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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Improve Your Strain
of Tomato Seed
Mako Selections From Your Own Stock
For Higher Production.
J. f. MONROE.
Maryland Agricultural College.

Study your tomato plants while work.
ing among them, with view to select
ing several for seed purposes. Set a
stake beside those plants, which grow
ing under normal field conditions, you
consider ideal as to type. When the
fruit on the these pants Is fully ripe.
pick it for seed. There may be few
of the plants, that have not developed
as you expected. Discard these from
the seed lot, sending the fruit to the
factory.
Crush the ripe tomatoes in barrel
or bucket until it is two-thirds full.
then let the pulp stand until 1t fer
ments. This will take from "a to II
hours, depending upon the tempera-
ture obtained. AS soon as the mass
has fermented fill the receptacle with
water. Let this settle for an hour or
SO; the pulp will rise and the seed
sink. Dip the pulp and water off, and
fill the barrel a second time with
water. Let this settle for short time
and pour off. The seed will be clean.
Pour it cut on a screen to permit tie
surplus water to drain off. Place this
in a dry room, where birds and mice
cannot reach it. Leave it for some
time to dry thoroughly. The seed can
then be put in cotton bags, and stored
in some dry room over winter. Con-
tinue this selection and you will in
crease the profits from the tomato
crop. There is nothing finer than
clean, homegrown tomato seed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
GoOD.HlTCH FOR TWO TEAMS
One Shown In Illustration Has Been
In Service Twelve Years and
Proven Satisfactory.

This sketch shows my four-horse
evener, which l find hard to beat.
have used it for twelve years and It
has proven particularly SATISFACTORY
for a wagon, as both teams must pull
their portions, writes Ed kraus OF
Hays, Kan, in Farmers Mail and
Breeze. However the evener may be
used anywhere that lead team ID
needed. TO make it, take two pieces
of iron feet long and 2h inches wide
and drill two ss-inch holes 70 inches
apart through both pieces. Drill an
other through the center for the
wrench bolt. These two pieces are
marked A in the drawing. The pieces
BIB work between them. Use heavy
washers on either side Of the pieces'B
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
HODCARRlER TO Do BETTER
Made impossible Promise to Boss
Whom Reproved for Spending so
Much Time on Ladder.

The late George A. Hearn, the mil
lionaire business man and art collector
of New York, was noted for his kind
and reasonable treatment of his en-
ployes. Mr.. Hearn used to smile at
the new scientific management craze,
of which he once said at dinner:
These scientific management peo-
Pile. with their impossible claims OF
doubling and trebling a mans labor,
remind mesof the humble hod-carrier's
impossible promise.
"A facetious boss said to a new hod-
carrier:
Look a-here, friend, didn't l hire
you to carry bricks up that ladder by
the dayf
"'Yes, sir said the hod-carrier.
touching his cap.
well, I've had my eye on you. and
you've only done 1t half a day today.
You spent the other half coming down
the ladder
THE hod-carrier touched his cap
again.
"I'll try to do better tomorrow, sir
he said humbly."-New York Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
WHAT TROUBLED jim MURPHY
Not Tobacco Heart, as Physician Had
Diagnosed, But the Effects OF
Cabbage Plant,

They were talking about the doctor
and his diagnosis in the lobby OF
Washington hotel the other evening
when Congressman Thomas G. Patteh
Cl New York told OF an incident that
happened IN Gotham.
Some time ago, he said, an esteemed
citizen who wasn't enjoying his usual
appetite and cheerfulness, consulted
a physician, and was told he had to-
bacco heart The information he I'M
parted to his sympathetic friends.
few days later one of his friends met
the doctor on the street.
Say doc" remarked the friend, DID
you tell jim Murphy that he had to-
bacco heart?'
Jim Murphy" repeated the doctor
thouehtfully. Yes, ! believe ! DID,
Why?'
Nothing" was the smiling reply or
the friend Only If you had ever
smoked one of his cigars you would
have made the diagnosis cabbage
heart. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
RAPE PASTURAGE FOR SWINE
Dwarf Essex Is Only Variety Suitable
for Hoss-One Of Best Emer.
sency Forage Crops.

