The Hereford Brand, Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1918 Page: 2 of 10
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Thoughts of Spring Planting
Uslo^THOUCHTs'of THE JOHN DEERE IMPLEMENT LINE
Thinfcinf farmers have found, from long t*xp?ricnce, that it pays to buy standard farm implements. The John Deere Une is the standard of the world
Planters
Cultivators
Listers Disc Harrows
Drag Harrows Dain Mowers
John Deere Wagons (Light Drought)
We have the John Deere line on exhibition
and another car rolling.
Tl ^ \/_ ^ D a. rx *11 You can buy any kind of a grain drill, but there is only
I He V ail orunt brain L/rill ONE Van Brunt It has innumerable point* ol superi-
ority, but the THREE outstanding feature*—features to make any man THINK, are:
1. The baalings are guaranteed for the life of the drill.
2. Will sow froaa 12 pounds of Alfalfa to all hinds of
3. Poaitive spur
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TBI BXTOHI0N8XBVI0B OP THE Aft M COLLEGE OF TEXAS
(Continued from last week)
THE OFFICE AND ITS WORK : The Director, his Assistant,
nearly all the District men in charge of Agents, and the Specialists are
leested at the College, where a large force of clerks is maintained to
handle the tromendons volume of correspondence which arrives by
every mail. It is a revelation to the unitiated to read the hundreds
of letters from farmers aud their wives which come in weekly, beg-
ging for advice on every conceivable farm and ranch problem* These
letters are handled by the specialists and office staff, expert advice
being given in answer to every letter received. Specimens of all
kinds of plants are sent in for identification or for diagnosis for dis-
eaae, etc. _ A mailing room, equipped with power machinery, in kept
busy sending out thousands of pamphlets and leaflets monthly per-
taining to every phase of agriculture and home economics. The
Agents are all handled through this office. The Specialists keep in
dm touch with the College and Experiment station staffs, as well
as with the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and thus ac-
gain the latest data gleaned from all over the world.
A visit to the headquarters of the Texas Extension Service will
convince the most skeptical as to the value of the instruction being
ghren, and the powerful influence for good in agricultural and livj
development being weilded by the Service.
(To Be Continued Next Week)
SEED CORN
Loeal bankers have received the following letter from a large
house of Chicago. The letter is not only to the point as
regards seed eorn, but as regards every other kind of grain raised
■ the Plains country:
"An authoritative statement has been made that a shortage
of 500,000 bushels of good matured seed corn is possible in State of
Illinois alone in the spring of 1918. Whether later developments
fWfill this prophecy or not the early frost prevalent in the fall of
1917 over a good portion of the middle west calls our attention to
the probability of seed corn being very scarce this year.
We have engaged in the prosecution of a War which we shall
finish in the most efficient, expeditious manner, but to do this, our
fbraee of production, especially of food, will be taxed to the utmost.
It is possible that food may ultimately be the deciding factor.
Whether or not the Government fixes a price on corn, the
etionomic forces involved will inevitably provide great profits to the
producer.
Is it not ressonsble to encourage the production in 1918 of
the largest corn crop on record f This yesr of all years would you
net be justified in suggesting to your customers the importance of
selecting early a sufficient amount, at least for their own use, of
their best matured corn for seed purposes?"
•••••••••
THE BUSINESS 07 WAE
The fact is being driven home to the people of this country
that we have reached a stage of the war when heroics and stage ora-
tory must be dropped and serious work take their place. We have
exhausted our vocabulary and invented other languages in our con-
demnation of the Hun—which was probably to be expected ami
necessary in the working up of a general war spirit. Now. how-
ever, the preliminaries are over, and we are in the very center of th<*
conflict, whether for good or ill will depend entirely on our future
actions.
We must realize the seriousness of the fact that a half million
of our boys are at this moment facing the greatest engine of destruc-
tion this world has ever seen. Other thousands are daily leaving
to share their labors and bare their breasts to the same daugcr-
These men have no faulse or exaggerated notions of the glory
awaiting them. They are imbued with but one thought—to remove
from the world a great menace to human liberty. To this end
they are willing, if need be, to give their lives. Certainly they are
giving to the tank the very best of their manhood. It is a serious
business and they are going about it in deadly earnest.
Are we who remain at home taking the same serious business
view of the work before usT Are we devoting OUR lives to the
end that THEIR lives may be preserved, or, if sacrificed in the
cause, that the sacrifice may not be in vainf
Just recently the country was called upon for the first resl
sacrifice of the war—the conserving of fuel. It has been interest-
ing to note the spirit in which this order was met. As is the case
in all such blanket orders, there were many loopholes of escape for
those desirous of evading the order. Be it said to the everlasting
credit of our people, very few sought for these excuses. The rule
was rather to cheerfully comply if there was any chance that the
order reached them.
