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Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
SUNSET.

Arthur Powers left last week for Boston.
Charles Haskell left Monday for Boston
to join yacht.
Mr.. Dane, the school teacher, is a stu
dent at Colby college.
Willard Mathews and family have
moved from 1. E. Small's house to Ston-
ingron.
Sterling Stinson and Archie Barbour
have gone to New York, where they have
employment.
Ed Colby and wife are spending a few
weeks in Belfast, where Mr.. Colby is hav-
ing launch built.
Miss Lillian Knowlton arrived last week
from Boston, to stay with her grandfather,
HI. w. KnowIton.
Mrs. Hazel Carmen and her mother,
Mrs. Charles Beck, spent few days last
week in Rockland.
Mrs. Charles Thompson and son Percy
have returned to North Deer Isle, after
spending nine months with Prescott
Eaton and wife.
May II. SADIE.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO THE VICTIM OF DRINK
FREEDOM is AT HAND

them at the institute longer than ,h..
days. All the comforts OF private club a,
first class hotel are at your service.
Mothers, wives, sisters, and friends ~
know OF someone in whom you are !.
ttrested, who is victim OF the a,;n,.
hsh,t Think of the happiness and com
fort that you can bring TO him, and ~.
great satisfaction to yourself, by ,ndnO-
ing him to come to our Institute and !.
freed forever from the terrible anrs.i,.
for liquor.
Write us and We will be very glad 4,
send you full particulars regarding IT,
Treatment or call us up on the telepbon.
We should be very much pleased to b.v.
you call at the Institute in person. and Ia,
us show you how we are equipped IA,
overcoming the liquor habit. Remembs,
there is absolutely no publicity.
The greatest trouble with the dripkips
man is his ina abiiity to make up his NINA
to quit. il is during his hours of spHsr.
ing and remorse, when the effects Of thu
alcohol are wearing away, that he is in ,bs
proper mood to be approached on the sub.
ject OF a cure.
Many of them are afraid that the liuuor
will be withdrawn, and that they will
suffer for q long while for this reason
We do not withdraw the liquor from the
patients until they are ready to give It M
themselves. There is no suffering con.
nected with our Treatment. 1t is mild in
every way and the patient leaves the In.
sti,ute practically new man, as free from
the alcohol habit as though be had never
used it, and ready TO return to his busi-
ness with renewed strength and energy.
Our Institute is located at I47 PLEAS
ANT AVENUE, PORTLAND, MAINE.
WOoDFoRDS STATION, TELEPHONE
1916. We are open night and day the year
around. Advertisement.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13

employed in Needham, Mass, is home for
the summer.
F. S. Holmes, who went to Boston last
week, returned with his wife Sunday.
J. H. Hooper and wife go to Haven soon
to get the s'Castle View" cottages ready for
the summer occupants.
Smith Bros. had hardwood floor
laid in their store last week. E. j. Byard
and Mr.. Stedman did the work.
Miss Eta Young is home from the
Eastern Maine general hospital for a vaca-
ton. Her sister, Mrs. II. o. Ford, of
Brewer, is here, and will remain through
the summer.
l. s. Candsge has purchased Mrs. 5. j..
Clossons house. Mrs. Closson will make
her home with her daughter in Surry. F.
w. Allen will move into MIR. Candage's
newly acquired rent, as soon as vacated.
Mary, wife of Fred II. Bridges, died
Tuesday morning, after few days illness
OF pneumonia. Besides her husband, she
leaves four small children, also mother,
Mrs. 5. ]. Ciosson, and one sister - Mrs.
Austin Gray, of Surry. Much sympathy is
felt for the bereaved husband, and es-
pecially the little ones, who are too young
to realize their loss.
May Il. Fl.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
GRAND MASONIC BODIES.
Officers Elected at Meeting In Port
Hand Last Week.
GRAND LODGE.