The grower of rape should insist on
getting the Dwarf Essex as this is the
only variety that is suitable for hog
pasture There is summer or bird
seed rape found on the market which
makes a worthless pasture and should
not be used
| have used rape for several years
as pasture for both breeding and fat.
tening hogs and never experienced any
difficulty in getting them to eat 1t,
writes Turner Wright in Farmers Mail
and Breeze.
II hogs that are not accustomed to
rape are given no other green feed for
a few days they will soon learn to eat
and relish 1t even though they are fed
q liberal amount Of grain 1t often
happens that hogs, after learning to
eat rape, prefer 1t to clover or alfalfa
that is coarse and woody. have often
changed hogs from alfalfa to rape and
from rape to alfalfa and could see no
difference In the way they seemed TO
relish these different feeds. II the
hogs are turned on the rape that will
eat it more readily than II 1t Is more
mature.
Rape is one OF the best emergency
forage crops we have, A good rape
pasture will give practically as good
results as alfalfa. 1t can be sown in
feed yards and lots that are used
through the winter and thus not only
furnish a pasture to take the place OF
shortage of alfalfa or clover pas
ture but also provide means OF
utilizing ground that would otherwise
grow crop of unsightly and worth
less weeds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
MAKING A SPLIT LOG DRAG
Anyone Can Make One to Cost FROM
Almost Nothing to $3.50, Depend
Ing on Materials Used.

A subscriber In Latah county, Idaho,
asks us to give him plan for making
a split log drag for working the ROADS
in his county, and also wants to know
how TO use one. says the western
Farmer.
The drag may be made of log, say
eight feet long and IL inches through,
split In the middle, or Of two pieces OF
sawed oak or other substantial Wooo'
2 by 8 inches. After log 1s split, CIV
ing two fiat, faced slabs, bore three
two-inch holes in each slab, as shown
In drawing; connect the slabs, facing
the fame direction, with three stakes
or rounded by 81 long enough to
leave three feet Of space between the
slabs after the connecting pieces have
been driven into the holes. Two or
three blanks can be nailed to these
pieces, affording place for the driver
to stand, and, at the same time,
strengthening the drag. Use chain
or strong rope for attachment to the
double-tree. Surprising the drag 10
face west, and assuming that chain
is used, fasten one end of the chain to
or around the left hand outside con-
Meeting brace, letting the chain pass
over the top of the slab. If attached
to the face of the slab, near the left
hand end, the chain would interfere
with the movement of dirt toward that
end of the drag. The drag 10 run at
an angle of about As degrees. 30 that
dirt can be thrown toward one side.
The other end of the chain must be
fastened to the face Of the front slab
near where the right hand connecting
piece comes through, and not around
the connecting piece, as 1t Is In the
illustration.
Shoe about three feet OF the bottom
edge fright hand side) of the front slab
with a piece of iron or steel OF the
right length, about three inches wide
and half inch thick. with one edge
sharp or beveled. Put 1t on securely,
letting the sharp edge project about
half an inch below the edge Of the slab.
This shoe will enable the drag better
to shave the surface and cut down the
hard ridges which are usually met on
roads that have not been kept smooth.
A good drag will cost from almost
nothing to $3.50, depending on the ma
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
FIGHTING 1T OUT.
ROY II. WAITE.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Anyone having little nerve and
some mechanical ability can quite
easily learn to caponize well enough
to operate on the males OF small t1ocks
The operation looks difficult but really
it is very simple one. 1t is simple
because of the nature resistance birds
have to the attacks of bacteria. 1t
seems strange that the intestinal
cavity of birds can be opened up In
so crude a manner without disastrous
results but such seems to be the case.
Antiseptics are not even used as q
rule because they would faint the flesh
and If the bird happened to be killed
during the operation. it would not be
so good for food.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

so as to make them work freely back
and forth Each piece is IL inches
long with the outside holes 16 inches
apart, and a hole in the center OF each.
The four pieces are &C, about 10
inches long with holes drilled In each
end, then riveted to ID at one end and
BIB at the o,her, one above and one
lelow. These pieces are strapiron IL
inches wide and u inch thick. d is
a triangular plate about " inch thick
and the holes are about inches apart.
Use q la-inch rod with link for the
lead team.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Red Raspberrles.

