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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

NICHOLAS SCHMITZ.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

For number of years the Mary.
land Agricultural Experiment Station
has been testing alfalfa on the various
soil types of the State now under cult
walton. These tests, together with
tie successful experience of many
farmers, have proven beyond doubt.
that under favorable conditions alfalfa
can be grown successfully on prac
tically all soils of the State.
No soil, regardless of type or loca
ton in the State, however, will pro-
duce fair crops of alfalfa unless it is
fertile; producing at least 40 to SO
bushels Cor 10 barrels) of corn pei
acre in a normal season. No amount
of fertilizer applied either before OF
after seeding will make up for poor
land at the start. Moreover, starting
alfalfa under such conditions is indeed
very expensive. If the land is poor,
1t Is far better to wait few years and
grow feitilizing crops such as COW
peas. crimson clover, soy beans and
red clover In the rotation before each
money crop. If manure Is available,
the more used the better. In fact, tie
SUPPLY Of organic matter is very i'm
portant factor in the production of
alfalfa. 1t is seldom that land very
low in humus grows alfalfa success
fully.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
SAVE MONEY FOR TAXPAYERS
English cities Draw Revenue From
Exploitation Of Municipal Proper
ty or Some Points Of Interest.

Norwich, Eng. has converted the
Norman keep of her castle into one
OF the finest museums In the country,
and makes II minister in small way
to her rates while the famous and
beautiful Valley Bridge at Scarborough
yields yearly profit Of about $4,000
to the corporation for various town
purposes. For whole century Ply.
mouth has been owner OF her Thea
ter Royal, ever since Its foundation
stone was laid by Mayor Lockyer In
1911. and It's lease reduces the rates
by considerably over $4,000 a year.
The ratepayers OF Birkenhead owe
much relief to the famous ferry across
the Mersey to Liverpool. 1t owns a
fleet Of many steamers. which, as car
riers of goods and passengers, con
tribute It Is said something like 500.
900 year to the municipal exchequer;
the contribution to the rates during
the last half.century falling little short
OF half 4 million pounds. Liverpool
makes from $4,000 to 100000 by the
annual exhibition OF pictures In the
Walker Art gallery. Already IT 70
claimed that more than 100000 has
gone to the city funds from this source
alone, in addition to the profits made
In other directions. such as electric
ity works and the manufacture OF con
crete slabs for paving purposes. In
fact, Liverpool Is credited with max
ing we'll over 100000 year by Its
various enterprises
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
Road-Maklng Device.

buggy and drags Immediately behind
the wheel, smoothing the track and
inclining loose dirt toward the center
of the road-bed. At the outer end OF
the drag Is disk which serves tc
cut down the sides of the track.
Mr.. Taylor has one of these ma
chimes attached to his mountain hack,
and it attracts great deal OF atten
ton. Good road advocates In south
ern Idaho are enthusiastic about the
machine; 1t has been proposed BY
them that the county commissioners
buy them in large lots and let then.
out to every farmer who will agree tc
use them rebating the user on his
road tax.
1t is a well-known fact that the
roads Of southern Idaho are In
frightful condition for nine months
out of twelve; from the time they dry
up in the spring until about June they
are in fair condition, but after that
they are so full of chuck holes" as
to render them discouraging to a light
rig driving fast. or to heavily loaded
wagon. BY the use of Mr.. Taylor's
chuck hole filler this can be eliminated
it fills all holes, leaving the road
smooth after the passing of the We
hicle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

nTQWNT7r
IS HELPS
CALLS FOR WORK OF EXPERT
City Once Properly Laid Out, Resi-.
dents May Be Trusted to Develop
and Beautify 1t.

