davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

The Bybee Sisters, milliners at
Rush Hill, have new and up-to-
date line of hats and are receiving
new consignments all the time. II
will pay you to buy your hats at
the Bybee Millinery Store, Rush Hill,
Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

John Wayne hs bought the ]. @,
King property on South Clark and
win move from his suburban home
to the newly acquired home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Buy your winter coal at the
independent Coal Mine. IOc bu.
w. II. wMKERsoN. 4w.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

L. F. Eads. OF s. Muldrow St.. who
has been in bad health is gaining
mis- usul good helth,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Mrs, Clyde Johnson of this city is
enjoying a visit from her friend and
former teacher Miss Josie Baker who
is now keeper of the Mark Twain
Home" in Hannibal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

r.. C. CARTER, Dealer in Coal. =
Illinois Lump and Nut Coal. .
. Now is the time to lay in your "
winters supply--Be sure TO call :
ON US. =
Phone 704. S. Olive 11s. .
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

Mrs. d, M. Kelley has the thanks
of the Message for fayors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

George Tally of Laddonia, a car
penter, is moving to Santa Fe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

VIM. King spent short time in
this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-10-28

H. z. c. Tucker
Is VIM. Rose
r. e. Race, Secretary.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
HOME STUDY THROUGH coRRE.
sPoNDENCE COURSES IN AGRl.
CULTURE SHOULD PROVE
HELPFUL.
DIRECTOR T. B. SYMONS,
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

We hear from many men and wom-
en- who desire to study agriculture and
who oann6t leave their homes or their
present occupation to go to College
even for short course. In order to
provide for the people SO situated, the
Extension Service of the Maryland
Agricultural College has arranged to
give instruction by mall, as a part of
its service to the people Of the State.
1t has been fully demonstrated that
instruction by correspondence Is prac-
tical and 1t Is recognized as an efficient
means of giving valuable information
and direct systematic study. While
such instruction lacks some OF the ad.
vantages of personal contact which
resident study gives, yet it has some
advantages of its own.
The student taking a correspondence
course Is thrown upon his resources
and thus develops self-reliance. He
comes in contact with the instructor
through correspondence as an in
dividual, not as member OF class.
Correspondence study enables the stu.
dent to employ his spare time in his
home, while permitting him to pursue
his daily work. 1t thus furnishes an
opportunity for the busy man and
woman on the farm, the ambitious
teacher, and the young student of lin
tied means to gain knowledge that
will increase his efficiency and make
his labor more profitable to himself
and useful to society.
The courses offered have been pre-
pared by the teachers and specialists
at the College and Experiment Station
and, therefore, follow similar lines as
the instruction given in the respective
subjects at the Institution. They are
planned so as to be Of special adapt
ability to Maryland conditions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
VR(IIhRD
QLrANINGS
SPRAY OUTFIT FOR ORCHARD
Choice Of Machine Must Be Governed
Largely by Number Of Trees and
Local Conditions.

Spray machines which get their
pumping power from the wagon wheel
are entirely inadequate to the present
requirements for orchard spraying and
are unsatisfactory where the size Of
the trees necessitates stopping in or
der to do thorough work. These ma.
chimes are very useful, however, for
spraying such crops as grapes, pota-
toes, tomatoes and the like.
The choice of a spraying machine
must be governed largely by the size
Of the orchard and the conditions
under which it is to be used. In an
orchard of fifteen acres, If the trees
are ten years old or more, power
machine will soon pay for itself in
the saving of labor and the increased
profits from more effective spraying.
In large orchards there should be
sufficient number of machines to make
an application in the course of six or
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

