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Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

Can you tell the "boarder" from the
steady layer In your flock? Can you
tell the hen that lays 80 eggs year
at a time when they sell at retail
for IS cents a dozen from the hen that
lays six times that number and at the
right time?
The hen that produces three or four
eggs a week, and is on the job near
ly all the year around. Is always hus-
Ting. She is the first hen off the roost
In the morning and the last one on at
night. She is always foraging, fol-
lowing the plow in the spring in
search of grubs and cutworms, roam
ing the woods and fields during the
summer, devouring many injurious in
sects, busily cleaning about the
threshing machine or gorging herself
on weed seeds in the fall.
She is the hen that is unafraid, the
hen with the bright eye and the scar
let comb. She is always singing as
she works, and is always at work,
scratching away for dear life, making
her own living.
During the winter months you will
find her on the sunny side of the
straw stack, working busily, while her
unproductive sisters sit huddled to-
gether with closed eyes in some pro-
tected corner of the barnyard. She Is
always alert, wide-awake and hungry,
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TREES ON PUBLIC STREETS
New York Authority Would Have Mu
inequalities Take Up Work OF
Planting and Care.

The New York State college Of for
estry at Syracuse university is urging
the municipalities of the state to take
up public control Of street tree plant
ing and preservation in the same man.
ner as public control Is exercised over
other street improvements. During
the last year the college has made In
vestigation Of the shade trees in many
cities and towns of the state, including
New York city, Syracuse, Binghamton,
Amsterdam, Mt. Vernon, Newburg
and Olean. 1t has been found that
thousands Of shade trees are dying
along the streets of the cities due to
past mistakes in selection of varieties
and in spacing the trees at the time
of planting.
Within the cities of the state there
are, it is said, 10000 miles of street
capable of sustaining a growth Of
100000 shade trees, which can be
made worth 100000, 900 in increased
property value. Buffalo spends an
nually about $4,000 for planting and
conservation of shade trees along its
public streets.
Almost half of the land area of New
York state is better suited, it is said,
to the growing of timber than to ag-
riculture. Agriculture alone cannot
solve the land problems of the state.
Forestry and agriculture are co-or-
dinate, and together will bring about
the most effective utilization Of the
soils of the state and of the country.
New York Press.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

feet and what did do was by q great
effort. / could not sleep at night and
of eOurse felt very bad in the morning,
sd had steady headache.
After taking the second bottle no
decd that the headache was not 30 bad,
! rested better, and my nerves were
Stronger. continued It's use until it
made new woman Of me, and now
cEn hardly realize that / am able to do
90 much a. / do. Whenever 1 know any
woman IN need Of q good medicine /
MSAly praise Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etakie Compound" - Mrs. FRANK
OG1fEK, S1A6 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa.
Women Have Been Telling Women
for forty years how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored their
heath when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
for it from coast to coast. If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar to
women why don't you try Lydia E.
Pi1lLham's Vegetable CompOund2 It
vii pay yOa TO do 90. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co.. Lynn, Mass.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

which can usually be counted on to
produce living poult.
The question Of profit from keeping
turkeys simply resolves itself into
the ability Of the grower to bring
them to marketable size. This can
readily be done If care and atten.
ton be given to all the requirements
Of success.
Six standard varieties arc more or
less grown in this country: Bronze.
Narragansett, Buff. Slate, White and
Black.
The main differences are In size and
color of plumage. The Bronze and
the Narragansett are the largest, the
Bun and Slate are the medium, and
the Black and White the smallest.
Much improvement has been made
In the size of the Whites of late
and they have moved up 10 contend
for first position, some Of them hav'
ing passed the thirty-pound mark.
The same statement may be soon
made of the Black, as they have great
ly improved during the past few
years.
In addition to the foregoing there
is the nonstandard variety known as
the Bourbon Reds They might well
claim the position now held by the
Bun turkeys, being quite like them
and more largely grown for the mar
ket than are Bluffs.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
plctatinq Aloft.

