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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
{ & M VI u LIAM j R: Id FORD EDITOR

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
This is new modification of the
old cottage house idea that is being
built in some sections of the middle
West. The low roof with a wide pro-
lection gives the house a different
finish. sort of plain. aristocratic neat
ness that everybody likes The house
may be built of wood, brick, cement
or stone. 1t is often built of wood to
the caves and the gables plastered
with cement mortar on metal lath.
You can get five rooms in a cottage
of this style and secure more comfort
for the investment than you can get
from five-room, two-story house, and
1t looks well when nicely kept
Generally speaking, cottages are
now being built more than ever be-
FORE. not that they are new, but be-
cause they may be cheaply built and
because they are especially adapted
to the suburbs and country places.
The women seem to like a cottage
house after they become accustomed
to it, partly because it is easier to
do the housework where the rooms
are all on one floor, but at the same
| time, there is less excuse to neglect
things. We have all had the expert
ence of going through a house unex.
pectedly when the downstairs was
neat and clean enough. but upstairs
presented very disorderly appear.
ance. Profuse apologies usually &C.
companied such an excursion, but the
fact is woman puts off going up
stairs to attend to the housework az
long as possible. The rooms are out
of sight, so that there is not the same
incentive to keep it looking nicely
Small cottage houses extend Q
strong invitation to American fami
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
! Ry CLIFFORD PINcHoT.,

(By CLIFFORD PlNCHOT.)
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 us.
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
national necessity When therefore
the farm and the forest meet we have
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 yir-
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 matter of grave con-
cern to the farmer as well as to the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
MUCH DEPENDS ON SEED BED
Farmer Who Looks for Good Stand of
Alfalfa Must Prepare Ground
Properly Before Planting.

A good stand of alfalfa is depend
ent laTgeiy upon the preparation OF
the seed bed. A good seed bed con.
sists of a firm, well-settled soil hav.
ing a mellow, well-settled soil hav-
surface. A seed bed of this nature
allows free movement of the capillary
water from the subsoil, and at the
same time allows for a proper root
hold
If field is plowed and worked just
before planting, the soil will not come
into close contact with the seed, and
will not supply enough moisture for
the germ to grow well. Also, the
plant will not get firm root hold.
For spring planting, seed bed pre-
pared in the fall is better than one
prepared in the spring, for consider,
able time is required to store mois'
ture, and to liberate plant food. Sim
ply disking corn-stubble land in the
spring, makes a fairly good seed bed
If the land cannot be plowed in the
fall, disking in the spring is better
than spring plowing. II the land il
plowed in the fall for spring planting,
the ground should be allowed to lie
rough over winter, and then should be
worked into good condition with the
disk and harrow
Another good method of preparing
the seed bed for spring planting is to
plow the land in the fall or spring and
cultivate it sufficiently thereafter tc
kill the weeds and keep up good
soil mulch. The seed may be planted
late in the spring when the soil is
moist and weather conditions are ia
vorable. This method is especially
adapted to parts of the country
where conditions are too dry for al
falfa to start readily.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Lloht From the Earth

The darkest part of the sky is al
ways aglow. The earth itself gives
off a lot of light Scientists of the
Franklin institute have measured this
earth light and have found that it is
of the order of one-tenth part OF the
intensity of star of the first order of
magnitude. It is attributed, at least
partially, to permanent aurora bore
alis which is revealed by the charac-
teristic green ray observed on OBJ
scure nights in the whole heavens.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
MAKE SPECIALITY OF NOISE
Men Constantly Devisins Automobile
Horns That Will Produce New
4 and Startling Sounds.

1t is strange to think that there are
noise inventors, but, then. the truth
is always strange.
The noise inventors chief task is
the invention Of new noises for auto
mobile horns. An automobile horn
should act like hammer blow on the
head. 1t should make the foot pas
senger jump, as smart hammer blow
would do. 1t should make him look
In frenzy OF terror to see whence
the noise came, just as he would look
to see who had hit him with the ham
mer. 1t should make him run like a
rabbit out of the automobiles way,
even as he would run out of the way
OF the hammer that had struck him.
The automobile horn does all these
things. but 1t only does them so long
as it's sound Is new and strange Its
long, siren-like wall no longer does
them. It's horrible clank-clank, as OF
rusty iron scraping rusty iron, no
longer doe4 .::s;u. What does them
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

