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Meade County news., 1916-05-04
CORN NARROWING AT
The CORRECT Time
Effective Way Of EradiCatlnq
Weeds lust terminating
Avoid Covering Plants.

| (By L. e. CALL. Kansas Experiment
| Station.)
A cornfield can be covered more
! rapidly with a harrow than with any
other type of cultivating implement,
and If the narrowing is done at the
right time 1t is an effective way Of
killing weeds. Weeds that are Just
terminating or that have not obtained
good root hold can be easily killed
with the harrow. The harrow can
also be used to advantage in breaking
up crust caused by a heavy, dashing
rain.
Surface-planted corn may be safely
narrowed before 1t is UP, but it is not
best to harrow after the shoots are out
of the ground until the plants are two
or three inches high, when light
harrow or weeder can again be used1
It Is a good practice in handling sur.
face-planted corn to harrow the field
at least twice. once five or six days
after the corn is planted or just be-
fore the corn comes up, and again q
week or ten days later, after the corn
is big enough not to be easily broken
OF or covered.
Corn planted with disk furrow
opener can be narrowed safely at any
stage of its early growth, as the shall
low burrows usually furnish sufficient
protection to the small plants to pre-
vent their being broken of. II the
seedbed is well prepared, there is lit
tie danger of the corn being Gov
cred.
Listed corn is sometimes narrowed.
AS a rule, however, little is gained by
narrowing listed corn, for the lister
cultivator can ordinarily be used as
soon as the corn needs attention.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Two Exceptionally WelI-Packed Stand.
ard Crates Of neutrality-suspicious.
Crate Pictures the Standard 45.Pack
Lower Crate Shows the 36-Pack,
Known In Colorado as "speciaI"-
Note the Heavy Netting on These
cantaIoupes and the Uniformity In
Size and Shape.
tive. The grader should have thrown
out beforehand all undesirable fruit
and also should have graded the canta-
loupes according to their ripeness.
The latter is en- important point, for
experience has shown that cantaloupe3
produced in the West are often mar
keted in green condition in nearby
cities, while other shipments reach
the large Eastern markets in an over
ripe condition. Fruit designed for
long journeys should be packed when
less mature than that Intended for
marketing near at hand.
The packing Of cantaloupes would
be simplified and the packages made
AhOiO oIAdOIlf0 w tHo ubo VI u muCn
smaller variety Of containers. The full
sized standard crate and standard fiat
crate meet most Of the demands Of the
market and should be used whenever
practicable. The standard cantaloupe
crate is the one in which the bulk of
the crop is now shipped from Califor-
mia, New Mexico, Florida, Utah, Colo.
rado, Texas, Georgia. the Carolinas,
Delaware, Maryland. and several other
states. 1t consists of two ends, IL
inches square, connected by IL Stats
23M to "a inches long. Such a crate
should contain As melons. The stand
ard fiat" crate used in Colorado meas.
ures Az by 13 by % inches.
Whatever type Of crate is used, it is
important that the melons in each con-
tainer should DO Of the same size. This
= insistOd upon by dealers who sup
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Central packing houses In areas
where the production Of cantaloupes
is an important industry are suggested
in Farmers Bulletin, No. 707, as
promising means of solving some of
the problems Of the cantaloupe grower.
About one-half of the trouble in mar
keting cantaloupes, says this bulletin,
appears to arise from the difficulty Of
securing a steady and properly pre-
pared output of uniform grade, quail
ity, and appearance. This difficulty
would be overcome to a large extent
II individual growers in any commu-
nifty produced crops Of the same va
riety and quality, handled them in the
same way, and were both competent
and willing to grade and pack them
correctly. AS long, however, as each
grower packs and ships his own fruit,
a uniform standard of quality and ap-
pearance is hardly possible.
In recent years the production Of
cantaloupes has increased greatly and
as result competition on the market
has become much keener. "On the 9TH
er hand" states the bulletin, years Of
observation warrant the statement
that markets are rarely glutted with
fruits or vegetables Of first-class quail
ity. Even when the market is over
stocked, well-graded and well-packed
products will be taken and the medic
ere stock left on the dealers hands"
The individual cantaloupe grower,
therefore, will profit by seeing that his
product is as attractive as that of any
of his competitors. Further, the en-
tire cantaloupe industry will profit by
improving the quality and the appear
ance Of the melons grown for market.
1t is always possible for the consumer
to turn from cantaloupes to some 9TH
er fruits, and the demand is almost
certain to vary directly with the quail
lity of the product.
Avery important factor in securing
the desired attractiveness is uniform
ity. Under the present system, grad.
ing and packing are frequently done
by the same man. This, in the opinion
of specialists in the department, is a
mistake. Whenever possible the pack.
er should be left free to give his atten-
tion to securing pack of standard
count which is both tight and attrac-
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

