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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
MODERN PROGRESS A SHAM7
Writer in the Atlantic Disinclined to
Believe That the Human Race
Is Advancing Rapidly.

After all, are frenzied motion and
progress synonymous? Any kitten
chasing its own tail might, if we were
really observant, disprove for us much
of our modern claim of great gain.
Would any age Of real progress talk
SO much about progress, and so loudly
count its achievements? Is not much
of this done to hide the inner sense OF
loss and lack? Perhaps 1t is from
far-off country childhood that derive
a persistent belief, not obscured by all
the noise and dust and glamour of our
time, that real growth is silent. For
many and many day | have heard
this glowing talk of progress, OF widen
ing intellectual horizons, and for many
a day have watched the growing visit
fulness Of human faces. The more
thoughtful become increasingly sad,
while the number of the merely stolid
increases apace, as do the restless
ones, with their apparent longing for
distraction and change. Unfinished
faces, unsatisfled faces, are familiar to
us all. They lack the high record OF
experience greatly taken; expression
that denotes profound inner life. To-
day we are so comfortable, SO enlight-
ened, and with our widening philan-
thropy, so estimable, that we surely
ought to be happy! Yet we see few
satisfied faces, such as we can remem-
Der from long ago, full Of inner con-
tent, faces ION which the dove of peace
sat trooding,' and we pause to ask
what our boasted progress has to offer
in compensation for the great loss that
has come through the seeming gain OF
these later years From the Atlantic.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
EXCELLENT RATION FOR COW
II Farmers Would Depend More on
sIlaae and Less on Pasture Herds
Could Be Doubled.

A good ration for cows giving milk
Is silage twice day, corn fodder once
q day and all the bean forage they will
Clean up, with about one pound grain
or concentrate to every three pounds
milk the cow gives. II the beans were
pulled before becoming too ripe and
secured without much rain falling on
them the forage makes good feed.
Roots are valuable to increase the
flow of milk.
II we would depend more on silage
and less on pasture, our dairy herds
might easily be doubled and the farm
enriched accordingly Many farmers
have been slow to awaken to the fact
that dairying brings excellent returns.
Many Improbable crops are still
raised where the land might better be
growing feed for live stock.
Permanent pasture Is waste un'
less the land cannot be plowed. Every
acre should be made to raise feed for
stock to the limit of its capacity. and
this should be fed right on the farm.
returning the fertility to the soil.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
.C0IToNSEED MEAL FOR COWS
No Harmful Effects II Fed In Moder.
ate Amounts Along With Variety
Of Other Feeds.

(By Il. G. WOODWARD. Nebraska Ex-
pertinent Station)
A Nebraska subscriber writes: rs
the feeding Of cottonseed meal harm.
full to dairy cows II fed right along"
II cottonseed meal is fed In moder.
ate amounts along with variety Of
other feeds, there are no harmful eff.
fects.
Ordinarily a COW should not be fed
more than two pounds daily OF cotton
seed meal. As a usual thing 1t will
not take this amount to properly bal
ance a ration made up Of common
dairy feeds.
At present prices cottonseed meal
Is q very cheap source Of protein and
should undoubtedly be used much
more extensively by Nebraska dairy
men than 1t now Is.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
MUD HOLES IN COW PASTURE
Clean Shore 10 Blessing to FIy-Pes-
tered knIr,ats-Many Annoyanees
Are Avoided.

A COW pasture mud hole Is yer.
table nuisance. To get away from
the flies the cows will wade in the mud
until their legs and even their udders
become completely plastered. Then
added to the annoyance Of stamping
and kicking at flies at milking time we
have the added annoyance of being
Obliged to milk cows with chapped
teats.
A clean lake shore or river or brook
in the pasture Is q blessing indeed to
the fy-pestered cows, but the mud hole
should either be drained or fenced out
Of the pasture. Foul in the foot with
cattle, and grease heel with horses, is
the result of tramping back and forth
fiom mud holes to dusty grounds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
Robin That Reasoned.

