Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07

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If the newly built corn crib is of
good size it will be well to make ar
engagements for ventilation in case the
corn is not thoroughly ripe when
picked
In holding potatoes through the win
ter it is well to keep in mind the fact
that there is usually a shrnkage of
five or six pounds per bushe during
the period of storage
Trees that stand on the line between
two properties belong jointly to the
owners of such properties. In such
case neither party can trim or fell the
trees without the consent of the joint
owner.
With flock of hens in confinement
ration of finely chopped meat should
be fed couple of times a week to take
the place of the insects and worms
which they would get during the sum-
mer months If given free range.
Thulin. the Swedish aviator. recently
few across the Baltic sea from Lands
krona to Stralsund. Germany, in two
hours, the distance being covered at
the rate of 1856 miles per hour This
is three times the speed Of the fastest
passenger schedules.
There may be few sections of the
country where the potato crop Is up to
normal. yet there are many other Sec
tons where hosts Of folks not only
have not raised enough for their own
consumption during the winter, but
will barely have enough for seed.
Figures which have been compiled
with much care by the United States
geological survey show that the disas-
trous Ohio food Of last spring inflicted
. loss on the territory visited by 1t Of
$500 100000. and this huge total does
not take into account indirect losses or
losses Of life.
Adulteration in coffee may usually
be detected by shaking some Of the
ground coffee in pure water. If pure
the coffee will usually float on the sur
face. while II adulterated the water
will show pronounced cOloring as a
result Of the materials which are used
In the adulterating process.
Oct. p has been set aside by the In
ternational Apple Shippers association
as national apple day. The object Is
to call country wide attention to the
apple as an important fruit and to its
relatively low cost. One of the aims
Of the campaign is to see that every
body eats an apple on national apple
day.
A speaker at the recent meeting Of
the National Meat Packers association
predicted that within ten years the
better cuts of steak would be retailing
at 81 per pound. If this comes any
where near being fulfilled 1t gives
promise Of handsome return for the
farmer who sticks to the stock raising
business year in and year out.
About the cheapest kind Of hypocrite
| there is Is the person who Is uniformly
courteous and pleasant to strangers,
but who is short and sharp and incon-
siderate with the members Of his or
her own household. The fraud in con-
nection with this kind Of business is
that such people want their neighbOrs
| to think them one thing when in reali-
ty they are quite different.
Reports from many sections in the
New England states seem to point to
the fact that. while many Of the small
err orchard tracts and some Of the larger
have been sadly neglected. yet those
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ed their trees and have given the Gull
tivation and fertiliZing which condi-
tons required have been well repaid
! for their efforts In generous yields OF
mark ctable fruit.
So effective is the vaccination meth
cd for typhoid fever that in the Unit
! ed States army. where vaccination Is
now compulsory. the number of deaths
due to this disease has fallen from sew
eral hundred annually. which was the
death loss before vaccination was
adopted, to twenty-seven cases in 1912.
while during the past year there has
not been a case among the $4,000 sol
diers comprising the army.
The verdict seems to be general. now
that the fly season Is about over. that