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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-17
Missions in Life.

"You have quit singing I Didn't
Raise My Boy to Be Soldier"
"Yes," replied the thoughtless vocal
ist. ct led too many people to decide
that my parents didn't raise me to be
singer"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-17
A REFUGE.

whats the latest7'
Now they say that shoes may soon
cost $14 pair"
swell, that barefoot fad Is coming
right along"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-17
The Whole Truth

Mistress-Norah, did Mrs. Richley
leave any message when you told her
was not at home?
Maid-No, ma'am, she didn't; but
she looked very much pleased.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
WILT RESISTANT CABBAGE IS
DEVELOPED.
C.. E. TEMPLE,
Maryland Agricultural College.

For ten years, Mr. T. H. White. OF
the Maryland Experiment Station, has
been devoting q part Of his time TO
the production of variety or CAP
bage that would be resistant to GER
tain destructive diseases. He has de-
yeloped strain of the Flat Dutch
tyne which is resistant to the yellows,
this being one of the worst diseases
OF this cabbage plant.
The Extension Service of the Mary
land Agricultural College in co-opera'
ton with the U. s. Department OF
Agriculture, has arranged to conduct
some demonstrations to show the
value of this improved seed and to
distribute 1t over the State. In order
TO secure demonstration, the grower
must agree to set the plants from the
resistant seed in the same field with
ulants from commercial seed, and II
possible, a field that had grown cab
bage last year should be selected. He
must also agree to keep record OF
the yield Of both the resistant and the
commercial seed and to permit the
public to visit the plots.
Applications for these demonstra-
tons should be made to the County
Agent or to the Director of the EX-
tension Service, College Park, Md.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
FEED FOR FATTENING STEERS
Result Of Interesting Experiment at
South Dakota Station With 81.
lage and Mill Products.

The South Dakota station reports
test made in which three lots of year.
ling steers of four head each were fed
during a 145-day feeding period, each
lot receiving all the silage the steers
would eat and IL pounds Of by-prod-
uct, this being for lot one oil meal,
lot two cotton seed meal, and lot
three dried distillers' grains. The av-
erage daily gains per head were 2.45,
1876, and 2.17 pounds, respectively;
and during the first ninety days 2,69.
EOS, and 24S pounds. The estimated
and SIS cents
In two other lots grain was substi-
tuted for one-half, by weight, Of the
silage fed in the former lots, lot four
receiving oats and lot five, corn. The
former lot made average daily gains
of 21S pounds per head, the latter
200, and during the first ninety days
% and POI pounds, respectively, cost
ing 6.S8 and S.22 cents per pound of
gain. The average amount of gain for
Iho lfo-udy iccuiH5 pei iou was 10 lol'
lows: Lot one, 1877 pounds of silage
and IL pounds Of oil meal; lot two,
PIP pounds of silage and LIS pounds
of cotton seed meal; lot three, 203
pounds of silage and 1.3 pounds of
dried distilled grains; lot four, 1913
pounds of silage and A. pounds Of
oats; and lot five, JIG pounds of ST.
lage and So pounds of shelled corn.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
The BABY AND ITS RELATIVES
Inevitable Conflict Between Young
Mother and Observation-Disclosures
DANGER Of unhappiness.

Presumably, at the advent of the
first new baby, the parents relatives
are invaluable assistants, whether they
live in the house or merely come to
dinner on Sunday. In plain, cold fact
they are often the greatest hindrance
young mother has to contend with in
the proper adjustment of her home to
the new baby.
The dullest imagination can picture
the Inevitable conflict Of opinion and
practice between the daughter or
iaughter-in-law and the woman whose
family has reached maturity. The
methods of the latter appear to be
fully justified by results. The former
has no specific warrant for the stand
she endeavors to take, except the
printed book of rules which have been
urged upon her by doctor and nurse.
She has to grope her way toward ski
full baby management, watching anX-
iously, trying each step of the way,
buoyed up only by the conviction that
science and hospital regime advocate
the newer way. Physically she is not
quite herself for some months. No
matter how strong her will or how
unshakable her determination, per-
sistent mother-inlaw will either ulti-
mately succeed in interfering with her
schedule or cause her untold irritation
and agony of mind in the meantime.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Onion Once Worshiped.

The gentleman of Shakespeare
play who spoke of the hopelessness Of
painting the lily may or may not have
been a lover of creamed onions, and
perhaps did not know that the onion
plant is of the lily family The odor
If the flower and of the vegetable is
almost of the same horse power but
everyone knows that the onion is
lever used for perfume. Nevertheless,
he use OF the onion dates back to the
earliest ages of authentic history, the
Kansas City Star remarks. 1t is said
hat it was worshiped in ancient
Egypt before the Christian era, and it
was used in the ancient druidic wor-
ship in Britain. Its original home, ac-
:ording to Prof E. H. S. Bailey of the
University of Kansas, was in southern
Asia or along the Mediterranean. In
he United States the onion holds third
place among truck crops. In 1908 a..
100000 bushels, valued at $l0,000,O0O,
were grown and consumed here AS
Tor garlic, as kipling might say.
That's another onion"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
DAIRY
FACTS
LOCATION OF MILK IN A cow
Secretory Glands Take Raw Materials
From the Flood and Manufacture
Them Into Product.