GRAND LODGE.
Grand master, Thomas II. Bodge, Au-
gasta; deputy grand master, Waldo Pet
tengili, Rumford; senior grand warden
Issac A. Clough, Portland; junior grand
waSden, Clifford s. Pattee, Belfast; grand
treasurer, Albro E. Chase, Portland; grand
secretary, Stephen Berry, Portland; COM
mittee of finance, Hugh X. Chaplin, Ban
gor; Edmund b. Mallett, Freeport; Frank
}. Cole, Bangor; trustees charity fund for
for three years, Charles l. Collamore, Ban
gor; Elmer p. Spofford, Deer Isle.
EdwinNF. Clapham, of West Sullivan,
was appointed district deputy for the
twenty first district.
GRAND CHAPTER.
Grand high priest, Wallace N. Price,
Richmond; deputy grand high priest,
james A. Richan, RockIand; grand king,
Enoch o. Greenleaf, Portland; grand
scribe, James Fl. Witherill, Oakland; grand
treasurer, Leander ". Fobes. Portland !;
grand secretary, Stephen Berry, Portland; /;
committee of finance, Franklin r. Redlon,
Portland; William N. Howe, Portland; !;
Herbert W. Robinson, Portland.
GRAND CoMMANDERY.
Grand commander, Ralph w. Crockett,
Lewiston; deputy grand commander,
Arthur S. Littlefield, Rockland; grand
generalissimo, Edmund b. Mullet, Free
port; grand captain general, Franklin R.
Redlin, Portland; grand senior warden
j. Frederick Hill, Waterville; grand
junior warden, Wilmer ]. Dorman, Bel
fast; grand prelate, Rev. James F. Albion,
Portland; grand treasurer, Leapder w.
Forbes, Portland; grand recorder, Stephen
Berry, Portland.
Benjamin l.. Hadley, of Bar. Harbor,
was elected steward of the grand council.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
BLUEHILL FALLS,

The Davidsons have arrived and opened
their cottage.
Miss Mae Friend, of Brockton, Mass,
will spend her vacation wit h relatives here.
Mrs. Hazel Conary and daughter Eliza
beth, of Millinocket, are here for a few
days.
Austin Chatto will care for the grounds
OF "Airiy Beacon" this season. The Smith
family, of Sewickley, Pa, will lsoccupy the
cottage.
May IL. CRUMBS.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
WEST SURRY.
May II

Alfred Condor died at West Surry May
9, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr..
Condor was born in Brooksville, but had
resided for number OF years in Dedham.
He was an old soldier, having served four
years in the 18th Maine regiment. He
leaves wife, and an adopted daughter, at
whose home he passed away. Two sisters
and two brothers also survive him. The
funeral was held Tuesday, Rev. T. s. Ross,
of Ellsworth, officiating.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
GRAND CoMMANDERY.
SEAL HARBOR.

F. II. Macomber is having his store
painted.
Edward Reed, of Boston, was in town
over Sunday.
George l.. Stebbins and family arrived
Friday at their cottage.
Miss Georgia Hodgdon, Of Bear Island,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred Driscoll
Miss Annie Moran, of Bar Harbor, is
employed as stenographer for George L.
Stebbins for the summer.
In spite OF the rain, quite a few came
from Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor to
attend the ball given at Neigh borhood
hall Friday evening by Miss Emile
Young, OF Ellsworth.
May II. p.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
COREA.
BUD.
May II.

Henry Bryant, who has been i'll with
rheumatic fever, is better.
George Hodgkins, of Steuben, has moved
his family here for the summer.
Lobster fishing is rather dull this spring
on account of bad weather and scarsity of
bait.
Capt. Griffin, of the schooner Margaret,
of Milbridge, arrived Saturday to take off
the cargo of lumber from the schooner
Oriole, which was stranded on the reef a
few weeks ago. He will take the lumber
to Boston.
May IL. S.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
SOUND.
Fl.
May H..

Warren Wssgatt has employment at Bar
Harbor.
Reuben Brown is working at Hall
Quarry.
Lewis Manning has moved his family
into the George Nickersoa house.
Claude Murphy and family have moved
into their bungalow for the summer.
Vivienne Havey is employed by Mrs.
Fred Phillips, of Northeast Harbor.
Mrs. Edgar Springer, of Lamoine, is
Tinker.
May IL. BUD.
Ellsworth American., 1914-05-13
SEDGWICK.

C. n. Rhodes and wife are in Boston for
few weeks.
Melvin Sellers, of West Brooklin, is
working for Smith Bros.
Steamer Catherine made her first Sunday
trip for the season yesterday.
Miss Florence Morgan, who has been
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18
CULTIVATION OF AN ORCHARD
During Dry Seasons Stirring of Soil
Enables Roots to Go Deeper After
Needed Moisture.