and this experience may be OF value
to some reader.
The horse in question was and Is
good one in many ways. "City broke"
chat is, feariess), when 1t comes to
the many things that are very liable to
frighten q horse these days.
Automobiles, steam cars, bicycles
and the like do not even interest him.
He will meet any OF these horse-ter-
rifying affairs with utmost indiffer.
ence.
When ! first purchased HIM he was
low down in flesh and really looked
depressed and sad
Having had about thirty years ex.
perience in the handling OF horses and
mules of ali sorts naturally thought
that ! could take this specimen to my
farm and make something OF him.
J bought him over three months ago
and have fed him on what is consid.
cred by good horsemen to be first
can only say that my experience and
the advice OF my neighbors are al
fault for the horse still remains poor
and apparently out OF condition.
He has had two attacks OF sick.
ness in the past month and with no
excuse so far as the writer can see.
First a bad cold that kept him half
sick for over two months, then Sc
we're attack of Indigestion, which last
ed all day and well into the night, and
was followed by severe chill.
would advise any farmer who is
unfortunate enough to own a deficits
horse to dispose OF him at the ear.
Hest opportunity and thus save him.
self trouble and expense for the ordi.
nary farmer does not know what to do
with an animal that is regularly sub
ject to these spells Of sickness, and
even II he does know what to do, 1t
does not pay to waste time on such
an animal
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Orioin Of Heels on Shoes.

It is said that the heels worn on
shoes had their origin in Persia, where
they took the form of fiat wood on
sandals to raise the feet and protect
them from the hot sands. 1t was many
years afterward that this fashion was
introduced into Venice, but the reason
seems to have been quite different.
Here the originators of the fashion
were jealous husbands who reasoned
that their ladies, thus equipped, would
not venture far outside the precincts
of their dwelling. These heels were
called Clogs" and in order to satisfy
the vanity of the wearers and perhaps
to sweeten the pill--that Is. the dis
comfort of appearing In them-they
were deliberately adorned, sometimes
being incrusted with gold and silver.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
F0B[N
ROADS
MORE ATTENTION TO BRIDGES
Greatest Menace to Tractor Which
Could Be Put to More Use on Many
of the Small Farms.

We will never be able to readily
make much use of the gas or steam
tractor on the farms until we make up
our minds to pay more attention to our
roads and bridges. Especially the
bridges. They are the greatest men
ance to the tractor and the tractors
driver, and there has been little i'm.
provement in the type of bridges since
the engine was put to work on the
farms, writes William e. Rose of Iowa
in Farm Progress.
1t is rather strange that we are will.
ing to use the traction engine to pull
our road plows and our road graders
and still refuse to build bridges and
culverts strong enough to allow the
same engine to pass in safety when
pulling a threshing outfit or train of
farm wagons. But it is the truth, new
ertheless
In spite of all the possibilities of the
tractor, or the old-fashioned traction
engine, a lot Of people look upon 1t as
an ugly contraption that ruins road
surfaces, smashes culverts, breaks
down bridges, scares horses and sets
fire to meadows and rail fences.
1t is altogether wrong. We could
make splendid use of the tractor on
any and all farms of more than eighty
acres. Some day We will make these
engines do much of the work. the
heavy hauling done by horse teams,
and we will save money by so doing.
But that time will not come until we
have better roads. And that cannot
comes to pass until we get better su-
pervision of road building than we
have at present
In many states the traction driver
who crosses bridge takes a chance
not only of injury to himself and his
expensive engine, but also assumes the
liability of having to repair the bridge
II he breaks it down. Such laws dis
courage the use of tractors as much
as they do better road building. The
bridges are the worst feature of this
condition.
The tractor has right to use the
public highways 1t has just as much
right to the public road as the heavy
automobile, the overloaded farm wag.
on or any other heavy conveyance.
The men who build such engines and
the men who would like to own and
use them should insist that these ma.
chimes be given that right. No one
dreams Of forcing the automobile off
the public highways now, and the over.
loaded farm wagon has used the public
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
All He Was Entitled To.

Gounod was firm and devout Cath
olic, and adored religious music. Dur.
ing the rehearsal of his "Drames
Sacres," at the Vaudeville theater, the
manager called on him one morning
and asked permission to make sug'
gestion. 81 think, mon cher maitre,
he said, that there is something want
ing in your score. For example, do
you not think that the Barabbas Incl
dent might be improved by a little
more orchestral effect?" Gounod, with.
out replying, hid his head in his hands,
and, after two or three minutes OF
meditation, suddenly exclaimed: mo,
decidedly no; such Backyard as
that does not deserve more music"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
PRUNE GOOSEBERRY TO BUSH
Plant Should 30 Reduced to the Mum.
Der of. Plants That viii Grow In
Vigorous Condition.

