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FIRST MILK SURPLUS SINCE WAR STARTED (N. Y. Times.) For the first time since the begin ning of the World War there is de veloping a surplus of milk in this country, according to reports recent ly received by the United States De partment of Agriculture. Specialists of the department state that this condition probably will be only tem porary during the "flush" of the season, and that it is most apparent in well-developed dairy districts. It may continue during the summer months, but it is expected to adjust itself by Fall, when demand will overtake the surplus of supply. The situation is largely due to the fall ing in the demand fkxr milk in the manufacture of condensed products, milk powders, casein and similar out puts, for which there was a large export outlet. The department points out the advisability of using as much milk as possible, in fluid form and other wise, as a human food. Within the last generation an increased know ledge of the value of milk, due in some measure to the extensive ad vertising by .milk distributing con cerns, has resulted in an almost doubled per capita consumption of milk, and consumers who purchase milk freely thereby encourage pro duction. This is believed to Ve the best safeguard against a milk short age and high prices resulting f^pm the withdrawal of. dairymen from the business during periods of large production and the low farm prices for milk. But when the limit df human utili- f zation is reacnea <iarry producers necessarly must decide how to dis pose of the remainder In many cases this will be a decision betjween sell ing whole milk, selling cream, or even to use a moderate quantity of milk for feeding, especially to young animals. In any event, a more liberal use of milk on farms should reduce the surplus, even /though not solving the., problem entirely. As a guide to persons deciding to utilize surplus milk as a live stock feed, the department makes the fol lowing recommendations, which may be supplemented by literature issued by the department: : Milk from a dairy herd which is not definitely v known ' to be free from tuberculosis should be scalded before being fed- An ordinary feed cooker, is a practical means for scald ing milk. ' This process is approxi mately equvalent to pasteurization which most large cities require as a safeguard to public healtfc. Metal pails that can be kept clean by washing and'scalding are preferable to wooden containers or others that are difficult to clean. ' . In calf feeding it usually pays well to feed one pound of whole milk for each ten pounds that the calf weighs for a period of two weeks, and* at the end of that time to change grad ually to an equal amount of skim , milk., The skim milk should be gradu ally increased as the calf grows un i*1 -1 A J_ 1 i ni uikjux niteen pounus per aay are fed at the end of three months. Feed the milk warm and regulate the quantity according to size and vigor of the calf. For pigs three weeks old or more three parts of skim milk mixed with one part , of 'shorts" is useful in,; keeping them growing.' Skim "milk 1 may be fed with com and other hog feeds in various practical combina tions. ' For (horses, milk may be fed in quantities up to three or four gal lons a day, and even in clabbered condition it is not harmful. Some horsemen prefer milk slightly sour, on uie ground tnat it is less Jikeiy to result in gas formation. As a horse feed, milk is palatable, easily digest ed, and valuable for fattening. Horses that have never been fed milk quickly learn to like it if a little grain is sprinkled in it. While to live-stock owners unac customed to the use of milk as'a stock feel it may appear somewhat expensive, there are advantages which milk feeders quickly recog nize. In-addition to utilizing the surplus milk that would otherwise be wasted,young stock generally make a very rapid growth. This means early maturity and early usefulness, compared with stock that have de veloped more slowly. At least as a temporary measure, there is a real opportunity to improve farm live stock, in addition to relievng a local milk surplus by using skim milk ra ther lberally ir. proper combination with ether feeds. i POOR WEEK REPORTED FOD GROWING COTTON National Weather and Crop Bulle tin Sayt Condition Continue * Unfavorable Washington, May 5.?Conditions continued unfavorable for cotton dining the week just ended, the na tional crop bulletin announced to day. "The continued cool weather and frequent raips in much of the belt have been unravoraoie ivr wi-1 ton,", it stated. "Necessary replant ing has progressed slowly and con ditions have been unfavorable for satisfactory germination of the late cotton plantfed. "The weather was less unfavor able," however, in the northwest where fiekl work maSie fairly good progrss; planting has progressed northward to northern North Caro lina. Cotton is up to generally good stand in South Carolina, but ger mination has been poor in Georgia and much replanting is necessary. Little cultivation was possible in the Mississippi valley and very little planting was done during the week in the north central and noruiwest ern portions of the belt. The codition, stand and progress of the crop were generally unsatis factory in Texas while planting is now behind the average season and ' is