Roots of fruit trees go down deep
farmers who have orchards think there
is no need to cultivate them. This is
a mistake, as great benefit can be de-
rived from cultivation. This is espe-
cially true during dry seasons, as the
stirring of the soil causes the roots to
grow deeper into the ground and en-
ables them to get the necessary mois-
ture. Disease spores on fallen leaves
and fruit can be destroyed by turning
under the sod. Very often insect pests
breed under the trees and by stirring
up the soil these places are destroyed.
In the spring as soon as the ground
is in fit condition is the best time to
commence cultivating. This cultiva
ton should continue while the tree is
making its seasons growth. After
the last blowing it is a good plan to
SOW some crop which can be turned
under as a fertilizer the following
spring.
If frequent cultivation should tend
to make the trees grow too rapidly and
not to fruit well, then let the orchard
go back into sod for while.
1t is very necessary to cultivate the
new orchard-the trees will grow fast
er, the roots go deeper and many of
the insect pests and diseases will be
more easily controlled
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

Udder troubles are frequently the
result of bad feeding.
The man who grows the foods which
supply the country. needs no apology
for his occupation.
Sunlight and pleasant surroundings
are great factors in stimulating large
milk yields.
The cow should be fed so that she will
produce full flow of milk, and main
tain practically the same flesh condi-
ton.
The high producing dairy COW is an
animal that follows in the wake of
civilization. She never goes ahead.
The COW should have a capacity to
produce more milk than she is called
upon to produce in ordinary dairy
work.
The working ration does not mean
crowding the cow beyond her normal
capacity, making her short-lived. and
the cost of production extremely high:
but rather ration that will maintain
her In good physical condition. pro-
duce strong, well developed calf, and
give US an economical milk yield
High priced feed and low prices for
milk or its products. is very unde-
sirable combination, but it is some
times economy to submit TO present
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18
SUMMER PRUNING OF TREES
Large Limbs Can Be Removed at This
Time Just as Safely as Any
Other Season of Year.

II the tree mas a dense top, open
up the center to permit sunlight and
air to enter. Thin out the sides by
removing from one-tenth to one
fourth the branches, always cutting
back to limb, and never leaving a
long stub to die or throw out big
crop of sprouts. Summer pruning can
not be prof1tably practised on old,
stunted, dying trees They need re-
juvenation. which comes with winter
pruning. but may be profitably prac-
tised upon old. thrifty. shy-bearing
trees.
Large limbs can be removed at this
time just as safely as at any other
season of the year. only it is not ad-
visable to remove too much of the
top at once. Where great quantities
of wood must be removed it is better
TO distribute its removal over period
of from two to three years. rather than
than entirely unbalance the trees
Erowth
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

them in deep; six inches is a good
1epth. They must have a good, firm
roofing to help the heavy plants with
stand the hard winds the following
years.
Cultivate and hoe often enough to
keep the field free from weeds. The
more often the soil Is stirred the
greater will be the yield. In a dry
season frequent cultivation draws the
moisture to the surface and helps to
tide the plants over until the rain
comes. Sod will soon run out" berry
brushes. Keep the land level and
clean.
If no young plants are wanted for
the next year, this finishes the first
season. If, however, new sets are de-
sired, either for home use or for sale,
this is the way to get them. By the
way, plants in the spring sell all the
way from SO to $40 a thousand, &C
cording to supply and demand.
Early in September bury the ends
in the ground about two inches. A
trowel makes a good tool for this pur-
pose.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

loss, rather than allow milk flow to
go by default.
Dairy work Is no longer guess work.
but science. Simple 1t is true. but all
the same science.
People who are troubled with their
cream and butter are generally those
who have made no study of the prin-
ciples that absolutely govern the sour
ing Of cream and the process of butter
making.
There is no excuse for any farmers
wife being ignorant of the methods OF
good butter making in these days of
scientific teachers in the experiment
stations in every state in the Union.
Remember the cow has a hard time
keeping up her usual milk flow and
lighting flies, to say nothing of the
effect the terrific heat has upon her.
Green fodder is relished by the cows
at the tail end of the summer, as ice
cream is relished by children.
Do not keep COW simply because
she gives large quantity OF milk.
Know by the use OF the babcock tsss
and scales whether she is putting
profit into the milk pail.
There is no money in the dairy bust
ness as long as you keep feeding cows
winch produce at loss.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18
Dogs Should BE MuzzIed.

