CJLPK MAY OOTTHTY TOOEB, BIA ML* CITY, W. J.

P«gt Thre>

OVER THE TOP”

An American 'dierWhoWent

Arthur Guy Empey Machine Gunner, Senring in France

OBtrncto nn. by Ankara*, **>9*7

I TU* fo:;.>«iac •t*t«npnt« »rr fmtn I j t!»r olBr!:il rtn lrtr of I hr first ymr nf ‘ 1 *rcr. ina>lr public by the comtni!!«-c

j<m pub!W-*lnformiit1on.

The ?»tnl cvtlraatrd rxpmsr nf tlir t*o:lr<] S'nfr* jovrrmmmt In the flr»t *f »rar. w ithout loan* to the aHi.-*.

is fl2j.:7^7S.07J*fJ7.

— ! Imrii.j the first yror of wtir thr I QUICKER FIRING. EASIER WOMT- l o,,rd s, “«*** •* n ‘

1 artu.il r'rructh fnmi aSM olfirrrs an 1

328.MR1 otBrm

IflMEmcMieiFLns I BETTElTHflN HUII’S aUlCKER FIRING. EASIER SIGHTING AND GREATER ACCURACY

CLAIMED FOR WEAPON.

BIG SUM FOR MOBILE CANNON

/CSSM otillsUiJ torn. Strmrti • navy today Is nrsrty "f- i

an-l .Tto.mo enlisted

PEY GOES "OVER THE TOP" FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAS DESPERATE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT

Synopsis—Jlrrt stoklne of the LosltanU. with the loss of >rt<nn lives. Arthur Ouy Em pry. an Amerlrsn II Tiny In Jersey Oty. to Bnylssifi sad enlists as s private in the British army. Afhr s . iperlence as a recrsltlnc ofceer In London, be la sent to tralnQuarters In Fraac* where he first hears the sound cf Mr run* and s thr actjunlnlonee of “cootie*." After a brief period of train)nr J.y*» company la seat Into the front-line treoehes. where be takes first turn c® t*» fire step while the bullet* whir overhead. Err pry comrade falls, that death lurks a]way* in the trenchea.

• d « aeryeant la our battalion Warren. Hk waa on duty with the fire trench ooe afterrdeea came up from the t be had been granted aeren e for Blighty, and would be at five o’clock to proceed to

- tickled to death at

tidlnga and

envious mates be*, te him on ■ step with the good time* In or him. He figured It out that day* - time toe would arrive at 0 station. London, and then—

day* - bliss!

nlnutea to flee he to fidget with his rifle, and ddraly springing np on the fire ft lb a muttered. “Ill send over e of souvenirs to Frit* so that las ms when I leave." be stuck over the top and fired two shots •crack" went a ballet and be off the step, fell Into the mud bottom of the trench, and Isy a huddled heap with a bullet

bi* forehead.

out the time be expected to art Waterloo station be was laid In a little cemetery oehind the He had rone to BUyhty. • trenches one can never teD— t safe to plan very far ■ 'Viand down" the m • step or repair to their recpecnpout* and wait Tor the “rum Ismnteriallxe. Immediately folthe ram comes breakfast t up from the rear. Sleeping Is n order unless some special

up.

und 1230 dinner shows this I* eaten the men try to themselves until "tea” appears jt four o'clock, then “stmnd they carry on na before. Mle In reat billets Tommy yeta up t rir In the morning, era roll call, la Inapedrd by hi* ~n officer, and has breakfast At be parades (drills) with bla eomor goes oa fatigue according to >rder* rhlch have been read out orderly aeryeact the night pretnem 11 30 and noon be la dla•d, has hla dinner and is "on for the remainder of#the day. ■ he has clicked for a digging Mg party, and so It goes oa from day. always “looping the loop' ooklng forward to peace and

’ dugout and wrote letter* lying that In the morning they were going over the top. and alao that If the letter* reached their deatlnatioo It would mean that the writer had been

killed.

These letters were turned over to the captain with Instruction* to mall the event of the writer** being Some of the men made out their wills In their psy hooka, under

r barbed wire. I a running, hut could feel no t walM. Patrbe* on d to float to the rear 1 treadmill and aejnpast me. The Gert a barrage of shrapnel ■n’t Land, and you could s slgp the ground about

m Into No Man's Land a bout fifteen feet to my right

front turned around and looking In my direction; put hla hand to hla mouth and yelled something which I could not make out on account of the noiae from 1 he bursting ahril*. Then he coughed, stumbled, pit chad forward and lay atilL Hla body seemed to Boat to *be rear of me. I could bear sharp crackr la the air about me. These were caused by passing rifle bullets. Frequently, to ay right and left tittle spurts of dirt would rise Into the sir and s ricochet bullet would whine on Its way. If a Tommy should see one of these tittle spurts la front of him. be would

* 4,792 offl.--m. The t..t r In the na»

SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FOWLS

Bureau of Ordnance Program Calls for <2.000.000.000 Espenditure By Cue Division—Employment Service Plans to Supply Farm Worker*.

