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head, also of Battery A. Other officers
will come from the men in Battery A,
and it is probable that quite number
of men from the older organization will
be transferred. Battery A now num-
bers over $50 men, within few of the
required war strength.
Lieut.. Wilson was selected for his
new post on account of his long serv-
ice and experience in the guard. He
became connected with the local militia
more than twenty years ago, and has
been in the battery since its organiza-
ton. He has attended service schools
at Fort Riley, Kans., and Tobyhanna,
Pa, and took the course of instruction
at the School, of Fire al Fort Sill, Okla.
1t is declared to be the purpose of the
War Department to make the local field
artillery a model organization. Horses
have been provided and permission
granted by the War Department for
drills and maneuvers in Potomac Park
Stable quarters have been obtained
near the armory and the War Depart
ment will make provision for suffi-
cient number OF men to keep the
horses in shape.
The new battery will be quartered in
the old census bureau, list street and
Indiana avenue northwest. and it is
contemplated by the War Department
to make it a model armory for field
artillery.
Lieut. Wilson. it is declared. will
make every effort to interest young
men to take up the study of field artil-
lery.
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i'm the fall. they should at once be
started on good winter ration. and
when they have been MIXED six
months it is time to turn them to pas
ture and for time the flow of milk viii
be nearly as. great as that from fresh
cows Recent Investigations by expert
ment stations verify this observation.
Fifth. fall calves can be raised better
than those born in the spring. Young
calves should be fed on milk for several
months after which they must be
weaned and fed on solid food. If they
are born in the spring. they will be tor
mented by flies all summer. they may
be neglected because of the farm work.
and when it is time to wean them they
must be put a dry winter ration.
Fall calves come at time when the
dairyman can give them the closest at
tention, and when wAaned they can he
put on grass at an age when an easi:S
digested and nutritious food I. most
needed.
As more milk can be produced, higher
prices obtained. the labor more evenly
distributed throughout the year and
better calves raised. winter dairying
offers the best returns to producers.
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The last week of the 1915 camping
season at Camp Archibald Butt begins
tomorrow. 1t is probable, however
that the camp will be Kept open ~
another week. Arthur c. Noses presi-
dent of the local scout council, wants
to give fifty poor boys an opportunity
to enjoy an outing there Mr.. MOSES
plans to have that number OF boys
whose parents are not able to provide
a summer outing for them to remain
at the camp for one week as his guests
The names are to be furnished MI.
Moses by the Associated Charities.
The following scouts plan to go to
the camp tomorrow: H. Burgess, Troop
Il: r. Byrne, Troop so: c. Gibson
Troop -: G. Eberly, Troop is; q.
Chestnut, Troop 10: E. c. Davis, Troop
%: w. Mikesell, Troop .; F. Middleton;
Troop %.
Visitors at Camp.
large number of visitors were at
the camp Wednesday. Among them
were> Mrs. B. B. Wilson. Mrs. Mary
seay. Mrs.eGlover. Mrs. Rothchild. Mrs
Louise Scisco, G. d. Scisco. Charles
Drexcilius. Mrs. Charles Drexcilius'
Hough Postles, H. o. Colman, Mrs. Col
man, Mrs Offutt. Miss Dorothy Bard
well, Mrs. White, Miss Ruth .Colman,
Miss Evilyn willard, Mrs. Allen Col
man, Mrs. A. Salisbury, Mrs. George
Buckler and Miss Edna Buck1er
Take Overnight Hike.
The overnight hike which was sched-
uled for August 5. but was postponed
on account of rain, was taken last
Tuesday The party, which was IN
charge of Commodore W. E. Longfel-
low and William D. Lynch. assistant
camp director, started on the hike at
q nm. The camping outfit, including
two big watermelons and a hve-pound
box of marshmallows, was placed IN
two of the camp rowboats and taken
to the prospective camping place at
Plum point. Commodore Longfello"
and the three boys who took up the
boats arrived only five minutes behlnd
the party that hiked up.
before turning in for the night the
bows roasted marshmallows and ate
watermelon Then they rolled them :
selves in their blankets and went to
sleep on the sand. Early in the morn
ing some of the boys took the row.
boats and went fishing. but only sue
ceeded in catching one little nsh. much
to their disappointment. The party
started back for the camp at 8 am.
and arrived in time for breakfast,
which was at Z o'clock.
Commodore Is Popular.
r,.unodora Wy r Tonpfellow of the
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American Red Cross, who is giving
swimming and life-saving instruction at
the camp, is very popular with the boys.
The commodore can tell some mighty
good jokes and stories, and he is given
ample opportunity to do so. Every new
conner at the camp is initiated at the
campfire. the initiation consisting of
his performing stunt. usually the
singing of a song or the telling of a
story or joke. When the commodore
was put through, his stunts he told sew
era1 of his humorous stories, which
were enjoyed so much by the boys that
he was. initiated twice.
Demonstrate Scout Work.
Saturday morning the whole camp,
cook included, went up to Chesapeake
Beach for the purpose of demonstrate
ing scout work and life-saving under
the supervision of Mr.. Longfellow. The
boys cooked their dinners on the'beach
and after the demonstration, which was
before large crowd, had some fast
boat and swimming races. They re-
turned to camp in time for supper.
Organize Life-Saving Corps.
Thursday morning. just after assem-
bly, at o'clock. Commodore Longfellow
examined the older boys of the camp
for membership in the American Red
Cross Life-saving Corps. Those who
passed the requirements were "Hotts"
Derrick, Hippo" France anu Walter
JeX. Boys are passing the requirements
every day for the gold. silver and
bronze pins.
Lectures on Life-Saving.
Wednesday evening Mr.. LongfelIow
gave. an illustrated lecture on life
saving in the recreation room of the
headquarters building. A four-reel
moving picture is planned for next
Thursday night. There will be the
usual shadow pictures.
Hold Auction Sale.
Tuesday night the accumula tons of
the Jimmie" bag. the depository for
the camps lost articles, were auctioned
off to the boys. The bidding ranged
from 1 cent to 30 cents, and the stock
sold consistel-o caps. bathing suits.
stockings and teakettles.
Merit Badge Examinations.
The following boys have completed
requirements for merit badges: Phil
Hardie, first aid. personal and public
health, Stewart, first aid; A. L. Blakes-
lee. seamanship. carpentry and crafts
manship: Evans Grogan. personal
health and public health: Tom Som
merville, cooking; Perry Colman, per-
sonal and public health.
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proper feeding, care in seeing that the
birds being fitted do not injure them
selves by fighting or otherwise, and
careful washing and drying-if they
are white birds-just before they are
shipped.
1t is not advisa BILE to house Leghorns
and Plymouth Rocks together for OBJ
vious reasons. a good rule to follow
in building a poultry house is to al
low two square feet of floor space for
each fowl to be housed in the build
ing. The house should be eight feet
from floor to roof in front and should
slope to six feet at the rear. 1t should
face south or southeast. Plans for
poultry houses of all sizes and descrip-
tons may be had by writing to the
poultry husbandman of the Department
of Agriculture.
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Poultry Yard Notes.

