i rr Ti * Ti i. Re an ug TE THE FARMER'S COLUMN | Lint, Some Practical Suggestions Well Worth Knowing From the De- | partment of Agriculture. land Mrs. Daniel | FACTS FOR DAILY USE | WOOL PRODUCTION WORTH 11,350,530 The fleeces clipped from the sheep in Pennsylvania during the past year are estimated to be worth $1,350,530 by the Pennsylvania. Department of Agricultural whose records show that there were 630,600 fleeces clipped during the year. There was an estimated clip of 3.- 972,150 pounds of wool and the aver- age price paid throughout the State was thirty-four cents. a pound, the highest mark paid since the Civil War when wool sold as high as a Sollar 2 a pound. The number of fleeces clipped is three per cent less than a year ago, but statistics show that the decline in the number of sheep in the State is about three per cent. annually. The average weight of the fleece was 6.3 pounds compared with 6.2 pounds a year ago and a total clip at that time of 650.000 fleeces or 4,030,000 pounds. Last year wool sold for an average of twenty-five cents a pound and the wool production was valued at $1,007, 500, showing that the. wool growing industry has increased in value, al- most $350,000 during the year. Statistics show that the number of lambs raised and now on the farms is about, five per cent. smaller than last year but again this is partially due to the three per cent. annual de- cline in the number of sheep in the State over a year ago. There has been a marked demand for “more wool” and the textile asso-! ciations and bankers are undertaking a campaign for more sheep raising in Pennsylvania. Sheep raisers declare that the laws regarding the keeping dogs are not strict enough and that the great damage done by the dogs is determental (to the industry of the State, It is probable that more strins- ent dogs laws will be asked from the next Legislature and the important industry given better pmotection, NEW WAY OF FEEDING GREEN STUFF TO POULTRY. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, keen to be of service to all classes of people in the State, of- fers a new and unique way of supply- ing an all day, every day, source of fresh green stuff to chickens that can- not have grass range. This method evolved and first publically advocated , ence, were married at Confluence, by ‘Bluefield, W. Va., and the Radford ‘di- | viston to Bristol, by W. Theo. Wittman, poultryman of the corps of Farm advisers is the simple one of having a | Centerville, and S. S. Mosholder, son lof Mr. and Mrs, Samuel {of Milford Township, were married at , at Jennertown, by the Rev. Elmer F. | i-southwest Virginia and eastern West RECENT SOMERSET i COUNTY WEDDINGS. Miss Lillian May Sechler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sechler, of Milford Township, and Norman L. son of Mr. and Mrs. Abrsham Lint, of East Librty, Pa. were mar- ried at Somerset, by the Rev. 8S. G. | Buckner. Mrs. 8. S. Ferrell, daughter of Mr. Swarner, of New Mosholder, New Centerville, by the Rev. P. B. Fasold. | Miss Mabel Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson, and Oliver Snyder, son or Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snyder, both of Listie, were married at Listie, by Justice of the Peace F. U. Daugherty. Miss Ida Jane Siegner, daughter of : Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Siegner, of Meyensdale, and Ephraim Dietle, of Greenville township, were married at Meyersdale, by the Rev. J. Clarke Matteson. : Miss Ethel Pearle Younkin, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Younkin, and David Nathan Cunning- ham, son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. ©. Cunningham, both of Humbert, were married at Ursina, by the Rev. J. C. Cunningham. Miss Rella Shaffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Shaffer, of Paint, Township, and Leo Hoffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hoffer, of Arrow, were married at the residence of the officiating clergyman, the Rev. W. H. Frye, of Paint Township. Miss Bertha Shaffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer, of Acos- ta, and Damiel P. Yinkey, son of Mr. and - Mrs. William Yinkey, of Somer set Township, were married at Som- erset, by the Rev. G. A. Collin. Miss Anna R. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon S. Miller, and Allen Roy Bender, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bender, both of Salisbury, were makried at Springs, by the Rev. Edward Miller. Miss Ethel Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jchn F. Henry, of Middls- creek Township, and L. R. Stoner, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Stoner, of Som- erset, were married at Scullton, by the Rev. F. O. Eakin. Miss Jeanette Laney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Laney, and Merle T. