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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
(By ELMER HHNDERsoN.3

(By ELMER HENDERSON,
Much has been written and said OF
the enormous profits to be made from
the keeping OF few sheep on the
corn-belt farm. Some have figured
that 1t costs from 50 to SO per year
to keep sheep and that the fleece
would just about pay that. Others.
pessimists, say. that the losses from
keeping sheep are 80 heavy that there
Is absolutely no profit, due to the raw
ages Of disease, vermin and internal
parasites. Between these two will be
found the middle way that seems to
catch the bulk, OF the sheep raisers.
As q working basis let US take pas
ture. Pasture is at once the best and
the most economical sheep feed
known. An acre Of grass according
to the country standard will support
one COW or its equal in weight OF other
grazing animals. In other words an
acre Of good pasture land will main
tain 1000 pounds Of COW, sheep or
horse flesh. The average corn-belt
eve win weigh. say 1875 pounds. This
means that an acre Of land will fur
nish nourishment for eight ewes dur
ing the entire pasture period Of six
months. II the land rents at 50 per
acre, az It does in this part Of I'LL
nois, we have the cost Of maintaining
one eve as 81 per summer.
We may count clover hay as stan
dard winter feed. and given plenty of
nice clean clover hay, no other feed is
needed. Our field Of clover hay in the
corn belt for two cuttings is about
three tons per acre. On good farms
the yield is more, but we may take
this as representative. Three tons OF
hay per acre, means 5000 pounds OF
clover. counting that each sheep will
eat three pounds Of hay daily, which
is big allowance: eight sheep fed
$50 days. three pounds per day. will
eat considerably less than what one
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
PARIS GREEN USED
IN SUMMER GARDEN
Much Can Be Saved by the Ju-
dicious Use Of the Poison
for Killing Insects.

At this time OF the year summer
garden crops are growing and much;
can be saved by the judicious use of
paris green for killing noxious In
sects. Paris green is strong poison
and insects are killed with It. Suck
ing insects such as the true bugs and
plant lice are not killed by poisons
but by sprays that blister their bodies
or by substances that stop up their
breathing pores.
When used as q spray the paris
green should first be made into
thick paste by adding little water.
and then adding the proper quantity
of water. It is always advisable to
add also twice the weight of poison
of fresh Stacked lime In order to rem
der insoluble any free arsenic that
may be present and so prevent burn
Ing Of foliage. The poison is used
In an insoluble form, or as nearly SO
as It Is possible to render it, hence.
the water must be kept thoroughly
agitated in order that the power may
remain perfectly suspended In the
liquid. II the powder is allowed to
settle at the bottom of the vessel that
portion will be much concentrated
and likely to burn the plants. while
the top liquid will have very little
value as an insecticide.
In making the spraying mixture use
about one-half pound Of paris green
and one pound OF lime to so gallons
Of water. In spraying potatoes, for
instance, which are frequently affect.
ed with blight or fungous disease, one
pound OF paris green is added to 80
gallons Of Bordeaux mixture. Bor-
deaux mixture Is made by dissolving
four pounds OF copper sulphate and
five pounds OF water These two mix,
lures work well together. killing in
sects and fungous diseases at the
same time and hence a saving Of la
Dor in spraying.
Paris green may be busted on plants
with cheesecloth bags or ordinary
powder bellows. 1t may be applied
either pure or diluted, but it is best
to dilute with twenty to one hundred
parts of lime, air Stacked or land plas-
ter before applying, according to the
nature of the plants treated. Even
weaker solutions should be used
where the parts busted are to be used
for food. In the treatment of cabbage
use but one ounce of the poison IL,
! ten pounds Of lime or plaster.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
ROAD
Bull Ding
LAND VALUES ARE INCREASED
English Country Residents Enjoy Good
Roads and Are Ever Within Reach
Of Good Markets.