What feature of the poultry Dus1-
ness ia most generally sighted or
given least attention. was the ques-
ton asked of a practical poultryman
with many years experience In the
business.
"Selection of breeders" was the
prompt reply mot more than one
poultryman out of a dozen gives more
than the most cursory attention to this
phase of the business, Notwithstanding
the fact that careful attention to the
selection of breeding stock Is abso-
lutely necessary if success is to be
attained and a profitable flock built
up"
With poultry almost every one who
has given the matter any attention at
all has at some time or other had oc-
casion to observe tina tnat the pest bd; Ge-
strains have quickly lost many or all
of their characteristics that distinguish
them from other breeds and strains
when turned over to careless. unskiiied
health, vitality, growth and color all
are dependent to greater or less de-
gree on the general care given the
fiock. the skill with which they are
fed and the methods by which they are
bred or selected for breeding.
Poultrymen who are not interested
in special breeding methods, or who
have not the time and patience required
for giving the attention to their f1ocks
which any system of line breeding de-
mands for proper results. usually feel
that to be on the safe side it is neces-
sary that they introduce new blood
into their f1ocks each year. Experience
has proved that this is an extreme
policy, and one which most scientific
pouitrymen regard as directly opposed
to Improvement in almost every re-
snect. The practice of injecting new
blood into the flock each breeding sea-
son cannot and does not fail to change
the blood lines and the character of the
entire flock, and thus make uniformity
an utter impossibility When to this
very material objection to such sys-
tenn is added the fact that the new
blood usually comes from cheap in
diyiduals, culls from the focks of
other breeders, the absurdity of the
system is. should be. apparent TO
any one who will give it a moments
thought.
Instead of following in this circle of
hopeless mediocrity of breeding year
after year, the poultryman who desires
to make a success Of the business
should adopt a plan of limited line
breeding. Such a plan. simple enough
to be followed by any one who, has
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their blanket rolls.
Private Sullivan was appointed cor
poral and detailed as company clerk,
vice Boughton, reduced.
Sergt. Petit was assigned in charge
of the company mess. with Cooks
Bright and Bonnell on his staff
There are now seventy-three enlisted
men and three officers in the Signal
Corps Company. and about sixty-nine
men and three officers will attend camp.
Three men Joined the company last
Tuesday: Wendell A. Cooper, formerly
with Company B, LIST Infantry, n G..
D. c., who is now on his second enlist
ment: Thomas c. Ntzhugh,. formerly of
Company c. I'd Infantry. y. G. ID. c.,
and Thomas A. Burns, formerly quar-
termaster sergeant of Company f, I'd
Infantry, n G. ID. G. The latter has
been member of the guard for
twenty years. and with the exception
of four months his time has been con-
tinuous.
Capt. o. c. Terry. Stable Sergt. Tiller
and First Class Sergt. Hall left Wash
ington Friday afternoon for Colonial
Beach. They went by road
Master Signal Electrician DeGroot
Quartermaster Sergt. Bob Herforth and
Corp. Harry Davis left on the boat
Eisenstein and Corp. Peake and Private
Mcdonald left Saturday afternoon on
the boat, to make camp. establish the
picket lines and get the kitchen in
working order, so that all the company
will have to do on their arrival will be
to throw their blanket rolls into their
tents and be at home for the camp Pc
Rod. Lieut.. G. NJ. Lands has charge OF
the advance details and Lieut. Russell
A. MacLennan is in command of the
company until arrival at camp. when
Capt. Terry will again take charge.
Many of the men turned up at the
armory Thursday evening with their
personal belongings, which were pack
ed in the section bags. which will be
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taken to the boat early tomorrow

