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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
All BEGAN With a Dino.

last spring year ago says Farm
and Fireside, "a ten-year-old neighbof
boy was given ten cents by his grand
mother. He purchased n packet OF
good cucumber seed with his money
and grew a nice patch Of cucumbers
for the local village market. His crop
of cucumbers brought him a little
over SO in money, all Of which his
mother allowed him to keep and spend
as he pleased.
with 81 Of his money this boy pur-
chased few little things for himself.
and with the other S. he purchased a
eve lamb. BY this spring his eve
lamb had grown into mature mother
sheep, and she gave birth to twin
lambs. So now the boy has three
sheep from his investment. The moth
err sheep Is now worth $40, and the
lambs are worth S. each, making a
total value of $40 he has earned with
his ten cents In a year and half. Be-
sides, he sold wool this spring from
the mother sheep for $2.45, which he
has placed In the savings bank as the
beginning Of bank account OF his
own"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Coolest Over Equator.

Winds blow not merely along the
surface Of the earth but upward and
downward throughout the atmosphere
They whirl about In all directions. SO
1t Is impossible to construct a weather
chart that will really show the direc.
lions of the winds, for such chart
would have to be in three dimensions,
says a writer in the Geographical Re.
view.
Prof. Alexander Meade Of Harvard
describes some Of the recent expert
ments In the upper air performed by
sounding balloons. The atmosphere
has, roughly, two layers, the lower
called the troposphere and the upper
the stratosphere. The strongest winds
are found just below the shakespeare,
and 1t would seem that pressure
changes originate in this region.
The stratosphere Is highest over the
equator and lowest over the poles, but
Its height varies with the season. "At
the equator" says Professor Meade.
"as we rise In the air the temperature
continues to fall to much greater
height than In temperate ATTITUDES.
Indeed, the lowest temperature Is
found above the equator"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
PAWN ALL KINDS OF ARTlCL IS
Men and Women Who Patronlze Their
"UncIe" Find Him Willing to
Take Any Chance.

There Is scarcely anything in thiA
wide world that person up against 1t
financially can't pawn, for the pawn
broker Is a gambler, whose instincts
either are acquired or born in him, and
he will take chance on anything pro-
yided the article Is not falling to pieces.
Women, according to the pawn
broker, work their own ruin frequently
by liquor and drug addiction, but In
great many cases 1t Is derelict hus-
bands who cause the women to patron
lie the pawnshOp. And the woman
makes the sacrifice to protect her chill
dren.
"A woman who is struggling to save
her children" the pawnbroker said,
twill begin by pawning household
things. The alarm clock or another
kind of clock will go first. Then she
will sacrifice few dishes. Maybe
some of the furniture will go next. Her
clothes will remain for the last, be-
cause she needs clothes In her quest
for work. The best clothes will be
saved, If at all possible, but / have
known hundreds of cases where they
have pawned corsets to keep the fam
lily supplied with bite Of food In
times of want"
In things offered for pawn the three.
ball man says that razors lead by
wide margin, while alarm clocks,
strange as 1t may seem, come second.
Umbrellas, too, are common article
to be pawned. And only about thirty
per cent Of these articles eventually
are redeemed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
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VTAluAU
UNIFORM COLOR IS DESIRED
churnino Beglns-overchurnino
Is Undesirable.

A uniform color in the butter from
one season to the other is desirable,
hence during the winter when the
cows are getting dry feed little col
Oring should be added. Too much col
Oring, however, is very undesirable.
When colOring Is used it should be
added just before the churning begins.
Stopping the churn at the proper
time has much to do with the quality
of the butter. 1t should be stopped
when the butter Is in the form Of
granules about the size of kernel Of
wheat or tritle larger. When the
butter Is churned to too small gran
ules many of them will go through the
buttermilk strainer and will cause
more or less loss. Overchurning is un-
desirable because the butter will retain
considerable buttermilk, which is diff
cult to remove and which also tends to
cause the butter to deteriOrute faster.
AS soon as the churning has been COM
pleted, the buttermilk should be drawn
off.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
THINNING FRUIT IS FAVORED
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton Finds Operation ls Quite
Profitable.

