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Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
In Backward Rorneo.

According to the Horseless Age.
there are only five automobiles in
British North Borneo, and 100000
IN the United States. Now you under
stand why there are no gasoline mil
lonaires in North British Borneo.-
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Grain Feed at Night.

This is the season when a good
grain feed at night is worth while, and
more corn can be used to advantage
now than at any other season. It's
wonderful how a full crop at night
helps to carry the fowl in comfort,
despite a freezing temperature.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
What Geese PartleuIarIx Need.

Geese do not need bathing water as
much as ducks do, as they are great
roamers. What they particularly re-
quire is good pasture land; they are
grazers. Yet if they can have access
to a running stream it will do them
good.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Ilse Of Drv Rrar.

A hopper Of dry bran placed where
the fowls can get at it at all times
during the winter will do a great deal
to balance the ration.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Cause Of Soft sheIIs-

Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confined, becoming
OVerfat, and from lack of mineral mat
ter.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Resent Cnnfinennent

Remember that turkeys are of a
roaming disposition and must not be
kent IN confinement
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
EnercIse Is Imnortant.

Exercise is an important factor in
keeping hens healthy and in laying
condition. Scatter all grains in deep
litter.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04

A needless woman is fortunate in
being able to talk without putting her
self to the trouble of thinking.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04

Throw Off Coids and Prevent Crip.
When you feel a cold coming on, take LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUIEIEE It removes cause OF
Colds and Grip. Only One "BROMO QUININH
3. W GROVES signature on box 25c
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Mo Cause for JoX

No Cause for Joy.
Il am glad we do not have bullfghts
and bear pits In our country"
Don't we have 'em in Wall street?''
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04

The true secret Of feminine beauty
10 to be born pretty.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
Seasonal Activity,

Seasonal Activity.
Mrs. Knicker-What is your trade?
Weary Willie-I shovel rain. mum
New York Sun.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
KEEP GARDEN BUSY
Small Plot win Produce Enough
Vegetables for Family.
" Land Mas Not Plowed Last Fall Il
Should Be Broken In Spring as
Soon as Frost lie out-Manure
ls Best Fertilizer.
Rrom the United States Department Of
Agriculture.D

Rrom the United States Department OF
AgricultureJ
Even the smallest back yard may
be made to yield a supply of fresh
vegetables for the family table at but
slight expense If two or three crops
are successfully grown to keep the
area occupied all the time, according
to the garden specialists of the de-
partment. People who would discharge
a clerk II he did not work the year
round will often cultivate a garden at
no little trouble and expense and then
allow the soil to lie idle from the time
the first crop natures until the end of
the season. Where a two or three
crop system is used in connection
with vegetables adapted to small
areas, a space no larger than % by 20
feet will produce enough fresh vege-
tables for a small family. Corn, mel
ons, cucumbers, and potatoes and 9th
er crops which require a large area
should not be grown in a garden of
this size. Half an acre properly cul-
tivated with a careful crop rotation
may easily produce 500 worth of vari-
GUS garden crops in a rear.
When to Work Soil.
II the garden was not broken in the
fall, it should be plowed in the'spring
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. Small areas may be worked
with a spade, pushing the blade in to
its full depth and turning the soil to
break up the clods. Heavy soils should
never be worked when wet. Overzeal
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
PREPARE SEEDED FOR OATS
Not Generally Necessary to Pillow
Land Before Sowing-Disk Har-
row Is Recommended.