When the military aeroplane is
scouting, It usually carries two men.
One is the pilot, who runs and steers
the craft; the other is the observer,
who marks the placing of the hostile
troops, the position Of their guns, the
movement of trains, and the like. The
observer also makes many sketches
Of the ground over which he is fly
ing-work that often interferes with
his writing notes and memoranda. In
certain conditions Of flight, too. 1t ie
often hard for him to use a pencil
and paper. To obviate that difficulty
the military aeroplane, says the Scien'
tific American, now frequently carries
a phonograph, with a speaking tube
running to the mouth Of the observer
so that by talking into the machine al
any time during the flight, he can re-
cord his observations, and still have
his hands free for his field glass OF
his sketching pencil.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
TNA Iln3ZT
lDNEAIURU
EXCELLENT RATION FOR cow
II Farmers Would Depend More on
sIlage and Less on Pasture Herds
Could Be Doubled.

A good ration for COWS giving milk
is silage twice day, corn fodder once
a 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. If 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 a 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.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
PAIL OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Where Clean Milk Is Produced Small
Top Receptacle Is Necessary
to Exclude Bacteria.

The United States department Of
agriculture has this to say about
milking:
TN modern dairies where clean
milk is produced the small-top 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 dairies. 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 is liable to cause the
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

nTOWNQ5
70 HELPS
SOUNDS A DISCoRDANT NOTE
Plan for Civic Identification 10 op'
posed by Les5Ing Pittsburgh
journal.

At Atlantic City the United States
department Of agriculture proposes to
demonstrate for the country what can
be accomplished in civic Identification
by Transforming bare lots, street ter
races, portions of Fairgrounds and va
cant property into flower gardens
Alexander Weintrob, who last year
visited Europe to see what is being
done there to spread the Identification
movement among the people has been
designated in charge of the Atlantic
City plan. Substitution Of flowers for
vegetables in lot development will be
urged generally, 1t is said. if 1t sue
ceeds there.
The project, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, recalls the free seed largess
If the department OF agriculture is go
ing to try to make those seeds grow,
something that few Of the recipients
Of congressional bounty have been
able to do, it may be all right, but 1t
seems as much a waste OF government
tai effort as the seed distribution Is OF
public money.
Civic Identification, further OBJ
serves the Dispatch, might we'll be left
to the various communities them
selves. If Atlantic City householders
or lot owners prefer vegetables to
flowers, in the hope Of cutting down
the cost Of living or making money
supplying the tables of visitors, why
should Uncle Sam intervene? Just at
this time, with so many important
crop problems to be considered, the
department might be more prohtably
employed on practical work.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Earthquake Distribution.

Rev. H. v. Gill. an English clergy
man. on studying the dates and places
Of occurrence OF s89 earthquakes.
found that 674, or more than three
quarters of them. occurred in Sc
Ouences, the successive units Of which
we're separated by a week OF less. Mr.
Gill believes that any great displace-
ment of the crust of the earth makes
the earth to rotate unevenly or 'wob-
ble." and that the unevenness of mo-
ton has to be neutralized by displace
ments in other regions, where they
will balance the original displacement
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES TO
CALIFORNIA; EXPOSITIONS
AND THE PACIFIC COAST

Low round trip fares are now in
effect via the Scenic Highway Of the
Northern Pacific Ry. to California's Ex-
positions via the North Pacific Coast.
These tickets permit liberal stop-overs
and enable the tourist to include both
Expositions as well as a stop-over at
Yellowstone National Park via Cardi-
ner Gateway.
II you will advise when you will plan
your western trip, will be pleased to
quote rates, send a copy Of our hand
some Expositions folder as we'll as
Yellowstone National Park and travel
literature, and assist you in any way
possible in planning your 1915 vaca-
ton trip. A. M. Cleland, General Pas
senger Agent, 517 Northern Pacific
Ry., st. Paul, Minnesota.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Ry p. VAN BENTHIIYsEN.l

