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ALL RF.<-OKns BltOKHN IV CAT TLF-TU'k Fit \DI< AT ION. n."...vjo n.| nan- Ml Ich to He Freed De (Tinhcr 1?Knthv Stale of Mississi? ppi lien a?South to Celebrate. Washington, Nov. 12.--With a broad wedge driven through Uu cat? tle-tick army right to the Cult and with a new area of 14,620 square miles in nine State? cleaned from tick to bo freed from Federal Quarantine, December 1 will be a red-letter day for the cattle and dairying Industry of the South. This release breaks all records In tick eradication. The total territory released during the year 1917 through the cooperative efforts of the States and the I'nited States depart? ment of Agriculture amounts to 70, 714 square miles, or 20,000 more than were released in 1912, until now the record years. Throughout Mississippi, ., o! |m '.hi counties ami parts of counties in eight other Southern States, local of? ficials and titisens are arranging lo? cal celebrations to mark the dipping out of this costly parasite of South? ern agriculture. Tick--Free Day. The governor of Mississippi, by special proclamation has declared De? cember 1, when by the release of 2H counties, bis entire State will be freed from quarantine, a day of special re? joicing. At the State House he will fOOOlve the congratulations of the Fritted State? Department of Agri? culture for the States effective co? operation in dipping out the tick and driving a wedge of free territory through to the gulf. Congratulatory messages are to be sent also to the governors of the oth? er States and be transmitted to each county celebrating Its entry Into the free cattle territory of the nation. Whac Tick 1 radl< atIon Means to Freed Territory's. Before the ticks were dipped out. these paraaltes annually killed many cattle with tick fever, steadily suck? ed out of cattle vast quantities of blood which should have gone to make meat or milk; wasted, there fore much of the grain and forage fed to cattle; and. finally, prevented the in? troduction of non-Immune breeding stock for the Improvement of local beef and dairy herds. The presence of the tick barred shipments of lo? cal cattle from the open competition of the free pens at the packing cen? ters and forced their owners, to .-.ell them at a disadvantage from quar? antine pens for Immediate slaughter only. I Tick Now Dipped Out of 370,:U2 Square Miles. i The South since ls06 has succeed? ed In releasing from quarantine 379, Sll square miles or over 61 per ft of the originally quarantined area. Mississippi is the tlfth State t> bo declared entirely free, the States of California. Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennesse previously having been re |ejgjed IpOCI il ci ? -?111. ho\vc\ er, is due to Mississippi because much of the area freed was heavily Inf est e 1 with ticks. There remain in the en entlre South , i ? : .?? square miles *. Infested and to b? cleaned and re? leased from federal quarantine. The example of Mississippi, however, it is believed, will serve as a strong in? centive to neighboring States to wid? er, the wedge to the Culf until the tick Is eradicated from the entire South * To Hreiik New Itcconl in IttlM. That thli years record will be ex? ceeded In 1918 ami that the tick will be banished from the nation by 1921 are strong probabilities. The Mates of Arkansaa and Louisiana, following the example of Mississippi, have pass? ed State-wide laws making the erd icatlon of the tick compulsory in ev? ery Infested county. The legislature of the State of Texas has recognized the importance of tick eradication, although its laws do not make eradi? cation compulsory In its v inous coun? ties for some time to come. Indica? tions from all the tick-Infested States are that in many s?,ilon* Un? people have grown thoroughly tired of the toll the tick is taking and pa trlotlcally are building dipping vat and making preparations to free their cattls dur uk the (aiming year A?.ltlrMl\T WITH M.lTltAls. t'overnmeiit Will so?ni Iteacli Fiulcr standlng as to ports. Washington, Nov. 14.?Final agree? ment between the Flitted States and I uiMpr.an neutrals on exports was forecast today when Swedish and Nor? wegian commercial mission had con ferences with tho State department olftcluls arranging hnal dctulla. About 3.11a miles of cloth are re? quired to make a service uniform ami overcoat for 1,000.mm soldiers. The llrltlsh and Foreign Bible so? ciety has published th?> terlajtUFOg in 100 different languages and dialects The Tennessee river tin i seagOP yielded 6,000 tons of mussel lull, ??Hing at $11 to I II i% two WONDERs OF WA? St HUERY. Tliore Have BjggBj M (.rent Advances In Surgery Mm] Medical Practice go In Other Rrnnehcs of Warfare. Behind British Lfali in France, Oet II,?