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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06
The Physics OF Baseball
By Hugh S. Fullerton
toopyrisht, iOlS, By ", O. Chapman

The first law of physics is that all
that goes up must come down; al
ways excepting the cost of living. The
first law of basl. all is not to let 1t
come down.
The difference between the physics
Of the classroom and of the diamond Is
that the student learns the laws gov
srning inertia, velocity, dynamics, the
curvilinear Trajectory of protectiles,
resisting power of air, attractive pow
er of masses; and the ball player, by
experiment, deals only with the freak
variants of these laws. Many times
the student who makes his college
team is apt to think that the prof. was
stringing him when he laid down
the laws of motion. mass and We
locity. For a baseball under skilled
trust, to come as near violating all the
laws as possible. @The ball always is
striving to do exactly what the laws
of Physics say 1t should do, with half
dozen other forces striving to COM
pei 1t to do something else, and with
the bad boys in uniform trying to in
vent new methods of making 1t violate
the law
II the supreme court should find the
law of gravitation unconstitutional,
or If the ball player could breathe in
an absolute vacuum, baseball would be
a simple proposition The ball would
keep on going in straight line until
mn oh tr.. tfu
continue to travel in a straight line
until some fielder, standing on the
needle point of infinity, jumped and
pulled 1t down with one hand.
There is professor of physics in
great eastern university who wrote
me inquiring as to the physics Of the
spit ball, and who later lectured to his
classes upon the subject. asked sew
eral great pitchers to demonstrate for
the benefit of the professor how they
held the ball, swung their arms, re-
leased It with their fingers, and how
much power they applied and to what
point on the surface of the sphere.
Among them was Clark Griffith, mas
ter In theory, who used to be past-mas-
ter in practice. asked him to take
the professor to the grounds and show
him things. The result was a note
from Griffith, in which he said:
Don't send any more bugs to see
me-"
Tbs point Is that the players do moi
%as $1,000 10 s.s
ueyeloIl scS4ong as Sne oppoeing Oats
men take their healthies q. e., swings)
at the ball and miss. The college pro
lessor does not care much whether
Walsh strikes Collins out three times
with runners on bases 80 long as he
can demonstrate that the laws gov
erning rotation, air pressure, fric-
ton, retard and accelerated motion
ETC., ETC., are proved by the actions Of
the ball. So physics and baseball as
studies have kept aloof from each
other.
Yet every move in ball game af.
fords problem. There are basic con.
ditions which, in themselves, are
worthy Of study. Consider atmospheric
pressure. Did you know that man
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06

The last of the ham has many possi-
bilities, says the Commoner When
all the meat that 1t will yield for nice
slicing has been taken off, put the end
over the fire In kettle Of cold water
and cook until quite tender. When
about half done, add about two table
spoonfuls of vinegar to the water.
When cold, remove any skin, cut the
meat from the bone. rejecting all girls
tie or bits~ef bone, put through the
chopper twice anAAg easure; to each
pint allow gill OF saalk, one table
spoonful of dry mustard SQ dashas
Of tobasco pepper and two eggs. Cook
In a double boiler for ten Suinntes
This is fine for sandwich filing or
served cold Ter sappar 81 made the
foundation 5f 4 hot Dist
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06
About Creme walsts.

When a crepe waist becomes soil
ed the best way to wash 1t is to use
very thin starch and then hang 1t
~ to- dry on coathanger. Do not
wiring 1t, as this makes the starch un-
even. If washed and dried in this
manner. crepe will look very we'll.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06
When Hanqinq Pictures,

When hanging pictures on a plas-
tered wall always dip the nail into
cold water before driving 1t into the
plaster. This helps the nail to stay
secure in the wall and therefore will
hold considerable weight without
loosening.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06

