Age Six

BUHIHI

Why America la Fighting

Wt art Cl war %w1th Germany because there la an IrracsncMaM* conflict between the Ideals of this republic and the domlnatinf purpose* of tha Gorman autocracy. If our Idaato do not prevail, than the Gorman autocracy will prevail over wa. ... Wo are flatting Germany baeawoa the soocsoo of Germany would mean tha and of frosdihoro and avarywhara. Amortca cannot remain *-ee If kaioertam wins.—Joseph W. Folk.

war la to free Jtwdce and brotherhood Id tha bc'rt* of mae ercrywhere. We are Gghtias' ay la order to secure the pert peace of the world. Which Is Imports!bk as loog aa the GeraMB mtUtar* ay.natn la.aUowad to «««. for* there can be no endoring peace until further itmlnal ^ggread the other nations by the tocraey have been yir. The some real as to eater the wai b have alve peace now would merely a

KEEP M SOWS

knbnalt Are Foundation of the

Nation's Pork Supply.

HOCKS ARE BBNS DEPLETED

of Ha Moat ttocka.

O GOOD American question the Justice of our RitKlng the war with Germany. unless be be Ignorant \>t why we Ad so. We _ bare tiewad for years the prepare ttoos for war being made by

■ apprehension aa to tbe am- > ralaeo to be to I what tbe Roman rulers were to tbe world of tbetr time. When tbe day came for which Germany had been so long preparing she suddenly buried bar tary Americans mad wUh 9f s disregard of treaty obligation* eq the part of Germany. but tbe war In it* begin — seemed remote irom our affairs not neceaeartly. to affect American rights. There were adroottes of each ' of tbe contending badons among us. and a strict neutrality was maintained.

t. but there was no certainty then ifaat thane acts had tbe approval of tbe German rulers, so tbe American republic remained neutral and tbe AJtfuflcsif people boptf against hope that America might not become ' solved. As events followed events and the trighttolarae of tbe German military poller became more and more evident those among ua who aympathlsed with the German cense were little by little sliencted. There was still an undercurrent of hope that we might not be

Went Wilson endeavored In ovary way possible, consistent with the national honor dad dignity, to avert tbe disaster of war. On May J7. ISIS, be urged the warring nations to state tbetr peace terms, end pledge that tbe United States would beentn* e partner In an? scheme of UsOng peace. Tbe answer of Germany was evasive Then same tbe

i and children. TUI* i and tabu- , so contrary to all tbe rules of Ml a shudder of

tly wa ware brought L conflict after tbe prssld

done eve|thing that could fairly be to avoid tbe catastrophe. Now

wa are la thr war *e oai ■r vision, that It was Inc

that wa should go in. for It la o as much ss tbe war of Bag!and and l Prance. It Is a war to preasrvs « rights and oar liberties aa much i

Fight Is UatvoreaL

now evident to all thinking

hat Germany most or eWe Germs ny will

os along wUh tbe rse of tb< There ban been .man? fights for freedom oinoe tbe begUning of history, but they were merely Meal, while this U universal. There have bee for tbe ffbehy of a race, while this war Is f»r tbe liberty of all manOther wars have been waged to free one people, while this war Is not only t» keep ourselves free bnt to nakc free humanity of every race and of every creed. Tbe outcome will determine whether tbe world will be all democratic or all autocratic whether

tbe people and by tbe

people shall obtain throughout the earth or shall perish everywhere. We are at war with Germany because there is an Irreconcilable conflict be:ween tbe Ideals of this republic and be dominating purposes of tbe Gervan autocracy. If our Ideals prevail than tbe German autocracy will prevail over rs. We are fighting mae of outraged Belgium. Invaded and enslaved: of Prance, unjustly and harharonsty assailed and attacked; because of Russia. just emerging into tbe light of democracy and Just freed from tbe shackle* at tyranny: because of England. from whence cumt our laws and rtvtlicatlon. and whose early entry lato the conflict pccvefetol Umt victory ft

> i isnpraana be-

lamea *weU

tupply—already too abort. With bogs

der would be defeat. Jamas 1

Lowetl wrote tt

and they come to ns In die preseal

a sen. But tbe value W a

TO PLAMT ASPARAGUS fWUfl Good Results Obtained by Placing Ir. Rows Four Feet Ap-rt-flows

Growers Use Seed.

