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Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16

nation. Wood lots differ SO widely in
the kinds, the age and condition OF
trees of which they are made up that
it is extremely difficult to lay down
definite rules for handling them.
First of all, leave some trees of good
kinds for seed. 1t is natural to cut
most heavily the best timber, but the
result of that is always to diminish
the number and therefore the seed
producing capacity of those best trees
in the forest. We must be careful
that the most valuable species Of trees
have chance to reproduce their kind.
Second, remember in thinning the
forest the important point is not how
closely together the trunks of the
trees stand, but how much they inter
fere with each other in the tops. Thin
ming should be done strictly with ref
erence to the tops of the trees and the
location Of the trunks with regard to
each other may safely be disregarded.
Third, when a tree is down, If there
is young growth on the ground upon
which it falls, the top should be cut
up and the branches piled as soon as
possible. Young trees bent down, but
soon released, recover speedily. Young
trees long bent over may be perma-
nently ruined. and the less cutting
that is done while leaves are on the
trees the better for the future of the
forest.
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FEEDING AT COMMON TROUGH
Simple Plan Of Using Calf stanehions
ls Best Way to Overcome One
Serious Error.

To feed the calves from one COM
mon trough is a serious error The
largest and the most greedy calves
get more than their share and the
smaller and weaker are robbed. The
very simple plan of using calf stanch-
ions is the best way of meeting this
difficulty. Small rigid stanchions large
enough for the calves can be made
very easily or bought cheaply, and
they will many times pay for them
selves. When stanchions are used
each calf can be fed separately and
just the amount it seems to need. The
slow or weak one gets all it deserves
just as we'll as do the others. If a
calf is Ill and it is desirable to reduce
its feed it can be done nicely when
feeding is done in stanchions. Then
the use of stanchions overcomes anoth-
er evil, that of the calves sucking each
other as they invariably do when sew
eral are fed together and run loose
Immediately afterward. The habit OF
sucking is not only injurious at the
time, but as in a case observed a
short time ago the i'll effects may show
up later. In that case the owners had
raised some fine dairy heifers. Two
Of them learned to suckle each other
when calves. Later when they had
become mothers and were in milk they
sucked each other whenever the OPP
portunity offered. AS a consequence
it was necessary to sell one of them.
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COPY FASHIONS OF ELDERS
Many Rufies Adorn the Frock of the
Small Malden-Boys' Suits Pic
turesque or Plain.

Children seem to be as much rufled
over the new fashions as their elders.
Frocks for the five-year-olds have
tiers OF rufaes about the hip line to
give a bouffant silhouette just like
mammals. Quaint little short-waisted
dresses Of pompadour taffetas and bril-
Iianthued Poiret silks have tiny pinked
ruchings around the bottom Of the
skirts and an adorable little plated
flesh-colored chiffon has a shocked
yoke and girdIe of deeper rose, while
the skirt is cunningly hobbled. with
a band Of the shocking.
For littll lads the David Copperfield
suits, with their white waists col
Jared and cuffed In colored linen to
match the three quarter trousers
which fasten high up on the waist
with large, white pearl buttons, are
most attractive. Sheer plated white
frills around the neck and sleeves in
lieu Of the collar and cuffs Of colored
linen ara more dressy and turn q
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WORK OF BACTERIA
QUITE INTERESTING
Little NoduIes Formed on Roots
of LeguminouS Plants Are
Soil AeratorS.