(By f. w. FAUROT. Missouri Agricul-
tural College)
Thinning Is an operation that has
been practiced to only a very limited
extent in Missouri An occasional man
has thinned a few trees, more as
matter of curious inquiry than as a
definite orchard practice. Where the
operation has to any degree been care
fully performed the results have been
outstanding, and the Missouri agricul-
turul experiment station finds that 1t
pays well.
Those varieties which tend usually
to overbear and produce understood
fruit may be thnned to profitable ad-
vantage. The size and quality of such
varieties as Winesap, Missouri Pippin,
Rails and Ingram can almost always
be improved by careful thinning, and
It will often pay to thin such varieties
as Jonathan, Grimes or York.
The quality Of well-grown fruit Is
always superior to that which Is
small and poorly developed. II the
crop Is evenly distributed throughout
the tree perhaps four to eight inches,
according to size Of variety, Is good
distance between fruits. Leave only
one fruit on spur. If two are left,
both will be wormy. On trees with II
heavy set Of fruit, thinning all the
fruit from part of the spurs tends to
cause such spurs to develop fruit
buds for the next years crop, thereby
encouraging regular bearing. The ear
ler the work is done the less drain
there Is on the vigor of the tree. Sur
plus fruit can be handled ut less eX-
pense by thinning than by running it
over q sorting table ut packing time.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
MARKETING THE PEACH CROP
On Account Of Its Very PerishabIe Ma
ture Fruit Must Be Disposed Of
as Soon as Possible.

The peach, on account OF its very
perishable nature, must be marketed
as soon AZ possible after reaching ma
turity. therefore. the proper dispatch
and distribution present many difficult
ties. Peaches will not stand delay,
even when graded. packed and han
died in the best possible manner. If
the grower Of apples Is not satisfied
with the price offered at the time
OF harvest he can store certain varie-
ties until the following spring, when
prices may be better. Peaches, on the
other hand, must be disposed Of i'm
mediately.
If not already sold when loaded on
the cars they must be started at once
toward the market, and If they are not
sold while en- route it Is important
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
True Love.

When scar cannot be taken away,
the next kind office is to hide it. Love
Is never so blind as when it Is to
spy faults. 1t is like the painter, who,
being asked to draw the picture of a
friend having blemish in one eye,
would picture only the other side of
his face. 1t Is noble and great thing
to cover the blenishes and to excuse
the failings of friend; to draw a cur
tain before his stains, and to display
his projections; to bury his weak
nesses In silence, but to proclaim his
virtues upon the housetop.-South.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Peach Tree Pruned to Develop Strong,
Stocky Branches and Open Top.

that they go to market not already
overstocked. An Oversupply may oc-
cur in one market meaning heavy
losses to certain growers, while at the
same time consumers may be paying
high prices in other localities. 1t is
probable that many smaller towns
could serve as carload distributing
points If local dealers in these towns
would cooperate in buying peaches by
the carload and in pushing their sale.
The problem of peach marketing is
one of irregular production and of UNI
satisfactory preparation and distribl-
ton rather than of overproduction
The increased consumption of Califor-
MIA oranges made possible by effective
distribution is an example of results
accrulng from care in the marketing
of crop of which there is a compara-
lively uniform supply.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
BLACKLEG IS TO BE AVOIDED
Infectious Disease Usually Attacks
Cattle Between Ages Of Six
Months and Two Years.

The infectious disease known as
blackleg usually affects cattle between
the ages of six months and two and
one-half years. 1t gains entrance to
the tissues through small wounds on
the skin.
A swelling occurs beneath the skin
on the headquarters, the shoulder. or
the lower portion Of the neck. II the
hand is passed over this swelling 1t
crackles, and If cut into, yellowish,
bloody fluid flows out. The carcasses
of dead animals should be buried or
burned and the spots where they died
should be disinfected.
The healthy cattle should be re-
moved from infected pastures and all
susceptible cattle should be vaccinated.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Worlds Greatest Banana Zone.

