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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29

Four men under arrest at NoNh
Yakima and one ut The Dale
thought to be gang that committed
robberies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29
"HELLr IN THE BIBLE

A very interesting examinatio
OF every passage In the Old and
New Testaments In which the
words "helr' and grave" occur.
Is contained In a To0-page cloth
bound volume by Pastor Russell.
This coupon. with s<c In stamps,
VIII secure the book for you. post
Students Association, IL Hicks
St. Brooklyn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29

In big. heavy. black type. Pear
sons Magazine FOR February fea-
tures Seattie's municipal light and
water plants by lifting out Of the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
DAIRY
HABIT OF DROPPING THE CUD
One Of Symptoms Of Certain Subacute
Forms of lndigestion-Care-
fully Examine Teeth.
(By w. r. GILBERT.)

(By w. r. CELEBRITY
Dropping the cud" takes place in
certain diseases and conditions of the
mouth, where mastication is painful,
but it is also one of the symptoms of
certain subacute forms of indigestion
dependent on bulky and innutritious
food.
In some cases the animal is I'M
thrifty, with irregular bowels and de-
PRAYED appetite; but these are not so
pronounced when the trouble is due to
pain in mastication owing to disease
of the tongue or mouth, or to dental
Irregularities.
In young bovnes, dropping the cud"
is very often due to the persistence of
the crowns of deciduous molars.
The animal eats tolerably well, be-
cause the food, in the first .place, Is
nipped off by the incisors, twisted
around by the tongue and hastily trans
ferred to the first stomach.
1t Is after chewing the cud that the
food is subjected to the reduction to
minute particles by the molars, the
process causing pain, and the ball of
food or cud is dropped out of the
mouth instead of being laboriously
masticated and swallowed.
The first thing to do in these cases
is to carefully examine the mouth with
the aid of gag and to remove the per
sisting molar crowns if it is these TEN.
porary teeth causing the painful mastl-
cation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01

An ideal seed bed is one obtained by
blowing the land in the fall, then in
early spring narrowing it until the sur
face is smooth and thoroughly pulver
lied to a depth of about inches
Hence, where alfalfa follows small
grain, a clover, or timothy sod, the
land should be plowed as soon as pos
sible after the crop has been removed
thus allowing plenty of time for at
least one or two good soaking rains
to settle the soil well before seeding
time. 1t must be remembered that
frequent surface workings between the
time of blowing and seeding are abso-
Iutely necessary to conserve moisture
kill weeds, and properly pulverize the
surface.
Unless the land has grown alfalfa
or sweet clover successfully within
the past five years, it will be neces'
sary to inoculate. The most efficient
method of incubation is to cover the
field from 200 to 500 or more pounds
of soil taken from successful alfalfa
field or from where sweet clover is
growing.
The soil for this purpose should be
taken spade deep and applied before
sowing the seed. Usually it is better
to do this just before sowing but good
results may be expected if applied
week or two before seeding. At all
times the soil should be narrowed in
Immediately after applying to prevent
the injurious effects of sunlight.
few hours of exposure may kill all the
inoculatng bacteria.
The manner of applying the soil de-
ponds largely upon the convenience
with which it can be secured. When
near at hand, in unlimited quantities,
the easiest way OF applying is with
the manure spreader or from the back
of a wagon with shovels. When the
quantity is limited then scattering by
hand, the same as sowing seed, is the
most economical as well as the most
effective way of applying.
The rate OF seeding should be 25
pounds per acre The seed should be
sown by itself; never with a nurse
crop. The method of seeding may be
broadcasting by hand or with one OF
the various makes of machines on the
market for>that purpose. The seed
should be covered to depth OF about
u inch and for doing this no nipple
ment Is better suited than a spike
tooth harrow with the teeth slantins
back, or weeder.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
SUITABLE FOR HUMAN FOOD
Nourishing Plants and Even Insects
Capable of Sustaining Life, at
Pinch.