Make a rich biscuit dough and bake
in shallow pudding or baking pan;
while hot, split open. butter and
spread each half with well sweetencd
rhubarb sauce, lay the halves, one on
the other. and serve with whipped
cream.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06

rate of rotation and the weight of air.
The entire science of pitching con.
sists in the deft application of fric-
ton upon some point of the ball which
makes 1t rotate in a certain direction,
or. which counteracts its natural TO-
tation and cause it to "wabble" or
float with little revolving motion. The
slow balls, fadeaways, knuckle balls,
all have as their object the proven
ton of rotary motion, or to give false
rotary motion of reverse English"
The ball that presents the most air
surface to the resistance of the at
mosphere slows up quickest and yields
more rapidly to gravitation. The one
that spins oftenest mot necessarily
fastest) curves most.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06

Use crisp white lettuce leaves, sliced,
red pepper and chopped olives, with
few slices of cucumbers. Pour over u
a FreIch dressing of mayonnaise.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-06

When washing enamel pans never
use soda to remove stains, but apply
salt with soft cloth, rinsing the
pan aftcrwsrd with warm water.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
z211eGSEIzAe,IJ,ERAL
|EEKRNl1N0riEI5SS.

Sweet corn is very profitable
crop. One reason for this is because
1t is so easily handled.
Don't wait until June to set your
plants. Do it just as soon as you can
get the ground in good filth.
The best garden seed is not al
ways found in the packages on which
are found the prettiest pictures.
Thick neck onions are usually seen
during such seasons as have wet
weather at the usual time Of ripening.
On a small scale, vegetable seeds
may be started in small boxes or
fats, placed under the kitchen stove.
One of the secrets of successful
gardening is the thorough prepare
ton of the seed bed and its cultiya-
ton.
Fill In about the houses and barn
wherever there are low, wet places.
No matter what the weather, go dry
shod.
Don't plant the large varieties Of
cucumbers, expecting to raise as
many as If the cluster kind were
used.
When it is seen that the lima beans
are rotting, replant the hills immedi-
ately. to make sure Of perfect stand
Of plants.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
HORTICULTURAL
go. ,z9 NOTES

Get busy with the grating when
the buds begin to swell. "
The appearance Of the orchard is
helped by cleaning it Of dead
branches.
If you have poor seeding pear OF
apple tree it may be entirely made
over by top grating. .
Prune little each year, and prune
sparingly. 1t does not pay to neglect
the pruning of trees.
The young trees should be banked
with earth, which will keep water
from settling about them.
Probably the best results come from
pruning the orchard rather vigorously
every two or three years.
Time and care spent in the orchard
is almost sure to pay for itself and a
good rate Of interest besides.
Raspberry tips from young, vigor-
Gus plants, should always be selected
in preference to those of any other
kind.
Wait until the ground dries out a
little before planting either trees OF
truck. 1t is not well to plant in wet,
soggy soil.
One of~the best ways Of managing
raspberries is to set in rows six saat
apart, and the plants two feet apart
in the rOWs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25

I T'7'''''I,1 T'''''''''''' |
Homemade Nests.

the top Of this hinged front for light
and ventilation. BY putting the boxes
the one on the other quite a number
of hens can be accommodated in a
small house. See illustration.
Boxes smaller than this can be
made into coops. The top is removed
and the ends sawed slanting. A re-
movable top is made and covered
with two-ply felt roofing. 1t can be
hinged if desired. The bottom Is re-
movable. If desired a door can be
cut in the side and hinged on. This
makes a coop that is easily cleaned
and can be stored in a small space.
Colony houses for universal hovers
are made from drygoods boxes 3x4x3
feet and larger. The top is removed
and placed in a slanting position by
elevating one side of it on a super
structure A door and a window are
cut in front, being careful to nall
cleats before using the saw. The bot
tom is removable. The top, back and
sides are covered with two-ply felt
roofing. If this is painted every year
with a roofing paint, costing twenty
five cents a gallon here, it will last
many seasons ard can be used fc1
shelteTtIs poultry during the winter
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
CHICKENS FOR A FARM using PACKING aCCEIItL BOXES BOXES
Farm Poultryman Will Find Them
of Much Convenience,
Portable Colony Houses May Be EN-.
pIoycd for Part of Matching Win
Hens-Coops Can Be Made
That Are Easily Cleaned.