In England the highest ambition Of
q majority Of well-to-do men is to have
a place" in the country. They don't
banker after city living the year
around; indeed. they don't banker aft
er 1t at all, except as it may be forced
upon them In order that they may live
near their business. But the minute
their business reaches euch point as
to afford them some leisure, or the
minute they acquire sufficient means
to retire. they seek a home in the coun-
try. England has good roads. though
In very early times none were worse.
and these country residents are never
beyond the reach Of good markets and
Of the supplies which good markets
oier. A country house ten miles from
q market town. but connected with It
by good road "a road good at all sea-
sons and in all weathers isn't really
80 difficult Of access as some country
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06

acre will yield. In fact an acre OF
land worth So per acre will furnish
enough hay to feed at least 10 head
Of sheep. Cost per head 80 cents.
II we allow one-half of oats daily
during the months OF February.
March and April. before the ewes are
on pasture, while sucking lambs, the
cost will be 45 cents at the price Of
oats at present. In conclusion 1t may
be safely said that the cost Of main
tanning q herding eve in the corn-belt
farm would be about $2.25, exclusive
OF the labor involved. which the good
farmer is glad to give in exchange for
the manure he secures.
II the flock gives 10-pound clip,
which any well-managed flock should
do, it is readily apparent that the
fleece will pay for the sleeps keep.
In good Shropshire focks the ewes
raise an average Of from one and one
quarter to one and one-half lamb per
eve. Place 1t conservatively at one
lamb per eve, worth at weaving time
from S. to So. which may be said to
be the profit for one eve. OF course.
there are losses in the eve flock, that
will cut down the profits, ewes die and
must be replaced by younger ewes.
Some age and lambs must be supplied
In their place, but even then the good
shepherd can count on profit Of from
81 to IS for every eve kept.
Since it requires two acfes OF land
for eight sheep. the income per acre
from the sheep would be about 500
net. A very fair income compared
with that even to be made from the
cultivation Of corn.
Sheep raising has the additional ad-
vantage OF involving less labor than
does the cultivation Of soil. Then, too,
the land used for the sheep becomes
daily more productive, while that Civ
en- over to corn growing becomes
poorer and poorer each year.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
GRO.sltRS ARE HAPPY
HOW THE BRITIsHER GETS HIS
GREATEST SATISFACTION.
Writer Probes Mysteries Of Numer.
GUS compIaints-sa Safety Valves for
DisgruntIed Found in Newspa-
pers, Public Officials, Etc.

Just as the proverbial old lady was
never happy unless she was miserable.
SO the average Britisher extracts his
greatest satisfaction from downright
honest growl. says a writer in London
Answers.
No one can justifiably call US ma
ton OF grumblers, and yet on every
hand we hear complaints, loud and
penetrating. 1t is our right and pre-
rogative to growl, and growl we do.
as kind Of habit.
The baby growls because its clothes
are too tight or its bottle not up to
schedule time In its appearance. The
child growls because bedtime arrives
too soon. Schoolboys and school
girls are inseparable from growls, and
the adult wades cheerily through a
perfect,sea Of them. Old age, again,
Is only too frequently typified from be-
ginning to end as one reverberating
grumble.
In the curious psychology Of the hui
man race there is not to equal the Joy
OF a growl well aired. You feel ter
ribly angry because the sos train
from the city to your home has run
late for nearly week, and you write
singing, virulent, scorching, crush
ing letter to the manager Of the par
ticular railway company entangled in
your wrath. All the time you know
full well that the manager keeps a
kind OF tame, shellbacked, armor plat
ed assistant who will contentedly post
you q cold acknowledgement and droI
your complaint into the waste paper
basket. You understand all this quite
clearly. and yet you are satisfied, fol-
the writing of that vitriolic letter has
put you right with yourself.
Growls are just safety valves fol
over-wrought feelings. Picture the
old lady who writes a frantic letter
to the local newspaper anent the pau
city OF policemen in her quaint su
burban backwater. Seeing her fam
ing words in the majesty Of print, she
marshals each paragraph as an imag
mary constable guarding her life and
property. Her efforts have brought
her both Joy and security, but were
she to analyze the matter she would
realize that she has merely fattere6
herself into the belief that her mighty
missive has set in motion the police
Of the county, while, as a matter Of
fact. no one takes any notice.
OF all the vast army of GROWERS
the farmer is surely the worst of
fender. He complains II the sun ii
not shining In one field, rain fallin,
in another. and gentle, drying breeze,
are not blowing in a third-all sim
ultaneous. And after the farmer, com
mend mo to the amateur gardener.
Public officials, were they not thick
skinned, would all be made subject
for the lunacy commissioners by TIL,
frequency with which growls rail-
upon them. Editors OF all classes o
papers come in for many grumblers
and the reverend gentlemen who ac
as our spiritual advisers get NOR,
than their share Of circulating com
plant.
Everybody. from the belated errans
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
EXCELLENT HINTS
DURING HAY TIME.
Make All Necessary Preparations
Before Work Actually Starts
Take Care Of Tools.
(By NJ. covERDELL.),