(By C. I. LEWIS Ohio Experiment Sta.
tom
Prune the gooseberry to bush. Der.
ries are borne on the two, three and
four-year-old wood, but occasionally
the fruit grows too small on the four.
year-old wood and it should be pruned
out. The currant bears most of its
fruit ON the two and three-year-old
wood. All canes of either of these
fruits should be cut out when they be,
gin to droop toward the ground, and
all canes that are weak.
The plant should be reduced to the
number of plants that will grow In a
vigorous condition. When canes tend
to grow gnarly, old and weak, they
should be removed. The entire plant
Ing should be renewed in from six to
ten years.
While the bushes will fruit for a
longer time, the fruit tends to grow
too small to be profitable.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

1914 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS.
OF course, ! realize how this condi.
ton came about. 1t Is an Inheritance
from the old barter days. 1t was only
comparatively recently that the farm
er himself had need OF cash income.
The table was supplied from the farm
and in the small village store farm
products were exchanged for goods. So
the farmer has never learned the
necessity of cash income until COM
paratiyely recent years, 80 he has not
been accustomed to dividing up as |
think he should.
One very great consideration in this
connection Is the effect that 1t has on
the young people in the home. You
all know, who are fathers, that the
boys and girls of the present day want
Z stated income. 1t Is more to get q
stated income that the young people
go from the country to the town and
city. They would rather be steno-
graphers or clerks and have definite
incomes. One OF the things that
plead for particularly, when am talk.
Ing TO farmers, and think 1t Is just as
essential when talking to ministers.
who have the leadership In the coun-
try plead that the farmer take his
daughter or his son into business part
nership.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

can readily be identified by its long.
slender spike or head, the. spikelets
arranged alternately, much like wheat
grass or the rye grasses. Aside from
this, the plant grows from under
ground rootstocks or rhizomes, which
would aid In making identification pos
tive.
1t produces both from the seed and
these underground stems. If the lat.
ter are cut up into sections, each OF
which has but one node, and planted,
they will produce an individual plant.
We see, then. that the pest after once
getting established can very quickly
spread to all parts of cultivated field
by simply leaving portions of the roots
broken of and deposited again by the
harrow, cultivator or almost any farm
tool.
The matter Of eradication is not
serious one, II taken up in earnest as
soon as a patch of the pest appears
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
COUNTRY LIFE PROBLEMS WILL
BE DISCU6SED
Maryland At the Agricultural
College Opens Auoust 4th.

Following along the broad lines OF
last years conference, the Conference
of 1915 has been planned with view
to still more intimate discussion and
cooperative study of our country life
problems. A hearty response from
ministers of every denomination Is
anticipated.
Among the prominent speakers will
be Rev. Ward Plat and Miss Anna B.
Taft Miss Taft Is an authority on
problems of country life. Her ad.
dress last year on the needs of the
country woman was most Illuminating.
In the following paragraph, taken from
the published bulletin report Of last
years conference, she plead for a
better business basis in the farm
home:
Farming is one great industry in
which the woman Is her husbands
business partner. In most cases the
woman feels that II she helps to spend
the family income she has done a
large piece OF work. But. with the
farmers wife she is also interested In
making the farm pay. Any mans
business partner should get fair share
in the business income and it is usu-
ally said of the farmers wife that
what she gets is her board and clothes
and a good, steady job. said that at
one time at farmers institute, and
the farmers wife said to her neighbor
land mighty few clothes too" Now
! plead for better business basis in
the farm home. for definite share in
the farm income for the wife, and
also, If they are at home helping, the
young people in the family.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
WHY WE PRUNE FRUIT TREES
Chief Objects Of Operation Briefly
Summed Up-Among Other Things
Facilitates Harvesting.