ply large restaurants, hotels, railway
dining cars and similar institutions. In
consequence, the market discriminates
against crates In which large and
small cantaloupes are packed together.
Central packing houses in which the
grading and packing Of the fruit could
be conducted according to permanent
and fixed standard would greatly facili-
tate the adoption of the desired re-
forms. In sections where melons are
now marketed through growers CO.
operative marketing organizations It
should not be difficult to extend the as
sociation's activities to the manage
ment Of such houses. Under these cir
cumstances it would probably be desir-
able to have competent field men in.
spect the members fields in order to
advise them in regard to the proper
time for harvesting the crop. and in
order to prevent fruit from diseased or
undesirable patches being mixed in
shipments to the central packing
houses. In these houses the grader
should do much Of the work that Is
now commonly done by the packer.
throwing out all fruit defective in any
way. AS has already been said, this
system would leave the packer free to
devote his attention to securing good
pack. II cantaloupe growers knew how
a loose, uneven pack hampers ready
sales, they would never allow crate
to leave their packing houses in poor
condition.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
FIGHT MOTHS WITH
AID of PARASITES
Marked Progress Is Being Made
/ in Reducing Pests in Many
of Eastern States.

Over 100000 specimens Of two
parasites which prey on the, gypsy
moth and brown-tail moth were re-
leased in 201 towns in Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island during the fall OF 1914 and
spring Of 1915, according to the an
nual report of the bureau OF Entomol-
ogy, United States department of ag
riculture.
AS result of tho successful estab-
lishment Of colonies of these and
other parasites which feed on the
gipsy and brown-tail moths, marked
progress is being made in reducing
these pests. Efficient cooperation ID
being afforded by the states, which
carry on as much work as possible
within the infested areaa, thus al
lowing the federal authorities to carry
on field work along the outer border
Of infestation, 80 a. TO retard the
gipsy moths spread
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

to get better and am now we'll. am
vtout and able to do my own housework.
can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
If it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON, 703 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to surgical opera.
ton it Is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
Advice-it will be confidential
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Now ID the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spot9,

There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed Of your freckles. the
prescription othine-double strength-is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce of othine-doublo
etrength-from your druggist. and apply q
little OF 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t IL seldom
that more than one ounce 10 needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
othine. as this is sold under guarantee OF
money back II 1t fails to remove freckles-
Adv,
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Bus Conductors, Ersnoh.

Bus conductors in town really are
acquiring some knowledge of the
French language. One was heard re.
Gently addressing a somewhat startled
French passenger somewhat thus:
"Piccadilly-circus? Doc pennies, ice-ee
moosoo, tray byang." It seemed to
give him honest pleasure.-London
Evening Standard.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
After Grip
Winter Colds
Bad Blood

You are pale, thin, weak-with little
vitality. Your liver is sluggish and
the bad blood causes your stomach
muscles to lose their elasticity and be-
come flabby-then indigestion.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, purely vegetable and free from
alcohol or narcotics, is the great and
powerful blood purifier of today. Ex-
tracted from American forest herbs
and roots. Contains no alcohol. In
gradients printed on wrapper.
Taken as directed It will search
out impure and poisonous matter
throughout the system and eliminate
it.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
A New Remedy for
Kidney, Bladder and
all Uric Acid Troubles

Dear Readers:
l appeal to those Of you who are
bothered with kidney and bladder
trouble, that you give up the use OF
harsh salts or alcoholic medicines and
in their place take short treatment
OF "Anuric." have taken many OF
DR.. Pierce's medicines for the past
twenty-five years with good results.
suffered with kidney trouble for some
years. recently heard Of the newest
discovery of Dr. Pierce, namely, his
"Anuric" Tablets. After using same
/ am completely cured of my kidney
trouble. A doctor pronounced me a
we'll preserved woman for my age, all
due. | believe, to DR.. Pierce's aid.
MRS. MELINDA e. MILLER.
If you suffer from backache, lum.
bago, rheumatism. get "Anurie" now.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Modern Methods.

We'll. well. | see where another
member of the so-called upper class il
charged with murder"
Does he accuse mysterious little
man from Afghahistan of melting him
to commit the crime, or is he going
to enter the old.fashioned plea Of In
sanity?"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
OF courae Not.

Il certainly do enjoy reading the
conclusions of scientific gentlemen
They exasperate me sometimes by
their fatuous assumption of wisdom"
That's because you don't go about
1t right. The sort of conclusions they
reach in the Sunday newspapers
should never be taken seriously"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Public Officials, Bonds.

We bond more people than any
other company in the world. Maintain
a special department for bonding pub
lie officials. Agents everywhere. Write
for rates to Official Bond Depart
ment, National Surety Company, 80
West St., New York City. Americas
Leading Surety Co." Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Hard to Understand.