Good results can be obtained to . tarting a commercial asps rag— bed by planting roots to rows four feet apart. They can ha placed twe fleet to rows and about right lathe. Place about an tori) of rtcfc soil to tbe bottom of tbe treocn end spread out the roots c-refuDy before covering them wlthwarth. This depth of right toqbee prevfots lajury to toe roots and. as they develop, more earth be worked Into the trench during process of weedtog apd «*tl vmtlou. The second yrwr the bed MM be thor cnlUvawd to keep dowr. feeds % >oierve molstnre. and tlw third year cnttlng may be continued for about three weeks, which gins tbe about half a wop tor market [h some glowers seem to prefer

SOX USEFUL FOR TRAP |

belter sqreess by tryjff " "*** MTOBg ^ ^

I find a tnp DP« ■ i be made cioictl, | _ fttog tow wm, »

»ble alldUg gate. Is the an shown, tbs gate Is (fils V] g

— CARL XBOOSAN fiAOE HECOBU .aj

a A. f. Call at Ham

• tha fcst against oar h

SsVvLxL

to aome of tbe brillgcrem sa. to Prance, for example, to

the three yearn Juat before January

1181T, tbe number of swine decree! WJfl per cent: during 18 to .the m her to Germany decreased 8lf7 ]

fa Ood within tha shadow, heaping

Before we entered-the war Azneri•ans bad a right to be neutral as beween other nations. Now that we are n. no American can ha neutral Tbe American who to neutral now to guilty >f treason to the RepubUc. Tbe hmerican who to not for bis conctrj

SHostlon Critical, ceding stocks are bring depleted. The ritnMtioo Is already critical and Atena to become very serious If the try continues to be drained of its

readdy be met by swine pratoritoo. U has been calculated that tbe possible use from one sow to IXWZ fdgs to ysara, on toe supposition that all rs consist of six pigs, tost all lire, that half are frmabw, and that ee.ch gilt aborid farrow at one year and

Ninety btsheU of oats to tbe so

ke record made this year by Oar^

roo-isn. castetant secretary of agri-

mi ture. on one of bis farms st <Me-

ni. The average for all toe < harvested on the Vraoman farms

year wga 7* bnsbris par acre. The av-

p production of oats pm acre

eragr on Ms entire acreage m

to treble It on one Arid. It to pointed out to proof of the efficacy of toe methods recommended by the United

States department tf agriculture, of tbe oats were grown to accotto

may have been, to eoch a

we must be one people, country and Geeoted

*• I *■'

Automatic Trap rim.

Gate and spring can be adjt*t«l to done rised breeds of pooitn.

ored apt igbta am he n:! 1*

flooring and toe othey woo.i«. p -na'* from laths or wcod< h Jh .' trigger la made .pf irijv.

of (America’s sons bare answered to tbe nation's call 1 Fkuuld bare tbe full support of bean and soul and sr*rlt of all American i and women, for, to toe name of America and to behalf «f America, they ore going forth to battle to order.-that

may be ■ BaatolncO.

republic, and toe few remaining sympathisers with toe German cause saw they could no longv* eoattouv their friendship for any nation guilty at such deliberate acts of brutality and

savagery.

President Wat Patient.

