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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
REFINED PROCESS
OF FRUIT GROWING
Where Market Demands Fancy
Article Bagging Grapes Will
Prove Profitable.
(By E. VAN BENTHUYsEN.)

Bagging grapes is one of the more
refined processes Of fruit growing
that every man shonld test for him.
self. There are various conditions to
be considered upon which it's profit.
ableness depends.
Does your market demand a fancy
article and is 1t willing to pay for it?
Do you suffer much loss from the
birds? In some districts they are very
destructive and carecrows are not
of much avail. Rot, too. is to be
considered, though some growers as
serts that bags are not a preventive Of
this disease.
II grapes are bagged at the proper
time, which is soon after blooming,
they certainly will not rot unless the
canes are already full of rot spores,
and after the vineyard has once been
thoroughly cleared of the infection
it should not be again easily affected
If the fruit is kept covered.
Bagging does not appear to be re.
sorted to throughout the West, but in
the East with it's higher-priced mar.
kets, some growers find it profitable
to bag their entire crop. The com
mon paper bag in use at the grocery is
usually employed, in the two-pound
size.
A thousand bags should not cost
more than rs cents. the usual way is
to fasten them with a common pin,
Do not pin them around the stem
of the bunch, but over the cane from
which cluster descends. The edges
of the bag should be folded down and
them pinned securely so as to exclude
the rain as we'll as the insects.
II this be done carefully, only an in
significant number Of bags will be
lost during the rest of the season,
Women, with their trained fingers, are
the best for this work, when they can
be obtained. A skillful hand will pin
on a thousand bags a day.
Another great advantage in bagging
Is that it Is M of the best ways to
preserve the grape in its ripe condi.
tion, Many varieties will remain
fresh and sound until frost, and even
then be cut off, laid away in a cool
place and kept still longer. They
have been kept until Christmas.
The red varieties seem to be the
thinnest skinned and most liable to
crack and to puncture. The white
kinds are of all the least molested by
birds, which seem to think they are
not ripe. The blacks are the first to
be attacked.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
PHASES OF ROAD PROBLEM
Those interested In Work viii Find
Joint Congressional Committee
Report Quite Handy.

Persons interested in the good roads
problem. either from the engineering
or the legislative standpoint, will find
the report of the joint congressional
committee en- federal aid to good roads
a convenient source OF i~nfor;aation. 1t
not only contains the most extensive
data eyer published on this subject.
but contains a photography which
gives a list Of books. pamphlets and
speeches on all phases Of the good
roads problem. The report Is printed
as house document 1910. Sixty-third
congress, third session, and copies may
be secured by application to members
OF congress.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
PREPARE LAND FOR
STAND OF ALFALFA
Best Method of lnoculating Is
to Use Soil From Old Field
Keep Weeds Out.

Alfalfa is a hard crop to start. 1t is
delicate and tender, and to put alfalfa
on ordinary land without any protec'
ton or help is about like throwing
away four dollars an acre.
Put on 20 to 80 loads of manure pei
acre; you r preparing the land for
ten years.
But the land must first be worked
over and over until it is free from
weeds. 1t may take a disking or har'
rowing every ten days all summer to
do this.
II the soil is acid, as shown by the
simple litmus-paper test, put on the
ground limestone. %Inoculate the
ground and SOY the alfalfa the last OF
July or the first CT August.
The best method of inoculating the
soil is TO use soil from an old alfalfa
field or from a patch of sweet clover
a wagon load or more per acre, bu'
this soil must not lie on top of the
ground in the hot sun many hours oil
the bacteria will be killed.
There is little danger from swee'
clover, which is a two-year plant, anc
will not survive in the field when the
alfalfa is moved as often as it need'
moving.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

II would be we'll II some Of US would
ask ourselves how certain lines OF
treatment would suit US. All animals.
man included. have much in common.
A single trial with a purebred
dairy bull will convince any man
that like will produce like, and that
the progeny will inherit the form and
characteristics from the parent that
possesses the strongest blood lines.
A purebred bull will exert a strong
er influence upon the progeny when
mated with the cows Of mixed breed
ing than when he is mixed with pure
breds or higher grades.
1t is a great mistake to put the
large breeds of cattle on poor. scant
pasture. Give them a good field to
Craze in.
There is no middle course or stand.
still period to calf raising. Each day
the calf is not gaining it is losing.
At the end of two years Of proper
care and feeding we shall be reward
ed with an animal of healthy appear
ance, with a we'll developed frame
and an abundance Of flesh and fat
one that is capable of withstanding
the burdens Of maternity, and capable
of producing large quantities OF milk
when put to the test of the dairy.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
GREAT AMOUNT OF
WORK AROUND FARM
OF Much Importance to Have
Fresh Water for Stock-Turn
Horses Into Pasture.
(By E. VAN BENTuUYsEN.l