Showing the motherly care OF a
robin, an exchange relates the follow
ing beautiful instance:
"A robins nest was filled with young
ones in sight of a friends window.
The mother bird was away when VIC
lent thunderstorm came up. AS the
heavy drops began to pour down she
returned and the little ones greeted
her with open mouth, expecting food
She pressed them down with her foot
and sat on them with extended wing
to shed the hard rain and remained
there till thee storm was over.
WAS there not process of reason
here? She saw the heavy downpour
of rain and. thinking of her exposed
children, believed they would be hurt
or drowned without her care. so she
hurried back This is called instinct,
but instinct Is concentrated wisdom
without the process being shown"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

MAKING HEALTHY GROWTH.
We have obtained good results with
corn, 250 lbs, wheat bran 100 lbs,
middlngs 100 lbs, beef scraps so
lbs, and salt l "A lbs, as feed for
hens which are confined in small
yard. But suppose these same hens
were running out on large range in
the spring time where they could pick
up worms and insects all day, do you
think they would require the same
feed? For example take meat. the
most expensive ingredient in the
feed. Would 1t be necessary to give
them so much when they are pick
ing up meat all day in the form of
Insects and worms?
Then supposing you cheaper your
ration during the spring time by cut
ting down on the meat feed, what
are you going to do next fall and
winter when the natural meat sup
ply cannot be obtained by the birdsY
VIII you keep on feeding nothing but
grain feeds, like so many do, or will
you put in some of the meat that the
birds require for egg production?
Hens cannot lay eggs unless they
have the raw material out of which
to manufacture them. In the spring
time they get meat feed naturally
and lay eggs. In the fall and winter
they cannot lay eggs unless you give
them meat in some form.
Note:-The various forms of milk
can be used to supply the animal or
meat feeds spoken of above. Moth
ing is better as feed for laying
hens or growing chicks Roy H. Waite
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
SPRAY TO PROTECT ORCHARD
Two Most important Fvnsic'des for
Summer Spraying Arc Bordeaux
Mixture and Lime. sulphur.

(By w. H. CHANDLER)
Spraying IL done for the purpose OF
preventing injury to the fruit, foliage
and wood Of trees and other plants
caused by disease and insects.
Diseases of plants may be caused
by the growth in the tissues OF bac.
terra or fungi. Bacteria usuaily grow
beneath the surface and cannot be
combated by means Of spraying. Some
fungi grow upon the surface. sending
feeding organs down into the tissue
from which they secure nourishment
from the plant sap. These fungi are
reproduced by means of spores which
are carried In the air until they settle
upon leaf. fruit or wood, where they
germinstesand grow. becoming the In
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
PAIL OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Where Clean Milk 10 Produced Small.
Top Receptacle 10 Necessary
to Exclude Bacteria.

The United States department OF
agriculture has this to say about
milking;
in modern diaries where clean
milk Is produced the small-t9p milk
pail is a necessity. as such pail pre-
sents only a small opening into which
dust and dirt may fall from the air
or from the cows body. 1t has been
found by experience that the use OF
the small-top pail greatly reduces the
number of bacteria in milk from aver.
age diaries. Many types Of milk pals
are for sale, but any timer can con.
vert an ordinary pail into a small-top
pail by the addition of a hood. as
shown herewith.
Mixers should be allowed to milk
only with dry hands. The practice
Of wetting the hands with milk Is a
filthy habit and 10 liable to cause the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
POULTRY PROFITS DEPEND ON
PROPER FEEDING.

Do your hens have free range? If
they do, are they able to pick up feed
on this range? If so what kind of
feed do they get? These are few
OF the questions you will have to con-
slider before you can feed your hens
intelligently. Hens require certain
things in their feed. They get some
of these things naturally and some
have to be supplied from the feed
bin. You may think that proper
feeding of poultry is merely giving
them what they will clean up proper
ly, but this is far from right.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

cause of Its popularity in the West,
spasmodic attempts were made In the
East to establish 1t.
Many tried but few succeeded. Its
requirements were almost unknown,
and where stand was obtained 1t
was without effort on the part of the
planter. But the value of alfalfa was
too great to be kept in restricted
locality Investigators sought and dis
covered its cultural needs, and once
these became known, alfalfa spread
over the country from coast to coast
and established itself as the king OF
forage crops.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