A movement Of the first Importance
and of great proportions is taking
place among American cities, which,
while 1t has not attracted any very
marked degree OF attention on the
part of the general public, Is yet one
which will have lasting consequences
of the most beneficial character,
writes author of American CITY
Planning" Modern City Planning
and Maintenance
This movement, the replanning OF
cities, has only begun to take shape
In this country In the last few years.
but already great progress has been
made, and plans of the most elaborate
and mf gnif1cent character have been
proposed,
The subject is one of such impor-
lance in the social, aesthetic and prac-
teal betterment of cities that 1t is or
vital interest not only to the city ad-
ministrator, the engineer and the arch
tect. but also to every citizen VINO
has the advancement of his city's wei
fare at heart.
The work of the expert Is to super
wise the whole undertaking, to con-
ceive the design and develop the plan;
to direct the work of the engineering
staff and that Of the Office as well. He
is the directing head Of the whole I'M
dertaking, and working In harmony
with the commission, should have a
free hand to develop the best possible
plan. In cases where more than one
solution of the problem of the city's
replannlng is practicable, he should
submit tentative plans for the fur
Their consideration Of the commission
and the public.
When the work of the expert has
been completed public exhibition
should be held of the drawings and
the plans and they should be subject
ed to the criticism of the public at
large and discussed In public meet
ings and in the press.
The commission should then decide
upon the plan to be adopted and the
work then should be actually under
taken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
SHOULD BE PREPARING FOR
MARYLAND WEEK.
T. b. SYMONS.
Maryland Agricultural College.

The premium list for the Maryland
Week Exhibition, November 1921, is
now being issued by the Maryland
State Horticultural Society and Aft,
lated Associations. The Club Exhibit
Prizes have been increased as well as
the prizes for fruits, vegetables,
cereals, and dairy products. This show
is now looked upon as one of the
largest and best of its kind in the
East Now is the time to plan to pro.
duce prize eX ibits of either fruit, veg.
etables or cereals. Every section of
Maryland should be represented at this
exhibition.
All local farmers organizations
should study the rules for the club eX
hiDits and commence planning now fol-
making a club exhibit at this great
show, 1t will be good advertisement
for any community besides maxi.
such an exhibit aids and advertises the
worth of the local association in many
other ways. Every section of Mary
land should be represented at this
exhibition.
This exhibition is educational in
avery detail, and all farmers should
0an to exhibit and attend the show
and annual meetings of the associa'
tons held at Baltimore in November.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
WHY TIE TERM HORSEPOWER
Originated With Watt, Who Produced
the First Practical Steam
Machinery.

When VIC say that an engine de-
velops 100 horsepower we do not
mean that one hundred horses could
produce the SAN. result. And. as the
editor of Power remarks, there are
few engineers who could tell just how
tn terms horsepower came into
U.s., Its origin is related in the fol
lowing quotation from "Farey on the
Steam Engine" published in 1927:
THE machinery in the great b! ew-
cries and dstilleries in London was
then moved by the streL eth Of .-orses,
and the proprietors f those tablish-
lent who were first to require Mr..
Watts engines always inquired what
number CT horses an intended engine
would be equal to-
"In consequence, Mr.. Watt made
some experiments on the strong
horses employed by the brewers in
London, and found that horse Of
miles per hour. could draw $50 pounds
avoirdupois by means of rope pass
ing over a pulley SO as to raise up
that weight, with a vertical motion,
at the rate of 220 feet per minute.
This exertion of mechanical power is
equal to $4,000 pounds Tor 52S cubic
feet of water raised vertically
through a spacesof l foot per minute,
and he denominated it horsepower
to serve for measure of the power
exerted by his steam engines"
This estimate Is much beyond the
capacity of the average strong horse,
says Power Smeaton and other ear
ly engineers estimated that $4,000
pounds per minute was more accur.
ate.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
SPRAY FOR ASPARAGUS BEETLE
E. N. CORY.
Maryland Agricultural College.

There are two asparagus beetles
one red with black spots, and the
other black with yellow stripes, that
infest asparagus. They deposit their
eggs along the stalks. The larya
small, dirty appearing grubs eat the
shoots. There is little or nothing that
can be done to prevent injury when
The beetles are present in numbers.
However, the chances of injury from
this source can be greatly reduced by
n few simple methods, employed after
tie cutting season is over. When the
patch Is of considerable extent, a
thorough spraying with four pounds of
arsenate Of lead in barrel of water
in which has been previously dissolved
one pound of laundry soap, to aid in
the adhesive qualities of the mixture;
or one quart of syrup or molasses win
serve as well as the soap.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
GOVERNMENT AID FOR ROADS
Committee Of Congress Expected 10
Mako Favorable Report on
Highways Measure.

