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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
HOW TEETH DECAY.

Did you ever take walk and come
Ito place that had a dilapfdated fence,
with rotten, broken and missing
boards or pickets? Weeds grew close
about the fence; the yard was I'M
kempt with rubbish; the house show
ed lack Of care, and without going IN
you knew the interior was disorderly
and unsanitary Neglect made that
place a blot on the landscape.
The teeth stand like fence at the
entrance of the house in which we
live: the mouth is the gate of the
citadel, and it is important for every
reason, of health and beauty that the
teeth shall be well cared for, says >.
H. Kellogg in good health. Broken
Iunwholesome teeth are not only I'M
slightly, but whenever the teeth are un-
cared for you may be sure the skln'
the mouth, and the interior OF the
body are all in poor condition. 1t is a
mistake to think children's hrst
teeth can be neglected without ser
ious results; indeed infant feeding
and the diet of the mother during the
prenatal months have an important
bearing upon the condition of ch1ld'5
teeth, as we shall see. A tooth Is
modified bone, a long bone with one
end projecting into the mouth. the
free part is called the crown OF the
tooth and Is covered by hard en-
amel The bony substance of the
tooth proper is dentine and is liberal
ly supplied with nerves and blood
vessels The blood vessels from the
gums supply the buried sur
face of the tooth, and also pass direct
ly into the large central pulp cavity
the large root canal. Not
only do the first teeth lie buried with
In the gums until the time comes for
the crowns to be pushed through the
soft tissue. but all through infancy the
crowns of the permanent teeth are
full sized and lie packed in around
the roots Of the temporary teeth.
When their roots begin to grow, the
second teeth are pushed against the
first teeth, which are absorbed and
[oosened
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
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A VISIT WITH RILEY.

been toseeJ m always wanted to-.
and someone let us through
of wellJim Rley's there
right close beside the CRATE
adrivin' in his car-some car TOO may state
with like old friends might
he talked
VIZ the as and you;
OF Bob
And smile bit somethin' he'd recall
we'll thought tear gtin ripe to fall;
So set awhile and didn't word &
children love we'll all standn round his chair
stood beside of Jim.
full shind right down him.
scared bit, knowust seemed to want to be
she could hnand pretty
side by Jims chair. close to
somehow of curvture OF the spine
Mary from somewhere don't know
where quiet like and slow
On and-Sugar Land
bloom and climb
Somewhere Mary lived
things that quite plain to
standin' a and I surrnise
fookfn
wondered where she might be
how fancy kind times like that somehow
folks this world O.
And sometimes and how about dozen times
Wen. maybe not! can't Just say But anyhow. do
faded out looked beside the chair,
But everyone of 'em and sim settn. there
n my II sometimes I
When meet good and real rnymes
And then sad a-lookin there where Jim Riley
does!
James w Foley in the Los Angeles Times
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

Due to the war a peculiar Sltua-
ton has arisen in regard TO the i'm
portation Of flower bulbs from Bel
gium," says John Reardon, college
florist at Ames. Tulip, hyacinth and
narcssus bulbs are produced in Hol-
land. Since the war, we cannot pay
Belgium directly for the bulbs that
we import from her. The money is
held up in England to prevent it get
ting into German hands. 1t is placed
in the bank of England, however, and
the English government gives assur-
ance that Belgium will receive the
money at the end of the war. While
the war has made it trifie hard to
secure these bulbs from abroad, the
public will not detect IL in the price
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
keokuk, Iowa 80. December s, 1915
YOUR DOG.

YOUR DOG.
Sometimes when life has gone wron!
with you
And the world seems a dreary place
Has your dog ever silently crept tt
your feet,
His yearning eyes turned to YOU
face
Has he made you feel that he under
stands,
And all that he asks of you
Is to share your lot, be 1t good or Ill
With chance to be loyal and true?
Are you branded failure? he does
not know
A sinner? He does not care
Your master to him-that's all that
counts,
A word, and his day is fair.
Your birth and your station is moth
ing to him;
palace and hut are the same,
And his love is yours in honor and
peace,
AS it's your through disaster and
shame,
Though others forget you and pass
you by
He is ever your faithful friend
Ready to give you the best that is
his,
Unselfishly unto the end.
ESTHER BIRDSALL DARLING.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06
ADVERTISING AND RESULTS.

