The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1918 Page: 7 of 8
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THE OLNEY ENTERPRISE
^fnfebted Animals Develop Into
Pot-Bellied Runts.
SUCH PIGS DO NOT THRIVE
Mixtures Containing Charcoal, Cop-
peras, Etc., Are Believed to Be of
Value as Preventives—San-
tonin Is Scarce.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Intestinal worms are common in
hogs and are particularly injurious to
growing pigs. Insufficiently fed, neg-
lected pigs living in dirty pens and
yards, fed from filthy troughs, drinking
contaminated water, bathing in old hog
wallows, and rooting and sleeping in
manure piles and stack bottoms soon
become infested with worms. Such
pigs do not thrive, but develop into
pot-bellied, profitless runts. Pens,
should be kept clean and dry and the
manure frequently removed.
Mixtures containing charcoal, cop-
peras, etc., are believed by some to be
of value as preventives and destroy-
ers of worms, but their usefulness
probably depends upon their general
effect on the condition of the pig and
found to be very effective in expellin|
Intestinal worms In experiments com
ducted by the zoological division of
the bureau of animal industry:
Withhold all feed and water for 24
hours, then give each pig from 1 to 2
ounces of castor oil to which has
been added oil of American wormseec?
PRICE CONTROL
NOTHING NEW
Oriental Lam Forbade Selling
Over or Under Standard Price;
Ancient Banking; and Business
Methods Same as Oars
By S. W. STRAUS
(Prominent New York and Chicago Banker)
Male Hog Louse.
hot upon their action on the worms.
Other things being equal, a pig in
good condition is better able to re-
sist the attacks of worms than one that
Is not in good condition. Mineral mix-
tures may, therefore, by helping to bal-
ance the ration, tend to increase the
powers of resistance to the ill effects
of worms and other parasites. They
should, however, be classed as tonics
or conditioners rather than as worm
preventives or destroyers.
Santonin, which was formerly wide-
ly used as a remedy for worms in hogs,
Is practically unobtainable at the pres-
ent time owing to foreign trade con-
ditions.
Effective Treatment.
The following treatment has been
Common Roundworms of Hogs—a,
Male; b, Female.
as follows: Pigs weighing less than
50 pounds, one-half teaspoonful; pigs
weighing 50 to 100 pounds, one tea-
spoonful ; large hogs, two teaspoon-
fuls. Each pig should be dosed sep-
arately if the best results are to be
obtained. Castor oil should always be
given with oil of American wormseed.
Other laxatives are not satisfactory.
Dangerous to Drench Hogs.
Drenching hogs is dangerous, as
they are liable to get the remedy into
the lungs. With sufficient assistance
pigs may be held, the mouth kept open
by means of a couple of loops of wire
or rope, or leather straps, and the
medicine given in a tablespoon or a
large kitchen spoon. By this method,
though it is troublesome, one may be
certain that each pig gets his proper
dose. After dosing with the above
mixture pigs may be fed and watered.
Repeat the treatment in ten days.
Change Pastures Frequently.
Healthy hogs become infected with
intestinal worms from feed, water and
soil which have been infested by the
droppings from infected hogs. Fre-
quent change of pasture is one of the
best means of reducing worm infesta-
tion to a minimum. Hogs, however,
should not be allowed to run at large
on open range, as this favors the
spread of hog cholera.
.Swine can be raised when they are
confined in limited quarters if the
quarters are kept clean, but they will
do much better and stay in better
health if they have plenty of pasture.
Divide the pasture into convenient
areas, so that the hogs can be shifted
from one pasture to another. This
not only provides fresh pasture, but
affords an opportunity to disinfect
the pastures by plowing and reseeding
or by exposure to the sun and weather.
SUCCULENT FEED IN WINTER
A
Acrfe of Corn Can Be Placed in Silo at
Coat Not Exceeding That of Shock-
ing and Husking.
Silage Is the best and cheapest form
In which a succulent feed can be pro-
vided for winter use. An acre of
corn can be placed in the silo at a cost
not exceeding that of shocking, husk-
ing, grinding and shredding. Crops
qan be put into the silo during weath-
er that could not be utilized in mak-
ing hay or curing fodder. There is
less waste in feeding silage than in
feeding fodder. Silage is very pala-
table and like other succulent feeds
silage has a beneficial effect on the di-
gestive organs. More stock can be
kept on a given area of land with sil-
age.
