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Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
SCARCITY OF FRESH
EGGS ON THE FARM
Trouble May Be Remedied by
Early HatChes Of PuIIetS-
Give Them Good Care.

During the months Of October, No
vember and December of each year
there is always a more or less scarcity
Of fresh eggs, and the prices, in con.
sequence, go up.
This scarcity is due to two things
in general-the molting period for old
hens and the lack Of early hatched
pullets.
1t is at this time Of the year that
the condition powder and the poultry
food man begins to cry his wares, and
it Is surprising to see the business
that he does do.
While we believe in the tonic effects
OF good condition powder or a sci
entifcally prepared poultry food, we
do not credit these articles with all
that Is claimed for them
They should be used with Judgment
"a little goes great way. To accus-
tom the fowls to them is but to lose
their tonic effect.
They are not so much calculated to
make eggs as they are to tone up the
tissues and to keen the appetite. In
that condition the fowl eats more
freely and better assimilates the egg
food that 1t gets from pure, good grain.
This scarcity of fresh eggs on the
farm can only be remedied by early
matches of pullets. Pullets Matched in
March and April. and we'll grown, will
begin laying in the fall, and continue
in the gCtd work right through the
winter. The molting hens will again
start up in January, and by February
the combined work Of the pullets and
the hens will give a good supply of
eggs and it will be noticed that in
February the market prices for eggs
are on the decline.
The great trick is to get the eggs
during the last three months of the
yeaY and this can be done by early
pullets given good housing, good feed
and good care.
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tBy L. R. JoHNsoN.)


For several years we had noticed
that late in the season our local mar.
kets ran bare of large and fine toma-
toes, being supplied only with those
that were borne on spring-set plants
and which were running small.
We thought we saw a chance to
make some money by taking advantage
Of this deficiency. We reasoned that
If we could set out plants late enough
to ripen their best fruit at this time
that we would find good demand at
fair prices, regardless of the small
stuff with which the market was glut-
ted.
For this purpose we chose the Pom.
derosa, known as the largest of all
tomatoes, but a sort that Is not re-
garded with favor by regular truckers.
Several years trial. however, has
convinced US that it is the best variety
for our late crop and superior to the
standard market kinds.
An old strawberry bed Of a quarter
acre was deeply plowed in June, after
the berries were gone. The soil was
very rich with mulches of stable ma
nure and the plant tops made a good
green crop to turn under.
The tomato seeds were sown in the
open ground about June 1, and trans
planted to the rows during the first
week in July.
1t happened to be very dry just at
setting time and the plants had to be
watered as set Their start was very
slow and they lost in this way a good
ten days.
There were several heavy rains
while the plants were about a foot
high and after that a drought set in
and not another good rain fell till
after frost in November.
Virtually, then, this crop grew. ma
tured and was gathered without bar
rel of water supplied by either man or
nature.
One row along the side was staked
to test this method and four rows we're
made up of the Some, Matchiess and
Truckers Favorite. will say that
the four rows were failures compared
to others and would have brought US
little or no profit.
They occupied about one-third of the
patch and this fact should be consid-
cred in estimating the gross returns
from the quarter acre.
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WET GRAIN FIELDS
IN EARLY SPRING
First Work Should Be to Provide
EgreSS for Any Water That
Has Accumulated.

The first work in the spring, when
the snow begins to melt, or after
heavy rains, is to let off any water
that accumulates in the low places
IN the wheat. No matter how care
fully the dead burrows and outlets
may have been made in the fall, there
is more or less to be done in the
spring to provide free egress for the
water.
A few hours work with the hoe and
shovel, after an all-day rain, will often
drain of many gallons of water which
would otherwise soak into the ground
and keep it wet and cold for several
weeks.
In letting off water In the low spots
in the grain fields. commence at the
lower end and make a shallow furrow
with the hoe. 1t is not necessary to
make a wide or deep ditch, as this
would destroy too much wheat. 1t
should be dug just deep enough to
drain off the water.
See that the outlets to the under
drains are open, so that the water can
pass of quickly. This is a very i'm
portant Job and is best done by the
farmer himself and not by an inexperi-
enced person. By this method we feel
sure that we save several bushels of
grain and much grass and clover.
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sIx-PolNTED LUNCH CLOTH
New Idea Bids Fair TO Be Popular
With the Woman Who Does
Much Entertaining.