(Correspondence oi Tho As ?Oetntod Ihosij)?The American doc? tors who are now ut work in various parts of the British front find that army surgery has advanced just as rapidly since the beginning of the war as any other branch of war's ac tivities. In the early days of the war. wounds wane of an average gravity far beyond that expected from the ex? perience of previous wars, while te? tanus, gas-gangrene and sovere sup? puration, were general and hundreds died of comparatively trivial injuries for lack of early ami adequate treat - n ent. This situation has now been alter? ed almost beyond recognition. Serum hn 'itment has almost done away \. i?; tetanus, while earlier and nun ? < nergetie surgical treatment has large? ly defeated gangrene. More and more of the major surgical work is being carried out in tho casualty clearing stations, and some of tho most fa mocs of the American surgeons have annnl mast of their time since their arrival, in adeanced hospitals within sound of the Gennai guns. The key to the whole improvement in surgical results has been tho pushing of the surgeon nearer and nearer to the fighting lines. The cno ifly has endeavored to counter this by persistent bombing of tbe advanced hospitals, but tho saving of life |l more than worth the loss of life, and suitable defensive measures are be? ing taken. The doctor, as distinguished from the surgeon, has also accomplished wonders In this war. The small mor? tality from disease in the British and French armies is duo to his con? stant vigilance. His two great weap? ons have been sanitation and prophy lactie inoculation. In a scene of un? paralleled confusion and in an area of quite primitive sanitation, his ex? ertions have resulted in an astonish? ing degree of sanitary efficiency. Re? fuse is destroyed or deeply buried; fa 111 leflelds in many cases are clean? ed up within a few days; pure water supplies ne provided. Bvorywhoro be? hind the immediate front, order ami cleanliness are the rule. The rule of the Army Medical Of llcer is not always welcomed by tin Inhabitants, but it works with magni lit ent success, until ramps and tOWM which ih previous wars would hav been death traps, have a mortality as low as the most approved health re sort. The routine wnark of these med icnl officers has probably saved more lives than all the other medical work of the war. Preventive inoculation has robbed typhoid and dysentery of their ter rors, although In all previous wars these two causes were responsible for far more deaths than shells and bul DREAD CARDS IN EUROPE, Rally Ration Allowance in Various Paris. Oct. 31.?Hread cards hav been issued to the housewives ot Paris, though the regime has not ye' been instituted. The ration which was fixed at a pound per day per hand by the preceding Minister of Provisions, will probably not SlCCCd a half pound per head, Bulgaria whose principal resources arc agri? cultural allows a pound a day. Bread rations to civilians in belligerent and neutral oountrles to date are as fol? lows: \ Bulgaria, 1?; fumes, Denmark 1" ounces, Germany 9 ounces, Austria 9 ounces, Sweden 8 1-2 ounces, Holland 8 ounces, Switzerland 8 ounces, Italy 8 ounces, England (families) 8 ozs. England (restaurants) 7 1-2 ounces, Turkey 5 ounces. Bread is made in Germany of Hour containing 14 pci per cent of wheat, in Austria the Hour is 90 per cent, while 19 per eent. is used in France. FIRE AT MANNING. Archie Rarron, Jr.. Makes Misstep. Falls 'Pwenty Feet and 1- Hurt. Manning. Nov. 12.?About I o'ClOCH yesterday morning Are was discovered In the main part of the Manning OH Mill and burned stubbornly for some tune. The Are department respond. I promptly and succeeded in controlling the (lames before great damage was done to tbe plant. It is not known by what moans the tire was Started, as it had I e? n tWC hour, sim ??? tin machines! had been stopped, Whlli working on the ioof, assisting In di reeling a stream of water down 10 the lire. Al i hie Hurron, .h\. made D misstep anc fi ll to the ground, about || left, and was Hev?r-ly stunned. A. I lirst it was thought he win fatally ln? lurodi but under prompt medical ti* itment n soon r tili? I and appeal to be much better today. If you have an enemy think il over maybe you're partly to blame ? Lsnoai ter Neu a lets. countries. l\jotl Situation Serious. 