The following has been issued to
peace officers, health officers and the
people of Kentucky: A recent exami-
nation of dogs heads from widely sep
arated sections of the state shows an
alarming prevalence of hydrophobia-
Under the authority conferred upon it
by law, the state board of health here
by requests and directs all persons
owning valuable dogs to keep them
upon their own premises or to have
them carefully muzzled and sheriffs,
chiefs of police, constables and the
people generally are hereby requested
and directed to destroy, as painlessly
as possible, all unmuzzled dogs rum
ming at large with a view to the pre-
ventlon of hydrophobia. Failure to
observe this request is punishable by
fine before any magistrate. Through
arrangements with the United States
public health service, the state board
OF health is enabled to give the Pas
teur treatment at the meteorological
Laboratory, Bowling Green, KY, with
out expense, to individuals who have
been bitten by rabid dogs or other
animals.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

There has always been strong be-
lief among farmers in general that
soil fertility can not be maintained un-
less stock raising is part of the farm
practice. They have recognized the
necessity for returning to the land at
least part of what has been produced
from it, and the only practical way to
do this has seemed to be by the use
Of animal manures.
While we continue to recognize the
great value of manure, We now know
that fertility can be maintained just
as easily without its use as with it,
and that exclusive grain farming is
entirely practical where the topogra-
ply of the land does not compel most
of it to be kept in pasture to prevent
erotion. Where this is the case, stock
farming is necessity and no other
system should be attempted.
Grain farming is different from stock
farming chiefly in the manner in
which the supply Of organic matter
and nitrogen is maintained.
When a mineral element, such as
phosphorus or calcium is deficient,
both the stock farmer and the grain
farmer must make up the deficiency
by using commercial plant food, for
the supply of mineral plant food where
limited can not be maintained by ma
nure alone In both systems of farm
ing rotations must be practiced and
clover or other legumes must be in
cluded in the rotation. if the nitrogen
supply is maintained. The stock
farmer feeds his clover and part of the
other crops and the manure supplies
the required nitrogen and humus. The
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

by the Pound as 1t Is to Sell Grain.
than it is to lump them off for so
much head, which is tedious task
to both the buyer and the seller.
AS general thing, cabbages are not
all of one size or weight; very large
heads are often very tight, and unless
the buyer is an expert in the business
he is frequently deceived by the ap-
pearance of the lot. The whole sys-
tenn of selling vegetables by measure
instead of by weight, constitutes a
cheating game and places honesty at
a discount.
When beets, carrots and parsnips
are sold by small measure, 1t is i'm
possible to get down to accuracy and
the exact amount paid for. BY their
peculiar shape, these vegetables form
a temptation for dealers to cheat the
customers.
Barrels of potatoes vary in size from
one to three pecks and as there is no
inducement to pack in large barrels.
small ones are used and sell for the
same price to the trade. Every deal
er should buy by the hundred pounds
and be willing to sell by the same
weights; but as 1t is now, the dealers
want big weight of the growers and
to deal out the produce to the trade
by the measure.
1t is just as easy to sell vegetables
by the pound as 1t is to sell grain or
sugar and other commodities, and
there is no reason why the dealer
should not sell on the same basis of
measure as he buys.
We have seen growers sell potatoes
on the city markets when every bushel
would make five pecks of the grocery
mans size well rounded up. 1t is a
fact that these measures were further
reduced before they got into the
homes of the consumers.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18
Horticultural
1fC(s1W5I@8
CARE OF BLACK RASPBERRIES
Soil, Plowed Deep, Should Be Rather
Fertile and Free From All Grass
and Foul Weeds.

The soil for the berries should be
fafrly fertile, free from sod or roots,
such as quack or blue-root grass and
all foul weeds. Pillow rather deep, and
harrow until the earth is perfectly fine
and pliable. Too much manure has
been known to bring on ''the yellows,"
a disease fatal to berry plants. And
let it be said right here, if any yellow
plants are ever discovered they should
be pulled up at once and promptly
burned.
Mark the ground with a corn marker
three feet each way. Set every row
one way and every other one the other
way-making the rows three feet by
six feet
Plants should be set as soon in the
spring as they are large enough-say
from four to six inches high. Put
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