American citizens must dedicate their lives and energies to
two objects—producing and saving. The entire question resolves
itself into a purely business proposition—that of increasing ^.ur in-
come to the highest possible figure,, and then living well within that
income that each may have a surplus to lay on the altar of our coun-
try. *
Let s cut out the heroic and get grimly down to the business
of winning the war. Any other course spells failure.
##•••••••
THE BRAND is in receipt of a communication from th • Hon.
Fred W. ftaSis, State Commissioner of Agriculture, announcing his
candidacy for another term, and asking the support of the newspapers
in the rac
While The Brand holds Mr. Davis personally in high esteem,
at the same time we agree with the position taken by The Dallas
News that the office Mr. Davis holds is a fifth wheel and should be
abolished, the duties now devolving upon the Commissioner of Agri-
culture to be turned over to the Extension Service of the A A M Col-
lege of Texas.
The so-called "Institute" work of the Department of Agricul-
ture is largely a joke, of no lasting benefit to the farmers, and is an
attempt at direct duplication of the educational work of the College.
The result is confuaion in the minds of the farmers of the state and
a double burden upon the tax payers of Texas-
The Dallas News says that all the work now being conducted
by the State Department of Agriculture could be much more effect
ively handled by the Extension Service of the A A M College. The
Dallas News is right. Let us hope that the forthcoming session of
the legislature, which will take up the findings of the Committee on
Investigation just adjourned, will eschew politics for once and do the
state a real service by eliminating this useless and expensive political
office.
•••••••••
It is no more than fair if the
women are to be granted equ l
suffrage in public affairs, that
there be some way of guarant y-
ing to the men equal suffrage i
home.
If congress keeps on fanning
those political flames it ought to
be possible to conserve a lot of
fuel up there.
Three hundred thousand Turks
have deserted the Turko-Germm
armies because the kaiser is "too
cruel.'' While the desertions may
inconvenience him somewhat, th-
kaiser should be satisfied that
is sustaining his reputation.
The recent long cold spell was
so severe in the southern states,
that Negro reachers are reported
to have preached an ice-bound
hell to their congregations.
The Administration has waked
up to the fact that it has a Stone
tied to its neck.
While we are after the other
enemy aliens, why not probib't
those epidemics of German meas-
les?
Billy Sunday is reported to have
lost his voice since going to
Washington. Well, it oughtn't
to be difficult to find a voice in
Washington. There are a few
there that could be better employ-
ed than at present.
They've changed the old song
to "Every Monday Is Sunday
Now."
An eastern author has written
a book entitled "How to Rest."
Now let him write a book telling
us how to hold a job while the
resting is going on.
If Mr. Garfield had tried he
could not have hit on a better
gauge of the patriotism of the
business men of the country than
in the Monday closing order. As
with all measures of the kind,
there is a vast difference between
the letter and the spirit of the
order. The true patriot will not
burn fuel on those days for work
that he can possibly defer till
Tuesday. The spirit of the order
is conservation and sacrifiee. And
the man who refuses is an unde-
sirable citisen—mark him.
Senator Jim Ham Lewis of
Illinois intimates that he coull
tell many things about the out-
come of the war, but will not. if
he will just give us a little dope
on the Russian riddle we will en-
ter his name with those of the
major prophets.
That German peace dove turned
out to be a crow.
Nowadays when yon see a fel-
low coming to town with a basket
of eggs you wonder if he is pr«
paring to lift the mortgage on the
old home.
Congress needs to be bluntly
told that with fewer "investigti
tions" there would likely be iwm-
work done in speeding up war
preparations. The chief husine-*
of administration officials latch
has been in giving evidence. Let
them go back to work.
By far the greater part of i
annual loss in the United States
of $8,000,000 from lightning >
in the mral districts, points out
a farm fire prevention bulletin of
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
Patriotism is not pessimism.
The Navy has fourteen times as
many flying boats as it had at
the beginning of the year, and
thirty times as many men iu its
aircraft forces. It has built its
own aircraft factory in Philadel-
phia. Ninety days after ground
was broken for the plant, the
keel of a flying boat was bein^
laid. Five private plants sre de-
voting their entire resources tr>
Navy aircraft work.
on Shoulder
Loom Denote Rank
of wesrsr
The rank of commissioned of-
ficers of the United States Army
is shown by insignia on the shoul-
der loops.