Hens Should Be Comfortable. With Floor Space of 5 or 4 Square Feet

for Each Bird.

tFfwn Coa

e on Public Informal'.or

hi* more the caption. “Will and Last Testa-

teti the 1

L It later.

-I with a faatcr firing nod im*re

awurate rlfVc thnn u*ed by the Gcr-

: r-cording to our export dwdgn-:.;Tiufacturi-ri>. and marksmen,

a Matcmanl by the bureau of ord- j py ,| 1( » naV y

v. one military critic and wilier : pon.,. 3,*, trnob

rinlm- the Orman Mauser due* not perm:: (he roost skilled uwr to g<* more than 50 per cent nf the firing spo .1 nf the modified Enfield a-Viptod

for the I'nited fttates aerrice. The superiority claimed for tl»e

American weapon Is supported on thru- counts: Quicker firing .••.« a result of bolt-handle deahn. ea«ler nnd quicker sighting os a result of sight design, greater accuracy of bullet flight r. -ulting from Jrollet dertgn and gtvnter mechanical 0 ecu racy of cham-

ber and bore.

The fir*t mnllngenl of the expedl-

tiaunry f.-rcc* landed safely

French jiort »• dun after war % dared. American troop* went on the line for their hapiisiu of fire 1ST day*

after war nn* declared.

v™n, 7J.nuo „d - ‘“r b "' * — .. . .. . , bouse which provide* a floor space of

(Prsnarrd l-r ths I'nited fii*;c* Depart*

ment of Agriculturr i

The poultry flock should he comfort-

of Ho Man’s Land

blank to me.

Men on my right and left would s'nubia and fall. Some would try to get rp. while others remained huddled

Then the nerve-racking wait commenced. Every now and then I would glance at the dial of my wrist watch and vra* surprised to see bow fast the

mlnutea passed by. About five minutes <

to two I got oerrou* *«l'lng for our on a tide to the tear.

I could not take mJ So(ldfn , y ^ ^ loaned ,

watch. I croneneu

agalM the pwapet and atratoed -7 j Qo eerdooklng form, like mud turtle* muscles In a deathlike grip upon ray wrrr ^, mMU>c •p u. wait On* of rifle. Aa the band* on these forma seamed to slip and then showed two o dock a Minding red flare tQ ^ ^ the trench. I lighted np th '“^ ' n i oor ™ ,r ' tT” leaped acroaa thla Intervening apace. tMman-. UlmsUrt Ilk . ■1’*™.'“- Th. m.. u, m, Itft t» [*w Ik tllng sound In tb* air over our beau. , m(aalr then pitched heed down Into The shells from oar guns were speed | ^ tmirh , Uugbed out

In my delirium. Upon alighting ot other aide of the trench I came to with a sudden Jolt B'ght In front of me loomed a giant form with a rifle which looked about ten feet long, oa the end of which seemed Keren bayonet*. These flashed la the air In front of me. Then through my mind flashed the admonition of our bayonet Instructor back Jn Blighty. He had ra d. “whenever you get In a charg* and run your bayonet up to the hilt ln<o a German the Frit* will fall. Perhaps your rifle wiU be wrenched from your grasp. Do not waste tirae. If the bayonet la fouled In Ms equipment, by putting your toot oa Ms stomach and tugging at the rifle extricate the bayonet. Simply

botnc which provide* a floor space o S or 4 square feet per bird I* ample foe the purpoae, and fowl* are often soeceMfully kept vitb nn nlfownuce ao gn-ater than 2H 1® 3 "quar*’ f®«Honset must he dry and free from draft, but mart allow ventilation. Often there Is an una*ed ►bed or small building on the place which can •srtly lie convertid Into a chicken hoc-.. The imnt of the poultry house should be need toward the south. If possible, a

•»T.