(By N. COVERDELL)
Don't begin haying and make prepa-
rations afterward.
See that every hay tool ID in prime
working order and good repair.
FIJI every oil cup and bearing and
wipe OF before attempting to turn q
wheel.
It is only fair that the household
help be as plentiful and efficient az is
the help in the fields.
A sunshade for the driver while
moving may cause some unkind re-
marks, but 1t was never known to
cuuse sunstroke.
Lay In full supply of repairs now;
don't wait until the breakage occurs
and stops a dollar-a-minute haying
crew while you drive to town for re-
pairs.
Don't buy repair rake-teeth already
shaped up when you can saw out two
Of them yourself from q 2 by 8. and
save at least one-half what you would
be charged for the shaped teeth.
Is Good, keen sickles leave smooth
mown meadow: save all the grass;
wear the machine out less than dull
sickles, and greatly tighten the load
Of the teams.
A water Jug with the Juice Of q
lemon or two squeezed into 1t, beats
any of the so-called stimulants many
farmers are coming to make use of
every year during the hay harvest.
The lemon juice diminishes the
thirst, while the stimulants increase it.
A damp handkerchief worn in the
crown of the hat adds to ones com
fort and guards against sunstroke.
Rushing the team and the men is a
most successful plan for running up
big repair bill or q dangerous sun
stroke.
Make clean finish OF the business
while you are about it. See that all
the stacks are well topped and stand
ing up straight when the work Is done,
then run three goods wires around
every stack-yard and save doing 1t
when you turn in on the meadow for
fall pasturage.
This is also the best time you'll ever
have for putting away the hay tools.
!, The intense hot weather following the
hay harvest knocks out as much ma
chinery as the work just finished;
then the damp fall weather puts a
rusty coat on 1t which about ruins It.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
Poor Highways.

Poor highways lessen the profit Of
labor. increase the cost Of living. bur
den the enterprise of the people. dull
the morality of our citizenship and
hold down the educational advance
ment OF the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
Marks Of Plymouth Rocks.

~ $3.50 w AZ NO " syU'V0S's 1tVVN6s ~
Originally, the Barred Rock, Oldest
OF the Plymouth Rocks by many years,
had Eve toes, but now these never ap.
pear. Originally. in the old focks one
would appear now and then showing
feathers on the legs Of the then best
pure-bred. Should this happen to-
day, one would discard 1t Immediate
" as far from pure-bred
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
! Quite a Contrast.

Are Tompkins and his wife happy
together?"
"Oh. yes. They are as happy as
anybody could expect them to be, con-
sidering the fact that she was a Pen
field Of Penfield Manor, and he was
just Tompkins of nowhere in particu-
lar"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06

Add to Selling Price.
Good roads in your vicinity add to
the selling price Of the products of
your farm.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06

boy with the groceries to the most
voluble politician, earns opprobrium
from someone. and the people who
growl most are usually those who are
happiest, for their pent-up feelings
have full play and outlet.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
Just a Suggestion.

( ME daughter, Mary Ann" said the
newly rich Mrs. Cassidy. wants to
parn to play some music Instrument.
l wonder wat wan would come aisiest
to herr"
We'll, now" replied the Jealous and
caustic Mrs. Casey. III We could only
get somethin' that's built like wash
hoard 'twould be list the thing"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
Nothina but the Truth.

Nothing but the Truth.
Mis- Anna" said old Aunt Milly.
dat yaller gal say she amt never
tole lie. She say she allus tell de
truf.'
Well, don't you believe her. Aunt
Milly?"
No ma am, DAT All don't! All knows
dere amt dat much truf In de
world"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06


placed anywhere. Nt-
lraets and kills ALL
hiss. Neat, clean, or.
nAmental. convenient
cheap. Lasts all
season. Made OF
metal, can'tspill or ZIP
overs will not soil or
injure anything.
Guaranteed effective.
All oaIera or6 sent
express paid for o.. 90.
Ave-. Brooklyn. N. +.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06
What Is i Patriot?.