Tbe demand came from end to end of tbe nation to declare war against this monster which was running amn<* among the nations Tbe prmddent however, was patient. Be hesitated to lead tbe nation into the awful vortex of war and endeavored to save (be national honor without tost dire necessity. He wrote a note of protest to the German rulers. They promised they weuld sink no more turrehant sUlpa without warning, and for a time

II was thought that tbe crisis might Josapn w. eom. pcs*, dm It wa* only s hope to those, 0rrlMll urm9 which would otherwise who res 11 ted toe German parpose of hi>Tr bfra t hu> saving ua from world domlnat.un. Tbe president calm- , br (irnamx> mlUtartsm. We 1} waited. Ignoring tbe malignant crl- Brr Germany beesase tbe euc-

port ty any todtridual or urgaiflxsUoo t* disloyalty to the government end

treason to the flag.

This to the supreme boor to tbe life of this republic and the world. A new economic and social order to emerging to every toad and a new internationalism to bring produced by the Moot and suffering of mankind. The ending of the great war. to tbe only way that It can rightly end. will ginning of a new epoch of wj

operation lor toe

sr cause of the depletion of breeding stocks to probably to tbe high

’ feeds. While cocci

feeds have gone up. sotde uf tbe uxmee of carrying breedtog stocks n e cot down by tbe use of green t >rage crops, pasture, alfalfa or eta ay. Brood sows may he maintained to fair rood I Moe at comparatively tie expense by tbe use of sack f e . da.

sowing to toe con. or as

crop oo land which to like)? to wash, sowing rape, or planting a root Crop, toe cost of wintering sows may be re-

in brief, toe depart!

sericulture strongly recomm

WAGON OILER IS AUTOMATIC CHANOE HAWKS OF CHIU

Occasional Jolts of •■'ehlele Will Jar Plunosr Back. Allowing OH to

Tbe plunger Illustrated restrains tbe flow of oil. paras through an opening In a metal guard at'acbed to tbe end of tbe bolster. This plunger has a vrsuher larger thafi the cptsl&g of

Youngster of Four Wetki

riety la Needed.

Chick feeds, aa usually made tj or small chicks only. Anmsaldl of four weeks old has to a largrto are outgrown chick feed.

SEED SUPPLY IS MPORTART

Obtained From fitraln That le Uniformly Healthy.

of one nation, hot all a principles of humanity

plied between nation* as they long boon applied between todlrh

I PTOfiMO- asexere ptaoung u»e

'rjrzzrt srx

time and apace and brought i porta of tbe earth I other have created a

t and bitter attacks of

those who laristsd that we could no . I roarer honorably remain oat of the

As tatr as January 22. 1017. tbe prosIdrot nddw—sd tbe sesute. urging s plan of lasting i»eace among the notion* through International arrangement. A few days thereafter it became known tost on January 1C. 1817. the German ruler* had sent a secret note tu Mexico and Japan, attempting to unite them to a war against the United States, and promising to give Mexico to turn a part of the United State*. Then Germany notified *<ur government that It would no longer keep !U> promise not to alnk merchant ship* without warning By plain Im plication It admitted that It h*d given tills promise merely to gain tlm.- for preiierniloo for a warfare of hideous frlghtfulnesi. What wa* to be dooeT Even eBurt of diplomacy had been hncsted. American ship* were being

sunk without warning, tb

flag was bring Insulted and fired upon. American men and women were tielng butchered, tbe mailed 6»t of Germany' war lord was bring shaken at AttiM lean institutions. German sfle* li feried our country, rintoavoring to It Cite discontent. »ts1k<-« and even <Jv

k t

racy regardnl thl. nipt, and Us entr • Into tbe war a* n-nro. National

I the '

of Germany w ould mean the of freedom here and everywhere. America cannot rrtnhlu free If katoerl»m win*. If Germany should triumph over oar European alllea. we would l.uve to bailie single handed with a victorious Teuton autocracy, determined to conquer and subjugate

the world.

For 40 years Germany has been building up a military machine, tbe central thought of which has t>«“ Srorld domination, and this terrible world calamity of blood and misery to the result of this ala of the German

autocracy.

