the spring crop of pigs. For the best thrift, for the most eco- nomical gain and for the greatest profit the use of forage crops togeth- er with a wisely balanced grain com- bination is suggested. WHAT CROPS TO GROW: The pasture crops most commonly | used are alfalfa, clover, rape, soy- beans, oats, Canada field peas and | Alfalfa though harder blue grass. 1aT¢ to start, furnishes more bone building and muscle forming tissue and exper- , rank this crop high, clover which can be grown in nearly every section of Pennsylva- imental feeding results nia though not quite as high in feed- ing value as alfalfa makes a very sat- isfactory summer pasture. ficient acreage of clover or alfalfa will not be available for hog pasture it is of utmost importance that a ro- tation of less permanent forage crops be provided. The Farm Bureau sug- gested the sowing of rye early in the fall so that green feed would be in- sured for brood sows and litters as soon as the ground has warmed up in the spring. A very satisfactory com- bination crop which will be ready for use as soon as the rye is exhausted is a mixture of oats and rape. erly worked. The rate of seeding per acre is 13 bushels of oats and 5 pounds of rape. In order to have a supply of green feed throughout the | entire summer it is advisable to put in a second crop at the time pigs are turned into the oats and rape combi- nation. spring feed this same ground may be Tosoaned to rape and soybeans or rape alone. rape which is sometimes sold as a substitute. For late fall feed sow rape alone about July 15th. In an av- erage season this last seeding will be ready for the shoats by the first week in September. tion suggested above is used only two ots are necessary viz. Lot I and Lot Lot I is sown to rye in the fall and is used for broodsows and litters un- til the 20th of May. Lot II is sown to oats and rape from March 25th to April 15th. This will be ready for use by the time the rye is exhausted. The pigs are then changed to Lot II and Lot I is reseeded to rape and soy- beans or rape alone. The forage on Lot I will be ready about July 15th and the shoats are changed as soon as the pasture in Lot II is exhausted. Lot II is then reseeded to rape alone and this crop will be ready by the first week in September. This latter crop will carry the shoats until the ! new corn crop is ready. PASTURE GROWN PIGS SOME GRAIN. Pasture is one of the cheapest feeds for pork production, but it is not ad- visable nor is it profitable to attempt to grow and fatten pigs on.pasture alone without any grain. Until pigs have reached an average weight of 50 pounds each, a full grain should be allowed in addition to pasture. It is advisable to feed not less than 2 pounds of grain per 100 pounds live weight daily of pigs in addition to the forage provided. The standard of 2 to 3 pounds of grain per 100 pounds live weight daily for growing pigs that average over 50 pounds each will allow a maximum consump- tion of green feed. The practice of restricting the grain ration should be particularly favored when a field of mature corn is to be hogged down in the fall by the same shoats that have been carried through the summer on pasture. If a self-feeder is used on pasture more forage will be consum- ed if the self-feeder is kept closed except for one hour each morning and evening. NUMBER OF DEMAND PIGS PER ACRE OF FORAGE. Good average pasture will carry 2500 to 3000 pounds of live pork per acre. Two one-half acre lots will car- ry from 12 to 15 pigs throughout the growing season if a succession of crops are used and the pigs are changed from one lot to the other as adivsed in the above paragraph. It is advisable to allow time for the for- age to get a start before turning in the hogs. sufficient and it is important to use the pasture when it is ready so that it will not become so rank and woody in growth that the pigs will not util- ize it properly. PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY WHEN WHITE HOGS ARE USED ON RAPE FORAGE. It is a fact that white hogs will blister on rape pasture because of an irritating principle in the plant which acts as an irritant to the sensitive skin. Black or red hogs are not trou- bled since the skin seems to be not so sensitive as in the case of Chester Whites or Yorkshires. When white hogs are used on rape pasture it is necessary to take precautions, other- wise bad results will follow. If white hogs are used on rape pasture they should be turned on the forage when it has just started a growth of