Where packing boxes can be bought
from the stores at reasonable prices
they can be used in different ways by
the farm poultryman at a consider
able saving in material and labor.
We do part of our Matching with hens
and set them in portable colony
house Sx10 feet. The house has a
shed roof, open front, a six-sash win
dow In one end and door with both
a wooden and a wire sash in the
other, writes Thomas L.. Bayard of
Green County, Pa, in the National
Stockman and Farmer. Nests for the
sitting hens are made from grocery
boxes that are not less than "a inches
long, Is inches wide and 16 inches
deep. The top of the box is removed
and made into partition dividing the
box into two halves, each 12x1Sx16
inches or larger. An inch board
inches wide Is nailed lengthwise on
the top. The box is then set on its
side and makes two nests. A board
Il inches wide is, hinged on this g.
inch board and raised and lowered at
will. thus combining the hens when
ever desired. A pinch space is left at
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Prevents Escape of Bees.

driver and slide them over toward the
opposite side Of the hive. Then With
a head of broom corn l begin brush
ing the bees down without taking any
frames out of the hive, pulling them
over toward me as I get them clean
of bees. When the bees strike the
incline below they. slide down and out
of the slot into the eight-frame super
before they can take wing, and most
of them will be clustered below. There
are cleats across the end of the super
to furnish grip for the hands, and
empty the bees out by lifting the
super and giving it sudden jar OF
the ground in front Of the hive after
all of the supers have been cleared of
bees.
Of course use some smoke at the
time when l begin brushing. AS soon
as the nearest side Of the first cont
is free from bees | pull it over toward
me, then brush the bees from the
opposite side; then go to the mex:
one, etc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
BEES OUT OF SUpERs
Device Shown Which Does Not
DemoraIize Insects
V-Shaned Arrangement With Narrow
Slot at Bottom Is Attached to
Frame and Whole Thing
Placed Near the Hive.

Last season I used a simple device
In taking off one and half tons of
honey for clearing supers of bees
quickly, which does not demoralize
the bees in the hives, but leaves them
in fine condition to defend them
selves.
The drawing makes the plan clear.
I used a ten-frame full-depth super,
and on the under side, three-quarter-
inch apart, I nailed two square sticks
in the center. Then I cut two thick
pieces of wrapping paper, eight
inches long, which / tackled to the
upper side of the super; then
brought the lower edge down and
tackled 1t to the parallel square
sticks, thus making V-shaped ar
rangement with a narrow slot at the
bottom.
I set this prepared super on an
eight-frame super, and cleated both
ends, which made it ready for use.
When / am ready to take off honey
I set the whole thing near the hive,
remove q super and set it on the
cleaner, placing rubber-cloth over
the hive if necessary. AS use loose
hanging frames without spacing de-
vices loosen all of them With screw
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
GIVE THE VEGETABLES R0OM
Much Garden Truck Has Been Ruined
by Not Thinning Out at Proper
Time-Nerve Needed.

Do not be afraid to thin out your
plants-they must not be crowded.
Probably more garden stuff has been
ruined for want of being thinned at
the proper time than by any other
cause.
However that may be, one Of the
most puzzling things for the begin
ner to find out is whether any particu-
lar vegetable should be thinned or
transplanted, and how far apart the
plants should stand afterward.
He will get some help from the cat
alogues as to the distances, but
whether he should transplant or thin
is the kind of thing that is not in the
book.
1t requires a great deal of nerve to
pull up and destroy the unnecessary
seedling-more nerve than the anna
teur possesses. They say that a per-
son never becomes a good gardener
until he steels his nerve to this
ruthless sacriie.
A vegetable must have plenty of
room to develop its best size and
favor, and one can take no pride, in
small commonplace vegetables.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
MUCH REslNoUs WOOD WASTE
Annual Loss In Lumber Industry is
Estimated at 100000, ooo-All
Can Be Utilized.