Young Plum Fruits-uppsr Fruits
Rsady for First Spraying for cureu.
iIo-Eo~er Fruits Still Retain the
caiyx Tube (Shuck), 80 That the
Spray oUIld Not Cover the Surface.
furious fungous tissue. II the leaves
or fruit are covered with q substance
which is poisonous to the fungus the
spores will be killed at the time they
terminate. Substances that thus pre-
vent the growth Of terminating spores
are called fungicides. As rule these
fungicides must be applied in summer
when the fruit or foliage Is likely to
be infected. However In the case OF a
very few diseases like peach leaf curl,
spraying in the early spring before
growth starts 10 successful.
The two most important fungicides
(sprays to prevent fungous diseases)
for summer spraying are BORDEAUX
mixture and lime-sulphur.
We have two classes Of insecticides
(sprays to kill insects). For insects
that eat from the surface Of the plant
q poison on the leaves or fruit Will
kill the insect. Usually the spray used
in this case is some compound contain.
ing arsenic. The most important In
secticide is arsenate of lead.
There are aiso Insecticides used to
kill insects that do not eat from the
surface. but penetrate the surface with
their beaks and suck the juices from
beneath. 1t IL plain that such an In.
sect could not eat any poison placed
upon the leaves, but must be destroyed
by q spray thxt kills by coming In con-
tact with it's body, so insecticides for
sucking insects are sometimes spoken
of as contact sprays. The most i'm.
portant OF these are probably lime.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
A Plot Fathomed.

Our representative hasn't had
time to leave Washington and mingle
with US voters" said the smooth cam
paigner.
NO" replied Farmer Corntossel.
Its another one O. them party
tricks. They're givin' him as little
chance as possible to hang around
an make hisself unpopular"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

cows teats to chap In the winter
time. Milking should be done quick.
~ and thoroughly, with no violent
Jerking of the teats. After each COW
is MIXED the pail Of milk should be
removed Immediately to the milk
house.
The mixer should remember al
ways that he is handling a human
food which is very easily contaml
mated. Soap. clean water and towels
must be readily accessible. The hands
should be washed after milking each
COW.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
Briuh Boy.

willie" said the harassed sutton
to the young lady's small brother, as
I was coming in heard hand organ
down the street. If you'll run out.
maybe you'll see an Italian with his
monkey"
"Nothin' doin'," answered Willie
I'D rather stay here an see 81, make
monkey out of YOU"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
When Women Rule.

when WOmcH HUIe.
Madame President wishes her to
accept a high place."
"Where?"
ION the board of compilations. But
she refuses to accept"
"Why?"
"A number Of senatoresses want to
ask her a few questions about her
own."-Kansas City Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
Pruning for Woods.

In pruning for wood the following
rules are usually applicable: Weak
growing varieties may always be
pruned generously, stronggrowing
kinds lightly; varieties which branch
freely need little pruning. those hav-
Ing unbranching limbs should be
pruned more severely; rich, deep
soils favor growth; prune trees in
such soils lightly; in shallow. sandy
soils trees produce short roots. and
the wood should be closely cut.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
acute" Trick Is Costly.

Some people think it is cute" to
let the puppy run through the flock
and set the hens to flying. Maybe it
Is, but the egg production will always
fall off after such performance.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
Time Weji Spent.

No farmer ever really lost any time
by stopping long enough to pick up
. piece of board with nail in 1t. or
to pick up piece Of loose barbed
wire about the place.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

Young Fruit Of the Peaeh-Two iUp'
per Fsults Ready for the First Spray
ING for curcuiio-Lower Fruit Re-
tains the calyx Tube (Shuek), SO
That the Spray Could Not Cover It.
sulphur, Kerosene emulsion and the
miscible oils.
1t is impossible to give any accurate
estimate OF the cost Of spraying I'M
less the size of the tree il known. II
is usually necessary to apray four
times year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08

Water the Horse Often.
The stomach Of the horse 10 small.
and he should have w&ter often ana
little ct Q time
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-08
PRUNING Takes Time.