(By e. VAN BENTHUYSEN.)
There is no other kind of live
stock that will return so large a profit
to the successful producer as will
poultry, and no kind of poultry is more
profitable than turkeys when handled
properly.
The fact that turkeys will, from the
time that they are six weeks old till
winter sets in, gain the greater part
Of their entire living from bugs, grass
hoppers and waste grain that they
pick up in their wanderings over the
range, assures their existence through
this period at little or no cost to the
grower.
They may be termed self-sustain.
ing foragers where they have sufi.
cient range.
The chance of profit in the produc-
tion Of turkeys Is gradually improv.
ing as a result of a more general use
of the flesh.
There cannot be much opportunity
for growing poults to maturity when
they are hatched late In the season
they may be sold for broiIers at q
good profit
No dish is more valued in our large
cities at the present time than
broiled poults.
Turkeys that are hatched early in
the spring would grow to weigh from
fourteen to twenty pounds by Thanks
giving week.
These weights are often exceeded
by the best growers, but as they are
the most popular and the most readily
produced they are suggested as the
most advisable.
The average yield of turkey hens II
from eighteen to thirty eggs, each o.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
A Familiar caekIe.

Fine music and fine poultry were
two things Of which little Elias father
was very fond. Recently he bought a
talking machine, and among other
records was one Of a very brilliant
aria by a great coloratura soprano.
The baby listened closely to the runs
Of the bewildering music until the
singer struck some high arpeggios
and trills at the close. when she ex
claimed:
Daddy, listen! She's laid an egg!'
Ladies' Home Journal.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
MUD HOLES IN cow PASTURE
Clean Shore Is 5leG ling to FIy-Pes-
tered AnimaIS-Many Anncyanees
Are Avoided.

A COW pasture mud hole is a ver-
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 a 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
from mud holes to dusty grounds.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Open and smalI-Top Pals.

cows teats to chap in the winter
time. Milking should be done quick
ly 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 contami-
mated. Soap, clean water and towels
must be readily accessible. The hands
should be washed after milking each
COW.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
GREEN FOOD FOR The CHICKS
FineIy-cut lettuce, cabb age or Chick
Weed Is BeneffcIaI-GIve
Some Dry Oatmeal.

Do not feed wet or sloppy food to
the little chicks. Finely-cut lettuce,
caDpage or chick weed is very beue-
ncial to them. A pan OF dry oatmeal
fof them to pick at is also of great
utiilty until they are about three
weeks old.
foung chicks should be taught from
tne nrst TO eat anything that is good
ror tnem' such as wheat screenings,
nliilet seeus' cracked corn, whole
wheat and baked cornmeal.
"heat and cracked corn should be
always the predominatihg food after
the fourth day.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Rosa Tree eiOOmed at Christmas,

Rose Tree 6ioomed at Christmas.
A pretty story Of rose which
blOomed at Christmas in front of some
trenches occupied by a German regi-
meat OF guards in France is told in
the FFanIzfurter Zeitung. The rose
bOeh was growing in huge hole torn
By a shell In front Of the guards
trenches. The little plant soon be-
came the Jealous care Of every man
Of the company before whose trench
It grow. To their intense delight, on
Christmas eve the rose tree bloomed.
The company decided to send the rose
to the emperor. The kaiser was de-
lighted and promptly ordered the poet,
Richard voss, to write a poem about
tae Incident The poem has now
been printed. and a copy Of 1t Is to
be sent TO every guardsman con-
ceTned IN the affair.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. 1s-191s.
The Prune Club.

why is the bass drummer always
a dyspeptic?" asked the thin boardeT,
coming to breakfast.
Because the bass drum is tough
said the giddy blonde typewriter bo-
tween bites.
Not right" said the thin man.
Because beats don't agree with
him." suggested the fat bOarder. wip,
ing his brow with his paper napkin.
"All wrong" came from the thin
one. Guess you'll give 1t up. Be-
cause the drum goes against his stom-
ach."
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Improving tho Little Red School.