prevent its being eaten with as much
relish as the finer stemmed varieties.
That large quantity of fine quality
hay can be obtained by growing millet
and cutting when the seed is in the
early dough stage is admitted by all,
and owing to the difficulty of main
tanning live stock in many sections,
because of the scarcity and high price
Of hay, it is surprising that this crop
is not more extensively cultivated.
Timothy hay, for instance, which is
regarded as the standard, contains
6.8 per cent of protein, 23.5 per cent
of fiber, 51.7 per cent of fat. Hun
garian grass contains 81 per cent of
protein, 80 per cent of fiber, 53.1 per
cent of nitrogen free extract. and 2.3
per cent of fat. Millet hay, If prop
erly made and cured, thus contains
more nutriment per ton than timothy
and 1t is generally recognized that mil
let can be cultivated successfully on
thousands of acres of land to which
timothy is not at all adapted. More
over there is marked divergence be-
tween the yields of the two crops, as
it is not unusual to obtain from three
to five tons of cured millet hay, as
compared with one or two tons of
timothy. The value of millet hay will,
of course, depend somewhat on the
variety sown, the richness of the soil
and the thickness of seeding. Thick
seeding is desirable with millet,
though we prefer to plant in drills
rather than scatter the seed broad
cast. If the millet is not seeded
thickly. the stalks become coarse and
are not well relished by live stock,
fact which should not be overlooked.
Since such large yields may be OBJ
tanned with millet in the south, even
though the crop may draw heavily on
the plant food in the soil. 1t would
bring sufficient revenue to justify
the heavy application of commercial
fertilizers, and where a proper crop
rotation is pursued, there should not
be serious difficulty in maintaining the
fertility of the land.
Millet should be seeded at the rate
of forty to sixty pounds per acre
drilled in and covered with harrow.
From thirty to forty bushels of millet
seed may be obtained per acre, and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

now is a very powerful, very sudden
honk-honk. as of giant blowing a
bass horn. But this new noise, like
the others, will soon grow familiar,
and once it is familiar it's hammerlike
quality will disappear.
So noise inventors study the squeal
OF pigs. the bray of donkeys and the
cry of the seal. They visit boiler fac
tories and sawmills in their search for
ideas. They frequent slaughter houses.
And it Is not enough for them TO
find a new noise they must reproduce
it in horn. Theirs. indeed, is no easy
task
Scientists say that a good, efficient
noise, such as the noise inventor turne
out, not only seems to act like a ham.
mer blow, but really does SO. 1t ex
hausts the nerves and the brain. It is
| indeed, the chief cause of the terrible
| modern malady of neurasthenia.
SO the noise inventor, it seems. is
not an unmixed blessing. Neverthe
less he is here to stay. For withou:
him how can the speeding automobil
ist make the foot passenger blench
| cap foot in the air, and then scurry
like the wind out of harms way to the
sidewalk Chicago Record Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
INFORMATION FOR
PIGEON BREEDERS
Always Strive to | Establish
Breed of Birds to Equal or
Excel Any Yet Produced.
(By FREDERICK A. soTTER)


Dirty feed. like dirty coal. produces
no results.
Don't imagine too fabulous profits
from squabbipg.
To produce the fact from the theory
requires good sound effort and iudg-
ment.
System is as necessary in squab
plant as it is in a department store.
Keep an accurate account of every
pair of birds and the young they hatch.
Then weed out the sluggards.
One hundred squads weighing from
IA to Is ounces apiece, are worth more
dollars to the squabber than two hun
dred at half the average weight, and
they cost less to feed Make weight
and quality of your meat your first
consideration
One pair of thoroughly domesticated
birds is worth half dozen pairs of
imported BIRDS 1t takes year for
imported birds to become domesti-
Gated, and if you accept imported stock
you must finance your feed bills for a
year at least without any appreciable
returns from the birds. An extra 81
per pair for domestic birds is economy.
Set loft or two aside at the start,
in which to place the finest youngsters
each week. Every plant needs an
emergency" loft and it is well to re-
member that you need to replace worn
out lofts occasionally.
Spend ten minutes every morning
thinking what you can do for the bet
terment of your squad plant on that
day. Then do it.
Always aim to establish breed of
birds to equal or excel any yet pro-
duced. Place your ideal high enough
that you may always have something
to work for.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

owing to the short time it occupies
the land it can be made very re-
munerative crop. Millet is no more
exhausting to the soil than other
crops when comparative yields are
considered.
Millet has another advantage which
should not be overlooked, as it is a
most excellent smother crop and can
which it is desired to free of weeds
and put in the best possible condition
for seeding to grass or wheat in the
fall.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
GROWING MILLET HAY
OFTEN FOLLOWS WHEAT OR
OTHER WINTER CEREALS.
Problem of Maintaining Live Stock
Where Feed Is Scarce and Prices
High May Be Solved by EN-
pIoyment of This Crop.
CBy A. M. soULE.)