Red raspberries should not be
nipped, but should be pruned back
from two and one-half to three and
one-half feet before growth starts in
the spring. OF course, the old, dead
canes must be removed and all the
young ones that are weak. With
Schaffer and Columbia, the new
growth should be nipped when 1t at
tains a growth of IS inches, In order
that bushy growth may develop.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Nitrate Of Soda.

One of my neighbors lost good
COW because she ate quantity OF
nitrate of soda. Last summer he left
his barn door open and nearly lost
horse, but someone saw it In time
and dosed the animal. 1t was close
call, for the horse was more than
week getting over the trouble, says
writer in an exchange. This suggests
that It Is easier to prevent such things
than 1t Is to cure them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Timely WARNING,

Whats this game you're tryin' to
interduce into Crimson Gulch?" asked
Bronco Bob.
It's called pinochle," replied the
travelling salesman.
We'll, put it away. If some or the
boys was to see all them aces comm
out I'm the same deal, they'd be almost
sure to get ratified an start shootin,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
DISTRESSING Symptom.

Doctor" said Dennis, the old
sources valet, don't you think the
masther is getting mighty thin?"
mo harm In that, Dennis" said the
doctor. "he was too fat. He'll be
healthier when he's thinner"
"Loikely he will" said Dennis. dis
appointedly; but Oh won't be able to
wear his ould clothes then.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Efficiency Test,

THE head of our concern decided to
have everybody undergo an efficiency
examination and apportion the jobs &C
cordingly'
How did 1t turn OUT
THE Office boy won the managers
job and the manager couldn't pass at
all IL louisville Courier-Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
A Concession.

Grumpy Straphanger (loudly)-l
wish you'd move those COMPOUNDED va
Uses out Of the aisle.
Indignant Sitter-Those amt vallses
those are my feet.
Grumpy Straphanger (more cheer
fully)-Well, you might at least pile
one on top Of the other
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

The advantages of caponzing are
that the birds become more docile and
can be managed easier their flesh Is
Of better quality and they can be
raised to given weight on less feed
than can cockerels. They also bring
a higher price on the market than
most any other fowl.
Simple though explicit instructions
for performing the operation accom-
pany the caponizing instruments sold
on the market.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
A Small Tragedy.

mo, Gladys" said MIS-. Cumrox:
you cannot 60 to the party tonight"
"Why notr"
Because we cannot be out Of fash
ion. There 10 only one set of rainbow
hair in the house and am going TO
wear that myself"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

THE CABBAGE WORMS.-Three
or four species of moth or butterfly
but their ravages are easily CONTROL.
ed by thorough spraying with arse
nate Of lead, lbs. to barrel of soap
suds made with one pound Of laundry
soap to SO gallons of water. Use
nozzle that will give fine mist.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

Unison makes great racket when
he shores, doesn't her.
Il don't know: never heard him"
But you can hear him now. can't
you"
Great guns, 10 that a snore?
thought he was filing a saw!"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Yards for GrowInu Chicks.

II necessary to keep growing chick
ems In yards, make the yards so that
they can be moved to fresh piece OF
ground as often as Is necessary to fur.
aish q Clean sweet, grassy spot
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
Feed for Growing Pigs.

Growing pigs may be fed mixture
of corn or cornmeal seven or eight
parts. and tankage two or three parts.
AS the pigs mature the tankage may
be diminished until it occupies about
one-tenth of the ration.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
FoleyS
kidney
Pills
What They Will Do for You