As soon as the roots of a leguminous
crop begins to grow, if the soil is
sweet-that is, does not lack lime
tiny Bacteria, so small that it takes
powerful glass to see them, attach
themselves to the roots of the pea or
other leguminous crop and start to
housekeeping, building little nodule,
as it is called, writes Col. Henry Ex-
all, in Dry Farming. 1t takes only
about twenty minutes to complete the
growth of one of these entities, but
they do not die They simply divide
themselves into two, each starting
new noduIe or adding to the one al
ready begun, and dividing again in
20 minutes and so on, ad infinitum;
multiplying at such wonderful rate
that it has been estimated that if there
was one in good condition here week
ago. there are a billion now. These
little houses, nodules, grow into great
lives until soon they are as large as
waInuts on the roots Of the plants.
Their functions are peculiar and won
derfully interesting as well as profit
able.
The air, as you know, is four-hfths
nitrogen. Nitrogen is the most expen-
sive fertilizer that you buy, and 1t is
positively essential to plant life. Now
these little entities suck air into the
earth and aerate the soil. 1t is just as
necessary for a plant to have air as 1t
is for an animal to breathe it. They
therefore do the splendid service OF
bringing the air into the soil, and in
bringing it in they digest the nitrogen
that is in the air and convert 1t into
mineral nitrates that are soluble in
water and Immediately available for
plant food. 1t is estimated that under
favorable conditions where an acre OF
land is well inoculated, the bacteria
will bring $40 worth of nitrogen to the
acre within the year-that is, it would
cost $40 and more to buy and put
uuon the land the nitrogen that these
little entities have drawn from the at
mosphere into the soil.
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Getting a Thrill" in FOrmOsa.

The traveller who is tired of con.
ventional journeys and who is anx-
ious to visit an "unspoilt" country
where he can enjoy the comforts OF
civilization and at the same time taste
some of the thrills and excitement at
tendant upon encounters with uISub-
dued savage tribes should certainly
make a trip to Formosa, that wonder
full island lying off the coast of China
which passed into the possession Of
Japan in 1895.
Here, along the eastern coast, he
will find prosperous towns, with fine
harbors and wharves. spacious streets
and magnificent residences, schools
and churches, electric lights and
ample water supply-all the luxuries.
in fact, of a European city. He can
journey comfortably by train from
one place to another, passing through
vast tea gardens and rice fields
Everything is civilized, orderly and
safe. Yet only a few miles inland,
among the mountains and forests.
dwell fierce. unconquered tribes,
whose chief aim and ambition in life
is to gather human heads.-Wide
World Magazine.
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By CLIFFORD PINCHoT.)


This is the time of awakening.
Everywhere new ideas are meeting
hospitable treatment and are gaining
ground. Little by little the fact that
the farm has larger place in the ma
tional economy than merely to furnish
the raw material of food and clothing
has come to be recognized among u.s.
Not less striking than the growing
interest in the farm is the growing
appreciation of the forest, and we
realize fully that not only through the
supplying of timber, but by its con-
troll over streams and winds, its func-
ton as a preserver of the soil against
erosion and in many other ways, it is
a national necessity. When therefore
the farm and the forest meet we have
a question of the most genuine public
importance.
We are accustomed to think of the
national forests as enormous in area,
covering, as they do, as many acres as
all the New England states, together
with New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Yet the area Of forest in farm
ers' wood lots is larger still, while the
farmers themselves are the largest
class of direct users of the forest.
The wise handling of the wood lot,
therefore, is a matter of grave con-
cern to the farmer as well as to the
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HUMoR DISFlGURED BABY

Clarendon, N. C.-"My baby was
broken out with a red, thick and
rough-looking humor when about two
months old. It would come in patches
and went almost all over her in that
way. The places were like ringworm
and as they would spread they would
turn red and make sores and itch.
The trouble went to her face and
disfigured her badly. Her clothes IT.
ritated it.
Il saw the advertisement Of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and got
sample and in one nights time could
see a change in the redness. and in
two days the place would be nearly
gone. 1 sent and got one twenty-five
cent cake of Cuticura Soap and two
fifty-cent boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
which cured my baby. She was well
in three months" (Signed) Mrs. Ber-
tina Sawyer, Oct. II, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts of mind and body are GER
tain to follow continued use Of i'm
proper food.
Those who are still young and ro-
bust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear a
stone away at last, so will the use OF
heavy, greasy, rich food. finally cause
loss of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle of cause and effect in
their daily food. A N Y. young wom-
an writes her experience thus:
Sometime ago l had lot of trou-
BILE from indigestion. caused by too
rich food. l got so I was unable to
digest scarcely anything, and medi-
cines seemed useless.
"a friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly and as
a last resort, l tried it. am thankful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re-
lieved me of my trouble, but built me-
up and strengthened my digestive or
gans so that can now eat anything
desire. But 1 stick, to Grape$'uts. !"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
WellviIle," in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letteRR new
one appears from time to fine. They
ars genuine, true, and fuil Of haaAaA
Interest.
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The Difference.