Pruning. like spraying, cannot DO
learned in a minute.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
Devils Lake, North Dakota

house, $4,000 public library, a $780,
600 federal building and some of the
very best hotel and business buildings
in the entire state. Then again Devils
Lake has the Chautauqua Auditorium,
and the North Dakota State Military
and Encampment grounds, both To-
Gated on the north shore of Devils
Lake. 1t is also the terminal division
of three railroads.
One dependable index as to the pro-
gressiveness of a city and the terri
tory it lies in, is the condition of its
schools. Devils Lake stands among
the more important cities, not only OF
North Dakota, but of the Northwest
in this regard. The public school sys-
tenn comprises three schools, the Gen.
trail High, the Washington and Lin
coin, presided over by nearly fifty
teachers, all graduates of normal
schools and universities. Good church
buildings of all the leading denomi-
nations, with a fine Catholic church,
and large congregation taking the
lead. Fine paved streets, good water
and an up-to-date sewer system add to
the attractiveness as residence city.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
THE GRAM CONSTRUC-
TION co.

Although our arithmetic used to
teach us far back in the old school
days that gram was mighty small
speck in the weight measure, still this
can be no criterion, because the Gram
Construction Company here weighs
in pretty fairly average heavy when
it comes to pulling off some good
sized construction stunt. General
building is their line and by the SEN
timent round about Devils Lake they
are more than making good at this
class of work and getting more busi-
ness every day. The church at Cando
was erected in its entirety by the Gram
people, and likewise that here in Dew
lis Lake. While the local trade is de-
veloped to fair extent, deal of work
is done outside in the country and
surrounding smaller towns. DR.. VAL
demar Gram is both president and gen
eral manager. We would suggest get
ting in touch with this firm should you
be contemplating the building of
house, barn or storage plant. Bids and
plans are furnished on application to
the Gram Construction Company,
Devils Lake, N. D.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
LAKE FUEL co.

Eleven years ago a Hoosier and
Gopher moved to North Dakota To-
day finds them in business together in
Devils Lake, running grain elevator
at the same time Mr. Bryant, the
HoOsier end of the concern, came
from Indiana eleven years ago, while
Mr.. Mcclure, native of Minnesota,
also arrived eleven years ago. Mr.
Bryant is the manager of the Lake
Fuel Company, while Mr.. Geo. f. Nc
Clure is not an active member. The
joint business has been established six
years. The coal yards of this COM
pany have storage capacity of 1000
tons, and handle everything in hard
and soft coal besides North Dakota
Ignite, making it the retail supply
center for Devils Lake and the sur
rounding farm country The whole
sale end covers the main line and of
Great Northern up to Minot and La
kota. This is the wholesale and re-
tail headquarters for Pillsbury's Best
Flour The elevator holds 10000 BUSH
els and annually handles $4,000 bush
els of wheat and grain. This depart
ment is directed by H. w. VanFos-
san.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

You can bank on that Bank on
what? Why, the First National, for
that's where I do all my banking, as
it is one of the safest banks in the
entire state, the courteous treatment
one gets there takes you right there
next time! Have you a savings ac-
count? Better start one, and watch it
grow. | did that, and if you'll be-
lieve it, the calf doesn't even know
its own mother, it's grown so. Where
are you carrying your open checking
account? Nowhere. See here, all
you need to do to get your receipt on
articles paid for is to pay by check,
and this bank turns your checks over
to you via statement at the first of
the month. Then you have all your
months transactions right there in
nutshell. Mr.. H. E. Baird is president
of the bank, and Mr.. R. V. Bice, CASH
1er. Drop in and see either one of
them, or even the teller will take
care of your interests all O. K. Any,
time you want to make loan on that
farm of yours, you're in the right shop
to do it. If you want a draft to take
to New York with you this fall, ten or
fifteen cents will put your funds in a
safe, convenient shape. Another thing,
If you get into any small legal tangle,
any of the officials of the bank will
put you right. Don't forget the First
National service.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
ROGNES-LABRUN & co.