leaves, (forage 3 inches in height). More white hogs or more pounds of pork should be used per acre at a sacrifice of the best growth of forage. The reason for this is that the rape for- age when small does not strike the pigs along the sides of the body and about the ears. Wherever feasible it is also wise to keep white hogs off of rape forage after a rain or a heavy dew. Most owners of white hogs de- pend upon forage crops other than rape so that the best success will be assured. Another precaution that it is well to take with all hogs that are turned on forage is to offer them some green feed prior to turning them permanently into the pasture. This will insure a gradual change from dry-lot feeding to the use of pasture. EXPENSE OF FENCING NEED NOT KEEP HOG RAISERS FROM USING GREEN FEED. If grain is to be saved and the cost of production cut down, forage crops i make a temporary pen with dimen- it is possible to use cut green feed for | the hogs. This requires more labor, | however, than if a fenced lot is pro- ! TOP. i Our District is Third, With $98,500, 000 Beyond Mark. Despite peace talk and influenza, | vided. Another scheme that has been : American citizens have responded for | used when only one litter of pigs is a fourth time to the government's ap- | carried through the summer is to | sions of about 12x14 feet. This tem- . porary pen can be shifted once or twice each day so that forage a-plen- peal for war loans with more Yann} was asked. Total subscriptions of $6,866,416,300 from more than 21,- 000,000 individuals is the record of the fourth Liberty loan, as announced 1 If a suf- The | combination crop should be sown as | soon as land can be plowed and prop- . i ty will be provided. Since the use of | green feed is a question of real dol- | lars, a special effort can well be made to provide forage crops. The ques- tion of how to best do this can right- ' | ly be left to the individual farmer of | the county.—R. H. Olmstead, County | Agent. : Chances for Older Men. Able-bodied men over draft age can ! be made skillful workers in the train- , ing schools now maintained in the large factories, and thus enabled to earn good wages while they are ren- need, says a Department of Labor bulletin. in a new trade. The man past 50 has come back to renewed usefulness in lines of work never previously tried, and from all parts of the country re- ports are proving his great possibili- ties in aiding most lines of essential industry. At the Boardman Trade School in New Haven a painter aged 60 learned quickly to be an adept machinist. A! | shirt ironer past 45 years of age in a screw machine after three days’ prac- laundry at Bridgeport, Conn., ran a | i loan total even higher. Owing to long dering aid to the nation in its time of | The war has proved that age is not | for San Francisco. a bar to the attainment of efficiency | oversubscription was 14.44 per cent. { | | pledges, reserve banks were instruect- | subscribed, the Boston district reach- . by the Treasury, based on careful es- ; timates by the twelve Federal Re- serve banks. The entire $6,866,416,- 300 oversubscription will be accepted and applied to reducing the size of the fifth loan, to be offered in the spring. Final figures may send the fourth delay by banks in tabulating their ed by the Treasury to report conserv- ative estimates of their sales and sub- | seribers, making these too low rather than too high. Some revision of the totals will be made within a week or ten days. : All districts reported oversubscrip- tions ranging from 26 per cent. for Boston to a little less than 6 per cent. The aggregate PHILADELPHIA IN THIRD WAVE. | All Federal reserve districts over- | ing 126 per cent. of its quota, and | standing first in the percentage col- | umn. Richmond made 123 per cent. and Philadelphia 119 per cent. ; This makes the fourth Liberty loan | the greatest popular war credit ever ' floated. It is the fourth time also! i that Liberty loans have been oversub- | i 1 tice and produced 25 per cent. more scribed. It exceeds by probably 3,-! 