In the system of the dairy COW there
are two kinds of glands: excretory
glands and secretory glands. A good
example of the excretory gland Is the
kidney. An excretory gland does not
manufacture, but simply serves as
vehicle for transferring waste from
the body.
The secretory glands are manufac-
turers. They take the raw materials
from the blood and manufacture them
into a special product. The mammary
gland, located in the upper part or
the udder of the cow, is secretory
gland. 1t takes the raw materials
from the blood and manufactures milk.
The large veins seen under the alb
domen of the cow do not contain milk.
as a great many people suppose. They
contain impure blood. This blood Is
returning to the heart. 1t has passed
through the mammary gland OF the
COW, deposited the food material and
absorbed the waste.
AS fast as the milk is manufactured
from the blood, 1t is stored in the
udder of the COW. The milk Is being
manufactured all the time that the
COW is fed and cared for. She works
day and night So far as known milk
is not manufactured any faster during
milking than it is any other time. but
the process of milk manufacture con
tinues, and is in proportion to the size
and quality of the mammary gland,
amount of blood and raw material
supplied by the COW.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
AFTER HEARING REAL MUSIC
II One Has True Appreciation Nothing
10 Finer Than Beethoven Played
by Master Pianist.

In that moment l could have sworn
the pianist became little black man
with a lions head and eyes that
burned. The brow was ponderous with
orooding, and the lips were straight
with suffering. The ill-titting coat was
tut as once long ago coats were cut
with high collar. Humpy about the
shoulders. Trousers too ample. Then
{ saw again the wild, tossed hair, the
gloomy brows and eyes that burned
beneath with strange fires. And as
ae played the white keys faded and
he great black sweep of the concert
grand, and the huge-headed man stood
quite alone, shaken by blasts of music
hat were hot as passion, bitter as salt
.ears, penetrating as the infinite stars.
My God" said someone at my elbow,
that is Beethoven" Then the music
stopped. tell you, it was still as morn
Ing, and little swarthy man grinned
md bowed without hand to clap him
or full ten deep breaths; and when it
came, the harsh, long rush of clapping
aands, it seemed that great golden
Kings were being smashed and let fall
Town jarring to the earth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
DAMAGE FROM PLANT LICE
SHOULD BE PREVENTED.
L. N. CORY,
Maryland Agricultural College.

Plant lice (aphids) attack every
growing crop, but the insects are SO
small and their attacks so insidious
that they are usually overlooked until
most of the damage is done Curling
Of leaves and the willing Of terminal
leaves and shoots is generally indi-
catve of plant lice imfestations.
Tobacco extracts must be counted
upon as the best summer contract
sprays for general use on sucking In
sects, such as orchard and truck crop
plant lice, whose control offers one of
the greatest problems with which the
growers have to contend.
There are three orchard plant lice
that are of major Importance to Mary
land; namely, the green aphis, which
usually infest new growth rather late
in the season; the rosy apple aphis,
so called because of its reddish hue,
which infest fruit buds, and the oat
aphis, which is usually found around
the swelling buds and which appears
before either Of the others. The
rapidity with which these pests multi
ply necessitates prompt measures for
their suppression.
Orchards that are sprayed extreme
" late in the spring are usually kept
practically free OF the oat and rosy
aphis by this dormant spray. because
there are usually sufficient warm days
in the spring to hatch aphis eggs be-
fore it is too late to spray. Spraying
in the spring as late as practical Is
recommended. II late lime sulphur
applications are not practical, the
grower should use separate spray OF
BLACK Leaf 49," at the rate OF three
quarters of pint to 100 gallons OF
water, to which has been added three
fifths of pound Of soap. This mix
ture will cost about $1.15 per 100 gal
Ions. This should be applied when the
aphids have clustered on the expanded
buds. If later applications are neces'
sary, due to the later Matching Of eggs
of the rosy and green aphids, the
BLACK Leaf 40" may be combined with
the codling moth spray, but soap
should be omitted in lime sulphur
combinations as it forms an insoluble
soap that will clog the MOBILES.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
IMPROVING MECHANICAL coNDI'
TON OF SOIL.

Green manure crops improve the
mechanical condition of soils by in
creasing the content Of organic mat
ter or humus. They give land good
texture and put 1t in good heart or as
farmers often say make the soil mel
low, loose, friable, porous and easy to
work, and will prevent its teaching,
forming clods and becoming lumpy,
The organic matter equalizes the wa
er holding capacity of soils.
The use of deep rooted crol% Will
open up the subsoil to the action OF
air. water and carbonic acid, lncreas'
ing the amount Of vegetable matter or
humus in soils will prevent the was,f
ing or outlying Of land.
The use of cover crops will also pre-
vent much loss ard iniIry from wash
ing and from wind
They are also helpful in smotherinl
ont and c'earino la 4 D ""ds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
HOW OFTEN TO APPLY LIME.