Good water fer the stock is more i'm
portant during the long hot days OF
summer than any other season.
Now Is the time when the forage
crops-did you SOW any last spring.
come in to keep up the milk flow.
A pig kept in dirty, dry pens these
days cannot thrive.
1t is cruel and poor judgment to
keep horses shut up in a stable during
the hot nights.
When the horses come in from the
fields in the evening their heads and
legs should be washed and rubbed dry,
and after drying feed in the open air
and turn out &c pasture.
These are hard days for the dairy.
man, as the milk flow decreases while
the flies increase. Use the forage
crops, screen the stable windows and
spray the cows with fy-repellent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
HAD THE LAUGH ON HIMSELF
Miser Got Away With the Oatmeal
and Also Succeeded In Saving
Precious Whisky.

J. F. Hartz of Detroit, the doyen OF
the American Surgical Trade associa,
ton, said at the fiftieth annual con.
vention in New York:
'The war has kited the price of car.
bolic acid up to $1.65 a pound-it sold
before the war at 8 cents a pound. The
hospitals that use carbolic acid now
have to be as economical and sparing
as old Josh Lee.
"Old Josh Lee was a miser, and he
breakfasted every morning on oat-
meal. To save fuel he cooked his
weeks supply Of oatmeal on Sundays.
This supply, by the time Saturday
came around, was pretty stiff and
tough and hard to down.
"One Saturday morning old Josh
found his oatmeal particularly unap.
petizlng It had a crust on 1t like
iron. He took a mouthful of the cold,
stiff mixture-then he half rose, think.
ing he'd have to cook himself some
eggs.
But he hated to give in. He hated
to waste that oatmeal. So he took
out the whisky bottle, poured a gen.
erous glass and setting it before his
plate, he said:
NOW. Josh. II you eat that oatmeal
you'll get this whisky; and If you
don't you won't
"The oatmeal was hard to consume,
but Josh, with his eye on the whisky,
managed 1t. Then, when the last
spoonful was gone, he grinned broad
ly. poured the whisky back into the
bottle again, and said:
Josh, my son, | fooled you that
time, you old ot!'"-Washington
Star.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
ionainqs.

A w%ell-known essayist and connois.
seur of New York attended recently
an artistic tea in Washington square.
Near-artists of all sorts-near-poets.
nearsculptors. near-painters and near
novelists-attended the tea. The ladies
wore djibbahs Of green burlap. The
gentlemen wore sandals. The collation.
was vegetarian. Of course
Looking calmly at that mass of
freaks, he said, with a smile:
Artistic longings consist invariably,
1t seems, of long hair, long teeth and
long faces-everything but long
purses, In fact"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
A Eorlorn Hone,

"Mr. Corncobble, l dare say your son
has learned a great many things at
college,"
Yes. He's larnt how ter yell. how
ter dance, how ter play football an
baseball, how ter set in a stiff game
of poker, an has other accomplish
ments l haven't been able ter classify
yet, but / hope ter find among EN-
what I'm looking for"
And what Is that"
Something that will help him ter
get more out of an acre Of land than
I've ever been able ter get"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Spray Mixture for Potatoes.

Lime-sulphur Is not a good spray
mixture for potatoes. This is the de.
cision OF the New York experiment
station after a series Of tests. Where
lime-sulphur vas compared with
bordeaux mixture as a remedy for
potato blight It was found the lime.
sulphur decreased the yield about %
bushels per acre, while the bordeaux
increased the yield 20 bushels per
acre.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
GOOD USE FOR A ROAD DRAG
Implement Is Light, Easily Handled
and Should BE Worked Soon a.
Possible After Each Rain.

There exists a prevailing opinion
in the minds Of those who have used
the King road drag that the persistent
use Of this simple drag will do the
ordinary earth roads more good for
the amount OF time and labor required
than any other method Of working
eve proposed. Some Of the best
earth roads have been made good by
the use of this simple implement In
fact, some advocates OF the drag claim
that the trustees Of many townships
could well afford to sell the heavy
road machines to a junk man and in
vest the proceeds in a number of split.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
BUILDING MORE GOOD ROADS
America Now Has 5000 Miles More Of
Improved Highways Than France
Total Now $1,000 Miles.

According to the Good Roads Year
Book Of the American Highways asso-
citation, recently issued, America now
has 5000 miles more Of good roads
than France, the total for this country
now amounting to $1,000 miles.
OF this 5000 miles we're built in 1912
and about 5000 in 1914, making a total
of over one-third Of the entire mileage
of the good roads of the country.
New Jersey was the pioneer state to
provide state aid for public highways
in 1891. and Massachusetts and Con-
necticut soon followed, but it is only
during the last ten years that the state
aid policy has been in effect to any
considerable extent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Good Address.