progressing slowly in the north ern portion of the state. CLOSE NEXT WEEK IN TARIFF FIGHT First Day's Discussion In Senate? r - - Over By Wednesday \yashington May 5.?Final action in tie senate by next Wednesday on the .emergency tariffand anti-dump ing bill, appeared probable tonight after the first day's discussion of tihe measure. Opponents of the bill, led by Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, stated at tihe close of the day's debate that they would complete their arguments by that date' and Senator McCumber Repub lican, North Dakota, who was in charge of the bill, said he had no ob jection to offer to the arrangement* Democrats who are fighting the measure concentrated their attack on sections not contained in the bill, as it was passed at the last congress, namely, the anti-dumping and cur rency conversion features. Their as saults brought from Mr. McCumber the statement that he did not re gard the anti-dumping section as ex tremely important and he added: "I have looked into the anti-dump ing section from ail angles. I admit candidly that it will do little good and I am certain it will do no harm.' Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, Ne braska, assailed the bill charging that its currency conversion provi sion would "penalize" American' consumers. He inquired frequently of Republican senators how they re conciled that pharse with their party declarations for a lowered living cost. The alternative basis of as - j..*.:? c. i i u:n u seasiiig uuwca jmacu uy uuc vi-u wuuiu mean an additional "tax" on the consumer, Mr. Hitchcock asserted re gardless of which was used in lay ing the import duty. > Replying .to the Hitchcock charges Mr. McCumber said that in the last analysis, the consumer always pays f the bill whether the 'tax' is assessed directly or in the form of a tariff. New Orleans, May 3.?Lillie Tay lor, a negro woman, was awarded oil and mineral rights in property in Claiberne parish said to amount to $20,000,000 in a decision rendered late today by t?e state supreme court. This decision was rendered in a suit brought by the Taylor woman against Angelme Allen and George West, claimants to the property. Ac cording to the evidence offered in the case, tihe Taylor woman's father, of whom she was alleged to be an illegitimate child, sold the property ATiwlinA Allpn an-H Wcst.i VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR NEGRO WOMAN but did not {five them a quit claim. The parentage of the Tayolr wom an was said to have been the chief issue in the trial of the case. The court decision today confirms the claim of the Taylor woman that she is the child of the original owner of the property in question. There arc now in A'aska 200,000 -e'nderv, 70 per cont of which are -y K?k"r.ios. i r. -TACTILISM" THE LATEST AST Pictures Can B? "Seen" by Touch, Is Declaration Made by Inventor of New Fad. Among the things that "have their day and cease to be," artistic extrav agances hold a prominent place. The wUd vagaries of impressionists, cu bists and futurists one by one eclipse Vhat has gone before. "TacMllsm" is the name of a new, "art" invented by Siguor Marinetti, the Italian futurist, who, recently, to a large audience of paiuters, art critics and society people In Paris, explained Its principles. It Is a method of con voying Impressions through the sense of touch, "which has hitherto been neglected by the arts." Marinetti told how he had tried to establish a series of conventions, which could be easily t learned, by which different touches would bring forth definite Ideas. For instance, something rough, spiky and hot to the touch would give the idea of th# Sahara. The seas would be conjured op by something smooth and cold, like silver paper, and Paris by a mixture of silk and velvet. It is an evidence of the readiness of the day to take up uuyuuug new wiui mis jiu>cului ons futurist pioneer is now the lion of the season. He Intends to be in Paris for some weeks, but has already re ceived so many invitations to attend fashionable receptions and evening parties that he confesses that he hard ly knows how to crain in all his ap-j polntments. DESIGNED TO UPHOLD WEIGHT Elephant's Foot Is Enormous, Even When Compared With the Slse of the Beast. That twice around an elephant's foot equals its height seems almost In credible, yet such is the fact, and a little reflection will Nghow you thai: It is not so wonderful as It-appeal's to be. Things are large or small, comparatively, and if we could see the* foot of an elephant by Itself, it would present a far different app<iar ance as to size from what It gives when overshadowed by the mountain of flesh it supports. The elephants In the Indian commissariat being di eted according to height require to* be measured annually to determine the amonnt of food to which they are en titled. At present this is/ done by means of the ordinary standard with crossbar on top, but formerly it was done by placing a rope around the ani mal's forefoot close to the ground, and multiplying the length so obtained by | two. This measurement generally gives a quarter of an Inch or so more, but never less than the exact height. Use of Peat as Fuel. -J?ew have realized that peat might | replace coal and break to a large ex-j tent the dependence of some of the; northern states upon distant coal mines. \ For several months a Minneapolis company has been engaged in the prep aration of peat for fuel, said to be the only enterprise of its kind in the coun try. A mat-liine has been perfected that digs, macerates and spreads out to dry 700 tons of wet peat in a day, or a quantity sufficient to produce 100 tons of dry fuel. That's how much peat contracts in the drying process. One man operates the machine. During the summer the machine was operated on a bog near Minneapolis, and peat, processed at the University of Minnesota, was burned with satis factory results In a Minneapolis office building. A crusher plant, with a capacity of 500 tons of peat a day, has been built In Minneapolis during the winter to rfcrnrlnnn ncflt <in/l In tho spring ten peat digging machines are to be started on the Minnesota bogs. Delivering the Goods. Edouard Belin, the inventor of photography by wire, said at a din ner in New York: "Of course, the transmission of photographs by wire was thought out before my time. But my predecessors, though their theory was all right, could not put It into practice. So nothing much came of their work, for on inventor's backers insist on the prompt delivery of the goods. u'An Inventor can't treat his back ers as Whistler, the painter, treated his sitters. One of Whistler's sitters, you know, was in a hurry to have her portrait. Finally she said: " 'Now, Mr. Whistler, you've been at work on' this portrait of mine 8 very long time. When will it be fin ished and delivered?" " 'Perhaps never, ma'am,' said Whistler calmly." Boys Study Reforestation. Reforestation clubs for boys are be li>? formed in the public schools of Louisiana, j^eds and trees are sup plied by the "tate department of con servation and> prizes are offered for the best results. The work is timely in view of the assertion, made re cently by the forest service, that tim ber Is cut and butned Jn the United States four times as fast as it lis grow ing Not Wasted. Aliss Sue Brett?So you courted that for six years, did you? Footelighte?Yes, I did. "And you didn't parry her?" "Nv" / ' Then/all of love's labor Is lost?" "Oh. jio, I fsn': say that. You see, ..;T.n:i s!?r i .?\v; and by the great .......01 Vt iusI you just ought to trtic Sf/'t iiiukv luve!" HAD BROUGHT ANOTHER LOAD Colored Tobacco Grower Knevj Wh?> Wae Expected of Him, atnf Had Come Prepared. A colored man from Kentucky drove to a loose leaf tobacco sales ware house in one of the Indiana cities on the Ohio with a load of tobacco.1 When he received his sales slip and weights he noticed the customary bank check was missing. Approaching the cashier he said: W* W Kaok (ivKona I a mv iiuuii mcic, uuwi, nucic jo ui; money for this here tobacco?" The sales sheet was consulted. "It's like this: the expenses for weighing, unloading and commission for selling your tobacco amounted to more than the tobacco was worth. You still owe ut> just 59 cents," explained the cashier. "Well, that's all right, I guess, bat I ain't got a cent with roe." "Then- next tinjri you are coming over the river, just bring atong a chicken with you and we will call the deal square." WJtbin a week tbe colored man ap peared in the office with two chickens, one under each arm. "Here are the chickens*" "Sure?but you didn't have to bring two of them, one would have paid the bill> "Yea boss, but I'se brought another load ol tobacco."?Indianapolis News.. STRUGGLES ALONG ON $80,000 University of Pennsylvania Law 8tu? denfi Who Receives Huge Income Lives Jn Modest Fashion. "Wanted, a stenographer of unim peachable character, experienced in hnrthunrt nnd tfllrfliff dictation. Who will bo willing to devote her Sundays lo Indexing and preparing the cases of a struggling law student at (he Uni versity of Pennsylvania." ' This is the roolel of stenographic ability required by the university's richest student, John Jeffries V of England, who is "struggling" only in > < > far as his law work goes, for he to this eouatry with the mere u-ijle of $80,000 a year on which to :ive, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Jeffries, who is a second-year stu l?*nt, already hat. one stenographer, out his Earnest delving into the intri cacies of Blackstone and his ilk. re quire more assistance and he is now 'looking for a suitable young: woman to add to his etafl*. The young Englishman, who is the i t:fl li direct descendant of John Temple, governor general of Ireland, and has j three cousins 1^ the house of lords, is ! popular among his classmates, who declare that he is quite democratic, in j | spite of the burden of his wealth. He j lives quietly and unpretentiously, and nothing In his mode of living seems to indicate that he spends even a half of $80,000 allowed him. Japanese Remain Buddhists. That SO per cent of the Japanese living in the sugar plantation camps i of Hawaii never have been touched Ity Christian propaganda, and that American plantation owners, managers. J and others who have helped support Japanese Buddhist missions, "did a foolish thing, if aver man did," were j two of the statements made by Rev. j Ulysses G. Murphy, representative of j the American Bible society, in a re-; cent address at Honolulu., . Rev. Mr. Murphy also said that the j elder generation of Japanese living ; In the plantation camps, owing to their isolation, are for>:y years behind their