Millet can frequently be grown as a
catch crop when other important
crops have failed. AS most varieties
of this crop natures in from sixty to
ninety days it can often follow wheat
or other winter cereals. There are
many varieties of millet on the mar.
ket, but only a few of these show
exceptional merit. Among the best
varieties are German, Japanese and
Hungarian, which made in recent
tests, an average yield of hay Of 3.85
2.8O and 2.42 tons, respectively. The
principal objection to the Japanese Is
the coarseness of the stalks, which
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

back 10 the Maison Ducrocq with .
faithful remnant Of their late encourage
clattering at their heels.
One by one the staff of the maison
returned to their labors. A stray cat
had entered the kitchen while the cook
was away and stolen the haddock for
that evenings flet de sole Mornay.
The young virtuoso improved the op-
portunity Of the pages absence by
calling up three numbers unchanged
on the telephone. Two of the cham
bermaids had helped themselves to
Nine Ducrocq's private brand of
cognac, and finally M. Ducrocq had
tripped in his haste and utterly ruined
a new pair of lavender trousers, to say
nothing of causing an ugly bruise on
his knee
| Dinner that evening was a melan-
choly function in the Maison Ducrocq.
| Such of the special dishes devised for
| the entertainment of the famille Per-
rault as had not suffered from the
cooks neglect we're wasted on the
coarse palates of M. Ducrocq's ordi-
nary clientele; for all the Perraults
we're Neither watering the bedrooms
upstairs with their tears or securing
| the city for the lost Aristide.
| Out in the kitchen the good Nine.
Ducrocq wept unaffectedly into the
soup, while M. Ducrocq took up his
station at the front door and peered
up and down the street for some trace
.of Aristide or his searchers.
At length his labors were rewarded.
1t was striking seven as corpulent
policeman turned the corner of Sixth
avenue. In his right hand he held a
leather tab which he consulted in COM
parison with the numbers on the
houses. His left hand grasped the
limp fingers of very tired young
| ster indeed, whose face bore traces of
recent tears.
| At intervals little choking sobs
escaped him; nevertheless, he pressed
to his lips hollow key from which.
oy the simple process of blowing into
it, he produced melancholy sound.
had all of it's old fascination for
Aristide, SO much SO that they OBJ
served they had passed the maison
before they we're observed by Ducrocq.
"Aristide!" he yelled, almost over
come by JOY. And then there came a
revulsion. His lavender trousers, his
wife's eognac, the filet de sole Nor
nay ranged themselves on the one
side and the famiIle Perrault's heb
domidal ffty-odd dollars on the other.
The lavender trousers prevailed, and
/ he seized Aristide and shook him until
that unfortunate prodigal's teeth fairly
| ratified in his head
At length, from sheer exhaustion:
Ducrocq desisted Aristide, to whom
shaking was novel form of punish
ment and unrecognizable as such,
deemed the affair sort of greeting
similar to the kisses Of his previous
welcome, and forbearing' to weep,
picked up his beloved key from the
mat where it had fallen.
The officer grinned broadly.
That's the darntest kid ever see,'
he said. For two solid hours he amt
done narthen but blow into that key
And as he passed slowly down the
block toward Sixth avenue he was
pursued by the clamorous welcome
that arose in the Maison Ducrocq.
| ~Aristide!" was the refrain. and
again "Aristide! Aristidelr
tcopyright by the Frank A. Muneey COD
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Hinge for Farm Fence Gates.

clear any obstruction which may oc.
cur in the path Of the gate An object
of the invention is to provide adjust
ing means for the hinge, which may be
operated from the outer end of tbs
gate. so that the leverage afforded by
the length of the gcte may be taken
advantage of in raising the gate, while
the adjusting means is operated
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

heated by placing small furnace in
the cellar. The furnace should be put
under the dining room, near the big
chimney; then six short pipes Will
carry the heat to each room in the
house, including the bathroom and
about five tons of coalNwill keep IL
warm all winter.
The size of the house is Al feet In
width by 25 feet in length, not very
large on the ground for cottage, still
you get five good rooms and they are
well arranged for convenience.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
CONDEMNED Even AS food.

These are evil days for rich men,,
said George Ade at a luncheon of the
Chicago Athletic club. sd rather be
a pickpocket than an interlocking di.
rector-therc's more honor in it.
They say that cannibal king re
Gently sent post haste for his doctor
Good gracious. man. the doctor
said, you're in a dreadful state. Whai
have you been eating?'
Nothing. groaned the sick man,
except slice of that multi-million.
aire whose yacht was wrecked on
Cocoanut reef
Merciful powers the doctor cried.
And told you under no circum-
stances to eat anything rich. George.
get the saws and axes. We must op.
crate at once
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
First Goslino Feed.