This picture shows the sharp distinc-
ton between lined and unlined
alfalfa. Notice the man on left is
only ankle deep in scattering alfalfa
while on the right the man stands
above his knees in rank growth.
tiful supply Of limestone. Alfalfa is
not so easily grown as cowpeas, soy
beans or sweet clover, but can DE sue
cessfully produced in Kentucky when
the requirements of the crop have
been met.
The United States census reports Of
1909 show that in that year 20,229
acres of alfalfa were grown in Ken
lucky on 1876 farms. There is good
reason to believe that the number of
farms growing alfalfa and the total
acreage have doubled since that time.
This is a good time to select a field
for alfalfa. The stubble ground from
grain can be prepared for this crop.
Potato ground after the first crop has
been removed is good place for al
falfa. When cowpeas or soy beans
were sown early these crops may be
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18
FARMERS BECOMING WIDE AWAKE
TO POSSIBILITIES OF new CROPS
Carefully Studying Means of Improving the Old Good
Time To Select Field For Alfalfa Requires
Good Supply of Limestone

removed early for hay and the soil
quickly prepared for seeding. There
are instances where tobacco is re-
moved in August, in which case the
ground can be quickly prepared and
successful seeding of alfalfa may re-
suit. Corn ground is not suitable.
The heavy moisture and plant food re-
quirements of the corn crop leave the
ground in poor condition for alfalfa
even if the cora were removed in time
for seeding.
To be suitable for alfalfa the soil
must be we'll drained. There are
many instances where second bottom
land is better for this crop than up
land. Bottom land soils are apt to be
open and consequently well drained
and areated. In addition these soils
are usually fertile. While alfalfa will
enrich the soil, yet it requires fertile
soil to begin with in order to grow
successfully. Like corn, wheat, or to-
bacco, alfalfa may make some growth
upon thin land. but to make sue
cessful crop for several years alfalfa
requires rich soil. Alfalfa requires &
good supply of limestone. If this Is
not present in the soil, lime in some
form should be applied. AS with red
clover, weeds are a great menace to
alfalfa when the plants are young and
are just becoming established in the
soil. For this reason spring sown al.
falfa in Kentucky is apt to suffer a
great deal from the ravages of crab
grass in July. 1t is better to make
thorough preparation Of the seed bed
for some weeks before sowing and to
SOW about the middle of August.
About twenty pounds of seed per acre
should be sown.
In most instances it is necessary to
inoculate to be most successful with
alfalfa. This is very simple matter.
Bacterial cultures may be secured
from the State Experiment Station,
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
or from commercial firms. A salts
factory incubation may be effected by
spreading from two to three hundred
pounds of surface soil from a healthy
field of alfalfa or sweet clover.
1t takes some earnest effort to grow
alfalfa successfully, but a good field
should yield from three to five tons
per acre for a period Of from six to
eight years.
Write to the Experiment Station for
Bulletin No. ITS which gives full in.
structions concerning alfalfa and
sweet clover-H. B. Hendrick, Asst.
Agronomist, KY. Experiment Station.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-08-18

grain farmer depends upon crop resi-
dues such as straw, cornstalks, etc..
and green manures to maintain his hui
mus and nitrogen supply. His chief
difficulty is in the disposition of the
leguminous crop. Part of this must
be returned to the soil, for rotations
including legumes will not maintain
the nitrogen supply if the entire crop
is sold off. The grain farmer must
usually handle his legume crop as a
seed supply, and return the straw to
the land. In the case of clover the
first crop should be cut and allowed to
remain on the land. The second crop
can be cut for seed. The straw Of
beans and peas should always be re-
turned to the soil.
Another important point for the
grain farmer is growing as many
catch-crops to plow under as possible.
These should be leguminous crops
when practical. The following rota.
ton will illustrate more clearly the
general plan that it is necessary to
follow. First year wheat with clover
oOWA III WHAT. 0OCOAQ year COIu
with cowpeas sown between the rows
at last cultivation. Third year, oats
or wheat; if oats, cover crop of some
kind should be planted. Vetch or
crimson clover are both useful for this
purpose. Fourth year, clover grown
for the seed. All crop residues in ev-
cry case to be carefully returned and
evenly distributed.
Another rotation which is practical.
is wheat with cowpeas sown after the
wheat is removed, rye cover crop; sec.
ond year corn; third year boy beans,
followed by wheat.-E. ]. Kinney,
Agronomy Department, Kentucky Agri
cultural Experiment Station.