An exchange calls attention TO the
extensive newspaper advertising sup
ported by merchants in an Illinois city
not a thousand miles from Quincy.
The comment Is made that the bulk
Of q large special issue of one of the
newspapers is made up Of an attrac-
tive display Of bargains by the mer-
chants are confirmed believers in the
value of newspaper advertising and it
naturally follows that they are pros
porous, says the Quincy Wing.
Local comment would be unneces-
sary except for little example of
what newspaper advertising did for
one Quincy merchant and then per-
haps little moral. This particular
merchant deals in articles which COM
mand prices where the dollar and
decimal marks are separated by three
figures. Recently he undertook a
short advertising campaign in the
columns Of the Quincy Whig-under-
took It in sort Of a pot-luck, catch
as catcn-can spirit. He got results.
This particular merchant has disposed
Of round half dozen Of the three
figure commodities since he inaugu-
rated his advertising campaign. Not
all Of them were bought for Christmas
presents either.
That's advertising and that's bust
ness. This particular merchant be-
lieves in it after an especially profit
able campaign. And il he could sell
high-priced articles through a news
paper advertising campaign. why
wouldn't the cheaper articles be bar
tered of in the same fashion by mer-
chants who have such commodities to
sell?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

Few hospitals in civilized lands can
equal the record of the hospital for
eye troubles carried on by H. T. Hol-
land OF Shikarpur, India. In one
month, 700 operations, largely for
cataract, were performed in this in
stitution Seven hundred out-patients
are sometimes treated in single day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

One of the show places Of Lehigh
county, Pa, is the 3G0-acre peach or
chard of Col. Henry c. Trexler, which
was started six years ago from aban-
doned farms, bought at $40 an acre.
and now yields 1000 baskets of fruit
day during the height Of the picking
season
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

A hungry burglar In Salt Lake City
broke into the domestic science lab
oratory of the summer school and re-
freshed himself from the stock on
hand A concluding dish of six
scrambled eggs were dished in the
scuffle, which landed the burglar in
Jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

and American grown flowers will suf-
fer no advance in price at ALL ABOUT
5000 bulbs have been received TINS
year from Belgium at the college
greenhouse"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

A Kansas county superintendent OF
schools has decreed an old-fashtoned
husking bee for every school house in
her district. Improvement and in
crease of the school Libraries is the
purpose for which funds are being
sought
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

A physician says that parsley rub
bed on nettle-rash will cure it. We
have heretofore supposed parsley
only served to cover up the bad quail
tiles of a T-bone steak
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

The man who spends his time de.
livering the clothes of ne1ghbors
washed by his wife is now loafing
about the corner grocery giving his
views of the national defense, says
the Los Angeles Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
If you wish to be good, first believe
that you are bad.-Epictelus
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

that so far we have received only one
volunteer to our shovel gang to grav-
el the Lincoln highway through Linn
county with volunteer labor-and that
is Billy Haskell, a man who would do
almost anything to improve the con.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

Talking Their s.eciaIty.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: We beg
Ito report to the Sioux City Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

Read The Gate City want column
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-06

dition of our roads. The rest u =. they
want to do a lot of TALKING, '''
will not work except for hfe'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
PAY ATTENTION TO ORCHARD
Acre Of Apple Trees Will Pay Better
Than Acre Of Corn-San Jose
Scale 10 Destructive.