The bureau of chemistry Of the
United States department Of agr1cul-
tural has completed study of the
possibility Of utilizing more thorough
" the enormous quantities OF waste
resinous wood produced in the lun'-
Der industry. This annual waste Is
estimated at no less than S,ooO'oOV
cords. According to the bureaus ID
yestigations, this can be manuiae'
tured into paper pulp, turpentlne,
resin oils, pine oils, wood alcohol ana
other products worth nearly $3oos-
600 900. or as much low grade paper
and the other products as we are no"
manufacturing in the United States.
A cord of wood, which costs tron'
two to four dollars delivered at tho
works. will yield products Wortt
s48.17. The waste consists OF Wood
left in the forest from numbering.
dead and fallen timber stumps Oh
cutover lands and slabs and eoglngs
from the mills.
At present the waste resinous
woods are used to some extent III
manufacture. Some plants convert
the waste into paper. Others turn
out wood turpentine and pine OILS
In many works rosin oils and rosln
spirits are being made from the resin
of the live trees. But these first TWO
industries are just beginning to de-
velop. The investigation of the bu'
reau shows that the three industries
Of paper making, wood distillaton
and rosin oil production can best be
developed in combination. Their de-
velopment will not only open a profit.
able field of industry, but should
prove a big factor in the conservation
of our resources, in addition. BY the
utilization Of our waste and fallen
timber, the injury to the forests by
ire and insects will be materially re
duced.
Long-leaf yellow pine, Norway pine
Douglas fir and other woods rich II
resins are suitable for this manufac
ture.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Prize Buff Plymouth Rock cookerel.

and is, perhaps, all things considered,
the most popular breed in this coun-
try at the present time.
It's origin is commonly given as
cross between the Black Java and the
American Dominique. Besides the
Java other Asiatic blood has probably
been used in making the breed.
The Plymouth Rock is more Ike
the Asiatic than like the European
chicken. 1t approaches in size and
fattening qualities the Cochin or
Brahma, but has lost the excessive
feathering, slowness of growth and
general clumsiness Of those breeds.
The best recommendation for the
Plymouth Rock on the farm is the
excellent growth made by the young
chickens. In this quality they. nave
no superior. The Plymouth ROCK
pullets are good layers, but as year
ling hens are prone to turn into rat
rather than eggs.
Another objection to the barred
variety is the difficulty in keeping the
-A-r.e>a .,e-+n the. standard type. The
pure-bred type birds are rs9airod- &c
have even and distinct bars Of the
same shade in male and female.
These are difficult points to main
tain, and resort is often made to
double mating or the keeping of two
breeding pens, one to produce cock
erels and the other pullets.
The white and buff Plymouth Rocks
are later products than the barred
variety. Much of what has been said
will apply to them also. The following
differences might be noted:
The white variety is free from the
color objection of the barred type, but
the objection to the fattening tend
ency applies to hens Of this variety
perhaps more forcibly than to the
barred.
Buff Plymouth Rocks will probably
average smaller than the other varie-
ties of the breed. Although solid
colored bird, they like all buff breeds,
except the buff Cochins, will be found
difficult to breed to one color, owing
to the tendency to possess black or
white in the wings and tail.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Peturn From Use of Manure.

Tie net return realized from ton
of yard manure under general farming
conditions depends upon the soil,
method of cultivation and crops grown
The Ohio experiment station has OBJ
tanned an increase amounting to $3.50
per ton from yard manure used at the
rate of eight tons per acre in FIVE
year rotation of corn, oats, wheat, clo-
yer and timothy; four tons being ap
piled to corn and four tons to wheat,
this return being the average for the
third five-year period; the average re-
turn from yard manure used in all
tests in which rotation Is practiced
has been s2.97 per ton for the whole
time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
GOOD HINTS FOR HOG RAISER
Animals Should Never Be Fed on
Ground or in Pen Where Foul
Matter Abounds.
Comfort Is cheaper than corn.

Comfort Is cheaper than corn.
Pigs should never be fed on the
ground in a yard or pen where their
own excrement abounds. Changing
from place to place in the pasture does
very well in the summer, but in the
winter a good feeding floor should be
provided.
Never compel hogs to sleep in straw
stacks, manure piles or any place
where they will come out steaming
and sneezing in the morning.
Good care means good breeding,
good feeding, constant watchfulness
to small details and finally marketing
at the right time to get the most
dollars.
We cannot grow pigs profitably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Do Not Feed MoIdy Corn.