Outlaw Among Nations. Germany * meihid of warfare, to the sinking of merchant ship: without warning, to the drowning of helpless women mid children. In Ixuubsrdlng uuf.rrtlfled ritlcs. to lurking like n*■aaslii* beneath the waters and In the air. ready to strike and murder armed, the Uo*u»pcctlug. and the hrlp- !»•*», has evidenced a savagery and brutality such n* the world ha» nwi known before. Humanity will find It | difficult to forgive and history Impo*j Kittle to forget. Germany to the i Ian omoag the nations, trampling der foot every ohligaticti of Intel tlona! law. threatening every Ideal I dear to the hearts of freemen; the world will uot be a safe pirnI IllKrtj until tbe German autocracy to I overthrown and crushed forever, j We would have loot the raped ] mankind and our own sen-respect hud | n r failed to take Up the gauntlet so j toMtltnlly thrown to our face by the G-nuati rub f*. W. are flghUug for : mfr oWu fr<-t- lorn and fur tbs freedom the year* to

llised countrias are Dearer paint of time and cominuplcsUi were tbe autaa of tM* Union tary ago. No nation can live

Itself alone. Tbe hermit natloo to pest. Rule of- Right Msv

n now living may sas tbs' flay 1 when the world will be rttiol k», '

Instead cf might, by Justice

sriSshuMA Men now living the time when tbe Ideal of putdic

•me through out the'tosriu-

Out of tne black cloud* of war‘tost now envelop the earth mag ootoo a greater tvellxatian of the necewdly fo*j an totevnstional court of utotomtioa. with power to enfor.-v Us draw. The*, frill dawn tost day forsUflfl of old. foUvalng the hmt great battlo of the world. W hen there frill bo prooe on earth snd good frill to the buert* of the children of men. The mlMdmi America is to educate the world to this ■desired connuumallan. To fulfill tMs misiloa tliere must be loyalty and devotion to the Ideals of America among

tbe people of America.

The democracy that we nre fighting for to the religion of brothsiboud among men; the religion Umt says. “Thou shalt not He; Ibou shall not

plants, seed should be obtained from s strain that to ualforrnly healthy and XOhae- dean stonge should then he

RfoeUsd.

_ Only clean toad, land tin bad a three-year, or bettfir. a it fltwyear rotrOoo. shock] be planted

jo potatoes.

GATE LATCH IS (^KVEWIEWT atari Device Is Equipped With a Link Fastened to a Pori and Works Automatically. Failure to keep the gate latched has ■used many s farmwlfe a carefully planted sad rrsn more carefully tended gaideo patch, or has cost some farmer considerable money to damage done by prowling stock. Many gate

following Should be fad: Om to pounds of chick feed. 23 P«a whole wheat, 25 pounds of « cracked corn or kafir corn, to * ri

be important thing i* to < to gradority and let the !• uge Up over a week or not try to make the change by ft isloosl feeds, as of. sty. ^ • at; rather mix the «V*t k

inf

* rdM*

Automatic Wagae 04W.

tubing, writes G. J. Eyade to Fanrcrs Mall and Breese. The'spiral spring ordinarily frill keep the plangtr protruded. but occasional Joito of the w agon frill Jar It bark si Orient amount of oil to APPLY LIME AFTER PLOWING Thoroughly Mix With Soil By Harrowing or Disking—Has Tsndsncy to

Work Downward.

Lime should be applied after tha ground to plowed and thoroughly mixed frith the anil by harrowing or dtoklng. The more thorouMily it to mixed frith the aril, the better and quicker the results frill be. It should never be plowed under, because Its tsadsocy to te work downward rather then up-

ward to tbe soil.

SALES FIGHT MORE OR IB

When Yarded Together Th«r* Ilk

to fle • - - ~ When coekdrsto are yfifded n they are aare te fight taorv • eeperiafly toward to* ■Moral * snd broedlag ssfiinr If ‘ 1 enough rigor and Via « • aren't of tench value as brr Ob s tans whas* many g etw ware rgtoed toe » mole bird* w«r* kept »a *»»“ half a dosea or so In ear* >•' prevent any sartoua tojfiry < ■ <* was confined frith the yoritf* each yard. Ordinarily !«■ dhtot

them, but If they started trwBWr** thenwelvas be ««• In tto- u 1 burry. t£C

Hr was simply boucl m

them U he h*<l ■

GRADING PAYS PARKER WELL for it hu .rtiou ► -u

them oat of thrir mlmir «sr.