The question Of federal aid for good
roads looms large. A joint committee
OF the senate and house, with Senator
Bourne, Oregon (the father OF the
parcel post bilD chairman, Is now In
yestigating the entire subject Win
every likelihood of report being SUD-
mitted favorable to the general pro-
ject. The main subject under lnVes-
tigation at present Is the manner IN
which federal aid when finally 1orth'
coming shall be distributed, whether
to the states according to their popu-
lation. their area or the mileage OF
their highways. In recent magazine
article Senator Bourne expressed him.
self as favorable to plan when
shall combine all three of these ele-
,ments, inasmuch as 1t would not be
fair to grant more aid to Rhode Island,
for instance, than to Iowa, although
the population of the former state Is
much larger than that of the latter;
or more aid to Nevada, for instance,
than to Nebraska, although the former
state Is much larger In area than the
latter; or to some state which has
already solved the good roads prob
lem by thousands of miles OF good
roads. leaving state with Impossible
highways suffering because of lack OF
the necessary aid.
With federal and and state aid both
imminent, an impetus Is being given
to road building greater than ever
before. The statement is made that
100000 a day is being spent for good
roads In this country, but the general
consensus of opinion Is that until
within the last year or two results
commensurate with this immense ex-
penditure have not been secured.
There Is a feeling all over the country
that road building must be made as
systematic and as scientific as rail
road building, hence the movement
for a state highway commission with
plenary powers and scientific super
vision by expert engineers. Congress
has already appropriated 100000, to
be distributed $4,000 to each state,
for Improvement of stretches Of road
over which rural free deliveries
operate regularly. The results OF
this appropriation will go a long way
to show whether or not the federal
government will be justified in max
ing still greater appropriations and in
going still more extensively into this
important subject. The secretary OF
agriculture and the postmaster-gen-
eral have both been ordered to loan
their influence to the investigation to
the end that actual facts may be Sc
cured so that road building may be
carried on In q practical manner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

center pulp, then clip the sections along
the edge and the grapefruit is ready,
When dicing green peppers cut them
In long slivers, then take few in the
hand and clip through the entire
bunch. When preparing fruit for
salads the sections Of orange and
grapefruit may be easily cut away
with the shears.
The more often the shears are used
the more ways will occur to use them.
We need not limit scissors to fruit
and vegetables, however, as they work
equally as well on chicken, fish of
various kinds, cutting the joints Of
game and lobster shells.
The hard parts of oysters and clans
are neatly removed by a pair Of
shears, while slices Of cold boiled
tongue and ham are often much I'M
proved by trimming with scissors.
Cabbage Salad. - Shred cabbage
very fine and mix with one or more
finely cut green peppers and small
bunch Of celery, finely chopped. Add
a boiled dressing made as follows:
Cook together equal parts of egg and
mild vinegar When smooth and thick
add equal parts of whipped cream,
sugar, and bit of cayenne pepper,
little mustard. if liked, and sea-
soning of salt. This dressing may be
kept indefinitely and the cream and
seasoning are added just as 1t is ready
to use.
Canned Beans.-For change Of
vegetables, use the little tender
green beans. Scald them and season
with butter and little vinegar pep
per and salt. Taste them to see that
there Is butter and vinegar enough
to season well, and serve very hot
Te<kI N~,<s.eN..
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
Suspicious.

"They claim" remarked the senator,
that by new device thoughts can be
sent by wireless"
Great, isn't it," said the interested
constituent.
ut may be great the senator adj
mitted, but 1t amt going to catch me.
Just as soon as began thinking for
transmission some detested meddler
would hang a thought dictaphone on
the nearest bunch of air waves.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
GOOD ROAD-MAKING DEVICE
Machine Invented by Idaho Man 10
Simple In ConstructIon-Fllls
Holes, Smoothing Road.