Is the orchard sod bound? Put the
plow into 1t.
II the plow cannot be used, take q
single spring-tooth harrow, put big
team on 1t and it will do the business.
About midsummer SOW the ground
to clover. This is a great soil renova-
tor.
DO not cultivate late in the season,
or the sap will keep the wood from
hardening before winter.
An acre of apple trees will pay bet
ter than an acre of corn and does not
require one-fourth as much work.
The San Jose scale, II 1t gets good
start in your orchard, will destroy ev-
cry tree on the place unless you put
up stiff fight. No doubt about 1t.
Do not wait.
A clean. well-pruned orchard Is q
sight to delight, and a Joy to the
owner.
Will corn make good crop without
attention after planting? No; then
why do you expect an orchard to
thrive without attention?
A good time to prune trees is right
after the first run of sap-along about
the middle of June.
A heavy loan is considered best for
black raspberries.
Never cut a limb from a fruit tree
unless you know why you do 1t.
The disk Is better implement than
the pillow for breaking up sod in the
orchard.
Unleached wood ashes sown broad
cast in the orchard will prove bene-
fetal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
Determining SIZE OF FLOCK
Much Of Equipment Necessary for
Small Number OF Sheep viii
Serve for Larger Number.

During the past, the prices of wool
and mutton have had powerful III
fiuence upon the size OF the farm
sheep fiocks. There has always been
a tendency for most farmers to dis
pose OF their flocks when prices be-
come low and to enter into the bust
ness again when the prices become
high. Where pure-bred sheep are
kept the size of the flocks are, as a
general rule, much smaller.
The work of caring for the flock
should be considered in determining
the size Certain chores must be done
and many of these would take little
more time with SO than with IS or
25 head. Much Of the equipment
needed for smaller flock will serve
tor larger one. A ram will be nee
essary for a dozen ewes while as a
matter Of fact mature one could be
bred to so ewes fully as well.
AS general rule, under mixed
farming conditions, one sheep to three
or five acres is considered advisable.
The question should not merely be,
How many sheep can you keep" but
"How many can you keep healthy"
A small healthy flock Is much prefer
able to larger one that is diseased
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
GREAT FACTOR IN SPRAYING
Thorouohness Of Work 10 Of Utmost
Importance-Treatme Given
Different Trees In Ohio.

(By PROF. v. Fl. DAVIS. Ohio Expert
ment Station)
II there Is one thing above another
that makes for successful results In
spraying, 1t is thoroughness, and in all
of our spraying work we try to en-
phasize this factor. All young trees
are given two sprayings during the
season-the dormant spray Of lime
and sulphur and a summer spray OF
the same material about the time the
blossoms would be falling, were there
any present.
Bearing trees Of all kinds Of fruit re-
ceive the dormant spray Of lime-sul-
phur, Is or lilo, We consider this the
most important spraying Of the season
regardless of the presence OF the
scale.
Apples receive summer spray OF
limesulphur, 100. plus three pounds
arsenate Of lead as the blossoms drop,
and another spraying with bordeaux.
$3.50, plus arsenate Of lead about July
one or eight or nine weeks after the
blossoms drop. In seasons favorable
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
LOCUSTS AS SOIL IMPROVERS
Trees VIII outsrow Any Other Kind
on Rundown Land, Especially on
Limestone Formation.

The black locust belongs to the le-
gume family and is able to take nitro
gen out Of the air for its own growth
The trees will outgrow any other kind
on rundown land. This is especially
true If the soil Is on limestone for
nation. They not only grow there.
but gradually enrich the soil in nitro
gen. The grass begins to grow under
them first.
In some sections where blue grass
does not grow naturally 1t can be
made to succeed by setting out locust
trees and starting the grass under
them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05

five to eight per cent of potash. IS to
40 per cent of lime, and about two per
cent of phosphoric acid.
The marked effect that wood ashes
has on almost all plants OF the legu-
minous family seems to indicate that
the lime in the ashes has more infiu-
ence in making the ashes valuable as
q fertilizer than the potash does.
Last year our fertilizer dealer put in
bag of fertilizer containing ten per
cent of phosphOric acid and six per
cent of potash at the same price as
what l was buying, which was q Is
per cent available phosphoric acid
goods, on condition that would use 1t
on wheat and compare them side by
side.
Iput the bag of fertilizer, which con-
tanned the potash, in my grain drill,
and when 1t ran out continued with
the superphosphate containing IA per
cent available phosphoric acid, with
out changing the quantity per acre,
There was no perceptible difference
in the growth of the wheat during the
growing season. The wheat ripened
by July 25. There was no difference
In the time Of ripening. could see
little, If any, difference between the
wheat with and that without the pot
ash.
showed the wheat to several farm
ers, and all agreed that II there was
any difference between the two plants,
that 1t was in favor of the wheat
where the Is per cent phosphoric acid
without potash was applied.
have not threshed, and cannot give
exact results, but 1t Is plain case
that the SO per ton which l would have
had to pay for the potash would have
been a clear loss so far as results on
the wheat crop were concerned.
Both kinds Of fertilizer were used,
so that both plats extended over
dark loamy soil, with some sand at
one end and a rather stiff yellowisb
clay at the other end.
1t is usually considered that loamy,
sandy soil Is not as we'll supplied with
potash as clay soil, yet the potash
did not show any improvement over
the other fertilizer in the loamy soil.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05