A Waco heiress had just announced
her engagement to an impecunious
Sicilian nobleman.
A fellow-congress knowing
Representative Henry's feelings on
the subject of international alliances.
showed Mr. Henry this announcement.
and said with a laugh:
We'll, Henry, what do you think OF
that?"
The other heaved a mighty sigh.
In the olden days." he said, the
prince used to marry the beggar-maid.
Now the maid marries the beggar
prince"
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AID IN KEEPING MILK COOL
Flannel Cloth Wrapped Around Can
Is of Value Where Ice Water,
Cannot Be Had.

Where ice water cannot be obtained,
or where a can of milk has to be left
in a place where water and ice cannot
be conveniently used, wet cloth-pre-
ferably Handicapped around the
can is an aid in keeping milk cool.
One end of the cloth is best left
extended from the bottom of the can
and immersed in pail Of water. A
large amount of the suns rays falling
on the wet cloth is consumed IN eVap-
Grating moisture and is thus prevented
from reaching the milk. AS long as
the cloth is kept wet it is a protec-
ton, but as soon as it becomes dry,
heat passes through it to the milk un-
interrupted.
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nlspIeased With sarualn.

Jean sorely wanted kitten, but, her
mother not liking felines, this joy was
denied her until a severe operation
became prospective Then a bargain
was made with the frightened child.
"If you will be a brave girl, Jean.
and go through the operation without
fussing you shall have the incest kit
ten 1 can find"
The child, delighted, climbed upon
the operating table and took the ether
without a struggle. AS she came out
Of the anesthetic and began to feel
horribly sick and weak, she murmured
something. The nurse leaned over to
catch the family uttered words:
What bum way to get a cat!"
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HIGH alRDLE EASY 10 MAKE
Directions for It's Construction, and
the Proper Way In Which Il
Should Be Worn.

One Of the very new high girdles is
pretty and easy to make besides. says
the Philadelphia North American. The
girdle can be in two colOrs, as those
ultra-smart ones are, or OF one color
only, If you would be more conserva,
tive. The width of the girdle, too,
depends upon your own taste 1t is
to be a crushed girdle, and we will
presume that # is to be made Of
dull silk, messalines and such shiny
surfaces being rather back numbers
just at present Cut two bias strips
of silk, each sufficiently long to go
entirely about the waist, both of one
color, or each a contrasting color to
the other. Seam the two pieces Of silk
together, making one long strip, and
hem down the raw edges. If wide RIB
bon is used, there will. of course. be
no necessity for turning in the selv-
age edges. Then gather in each mar
row end with a drawing thread, and
join these ends to braid frogs to which
are attached loops. Then put two
large buttons, braided or silk-covered,
in the exact center of the girdle, one
under the other, about two inches
apart. The girdle is now ready to
wear. Place the center Of the girdle
at the center front of the waist, wrap
both ends about the waist, crossing
them in the back, and bring the ends
to the front, there to fastep the loops
to the two buttons. A more graceful
kind Of girdle you wouldn't want. The
girdle may also be made in velvet and
fancy or velvet-covered buttons used.
Either braid or frogs and loops made
from the velvet may be used.
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or shed room is at hand the best
method for handling the calves is to
keep each one in a separate pen or in
stanchions. A pen three feet wide,
five feet long and three feet high is
large enough to accommodate the calf
until it is four to six months old.
There are many advantages in keeping
the calves separated in this manner.
The calves will not suck each others
ears when they get through drinking
their milk, which would cause the
ears to freeze in cold weather, and
they can be given more individual at
tention. They can be fed as individu-
ais, and a case Of scours among calves
may be located more readily in this
manner and a remedy may be applied
at once. Where there is less room
to be had the stanchions will usually
give the best results.
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Rath. for HeaIth and Rsautx.