4 4 ( By Richard li. Edmonds,) -Many people prefer to avoid facing realities, apparently believing that if they can fool themselves and the public long enough some ( hange ma\ take place which will obviate the ne? cessity of facing facts when these facts arc unpalatable. This country faces a very serious food situation, hut the United States Department of Agriculture has misled the nation, and in doing so misled the administration itself. In 1'residenl Wilson's appeal for sacrifice U> order to conserve food for our allies he said "Our country, however, is blessed with an abundance of foodstuffs' and if our people will economize in their use, providently confining them? selves to the quantities required for the maintenance of health am strength, etc." President Wilson was thoroughl> honest in his own belief as to the cor rectnees of this statement, or hi would not have made it. But unfor? tunately it is incorrect. The countr\ is not abundantly supplied with food? stuffs, and it is a serious mistake viewed from (very angle, to have this impression created. If the coiin try should he convinced (hat there was an abundance of foodstuffs fo: OUr own needs, there would ho lea realization of the necessity of increas? ed food production and increased food conservation, and no justiiieat ior could then be found for the high prices prevailing. If these high pHcef were due entirely to speculators am gamblers, the gamblers and specula? tors should be hung or shot. But tin fortunately the facts are such as t< demand the most -serious consideration of the "nation. We must face the is sue with exactly the same spirit tha we must face the realization of the war, and prepare to meet the food question with exactly the same gree of self-sacrifice with which tb? soldier offers his life. The man who Wastes- food, wh< consumes more of wheat bread, beef pork and mutton than is actual!:, needed for his sustenance, is a slack er in this hour of world tragedy. lie is infinitely more of a slacker thai the man who because of cowardice seeks to escape the war. The latte from cowardice may try to save hi life. The former, from sellish glut tony is- unwilling to sacrifice evei some of his appetite. The hotel o the social Oltlb which furnishes on it bill of fare a larger supply of food stuffs than should he demanded a this hour, or which wastes by givim too large a portion, la.WOree than1 : slacker. It cooperates with tin slacker merely because it does not want heroically to stand for what i; right, ami therefore it seeks to ap pease the gluttonous appetite of th< food slacker. The time haj lorn since passed for mincing words ii the discussion of these problems, Dc' us face the facts as to the food quefl tiou. This year's- wheat crop is 150,000, 000 bushels less than the averag? yield of the last live years. It is ove 11,000,000 bushels short of the crop of 1001, or 10 years ago, though at that time we had a population of a least 25,000,000 less than we have to day. At the a'verage rate of con sumption, based ou, an Increase o '25,000,000 people, we need at leas: 125.000,000 bushels more of whoa' than wo then needed for our domes tic consumption alone. But instoa* of that we have a decrease of 88, 000,000 bushels short of that year't yield. This year's wheat crop is 70,000, 000 bushels short of the yield Ol 1911, it is loj.ooo.ooo bushels titior of that of 1013. It is 168,000,000 bushels less than that of 1015. If this year's yield of corn and wheat had been increased in propor? tion to population as compared with the yield of 190G, we would have 525, 000,000 bushels more titan the ag? gregate yield of these two crops it that year. The total production of wheat and corn for the last two years is 490, 000,000 bushels short of the tola production for 1914 and 1916, It is true we have bad a large in? crease in coin and oats and in a few other things this year, but it seems Impossible to get government author? ities to recognise that this Increase will not be sdllicient to fill up the vac? uum created by last year's shortage of nearly 1,400,000,000 bushels of grain, potatoes and other foodstuffs as compared With 1915, making last year the most d'sastrous crop year in the history of the country. We have 15,500,000 head of sheep less than u< had In 1903, a decreasi of over 36 per cent.; while sur popu lutlon has Increaaetl In that time i>: probably nearly 2r..aao(0ii0. We have 8,600,000 head of beel cattle leas than we had In 1909, and 4,700,000 leas than OS far hack ;i; 1900, And is though these facts in re gard to sheep and beef cattle won rot serums enoiii-h. we have the re? cent statement of the Department of Agriculture thai on September I the country had 5,400,000 less swine than one yeai ago, a decrease In 12 motithi of 8.3 per cent.; and the average weight of hogs now going into tho packing houses is very much less than formerly, clue to the fact