Oats usually follow a cultivated
crop such as corn or potatoes; hence
it is not generally necessary to pillow
the land before sowing. Oats do we'll
on fall-plowed land, but if the land
has not been plowed in the fall better
yields are usually produced from
sowing in a seeded made by disk
ing and narrowing than in one made
by spring blowing. Early seeding for
oats is very desirable. AS a good seed
bed can be made much more quickly
with the disk harrow than with the
pillow on land that was in a cultivated
crop last year, the saving in time is
an advantage. Two diskings and one
narrowing with the spike-toothed har-
row win put clean land in good shape
for sowing with the drill.
Oats grow best in a seeded that
has 2 or 8 inches of loose surface soil,
but which is firm below that depth.
This is another reason why disking is
to be preferred to spring blowing, for
there Is not time for plowed land to
settle before the seed is sown. Still
another reason why the disk is better
is that a field can be plowed, and the
cheaper way of doing a job should
always be chosen If it gives just as
good results as the more expensive
way.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
Value OF FARM
LANDS GOES UP
Increases Are General Through
out Country, Says Fed
eral Bureau.
ABOUT 81 PER acre Per YEAR
Estimates Based Upon Reports From
Crop Reporters Show Few EN.
eeptious IN General Upward
Trend in Rural Districts,

Notwithstanding value Of farm
lands of the United States, without i'm
provements, is estimated at S45 So per
acre. as compared with $40 IS a year
ago. S40.31 two years ago, $3.50 three
years ago. and $36.23 four years ago
The census reported the value of farm
lands in 1910 as $32.4O. and in 1900 as
Sl5.j7 per acre
In recent years the value of farm
lands has been increasing at the rate
OF about . per cen a year, or approx.
mately 50 per acre per year. The *
ceptional increase of the past year
may be explained partly by the reac.
tion in the Southern cotton states fol-
lowing a temporary depression last
year. and partly by the stimulus given
by the war to prices. particularly OF
grain.
Increases have beer general
throughout the United States, the only
noteworthy exceptions being orchard
lands and some irrigated lands in he
Northwest, which apparently had been
Overvalued before
The percentage increases IN value
of farm lands in the past year by sec.
lions OF the United States are: North
Atlantic states. 10 per cent; eastern
part of north central states, 9 per
cent; western part of north central
states. IL per cent; South Atlantic
states. IS per cent; south central
states. II per cent; far Western states,
II per cent; entire United States. Ills
per cen
The pen centage increases in farm
land values in four years. that IS,
since 1912. are: North Atlantic states
II per cent; eastern part of north ecu
trail states. 20 per cent; western part
OF north central states. % per cent;
South Atlantic states. 20 per cent;
south central states. rs per cent; far
Western states. "a per cent; entire
United States. 25.7 per cent.
These estimates are based upon re-
ports from crop reporters OF the blu
e OF crop estimates.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
TELEPHONE FOR
FOREST RANGERS
Two a Halt Pound Instru-
ment Part Of Their Regu-
lar Equipment.
USEFUL IN REPORTING FIRES
Patrolmen Can Tap Forest Service
Telephone Lines and Quickly Get
In Touch With Headquarters
Of a Supervisor.

Washington.-A portable telephone.
made of aluminium and weighing ~
pounds, the invention OF a forest
officer, r. B. Adams of Missoula. Mont.
will be part of the regular equipment
Of patTOlmen on the national forests
the coming field season. This instru-
ment is regarded as a great improve
ment over the set formerly used. which
weighed ten pounds.
1t is said that a heldman equipped
with this telephone, a few yards of
light emergency wire. and a short
piece of heavy wire to make the
ground connection can cut in any
where along the more than 10000
miles of forest service telephone lines
and get in touch with the headquar.
ters of a supervisor OF district ranger.
To talk, one end of the emergency
wire is thrown over the telephone line.
the two ends are connected to the
portable instrument, and the instru'
ment is connected to the ground wire,
the end of which must be thrust into
the damp earth or in water. Contact
with the live wire is made possible by
removal of the insulation from a few
inches of the emergency wire.
The Adams instrument does not
ring the bell Of the receiving tele-
phone. but instead causes a screech'
ing sound from a small megaphone-
shaped apparatus descriptively known
as a "howler." This instrument is in
stalled at the anger station telephone
and is said to give effective notice that
someone is on the wire. II the field
man needs to talk with omeon else
where on the line, the ranger station
instrument can be used to ring up the
person wanted, when the conversation
can be carried on
Forest officers a that these port
able phones are especially valuable in
reporting fires and other emergencies
with the least possible delay. and also
in seAding instructions to feldmen
and keeping the district rangers in.
formed as to the progress of work go.
ing On in the field, thus supplementine
the regular telephone sets installed
at lookout points. ranger stations, and
at convenient intervals along forest
service roads and trails.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
Plan for Small Garden.