A course Of electric baths is most
admirable tonic to the whole system,
but where this is impossible, on the
score Of expense, have a warm bath
every night. A little liquid ammonia
may be added to it; brisk bath-fer
a long soak in hot water does far
more harm than good-foIlowed by q
sponge-off with equal quantities of
toilet vinegar or eau de cologne and
water, and a brisk toweling till the
whole body is aglow. Then get into
bed at once. In the morning have a
'1oofah" massage, rubbing the whole
body well with dry loofah till you
tingle from head to foot, followed by
several minutes deep breathing and
simple Swedish exercises.
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ADVANTAGES OF DAIRY FARM
Among Other Things It Affords In
creased Productivity of Soil and
Insures Steady Income.

Professor F. L. Kent, Of the Dairy
Husbandry Department Of the Oregon
Agricultural College, states as follows
the advantages of dairy farming in the
Oregon Dairyman, a monthly maya
zine published by the students at o.
A. c.:
Briefly stated the advantages of
dairy farming are: Increasing produc-
tivity of the soil, a regular monthly in
come putting the business on a cash
basis, a better distribution of the la
Dor of the farm than is possible I'M
der a single-crop system, and supply
ing a product for the market, all of
which should be of the highest grade,
and for which there is always a ready
sale
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Quarterlneh Hams
LIaht SKI, park Jacket


Dashing sporting costumes have
white serge skirts and colored Jackets
One Of these oddly shaped Jackets,
worn with white skirt, is shaped
something like a smock- frock and
something like a Norfolk jacket. II
has yoke over which there is a turn,
over collar with square ends. The
lower part of the jacket is fulled on
to the yoke. The coat reaches a little
below the hips and is belted in. A
four-in-hand of white serge to match
the skirt is worn with this coat. The
coat is Of strawberry homespun and
the queer dome-shaped cap, which fts
snugly over the ears. is made Of white
serge faced With the strawberry color.
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First coslino Feed.

Hard boiled egg and bread crumbs.
or a little oatmeal, make good first
feed foD goslings. After two days
boiled potatoes with which is mixed
oatmeal or scalded wheat make ar
ideal food. Green grass or some green
stuff should be chopped and fed from
the first b',er they are week old
they should be let out on grass and
will then require very little feeding.
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coquettIsh Hat

One Of the most fetching hats worn
by a mannequin at a recent fashion
promenade in a New York shop was a
tiny sailor trimmed with ribbon in
dull blue color. Under the tilted-uu
brim at the left side was a rosette Of
old-rose ribbon, and from this rosette
depended a single old-rose ribbon
streamer. which trailed over the shoul
der, reaching below the knee. The
effect was extremely coquettish.
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FOR BRIDE AND MAIDS
WEDDING FRocks AND OTHER
COSTUMES IN VARIETY
Simple Lines Have the Most Popular
Ity-Lloht Weight Serge for Travel
ing misunderstanding Eve
ming Gowns-

Here are a few suggestions Of a
trousseau suitable for a girl who oc-
cupies a position in at least moderate
Iy smart society: The first items on
the list. Of course, are the wedding
frock, a travelling costume, an after
noon gown suitable for visits and So
cial functions, dinner gown. an eve
ming gown, a motor wrap or travel
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MARY DEAN.
Golden Touch on Black Eroek.

VINNI1 INNsII VII NIdSN FTUbNs
To brighten and smarter a black
frock In satin or crepe de chine, there
is nothing equal to golden colored ma
terial on the collar, the cuffs and the
sash end. Depending entirely upon the
woman and the occasion for which she
needs the frocS. these golden touches
must be applied. The collar, the cuffs
and the sash end may be wholly Of
gold lace yelling cloth of gold; the
satin or crepe may have gold motif
and medallion encrustations, applique;
or there may be merely bands in gold
ribbon arabesques in gold braiding, or
the slenderest Of pipings in gold cloth.
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whII. voIIe Tovched win HIu..

The colorless print can give no idea
Of the cool blue and whiteness of this
dainty summer frock Skirt and two
tunics are Of white indestructible voile,
the bodice and puffed upper tunic be-
ing Of white voile embroidered with
little blue flowers. The pipings, collar
and sash are of blue pussy willow
taffeta, the sash fastening under
buckle of the silk.
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r..nnra.n. ii nlnthara
Bears the
With an Ak.