GUARD AGAINST HIGH PRICES
One of the Best Ways to Grow as Much
Food on Farm as Facilities
Will Permit.
One of the best ways to be Insured
against high prices for food is to raise
as much of it on the farm as facili-
ties will permit. Both meat and bread
will be important next year. When
we think of the importance of milk,
pork, poultry, eggs, butter, beef, mut-
ton and other foods derived from ani-
mals we are sure to be impressed with
live-stock raising.
MORE AND BETTER PASTURES
Good Results Obtained by Clipping at
Ohio Station—Ripening of Weed
8eeds Prevented.
More and better grasses were noticed
to result from clipping pastures after
harvest in a survey made by the Ohio
agricultural experiment station. Bri-
ers are removed and the ripening of
weed seeds is prevented, so that the
grasses and clover have greater
chances for growth. Where the mow-
machlne cannot go, a scythe may
>e used.
IBMENSE loss by insects
Agricktural and Horticultural Inter-
e Suffer Big Loss Annually
by Pests.
One-tenth of the agricultural and
horticultural Interests of the United
States are destroyed annually by in-
sects, and our greatest safeguard is
the destruction of these by the wild
"birds. The birds are our country's
greatest aids to food conservation.
CURING AND STORING SEEDS
Soy Bean Spoils Rather Easily Unless
Properly Handled—Avoid Heat-
ing and Molding.
Soy bean seed spoils rather easily if
not properly handled, and care should
be used in curing and storing. After
threshing the beans should be watched
carefuly to avoid heating and mold-
ing. When good and dry there is no
such danger. A good plan is to spread
the beans out on the floor immediate-
ly after threshing and shovel them
over from time to time until they are
thoroughly dry, then they may be safe-
ly be put into socks or bins. The store-
room should be dry and have a free
circulation of air. Soy bean seed loses
vitality very rapidly and it is not safe
to hold seed for planting purposes for
more than two seasons.
ADD TO OUR MEAT SUPPLIES
Quickest and Cheapest Way Is to In-
crease Poultry and Egg Produc-
tion—Eat Less Meat.
The quickest and cheapest way of
adding to our meat supplies is to in-
crease poultry and egg production. To
double this production next year will
give us 6,500,000,000 pcunds of meat
food In the form of poultry and eggs.
By having this amount of poultry food
for domestic consumption we will eat
less pork and beef, and can send al-
most that many pounds of meat to Eu-
rope. We cannot increase any of the
meat animals as rapidly or economical-
ly as poultry.
PLENTY OF SHEEP ROUGHAGE
With Supply of Red Clover or Alfalfa
Hay Animals Can Be Carried Until
Nearly Spring.
With plenty of roughage, such as
red clover or alfalfa hay, sheep can
be carried until nearly spring with
little grain. Corn silage can be used
to furnish succulence, although some
losses and a good deal of trouble
have resulted from improper feeding
of silage.
RATS ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE
With Increased Price of Feed One
Costs Eight Dollars Each Year—-
Better Keep Sow or Ewe.
Statistics used to tell us it cost $5
to feed a rat for one year on the farm.
With increased grain prices, it costs
$8. One can keep a profitable sow or
ewe for the price of a few rats.
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
We consider ourselves very much
advanced in our control of food prices.
It might do us some good to look back
a little and see what the ancient Ori-
entals did in this regard thousands of
years ago.
The Brahmanic and Rabbinical laws
fully equal the measures we have
adopted. For example, besides seeing
that not too much was charged for
food or other articles, the former law
provided a penalty for selling under
a standard price. Rabbinical law lim-
ited storekeepers’ profits to 16 2-8 per
cent.
Economic history—the story of
banking and business—Indicates that
some of our so-called “modern insti-
tutions” are in reality as old as the
hills. Some economists claim that the
“division of labor"—that is, the spe-
cializing by one individual in a single
operation in manufacturing—is some-
tiling comparatively new and did not
exist to any extent prior to the eight-
eenth century. But against this we
have the statement made by someone
that caste in India is “division of
labor gone to seed.”
And the socialist’s dream of an ideal
state is also nothing new. Plato once
proposed an elaborate plan for a new
state. He figured it out very carefully
and decided to limit the population to
5,040. If the number of inhabitants
ran over that amount colonies were to
be established; if below, prizes were
to be offered to stimulate its increase.
