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a foot higher than the wheels of the mowing-ma- 

 chine. We did not allow it to go to seed as had 

 the field of the preceding year, hence it was in fine 

 condition — no large woody stalks at all. The clover 

 was cured as red clover usually is, and with no loss 

 of leaves. It was stored in the cow-barn, and fed 

 tlie next winter to the milch cows. It was fed fol- 

 lowing alfalfa, and with no loss of milk, and not a 

 bit of stalk remaining. The bitter taste that is as- 

 cribed to it did not seem to be there, as the cows 

 ate every bit of it with very evident relish. As 

 much milk was made from it as was made from the 

 best clover or alfalfa we ever fed. 



The yield per acre was certainly two tons of cured 

 hay, and at no expense for plowing, fitting, or for 

 seed. It was just a crop from the seed in the ma- 

 nure. This teaches us that if we raise it and feed it 

 we must not allow it to mature, then feed it, and 

 then apply the manure therefrom unless we want 

 some sweet clover in that field. Hay buyers do 

 not like it in the hay they buy, although they 

 have bought it without adverse criticism. We have 

 conclusive proof of its value as roughage for dairy 

 cows, young cattle, colts, and horses, and advise any 

 farmer having it on his land to give it a trial. — 

 W. J. Hagar, King Hill, Idaho, in Seed Sense. 



TEMPERANCE 



A LETTER FROM ARTHUR CAPPER, GOVERNOR 

 OF KANSAS. 



We clip the following from the Associat- 

 ed Prohibition Press Bureau: 



THE hour's trend. 



The splendid message below from the executive of 

 the great state of Kansas is most significant. 



It shows that we are rapidly nearing a psycho- 

 logical hour of realignment and coalition for the 

 great reform. Governor Capper's letter reads as 

 follows : 



STATE OP KANSAS 

 ARTHUR CAPPER, Governor. 



Topeka, March 14, 1916. 

 Mr. F. D. L. Squires, 



The Prohibition National Committee, 



Chicago, 111. 

 Dear Mr. Squires: — I have your letter of March 

 10. I am firm in the belief that the time is here 

 when the best citizenship of this entire nation should 

 combine in a movement to put the saloon from us 

 for ever. We know that the saloon is making more 

 human wreckage than all other agencies. Why 

 should we, an enlightened people, a scientifically 

 informed nation, continue to license this great 

 curse, knowing it to be our greatest enemy, our 

 greatest hindrance to national well-being, the great- 

 est destroyer of thrift and happiness, the greatest 

 promoter of vice, crime, and disorder, the greatest 

 menace to the life of every boy and girl in the land, 

 the greatest source of expense in government, and 

 its most corrupting influence? Could anything be 

 more reasonable, more sensible — more necessary — 

 than national prohibition! 



Very respectfully, 



Arthur Capper, 



Governor. 



May God be praised that we have at least 

 one governor who can come out thus boldly 

 and squarely on the liquor question. How 

 many other governors have we who are not 

 afraid to stand by him? 



ALMOST $1500 A MONTH SAVED IN THE COST 

 OF FEEDING THE PRISONER.S IN JEFFER- 

 SON CO., ALABAMA. 



The above saving came about by the 

 smaller number of prisoners in the county 

 jail after the county containing the city of 

 Birmingham was made dry. See the clip- 

 ping below, from the American Issue: 



Sheriff TC. B. Knight, of Jefferson County, the 

 county in which Birmingham is located, presents 

 the following figures in a letter dated April 1 : 



The total number of persons confined in the 

 Jefferson County jail during the year 1915 was 1666 

 less than in 1914, the last year of saloons. The 

 total number confined during the last half of 1915, 

 the first six months under prohibition, was 725 less 

 than that of the first six months under saloons, or 

 1487 less than the corresponding six months of the 

 previous year under saloons. 



From an economic standpoint it might be of in- 

 terest to note that it cost the people of this state 

 $8975.40 less to feed the prisoners in the Jefferson 

 County jail during the last six months of 1915 

 under the prohibition law than for the correspond- 

 ing six months of the previous year under saloons, 

 or a saving in this matter alone of $1495.90 per 

 month for Jefferson County. 



Several thousand half-pint bottles of whisky were 

 shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio, a few days ago to 

 Birmingham. The whisky was packed in piano- 

 boxes and billed as second-hand pianos. The con- 

 signment was seized, and Uncle Sam is now ferret- 

 ing out the wholesaler who shipped the stuff. He 

 can be prosecuted under several sections of the 

 United States law. 



After reading the above, just think of 

 the absurdity of the statement of the liquor 

 party that, if we do not have the saloon 

 revenue, we cannot keep up our schools to 

 educate our children ! The cost of feeding 

 prisoners is something, of course; but, dear 

 me ! what does the cost of feed amount to 

 compared with keeping from 1000 to 2000 

 able-bodied men in jail for a whole year? 



RUSSIANS EMANCIPATION FROM ALCOHOLIC 

 LIQUORS, ETC. 



We take pleasure in clipping the follow- 

 ing from the Akron Beacon-Journal of 

 Ajjril 22: 



RUSSIA TO WIN A DOUBLE VICTORY, SAYS AMERICAN 

 IN czar's SERVICE. 



New York, April 22. — Dr. Philip Newton, an 

 American who holds a commission of brigadier gen- 

 eral in the Russian army in recognition of his work 

 for the czar's troops, will leave here within a few 

 days for the eastern theater of war. He takes with 

 him fifteen ambulances presented by Americans to 

 the Russian army. Dr. Newton looks forward to a 

 double victory for the Russian empire when the 

 present war shall have ended. 



" Russia is already victorious in a war greater 

 than the one she is waging with the central powers," 

 said Dr. Newton. "This glorious victory was gained 

 in a single day by the czar's order prohibiting the 

 use of alcohol within his empire. Great will be the 