The principal objects of pruning
trees may be summed up briefly as
follows:
1. To modify the vigor of the tree.
2. To keep the tree shapely and
within bounds
g. To make the tree more stocky.
4. TO open the tree top to admit air
and sunshine.
s. To reduce the struggle for exist
ence in the tree top.
g. To remove dead or interfering
branches.
Z To aid in stimulating the devel-
Opment of fruit buds.
g. To thin the fruit.
8. TO make thorough spraying pos.
sible.
10, To facilitate the harvesting of
the fruit,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

and usually possesses dirty nose to
wipe on the trousers of the feeder.
The accompanying illustration tells
how to feed the hogs without going
into the lot or field. The trough is
secured to the ground by means Of
strong stakes and is held at one end
against the fence A spout made Of
four boards extends from the end of
the trough to the outside and is firm
ly secured to the fence and trough.
The feed is poured through the
spout and it gives such force to the
flow that the far end of the trough
is usually reached before It is stopped
by the hogs A paddle is kept by the
fence to force down the solid matter
that tends to accumulate in the spout
and to empty the water that stands
in the trough after a rain.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

Smoothing Drag or Harrow-Excel.
lent Tool for Dragging Out and XIII.
Ing Weeds.

Smoothing Drag or HarroW-Excei-
lent Tool for Dragging Out and XIII.
Ing Weeds.
1t should never be allowed to 60 to
seed. The patch, II seen early enough.
can be dug up. going deep enough to
insure getting all the roots. Shake
them out and burn. This may seem
no small task, but one will find that 1t
is insignificant when compared to the
labor Of determination, II allowed to go
unmolested for several years. The
writer has seen entire fields taken in
ten years. time, when a few days Ia
Dor at first appearance would have
effectively controlled the pest.
II 1t has obtained foothold in any
considerable area, then it is a matter
OF cultivation to exterminate it. The
patch should be allowed to grow until
the first heads appear. 1t should then
be plowed to a depth Of six or eight
inches. 1t should be thoroughly pull
verified with the disk and narrowed so
that subsequent cultivation can be
easily accomplished. The reason for
the late blowing Is to allow as much
growth above ground as possible at
the time of heading, when the great
est possible amount Of strength apd
vitality is being forced into the pro-
duction of seed and the root system
may be possibly weakened and more
easily destroyed by the blowing After
this first pulverization no green blade
of the grass should be allowed to ap
pear above the surface.
Frequent surface cultivation will at
tain this end. This is why 1t is essen
tial to pulverize the soil thoroughly
when it is plowed. II the sod is left
much as the plow leaves it. no subse-
Quent cultivation can be given and 1t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

eight days II best results are to be
realized.
In the selection Of power outfits,
aside from efficiency, the chief points
to be considered are weight, construc.
ton. mounting with reference to con-
venience of handling in the field and
the accessories, such as agitators,
rods. hose, nozzles, etc. Aside from
the weight there is little difference In
the desirability of the efficiency OF
standard makes, excepting as certain
features Of a particular machine may
appeal to different individuals
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

When sowing timothy alone. Is
lbs. or more per acre should be used;
when sowing with redtop IL lbs. OF
timothy and 2 or lbs. of redtop
(recleaned seed) should be used
When seeded with red clover, 10 lbs
of timothy and 6 to 8 lbs. Of red
clover Is sufficient.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
GET RID OF DELICATE HORSE
Farmer Should Dispose Of Allln0. AMI.
NAL at Once and Save Much Time.
Trouble and Expense.
(By j. M. BELLY

Iby j, WI. bEH1IIJ
know of nothing more trouble
some on the farm than the delicate
horse" In the first place the ordinary
farmer is not a veterinarian In any
sense; therefore, when he is unfortu'
nate enough to own horse that is
subject to spells of sickness, he really
does not know what to do, and If this
same horse is an animal whose value
ranges anywhere from $50 to 500, the
owner is loath to send of for regular
veterinarian and pay him for his visit
and prescription, consequently the
horse in question is very apt to die.
have had some experience in the
past few months with delicate horse.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
MAKING HOG FEEDING EASIER
Trough Secured to Ground by Means
Of Posts and Fastened to Fence
js Quite Handy.