Here is firm that is right in attrib-
uting success as coming to firm that
will do business on the square, have
a one-price policy, honest merchan-
disc, courteous treatment in all trans
actions, values given in merchandise
for your cash in return, with their
aim to follow these precepts and ac-
companied by cordial welcome to
their place of business. The Rognes-
LaBrun people call their store the
New York Cash Store, and make, it
a general goods trading mart. with
dry goods, shoes, ladies' ready to wear
garments, mems clothing and furnish
ings of all kinds and descriptions,
from the essential suspender stretch
ing down to the well-shod foot, from
the shirt on the manly bosom to the
whisking tailored skirt. Mr.. N. LAM
bert is manager in charge. and he tells
us in way hard to gainsay that this
IS the only exclusive up-to-date store
of its kind in Ramsey County. Of
course he means Ramsey County,
North Dakota, because otherwise he
would have ST. Paul to contest with
In any event. one is conscious that the
entente COrdiale is a stronger factor
in this place Of business than is usual
ly found. and that there is a sureness
in serving you that is hardly found
elsewhere.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
RODENBACH & MUNDT.

Notwithstanding the surname of the
first member of this firm, no one con-
nected with this concern has ever rid
den in back of anything, but on the
contrary, has stayed right up in the
van of progress and commercial ac-
tivity in the merchandising of an ele-
giant line of groceries and dry goods
in this representative department
store of Devils Lake All that one
could desire in the shape OF mems fur
nishings. such as ready to wear suit
lngs, or custom order garments, hats,
caps, ties, collars, and the entire out
put of haberdashery. Among the we'll
known lines of clothing commodities
are found the Bradley Shoe, while the
New Idea Pattern in clothes has met
with a deal of favor Both Mr.. Rod
cnbach and Mr.. Mundt, are men who
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
C.. P. BRAINARD.

The c. P. Brainard hardware store
is located at 3O7 East Fourth street
at Devils Lake. This store has been
established fifteen years. Mr.. Brain
ard is native of Ohio, but came to
Devils Lake in 1883 and has since
made his home in the progressive
North Dakota town. The line found
in this establishment consists of shelf
and heavy hardware, cutlery, stoves,
tinware and sporting goods, paints,
oils, with every article carried of merit
and we'll worth the money. A tin shop
is operated in connection and does a
nice business. All kinds of repair
work in this line are at the service OF
all who find use for it. Outside job
work is a speciality. This company
bears reputation for clean, fair deal
ing which is equalled by few and SUR
passed by none. The trade is about
evenly apportioned between local
town and surrounding country with
perhaps somewhat more done in the
city. All who deal with this firm are
pleased and continuous customers.
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
MATSON'S HOME
BAKERY.

The butcher, the baker, the candle
stick maker" goes the old rhyme, but
we have the baker in mind, Mr.. Peter
Matson, in fact, who came to this part
of the country, this county, to be pre-
else, in 1887, and five years ago es-
tablished himself in business at sos
East Fourth Street, Davis Lake, in a
wholesale and retail bakery business.
The bakery goods are shipped to all
local points with speed and dispatch.
Home made bread, pastry of all kinds,
can be procured here. The cooking
is boon to many housewife in
Devils Lake who runs out of edibles
just as the proverbial horde of COM
pany arrives, but her worry is of short
shrift, as she can so absolutely depend
upon the quality and f1aky satisfaction
in the pastry and cookery right at
hand down at Matson's The outside
shipments are getting larger week by
week, and despite the fact that the
present quarters are most adequate, it
seems that they will be taxed sorely
inside the next year. Phone 2O6 for
MatSOn'S
The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
New. Rockford
(Continued)
THE NEWPORT CAFE.
(Continued)

A ray of hope for the hungry per-
son is Immediately felt when one en-
ters the cafe in which Mr.. George w.
Ray is the proprietor. This is
really fine cafe, and one we'll worthy
OF still larger community. One hun
dred and twenty-five people can be
seated in the tastefully arranged din
ing room. To those who have never
been there we will say that it is To-
Gated underneath the John & Carson
building, and has floor space of ff-
ty by fifty feet. The cuisine is ex-
cellent as one can we'll testify after
the first rep1enishment of the inner
man. The very best the market af-
tords with everything in season is
procura bic here. Regular meals, and
also la carte service when desired.
Six people handle the satisfying of
the publiC's gastronomic wants.