000,000 the record in number of sub- scribers of the third Liberty loan, | Mills, spent a few days last week with | OAK HALL. i Miss Iva Weaver was a recent vis- | itor at Baileyville. H Mr. and Mrs. Samuels, of Pleasant Gap, were Sunday visitors at the Wil- liam Folk home. Mrs. John Gingerich was a recent | visitor in our town. : Mrs. H. L. Dale is spending a short time with her mother at Altoona. i i Mrs. Edward Sellers, of Linden ! Hall, spent a day last week at the A. C. Peters home. Miss Ruth Williams, of Millbrook, spent a day this week with her cous- | in, Miss Mae Houser. | | Mrs. Thomas Gramley returned to | her home at Altoona, after a visit at the R. C. Lowder home. | Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Korman, of | State College, spent the Sabbath day | at the Ira Korman home. | Mrs. Sue Peters, of Pine Grove her children in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Korman and daughters, of State College, were re- cent visitors in this vicinity. Misses Emeline and Anna Mary | Hess, of Shingletown, were Sunday | visitors with friends in this place. | Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Dale and son | Frederic and Mr. A. W. Dale and | daughters, the Misses Kathryn and! Ellen, enjoyed a trip to Brush valley , on Tuesday, ~~ SUCH IS LIFE. They're like the rich old gentleman That lives across the way, Whose hair was very straight and white, Until he looked one day And found a wife to marry him, A young and handsome girl— And in a week his hair turned black e Good ust M If rye was sown for early | Dwarf essex rape seed should Ye purchased and nol the “ind seed” | his youth, entered the training-room ! of a munition factory and quickly | A growth of six inches is rapidly than the estimate made by the maker of the machine. At the end of a week he was taking the ma- chine to pieces, and now he is earn- duction. : age, who was working on a machine in the same training-room, stayed a i month to qualify as foreman in a screw-machine room. A farmer of 68 who had had mechanical training in : qualified for skillful production. | | | testifies to the success of older men. “I recently hired a man 63 years of ! age, who had been a pattern-maker, a | millwright and a stonemason,” said ! he. “When applying for a job the man told me he had always had a | ‘hankering’ to learn the machinist’s | trade. We put him to work in the | training department and he is making { wonderful progress. His previous i training has given him a good course | in mechanical work, and we believe that in a short period we can make a first-class instructor out of him. He can help us in training others not so quick to grasp the trade.” A Cincinnati firm that found it dif- ficult to procure boys has substituted old men with great success. These employees are found to be more de- pendable, readier to accept responsi- bility and more punctilious than boys. Most of them are glad to get employ- ment in high-class institutions. It is the testimony of employers who have tried the experiment that a large per- centage of them can be made to equal younger men in skilled work. England and France give special attention to the training of older men who have been machinists or profes- sional men for skilled mechanical production, and it is now urged that Americans will realize their opportu- nities to aid in war work. Every man past draft age should consult an expert, if he is able to give his time to his country, and should prepare for industrial service. This message is sent out by the Section on Indus- trial Training, Department of Labor, as well as by the manufacturers in every State where munitions of war are being made. Discharged Men's Right to Uniforms. “A few nights ago I witnessed a rather exciting episode in one of the leading New York hotels,” said John F. Gilmore, of Manhattan, to the Washington Post. “A young man in the uniform of a lieutenant in the ar- my, it seems, had exibited to a friend a paper showing that the lieutenant had been honorably discharged from the military service only a few days previous. An older man in uniform, wearing the insignia showing him of higher rank was standing near and immediately took a part in the pro- ceedings. He at once began to berate the young man, saying the other, as a discharged soldier, had no right whatever to be wearing a uniform; that it was gross presumption on the part of any one who had received a discharge, whether honorable or not, and demanded the wearer to go at once and array himself in civilian clothing on the pain of being report- ed and arrested. “The young fellow, who was a fine looking specimen of manhood, ans- wered with great courtesy and calm- ness, but insisted that he was break- ing no law or army regulation in keeping on his uniform for a limited period after his discharge. His sen- ior got angry and excited and look- ed as though he was prepared to make a formal arrest. At this junc- ture an elderly civilian, a finely dressed gentleman, who looked as though he might be a Supreme Court judge took a hand in the controver- sy, speaking with great dignity and effect. ‘This young officer,’ he said, ‘is quite within his rights. By act of Congress he is entitled to wear his uniform for 90 days after honorable discharge from the army. I should ought to know that much.’ “The rebuke cut the colonel to the quick, as his sudden flush of color showed, but he made no apology. The moral of the incident, if there be one, is that there are untold thousands of people who are in dense ignorance of matters they are popularly supposed to know all about.” ——Wooden soles for shoes are be- ing made in Wisconsin from material that was formerly sold as waste and fuel by sawmills. Subscribe for the “Watchman.” ing 60 cents an hour in regular pro- ! An enameler of the same | | The superintendent of a factory in | Worcester, Mass., who has one of the : When the rota- | best training schools in the country, ! think a man of the rank of colonel’ . which had the largest to that time. And even tried to curl! FINE GROCERIES | son. | Walnuts, Finest Quality Cheese. We will deliver fresh opened, goods. BEST WE CAN MAKE and is who have tried it. just now. INCLUDE OYSTERS IN YOUR ORDERS WE MAKE OUR OWN MINCE MEAT. No item is cut our or cut short on account of cost—it is just THE If you have used it you already know—or try it LL GOODS in our line are thirty to sixty days late this sea- A Prices are somewhat, but not strongly above the lev- el at this time last season. does seem that prices are just now “passing over the top” and may be somewhat more reasonable in the near future. We Have Received New Evaporated Apricots at 25c and 30c a Ib. Fancy Peaches 20c and 22c Ib. Very Fancy Evaporated Corn at 35c a lb. or 3 cans for $1.00. Fancy Selected Sweet Potatoes 5c a Ib.—some grades at 3c to 4c a Ib. Very Fancy Cranberries at 18c per quart or pound. Almerin White Grapes, Celery, New Paper-shell Almonds, California It is not safe to predict, but it solid measure at cost with other highly recommended by all those Mn. : Bros.,, Inc... BaLtimore. | E ASK one question in stocking an overcoat | model—will ic make a friend or keep one ? (C) 1918—S1RoOUSE & | A : This care in selecting is a guarantee of sat- Vg isfaction in wearing. When your purchase bears the : label of High-Art Clothes | Fr MADE BY STROUSE & BROS., INC., BALTIMORE, MD. your eye will tell you that these handsome over coats more than maintain our reputation for correct style. And the same excellence in tailoring and trimming is obvious when you examine the seams and lining. Why not come in today and see these selected coats? Better not postpone it. Our stocks are now complete in designs and sizes. Bush House Block, - SECHLER & COMPANY, 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa. ESTABLISHED IN 18s3. KODAKS LEGGETT’S GUTH’S JANSON’S Chocolates PERFUMES FINE LINE TOILET ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES Green’s Pharmacy Co. es Lhe largest and oldest Drug Store in Centre County ATTENTION, MR. FORD PROSPECT ! For a limited time we will be in a position to made immediate delivery of a Ford One-Ton Worm Drive Truck 63-34-tf. This Truck is undoubtedly the best and most economical to keep on the road of any One-Ton Truck on the market. Bodies especially designed to suit your needs caried in stock. Prices :---One-Ton Truck Chassis, F. O. B. DETROIT. Bodies $90.00 and Up. BEATTY MOTOR CO. AUTHORIZED FORD AGENTS. $550.00 Potato Diggers The late crop of Potatoes promises to be good and with the labor question very unsettled, there will be a demand for efficient Potato Diggers. The Success Jr. Potato Digger is efficient. It not only lays potatoes on the ground but every potato on top of the ground and in plain view of the pickers. The price is right. Supply is small so let us have your order early. They are extensively used in this vicinity and have given satisfaction to every user. If you are in need of an elevator machine, we can fix you up. WIARD PLOWS PERRY HARROWS NEW IDEA MANURE SPREADERS BROOKVILLE WAGONS FERTILIZERS MISSOURI GRAIN DRILLS. Dubbs’ Implement and Seed Store, DUNLOP STREET 62-47 BELLEFONTE, PA. INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS WILL DO ALL YOUR HAULING 3-4 Ton for Light Hauling Big Truck for Heavy Loads “Greatest Distance for Least Cost” OANA, GEORGE A. BEEZER, BELLEFONTE, PA. 61-30 DISTRIBUTOR, BELLEFONTE, PA. INAAAIAI NARA IIIS SS SII SPSL S SPP PPP PPP
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