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. 1. | Miller, both of Boswell, were married Rice. Miss Catherine Margaret Zimmel, ‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zim. ; mel, and George Washington Erb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erb, both of Johnstown, were married at Windber by Justice of the Peace J. D. Patton. Miss Susan Porterfield, daughter of ' mail there has been no Joss of lite.! Mir. and Mrs. James Porterfield, and Ralph py Rederick, son of Mr. Sy Mrs. E. O. Rederick, both of Confiu- Justice of the Peace G. G. Groff. ~ Miss Agnes Magdalene Young, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.., Joseph - near Redford, Va., the junction ‘point ‘'garrier attached to u lawn mower and Young, and Willard Frederick Olling- feeding the lawn clippings immersed er, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Milton in a pan of fresh clean water. '[his Ollinger, both of Windber, were mar- | method will soon prove that chickens ried at Windber, by the Rev. James are vey fond of the wet grass and will. be found feeding on it all any’ long; that the eggs will be larger and better, the yelk especially taking on‘ a better color; that the grain feed: cost will be lessened per dozen of. eggs received and finally that there, will be less sickness and deaths. GIVE THE BOY A SHARE. ! Give the boy a share in the farm and do_not treat him as something inferi- or to a hired man. One reason why 80 many boys leave the farm for thq city is because their fathers never consult them as to the management of the farm, allow them no financial interest in it and gives them no priv- | ileges, whatever. Then the fathers | grumble if the boy gets dissatisfied and go to the city. Business men in| cities do better than that, for they have wisdom enough to take their boys into partnership and let them' share the responsibilities and man- agement of the business. So and so & Son is a common sign in the city, but, such a sign over the gateway to a farm is as rare as angels’ visits. FARMS ACCORDING TO COLOR SCHEME Henry A, Barnhafrt, of Indiana, told the committee of the State board of agriculture . in .session at Reading, recently of his efforts in behalf of the artistic side of farming. He illustrated this by citing that his big barns and outbuildings are all painted yellow, with white trimmings; the farmhouse is painted white, with yellow trimmings; the cattle have the same yellow color, being they are Guernseys; not a horse is used except he is yellow and has a white mark on his head and white feet. The shep- herd dog is yellow, with a white band around his neck; there are yellow colored chickens, yellow colored squirrels, the place being known as | the “Color Scheme Farm of Indiana.” | WHEN YOU HAVE A “REAL BARGAIN” OFFERED YOU THESE DAYS —TAKE IT— VISIT MILLER & COLLINS AND TEST THE ABOVE , P- Saas. ROBBING THE CHILDREN Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon. « The present habit of turning night into day in our highly illuminated towns, with all sorts of exciting enter- tainment, keeps the nerves keyed up and upsets the equilibrium. Children especially are apt to suf- fer from laté hours and consequent lack of sleep. For the first two years of life, eating and sleeping are the two great essentials. Babies should sleep from fifteen to twenty hours out of the twenty-four and older children from ten to four- teen hours. It is not an unusual thing to see babies in arms or. very young children being carried about until their parents’ bed time. This is in-, jurious to the children and cannot he made up by additional rest the next |, day. " Permitting children ~ to remain up late is a strain on their nervous sys- tem whigh, while it may not be im- | mediately apparent, is bound to exert ‘a detrimental inbuence on the long run. Oftentimes the ill effects are per- fectly apparent to the intelligent ob- server. Irritableness and any of the train of = evils which result from an over taxed nervous ‘system may’ result from - continually robbing the child of sleep. A regular bed time should be set for children according to their age; ranging from six o'clock for bab- ies to eight for children of eight or nine and this should be regularly ad- heired to. This is a matter of the ut- most importance in establishing a sturdy constitution in childhood. With adults, hours of sleep are often a factor , which predisposes to ill health. There are exceptions to this as to all rules. | Occasionally one will find an individ- {ual who has an unusual capacity for work with less than the ordinary amount of rest but for the ordinary man or woman this wodld end disas trously. Ls mr tr ET