Moldy corn will produce blind stag
gers in horses, and it should never be
fed to them. Every year there is con-
siderable trouble with this disease
III the west, and in almost every case
the cause is moldy corn. If this corn
does not produce blind staggers, 1t
will tend to injure the physical condi-
ton Of the animal So don't feed it,
and be careful about pasturing the
horses in stalk fields where there is
moldy corn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
SiIane Too Bulky for Swine.

Swine raisers are advised agains;
feeding young swine extensively Oh
silage, in a recent bulletin from the
Iowa station. 1t is too ibrous anc
low in digestible nutrients to prove
satisfactory for growing and fatten
ing swine. The hog has digestive
apparatus suited largely to concen
trated feeds. Old sows will eat some
silage; however, if fed to them II
should constitute only small portion
of their ration.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
American Breeds Meet Demand
for General Purpose Fowl.
Best Recommendation for Plymouth
Rock Is Excellent Growth of
Chicks, in Which Quality They
Are Without Superior.
(By z. o. ERF.)

The American breeds of chickens
have been made by the mixing of GER
tain types. They have been formed to
meet the demand for a general pur-
pose fowl and they fulfill this demand
better than any other breed.
These breeds are more variable in
traits than breeds with more years Of
uniform ancestry to their credit. II
strict selection is not maintained the
American varieties are inclined to
vary and revert to ancestral types.
The barred variety of the Plymouth
Rocks is the original Plymouth Rock,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Fighting Perennial Pest.

The dandelion is perennial pest,
and worse some seasons than Others
There are two methods of getting rid
of it. One is to take sharp knife
and cut the plants off just below the
crown. The other-and this method
is recommended for larger areas-is
to spray the young and tender plants
with strong solution of iron sui
phate or green vitriol. This puts the
plants out of commission, but does
not seriously injure the grass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
FertilIze Properly.

Farmers are paying out millions of
dollars each year for fertilizers. Prob
ably the greater part Of this money is
well spent, but it is possible that it
might be better spent by a more care
full selection of the goods used, by
adapting the fertilizer to the crops
and soil, and by buying On the basis
of the plant food they contain, rather
than by seeking goods that sci! at a
low price.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
IiITCRING STRAP IMPROVED
Simple and Inexpensive Device Made
for Permanent Attachment to
Horses Harness.

In describing hitching strap, in.
vented by T. Schaefer Of Olney, Ill,
the Scientific American says:
In the present patent the invention
is an improvement in hitching straps,
and has for it's object the provision of
simple inexpensive device of the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Plan Work Ahead,

Everything on the farm cannot be
run with the precision of clock work,
but the bulk of the work should be
planned in advance, making allow.
ance for changes which may become
necessary. Keep your ideas ahead of
your work. Make the brain help the
muscle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
For Cuts Burns, and Bruises

In every home there should be
a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
ready to apply in every case OF
burns, cuts. wounds of scalds. j.
Fl. Polanco, Delvalle, Tax, R. No.
3, writes: "Bucklen's Arnica
Salve saved my little girls cut foot
No one believedit could be cured"
The worlds best salve. Only 25c.
Recommended by all druggists.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Starting With Day-OId Chicks.

Starting With Day-Old Chicks.
One way to start, and that is becom
ing very popular, is to purchase day
old chicks, and brood them, either by
the hen and natural method, or arti.
f1cially, by the use Of houses con.
structed for the purpose, with full in
structions as to their operation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
Renew Rhubarb Bed.

If the rhubarb bed Is several years
old this month will be a good time to
renew It Dig up part Of the roots
split them and reset Next spring there
will be a healthy growth of large
shoots.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
HitchIng Strap.

character specified, for permanent at
tachment to the harness, and by means
of which the draft or the like. The &C
companying illustration shows side
view Of the halter in place, and in
latched position.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
TrespasS Notice.

All trespassing of any kind what
soever is forbidden on our lands.
All yiolatels will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law.
H. Fl. Terry,
c. A. Dickson,
Monterey Stock Farm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-25
For Sale or Exchange

One good merry-go round seats
Sc passengers, will sell on easy
terms or exchange for good person
al property. R. E. Shront,
Winterburn, w. Va.