Gus gardeners, ready to seize the first
warm spell as a favorable opportunity
to go out and work the heavy clay
soil before it is dry, are not only vast
ing their energy but are doing a dam
age to the soil from which it will take
years for it to recover. To determine
when heavy soils are ready for plow-
ing, a handful of earth should be col
lected from the surface and the fng-
ers tightly closed on it. If the ball
Of compacted earth is dry enough for
cultivation it will fall apart when the
hand is opened.
A garden spot near the house is Of
ten more desirable than a plot which
is in better filth but located at an in
convenient distance. A garden which is
near the house will receive many a
spare hour Of care from adults and
children which would otherwise be
wasted. Where there is ample room
for the selection of a garden site, the
slope Of the land should be carefully
considered. A gentle slope toward the
South is most desirable for growing
early crops, while it is a decided ad-
vantage to have the plot protected on
the north and northwest by either a
hill, a group Of bE4dings, or a board
fence.
Drainage OF the garden is of great
importance. The land should have
sufficient fall to drain off surplus wa
ter during heavy rains and yet not be
so steep that the soil will be washed
or quilted. The surface should be
nearly level so the water will not stand
in hollows. Where the natural slope
Of the lana does not provide sufi'
cient natural drainage, bitches may
be dug or a tile drain put in. This
will prevent waste water from the ad
joining land from washing over it
Such water may carry weed and grass
seeds into the garden, which are later
culled out with difficulty.
How to FertlIlze.
The soil in the average back yard II
not only lacking in plant food but also
has been packed until It is hard and
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28

had been murdered or kidnapped she
burst into tears and said she v
would have left home If she had real
ICED how much grief her going would
have caused
MIR. Myers said that his daughter
had explained fully to him the sud
den impulse which took her from her
home.
She was nervous over the atten-
tions of a young ma she did not
know" said Mr.. Myers She obeyed
a sudden impulse to go ava and
strike out for herself. She lad not
been away a day when she realized
her mistake and would have been glad
t. return had 1t not been for a little
pride and a little stubbornness. When
| went to her she was glad to see me,
as glad as / was to see her. She
couldn't get home soon enough to
please her. and she a that she will
be satisfied to remain at home al
ways"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
BOY, 10. CHURCH ORGANISE
Young Musician ls Master Of Difficult
Selections Plays All Sorts Of
High-Class Music.

Centralia, Kan.-Centralia people de.
clare the town has the youngest
church organist in the state, and prob
ably the only boy organist. Edward Ev.
erett is only thirteen years old, and
when in his knee-pant suit he walks
up into the choir gallery on Sunday
mornings. strangers might think ne
was going to pump the church organ
or maybe sing In a children's chorus
but would never suspect he was the
church organist for a real grown up
choir, including music supervisors ana
teachers
And when he gets on the bench AT
the organ you cannot see even the
top OF his head. so the music gives
one the impression Of coming from the
organ without any assistance When
the services are over and Edward
walks out. strangers are ~astonisned.
He shirks one Of the regular pro
gram of the services. but plays volun
taries and anthems as well as the
hymns, and chooses difficult. high-class
music.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28