Our eyes have long been accus-
toned to seeing the two-pointed and
the four-pointed luncheon cloth, but
the cloth having six points is some
thing new. Don't let the word point
mislead you. The six extensions do
not run of to points. Instead they
are rectangular in shape The cen
ter cloth on display was ornamented
with three punches Of daisies, the
group being connected with line of
tiny dots which called for French
knots. On each rectangular shape a
spray of few knots were embroid-
cred. The centers of the flowers were
also filled in with French knots. The
tiny petals were padded and worked
in the satin stitch. The stems Of the
flowers were outlined while the seal.
lops around the points were worked
solid in the buttonhole stitch. Be.
tween the six points were placed six
tumbler doilies, each ornamented
with a spray of flowers and a crescent
Of French knots.
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FOR A DAINTY PILLOW
EXCELLENT DESIGN THAT NEED
NOT BE COSTLY.
Required Filling About the Only Thing
That Must Be eousht-cuttlnas
From Silk FroeIts VIII Sup
ply the Materials.

Designs have been given for pillows
mat were practical and pillows that
were dainty. but today an example of
4 luxurious pillow is given. This is
one OF the very latest models. and
while know only the few can afford
TO buy anything SO elaborate, also
teel sure that the cover could be made
up at home at little cost.
The filling is Of the softest down, SO
In most cases that must be bought, but
In regard to the slip. this being a
soiored-silk year, the cuttings left over
rom the new frocks will furnish suf-
dcient material.
The shape Of the pillow is round and
measures 20 inches in circumference.
TO make the slip requires two rounds
ot silk, each measuring eight inches.
Ihese form the centers back and front
and are connected by three strips of
SILK, not necessarily of the same color.
Two strips must be of the same width
and length and must be cut a few
inches longer than the circumference
Of the rounds. One edge is gathered to
ut the rounds and is sewed down, one
to the back and the other to the front
round. The next strip must be longer
than the first two and the same width
or not. Both edges are shirred and
are sewed down to the free edges Of
the strips already secured to the
rounds. This creates a kind of round
ed, slighly pufry looking cover. OF
course. If one has sufficient silk of one
color three strips of a uniform width
Of four inches would cut all the
strips. If scraps on hand must be
used up 1t might happen that the CEN
ter strip must be wider or narrower
than the two they connect. This Is
lmmaterial. All that is necessary is to
get strip IL inches wide after the
three are Joined. In putting strips Of
silk Of different color together they
should contrast or harmonic.
Next comes the decoration. This
may be anything the maker pleases. A
square of gold lace trimmed around
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RabeIaIs and cenaorshIp.

It is not to Kitchener nor the British
war department that credit should be
given for the rigid press censorship,
but to a physician. Rabelais. In his
"Pantagruelian Representations" he
says: Since. then. they are so ready
to ask after news, and consequently
the more glibly swallow down every
flimfam story that is told them, were
1t not expedient that some people, on
whose faith we might depend, should
hold offices of intelligence on the
frontiers Of the kingdom. and have a
competent salary allowed them, for
nothing else but examine the news
that is brought, whether it is true or
notf"
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USE OF DETACHABLE LINING
Careful Dresser viii See the Advan-
tages That Come From This
Simple Precautlon.