taken to the boat early tomorrow
morning. l
mory at $50 am. tomorrow. and will
march to the 7th street wharf. leaving
the armony at s am.
Pistols will be issued to every man
tomorrow morning.
Two new reel carts arrived last Tues
day and Sergt. Winters had the pleas
ure of winding five miles of field wire
on each cart.
Each section now has it's own wire
cart and there. will be great rivalry
in getting the sections saddled and
formed for drill
There will be plenty Of men for the
usual camp details this year. and very
few will catch more than one guard
detail and one day kitchen police.
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- HIRTY-TwO complete educational
motion picture films, aggregating
q 10000 feet of negative, the work
of the motion film department OF the
Department of Agriculture. are ready
for exhibitions which will be held III
the motion picture laboratory OF the
department Friday afternoons.
The work, which was undertaken
some months ago, is for the benefit OF
the departments own lecturers. and so
far. owing to the crowded conditions
which exist in the laboratory, all re-
quests for private exhibitions OF these
films have been refused.
The films cover a variety of subjects,
including work being conducted under
the bureau of plant industry. the bu-
reau of animal industry. the forest
service, the Office of public roads and
the bureau of chemistry. Other films
under way depict the poultry work at
the bureau of animal industry expert
ment farm, the efforts of the bureau
of entomology toward the eradication
of the gypsy moth and the work Of the
county agents of the Department of
Agriculture.
But the collection of Aims which are
now available at the department for
off1cial exhibitions is by no means con-
fned to subjects which would be IN
interesting to the layman. The forest
service films are notable productions.
One of. them portrays the work OF the
isolated shack. guards the national
woodlands against the ravages OF fire
or the deva station of lawbreakers. An
other deals with the numbering and
~ ~ .f,.A afl
a third shows the grazing industry of
the national forests. Others have for
their subjects the national forests as
recreation grounds, the hghtingo of FOR
est fires and the numbering of yellow
pine in the southwest.
Xxx
tributed two remarkable productions
| Maine" and Corn. From the Field to
the Can" while the bureau of animal
industry. among its offerings. has in
cluded Army Horses Breeding Investi-
cations and Investigation of Horse
Breeding in Kentucky"
There are many films which will be
of direct value to farmers and stock
raisers, Including the bureau Of plant
Injured Fruit Tree. THE Effects Of
Poison on Sheep" THE Operation of
a Pump for Hot-water Supply in
Building Of a Concrete Silo.'
| From the office IF public roads has
come several films. including General
Road Construction and Maintenance
| Concrete Road Construction. as Shown
| by the Ohio Post Road: "Macadam
! Road Construction as Shown by the
Maryland Post Road and Gravel
Road Construction as Shown by the
Virginia Post Road
Although the laboratory believes that
it can produce films of Photographic
excellence which easily equals the
| al concerns, several PROBLEMS yet re-
main to p solved by the men having
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pairing the beds may we'll be started at
opu TINA nnu,