ne SAN NINE ARE KILLED BY CLOUDBURST Great Property Damags Done In Southern Stafes RAILROADS WASHED AWAY “Biltmore,” the Famous Estate of Frederick Vanderbilt In Asheville, Is the Center of Destructive Deluge. MAY “COME BACK” AS HEAD OF GERMAN NAVY is a very common ques bad— rd Flood waters North Carolina, South Carolina, Virs:l ginia, Tennessee and West Virginia}. taking a toll of at least nine livesgl] rendering hundreds of persons homes} . less and doing property damage varloi§ ously estimated at from $10,000,000 to $16,000,000, are receding. The floods were caused by a cloudburst. The worst conditions. obtained in western North Carolina, where the flood was described as the most disas- trous in the history of that region. Asfeville and it environs were the heaviest sufferers, but with train serv- ice at a standstill as the result of washouts, slides and lost bridges, tele- graph service badly crippled and roads almost impassable, it prebably will be several days before the fuld extent of death and destruction will be deter mined. The known dead are Captain J. C. Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe and Mrs. Lea Mulholland, all drowned im Captain Lipe's hou:e at B.ltmcre, Asheville, | N. C., ‘and Lonnie Trexler and an un- identified negro. The flood waters invaded the George W. Vanderbilt estate, “Biltmore,” and the first report reaching Asheville was that Miss Mabel Foster and Miss, Charlotte Walker, nurses in the Bilt | mere hospital, had been drowned. Miss Foster and Miss Walker were saved, ! aceording to later reports. Hundreds have been made homeless by the flood which carried away mills and homes along the banks of the French Broad river. iu Near Winston-Salem the town of Rondo was cut off from the outside world for several hours until a tele. graph operator, flooded out of his of- fice, carried his instruments to a hill and cut in on a telegraph wire. Heavy Loss In Virginia. Practically all railway traffic in . Virginia was tied up by washouts and slides resulting from heavy rains of .the past week. Many bridges have “been carried away by swollen creeks and rivers, telephone and telegraph | wires are down and a heavy Cro, > has been reported. "So Be On ‘thé Norfolk and Western railway { ‘fier the mew river division, Radford’ "to Tenn.,. about five miles of trackage is reported washed’ @Wway, completely tying up both dis vigions. Just west of Radford, Pepper bridge, |. a large via_uct on the main line to Bluefield, has been carried away amd a smaller bridge near Petersburg, Va., is gone. ! The Virginjaa railway reported sev-| eral warhouts on its lines west of Roa- noke, but because of breaks in tele- graph wires no particulars were avail able. : Practically all telephgne and telegraph wires west of this city have been carried away. ‘PEONS FLOCK TO VILLA Bandit Chief Is Recruiting Army to : Fight Against Carranza. Pancho Villa, in command of 8,000 which swept parts of ¢ ! Matawan creek in New Jersey, killed i Lester Stillwell. 3 that you are well in every respect? If so you are EXTREMELY FORTUNATE—Eye defects cause conditions that make you feel If your Eyes are sick I can help you by 3 Fitting Ploper Glasses—Come to see me. RESULTS GUARANTEED. Ng tion Can you say COOK, Both Phones | Photo by American Preas Association. SoReETR ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. . THE OPTOMETRIST Eye Sight Specialist Meyerad le, Pa. It is rumored that the German peo- ple are crying aloud for a resumption of the submarine campaign against British commerce and want the grand admiral put in charge of the navy again. It was under his direction so many vessels were sunk. SHARK KILLS TWO : The Second National Bank OF MEYERSDALE, PA. Report at the Close of Business June 30, 1916 RESOURCES. Loans and Investments_. $465,068.97 U. S. Bonds and Premiums 72,231.87 Real Estate, Furniture, Fix. 63,374.50 Cash and due from Banks__ 70,404.84 Total Resources_. $671,080.18 Third Victim Badly Hurt; Man Eeatet In Creek In New Jersey. A man-eating shark, which had strayed far from the Atlantic ocean, swam through Raritan bay and up the a boy swimmer and mangled a man so badly that he died two bours later in a hospital and savagely attacked a second boy bather, taking away nearly all the back of a leg. The dead boy is twelve-year-oid Searching parties with dragging irons and dynamite are; hunting for the body. The man, who was attacked as he was makin a heroic endeavor to fish up the body of the boy after the shark had draggc. him down, was Stanley Fisher, a popular young man of this place. His right leg was torn and hu was so weak after his removal to the hospital that the surgeons did not dgre to ampufate it. Death resulted from boss of blood. The third and more fortusmste victing of the monster’s “work™ was ten-year: old Joseph Dunn, a summer visitor here, who is said to live in New York The lower part of his leg is missing, July 15, "08 June 23,409 March 7,°’11 April 4, 1913 “March 4, 1915 “May 1,1916, June3, 1916, - March, 4, 1914, LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in____$ 65,000.00 Surplus Fund and Profits. .. 