What lie Patriot2
w. Bourke Cochran was talking
jubilantly of the passage of the home
rule bill.
Many poor Irish rebel. had he
but lived. would be rehabilitated
now" he said.
Patriots! What Is patriot, after
all? Isn't patriot Just man who'd
have been hanged for rebel If he
hadn't succeeded"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06

Matching the Fare.
What shall we have for lunch.
This Is = fast day.
Then why not q hasty pudding!"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-06

His Status.
Young Coke thinks he's a legal
light
Well, he is legal lightweight
Boston Transcript
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
$751; So FOR Relief
OF WAR SUFFERERS

The War Relief Fund Committee
yesterday acknowledged receipt of the
following additional funds:
St Peters Episcopal Church.
Lewes, Sl1.SS; other contributions.
Lewes, $25; DR.. William Marshall, Jr..
Milford, 81; DR.. George W. Marshall.
Milford, 81; Mrs. George W. Marshall.
Milford, 81; DR.. S. NJ. ID. Marshall. Mil
ford. 81; Miss Annie Boswick, Milford.
81; Miss Emily Jones, Milford. 81:
James B. Gilchrist. Milford, SIS: Mrs.
James B. Gilchrist, Milford; $25; Miss
Louise Perpignon, Milford, $40; Mas
ter A. d. Marshall. Jr., Milford. 81:
Mrs. G. Fisher Peirce, Milford. 25c
Mrs. Charles Prettyman, Milford. $40:
Miss Clara Prettyman. Milford, 81;
Master John Prettyman. Jr.. Milford
81; Miss Maggie Davis, 81; st. PauTs
Nj. Il. Church, (colored), Milford. 50:
Episcopal, M. E.. NJ p. and Presbyter-
ian Churches. Milford, 5000: Samuel
Andrews, Harrington, soc; Mrs. An
drews, Harrington, soc; NJ. p. Church
Harrington, 1925; Christ Church
Harrington, S4.6S; Bethel Church
lcolored) 30c: John Masten, ST: Mrs
T. J. Moore, Williamsville, zoe: cash
lOc; Brandywine Lodge, No. 4, Shield
of Honor General FUND.-, Wilmington
$40; Naomi Lodge. No. 8. ID. of r. n
q. F.. General FUND.-, Wilmington
SO; Westminster Church General
Fund, Wilmington. $160: Westmin.
ster Church, Belgians, 80; Cornelia T
Staples, Belgians, SO; total, s191.5s.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
APPLE Cider MAY
I. Be concentrated
Rich Field OF High CONNER
cial Value Produced by
Freezing
NEW METHOD
is EXPLAINED

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA. - The
specialists in the fruit and vegetable
utilization laboratory OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture have completed
arrangements for a commercial test
of the recently discovered method Of
concentrating apple cider by freezing
and centrifugal methods As re-
suit, cider mill in the Hood River
Valley, Oregon, this fall will under
take to manufacture AMI test on the
retail market 100000 gallons Of
concentrated cider, which will repre-
sent 5000 gallons Of ordinary apple
cider with only the water removed.
The new method. &c is believed,
makes possible the concentrating of
cider in such a way that il will keen
better than raw cider ard also be so
reduced in bulk that IL can be
shipped probably long distances
from the apple-grOwing sections. The
old attempts to concentrate cider BY
boiling have been failures, because
heat destroys its delicate flavor I'm
der the new method nothing Is taken
from the cider but the water, and the
resultant product is a thick LIQUID
which contains all the apple Juice
products and which can be restored
TO excellent sweet cider by the sim
pie addition Of four parta OF water.
The shippers and consumers, there
fore, avoid paying freight on the
water in ordinary cider In addition,
the product when properly barreled.
because Of its higher amount of SUI
gar, keeps better than raw cider.
which quickly turns TO vinegar.
The process as described by the de-
partments specialists consists of
/ freezing ordinary cider solid. The
cider ice IS then crushed and put
into centrifugal machines. such as
are used in making cane sugar. When
the cider ice is whirled RAPIDLY the
concentrated juice is thrown off and
collected. The water remains in the
machine as ice
AT ordinary household refrigerator
temperatures this syrup-like cider
viii keep perfectly for 8 month or
SIX weeks, and If subjected to low
| temperatures in cold storage will
keep for prolonged periods. At or
binary house temperatures il will
/ keep a shorter time
: To make the concentrated syrup the
/ cider mill must add 70 its equipment
an ice-making machine and centri-
fugal machinery. so that the process
is not practicable on a small scale
The specialists are hopeful, how
ever, that the commercial test soor
to be inaugJrated in Oregon will
show that it will be possible for an
pie growers TO concentrate their ex
cess cider and ship it probably Il
the far South or 10 other nonproduc
ing regions. The specialists ais
believe that II viii enable apple pro
ducers TO prOlong the market 70
cider
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
EVERY B. 6 0. MAN
TO Be fire FIGHTER