According to some reports great IN
genuity in the use of scientific knowl-
edge in extracting food values from
unusual sources is being employed,
the Baltimore Star states. There are
many articles good for human food
and wholesome food at that, which un.
der ordinary conditions are not drawn
upon at all. There are the angle worm,
the grasshopper and fully score OF
plants not ordinarily used as food
which, properly prepared, constitute
nourishing foods. 1t is perhaps only
the most desperate and resolute sort
of appetite that would stand for the
earth worm, but they have been eaten
even by highly civilized people and
when properly prepared are said to be
not SO bad Why should we be squeam.
ish about the angle worm when we
eat the oyster, stomach, lungs and ev.
erything but the shell?
AS to grasshoppers they were an an.
cient delicacy and are yet SO regarded
by many races who know what's what
in the way of good things to eat. All
the grasses that are eaten by animals
have nourishing juices. Glover and
green timothy possess higher food
quality than cabbage or potatoes.
Boiled to tenderness they would pre-.
vent starvation There have been
famine periods when human beings
have been obliged to eat field grasses
and wild plant roots.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
PROPER THINNING MEANS MORE
REGULAR YIELDS.
ENSURES More and Better Fruit and
More Frequent Bearing.
S. B. SHAW,
Maryland Agricultural College and
Experiment Station.

Systematic thinning is phase OF
fruit growing often advocated but sell
dom practiced. It is an operation re-
curing considerable nerve" on the
part Of the grower, but results soon
show the benefit derived from what at
first seems to be rather drastic treat
ment. The thinning of fruit may be
regarded as a form Of training equally
as important as pruning.
In most instances trees are pruned
to bring about the best possible de-
velopment of growth as regards the
arrangement Of limbs and general
placement of fruiting wood. Proper
thinning brings about the normal de-
velopment Of fruit, both ss to size and
color. 1t also permits Of q more
thorough distribution of spray material
for the prevention of injury from In
sects and diseases. 1t Is almost i'm
possible to completely spray fruits
that touch each other.
Thinning not only causes the de-
velopment OF much finer fruit, but 1t
is means for conserving the energy
and vitality Of the trees. Orchards
that bear heavily one year do not, as
a rule, produce much fruit the follow
ing year. While trees are producing
crop of fruit they are also forming
buds for the next crop. Overloaded
trees cannot we'll develop a proper
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
THE VITAL PROBLEM Of
AGRICULTURE
By Peter Radford.

There Is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
of agriculture will not be attained
until it is solved for a market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop.
Governmental and educational insti-
tutions have spent 100000 in the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing side
Of agriculture
The problem is a monumental one
and one which will never be solved
until it gets within the grasp of a
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the combined
experience and wisdom of the age
upon it. 1t is a problem which the
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solving.
The Farmers Union stands for all
there Is in farming from the most
scientific methods of seed selection to
the most systematic and profitable
plans Of marketing, but does not be-
lieve in promoting one to the neglect
of the other. We consider the work
of farm demonstrators valuable and
we ask that governmental and COM
mercial agencies seeking to help us,
continue to give US their assistance
and advice, but we believe that their
Influenza should ha extended to the
marketing side of our farm problems
also.
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by overproduction of the
factory; we cannot build up mercan-
tile enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplus goods
and no more can we develop agricul-
ture by Cutting the market with a
surplus of products.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
FREE PORTS
!. BUILDERS Of
5. COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRo.
PRlATlONS.
BY Peter Radford.

This nation is now entering upon
an era of marine development. The
wreckage of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products Of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
is seldom seen in foreign ports. II
our government would only divert the
energy we have displayed in conquer
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce of the sea, foreign bot
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to a
discussion of our ports for the pro-
ducts of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water We
have in this nation 81 ports, of which
Al are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $5l,OOO,'
600 for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a toll of approximately $50,O00,0OO
annually In wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted off
the backs of the farmer of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. 1t takes
out the unnecessary link In the chain
of transactions In commerce which
has for centuries laid heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement is so
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
it's benefits as that of free port
and none can be more easily and eff.
fectively secured.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
DARIUS

The neigh of horse made Darius
King of Persia, the six contending
powers for the throne agreeing among
themselves that the one whose horse
should neigh first should possess the
kingdom This ancient method Of
settling disputes among politicians
could be revived with profit today.
II our partisan factions and petty pol
iticials could only settle their dis
putes by the neigh of horse, the
bark of dog or the bray of donkey,
It would be great blessing and would
give our citizens better opportunity
to pursue the vocations of industry
free from political strife.
Let those who pick political plums
by raising rows and who flash swords
dripping in the blood of industry I'M
derstand that they cannot turn the
public forum into a political arena and
by clash of personal aspirations
still the hammer and stop the pillow
and that their quarrels must be settled
in the back alleys of civilization.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
SOUND vs.. WoRMY FRUIT.