The careful woman will find It ad-
visable to instruct her seamstress to
make a detachable lining of fine net
or habutai silk to wear beneath the
blouse, of georgette crepe, Of radi.
um or of some one OF the new striped
silks. Such foundation should have
sleeves rather loosely shaped and
terminating just above the elbow. In
warm weather the perspiration across
the back and on the arms is apt to
stain or fade the fine material Of the
outer garment.
The lining should be made separate.
ly and then loosely tackled to the in.
side of the blouse about the neck and
shoulders. 1t will then be easily re-
moved for visit to the laundry or
Tor other renovation. Two Innings
for fine waist are better than one,
because this insures a greater preser.
Vation OF the outer fabric through
cleanliness of the innar, and while
one lining is being laundered the 9th.
er may be readily adjusted to the
blouse. This same idea applies to
the frock Of silk or OF satin. OF
course. it is not advisable where the
outer fabric is of sheer material like
organdie, thin voile or kindred ma
terials.
Allowance should be made for
shrinkage when making up a new
blouse or dress. A couple OF extra
blouse inches should be extended be.
meath the belt and at the top of the
skirt the material may be turned
back so that after 1t comes from the
first Tubing 1t may be let down with
out serious inconvenience.
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The staked row did no better and,
most of US thought, not as well as the
unstaked vines that sprawled over the
16 square feet that each was given, for
the rows and plants were four feet
apart each way.
Cultivation was given the rows as
long as the tops permitted, which was
not long. Thereafter nothing was done
except to once take the hoe and chop
out few big weeds that had come up
early and escaped the cultivator.
OF course. under the great drought
the ground soon became dry and hard
as cultivation ceased, and the daily
tramping of the pickers made it still
worse. During October, when the vines
were yielding the most, 1t looked i'm
possible that such a mass of green
tops and fruit should be able to ex.
tract enough moisture from the soil
for their daily needs, which must have
amounted to a great deal.
Now for the results: The first bushel
was sold on the eighth of September,
just about two months after the plants
were set. By the fifteenth we were
picking two bushels per day; by the
twentieth, three bushels, and this was
about the average for the rest of the
season.
Parties who had stopped buying,
firing of the little stuff they had been
getting, renewed their orders.
We then doubled the price. and sold
every tomato we could pick.
We sold direct to the consumer.
In all, the quarter acre produced
1926 in round figures. without counting
some small lots we sold after frost
Some of the green ones we kept till
in December. When killing frost
came there were bushels and bushels
Of green tomatoes of all sizes still on
the vines and growing right along
after three months without rain.
After the first light frost we picked
20 bushels of marketable size and
stored them away.
A great. many of these tomatoes
weighed a pound. Some believe the
Ponderosa is rough. deny it. It was
easy to find perfect specimens with
out crease in their big tops.
AS for productiveness, have never
seen variety that would beat them. !
have counted dozen pound tomatoes
at one time on a single vine, beside
many smaller ones.
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lshes from any vegetables. A wire
basket is convenient to hold green's,
string beans, or even potatoes, while
cooking, as thus they are less likely
to adhere to the bottom of the ket-
tie, and often It is easier to remove
the basket than to drain on the water.
A potato masher Of strong, continu-
ns wire. the two ends inserted in q
wooden handle, is inexpensive and
fully as satisfactory as a more cost.
ly style.
Cooking Terms From France.
A few Of the terms indicating the
use Of vegetables may be OF service
in studying books arranged by chefs:
A la-According to. or In the
style of.
Au Gratin-With Drowned crumbs,
as of bread; sometimes with cheese.
Bouquet of Herbs-A sprig each Of
several kinds, as marjoram, parsley,
celery leaf, savory. thyme.
Creole or West Indian-With to-
matoes, often also with peppers,
onions and mushrooms.
Jardiniere-Mixed vegetables.
Macedoine-A medley or mixture Of
vegetables, often with meat
Maigre-Without meat, as vege-
table soup.
Printainiere-A garnish Of spring
vegetables.
Puree-Material mashed through q
strainer,
Roux-Flour Drowned in butter.
Souffle-A pun; something inflated
or swollen, as by beaten white Of egg.
Suggestions for Serving.
Soups-One of the best ways to use
leftover vegetables is In soups. A
cupful Of cooked caulifower with some
of the water in which 1t was cooked
and an equal amount Of milk and a
slight thickening of butter and -four
will provide a cream of cauliflower
soup. If the vegetable already has
white sauce with 1t, reduce 1t with
milk to the right consistency, season
and strain, and the soup is ready.
A good tasting soup can be made
with an onion, the trimmings of a
bunch Of celery and the outside leaves
of a head Of lettuce, all cut up fine
and cooked in little water and but.
ter or other suitable fat. When ten.
der add skim or whole milk, thicken
with a little flour or some one of the
granular breakfast cereals which
cook quickly, season and serve. II pre-
ferred, the milk and cereal may be
cooked separately, added to the vege-
tables, and all boiled up together.
A puree is half way between a cream
soup and mashed vegetables; 1t is
sometimes a thick soup, but oftener
strained vegetables made soft with
milk or stock and butter. and served
with meats, for instance. a puree of
split peas. dried lima beans or COW.
peas.
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NEW IDEAS IN HANDKERCHIEF
White or Colored Cord
Decorations.