that the price of feed has been causing farm on to sell off their hogs without wait? ing for their full growth. These facts arc startling enough. They are in themselves the strongest argument that can possibly*be made in behalf of food conservation. We Cannot go on wasting foodstuffs as we have done in the past. We have reached a point long foreseen by all thoughtful observers, of s gradually decreasing supply of foodstuffs, which could only be met by more conserva? tion In the use of food in order to prevent exorbitant prices, and this en? tirely without regard to the existence of tip? war. This condition was in svidence long before the war. ? There are many reasons for the situation Which we now face, bnc, and a. fundamental one, Is the change that has been going on tor the lest 2<> rears in the shifting of population from the country to the cities; a change so momentous thai its Im? portance should have been recogniz? ed long ago by all students of food supply and general economics. In 1SS0 this country had a total population in round figures of 50,000, 000, Of this number 14,700,000 liv? ed in towns and cities, and 36,300,000 in the country. In 1910 we had -12, 600,000 in the cities, and 49,300,000 j in tine country. In that time urban population almogt trebled, while coun? try population gained only about 10 per cent. In 18S0 29.5 per cent of our popula? tion lived in cities and 7'>.i, per cent, in the country. In 191<> urban popu? lation was 46.3 per cent, and rural 33.7 per cent. Expressed in groi igures, we had in 1910 nearly 28, 000,000 more people living in cities .nan in 1880; while we had only 14, 100,000 more living In the country in 1910 than In 1SS0. The most strik? ing change took place between 1900 md 1910, and the amazing advance in city population made at that time still goes on. Between 1900 ami 1910 rity population increased nearly 12, 000,000, and country population only 1,200,000. With this enormous relative de crease in country population. Which produces the foodstuffs, and the enor? mous increase in city population, which consumes the foodstuffs, We can readily understand the gradual lecdine in food production in propor? tion to population. The nation must face the Issue, md we must learn food conservation o a greater extent than we have ever Known it in the past, because war or no war, we cannot waste food as in former years; and at this time with Ihe call of the Allies for focal, it is supremely important that we should conserve food to the utmost extent ?i our ability, and that at the same time every effort which farmers, business men and national and State governments in combination ' can make should be put forth to Increaai OOd production of the coming year. Industrial development, which has brought about the great increase in City population, has been due large? ly to the marvelous results of power machinery. In the factory and on the street power machinery, with all ihat it means in bcttev streets, bet? ter homes, better facilities for getting around, better facilities for doing business, has aided city growth. In he country animal bower and man? ual labor still predominate, and the country has, to a large extent, been without the great benefits which tin city has had in the utilization Of power machinery. Country life has been hampered by intolerably bad roads, which have been a strong fac? tor in driving people from the coun? try to the cities. Farming operations have been hampered, as compared with industrial development, because while* the latter had power machinery the former did md. We must look to the development Of machine power on the farm in the shape of tractors and to good roads, which will lessen the COSt of farming operations, as vital factors In bringing about a larger production of foodstuffs in proportion to the number engaged in farming than at present. Otherwise we shall have a continued advance in food? stuffs to the point where living in the city will become so burdensomely heavy that the population will be forced back from the city to the country by the swing of the pendul? um, reversing the movement which has gone on for years from the country to the city, These facts demand the nation's at? tention, Every effort t<? ignore them merely imitates the ostrich, which sticks i1s head iido the sand and re fuses to see ?langer, believing that in this way there will be no daman Perchance the ?'strich may sometimes escape seeing the danger, but we are compelled t?