pairing the beds may well be started at
| any time now.
| Beds in which bulbs such as tulips.
hyacinth, narcissus and the like are to
| be planted must be deeply dug and
| must have under-drainage as nearly
perfect as possible; otherwise the bulbs
| are likely to rot in the ground. Excel
| lent drainage may be assured by dig
ging out the bed to the depth of foot
and placing three or four-inch layer
ders. broken tile, broken crockery, ETC..
! in the bottom. Then replace the soil,
after having mixed with it the proper
proportion of well rotted manure.
Bulbs are usually set a couple of
inches beneath the surface of the soil,
but it is better to cover them with at
least four inches of earth: five or six
! inches would be even better. When
planted at such a depth the blooms will
be larger and of better quality. and the
bed will remain in blooming for a
longer period in the spring.
Right now is the time to take the first
steps toward the permanent inn
provement of the soil in the garden
and fields. This Improvement can best
be brought about by sowing crimson
clover to be turned under as green ma
nure in the spring. The soil should
be properly prepared, and unless other
clovers and legumes grow well in the
particular locality, either soil inocu-
lation or seed incubation should be re-
sorted to.
A seeded for crimson clover should
be worked to the depth of at least six
inches, and the soil thoroughly mel
lowed. If the soil is acid it should be
given some lime, though not too much.
Nitrogen-fxing bacteria in solution.
with directions for its use. can be had
of almost any reliable scotsman: or it
may be obtained from the Department
of Agriculture.
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Do not fail to cover every wound
with tar or an equally efficient substi-
tute, but do not allow it to waste and
run down the trunk.
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Do not remove several large branches
from a tree at one time. Such work
must be done gradually, the work ex-
tending over several seasons; other
wise the shock to the tree is likely to
prove too severe.
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All Around the Place.

Fall pruning of fruit and other
trees is usually done in September. in
this section, though in some cases the
work may be done almost equally well
as late as the first week in October.
However, September is the month in
which most of the fall pruning is done,
which makes the following list of
dos" and "donts' worth preserving
for reference:
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AS the pruning progresses. be sure
that no stubs. no dead or dying woot
and no fungus covered branches are
left behind.
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Languid Larry's Luck.

From the Boston Transcript.
Gentleman-What would you do with
a nickel if l gave you one?
Tramp (sarcastically)-Git a new
rig mister an some supper an
nights lodgin' an breakfast an din
ner Tomorrow.
Gentleman-My good fellow. take
this quarter and support yourself for
the rest of your life.
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In removing large limbs or branches,
make an undercut beneath the limb to
be removed. cutting entirely through
the bark. This will prevent tearing
off longer or shorter strips of bark
when the limb comes off.
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Trouble in the Depths.