The shoulder loops of a general
bear the coat of arms of the
United States and two silver stars;
lieutenant general, one large and
two small silver stars; major geu-
eral. two silver stars; brigadi r
general, one silver star; colonH.
silver unread-eagle; lieutenant
colonel, silver leaf; major, gold
leaf; captain, two silver bars; 1st
lieutenant, one silver bar; sec-
ond lieutenant, no loop insignia.
The shoulder loop of a chap-
lain bears a Latin cross.
POLITICAL ANNOWCEMfllTS
Announcements for Deaf Smith
County will be carried in this pa-
per upon the payment of the fol
lowing fees, cash with order:
District offices $15.00
County Offices 10.00
Precinct offices 5.00
The following candidates author-
ise us to announce them for the
office under which they are list-
ed, subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary:
for
For County Judge:
Jas. A. Hughes
(Re-election)
For Sheriff and Tax Collector:
C. S. Purcell
(Re-election)
Geo, W. Cloyd
and District Clerk:
E. Crouch
A. O. Thompson
(Reelection)
For Comity Treasurer:
J. J. Ward
(Re-election)
For Tax Am—sot:
C. P. Arthur
C. E. Lester
S. G. Moore
Albert Murphy
A. C. Thompson
W. T. (Red i Smith
For Commissioner
Precinct No. I.
C. (\ Bowman
Deaths in British Forces
in Action sad from
st Bat 7
Now that American troopa are
taking their places in the trench-
es, attention is again directed to
an estimate by the Secretary of
War, that the losses up to Jur.e
1, 1917, of the British expedition-
ary forces from deaths in actiun
and from wounds amounted to bat
7 per cent of the total of all m* u
sent to France since the beginning
of the war.
The ratio of losses of this char-
acter today, because of improv d
tactics, is less than 7 to every 1 )0
men.
Those who can't fight must do
the next best thing they can.
Isjttorod Mm May
Be ~
Air
While men registered snder the
selective-service lsw are net be-
ing accepted at recruiting office
for enlistment in the Aviation
8eetion of the 8ignU Corpa, they
may be inducted voluntarily into
service by their loeal beards if
they sre physically fit, sufficient-.
ly dulled, end not required to
fill the current draft quota. They
will be aent to Camp Kelly, Tex.,
for distribution into trades, train-
ing, and formation into squad- *
rons, with ranks and salaries run-
ning from $90 a month as private
to $81 a month as master signal
electrician, food and quarters
provided by the Government.
JUDGMENT IN BUYING COAL
Coal is the greatest item of household use this winter,
more precious than rubies.
You just CANT AFFORD to buy cheap, trashy coal.
You should use nothing but the BEST.
OUR COAL,
is guaranteed honestly mined, honestly screened and wiJ
positively give you the greatest amount of heat for the
money invested of any brand of coal on the market.
We make a special point of supplying the needs of
EVERY CUSTOMER in THE ORDER IN WHICH THEIR
ORDER IS RECEIVED.
MCQUEEN GRAIN & COAL CO.
1,800,000 Women Are
Engaged in Agriculture
in united States
According to a late report, of the
1.800,000 women engaged in agri-
culture in the United States. 750.
000 an under 20 years of ajp
and 1.050,000 are negroes. A ma-
jority of the women workers ar^
found in the Southern States.
The lines of work in which wo-
men will be likely to increase their
farming activities, according tj
the report, are vegetable garde- -
ing. poultry raising, butter ma t-
ing. hog raising, etc. It is sug-
gested that women who know hov
to operate motor cars may with
little additional training operat •
t ractors.
Public Health Servios
st Work in Atom
Around Army Camps
The United States Public Health
Service is carrying on a campaign
along sanitary lines in areas ad-
jacent to 28 military camps. Com-
plete sanitary organisations wo**c
to prevent the spread of disease
from the civilian population to
military forces, and to protect ci /•
ilians from communicable diseas a
where they have occurred among]
troops.
The organizations include phv-
sicians. sanitary engineers, nurs-j
es. attendants, and laborers. Meth
ods undertaken include inspection
of all establishments handling foorl
supplies.
0CEAN8 OF WATER
Groceries!
Yes, we will save you money on
Groceries. Why, because we carry
a large stock, and we advocate buy"
2ng in quantity lots. Give us your
next order and be convinced.
W. L. SULLIVAN
GROCERY
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Holman, Seth B. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1918, newspaper, February 21, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253940/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.