■••times, while engaged In le" hunt, you think. Strange but It M a fact, while Tommy la -Mng hla shirt serious t bought* to Mm. Many a time, when perMg till* operation. I have tried sure nut the outcome of the Uat will happen to me. tbought* generally ran In this

H:

"'HI I emerge safely from Ihe next ■ kl If I do will I akin through the "lag one. and ao ont Wl.»r your 1 i* uapdmag Info the future It likely fo be rudely brought to earth Tommy Interrupting with. “Wbafa "I for rheumatism f • n you have something else to of. Will you come out of this ‘ rippled and tied Inlo knots with ■i.sllsm. caused by the wet and "f trenches and dugontaf Ton It up as a had )•*»> and generally ter over fo the nearest estamlnet •>wn your moody foreboding* Id a of Kh-fccnlng French beer or to lour lurk at the always present "f "boast." Ton can hear the -•ng voice of a Tommy droning lit- numbers n» he extracts the ■quarea of cardboard from the between hla feet. CHAPTER XL Ovar th# Top. ' my second trip to the trenches • flicer was making his rounds of l**-tl«n, and we received the cheer•cws that at four In the morning •••re to go over the top ond take h-rmsa front line treach. bly hear* 1*1 to lend. TIm-0 the officer carol; wtrh hla Instruction*. To fhr of my memory I reca'I them u» ' "At etcren u wiring party will '•' I® front and rut lane* tlirougb bail-ed wire far the |m*snsr of 1“ In the morning. At two o'clock artillery will open up with an In- " l>"iui>urdiurni. which will last un"'ir. I'pon the lifting of the barlb- llr*t of the three wave* will •v«t.“ Then hr left. Home of the ole*. Crut gettlag permission from •-••rgeani, went leio the machine

Ing on their way toward the German lines. With ooe accord the men •prang up on the fire step and looked over tht_ top In the direction of the German trenches. A Una of bursting !la light'"* up No Man’s Land. The din was terrific and the ground trembled. Then, high above our bead* we could hear a sighing moan. Our Mg boys behind the tine had opened up and 92T* and Ih-lnch shells commenced dropping Into the German lines. The flesh of the runs behind the lines, the scream of the shell* thoough the air. and the flare of them, bursting, was a spectacle that put Pnln’a gnatert display Into the shade. The constant pup. pup. of German machine gun* and an occasional rattle of rifle firing gave me the Impreralon of a huge audience applauding the work of the batteries. Our IP-pounders were destroying the German barbed wire, while the heavier stuff was demolishing their trenches and iMtshlng In dugout* or funk bole*.

Then Frit* got busy.

Their ahell* went screaming overhead. aimed In the direction of the flares from our batteries Trench mortars started dropping “Minnie* In our front Hoe. We dlckcd aeveral c*»ualtle*. Then they suddenly ceased. Our artillery had taped or *11 raced

them.

During the bombardment you could almost rend a newspaper In oar trench. Sometimes In the flare of a shell-bur*: a man’s body would be silhouetted against the para that of the trench and

A summary of the work of the gun filvlslf* of the bureau of ordnance «lw,u* It has been necessary to equip 10 large plant'; for manufacture of moMIr artillery cannon. The total pr-crura of the gun division call* for an expeodHaresf nearly gzoon.ooo.imo. The major project* have Included: C.-n struct loo of smokeless powder plants In face of the necessity of doubling Ihe present output. These are now under way. rxpendltwq of approximately »40.OOU.mO for plant faculties to manufacture artillery cannon, with ao estimate that fla00.fl00.000 will be *peot for cannon nloc ’ within two years after the beginning of the war. Ftei r.rations foi the erection of 1 plants.to extract toluol from the lllumlnati".g ga* being furnished cities by prlvnt gas companies. rofUk-vvatlon of the supply of roonlum nitrate nnd adds nnd vtructi m at government cxi>eo*e of a plant lor tlie fixation of nitrogen and Its final conversion Into ammonium

nitrate.

<'oartrurllon. now undertaken, of ga- fl' lug pinnt to cort ape--xlmately <12100000 and five large shell filling ant* With a total cost of fl25.000.000.

civilian employes-* are working at navy

yards tnd station*.

More than 7U0 privately owned vessel* have I>een purchase:! or chartered

mill* are working on army contracts.

Over 20.000.000 pairs of shoes have

been ordered for the army.