Costa Rica, the greatest banana
country Of the western hemisphere,
produces more punches Of the fruit
of the Musa Sapientium than any
other single country on the American
continent. 1t exports from 100000
to 100000 lunches. Nearly 800
square miles of land are included in
the banana zone, though not all this
tract Is under cultivation. During the
past few years there seems to be
falling off In the yield of the banana,
due partly to a disease whose origin
and elimination are yet unsolved
problems, although the subject Of
much scientific study and investiga-
ton. Nevertheless new plantations
are being made at various points in
the fruit districts, while much of the
abandoned lands are being planted In
cacao. This latter product is thriving
splendidly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
GUARD AGAINST POOR CLOVER
SEED.

Crimson clover seed loses its vital
ity very rapidly, so that seed which
is two years old is worthless. When
buying, therefore, seed of guaranteed
termination should be purchased.
First class crimson clover seed weighs
60 pounds to the bushel.
Complete failure, due to lack of in
oculation, is quite common, even
though the field may have perfect
stand. For incubation take soil, spade
deep, from a field which has grown
crimson clover and broadcast it, about
Q bushels per acre, over the land which
is to be seeded to crimson clover and
harrow in Immediately. in order to
prevent killing of the bacteria by sun
light.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
GARDENS.

Keep IN succession OF garden
crops. Continue to plant beans, TO-
matoes and sweet corn Tomatoes
should be staked and pruned. The
shoots appearing in the axis of the
leaves should be removed as rapidly
as they appear All garden crops
should be cultivated often and shall.
low. Horse cultivation is best II
this is not practicable, wheel hoes
should be secured A small outlay In
good garden tools saves much time
and labor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24

ton at all except the agility to put up
with hardship may be as profitable.
No farmer can be absolutely assured
of having good producing herd simply
by selecting breed. If he tests his
cows, and weeds out and breeds up, he
can establish good herd Of any Of the
good breeds.
1t Is only fair to add, however, that
both In popular favor and milk and
butterfat records, the Holsteins have
distinct lead ut the present time.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Fascination Of Scarcity.

II have no doubt that in short
time this country will have plenty or
dyestuffs.'
81 hope So" replied Mr. Growcher.
when the women find that dyestuffs
are abundant, no doubt they'll discard
this riot of colors and wear plain
black and white"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Doesn't Matter, Anyhow.

Scientists differ greatly as to the
carth's age, estimates varying from 90
100000 to 15O,O0O,OOO years. One Of
the first estimates was that Of John
Phillips, who in 1860 based on study
of stratified rock his assertion that the
figure lay somewhere "between 3S,00O,-
600 and 9G,00O,000 years."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
WOODEN WORKER FOR BUTTER
Fork, Made Big and Strong Enough to
Bear Strain, Is of Great Help
In Mixing Salt.

Sometimes butter is notified and I'm.
even in coloring because Of the salt
not being evenly and uniformly mixed
and dissolved. A wooden butter fork,
made big and strong enough to bear
considerable strains Will be valuable
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
FREQUENT FEEDING OF CALF
Stomach Is Quite Small and Will Not
Hold Large Quantity Of Milk
at One Time.

The stomach of the calf Is small
and will not hold large quantity of
milk at one time. This makes it nee
essary to feed 1t as often as practica-
BILE. Overlooking will cause indiges-
ton and may result In the death OF
the calf.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
FEEDING VALUE OF ALFALFA
Important That Hay Be Cured So as
to Save leaves-Rake Into Wind
rows Before Dry.

Two-thirds of the feeding value of
the alfalfa plant is in the leaves. If
the leaves are lost in curing only one
This makes 1t important that alfalfa
hay be cured so as to save the leaves.
This means that the alfalfa must be
raked into windows before the leaves
dry or they will fall off. The alfalfa
should be raked into windows an
hour or two after being cut. This not
only saves the leaves but also keeps
1t green and more of the flavor Is re-
tanned.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
WELL-SELECTED DAIRY HERD
HoIsteins Have Distinct Lead at Pres.
ent Time, Both in Popular Fa.
vor and Records.