BENEFITS FROM GOOD ROADS
Increase Value Of Every Acre Of Land
Acknowledgement Principles
Being Followed.

Slowly but surely farmers are
everywhere coming to the realization
that good roads increase the value OF
every acre adjoining or in proximity to
them, and that the best Of land Will
be hard to sell If it can be reached
only through heavy, muddy roads the
greater portion of the year. In so far
as our section (northern Indiana) Is
concerned, the progress in making
good roads has been quite marked
during the last five years, says
writer in Farmers Review. AS soon
as it was announced that the Lincoln
highway would have it's course through
our section, the value Of farms lying
along and near this course increased
to quite degree, in some instances
as much as rs per cent.
\ 1t is really astonishing how foolishly
the methods of road making were for.
merly carried on. Farmers had fallen
into a habit of working on the roads
in a very different way from what they
worked on their own farms. 1t often
looked as If some feared they might
do more work than their neighbors-
hence they were determined to do less
Sometimes, in fact nearly always, the
most incompetent man in the district
was chosen supervisor, and he often
had great difficulty in prevailing upon
the farmers to do enough work to en-
able him to make proper returns to the
commissioners.
Another matter quite noticeable In
those days was that in making roads,
all principles of good road making
were as a rule violated No effort was
made to drain the roadway. 1t was
simply thrown up little higher than
the roadsides SO that when the heavy
rains came the water, instead Of run.
ming off, would settle into the depres.
sions made by the wagon wheels and
remain there until slowly evaporated,
the ruts in the meantime growing
deeper and deeper. The farmers them.
selves despised the roads heartily.
As to materials for road making, 1t
was the almost universal rule to take
that most convenient. If it happened
to be good gravel, well and good, but
If, as in large majority of cases, it
happened to be sand, it was used just
the same.
But in these days such roads VIII
no longer be tolerated. We have in
northern Indiana any number of good
gravel beds and from these gravel is
drawn and spread upon the roadbed to
a good depth. In the course of short
time 1t is possible with such good ma
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
KEEP FLIES FROM ANIMALS
Tar Often Can Be Used to Advantage
In Protecting Sore Places From
Irritating Insects.

(By @. H. GLOVER, Colorado Expert
ment Station)
There is probably nothing that win
keep flies away from live stock to the
extent that they will not be more or
less irritated by them.
Most of the coal tar products used
for dips" to kill external parasites
e-e useful when used over the body.
we'll diluted, and applied from spray
pump. Oil of tar or pine tar can often
be used to advantage in protecting
places that have become sore from the
irritation of flies.
The following mixture has usually
given as much satisfaction as any
other: Synthetic oil Of sassafras, four
ounces; lard or neat s-foot oil, two
pints, and crude petroleum enough to
make one gallon. This will cost about
81 a gallon.
This mixture should not be expen-
sive and will not need to be applied
as often as the other: Fish oil, 100
parts: oil of tar, SO parts, and crude
carbolic acid, l part.
The best way to swat the fly is
before he is born. Allowing piles Of
manure to accumulate in the stables
and yards for flies to breed in and
then applying some kind of dope"
to keep flies away from the animals is
inconsistent, to say the least.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05

for the development Of the bitter rot,
blotch and Jonathan spot, the third
spraying is repeated two or three
weeks later.
Cherries receive a spray of lime and
sulphur, 1-50 plus three pounds arse
nate just as the buds are showing the
white and again just as the husks are
loosening. About two weeks later a
spray of self-boiled limesulphur is
given the sweet cherries to prevent
the soft rot.
Peaches receive a spray Of arsenate
of lead, two pounds to so gallons Of
water, just as the little peaches are
pushing out of the husks. Another
spray with the self-boiled lime-sulphur
plus two pounds arsenate to so gallons
Is given about three weeks after the
second spray; and still another spray
of the elf-boiled alone about three or
four weeks after the third.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
Your Own PredestInator.