Potatoes Bring Much higher Piles When Assorted—Neatvsas and

Cleanliness Cou rt.

Do not fall to grad* til produce sold. Even potatoes bring a much better price when graded than when small and Urge and all colors are ptored In the same package. Neatness and rieanltosaa pay In Barks*lug as well as other places.

some fellow w_

. . . . i makes another Just a UtUr bit better,

•.cal;- tbe religion to«t teuafl* the ^ ll4rturr toe Utra of thro* ‘ “ — - tovsntiuas. It to equipped frith a link

i faatriud to a pu*t In surh poeltlon ! that It always return* autonmUcsIly to ! a hortioutal poritiuu and bolds toe ; gate latched there.—Farming Bustos**.

noma. II ml l-rople fm a

> ting »*> kF<1>

uppltcatlun of the Golden Kulc to public and private life everywbrrs; tbreligion that docs not array «ax* ugalnri class but [reserve* tbe right* of all by causing each to respect th-

rights of tha other: that equalises con-

SZ SELECTING BEST SEED CORN

^Hh^bra^y halted! but w«. - Task Should Be Mad* Special One snd un.-ndlng war ugalua conditions that Not lnrid^l tc Husking— create ,- vefly; thst protect, property OBtfc * r rights, but recognlxes the fact that ; . . property rights should never l«- tocon- All owed corn Aould be sritrted by siHient with buman rights; that seek. h»ud • Terlfil took, and not tori- ■ nre govenimeot by the peopto. not ' ^tal tohuskln*. Tb.' roro -boud less government by the psoptel thst j ^ g-«bered M fiPOB a. tborougMy gl\.-* to roch man an equal oi-p'-rtnnltr j mature snd brtrr the firs, hard

to live and t<> labor upon the *artb

that Cod bsv given to all. and to *»}»> . . , aurairi-'ted to- ! "* lf tor vxample. the first

tor two

. and to j quered territory, we dMiV no todrm-:

i-at toll: the religion that • of service and tees of i

sped oat. t

RECOMMEND BULK FOR RIOS

Helps te Bystem Wltb.ut bopplylng T<

Bulk should be praent to the pigs' retlar st all times, to help distend tbs digestive system so that It frill be able to handle large quantillra of feed during the fattening period, and also to satisfy the pig without supplying too

tbe “haggr he would probM’ 1 -' the ouoorit knocked ufit <>» h PULLETS GIVEN FREE I \lthough Fewls Will Oathr' •j* Worn* They Must Be 0-»«* *■ cutset Orsen Fro*If tit* pallets sr* fB*® u * they frill gslhor bugs * ~" groan food and grt mW' 1 ' to keep them healthy, hoi i rtous mtotakr te think lb*- . M . rtl.-. pi* ® white roaming nhout thr f»^ ——-< nskse food. A.

rvn

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MAKE GAIN IN FEEDING HOGS Corn Maul and Skim Milk Olve Better Results Than Anything Else, Beys Ohio fitetlon. Corn men! and skim milk will make greater gala la feeding hogs than anything else, to the report that comas

the Ohio

«rop sh-ald be hurt by early frost.

if the next i proven by thuusands of faraten hte

supplemented by •“‘b* . te produce ssttofsetury r ~ PREPARE DUCKS FOR “ ] When Fowls Rssoh Twc F* Weight Conflns Thsm »"'• Fattening Rst ec 1 Urban th* dock* reach in weight or over If If 1 * (hem ns brotlrrs roofin'- " , week snd feed them •» « , *‘ if uuiftlt or wrt cracked cor" esi. One can •hlptb**‘ dreeaed, ns b* pMc( mure money to realised In -