unyielding To loosen up such soil
and make Il suitable for garden prod
uce requires that careful attention be
given to It's preparation. After spad.
ing the Enclosure thoroughly, the up.
per three inches should be made fine
with the use Of hoe and rake. Stones
and rubbish should be removed and
clods Of dirt broken. The surface
should be made even and as level as
possible. It may then be marked OF
for planting in conformity with the
general plan Of the garden.
Barnyard or stable manure is the
best fertilizer because It furnishes both
plant food and humus. An application
at the rate Of from 20 to 30 tons to
the acre Of wellrotted manure is very
satisfactory. This should be applied
after blowing or working with a spade,
and distributed evenly over the sur
face and later worked in with a hoe
and rake. On many soils It is ad-
visable to apply commercial fertilizer,
especially phosphate, In addition to
the manure An application Of 300
to GOO pounds of acid phosphate to the
acre is usually sufficient. II addition.
al potash is needed, which is often
the case with sandy soils, this may be
economically supplied in the form OF
wood ashes. If the wood ashes are
unleached they should be distributed
over the garden, using 1000 pounds to
the acre. If they have been wet, or
leached, 1000 pounds should be used.
An application Of 100 pounds to the
acre of nitrate of soda may be used in
the spring to start the plants before
the nitrogen In the manure has become
available. 1t should be borne in mind
that commercial fertilizers will not
yield good results unless the soil is
well supplied with humus. Sod OF
other vegetation which has %overgrown
a garden spot may be used to advan.
tage. 1t should be turned under with
a pillow or a spade and will aid in light
ening the soil and providing humus.
Small Garden Plan.
In the plan illustrated all the vege
tables named are planted in rows
across from the inside lateral rows
of strawberries. AS rapidly as each
kind of peas natures and the crop is
over, kale is planted in its place. The
ground to be used for tomatoes is first
planted with onion sets, and these
onions are used as rapidly as needed
When the time comes to set out the
tomatoes, some of the onions are dug
to make space for the tomato plants
When the tomato crop is over, the
ground is occupied by spinach as the
third crop. Spinach is also planted as
soon as the bulb onions from the side
are gathered. The beans, carrots, anC
peas are succeeded by late cabbage
and between the rows of late cabbage
"potato-onion" sets are planted. Late
beans are planted between the row'
of parsnips after the radishes and let
tuce have been gathered.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass Of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to
live we'll, eat we'll, digest well, work
we'll, sleep we'll. look well. What q
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy it is II n will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed TO feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath. acid stomach.
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices Of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole Of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone. whether ailing, sick OF
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass Of real hot
water with a teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach. The &C
ton OF hot water ana limestone phoS-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. It cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one a splendid ap-
petite for breakfast. While you. are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate is quietly extracting a large
volume Of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
of all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both.
cred with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatism; others
who have sallow skins, blood disor-
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little. but
is sufficient to make anyone a pro-
nounced crank on the subject of in.
ternal sanitation.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
DAIRYING ON A LARGE SCALE
Number Of Unpleasant Surprises Are
In store at Start-stsrt With
Few Cows and Grow Up.

The man who starts dairying on a
large scale by buying the whole dairy
herd is in for a number Of unpleasant
surprises. The best way to get into
the dairy business is to grow into it,
starting with a few COWS and selecting
and culling as experience dictates. 1t
is a slow way to be sure, but it is a
safe one. Only those who have been
through the mill know how hard 1t is
to set out and buy good milch COWS.
The endeavor of every dairyman is to
sell OFF his poorest animals and keep
the best.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
is SORRY SHE RAN AWAY
Alma Myers Weeps When Father Tells
Her Of Grief Of Parents over
Disappearance.

East Orange. N. alma Fuller
Myers, the young girl whose disappear
ance from the home of her parents re-
Gently caused a sensation that babe fair
to rival the case of Dorothy Arnold.
has returned to her home. She was
located after a weeks search at Port
Jervis, N. Y.
Mr. Myers went to the home of Mrs.
Anna Wickham in Port Jervis, where
Miss Myers had taken a room while
seeking employment as a stenograph-
er. and greeted his daughter affection.
ately. When Alma heard from her ia
ther how distressed he and her mother
had been and how they had feared she
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
FINDS BAG OF GOLD ON ROAD
owner Sought for Treasure Picked Up
On Wisconsin Highway by a
Farmer.

Sheyboygan. Wis.-Richard Lutte, a
farmer of C~enterville, this county.
while coming to Sheyboygan found a
large bag of gold on the road to Pigeon
Hill, one mile south Of Sheyboygan.
Fearing the money had been stolen
and that he might be accused of taking
some, he took the bag to a local bank
without opening it. When opened it
was found to contain several hundred
dollars in gold, No such amount has
been obtained from the local banks
and 1t is believed the money was
boarded by a farmer who lost it while
coming to the city or that it had been
stolen and was lost by the thief.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
DOUBLING VALUE OF MANURE
Treatment Of Acid Phosphate ls sua
sestsd by Ohio Experiment sta
tion-cost is Small.