The cause of every condition In
ones life is primarily in his own men,
tally. The outer things that seem
to be caused are merely occasions. II
ono is looking without, blaming 9TH
ers or circumstances for unpleasant
conditions, he will fail to find rem
edy. There is no more important truth
for the overcomer to learn about him
self than this, that he is the one who
makes his own body and his environ
ment. When he knows this he can
work tntelligently.-Unity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
MAKE PROFIT WITH FEEDERS
Animal Should Have Beef Character
istics, a Wide, Strong Back, and
Large Heart Grth.

(By JOHN L. TORMEY, Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station)
Steers, if they are to make profit
able gains in the feed lot. must have
beef characteristics, wide, strong
back and large heart grth.
They must have strong frame and
plenty of room for the vital organs
for an animal with a weak constitu
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
SELECT PIGS FOR BREEDING
Some Of Purebreds viii Live
Longest In the Business.

The spring pigs will soon be old
enough so you can begin to pick out
the ones not good enough for breed
Ing purposes
Don't be afraid to Gull closely. The
breeder Of purebred stock who is not
afraid to sell some of his purebreds
over the scales will live the longest
in the business.
Not only that, but he will have the
pleasure of receiving words Of com
mendation from his customers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
BUYING NEW COWS FOR DAIRY
Animals Who Have Lost Capacity for
Handling HOMEGROWN Roughase
Should Be Avoided.

In buying new cows for the dairy
one should buy from farmers who
practice rational methods Of feeding,
preferably from those who do not
feed too much grain and rich concen-
trates.
Many COWS have been fed 80 much
grain that they have lost their ca
pacity for handling homegrown
roughage.
Such cows are no longer profitable
dairy producers and should be avoid.
ed when buying new COWS for the
dairy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
FACTS ABOUT POTASH
Made No PerceptibIe Difference
When Used for Wheat.
Exact Results Not Yet Obtalnable.-
Lime In Wood Ashes Has Marked
Effect on All Plants Of tho
LequmInous Family.

(By A. J. LEGG)
There Is an impression among tho
farmers generally that q fertilizer
should be especially rich in potash.
One cause of this is no doubt from
the marked effects that wood ashes
have on most Soils
A liberal application Of wood ashes
shows an improvement in crop produc-
ton on almost any soil. This is usually
attributed to the potash contained in
the ashes.
An analysis Of the ashes usually
shows from four to five times as much
lime as potash in the ashes,
since wood ashes usually contain from
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05

ton cannot hola up through the teed.
ing season.
A wide head ana muzzle usually in.
dicates good feeding qualities.
Short legs, neavy mind quarters and
arched ribs are essential in the feed
ing animal
The skin should be reasonably thick,
soft and covered by heavy coat OF
hair.
The animal should have a straight
back and low-set appearance, due to
the depth OF the body and short legs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
Burn Refuse In Orchards.

Dead and diseased wood in the or
chard should be removed and burned
as soon as possible. The Nebraska
College of Agriculture find that If the
orchard Is kept clean of such refuse
the problem of insect and fungus con-
troll are much easier.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
TRAINING YounQ Horses.

When training young horses, it Is
important to teach them one thing at
a time and teach that thoroughly be-
fore beginning something else. Moth.
ing should be more gradual than the
development of the power of a dtast
horse or the speed of tlotter
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
Injury by Borers.

There is ample evidence to show
that borers shorten the life of peach
trees five to ten years and greatly re-
duce the productive capacity of the
orchard during it's lifetime.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-05
SheIIed Corn.

Under average conditions in fatten.
ing hogs shelled corn is more eco
nomical ration than corn meal and es.
pecially when fed dry.