> feel the danger by the decreeing supply and the advancing ( i>st of foodstuffs; ami as a winde, the people do not understand tin- i< tson thereof, Tlnvs?? tacts may perhaps throw a little light on some phases ot the situation and Intensify the efforl 'for f<aid oenservalion, Tbe Yellow Peril." (Montgomery Advertiser.) J,i;:ht lias been tin-own upon the Bo-called "yellow p< rll" by the reve? lations which hav< -lowly come about since the beginning of this war. Things which formerly pussled and concerned the American people with reaped to our relations with Japan are now .scon more clearly, and Is* sins which may yet from time to time arise as between this republic and .Japan are bound to be seen more charly in their proper propor? tion than we have been permitted to see them In the past. IL s essentially right at this time that the American people should see the "yellow p< ril" as another Ger? man made product?not entirely, but largely so, for the facts and cir cumatancea which have slowly come to light in recent times indicate that this is so. If it is a <ierman made product we shall know better how to deal with it. Moth the Japanese leaders and American leaders, in the light of that fact, can deal With their common problems in the future more frankly ami with less suspicion. Recently the Japanese ambassador at Washington asserted positively that German propagandists ate re? sponsible lor the distrust and sus? picion which has grown up between the far Eastern empire and the western republic. These propagand? ists have antagonized the relations between the two peoples, have per? sistently and systematically enlarg? ed upon the Supposed irreconcilable racial and economic differences be? tween the two peoples. More recently still, Captain von Balgmann, critic and Par Elastern ex? pert of The Voaachie Zeitung of Her? lin, warned his readers that they no longer have a right to count upon a war between the United States and Japan, which has become a Axed idea with the average Qerman and a defi? nite element in the government's po? litical calculations. This element, the captain writes, significantly must bo eliminated, for a long time at least, and Germany instead must count upon Japan to enter into the Paris economic agreement ami par? ticipate in an anti-German post heli? um business war. The abortive bat audacious at? tempt of Secretary Zimmermann to embroil Japan in a war with Mexico upon tin> United states is familiar to every newspaper reader. That diplo? matic stroke failed miserably. Fail-' |ing there, Gorman diplomacy under? took to induce Japan to take only a passive part in the war of the - allies against Germany, of course in both cases Germany proposed a trade, but nothing has come of either proposal. Japan is not taking a vigoious part in the war, but for other reasons than the inlluence of German diplo? macy. Again, what the Japanese con? science and "sphere of interest" have not spared us, our entry into the war has done. To quote the words of the Chicago Tribune* "At Ilm same time wo need not ig? nore the fact that a victorious Ger? many might exercise a powerful Influ? ence in Japanese otficial circles. If we had not joined the allied cause, if we still maintained our isolation, there is more than a possibility that a formidable conspiracy might have been launched against us. "On the other hand, by entering the war we have not only strength ened the entente but our OWS po- 1 Bition, with respect to Japan. Japan can now have no possible motive for deserting the allies. German In? trigue to induce Japan to take of? fensive measures against us must fall of its own weight." it is known now that Bernstorffs mighty army of agents and propa? gandists were busy little agitators Of the Anglo-Jap controversy for several years past. Americans had no reason to suspect any Buch Intrigue prior to the war, but they now know positive? ly that the German agents were sup? porters of a "firm American policy'' with respect to Japan during the con? troversy over tin' California alien land question. We also know that these agents feared for the future safety of the American civilization from .submersion or annihilation at the hands of the wily Jap. no less than they feared for the strength of our position in China, where the Japanese are also interested. These propagandists have in the past wanked up some rather ominous .Inp scares In this country. Those scans upset the nerves of a rich and sensational American politician. Tin s two American citizens have been warning Americans against the "yel? low peril" for a decade. DOUbtleSS they were sincere; certainly the) were not wholly and entirely in er n r. for the coming century or cen? turies may actually see the long over? due COnfHcl between the white and yellOW races: but it is slngUlai in? deed that these two distinguished Americans