experimenting the notice issued re-
Gently by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road TO its employees. urging them to
give every assistance in putting out
fires in property adjoining the rail-
road, as well as along the right of way
blanks are being furnished TO train
men in order that they may notify
tracl1men OF the existence of Sigh
fires which might result in heavy los
of property unless checked.
Under the new arrangement. wheT
! trainman discovers a small blaze IN
the grass along the right Of way which
is not sufficiently dangerous 10 JUS
tify stopping the train, he is instructed
TO fill out a printed form, locating the
blaze, and throw II off to the first
track gang or trackwalker or station
agent passed. The blank is labeled
conspicuously GO Back And Put Out
Fire" The blanks are to be used only
in case of fire az the side of the right
of way. and only where il is felt that
there is no immediate danger. In
cases where bridges or buildings arc
in danger trains are stopped.
Hemstitching. Picot Edge 81
Delaware avenues
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
Peoples Column
CONDITIONS In MEXICO.

AWHNAA II ~ 40 ~ AAAAaAAA0e
To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
sir-A letter das received from
Mexico City last week giving some
account of the present conditions
there. Tie writer is an American
woman. who has spent some years in
Mexico. -
Thinking that the readers OF THE
EVENING JOURNAL might be in
terested in knowing the present state
Of affairs in Mexico City. Of which
so little has been heard of late, your
correspondent sends part of the
letter as follows:
Mexico City, Sept 20, 1914
at would make your heart ache to
see what awful things are being done
here, to all the rich Mexicans. Their
houses are taken from them, without
a moments warning, even though
the owners are not concerned in any
way in political affairs. Such dread
full people as do these things tool
officers and soldiers they call them
selves.
"The Mexican papers say that con-
ditions are not serious. What can
they mean? They are a hundred
times worse than IN Huerta's time.
The present object of the Carranzis-
tas Is to ruin every rich Mexican. II
is said that eighty houses have been
taken possession of. If these van
dals would merely live in the houses
but MOI everything of value in
them is destroyed. One especially
fine mansion, is now occupied by
soldiers. The costly carpets have
been cut in pieces to make sleeping
mats and the polished floors are filled
with holes TO prevent the rough men
from slipping on them. Furniture
has been carried away and sold.
This is only one case. How is il
all going to end? Surely the United
States ought to interfere and hell
us; but nothing is being done e
prevent this vandalism"
Yours truly,
J. r. W.
SMYRNA. Del. Oct. 13. 1914.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
"The Rabbits Foot"
Attainable Beauty For Most
Women at No Expense By GWEN SEARS
Copyright 1918, By H.. 7. TAFT


Pretty ankles a rarity is pity too
of
ankles
do
and them until the inclination II
harmful Is Of
sdewise
placed on the heel sole all
wholly
Further daily
quickly with soft OF
Follow the bath with
the
for fully five minutes
them rubbing
the blood ng Finish with application alcohol rubbing
until all the liquid has
At bed time the feet with clear which little
fifteen Rub bsy with towel the
alcohol application
Ordinary ankles VIM respond to this within
naturally
special attention be given the shoes
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14
ON COUPLE NEEDS HEIP.

Appeals have been sent out by the
Associated Charities for an old couple
who are in straitened circum-
stances. The couple are dependent
upon the earnings of young grand
daughter. who finds it hard to provide
for those whom she is trying to sup
port. The old couple ask for a cooking
stove and enough furniture to furnish
a room in their house. Those who de-
sire to help can do so by getting in
touch with the Associated Charities.