At its recent annual meeting in
Springfield the Illinois State Teachers
association passed resolutions, of
which this was one:
I'VE favor a law requiring the erec.
tion of schoolhouses on plans provid.
ing for proper heating. lighting. venti-
lation, seating and other sanitary ar
rangements, as provided by the de-
partment Of public instruction"
improvement Of the facilities, ac'
commodations and surroundings OF
country schools is highly important
development. Better rural schools
will aid materially In checking the
drift of the population from the coun'
try to the city.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Avoid Horse NJ eat.

We are opposed to feeding horse
meat 10 to"is. The meat from a
peai'ny Morse Killed on account Of
some aceloent' Is no doubt safe, but
.ne oulk OF morse meat comes from
horses that nave died Or been killed
on account of some aiIment.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

POSITIONS Without a supply Of Aliens Foot
Ease. tho aniiseptc powder to be shaken into the
Shoes or dissolved IN the foot-bath. The Standard
Remedy for the feet for rs years. n gives instanA
relief to tired aching feet and prevents swollen
hot feet. Ono lady writes: y enjoyed every minute
Of my stay at the EXpositions thanks to Allen .
Foot-Easo In my shoes" Get Il TODAY. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
A Mlx.up.

Il was afraid there would be some
International complications in eonse-
Quence of the stupid blunder our walt
or made At our luncheon"
what was it?''
He served out the French sauce
VIA German silver"
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
EI,UxR BARrK A coon TONTO

And Drives Malaria Out OF the system.
'FXour tBRbek' acts like magic; l have given
Il to numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chils, malaria and fever. rec.
commend It to those who are sufferers and in
need Of a good tonic"-Rev. s. SzynnanOweki,
st. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. J.
Elixir Babelk, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from KlOczewsh q Co,
Washington, d. @,
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
BUSY Over Here

Bacon-My neighbor thinks he could
settle the fighting over in Europe.
Egbert-Why doesn't he go over
there and do it?
"Oh, he's too busy trying to settle
the fighting in his own home"
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

Compound Twas In .
dreadfully rundown
state Of health,
lad internal trou-
bles, and was so ex-
tremely nervous and
prostrated that If /
had given in to my
fe gs / would
have been in bed.
As it was l had
hardly strength at
fiu0oa fo ho nm mn,
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Sell the Rnardera

The greatest loss in the herd usu-
ally comes from the number Of board
ers 1t contains. Your wits should dis
cover these boarders; fatten them and
sell. There will be more profit at
once.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Watch the Market.

Prepare to sell milk, cream or butter
as your inclinations and market seem
to require. There is money in either
when managed as they should be. Act
towards this as to any other good bust
ness
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

She Thought Differently.
Wlfsy-What do you consider the
chief cause Of divorce?
Hubby-Wives
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
EEy AaE4no Bye Remedy for Red, Weak. Watery
rs ~ So OomfoTt %r,tsy Tor 3ooS Of the Eys
u nah BTosL Murine Rye Remedy Co., Chicago
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
insects That Bother d owls.

In eastern and middle states about
all of insect life that will bother the
poultry are some forms OF lice; but
South, besides the lice there are CHG
gers and f1eas to worry them.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Its Case.