Another suggestion of Plato’s was that
the children were to be the property
of the state and common to all. In
Sparta everyone ate at a common
table. No payments of money were
required and the products of all were
shared by everyone.
Further, in Greece factories of con-
siderable size existed. Some employed
hundreds of workmen. A factory
would be devoted to tlie exclusive pro-
duction of one article, such as a tunic.
Most of tlie labor was performed by
slaves. Even the most humble citi-
zens of Athens had at least one slave.
They were sent to the river to drink
with the horses and were branded on
the forehead.
Contracts in Athens were bound in
two ways. Oue method was the in-
formal handshake and the other was
the formal contract where something
was pledged. At one time men pledged
themselves, but this was stopped un-
der the laws of Solon.
Were the Athenians familiar with
apartment houses? It seems so. Wit-
ness the following statement by a well-
known French economist: “People
built for speculation a sort of inn,
the apartments of which were let to
strangers whom politics or commerce
attracted to Athens, and who had no
right of citizenship there.” Rentals
in Athens amounted to about 8^4 per
cent of the capital invested in the
property.
In the claim of Germany that she
has secured control of the seas through
the destruction of shipping, by sub-
marines, we have a parallel case in
the history of Rome. The Romans
were never fond of going to sea and
had a peculiar horror of commerce.
In Carthage j:hey destroyed 500 ves-
sels. Augustus, who brought victory
in a naval battle at Actium, greatly
feared water. It was through their
wholesale destruction of ships that the
Romans gained control of the sea.
Ancient Rome faced the same prob-
lem we do in the congestion of cities
and neglect of agriculture] Virgil
lamented this tendency and contrasted
the artificialities of city life and the
simple pleasures of rural living.
Rome, too, had “big business.” The
great bulk of her commercial and fi-
nancial affairs were in the hands of
the “Equites,” or Roman knights. The
entire industrial fabric was dependent
on them. Roman “big business,” just
like that of today, was not immune
from attack. It was constantly being
assailed and accused of graft.
The 'Romans even used checks about
the same as we do today.
Today we boast of our world fairs.
But Europe, during medieval times,
was not unfamiliar with fairs fully
equal to ours. They were really an
economic necessity, as people were at-
tracted from far and near, and ex-
change of products from every part of
the world was facilitated. The largest
fairs were held at Novgorod, in Rus-
sia. Leipzig, in Germany, and Stour-
bridge, England. An English fair at
St. Giles covered an area of seven
miles and lasted sixteen days.
Even in this day who has heard
of a bank with 9,000 branches? Such
an institution existed in medieval
times ip the Knights Templar. They
conducted a general banking business
and maintained 9,000 branches.
Government
Financing of Past
Present War Taxes Mild in
Comparison; Nations nt War
Must Make Sacrifices
By S. W. STRAUS
(Prominent New York and Chicago Banker)
(.Copyright, 1917. Western .Newspaper Union. >
To you who are hit by the new war
tax legislation read the following and
cease grumbling:
By Sydney Smith, an Englishman
(in 1815).
“The school boy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages liis
taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a
taxed road; and the dying English-
man, pouring liis medicine which has
paid 7 per cent in a spoon that has
paid 20 per cent, makes his will on
an £S stamp and expires in the arms
of an apothecary who lias paid a li-
cense of £100 for the privilege of put-
ting him to death. His whole proper-
ty is then immediately taxed up 10
per cent. Besides the probate, large
fees are demanded for burying him in
the chancel. His virtues are handed
down to posterity on taxed marble, and
be will then be gathered to Ills fathers
to be taxed no more.”
In England at that time there were
taxes levied on lands, houses, horses,
carriages and windows. There was
also an income tax. During the seven-
teenth century England was as rabid
in its policy of tariff production as It
is now in favor of free trade.
In ancient Athens taxes were very
high. So zealous were the Athenians
in the collection of revenues, that a
public debtor could, ten days after a
judgment was obtained, be condemned
and banished forever from public af-
fairs. The children and grandchildren
then became responsible. Slaves were
employed to take care of private ac-
counts, because If the government sus-
pected that u citizen wus not making
a truthful statement to the tax author-
ities, the slaves could be tortured to
give evidence of their master’s affairs.