They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, COR
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess urls acid
that causes rheumatism Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia-
Lates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

profitable beef production.
1t takes a mighty good COW to hold
her own with rs average hens.
Rutabagas are a good roofing crop
for the hogs to harvest next fall.
Do not cover fine seed deeply. Put
on Just enough dirt to cover the seed
The selection of the sire Is very
important factor In building up dairy
herd.
II sows are kept near the male hog
they can usually be bred at about the
same time.
Exercise, alfalfa, a little corn, and
slop will keep the brood SOW In ex-
cellent condition
Exercise the greatest cleanliness in
all your work in connection with the
rearing or small CHICKS.
The increasing demand for milk
products indicates that there is money
ahead for the wise dairyman.
In curing alfalfa hay. the main aims
should be to save all the leaves and
to keep the plants from bleaching.
San Jose scale appeared and caused
much destruction Of fruit trees ia Cal
ifornia more than thirty years ago.
A clean coop and plenty of fresh air
and exercise will do much toward
keeping chicks healthy and growing
ghums usually produce greater ton
mage to the acre than either kafir or
corn
II the young sows are fed as liberal
" as they should be to properly de-
velop them, the old ones will become
too fat.
Keep the pigs growing rapidly, by
feeding through the SOW, and by in
ducing them to eat in an Enclosure by
themselves.
Before turning the young horses
and colts to pasture. have the teeth
Of each one examined by competent
veterinary surgeon.
AS general rule, the best milking
ewes are the ones to suffer from the
low nutritive food value of spring and
early summer pasture.
The kind and amount Of commercial
fertilizer to use should be determined
by the value of the crop grown and
its power of acquiring food.
Sitting hens should be kept free
from lice and given chance to eat all
the whole corn, grit and charcoal that
they want at least once every day.
The litmus paper Is an absolutely re-
liable test for the presence Of acids,
but when applied as soil test it deos
not indicate all that we need to know.
Both soybeans and cowpeas are
highly nutritious feeding stuffs and by
reason of their high protein content
are especially valuable for feeding
with corn.
To obtain the full value of crimson
clover as fertilizer, the entire green
crop should be plowed under, thus
adding to the soil large quantity OF
nitrogen and humus, or decayed vege.
table matter
Nothing beauties a home more
than hardy vines. Remember this in
making up the nursery order. Half
dozen different vines planted about
the dwelling can be made to produce
a shower OF flowers throughout the
summer and fall.
See that the young SOW raises the
right number Of pigs (from eight to
ten, according to her capacity and
milk fiow) or none at all, as other
wise her udder will be poorly de-
uoIonad opd ohio nroha hlv alwaya will
raise small litters.
Get rid OF all surplus ducks and
geese on the Thanksgiving market.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16
kohI-Rabl Plants.

Sow seed of kohl-rabi as soon as
possible in fine, well-prepared soil.
Sow in rows and thin the plants to
stand eight incheg apart.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

The Victim-I see that you've ar
rested the fellow that stole a piece OF
dress goods from me, and I've come to
get my goods.
The Desk Sergeant-Im sorry, but
he's just been put under bonds to keep
the peace.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

Country boys need rotation Of ex-
perience as fields need rotation Of
crops
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

Get rid OF all surplus ducks and
geese on the Thanksgiving market
II kept longer they will consume so
much food that the profit will be
changed to loss.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-16

Gre! OF h8rn Pig. g. Mfg =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

her pupils Simple methods for such
examinations can be learned in a few
minutes by any competent teacher.
Dr. Cronin has found that 80 per cent
OF school children were two years be-
hind their grades and that 80 per cent
of this is due TO eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases or defects. He exam
ined $50 detectives in one school and
found that 1877 of them had ear. nose
and throat defects. and that thirteen
OF them had had eye defects. These
conditions were relieved and in six
months 10 per cent of the children
were reexamined. They were all do
ing well and were rapidly advancing
in school. Their character had also
remarkably changed for the better.
Such a plan which has been successful
" carried out in over 200 towns and
cities during the past year involves
no expense to the taxpayers, relieves
the medical profession of the suspicion
of urging medical inspection of schools
for selfish reasons and yet enables the
teacher TO separate the normal pupil
from the defective and to recognize
the defects in vision under which some
OF her pupils labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
SALOONKEEPER is
SUED FOR $4,000
,zalo Man Made Defendant
by Children of Patron
Who Killed Himself.