Treasury department floated flCjOlfl.t*S230i> subscriptions to Liberty bonds

I-oan* to a total of «.«W2.90G.O0O had j ^ t ^"^ in .m , hiDr t nto It. IVehcen wade I® cod,elMgerrat nattoaa to rrrUy ean be made id of 1017. | from piano Metes or other Total welc!.? oC«eel thrown by a racfcln( Two piaoo boxes with -dnglr broadside from the I’ennsylvnn- ^ b-cta ^ nailed tala today Is 1730S pounds; maximum | eKbn - Bnd r door cut In the end. Thewe br. -n.Mide «rf largest ship during Span- l>OMm should be cover-d with a roofing Ish American war was fifino pound*. ,,, lQ , 0 kwJ , thf dry Two weeks after war waa declared - - - ,

contract* bad he* a mode covering the requirements of an array of l/Wh.t**' nnii. this material comprising h.TOfl.-

flflO Item*.

More than 11.

A •pecUt farm-servlcv division Is bethe trigger and the bullel will i i lic eslaMislo-d In m «rt of the 100 offree It." In my present situation this fioea e( the I’nlled Stales employment waa the logic, but for the life of me, • _.-rvlcv as one of the plan* for ineetI could not remember how be had told in g ti c labor requirements of th«

me to get my bayonet Into the Ger-1 - ;rm er--. S;«1nl field agent* ore be- j the governm-nt In February amounted ,

man. To me this was the paramount, , n - ». n t Into district* where acute j to fl 10.IT.;.MS.

and to nuke It wlnd-pnatf. A p'rtlon of the door should be left open or covered with a piece at muslin, as a* to allow ventilation. Similar bouse* can . | be constructed of packing case* at a

manufacturer* bid rriMtirr .,j cort. A small amount

1 of 2 by 4 or 2 by S lumber can be pur-

Total death* In ihe array from April for f ram ing. The box board* G. 1917. to March 14. ltd*, for all enustw rnn ^ , (II , Uo< ] for or yh.-alhiBg wa* reported by the Adjutant On- nnd llHm wpm i with roofing paper, eral's office to be 1.191. Of tbl« nmn- whrre , hpre ^ a bourd fence It U her. 132 wi-re report .-I as killed In ac- cornet iraes poraiMe to take advantage Mon and 237 died or were lost al sen. „ f |hIs ,,y building «be poultry house The total nomlwr wounded In action |Q (he of th * en( j making Thirty-five men have t-cen tbf feurr ||Jlrlf milh |h ^ eweks covreported n* ml twine: 2S of them are ^ ,, T ^ or ^-rve as th* have been captured. Casual ,,. irk w ^ 0 , ,,ouge. tie* In the navy and marine corps A ^ , bouse 8 by 8 feet square can from April « to December 31. 1917. In , by 2 by Bod ^ etude T. naval officers and 139 enlisted j lnct fhc 2 by 4 piece* are men. killed or died from wound*. No f(jr plates, corner post*, and officers were reported - wounded In (hrM> nrxrn _ S o studding 1* required notion, bat 10 enlisted men were ao < tb|t DrcrsMr} - to frame the

reported.

Government now operate* 20fl.lkl0 j mile* of railway, employing l.ono.OOd ! men and repre*ratli.g investment of fliijoojooa Bonds, certificate* of IndeMedties*. wa'-ra\1ng* cerilficale*. and thrift i stamp* are Issued by the treasury up to March 12 totaled fl82».«2.«aJW. The United Stri.cw govt-rntuont had \ loaned to foreign government* as*---ctatml in the war on March 12. ISIS. A4.43S329.73fi. To March 12 the war-rtak Insurance I bureau had Iwraed policies for a total | of $I2.4«15.1]11,V»I to the armed force*. : Allotments nnd allowance* to sol- j fliers* and sailor*' dependent* paid by

Good Type of Poultry Hoi

issue. I cloned mr eye* and forward. My rifle wra* tom from hands. I must have gotten the G<-r-man because he had dlsappeo'.-i

About twenty feet lo my left front n i,

wa* a huge Pruiwlan nenriy six fee: four Inches In height, a fine ^ertm-!'

of physical manhood. The bayonet t„mtlnr from his rifle waa missing but bclutehed the barrel la both hand* an I wa* swinging the butt antund hi* hrndI could alUHWt bear the swish of th-

butt |Ht**ing through the air. TTirelittle Tommie* were engaged with him

They looked like pigmies alongside < f It*appeared tike a huge monster. Ton , bc Prussian. The Tommy on the Icf' !n

conld hardly hear yourself think. When was gradually etrrllag to the an order wa* to be passed down the hll opponent. It

fnna-l: 'Kir shortage exists or where The ordnance department maaufoc- door aud window space. The boards ii!y large numbers will he need- j tures nbout lOO.flOrt Item*. Due type' are ran up and down and add suffi-