Athen’s extensive taxes were largely
due to the immense officialdom. Enor-
mous numbers of public officials were
dependent upon the government. There
were public- physicians, artists, pro-
fessors. The Athenians were very fond
of holding great banquets and festi-
vals, the expenses of which were paid
out of the public purse. At religious
gatherings as many as three hundred
cattle would be sacrificed and distrib-
uted to the people. A public speaker
would be paid for his efforts in ora-
tory, and the people paid for listening.
Today, the problem of raising money
for government expenditures occupies
the time of some of the keenest finan-
cial brains of the cpuntry. We are now
participating in tlie greatest war of
history. We are fighting side by side
with nations which are years ahead
of us in military preparations. We are
facing an enemy whose military estab-
lishment has been so highly developed
that it brought on the war. To carry
on our part successfully and bring the
war to a speedy conclusion, billions
have been and wi1)! be spent. The ag-
gregate total of the two Liberty loans
has defied our comprehension. Yet
this amount, ir. proportion to our
wealth and resources, does not equal
the burden placed upon us in the pre-
vious wars.
In the Revolutionary war the Conti-
nental congress was forced to depend
upon credit bills and requisitions
drawn against the colonies. Our first
interior war loan was made in 1775.
It amounted to about $30,000. A year
later a second loan of $5,000,000 was
authorized, but only $3,787,000 was
subscribed. Then paper money was
issued and by the end of 1779 congress
had authorized $200,000,000. An equal
amount was paid by the various states.
Continental bills of credit depreciated
99 per cent in value. Robert Morris
came to tlie assistance of the govern-
ment and by his great ability financed
the war. He even made personal
loans.
In the Civil war the financial diffi-
culties were also great. The country
was suffering from a business depres-
sion when Hostilities began. One of
the first efforts to raise capital was
an issue of $150,000,000 of legal ten-
der notes, and a bond issue of $500,-
000,000. The bonds bore interest at 6
per cent and were issued in popular
denominations of from $50 up. As in
the Revolutionary war, a financial gen-
ius appeared in the person of Jay
Cooke, who was extremely active in
making the loan a success. He adver-
tised extensively and employed 2,850
agents. The same year congress Is-
sued another $150,000,000 in treasury
notes. In all, the aggregate amount
of government loans during the Civil
war was $2,600,700,000. About 6 per
cent was paid on most of tlie loan.
Certainly, we are no^w in an infinite-
ly better position to finance the pres-
ent war. Where the interest rate was
6 per cent on the first Civil war loan
the initiul rate on the first Liberty
loan was 3Va per cent. Our wealth 1st
muny times greater in proportion to
the population than in 1861. We can
afford to, and Mil,'push this war vigor-
ously to a successful conclusion. Any
strong nation that hr^pes to endure
strong cannot shirk its duty.
All Aglow.
“Now they say the brain Is radioac-
tive.”
“Um.”
“And emits a faint glow.”
“I don’t know about the brain, but
I’ve seen the nose do that.”
A Bargain.
“Does your wife cure anything for
baseball?”
“She never did until one day she
learned they were going to play two
games for one admission.”
Thrift is the exercise of the will, thj
development of character, the daily
practice o£ sensible living.
Cupid Kept Busy During Week-Ends at the Capital
«T ASHINGTON.—Oh, Mister Dan Cupid, when did you make Washington
fl your headquarters? The national capital on Saturday and Sunday is just
one great big “Lover’s Lane,” a mecca for military lovers. There ten thousand
or more soldier boys and their sweet-
hearts in Washington over every week-
end.
From four of the nearby military
establishments the soldiers flock to
Washington, and from ail over Amer-
ica their sweethearts come. Up and
down Pennsylvania avenue they stroll,
arm in arm. In the restaurants and
theaters these war lovers are every-
where. For two days they forget the
war and what the future may hold in
store for them. The war has made
V\ ashington’s social week-ends brilliant. Social leaders have plunged into the
effort to make the life of America’s soldiers a happy one. Dances, teas, recep-
tions and dinners abound over the week-ends for the soldiers and their sweet
hearts.
And here and there among the many sweethearts are “the dearest sweet-
hearts.” Little gray-haired mothers come to see their boys—perhaps for the
last time before they “go over there.”
In the midst of hurried war preparations and the mobilizing of men for
battle, Washington seems to be a continual semblance of strife. But the week-
ends bring relief with the sweethearts and lovers. One forgets the horrors of
war and sees only the happiness of love.