Hard boiled egg and bread crumbs,
or a little oatmeal, make a good first
feed for goslings. After two days
boiled potatoes with which is mixed
oatmeal or scalded wheat make an
ideal food. Green grass or some green
stuff should be chopped and fed from
the first. After they are a week old
they should be let out on grass and
will then require very little feeding.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
GATE HINGE is ADJUSTABLE
Outer Swinging End of Gate May Be
Held In Raised Position to Clear
Any Obstruction.

In describing hinge for farm fence
gates. invented by T. Miller of Oquaw.
ka, H., the Scientific American says:
This inventor provides an adjust
able hinge to be used with fence gates,
to compensate for settlement in the
gate, or in the hinge post, or to be ad.
justed for holding the outer swinging
end of the gate in raised position to
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Not Patented.

Cooperation is the keynote in sue
cessful accident prevention work.
Many large manufacturers who have
designed accident prevention devices
for their own use have not patented
them in order that others may utilize
their ideas. A large railroad company
which has designed all of the accident
prevention apparatus in use in its ma
chine shops is willing to furnish blue
prints of the devices to those who de
sire to install them in their plants.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Manure Quality.

High feeding results in less COM
higher quality of manure than low
feeding. The quality of the bedding
used influences to great extent the
value of the manure. Where the bed
ding consists principally of sawdust
or wood shavings, the value of the
manure is not nearly so great as
where straw is used.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
,s the RustIe comInaY

VIII the hustle return? This Is a
ravorite question when fashions are
discussed. The punched draperies at
the back of some skirts, and the wired
sash ends and loops on other gowns
suggest that the hustle Of the eighties
Ia in the mind of the costume designer.
But these little fashions in adornment
are only variation Of the old idea,
and we will not, 1t is expected. be
asked to accept such barbarities as
actual bustles. To eyes accustomed
70 the presentday straight lines sae
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Rive for Green manurino.

Rye is perhaps the best cereal crop
20 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
il it is to be used as a green Ina-
nure
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

Pocket-handkerchief is the queerest
word in the language. At first it was
kerchief (couvre-chef), covering for
the head; then it became handkerchief,
a covering for the head carried In the
hand, and at last pocket-handkerchief.
covering for the head held in the
hand and kept in the pocket.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Wood Restored.

Woodwork which has grown duh
with time and the accumulation of
dust may be restored by first cleaning
thoroughly with kerosene on fan
mel cloth, says the Washington Her
aid. 1t should then be polished with
a mixture of two parts of turpentine
to one Of linseed oil. Apply this with
a soft cloth and rub with flannel un-
til every trace of the liquid seems to
have disappeared. Repeated applica-
tions and continued rubbing will give
a rich gloss to wood trim or mahog-
any furniture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

The teacher had Just read the myth
about Perseus and Medusa. She wished
to stimulate the Imagination Of her
Youngsters and asked them to de-
scribe the hero as they pictured him.
One little girl wrote: "Perseus was
tai. and stately with black waxy
mustache and wore a monolog over
his left eye"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Quoted business.
Trahsnnrtlnn EARN Products
spravino With HeIIebore.

Mix one pound Of white hellebore in
so gallons of water. Remember thai
hellebore loses its strength very rap
idly when exposed to the air and, con
sequently, must be kept in an air
tight receptacle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
When Women Vote.

Church, see Chicagoans are agk
tating for new city charter.
Gotham-Sure thing. You see the
women are voting out there now and
they think the charter should have q
few frills and founces on it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Lost Opportunity.

First -'Dwenty years ago Gold
stein sold shoestrings on the corner
hnd today he owns the corner on
which he stood" Second Jew Eek
citedly) -"Und if he had walked up
und down he might have owned the
whole block.''--Life.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
rhouoht for the Dav.

He was one of those men, moreover,
who possess almost every gift except
the gift OF the power to use them
Kingsley.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Quality Will 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.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Failure With Alfalfa,

Some growers will be disappointed
over alfalfa, That always happens
when a new crop is introduced. But
the failure should by right be charged
by the grower to himself.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
LIcht on 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.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
Justify Confidence.

France has an association which
gives loans on the word Of honor of
the people. It is chiefly for men or
women who are of humble position,
and in most cases the money is re-
turned promptly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

Gibbs-T tell you, no one can fool
my wife," Dibbs-"Then how did you
get herr" Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

Miss Sanborn's cook, hearing Of the
immense grain bills. advised, IF /
were you. miss. / wouldn't keep any
cows this winter, except the horse"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
RriIsh the Cow

Every mixer should carry a bruch
to brush off the loose hairs rum me
fanks and the udder Of the ccv Ln-
fore milking.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22

Man as husband Is of two classes
he whose meals disagree with him,
and he who disagrees with his meals.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-22
clrcumstaneea Alter c,s.,

Crabshaw-.T thought they were
violently opposed to the motor carr"
Mrs. Crabshaw-.Oh, that was before
they could afford one."-Judge.