were aggressive pro-Ger? man in their sympathies before America entered tin- war. and that they h ive lost no opportunity since We entered I he win I u a oaken lite confidence of thL country in our most powerful ally. 0 eat Britan. As they wert deceived )v the well disguised German pro page' <la respecting Japan prior to this war they have also been dOCOivod, presumably, by the dis? guised dcrnian propaganda in this country warning us not only against the Jycllow per. . but against the craven treaeln r> cowardice and sel? fishness of Grea IP it tin! Wo have ha I controversies with Japan and there has been solid basis for controversy, hut Americans are beginning: to wonder now to what ex? it nt it may have been "made in Ger? many." The fat. ts and circumstances and coincidents < ited seem to us to be quite illuminating. Improving the Dairy Heard. Careful selection, intelligent breed? ing, and skillful management are fundamental in I ie profitable upbuild? ing of the dairy herd. By the use of economy and good judgment the im? provement of a terd need not be ex? pensive. Careful select! in is the first step In the building up of a dairy herd. Se? it a lion naturally begins with the elim? ination of all low producers. Every owner of lairy cows should establish a definite standard, and all cows that do not measure up to the require? ments should 1?. rejected. One hun? dred and fifty i>oundl of hutterfat a year Is a fair Ii humum for most lo? calities. Whether a cow is to be re? jected or retained should depend or? dinarily on pro luotion as shown by the Gabcock tes and the/scales. Only the best heifer salves from the most productive cow: should be raised. P*armi rs who are too busy to test their own cow.-; n ay now have this work done for them at a nominal cost by joining a cow-tenting association. A cow-testing association is an organ? ization of about 26 dairy farmers who employ ct iperatively a man to test their cows tor ceoonmieal produc? tion. The bull Is half the herd. If he. is prepotent, as all good bulls are, ho is much more than half the herd. The pure-bred bull, all of wdiose ancestors for several gr hnrsrions were first - class Individuals, stands very little chance of transmitting the qualities of s some inferior remote ancestor. In the dairy record center at Farmers' Union, Ontario there were 14 herds jof grade cattle, OfOaa of these herds, comprising 82 cows, had always used grade sires. The other seven, com? prising St cows, had used pure-bred sires for man. years. At creamery prices for milk, oneear's record showed a balance of $3i.r?i par cow in favor of the seven herds that had used pure-bred sire? The owner f a large herd of grade cows car well afford to own a first-class bull, ai d bull associations are now mak: tg it possible for the ow ner of a small herd to own a share In a good, well-bred bull. A cooper? ative bull association is a farmers' organisation the chief purpose of which is the j< nt ownership, use, and exchange of high-class, pure-brei bulls. if skillfully managed, these associations si. hi hi be eventually the greatest single factor in the upbuild? ing of our dar f herds. To build up a valuable and profit? able dairy heid, careful and inteili ? eat management must be combined with selection I ad breeding. Ill treat? ment and inst ticiency or unsuitable feed have made many a well-bred and carefuHy selected herd unprofitable. All cows shou 'I bo well bred and well fed. it never pays to keep a <ow that docs n?t pay a fair return for first-class feed and care. FEDERATION CHEERS WILSON'. President Goanpceu Heads Telegrams on Strike Situation. Buffalo, Kb . 14.?Telegrams to and from President Wilson in re? gard it) calling Off strikes at plans being constructed for government use ii" connect m with the war ware r< d by President Gompem at to* day's session of the American Fed on ?>i' Labor and were greeted With cheers. ITALIAN AHMV HOLDING. German Raiding Parties Driven Back. Italian Headquarters, Italy, Nov. 14.?Tuesday. The Piavs line still holds In the main against heavy con? tinuous arttlh ry (Ire end the efforts Of the Teuton! to cross; the stream. The Italian artillery either destroyed or pushed ha? k the German raiding parties attend''ing to cross the river. GERMANS OAPWRE TOWNS. lake Italian IiHagCO on Piave River. g. rlln, Nov 1? Capture by Aus tro-German forces of the town of Prims bano, in the hngana valley, and Pelt re, w tt of the upper Piave Liver, was an OUItced today at army headque rtera \ New Yoi cook qnll work to march in the 'Suffrage Parade" and said, "The hai i that doesn't barn the soup can be trusted with the ballot." <; r< < nw nod t mlcv