From Judge.
Porpoise-what makes the shark SO
awfully grouchy today?
Whale-Oh, Daddy Neptune told him
ne had the morals and manners of q
submarine. %
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Be as sparing and as judicious in the
pruning of shade and ornamental trees
as possible Do not raise the branches
so high as to make the tree look like
a telegraph pole crowned with tuft
Of foliage.
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Start the pruning from the top ant
finish it at the bottom of the trees.
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Make every cut as close and parallel
to the trunk of the tree as possible
when removing superfluous limbs.
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Be sure that the saw is sharp and
well set, and that the shears are keen.
in order that the cuts may be as
smooth as possible.
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INTERESTING FILMS MADE BY
DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE

this work in charge before any outside
use of the films can be made. and before
films as adjuncts in agricultural edu-
cation can be accurately formulated.
One of these matters to which the
government motion picture men are
of discovering means whereby eN-
hibitions can be given In country
churches and schoolhouses where no
commercial electric current is avail
able, and this must be accomplished,
they declare, before films of the char
acter they are producing can be made
fully helpful to the farmer. Tests are be-
ing made at the department of all known
of electrical and automobile experts Is
being sought in order to discover. II
possible. a method whereby sufficient
current can be developed from an au-
remote farming districts to make eXhi-
billions of the films practical.
The Department of Agriculture mo-
ton picture photographers have in
reality produced what is nearer to a
scientifically educational film than any
which has heretofore made it's appear
ance, and in showing such unusual sub
iects as the termination of seeds. for
instance or other processes which must
be taken internationally over a long
period. the department is determined
that the film shall be an honest scien-
tifc record of the process being pic
tured, and not the result of optical IL
lusions.
The degree to which motion picture
films can be made direct teachers of
agricultural processes is another mat
ter which is engaging the departments
attention. Some of the lecturers as
sert that such films as have been al
ready shown have exerted a definite
educational effect Others. and among
them the more experienced, hold that
the chief benefits so far derived from
the exhibition of department films has
been the attraction of larger crowds
from seeing the pictures well as
what aid the pictures themselves were
to a complete understanding of the lee
ture. In many instances the pictures
have served to break the ice for more
cordial reception of the new ideas ex-
! plotted by the lecturer and have given
the audience actual proof that the
methods being recommended to them
are being used successfully and are
being Endorsed in actual practice
In the future. department officials
have decided that so far as practica Bile
scenes essentially related to special
region will be staged in or about wash
ington, where facilities exist for the
more effective and economical setting
of the scene. And in general the de-
deayer to make their Aims non.sec-
tional, with the idea that If this is done
the films will be of greater service to
the entire department without inter-
ference with the specific educa tional
purposes of the Aim.
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Never head back or cut off the top o.
a tree except in cases where the tree
is old and failing, and then only under
special instruction.
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Always use pole saw and pole
shears on the tips of long branches,
and always use the pole hook in re-
moving dead branches of brittle trees
where reaching them would be too dam
gerous otherwise.
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COUNTRY kENNELS-All dog comforts: bath.
grass. sun, shade. For sale, collics. Airedeles.
one white bull terrier pup. Hospital for Ami
mails. 21l5 18th st. NV: phone No. 1905.
FOR SALE-Early hatched :. &. W. Leshorn
cockerels range raised: '-Pitts6eld' famous
egg strain direct: unusual opportunity i"r
choice breeders at 81 each. & 4. Cha ndlee.
Silver Spring. Nd. 10
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Make all cuts on a slant when posi-
BILE Some trees, like elms, sycamores
lindens and willows. will stand the
process of heading back better than
others. The poplar is tree that must
be headed back every few years in or
der to keep it's crown from becoming
too tall and therefore unsafe.
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Sixty per cent of English words are
of Teutonic origin.
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n -G-D-C

- IRST LIEUT.. GEORGE G. WILL
son, Battery A, Field Artillery,
n. G. D. c., has been desis-
mated by Brig. Gen. Harvey to
organize and command the new
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5I6Na%t :&!IS

! 1NTY-FOUR members of the Sig
nal Corps Company attended
drill last Tuesday night and re-
ceived instruction in making up
their hlanl-ef rolls