SOONO vs.. "OHmI FHO''.
number of fruit buds for the following
year. consequently many trees per-
form each function in alternate years.
In some sections systematic thin
ming has come to be regarded as an
indispensable practice in successful
fruit growing. 1t costs but little, II
any, more to thin at the proper season,
than it does to pick the same fruit al
harvest time In addition there will
be higher percentage of good fruit,
and more assurance of securing crop
the next year The best time to start
this work is after the season for the
June Drop" is safely past. The
sooner excess fruit is removed after
this, the better will be the develop
ment Of the remaining fruit.
The ideal method of thinning Is
practically the same as in harvesting.
Hand picking is most desirable as II
causes less injury to the fruiting wood
Another advantage of this method Is
that the best developed fruits can be
left on the trees. For most ideal re-
suits fruits should not be closer than
from four to six inches. When first
thinned to this distance they may ap
pear very scattering and the prospects
will not look at all good for profit
able crop, however, IL the average size
of the fully developed fruit will be
kept in mind 1t will soon become evi
dent that a normal crop can be ex
pected.
From present prospects, it is evident
that there may be large peach crop
this season. Those growers who have
carefully sprayed the fruit, and who
will now systematically thin the same,
will be the ones who will in all prob.
ability. get the most Of their crop. The
prospects do not seem at all good for
the profitable sale Of small, under
sized, unsprayed fruit. This may also
hold true with apple growers, but on
account of the outbreak Of blight they
may not have to do so much thinning
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
TRAP NESTS ARE HELPFUL BUT
NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE
POULTRY KEEPER.
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Trap nests have been used for years
and there are, ! am tempted to say,
hundreds of different designs in use
today. Notwithstanding this fact trap
nests are still a novelty to many poul-
try raisers.
While trap nests have their use they
are not so necessary in the poultry
house as some would have us believe.
The most important use for the trap
nest is to enable the breeder to get an
exact knowledge of the parentage OF
his birds. If he mates up several fe-
males with one male about the only
way he can keep the eggs laid by each
bird separate is by using the trap nest.
He can then hatch these eggs from diff
ferent hens separately, mark the
chicks and find out which mating pro-
duces the best results.
Another use is in breeding for egg
production. BY getting a line on the
number of eggs produced by the fe-
males in the breeding pen and know
ing the ability of the male to produce
high laying pullets 1t is possible to
plan the breeding so as to build up
the egg laying abilities of a flock.
am afraid, however, that trap nests
will never be popular with the smaller
producers. The disadvantages are
many. A large amount of time and
attention is required to look after
them. If yearly egg records are kept
1t is necessary to make the rounds of
the nests several times day. Hens
know no holidays and it is just as
necessary to attend them Christmas,
New Years, or Fourth of July as any
other day.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
THE LAYMAN'S DUTY

There never was a time when
preachers and politicians formed an
unholy alliance that civilization did
not shrek out and Christianity cry
aloud Since the beginning of gov
eminent, politicians have sought to
decoy the ministry into the meshes of
politics and make them carry banners
In political PROFESSIONS, They have
taken the ministry to the mountain
top of power and offered to make them
monarch of all they surveyed, and
while most of them have said, Get
thee behind me Satan" few have
fallen with a crash that has shaken
every pulpit In Christendom.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
Electricity in All Thinus.

Electricity resides in all substances
and is, perhaps, an essential ingredient
of their condition; so every change in
their state-whether from heat to cold
or from cold to heat; from state of
rest to state of motion; from solid
to liquid or to aerlform, or vice versa;
or whether substances combine chem
ically or are chemically separated-in
every change the electrical equilib-
rum is disturbed; and in proportion to
the degree of disturbance is the force
exerted by electricity to resume its
balance.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
ROBBING THE MILK BOTTLE
Siphon Invented for Removing Cream
When Desired-Does Its Work
Without Any Loss.

The sight of a quantity of rich cream
on top of the milk bottle is a sight
which few housewives can resist, and
they are tempted to remove it and make
use of 1t for one purpose or another.
1t is almost impossible to pour the
cream off, and usually any effort made
to insert spoon or other implement
of this character has the effect of stir.
ring up the crown of cream so that
1t is lost The device shown herewith
has been recently patented and will
drain off all the cream of the bottle
without any loss by agitation OF the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01

The best time for seeding alfalfa In
all of Maryland, excepting the noun
tain section, is between August LIST
and September LIST; preferably be-
tween the middle and last of August.
In the mountain section seeding may
commence after June 18th, but usually
1t is better to wait until about the mid
die of July Nothing is gained by
spring seeding, for little or no hay Is
obtained that season, because weeds
usually crowd out the young alfalfa
plants during the hot summer
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
She Had Cause for Alarm.