A suggestion that seems worth while
comes from the Ohio experiment sta
ton. It is this; Treat your barnyard
manure with acid phosphate and dou-
BILE it's value"
Manure is good fertilizer, but 1t is
not sufficient on the older farm lands
which are deficient in phosphorus.
The expense of treating the manure
to make It a Well-balanced ferti-
lizer is not great. only 40 pounds OF
the acid phosphate being used TO the
ton Of manure.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
OXFORD TO HAVE NEW COURSE
English University to Add Research
Chemistry to Its List Of
Studles.

oxford. Eng.-With a view to aid
ing the nation IN the development OF
chemical industry a cOurse in research
chemistry is to be introduced in OK.
ford university
Hereafter II will be necessary for
the student TO pass an examination In
a piece Of research in the form Of ex.
perimental Investigations upon which
he will have been engaged for one
year.
In announcing the change the fac
ulty say that II is of particular impor
lance al this time because of the great
demand for research chemists in Eng.
land.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
Sonny He pld M.

It was with considerable trepida-
ton that we approached the shade of
Sir Francis Bacon, whom we had
crossed the Styx to interview.
rs it true" we asked, that you
wrote the plays usually attributed to
Shakespeare"
yes" he replied, sadly. IT'S true
enough, but since I've seen some of
the Broadway productions of my stun
I'm not Dragging about it."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
pet Mouse saves Nine.

Minneapolis. NINA pet white
mouse saved the lives OF nine persons
the other day when the home Of Thorn
as Dromecks caught fire. The mouse
ran across the baby's face; 1t cried
and awakened the mother. who
alarmed tie household.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28

Hillsdale. N Y.-Miss Olive Bird.
sell put TO flight a masher who kissed
her while she vas filling the tan Of
her rotor car with gasoline. She
poured the contents OF a gallon can
Of gasoline over the unwelcome lover.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
Forethouoht.

You seem to be rather busy"
Yes. I'm writing a love letter. I've
been working on it for more than an
hour"
why take such pains?"
Il want to feel ure that if this let
ter is eve read in court it won't make
me look like a fool"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28

A recent photograph Of Mr. John
Hays Hammond and his vol taken in
the office of the elder Hammond John
Hays, Jr.. has invented many wireless
contrivances. Several Of them are be-
fore the wal department waiting to be
passed upon. He has invented a wire
less torpedo that can be controlled by
wireless from the coast Notifications
He has applied for more than n hun
dred patents covering the system in
the United States and foreign eoun'
tries. Hammond Is only tw%enty-eight
years old and has achieved a reputa
ton in the inventive world Mr.. Ham
mond. ST., has had a long and varied
career.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28
AIahashme
The Most Beautiful Wan Tint

And when you consider that you
obtain the most beautiful, mellow,
nature c%olors, viz, soft bluffs, delicate
greens and exquisite blues, or any
thqG you wish by combining shades
of Alabastine, then you'll kH0sU why
Alabastine is one of the most popular
wall decorations with millions of
Painters and Householders, Decora-
tors and Womenfolk, who take a pride
in their homes the wide world over.
The Alabastine Co.
Ss2 Grandvils Rd. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Be sure the red cross aud circle arc on each package Of
Alabastne you buy Ahbaltne IL sold BY most dmEEisL
hardware dealers and paint stores everywhere II yOun
toa not handle Aabauine. take ~ subsdsst- Wd1 ~
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-28

Alabastine is the most
effective, economical and
simple wall decoration on the
market. 1t has demonstrated
its superiority in thirty-fve
years use.
Think of it! No boiling water, no
glue added. It's one Of the easiest
jobs in the world to prepare and
apply AlabaStine, and the resulting
surface, if ordinary care is taken, is
solid, streakless and mat-like.