' of gun with Its carringe ha* 7.900 rlent stlffoeo* to the house. They are

. ekly bulletin will be Issued In j parts, exclusive of acomaorie*. used alao for the roof and noered with pportnnltles for farm employ I For training tn«q.« In cnntnnn.'ti'- r.-.flnc p«|>er. The hack and sides of •■d the need* nf certain dlrtrlct* iXMOjOOOjO>n round* of ammunition house alao can he covered with listed. Foster* announcing the i hav#- been bought. roofing pai»-r. or the cracks can be federal nnd stale employ- * The navy bn* developed nn Anw-rl- rover.-<1 with wooden batten* or strip* ...Tices nrc lielng hung In post ' con mine believed, to comMne nil ih<- t o 3 Inches wide. In the froul of -fflre*. railway station*, and oilier pub- j g.svl pinliit* of various type* «f muies ,he house there should be left a wlaMe places | ** manufacturing them In quanll- dow or opening which enn be cloned. All third nnd fourth elas. ,«*l of- | l.e. when desired, by a mu*m. “ - j, nf » |,lch there are ULOflO. are ; Army medical training school* have which serve* as a protcetlne

trench you had to yell It. using your hand* a* a funnel Into the ear of the man Bitting next to you on the fire step. In about twenty minute* a graerou* rum Issue was doled out. After drinkng the rum. which tasted like varnlah

shudder through your

a a funny sight t

them duck the •winging butt and try to Jab him at the ratuc time, n Tommy nearest me received the butt of the- German'* rifle In a araashin-' Mow below the right temple. I' smashed hi* brad like on eggshell. 11-

pitched forward on hi* side nnd s con frame you wondered why they made TU i rire shudder ran through hi* bod? you wait until Ibe lifting of the bar jjeanwhl’e the other Tommy hn l rag* before going over. Al lea min- ^.inrd the rear o' the Prussian. Ru 1 utea to four word waa passed down. drtl ) 7 a h-, u t four Inches of bayonet gaKoHne^r.w “Ten mlnutea to go!" Ten minute, pro,,*!,*; from ibe throat of the ITu to lire! We were shivering all over. >lnD *rfd,rr. who slaggen-d forwar My legs felt as If they were aaleep- B „d feU. I will never forget the b- — • ——-—* • “Wtrst ,idank aatoolahmrnt that came ovr

Id* face.

Then something hit roc In the Ishowlder and my h-ft "idc wrat nun It felt a* tf a b»t poker wa* belt; driven through me. I felt no pain lust a wri of nrrvou* shock. A be; had pierced me from the re«r

now BUtliori:.- > d farm labor employment offices. During Ihe harvest »ru-

rtialn Mate* temporary office* .-in he open* U In a nnniM r of rltle* nr ihe purpoae of famishing necu^tc Information aa to where hnrvest

isnds are needed.

A weekly report of farm-lsM.r conlltloa* |s Ming sent to th* main office ; • t Washington by nil the branch oficc* etui by many Mate employment '

•ffice*.

Iwcn crcotcrl with capacity of 21.090 an in*t bnd weather but n I loves veutlnfltcers and men—Ifi.OlS) enl'cted men i a( t >ia j n the side a d*«>r should bo and <vt«' officer* already trained nnd which Will allow entrance. A graduated. shed or rtugir-riope roof l» hesl heNaval communication ser.be oi»r- (nUM . easiest to bul.d. A Might of 6 ate* all radio aerrice: fl.ofl" f,.-t m front and 4 feet In the rrar la are studying radlotrlegniphy al t«*» am ple. If deslrsd. the house may ha naval scM«ot«. bull! higher, so that it l* tuore eonvenlMolirat officer* numbering IJITr. are ^ n| | U i n; |ii r tnerrase In cost rtnhrrs nf tlie RMKlIcnl d- jwrtmrnl of wl || |m . .pght. The ventilator In the » nary. Navy iiinlnt:'ln« 12.***' how rrar j, ueeiled in Ihe northern pert r-sts nnd '..<»«» are IH-Ing added |jf (|u> ^unipj. hut 1* desirable lu the

lidate* for officer*’ 1

or tn.2*ri •

IMgMod

Then word wa* paased down: “First wave get on and near the arallng Ud-

ders."