54,826.26 Circulation: +... .... .... 64,000.00 Deposits Total Liabilities, $671,080.18 Growta as shown in following statements made to Comptrel er of Currency. ASSETS $262,014,92 - $411,680.13 oc $512,574.48 ’ $605,870.62 - $610,212.34 $624868.35 + $659,810.39 verter oF $671,080. 18 but the doetors hope to save his life. © Fire Chief Emmons exploded more Shan seventyfive ions of dynamite in of Clearville, Bedford county, met e. creek. .Columng of water were k thrown high in the air. But despite. with a very serious accident. While the explosions there was no sign of 2 is farm in Monroe township, rak- the monsters. ing hay, the lines ‘broke and he fell “Following instructions from Secre. backwards off the rake alighting on thry MeAdoo coast guard and life sav. |bis head. His neck was broken but ing stations along the coast are taking he is still living. } an'active part‘in the hunt for sharks’ Peter Sweitzer, aged 32, was struck and the bureau ‘of fisheries of the by lightning and instantly killed re- commerce department. also has in-|cently while standing on the porch of structed its. employees in this. region pig nome ‘at Tatesville, Bedford Co. iio tke. part. in the worl, The effort to Secure $125,000 for the , NEARBY COUNTIES. A few days ago, Joseph !S. Barney, BONA FIDE MERCHANT SHIP Deutschland’s: Statues is Determined, | ‘| Johnstown. Memorrjal hospital. has been very successful thus far, sub- scripticns aggregating $80,000 having Vessel Can Carry. on Prade. been received already J. Leon Rep- Official investigation backed hy the logle, steel magnate, has given $5,000. opinfon of American naval experts, John Lutz, a retired Pennsylvania shows that the German submarine’ freight conductor residing near 'Pain- Deutschland is a merchant ship.a®d tervine, Mifflin county, is deeply .in- ‘not capable of being tramsfermed into Yerested in the propagation of a pes, a warship on the high seas. The re-; {clo of wood duck, Lutz found the port of the inquiry made by Captain nest of a wild turkey hen containing C. F. Hughes of the United tes navy reached the state a eight eggs and added six duck eggs during her absence. All fourteer thr h the treasury departmen ind Fe State hong indi thatched, and the mother bird took cated after receiving it that the status reat pains with her webfooted child- ©f the ship was now satisfactorily de- ren, with the result they now roost termined so far as this government is in the ‘tallest tirees and it is only with irregularity and short { men of the brigades af Canute Reyes and Calixte Contreras, fought over- whelming forces of Carranzistas, led by officers of General Jacinto Trev- ino’s division, to the west of Jiminez for five conpgcutive days and Villistas are now engaged with Carranza troops at Diaz, pear Santa Rosalia. This is’ & report. brought to the border by @ member of a militia band at Chitin hua. baad “1. Wi take © ‘Chihuahua in two “months” is’ ‘the ‘freqtient declaration, according ‘to ‘the “musician. He says Villa! is ‘going about witha crutch and 3a cane, one of his legs being badly in- ijured. out of Jiminez after they had con- fiscated all available foodstuffs in that town. The bandman said there were: 16,000 Carranzistas opposing Villa's men. He sald that during the engage ments ‘around Jirniinez two’ trainloacs of dead and wounded Carranza §ok filers were brought t ®hihuahua, U-Boat Needs Strong Boxes. A safe and lock company in Green » burg, Pa., received a rush order fo: cagh boxes fram the North German Lloyd Steamship compaay for use on the Deutschland. The cash boxes are to be sent by express at onee to Balti- | more. It is said there is a lot of gold goin to be taken back by the comman- ! der of the submersible. Horses For Experiments Burned. | At Glenolden, Pa. Sunday sixty-five nead of horses used for antitoxineex- perimental purposes were burned to , a merchant an means that the officers 1 Trevine's stroops drove the Villistas concerned. The protests of Great Britain and France against the pres-' ence of the Deutschland in an Ameri can: port .on the ground that she is potentially a warship will not affect this government's . position. Recognitien of the Deutschland as gad crew of the ship can carry on, 5 ndered, any legitimate trade “be tween ' the United States gnd Germany and that th- Deutschland ‘can remain; 18 Port unm! her captain cares to go. 10