,he ground that he sold liquor 10
I.toxicAted man who afterward
'---i,teed suicide Joseph c. Net.
- Ruffalo has been made a de
80, in damage suits aggregating a
- If $4,000. fled by the widow
- sour sons and daughters OF the
- Minnie Thomas. the widow. and
-. Ann. Stella. Ida. the daugh-
= and David. the son, have each en-
80 suit against Mr.. Meizger and the
go Indemnity company in the sum
.sS, 600. the total being $4,000. The
--ssnufty company is named as a
s,-sbolder to the extent OF $4,000 for
rts saloon keeper
Ms. Thomas. the widow, had some
- sRo fled a suit for $4,000 against
- saIoonkeeper. II is likely that she
N change her suit now that her
s-sshters and son have also filed
r,i-.s against the defendant
Orfzinal notices 70 the pending suits
rs-s sled yesterday at Davenport and
,.er state that between June . and 4
= his year the defendant sold liquor
!, he husband and father OF the plain
,f.s Until he had become intoxicated.
gs later committed suicide and the
-sisrivss blame his lapse OF mind. due
q lnto1icatiJn. for the self destruc-
tor. Betty and Betty are attorneys
II the Eve suits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

There about 100000 blind people in
the United States. 1t costs about SIS.
100000 year to support them. Prob
ably 10 per cent OF this blindness IS
due TO two causes. namely. sore eyes
at. birth and neglected eyes during
early school life. The first cause can
be removed in the simplest manner.
All that is necessary is for the doctor
or midwife 10 drop into the eyes OF the
newly born babe a few drops Of two
per cent solution of nitrate of silver.
This will kill the germs that produce
the disease which almost fills 50 many
blind asylums.
How easy this IS. and how much
good would be produced 20 the human
race il this procedure was always car
ried out, Those who are about to be
come fathers and mothers should see
TO it that this simple act is performed.
II costs nothing. is harmless. il pre-
vents blindness, IL can easily be done;
therefore, it should invariably be done!
The second cause of blindness is the
neglect of chidren's eyes during early
school life. Thousands of eyes could
be saved every year if eye diseases and
defects were detected and cared for in
early life. Eye diseases are frequently
quite simple TO start. but rapidly be-
come worse If neglected. The eyes
of schoolchildren should be examined
every year, and diseases and defects
detected.
Local boards Of health could do this
II they had sufficient money to hire
doctors or school nurses,
but boards of health are proverbially
hard up" and usually have not
enough available money. Boards OF
could employ doctors or
nurses. but boards of education are
also often insuficiently supplied with
money.
School teachers can do this work
without additional expense. Instruc-
lions have been published in periodi- |
ais and books many times. and the /
plan is perfectly easy and practical
When accomplished. # will be as great
, blessing 10 the teachers as TO the
lcholars: for by Transforming stupid
children TO bright children, their daily
york will be much easier.
Teachers cannot and should not at
empt TO diagnose or treat the eye dis
.ases. but by the accepted tests they
an tell that something Is the matter.
II the same time that the eye tests
re made. the teacher should also ex-
mine the ears, noses ald threats OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
THE WRAPPING OF BAKERS BREAD

II has been said that the making of
a perfect loaf of bread is the goal of
all those who aspire to excel in cook
cry. Certainly bread. which forms a
part OF every well planned meal, is a
food OF which the palate never tires.
Let the loaf be ever so satisfactory.
however. with respect TO size and sym
metry. crust and crumb. when il leaves
the bakers oven, it may nevertheless
experience subsequent changes which
sooner or later render IL less attract
i've. palatable. or wholesome Stale
bread does not appeal to the taste in
the same way that fresh specimens OF
the "staff OF life" do; but in addition
20 the development OF staleness bread
may also develop so-called bread dis
eases caused by micro-Organisms. rem
dering the product unfit for human
consumption. Furthermore. like many
other unprotected and carelessly han
died articles OF food. exposed bread may
become a purely mechanical carrier
OF Objectionable organisms.
The recent agitation in behalf OF i'm
proved conditions in the food indus
tries has involved not only the adul-
iteration of the products entering into
the ration OF man and the domestic
animals. but likewise the cleanliness
OF the articles OF diet intended for
human consumption. The plea 70:
clean milk is becoming more promin-
ent than the propaganda for pure milk.
Sanitary food legislation is beginning
to aim at food that is clean from the
point OF view OF the hygienist.