native country in thought and under- ; standing of modern conditions. N Any attempt at Americanization of : the Japanese in Hawaii which leaves j untouched their home life and falls j to recognize that the key to the prob lem is the Japarese language schools Is foredoomed lo failure, Rev. Mr.. .Murphy declared. Alrnoit Had It One of the Terre Haute ward schools was having a contest in seeing which children could learn the airs of -a number of standard songs so they could tell theii names when they heard a few bars of the melody played. At'ter "Home, Sweet Home" and "Old Black Joe" had been played sev eral times the teacher put on the rec ord "Believe Me, If All Those Endear ing Young Charms." It was played a few minutes and she began to look exoectantly at the children. Then a fair liittle youngster looked j triumphantly up from the list of songs he had In his hand. "Oh, It's that believe me in tears all about your charms," he hazarded.?Indianapolis News. * Would You Believe It? The game a!.' croquet does not de velop experts aud enthusiasts to the extent that gob' and tennis do; but! more people play It and more wood j is consumed in providing the balls. I mallets and stakes than In the pro-! ductlon of golf clubs and tennis rack- j ets combined, says the American For- j estry Magazine of Washington. The I entire playing: 'outfit of croquet! Is j ?3- .i./vrvH ,iv/>anf arches, and muutr ui ?>vuu r sometimes these are of bent wood. Some Largo Emeralds. One South American country hap p-oduced an emerald of 630 carats size and claimed it was the largest emerald in the world, and then learned that fields in the Ural mountains flave produced emernlds tjiat weighed six and three-quarters pounds, while the South American stone weighed outy one-tMrd of a t>ound. The six and !bri?e-<;aarter pound emerald was i among th?> crown Jewels of rr?'n its location no v is ?. *n->wu. FACTS ABOUT SALT Whether a man's taste lor salt is acquired, hereditary or elemen tal is a matfr for discussion, and for dscussioo that comes to no conclu sion, but that all so-called uncivili zed men and nearly all socalled un civilized men eat salt is a fact. That man can live without the salt that is taken from mines or from- the sea by evaporation seems to have been established, but to take salt from a man who has used it all his life is to give him considerable trouble. That trouble may be mental or physical and it may be both. Doctors, as usu al, will not agree. One may consider salt as a food or merely as a condiment which gives savor to food, and in one sense it seems to be a meaicine, ior some authorities say that salt is of great benefit in the animals economy as an antiseptic and as a preventive of in testinal worms. It seems to be esta blished that, domestic cattle are the \ * better for it and it has come to be i considered a necessity for horses. No Stock-raiser wotiM neglect to "salt" his animals. Stephansson, the arctic explorer, telling of Ins meeting with blonde Eskimos in Coronation gulf, said that the ontivee of the far and frozen noxtfh, who have had no con tact or alight contact 'yith whites do not like food flavored with salt. He GREENWOO COLLEGE < HOW MAY I SECURE A THIS This is a question that man; at this time. Our answer is expert SECRETARY. STE] KEEPER, and the success tl and dreamed of is yours. Tt for those who are compete derful Summer Courses at s interested can afford a bu Months of your time and a mean a good position for yc write'us today for our Catal Don't Hestltate. Don't Del sftlori. Addres PRE8IDENT W. Dept. I)., John Wanan t says: "If ther ness on earth : should leave s it is advertising ^Advertising which creates s business. Thi to increase adv ing what are times. In this way v ?by using ad\ ?keep their sa to normal Adverti The Press c Sells tht | also said that the habit of taking salt like the habit of taking a narcotic poison, is hard to break, but tfcat after going wiiwut salt for a month or more one ceases to pane for ft, and that in this case, after being without it for six months he found that the taste of meat boiled in sail ed water was disagreeable.-- - Persons who have the salt-tekiag habit iwrisfc that they require .it. Some insist that they need mere pep per mustard, vinegar and sugar than other persons do. Peifcape titis is true and perhaps these person eta fuse the roaming of the -words, need aruf "deaire." Many wild . animals seem to have taken naturally to Bali. The "saitr-hcks" of this country were the (places where herds of buf falo, which roamed the land east of the Alleghanies as well as the re gion west of the Mississippi, traveled in order to lick the ground thai was coated with the mineral. The abori gines of the kind which came to be the United States knew ?he usee of salt and it was . common practice with saniie of the tribes to eat ftoolfr ory aahes with &eir food, those v ashes containing quite a high pea cent of saltine matter. 4 Out ox a population of 1,700,000, 000, the world contains only 550,000 000 white inhabitants. D BUSINESS * ? i o r* lreenwooq, o. PROFITABLE POSITION FALL? f young people are asking SPECIALIZE. Become an NOGRAPHER or BOOK lat you have thought about lere are plenty of positions nt. We are offering.Won iuch low rates that any one siness education. 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