George B. Luks, the profound humor
Of whose painting has given him a
high place in the world of art. was
visiting "futurist" exhibition in New
York
Mr.. Luks paused before a picture
which resembled an earthquake,
though it was entitled Portrait of
Sleeping Babe" and, with smile and
a shake OF the head, he said:
How I wish sometimes 1 was a
suffragette!"
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Rve for Green Manurino,

Rye is perhaps the best cereal crop
to use as green manure, since it costs
little to seed, is very hardy, and is
capable of growing on poor soil. 1t
also will serve as a fall pasture. Rye
should not be pastured in the spring
if it is to be used as a green ma
nure.
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sturdy little American boy. into a fac.
simile Of the little Dauphin of France.
The long trousered white linen sail
or suits still hold their own in spite
of the David Copperfeld rival and in
fact reign supreme in the heart of
the small boy, who rebels internally
at the more picturesque attire wished
on hin by doting maternal parents
and tickle fashion.
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Two Bio Questions.

In purchasing improved utensils in
the dairy, two questio7c should be an
swered af1rmatively: win it percep-
lively improve the product and will it
cheaper production?
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QUALITY win Paw.

If you grow vegetables for local
market. plant only those of best quail
ity, even though the yield is not quite
as great as that of an inferior kind.
Quality will pay In the end.
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points back, and front
For the travelling costume a light
weight serge is probably the most
practical material.
Another tailored semi-dressy cos
tune most desirable is a summer or
late spring bridal outfit in white
serge.
For the afternoon frocks there is a
wide range of choice. Delightful frocks
for formal wear are made up in some
one Of the soft crepes or chiffon, taf
feta or satin stuffs, or one of the sheer
veilings or chiffon materials.
The brides dinner gown may be
either of sheer stuff or one of the
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Animal Runs Down Fast.

Have you ever observed that an ami
NAL runs down faster than it builds
up?
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IIuh4 IN Dairy Records.

There can be no question as to the
bright light shed by dairy records on
the actual performance of herds and
of individual cows.
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PLAN FOR HANDLING CALVES
Best Method is to Keep Youngsters In
Separate Stanchlons-Will Not
Suck Each Others Ears.

The calves should by all means be
kept in clean, well lighted and venti-
lated stables. Where plenty of barn
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Retter and surer Pasture.

Mixed grasses make a better and
surer pasture than single variety,
though it be the very best of all.
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brush fRa Cow

Every mixer should carry a brush
to brush of the loose hairs from the
fianks and the udder Of the COW be.
fore milking.
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Women wear 50 much false hair
nowadays that It is extremely din.
cult to tell which is switch

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
stipation, Constipation is the cause OF
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
curs the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
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HIs Job.

"How does your husband spend hil
Sundays?''
Cleaning up the automobile. most
h."
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Taffeta and Shadow

slight trimming to relieve it, will make
a becoming frock, which may be worn
more times without seeming tiresome
tnan any colored frock could be-
The bridesmaids frocks are quaint,
picturesque and artistic and in the
sketches are shown two of the pretti-
est that have been designed this sea-
son.
MARY DEAN.
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MIstake ip Feedlno,

It is a mistake to always feed the
liquid before the solid food to hogs.
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crepes or satins.
If the afternoon
frock is of the
heavier material
the sheer stuff
will probably be
chosen for the
dinner gown.
The ev in g
gown may be elab-
crate or simple.
There are many
loVe1y materials
for such frocks,
and the coloring
and line are the
chief considera-
tions. White is
really the most
sensible thing for
the girl Of one
regulation eve
ming frock, though
delicate tints are
tempting. White
crepe, or chif-
fon over a silver
foundation, with
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or wrap or travel
coat, an evening
coat or cape, a
pretty negligee
and a bedroom
gown, and two or
three sim 4 e
morning frOcks.
Amy number Of
wedding go W n 8
have been turned
out this season
for brides in sat
in, tafeta and
charmeuse, and
some Of tn g m
were really love
H.. For instance,
one gown of white
taheta was ex-
tremely simple Of
line and trainless.
1t was fashioned
with a plated tu-
mic of white over
a draped skirt Of
taffeta, the upper
part Of the bodice
and sleeves being
of tulle. The low
er part of the bod
ice extended up
almost to the
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Responda to Treatment.

Treat the COW as you would lady
and she will do her very best for you