A road-making device for road
ented by Hugh G. Taylor Of Bull,
Idaho. The machine is simple In con,
struction; 1t Is drag, constructed OF
a piece of sheet metal four feet long,
four inches wide by quarter Of an
ern Farmer. 1t Is attached by means
of rods to either axle of wagon or
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
THE KITCHEN SHEARS.

A pair OF scissors or shears Is
the greatest convenience imaginable
In the kitchen. They will cut up much
quicker than knife, vegetables, such
as celery, lettuce, beans and any num-
Der of other things.
To hollow out tomato to be stuffed
a pair Of shears is much better to use
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
DeIav Insured.

THE doctor told me must quit eat.
ing rapidly"
THE habit Is hard to conquer"
Yes; but ! have managed It, ]
make it an absolute rule never to tip
a waiter"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

puuuiHS lillO u kelLle Ol
boiling water and boil without ccasing
for five hours. Serve with powdered
sugar.
Delhi Ppdt''n9.-Pare. core and
cut into slices four large apples;
lut them into a saucepan with
little grated nutmeg, one teaspoon
full of grated lemon peel and four
tablespoonfuls Of sugar; stew with
very little water until the apples
are tender. Make rich biscuit crust.
spread with the apples few currants.
then roll up, tie in a Toured cloth and
boil for two hours.
Queen Elizabeth Puddina.-Sweeten
pint of milk to taste, add little
grated lemon peel and four we'll beat
en- eggs, Line buttered mold with
raisins cut In half. Spread slices of
sponge cake with marmalade and
place in the mold, Pour in the Gus
tard, tie the pudding down with paper
and a cloth and boil gently for one
hour. Let cool slowly and when cold
turn out of the mold and serve.
West Indian Pudding.--Crumble half
pound Of sponge cake and pour over
1t pint of hot sweetened cream. Beat
eight eggs and add to the cream. But
ter mold and line with three table
spoonfuls of thinly sliced preserved
ginger Carefully pour in the pudding,
tie down with Toured cloth, and boil
or steam for an hour and half. Serve
with whipped cream favored with the
ginger sirup.
Staffordshire Fig Pudding. six
ounces of suet and make a smooth
paste with three-fourths of a pound
of -four and milk to moisten, add salt,
roll out a halfinch thick and spread
with a pound of finely chopped figs,
Roll up, pinch both ends, tie in pud'
ding cloth and boil for two hours.
T1<k1 Tz~.<s.xA-.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
IeLkI N~>es.eN
A Fashions Origin.

How do you suppose the idea OF
rainbow hair originated?"
Il can account for 1t only in one
way" replied Miss Cayenne. Some
society leader who was fixing her hair
got an unexpected chemical reaction
and had to brazen 1t out"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
Preoccupatior.

Poets are seldom practical"
That's true. A poet Is 30 busy
looking for the first wild flower and
the first robin that he misses the first
shad."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

than a knife, for 1t
may be done much
more evenly, The
cutting Of a grape.
fruit to prepare it
for the table may
be done entirely by
the use of shears.
EirSt ont ont the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

Consider well the portions of
things. 1t Is better to be young
June-bug than an old bird of Para
dise.-Mark Twain
CHAPTER ON FOREIGN pUDDlNes.

The boiled pudding is the great
English dessert, and it is found in all
places. They are mostly boiled in
cloth; molds are seldom used except
for a very elaborate pudding.
Baroness Puddin9.--Chop very fine
hree-fourths of pound of suet,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