When II comes to dairy performance,
the farmer who will give careful shell
ter, feed and treatment to really we'll
selected herd of Holsteins, AyrShires,
Guernscys or Jerseys will find them all
good; but If he is going to give bad
treatment to his cattle, a common
"rustler," with no special recommends
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
pronhAfa and Submarines,

1.-THE U-boats of unbelief," says Rev.
John Fox Of the New York presby-
terry, "have fired another torpedo at
the Bible" Be that as 1t may, Jo-
nah's whale was the first to operate
under the water and derive prophet
observation-disclosures.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
Wooden Butter Worker.

help in mixing the salt. 1t may also
be used for taking the butter out OF
the churn and in working the water
out of the butter. Where big churn
Is used the fork will be very convent
ent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-24
weights of hogs:

l &C per pound weight up to 10 lbs.
10 &C for weights from 10 to 70 lbs.
20 &C for weights from 20 TO 30 lbs.
80 &C for weights from so to IL lbs.
IS &C for weights from rs to 100 IDS.
20 &C for weights from 100 to 100 IDS
so &C for weights from $50 to zoo lbs.
so &C for weights from 200 to 250 IDS.
70 &C for weights from ESQ to 300 lbs.
80 &C for weights from 300 to 400 lbs.
90 &C for weights over 400 lbs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NOV. 1915.
State of Mississippi.
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
TEMPERATURE.

The monthly mean for the state.
as determined from the full reports of
90 stations, was "a 6 degrees, or 0 5
degrees below the normal.
The highest monthly mean was
60 degrees at Biloxi.
The lowest monthly mean was 80. 0
degrees at Corinth
The highest temperature was SO
degrees at Shubuta on the 18th.
The lowest temperature was II
degrees at Calhoun City on the 10Th.
The greatest local monthly range
was % degrees at Shubuta.
The least local monthly range was
81 degrees at Biloxi.
The greatest daily range was "a
degrees at Shubuta on the 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
The average for the State as de-
termined from the reports OF 65 sta
tions was lS4 inches or 81 inches
below the normal.
The greatest monthly total was 3
A inches at LeakesvilIe.
The least monthly total was 0 80
Inch at Austin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
FRIDAY
EDITORIAL

One thing that makes the news
paper business hard is that some
publishers will accept any kind OF a
rate and any kind of a proposition
for their space. The uerald belongs
to the Stick, brother, stick crowd
and we nave a rate which is uniform
" maintained and we have no trou-
BILE in securing it and foreign bus;-
ness of some volume each year be
cause we have come to be recognlZ-
ed by some Of the great advertising
agencies placing national advertising
as among that class who quote de-
pendable rate and stick to it. This
is not said in the spirit of braggado-
clio but in the interest Of better
rate maintenance among our Mis-
sissippl ewspapermen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22

NOTICE OR COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
TO THE BAT KS OF GREENE COUNTY. MISS.
Notice Is hereby given that The lsuard OF SUI
perN isors OF Greene County. Mississippi. viii
up TO the hour OF Is o'clock NJ. the list. Monday
the lst day OF January 1917,
receive sealed proposals such as they or either
OF them may make for the privilege of keeping
hhtounty funds or any part thereof ana the
security proposed as provided by Chapter
1874 OF The laws of 1912. Contract to be let TO
the best bidder.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and ali bids
By order OF the Board OF Supervisors. Greene
County. Miss.
This 9th day OF December 1915
r. D.COCHRAN Chancery elk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22

Germany's proposal for peace while
she is flush from fresh victories IN
Roumania, is not being received
with any serious consideration by
the entente allies, who have her case
too well diagnosed for that. Ger
many entered the war at the highest
point of preparation while the re-
sisting countries have just begun to
get their war machine built up to
equal proportions to overcome her.
She would like mighty well to quit
while things are well with her euro
peah conquests which she could not
possibly hope to hold in ~time Of
peace without an enormous expense
of keeping armies in the field. Such
.cmquests she would like exceeding
ly well to trade off now while times
are good with her there, for the
lost territory IN Africa. The impe-
rial hosts of Germany are going TO
have to be beaten considerably be
fore any lasting peace can come to
Europe. as the German people must
realize that there are enough people
out from under the kaisers domi-
nancy who will see that Germany
does not overrun the world with her
immense military machine. Posi-
bly, Germany may yet emerge from
the war as relnodeled empire more
democratic in its tendencies. They
have good government with the
exception of too much power IN the
military autocrats which has led
them into the chimeras of world con
quest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
CoNTR ACT NorrcE