$50 Austria, they say, is going to
fight Italy partly with the spread of
cholera"
"Yes, their attitude seems to be,
Plague take them!'"
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

The man who doesn't know enough
to go in when it rains gets many a
free shower bath.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
Scraps 70 Fowls

Be sure al feed the table scraps to
the fowls Milk is one of the best
feeds tor egg production.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

A mans sins seldom find him out
untN after his neighbors get next.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

Vacuum cleaners are finding a good
market in Scotland.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

Shot silk is poor material for use in
making war balloons.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
lcllI thn EIIea Now and Prevent

Gassasa. A DAISY FLY KILLER viii do 1t.
KnB Ahousands Lasts all season. All dealers
or siK sent express paid for 81. Il. sOMERS,
40 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. 7. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

Put your money in a boiler factory
If you are looking for a sound invest
ment.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

When a man has something that he
can't sell and can't even give away he
can always rattle 1t off.
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17
WOMAN WOULD
NOT Give UP
Though Sickand Suffering; At
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Richmond, Pa =" When l started
taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Middletown transcript., 1915-04-17

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children, and see that II
Gilpin observer., 1915-02-11
Oklahoma Man Tells About
Kidney Remedy

Several years ago | was taken with
severe pains in my back, due to diseased
kidneys and was forced to give up my
daily labors. ! heard OF your great kid.
ney remedy and resolved to try it. did
so with wonderful results.
Since taking DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root l have had no trouble from my
kidneys. l am giving this testimonial
of my own free will to let others know
the wonderful merits OF Swamp-Ro
II you should care to, you are at liber.
~ to publish this testimonial whenever
you choose.
Very truly yours,
j. A. PARRISH,
Saltwater, Okla.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo.
this sth day Of March. 1912.
II. S. HAUSSDER.
Justice OF the Peace.
Gilpin observer., 1915-02-11

measure who insist that the bill which
they support is being talked to
DEATH"
The records o. congress show that
both big parties have had n share in
the work OF smothering bills to death
with words. There are some marked
Instances OF this course OF procedure
In the United States senate. The
house members cannot talk a bill to
death. because there is day set for
vote and the vote must come. In the
senate. however. only by unanimous
consent can day be set for vote
So II Ia that unless the rules are
changed. which is not at all likely. fu.
ture bills can be talked to death Just
as bills OF the past have met the same
fate
Some years ago Senator Thomas n.
Carter Of Montana, now deceased
talked river and harbor approprfa.
tion bill into Its grave. II is possible
to talk bills to death in the senate
both at the short and the long sessions,
but the chances Of doing IL OF course
are greater at the short session. when
congress must adjourn to March 4. At
long session the date of adjourn.
ment can he set forward and the talk.
Gilpin observer., 1915-02-11
HERE'S PEACH OF ROMANCE
He Wrote on Fruit Wrapper, She
Read II; Now They Are
Married.

North Yakima, Wash.-Followin
the receipt here of the announcement
of the marriage of G.. E. Denny of Gle
EluE to Miss Clara Ripp of Minneapo-
lis. Minn., friends of Mr.. Denny are
telling of the romantic manner in
which their courtship was started. Mr..
Denny was packing peaches last sum-
mer
In response to a dare he wrote his
name on one of the wrappers and
presently received letter from the
Minneapolis girl, who had noticed the
name while canning peaches in her
mothers kitchen. She said she thought
the Yakima country would be a nice
place to live in, and Denny agreed that
1t would-for them. He essa, ed TO
convince her by mail and succeeded so
well that his friends had no doubt
about his whereabouts when he disap
peared in November
Gilpin observer., 1915-02-11
is IDENTIFIED BY A SCAR
Pennsylvania Woman Thus Es.ab
fishes Her Right to Share
In Estate.

Waynesboro. Pa.-When an effort
was made recently to settle the es.
tate of Mrs. Barbara Hess of this sec.
ton. proceedings were begun in the
Orphans court to declare Mrs. Alice
Kohler Hooper. formerly of Highfield,
and a legatee. dead. Mrs. Hooper,
who left Highfield 20 years ago and
had not returned and who, some years
ago. was married to a Mr.. Ham, no.
ticed few weeks ago an advertise
ment of the proceeding and immedi.
ately wrote to the clerk of the courts.
The only means of Identification
was scar on her wrist which an
uncle with whom she had lived as a
girl recalled. The judges were satis-
fled with the Identification and she
will come into her Inheritance.