The newest thing In handkeTchiefs
Is made of chiffon with a white or
colored cord decoration. Some In col
ors have narrow outlinings and rolled
hens in black Then there are crepe
de chine handkerchiefs in dainty col
ors with a self or contrasting border
Such handkerchiefs are worn with
party dresses.
The rage for color has also reached
the domain of handkerchiefs in linen
and cotton. They are seen in large
quantities. Some have color9d centers
with white polka dots and others have
cOlored cord decoration. Some in col
q very narrow border in color. Hand
kerchiefs Of Madeira embroidery are
dainty. They are embroidered in col.
Ors as well as white. Some have tiny
scaIlops edged in blue, pink, lavender
or green. Others have a sprig of flow.
ers embroidered in one corner. as we'll
as the scalloped edge. The shops are
showing a handkerchief with the cen.
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Dainty chemlsettea

High-colored blouses have by no
means ousted the soft. becoming chem,
isettes from favor, and these are worn
particularly with house frocks and in.
formal dinner gowns opening in a deep
V at the front The daintiest chemi.
settes are Of net. shirred into length.
wise puffings by rows of lace entire
deux or hemstitching. and usually a
frill or flare collar of one sort or an.
other gives the fashionable height at
the back of the neck. A snap fastener
or dainty brooch holds the chemisette
at the top and the v opening may be
made high or low as desired.
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skunks XIII Army Worms.

The skunk is the best known mann.
NAL enemy of army worms. The com.
mon army worm, the wheat head army
worm and the fall army worm are all
very destructive to small grains, corn
and grasses, and their invasions entail
heavy losses among farmers. The good
work Of skunks in destroying army
worms has frequently been noticed.
In a report of this insect In Penn.
sylvania, published in 1896, DR.. B. H.
Warren brought forward much testi.
mony Of farmers as to the usefulness
of skunks in the work of extermina.
ton. Also he had examined some
skunk stomachs which contained chief.
ly beetles and army worms. Professor
Lugger Of Minnesota also mentioned
the skunk as one of the principal enc.
mics Of the army worms In that state.
Circular q. S. Dept Agriculture.
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Asroplane PropeIIers.

The propellers of aeroplanes, such
as are used N the present European
war, may be made of selected ash,
which is both strong and light and
will not split under vibration or
shock. or Of built-up layers of spruce
with mahogany centers. The frame.
work of the machines, too, is general.
ly made Of wood, spruce being much
used on account of its straight grain
and freedom from hidden defects.
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with narrow frill of the same lace is
very effective over a bright cover. A
dolly in cluny lace. ornamented with
chiffon rosebuds, Is another rich-look-
Ing combination.
Those making up pillows may like to
know that the round. the egg-shaped
and the oblong arc the favored mod
els. The square pillow is considered
out Of date. One OF the most popular
shapes is fashioned exactly like a min.
lature bolster, 1t is a very comfort
able pillow, too. The pillows for the
baby carriage are slightly oblong, Just
a little longer than the width, but
those for general use are distinctly
long.-Lillian Young. in the Washing.
ton Star.
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A Left-Hand Stab.

Physical InstructOr-Name the unit
Of power, Mr.. Jones.
Jones (waking up)-The what?
Instructor-Correct Amy questlons7 :
All right. We have a few minutes be-
fore the end of the hour in which
we will do this problem: A man on
a bicycle approaches a four per cent
grade; how far has he come and will
he have to get OF and walk?-Cornen
Widow.
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CUTICURA SOAP BATHS
Followed by a Little Ointment For
5aby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment Of ec-
zemas, rashes, itchings, chafings and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Ady.
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Wired Lace Sleeves.

The silhouette of the crinoline is re-
peated again and again in dancing cos
tune. and one Of its latest phases is
the wired lace sleeve. This is tiny
wired lace ruffle, perhaps three incheS
wide and very full, stifr and spreading
around the lower edge, which is gath.
cred into the armholes above a tiny
puff of chiffon or tulle.
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Colds and Roun

From now on be on the lookout for
colds and roup. Cold drafts blowing
over the fowls are sure to cause colds.
Shut of the draft; an ounce of pre-
ventive is worth a pound of cure. Roup
sometimes ends fatally. It Is a con-
tagious disease and If not stamped out
In the onset it may run through the
whole flock and kill many.
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Skirt Flounees.