Joseph E. Widener. the millionaire
sportsman, was talking in Newport
about homes.
philadelphia is the city Of homes
he said, but II your home is north
Of Market street you are considered
socially speaking, out Of it. Your
home must be south Of Market street
you must live down town-if you
would be a social personality in Phila'
delphia."
And yet, after ALL" said an English
man, what difference does it make
where a man lives?"
1T makes all the difference in the
world" said Mr.. Widener. "A fact
that is well remembered about Di
ogenes today is that he lived in a
tub"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Prevent FORAGE Poisoning.

Frequently horses die Of forage
poisoning caused by molds in the
straw or corn. At once change to
good hay, sound oats and wheat bran,
then there will be no more losses.
Keep the horses out OF pastures. At
the outset OF an attack a full dose Of
physic should be given; but proven.
ton is aIl.inportant, and no specific
remedy has been found.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Fine Scorn.

Lady" said Flooding Pete, could
you spare a hungry man a meal O
%victuals?"
You go away from here or I'll
call my husband"
rs that there stoop-shouldered
man plowin' corn in the next field
your husbands"
Yes, it is"
II take back what I said. I've got
a heart in me, I have. If you've got
a meal O. victuals for a poor starvin'
man, give it to your husband"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Worth Listening To.

Those two men over there are hav-
ing a warm argument. 1t must be
about the war"
81 think not. They are probably dis
cussing a subject they know some
thing about"
"Why so?"
Half a dozen pedestrians and the
policeman on this beat seem inter
ested in what they are saying"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

log drags. Spasmodic use of the split.
log or similar drag or the like use of
any woodworking implement will not
make bad roads good. The drag is
light and easily handled and should be
used as soon after each rain as the
condition of the surface will permit.
The job was quickly finished and the
results are surprising where the drag
ging is carried on throughout the year.
Possibly the most marked improve
ment from the use of the road drag
will result from the early spring drag.
ging.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Most Obnoxious Weed.

Wild barley, or so-called fox.tail, Is
a most obnoxious weed that should
be shown no mercy. 1t ia ven creep
ing on to raw prairie and into old
stands OF alfalfa and tame grasses.
The neglected roadsides and fence
corners are very prolific sources of In
festaticn. Clean them out.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

A Michigan gardener has been graft.
ing tomatoes On egg plants and red
peppers. He began this experiment In
1898. and his first achievement was
called the Kaiser. The Kaiser often
produces fruit weighing one and a half
to two pounds, and will yield a bushel
70 the plant, on suitable soil.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Keep Poultry Quarters Clean

Keep the poultry quarters clean, by
all means, at this season, and give the
interiors occasional coatings OF white
wash 20 which q little crude carbclic
acid, cresol or any Of the stock dipg
10 added.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Do Road Work EARLY.

For good roads the work should be
done in the spring and early summer,
If possible. Roads worked in the late
fall don't get time to settle before win
ter. consequently are rough and I'M
even all winter. Do the road work
early.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Ar Honest Confession.

81 suppose you will be out again
tonight" remarked Pokerton's wife
somewhat sarcastically."
II am sure" he admitted, unless l
hold better hands than l did last
night"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Rinht Number Ct Nests.

One open nest for each four hens Is
about the right number. Nests are
best made OF light material and part
ly Of wire and constructed in pairs
30 they may be easily removed and
cleaned.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Officer. Where Are You?

HAS the backward season arrested
the cotton CROP" we asked the South
ern planter.
1T has," he replied, but we think
we will be able to bale it out"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
For Best Results.

The fruit and vegetable garden re-
quire richest soils and best culture.
OF all farm work II pays best for
work done. and suffers most from
neglect.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

A catalogue Of the fishes Of Maine
shows that the state has 140 species.
but only % are fit to eat. and only II
are Of commercial value.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

When a millionaire dies it generally
develops that he was worth about
500, 900 and that he had been paying
taxes on a valuation of $780, 00.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
To Cure Hoo Cholera.

The only way TO cure hog cholera
is to prevent II. This might be said Of
almost any disease human, bovine or
porcine.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Tired of Him,

Hell always pay as l go.
She (yawning)-I don't think you'll
ever become bankrupt.-Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
Stakes Last Iona.

Stakes driven into firm ground ~
to ID inches will last longer than II
put down two feet. and hold barbed
wire Just as wei
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

1t is calculated that 100000 tons
Of carbon, most of it in the form Of
coal, is the average yearly amount
burned in large cities.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

For genuine comfort and lasting pleas.
ure use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day.
All good grocerS- Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

"How do you like your job?" asked
the inkwell.
ITS dirty work." replied the new
blotter. "Still it's rather absorbing"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

One of the compensations of life Is
that a man can't study himself through
q microscope.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

Our Christian year 1915 corresponds
to the year 5676 in the Jewish calen'
dar.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

Berlin and Vienna have each a popu-
lation exceeding 1000, 600.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

A mar goes to the table to eat. A
woman to demonstrate how gracefully
she can demean herself.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

The thread of the silkworm is one
thousandth Of an inch in diameter.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

Many a man charges his misdeeds
up to his ancestors.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26

Yes, Cordelia, the female bookkeep-
er may be a countess.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
INTERNATIONAL
NNDYSGlO0L
LESSON

CBy o. f, SELLERS. Acting Director of
The Sunday School Course of the Moody
Nhhle lnstitute)
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-08-26
LESSON F0R AUGUST 20
GODS CARE OF ELIJAH.