Before a charge Tommy la the polltert of men. There I* never any push ing or crowding lo be first up theae ladders. We crouched around the lw*e of the ladders walling for the *

The u*m- of ga« n« a mibslitotr for i,

traction 1* inerra*- ! Acsrrdlng to a re- j, Slates de|K>rtmefit

f nMml t-MW eimmeplnl . ■ | idea haw already M-cn equipped , m ran *m coni ca«. with nn crtlmalcd saving of gasoline of Symn.OnO gallons » >' :,r , f>ver 20 Mrs*- componlc* are ninnulacluring a Irpl !.:>•■*. 15 BW pr-hiclng M- | glne*. nnd m .re thnn 4**0 are pnalueInc -lord pnits. scccssorlr*. nnd *up-

tiouth. w here summer

Kuril a house would be •u.pM for a if 2U to 25 heu*. It can he built

I Iflli

v in progrrwa wtih IKtart qll i tl j 7 and .-.rtly aud I

| rourtruribm.

i- yrnr the lal'wl * ~ I* gun was ronipl*

hatih’shlps: It throe. •

Jei4ile «*lg1itnB 2.l<»> ]»Kinds. Whet, wur o;i» <lerlnred. IS rcssa-Is were building or null nnd contract* have been place

■ Mil time f<*r 9«!i vewsel*

Before the war a t.rtal of FI

to go over. I wa* sick nnd faint, and fail backward

_» puffing away at an unUghtad fagThen came the word. “Three minute# to go; upon the lifting of the l*arrage and on the Mart of the whlMIe*. ‘Over the top with the l>ert o' luck and give them bell.’" The famous pbra*e of the western frort. The Jonah phraw of tlie western front. To Tommy It means If you are lucky enough lo come back you will he mlnui an arm or a I glanced again at my wrirt watchWe all wore them and you could hardly .-all us “alMlca" for doing *'■- H • minute to foM-. I -ould sec thr baud move to the twelve, ll.cn a dead al leocr. It hurt. Everyone looked up to nee what had happened, but not for long. Sharp whistle Wart* rang out ulong the trench, and with a cheer the men acraroWed up the ladders. The bullet* were cracking overhead, and occnslonnlly n machine gun would rip ond tear the top of the *andhag para-

pet. H"W I

f tbft Udder 1 will

the ground.

, M-csuso I could dim object* moving around me T a ftasl; *rf light In front *rf my -)■■* unconariousacK* Soaiffblag h*d nut on the brad. I have never f"

out what It was.

I dreamed I wa* being !*«cd *1' la an n|>ru boot on a heaving **■* opcmsl my rye*. The moon was s tag. I wa* *>n a Mretrher Ming rlrd down one of our communlca trrocb*-*. At the advanced first port* my wound* were dressed, then I was put Into an ambulancc *cnt to one of the buss- bospltnl - wound* In my ahouldcr nnd head ' not acrlou* nnd in *ii w.s-k* I I- t joined my company f«r aerrice In

front lin*'.

Empey Jo*"* the club." The thrilling detail* are told In the nest inrtallment.

Naval training ramp* have a enpar- i ity *if ItC.'*** in summer. 94.0t»i men In winter. In 16 eanlonmeBt* OaOjflOOjMW feet .rf lumber were uwd. Bay roaster gi-nernl of tl.e navy drew cheek* for more thnn *30,fll»i.Ot*» In ..»e day- F-hruary 23—-for munitions: , advertised purchases for the for ls*l-"< « 're Al9.00n.ooa

INSURE CHICKENS AND EGGS

—4_ay in Winter. An cascntlsl part of the endeavor to Insure more chickens and egg* 1» cuo- : tainrd in the maxim—hatch early. Tlie farmer wholiatchMearly lu tM- sfirmc. t-llber by Uicuhatlon or naltiral no tboda. Ms-m* to have all the be*! of the orguim-nt. Winn chicken* an- hat* hed | early in the spring they mature lu the fall and lay eggs In the Wlntri. The*, i In the spring, they arc r. ;■•!>' batch eariy. Latc-hulcM-l li-v. I* arc late In maturing, d*' not l- y In ti*“ viiiiti-r. nnd do nrt sit until late In the follow1 Ing spring.

During

r'rbru

. with 2-'l buslli'-*

Don't Brerr

know. The fir*t ten feel cut In front wa* ngooi- Then we paaaed^

those u**sl by tlw undertaking It--*' The Australian wheat crop for ■M-nson of 1917 IK 1* estimated nt I irnr«w> bushels.- corupaml with I , ,.; ir 's yield .if 132 VV. ■**» The 2'-

tried -allUary nnd naval ,

.TO UK C<Jh*nXCU*4