Patience-It is said that noted
British entomologist recently paid
$1,000 for a rare specimen of flea
which is occasionally found in the fur
Of the sea otter.
Patience-But / don't understand
what the man would do with the flea,
or what the sea otter would do with
$1,000"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

5penCs Inc uocUorS
stated that / would
never get well with
out an operation
and that without it
! would not live one
year. My husband
objected d to any
operation and got
me some Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. took
~ aud a0ro~anonI
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Her References.

Madam-Have you any references?
The French Maid--Zee husband Of
zee lady where last worked he give
me an utomobile.-Life.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
somethlna AccompIlshed.

Bacon-Do you believe he'll ever
learn to write a good hand?
Egbert-No; guess he'll be able to
make his mark.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Coolinu Il OFF.

BILL see a pocket-size electric fan
has been invented. a.
Jill-To keep money from burning
in the pocket, no doubt.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

In the neighborhood Of Reading,
England, there are three army horse
depots stated entirely by women.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

When some men start out to look
for the deserving poor their first stop
is before mirror.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
::o They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Sorry He Did It.

1t was with considerable trepida-
tion that we approached the shade Of
Sir Francis Bacon, whom we had
crossed the Styx to interview.
rs 1t 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 stuff
I'm not Dragging about It,"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

A man who thinks the world is
growing worse imagines he is growing
better.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Longing to Escape.

while Miss Founder was playing
noticed you had a far.away look in
your eyes,"
Yes"
Were you so much affected?"
"Oh, no. was merely thinking Of
certain far.away places where wished
could be-"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Among the things to worry about"
Luke McLuke has discovered that you
can't drown d bedbug.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Somehow the average boy lacks a
mania for acquiring good-conduct
marks at school.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
SOAP Is STRONGLY ALKALINE

and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with La Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take tho Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it Is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. Tho
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Light moves 10000 miles per sec.
ond.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Des Moines, Iowa." Four years ago
! was very sick and my life was nearly
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

A score of women are now employed
to take the place of policemen by Scot
land Yard.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
WoMAN,s cRoWNINo GLORY

WOWNN5 CHOWNING UIUHV
is her hair. II yours Is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change II IN
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

II girl in love becomes thinner II
Is a case OF loved and lost"
Meade County news., 1916-05-04

Penny postage began in England in
1910.
Meade County news., 1916-05-04
Importan, 20 Mo.hera

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that II
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
The Cost and Cure of Malaria.

Authorities estimate that malaria costs the
South between fifty and hundred million
dollars year in loss of labor and life not reckon
ing lowered efficiency and hindered development.
When considers that this disease is preventabe
and that for the most part its very sources be
removed without great difficulty cost, its ravage
and waste become doubly deplorable. An Alabama
county having area larger than that of the Pan
anna canal zone has been freed from malaria at
of about sxty-fve cents per capita, In certain
western States, notably Indiana Illinois and Iowa,
the malaria death rate has been reduced from fifty
two per thousand to almost nothing. Instances
could be adduced by scores Any community
shake off this i'll and for all by avafng itself
of the comparatively simple means which science
offers.
The commonest source of malaria is the swamp
wet land which breeds a species of mosquito
that transmits the disease In such the surest
and only permanent remedy is drainage. Hence,
the great human as well as economic Importance of
those reclamation projects under way in Geor-
gia and in other regions of the South. Under the
Georgia law, drainage districts and associations
may be organized with authority to issue bonds for
carrying out such improvements. The increase in
land value and productiveness is generally
than sufficient to meet the cost of the work, and to
do so in few years. The resultant saving in health
alone, regardless Of the great agricultural and
business gains abundantly warrants such enter
prises.
A d. malady that costs the South between fifty
and one hundred million dollars year ought to be
combaed especially when the means for doing so
are within easy reach and when they open the way
to such farrcachiug benedts~n every field of public
welfare.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
The BrandeiS Nomination.

There TO be some doubt that the Senate
will confirm the Presidents nomination of
Louis IT, Brandeis for associate justice of the SUI
preme Court. If he is rejected. the responsible
ity will rest the Democrats, who are in sub
stantial majority viii Democratic Senators stand
unitedly by the President-their party leader-in
this important issue, will some of them desert
him to aid Republican malcontents?
The question involves great deal more than
the personal or political interests of any con-
cerned. 1t is a test of the loyalty and statesman
ship of the Senators themselves. Sundry charges
have been brought against Mr.. BrandeiS profession
al record, but interestingly enough they have been
fathered for the most part, by persons allied in
one way or another with the tyrannUus monopolies
against whom he has championed the cause of bust
ness freedom and social justice. If stanch service
in behalf of common interests opposed by special
interests disqualihes able lawyer for a seat on
the Supreme Court bench, Mr. Brandeis is disquali-
fed But if lifelong devotion to public rights and
welfare together with splendid intellect and char
acter and knowledge of the law, proper tests,
then Mr.. Brandeis is eminently fitted for the high
station to which the President has named him.
Whatever the Republicans of the Senate may do,
no Democrat should join the forces of reactionary
and spiteful politics in trying to defeat nominations
to which the President has given mature judgment.
The country knows that he would not have made
these appointments had he not been fully convinced
of their worthiness. AS between President Wilson
and a Republican clique, no Democratic Senator
should have moments hesitation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
Rural Credits.