LESSON TENT Kings 17:l-16.
GOLDEN TEXT-Casting all your anx-
iety upon him. because he careth for you.
] Peter 81 X. v.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-08
ONE DEAD - THREE
TORTURED, ON DESERT

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug Failure
to think about evaporation in an au-
tomobile radiator brought death to
one man and frightful tortures to
two other men who arrived here from
over the desert and told of their
trip. James S. Roche and John II.
Welsh, attorneys, and James G.
Clark, a real estate dealer, left here
Sunday in an automobile for r. Cen
tro. in the Imperial Valley. Monday
morning the car stopped IN the sand.
The radiator was empty and they
had no water Roche and Welsh
started for a mirage they believed
was the Salton sea. Clark walled a
day. and then believing them dead,
made his day to Mineral Springs,
where he was resuscitated and or
ganized a rescue party. They found
Roche unconscious and Welsh dead.
Roche said they drank lubricating oil.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-08
NEGRO ARRESTED-MU71ER
CHARGED FIVE YEARS ACC

Tulsa. Okla, Aug. Murder com
county, caused the arrest of Albert
Tate, a negro, sometimes known as
Black Cat at Cushing Thursday.
The arrest was made by the Cush-
ing chief of police and the negro was
brought to Tulsa Friday morning.
He was lodged in the county jail and
will be held without bail pending
a preliminary hearing next Monday.
He is charged with the murder Of
John Earnest, deputy sheriff, the
killing occurring in the early Iart
If the winter of 1910.
Three negroes are alleged to have
committed the crime. The other
two are known as GLASS Eye and
Big Boy" Both are regarded as
desperate characters and neither has
been heard from since the murder.
The prisoner was the first to be To-
Gated and his arrest on aGotl er
charge brought about hiS ilentilica-
ton as being connected with the kill
ing.
Stories of the killing are that the
three negroes had been to a dance
near Fisher and that when they be-
came boisterous and unruly the dep
uty accompanied by his father at
tempted to arrest them. While the
officers attention was directed to one
of the negroes. another attacked him
from behind In the struggle that
ensued the negroes oyerpowered both
the deputy and his father and killed
the former with his own gun. The
murdered officer was little more than
a boy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-08
Fire Lasted Five Years.

Perhaps the most remarkable be
ginning and ending to colliery fire
was in the case Of mine near Stir
ling, Scotland, belonging to the Sauchie
Colliery company. The first shaft they
sank was abandoned in favor of an
other in better position. The disused
shaft became the secret headquar
ters of a gang of illicit whisky distil
lers, In the abandoned mine works
they set up their still, and turned out
thousands OF drops OF Scotch" that
had never paid duty. One day, how
ever, the fire from their furnace set
the coal seam ab'lze and they had to
fly for their lives. In very short time
flames were pouring from the cracks
in the ground, lighting up the whole
countryside The fire was walled In
with mud. 1t took five years to build
this wall, at a cost of 10000, and then
It was useless. Finally they sealed up
the mine. pumped carbonic acid gas
into it and the fire that had taken five
years to fight was put out
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-08
TO MAKE BRITISH SHELLS.
Mechanics From Chicago Already on
Way, Says Newspaper.

Chicago, Aug. THE Daily News
today says:
Parties of Chicago recruits for Eng
lands munitions army are now at sea
bound for British soil on the steamer
Arabic; others are aboard the Adri
attic. which was scheduled to sail from
New York today. -
Light was thrown today on the sys-
TEN which is sending American me-
chanics to English munitions factories
and ship yards. A letter from the Of
fees of the White Star-Dominion line
to a Chicago applicant for a job as
munitions volunteer came into pos
session of the Daily News, and it is
said to uncover the method by which
Great Britain is enlisting American
skilled craftsmen for factory war duty.
Chicago workmen have been re-
cruited for some time past by Super
intendent Bond at the Elston avenue
roundhouse of the Grand Trunk rail
way, it is reported. Men accepted have
been furnished transportation to Eng
land at the office of the White Star
Dominion lint at IA North Dearborn
street.
Wages as high as pounds $500 a
week, plus overtime, are mentioned in
the steamship companys letter 10
woud-be recruits as well as rail and
ocean fare both ways and one year S
employment guaranteed at the union
rates"