Fine work, Mister Dan Cupid; keep It up!
Flock to See Prominent Men and Their Wives
tJORGET the “Diamond Horseshoe," for it has been eclipsed by the brilliancy
* of Washington’s concert audiences. There was a time when just plain
ordinary women gasped at the mention of the “Diamond Horseshoe.” It meant
the very essence of society and bril-
liance. But Washington’s concert au-
diences have the “Diamond Horseshoe”
of New York’s opera far outclassed
for real brilliant people—the sort of
people that you gaze at in the Sunday
supplements.
These concerts come just at “tea
time,” twice a week. Soon after four
o’clock the stream of carriages—yes
equipages are still considered quite
proper in Washington—and limousines
begin to gather in front of tlie theater
wherever the afternoon’s concert may be. Down out of the carriages step some
of the world’s famous people. Even New York’s brilliancy has been dimmed
by the war, for many New York women are here now, giving their services to
their country.
Women, of cou#se, give the real brilliancy to these concerts, but then there
are the men, too. Straight-backed men in military uniform, erect naval offi-
cers, and here and there some gayly clad allied soldier of France, Italy or
England, add to the brilliancy of the occasion. Washington, despite the fact
that it is the center of America and has for many years had famous men in
its midst, is not entirely immune to i curiosity. And then the big men of the
Washington of today are of a different type. The man who gained prominence
through politics has passed from the center of the state. He has been sup-
planted by the man who has made a name for himself in business. These meh
are a curiosity to Washingtonians and then everybody wants to see what
their wives look like.
Where Royalty Rubs Shoulders With Democracy
p OYALTY and democracy mix in Washington today just as though there
i\ was not a world war going on to make democracy supreme. Dukes and
lords* barons and counts walk side
(An- HE TTABAROfL
by side with American civilians. The
royalty, however, is not the royalty
of autocracy. It is the royalty of de-
mocracy.
Since America entered the war
England, France and Italy have sent
some of their brightest men to Wash-
ington to aid America in her prepara-
tions for war. Many of these men
are of the nobility, but they have for-
gotten their noble birth and are giv-
ing their lives to the cause of de-
mocracy.
Witness a few. First of all there
is Lord Northcliffe, an English peer. Yet I saw him sit at a rouud table in a
moderately priced restaurant eating a 60-cent dinner with apparent relish,
while he talked with a group of American newspaper men.
Italy has her men of nobility. Her ambassador is of noble birth. There
is also Vittorio Falorsi, of the embassy staff, a man who came to Washington
to see that the Italian mission did not suffer at the hands of the newspaper
men. He is still here and always a source of information on things Italian.
In Italy he mis rank and noble bearing. In Washington he is just a plain
citizen.
We women in our days of lurid romance reading were wont to sigh and
wish for a lord or duke to happen along and propose marriage, writes a corre-
spondent. Now that I have seen a few of the nobles at close range I want to
tell those of my sex who still long for a title that they will find nobility of today
nothing more than any American boy can offer.
Two Months Dry, and Not a Case of Snake Bite
A FTER two months not a physician or druggist in Washington has reported a
A single case of snake bite. The zoo authorities have actually taken down the
strong wire netting which had been placed in front of the snake cage, as It will
be needed no longer. A few peddlers
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who carried a small stock of reptiles
have gone to other parts in preference
to going into bankruptcy. Nobody will
buy a snake.
But in place of the snake bite has
come the old-fashioned “tummy ache.”
Every little while a sufferer nwikes his
way to a drug store and almost begs
for a dose of Jamaica ginger to cure
a “pain.”
This does not mean that Washing-
ton really has an epidemic of stomach
ache. The remedy for stomach ache is Jamaica ginger. And Jamaica ginger is
esteemed as a substitute for booze. But the druggist is suspicious of the mas
who habitually has an internal ache.
There are few chronic Jamaica ginger drinkers in Washington, as few
druggists will assume the large risk for a small profit.
A paregoric or Jamaica ginger addict enters the drug store with a bottle.
He tells of a stomach ache or a colicky baby. Woman “dopes” seem to be
more numerous than men. They sometimes go from drug store to drug store,
seeking something to soothe their nerves.
Druggists are increasing the price of Jamaica ginger and paregoric to di#
courage their use or are refusing to selL
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