Feed sour milk to the chicks from
the start.
AS soon as the chicks crowd they
are too cold.
The soil must be fed, these days, as
well as it's owner.
All old wood should be removed
from the rose bushes.
Leave the chicks In the incubator
until SO to As hours old
Silage is the best roushage for fat
tening any class of cattle.
The chicks should have grain In the
litter, SO they will exercise.
Driving On one rein Is usually
caused by sharp tooth or teeth.
Culing the flock and separating the
weak and sick chicks Is important.
The fence line makes harbor for
weeds, insects ard other crop pests.
The practise of feeding hogs on
forage crops alone is not economical.
Much farm machinery wears out
more through exposure than through
use.
Use the coarse folders, straws and
the stalk fields for Wintering the breed
ing herd
When bugs are plenty and hens have
free range the beef scrap may be dis
continued.
Try topworking a few apple or
plum trees The work is interesting,
but not hard.
BY drainage, many acres of now
idle land could be brought into profit
able cultivation.
Don't yank the lines and swear al
the team Find the cause OF the trou-
Bile and remove It,
Quarantine all hogs you buy for at
least three weeks after they are
brought on the farm.
Keep a mixture of wood ashes, char
coal, salt, lime, sulphur and copperas
before the hogs all the time.
The often repeated reminder to give
the young pigs whole oats on raised
platform should not be scorned.
are about the size of peas, varying to
wheat and draw off the buttermilk.
When the soil is loose to a sufficient
depth, corn roots penetrate in album
dance to a depth Of three or four feet
No mistake will be made in choosing
the Senator Dunlap strawberry to
grow fruit either for home use or mar.
ket.
Farm manure Is a perishable prod
uct which must be handled with in
telligence to obtain its maximum
value.
Where manure Is coarse and care.
lessly spread part OF the ground is
fortified and part of it Is left with
out any
Never keep SOW no matter now
good or well-bred she may be If she
will not produce more than five strong
pigs at litter.
Harden the chicks while still In
the incubator by opening the incu.
bator door for about one-half inch after
they are we'll dried.
clover offers itself to farmers at time
when the ordinary summer-srown
crops are not available.
When the spreader Is used, less
manure will be needed to cover one
acre and the value and effectiveness
of the manure will be increased.
There has too long been an unrea
sonable prejudice against mules, and
yet they may be made one of the most
valuable economic features of the
farm.
Try putting pinch Of copperas In
the poultry watering trough once or
twice a month. Better still, scrub out
the trough and spray thoroughly with
a copperas solution.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02

add the same amount of
seeded raisins, mix with
three-fourths of a pound
of -four, a half teaspoon
full of salt and a cupful of
milk. Beat well and tie
n a pudding cloth wrung
out of hot water. Put the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
|M ZMIkNI


The art OF cooking when not al
lied with a degenerate taste or with
gluttony, is one of the criteria of a
peoples civilization.
A good dinner sharpens wit while
II softens the hcart.--Dorap.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-07
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selling cor both accounts Net changes
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Closing prices ON the more import
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Atchison, 90.
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Southern Pacific. alG.
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aud lace. made In the prevailing
rumled style. the skirt partly drapcd.
with broad embroidered nounccs uf
net. and narrower ones with ~ e.
edges. The bodice has the lace aud
net In a soft kimuno blouse effect.
Mrs. bryan, wife Of the secretary
OF state. will wear a very modish
gown Of taupe taffeta, which has b
large lowered pattern OF roses In
deep shades an over Il. The draped
skirt shows "a pettic0at In front of
embroidered old rose chiffon. Tho
chlcon h also inserted In the softly
draped waist but a line of neaiy
white and very fine lace. edged the
N-shaped neck opening. Mrs Bryan
selected one OF her small toques 20
wear with this dross-a becoming
model IN black iulle and jet.
Mrs. Houston. wife Of the secretary
oi agriculture. will wear white-a
very pretty model In lace. with
touches of jet and m~adc.over white.
The sash and girdle are of old goli
satin.
Mrs. Lane wife Of the secretary a.
the interior. has chosen from among
her new frocks. a stylish but simply
made onc Of black lowered tissue over
lavender chiffon. both these gau ~
materials form the bodice. with ivory
tinted lace around h N-shaped
opening AZ the necK.
Mrs Daniels. wife 81 the secretary
OF the navy. has choscn "a hecoming
dress OF pansy colored charmeuse
with over draperics of blue chin0u
which Is embroidered in pansies. The
purple straw hat she Is 10 wear win
IL is wreathed with pansies.