Bills providing liberal system of rural credits
have passed in both branches of Congress by sig
nifcant majorities. There only ten dissent
ing votes in the House. and in the Senate only five.
This makes it virtually foregone foregone that
some legislation of the kind will be enacted at the
present session. AS in the case of the army bill,
however, there are marked differences between the
House and Senate measures, and these must be ad-
justed before conclusive action can be taken But
inasmuch both bills look TO the same general
purpose and are shaped upon broadly similar lines,
it is not expected that the conference committee
will have much trouble in reaching an agreement.
The subject of rural credits involves many
matters requiring expert professional judgment
that only those who have looked carefully and add
visedy into a particular piece of legislation
this line are competent TO pass upon its merits.
But as TO the primary need of broader and more
elastic service for the financial side of agricultural
interests, there is little difference of opinion.
The establishment of the Federal Reserve banks
has proved a substantial and far-reaching benefit to
American farmers, especially to those where great
staple crops such as cotton and grain produced.
The Federal Reserve law, however, designed
for general rather than particular problems and
there was clear understanding at the time of its
enactment that it should be supplemented by rural
credits legislation.
The United States is far behind most European
countries in facilities and service of this character
One reason is. of course that the American farmer
is far more individualistic and the American Gov
eminent far less paternalstic than those of Eu-
rope. Evidently, however, the country's
interests which rest after all agricultural pros
perty require adequate system of rural credits.
1t is to be hoped therefore, that Congress will
tie this important issue with wise and practical
law at the present session.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19
Heaven.
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE.
r HAVE discovered where heaven is.

II. r..
T HAVE discovered where heaven is.
Wherever you are, it is somewhere else.
1t is the land of the unattainable, the island
that has never been discovered the shore no ship
has reached.
Who has found that moment spoken of by
Goethe, where one say, Let this moment last
forever?"
We were sitting on the top of the mountain,
on the platform in front of the little inn, Anushka
and looking far out over the successive ranges of
the Sierras that extended wave like everywhere.
The sun brilliant. The air was warm Around
spread panorama beautiful as mortal
eyes had ever seen. l was about to ask Anushka
if she were happy, when she pointed to a spot over
the farthest peaks where the clouds touched the
mountain tops and CLEAN of sunshine blessed
them, and said:
There! Ny soul is yonder. Do you see that
spot? 1t is the dwelling place of light ineffable.
All is peace and joy there. think that must be
heaven"
You are right" | answered. THAT is heaven
from here. But when you get there you will
find it only mist. From here those clouds are white
and gold, and angels fly among them. If you could
reach them you would find it bleak and cold, with
only rocks and snow-rfts and desolaton about you.
Then perhaps you might see farther on in
the distance, another point full of glory. If you
flew to that you would find your glory point lust
as far away ever.
$50 heaven flies before us. To us heaven is on
Venus, Saturn or Arcturus; to the inhabitants
of those spheres, who knows? Maybe heaven is on
Tellus"
THAT" she said seems bitter and cynic
view
Not at ALL" replied. 1T is the only view
that makes happiness eternal. The one everlasting
faculty of mankin is authorization The one mex
haustible fountain of joy is hope. Those whose
happiness is located in the land Of hope will always
be happy.
Heaven is in the future, because the future
is infinite. Besides, the future is the only time
when we can be happy without alloy The past,
even as to the peasantest moments of it, is always
a little sad So ones heaven is in the past. The
present is heeting, sinking every minute into the
darkness of the past. So no mans heaven is in the
present In the future alone is pure, ideal,
tainted joy
1--WE born pilgrims and strangers. The birds
of the air have nests and the foxes have holes but
man has not where to lay his head He is the gypsy
of the universe. He is the bird of passage of the
world
But | have been happy protested Anushka.
Possibly" [ said. But what keys you up to
live what stimulates and inspires you is not the
happiness you have had, but the happiness you
pect to have.
THE surest stablest thing in life is heaven. 1t
rests upon the enduring stones of hope Its pillars
are all of the alabaster of anticipation. 1t is
city of eternity not of time. Therefore it is that
its gates are never shut night nor day
Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane.)