II isn't any fun to take a bucket OF
swill or mash out among a dozen or
more hungry hogs and pour 1t out
while all are trying to get In the
trough at the same place at the same
time. A hungry hog has no manners
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
California. Improving Roads

The seven counties comprising
southern California will spend $1,000
600 this year in road construction.
The schedule includes 324 miles of
concrete boulevard, 160 miles of de.
composed granite boulevard and 290
miles of desert highway.
Los Angeles county, which already
claims the finest highway system in
the country, will spend nearly half of
the total named. 1t already has 404
miles Of asphalt b0uleyards.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
The Weeder-one Of tho Best Impis-
ments for Killing Young Weeds.

is this that will eventually destroy the
grass. On some soils it may be advis-
able to replow the same fall, but gen.
orally not until the following spring,
when the cultivation should be con-
tinued. Two years Of this rigid treat
ment should discourage the quack
grass and it, will peacefully give up
possession of the land.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
IL Mioht HELD.

The 3As class was having it's daily
lesson in hygiene. The subject fol-
discussion was cleanliness in the
schoolroom.
"Now," said the teacher, who can
tell me what each of you can do to
keep the room clean?"
Silence followed the question, but
finally small boy raised his hand and
in an earnest tone of voice said:
I'VE can wash the germs off the
blackboard. indianapolis News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Chance to Broad Tires.

A wagon can be changed from mar.
row tires to broad tires at very
small cost Don't wait for law to
force this upon you. Do it for the
sake Of the roads, for the sake of your
tax money which maintains good
roads.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
A PIaojarist,

ibid you say that Gabson was a
gifted speaker"
mo. said well endowed speaker. "
What do you mean by that?"
He's amply provided with the
choicest thoughts of other people"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29

Ote fdss on Fikes feak, Ocean 10
Ocean Highway.
roads since they were the merest
trails.
The heavy wheels and the weight Of
tractor help pack the highways and
make them more durable. The big
wheels compact the road surface, and
this is one reason why the tractor is
SO efficient as a road grader and build
er. With good bridges and solidly built
culverts there will be no trouble with
the usual type Of tractor, whether gas
or steam.
We are going to have to pay more
attention to the kind Of work contrac.
tors do on our steel and concrete
bridges and we will be forced to see
that the original specifications make
allowance for the weight Of tractors.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Tree Prunlnu.

Some people fall into the mistake
of supposing that every tree needs
pruning and spraying, but such is not
the case. 1t is for you to decide
whether your tree needs pruning and
. for others to decide whether their
trees and shrubs need spraying.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Cause Of Roup.

Roup, one Of the most troublesome
diseases among chickens. is almost
always caused by damp quarters. Keep
the quarters dry and warm and the
yards clean and roup will not trouble
you,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
ENCOURAGE Travel,

Good roads will encourage the coun.
try folks to come to town, and will
bring the city folks out in the country
for fresh air
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Good Roads Advocates.

1t Is gratifying to observe that ev.
cry owner Of an automobile immedi-
ately becomes an advocate of good
roads.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
FoleyS
Kidney
Pill
What They VIII Do for You

W HdI THY III Do tut TUu
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, end
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent BriEht's Disease and Dia-
.ates, and restore health and
strength Refuse substitutes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
KILLING QvACk GRASS
Steps Should Be Taken to Stamp
Out Noxious Plant.
Matter Of Eradication 10 Not Serious
One II Taken Up In Earnest at
Ito First Appearance
Use Disk Harrow.

(By f. l. KENNARD. Idaho Expert
ment Station.)
Several inquiries have recently come
to this Office relative to quack grass
and its determination. Apparently the
pest is gaining foothold in some sec.
lions and steps should be taken at its
first appearance to stamp it out.
The plant, no doubt has been intro
duced through impure grass seeds. 1t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-29
Havinu Hard Road

Good roads appear to be having q
hard road.