Notice is hereby given that the Board OF
supervisors OF Greene County. Mississippi,
viii up to the hour of o'clock p. N. the FIRST
Monday.
the LIST day Of January a. ID 1917.
re Give sealed bids for furnishing the county
with the following chemicals. to-wit
1900 pounds of Arsenic Trloxid white arsenic
$500 pounds of Sodium Carbinats tsal soda
1900 pounds of Sodium Hydroxid (caustic soda
450 gallons of Pine Tar.
Contract to be awarded to the lowest respon-
sible bidder.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
By order of the Board OF Supervisors of
Greene County, Mississippi
This December 9Th. 1915
X, ID. COCHRAN Chan elk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
UNIVERSITY LETTER.
PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE
As a Surfacing MatetIaI For Roads

BY Donald f, Mcleod Asst Prof. Civil Engnrg
University, Miss, Dec. 16, 1915
For over thirty years, Portland-Ce-
ment Concrete has been used for
bridge abutments, culverts and 9th
er drainage structures connected
with roads. For an equal period, it
has formed the foundation for city
pavements. Within the past ten
years, much attention has been Civ
en- 10 methods of mixing and placing
Portland Cement concrete so as to
give reliable wearing surface for
roads.
There is difference of opinion as to
the methods of mixing and placing
a concrete surface for a road. but
most engineers admit that such
surface has many advantages when
used for moderate traffic and few dis
advantages.
In the writer's opinion, concrete
pavement is inferior to vitrified
brick, granite block, medina or other
sandstone block, woodblock, asphalt
and bitulithic pavements. 1t is su-
perior to any form of macadam road
or gravelled surface.
The main superiority of concrete
pavements over those last mentioned
is that concrete surface withstands
the wear of automobile traffic while
macadam and gravel do not. Maca
dam and gravel depend on the fine
material known as binder which
partly cements the broken stone or
gravel together, water helping to
bind this fine material together. BE-
fore the advent of the automobile,
macadam roads rapidly went to piec-
es or travelled" when their mois-
ture evaporated. The automobile
intensified the disintegration of such
surface by removing the "onder"
of the road by the vacuum-action of
its tires.
The principal objections to concrete
as wearing surface for roads are:
/, Wearing out under heavy traffic.
2 Dustiness. 3, Rejecting sunlight
so as to be trying 10 the eyes. 4.
Liability to cracking. The answers
to the objections are: l, Any pave
ment will wear out under heavy trat-
nc, and the question is which pave
ment will give the most wear for the
money expended 2. A concrete
road is not as dusty as macadam or
gravel, B The glaring quality of a
concrete road may be cured by the
admixture OF o small quantity of
lamp black in finishing off the sur
face, 4. Cracking is the most serious
of all, and there is no way to prevent
ii except by reinforcing with steel.
Repairing cracks forms the principal
expense in maintaining concrete
road. Cracks are repaired by filling
with tar.
Attempts have been made to keep
concrete roads from cracking by put.
ting in so called expansion joints a.
cross the roadway at intervals of a.
bout twenty-five feet. That this
does not effect complete cure NAV
be seen by an inspection of the roads
radiating from the city of Detroit,
where the Commissioners of Wayne
County have built over a hundred
miles Ut concrete roads about If
teen feet in width. Many of the
twenty-five foot sections are cracked
However, there roads are wearing
well. The California Highway De-
partment has found to apply coat
ing of asphaltic oil on concrete roads
is advisable, so as 10 diminish the
wear.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-22
HOMESTEAD PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Department OF the Interior }
U, s. Land 1fflce az Jackson. Miss.
OctoDer.2S. 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas S. Strick-
land OF Fruitdale. Alabama, who on October
z. 1912. made Homestead Entry. No 057O0 for
VIZ OF the NWi-4Section fellowship North
Range West st. Stephens Meridian. has filed
notice OF intention TO make Three year Proof.
TO establish claim to the land above desc ribed
before the Clerk OF the Chancery Court OF
Greene County, at Leakesville, Miss, ON the
the 2lst day of December 1915,
Claimant names as Witnesses Kla Platt.
Prentice Plat. Sid doom and j. f. Merritt all
ofLeakesyille. Miss. X. A
w f. CUMMINs. Register