The two and three-founce skirts
continue in vogue, the change in style
being noted in the fullness of the
iounces, especially the bottom one.
which is about four yards around. And
many of the flare skirts have two or
three hands stitched on the upper
edges only. These are sewed at about
knee depth and lower. This mode is
especially pretty when the bands of
plain colors are combined with striped
material.
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Can You Afford TIme7

Do not order many novelties unless
you have time to take care of them
and can afford to be disappointed in
their behavior. Novelties are often
of value end interesting, but are toe
expensive to plant for main-crop fiow,
ers or vegetables as a rule.
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Does Egg Dance at SeVenty-Eisht.
Albert PankOpf, seventy-eight years
old. bent and white-haired, danced
blindfolded among IS eggs, laid in
two rooms at intervals Of a foot. for
several minutes without breaking q
shell. For more than fifty years Pro-
fessor Pankopf has been performing
this feat, but at the annual Schlacht-
fest Of the Saxonia and General Ger
man Benevolent association he danced
as never before. The years dropped
from him as he danced. When the
music stopped the old man fell into
the arms of a spectator. Weak
heart" he gasped. He soon TecOv-
cred himself and bowed In response
to the cheers.-St. Paul Dispatch
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IeveI for Rnnst.

The roosts should be built on the
same level, two feet six inches from
the floor, with dropping board about
eight inches below them. Good roosts
may be made Of 2x2-inch material.
with upper edges rounded.
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Try Alfalfa

If you are thinking of trying alfalfa
START with small field, say two or
three acres. If your experiment fails
the loss will not be so great, but al
falfa will grow in almost any climate
II 1t is handled right.
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Causes Of Stiffness

There is nothing that produces stiff-
ness, Inflammation and unsoundness
any faster than standing in stall day
after day.
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If men were judged by their neck
ties not more than one In every 500
would pass the examination.
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No wonder

She-How pale the moon Is!
He-Yes; it's been out late for sew.
eral nights.
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The EnalIah Coat.

The English soldiers coat, resem-
bling the Norfolk jacket. is one of the
models in evidence in the spring dis.
play.
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ter either made Of figured material,
as sheer as goods can be, or barred, or
quite plain, with a tiny one-eighth.
inch hem and the neatest little real
lace border one-eighth of an inch vice.
1t will wash well, as most handmade
laces do.
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HELENA, Nd, VICTIM
HELPED WONDERFULLY
r. Z. Reeder Thinks Remedy Is
Worth Weight N
Gold.

F. q. Reeder Of Helena, Md, took
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for dis
orders OF the digestive tract. He had
tried many remedies and was akep-
teal The very first dose Of this treat
ment convinced him.
The results were astonishing. Mr..
Reeder wrote:
Your remedy has helped me won
derfully. have told a lot of peoDle
about your medicine and how It has
helped me. It is worth its weight I'm
gold. will mover be without II In
my home"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per
manent results for stomach, liver and
Intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure Of gas In the
stomach and around the heart Get one
bottle OF your druggist now and try 1t
on an absolute guarantee-h not satls-
factory money will be retHrned.-Adv
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ItJs Permanen+.

The concrete fence post has tho ad-
vantage of being the most permanent
and slightly.
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Literary Flavor.

A kind reader who is evidently also
a diner-out contributes the following
which he guarantees genuine, says the
New York Evening Post 1t came, he
says, from the proprietor of a new
Italian restaurant. The phrase house
top side this paper" with its Oriental.
nautical tang, refers to the printed ad.
dress Of the restaurant on the letter
head:
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Dear Sir:


Before chef-one Italian noble
famiiy-now come America-start the
business my Own-house top side this
paper.
Everybody speak It me-my din.
ners worth two (2) times.
Il delighted preparation for you
very fine special Italian dishes-nO
extra charge-only notification me
few hours behind.
Il build for clientele intellectual
they more appreciation my art.
Many editors. critics, authors -
artists Metrop. Opera-come in my
house and ask you so much come al
my table then you shall tell many.
yours very truly,