A wedding company on its way to
the magistrates office had to cross a
river in a skiff, when as luck would
have it the bridegroom fell into the
water
Wringing her hands. the bride cried
out that somebody should save her be-
loved.
What for? asked one of the com
pany. He's good swimmer"
That's just It" cried the bride
Don't you see that he Is swimming
toward the other Danx?"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
Never Add Souring Preventive.

Never add any substance to prevent
milk souring. Cleanliness and cold
are the only preventives needed.
Milk should be delivered in good con-
dition. When cans are hauled far
they should be full and carried In
spring wagon. Utensils for farm use
should be made Of metal and have all
Joints smoothly soldered and never al
low them to become rough inside.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01

contents of the bottle during the op'
Grafton, as with spoon or pouring.
The siphon is of glass principally, but
the lower end is a tube of rubber with
one end thrust up into the glass The
bell shaped end of glass is lowered
carefully into the cream, and when in
place will about reach the lower p:
of the stratum of cream. The rubber
tube is then closed by pinching and
drawn slowly from the glass tube.
This draws the cream up and starts
the flow, which continues until all the
cream has been drawn off,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
ALFALFA REQUIRES WELL PRE-
PARED SEED BED.
Soil Should Be Worked Free From
Weeds and Properly inoculated.
NICHOLAS SCHMITZ,.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Alfalfa requires more than any
other farm crop, thoroughly prepared
seed bed for successful termination
and early growth. Sowing alfalfa
upon loose, freshly plowed land Will,
even under the most ideal weather
conditions, result in little beyond dis
NAL failure.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
lima u\natlon.

you don't care much for that dia.
lect author"
NO" admitted Mr.. Rafferty,.
"But you must admit he has imagi.
nation"
"He has. He goes right ahead
imagining that an Irishman says or
instead Of Il and 'phwhat' instead OF
what"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
SECOND SPRAY FOR COOLING
MOTH SHOULD NOT BE
NEGl ECTED.
T. B. SYMONS,
Maryland Agricultural College.

The second brood of the codline
moth appears about July 1st. Unless
the first spraying, when the bloom
fell, was exceedingly thorough,
spraying with arsenate of lead should
be applied at this time More import
ant though than the arsenate of lead
treatment for the codling moth Is the
application OF Bordeaux mixture to
prevent Bitter Rot and other diseases
developing when the fruit is maturing.
The combination spray recommend.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-01
Fo1eyS
Kidney
Pills
What They Will Do for You

They will cure your backa che,
strengthen your kidneys, cor
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess urls acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia-
Yates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-09
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Chicago. April s. - Wheat ranged
lower today chiefly in consequence
of enlarged attention given to the out
look for peace. Closing quotations
were unsettled at a shade to Mc un-
der last night. Corn lost a sixteenth
to - a q net; oats wound M un-
changed to ne higher, and provisions
with gain of 8 to IL nc.
Most Of the active traders in wheat
leaned to the bear side from the start,
hut covered quickly on rallies and
showed considerable anxiety as to a
renewal Of crop complaints from the
soft winter wheat states. The re-
ports of many circumstances, though
indicating a possible speedy end of
hostilities formed the dominating in
fluence throughout the session. and
prevented upturns becoming of ma
ture likely TO encourage the bulls.
Absence Of important export inquiry
was one of the elements that gave
weight to peace talk.
Michigan. Indiana, Illinois and Mis-
souri, were the wheat states mentioned
as still having a handicap from the
extreme dry weather Of the entire
month Of March.
Early gossip that rains had been
to have not been confirmed except as
to Kansas and Nebraska Notices
came of some spring wheat seeding
northwest, but activity of this char
acter was not looked on as likely to
be general for more than week yet.
Corn showed a great deal of weak
ness at times, largely as a result OF
the setbacks suffered by wheat. On
the other hand shorts evinced a dis
position to cover promptly on all soft
spots i'm the market. Signs of a lib
eral export business in the east made
oats relatively strong Cash demand
mere nevertheless appeared slow.
Provisions rose in response to an
advance in the hog market. There
was said also to be an improved trans
Atlantic cali for lard. hams and ba-
con.