The quantity of lime applied varies
considerably in the various sections
and at various times. This has prob
ably been due in large measure to
the cost of lime and the relative dis
lance 1t must be hauled. Recent OBJ
servations seem to indicate that it is
better to apply small quantities and
make the applications at frequent in
tervals rather than to apply very large
quantities at one time. The old prac'
tice of putting 100 bushels or more pei
acre is seldom practiced now. The
kind of soil to which the application
In made makes II necessary TO vary
the quantity. l. Is now pretty wei
recognized that IN poor soils and OF
sandy soils, the quantity applied a.
one time should b. small. The results
of the test 1uaGe by the Maryland Elk
periment Station indicates that from
10 to 20 bushels Is ample for one appli
cation. The application should bt
made e,ery four 10 eight years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Fish Respond to Call.

Splashing is not supposed to be the
best thing in the world for fisherman
to do, but in Gatun lake, Panama, fish
crowd around in large numbers when.
ever the surface is disturbed the ex.
PLANTATION being that they find their
richest food on the limbs Of water.
killed trees, which are continually
breaking off and falling. Green" Wis.
itors are often convinced that the fish
in Gatun lake will come in answer to
a call, the call being splash made
with dough ball at the end of pole
and line.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Summer Spray Important
In Securing Clean Fruit.
c. L. TEMPLE,
Maryland Agricultural College.

When there Is an over-product1on Of
peaches, the men who take good care
,of their orchards usually make some
mCrey in spite of the low prices, for
in such seasons only the best peaches
car be marketed; on the other hand,
wh~n there Is less than normal crop
OF peaches, the men who care we'll for
Their trees reap rich harvest, for they
pre- duce, not only more perfect fruit,
bar also more Of it than those who
effect the care of their trees. In the
yer 1915, there was an over-production
of peaches in almost all peach-grow-
ine sections of the country and many
pesch growers lost money on their
Gre D, but there IL sufficient evidence
no., at hand to show that the present
yea Is going to produce a light crop;
at east in some sections Of Maryland.
THIS, coupled with the fact that the
past season was especially favor.
alb ;e to the development of Brown Rot
ard Scab, it would seem that the pres
ent season will be an opportune time
to do effective, profitable spraying.
1t is with considerable satisfaction
that we find practically all growers
giving their peach trees the dormant
spraying for scale and leaf curl; how
ever, it is to be regretted that we find
so few who realize the value or who
have demonstrated the effectiveness OF
the self-boiled lime sulphur summer
spraying for brown rot and scab. 1t Is
for those, then, who are not familiar
with the summer treatment that this
article is prepared.
AT least three applications OF self
boiled lime sulphur $3.50 should be
given. One pound of powdered arsen'
ate of lead or two pounds of the paste
should be dissolved in water and add
ed to the above for the first spraying
when the shucks are splitting off, and
for the second spraying which should
De three weeks later. When only three
spraying are given. the third should
De made about month before the fruit
ripens. Wherever brown rot or scab
is severe, other sprayings may be
necessary to control the disease.
But the chemicals used are not eX-
pensive. For the three sprayings as
outlined here, the chemicals will cost
between $500 and $500 per hundred
trees
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
DlIAAAIRYNO!ES

The milk crop is one which comes in
every day.
When possible, test the cows milk
before buying her.
Never buy a COW whose milk tests
below three per cent
Stanchons are a thing Of the past.
Cow ties are now in order.
After the good cow is born there is
lots of work in her making.
The sooner dairy tools are washed
after using the more easily they will
be cleansed.
Why not settle on dairy farming as
a business? Then breed and feed and
work for a better breed.
Don't use the milk pail for carrying
feed to the pigs if you desire to be
classed as a good dairyman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR LICE
important Question Right Now Be-
cause Pest ls More Troublesome
In Winter Than Summer.

(By r. c. AsHBY, University Farm. st,
Paul. Minn)
1t has been estimated that $50.
pound hog has $4,000 drops Of blood.
Suppose he Is supporting 1000 lice
and each takes one drop Of blood per
day. What per cent Of his blood will
be lost daily, and who will pay the
bill?
The question Is important right now,
for lice are worse in winter than in
summer. The hogs pile up closely and
spend much time In their beds. The
lice take advantage of the situation and
breed rapidly.
To remove the lice Is neither diff
cult nor expensive. Dipping or spray
ing with coaltar compounds is danger
GUS in winter, but three other treat
ments are available. These are:
/. Equal parts kerosene and machine
oil mixed together and applied with
an oil can, brush or swab.
2. Crude oil (thinned with kerosene,
II too thick, applied with brush or
as spray,
3. Powdered staphsagria busted on
the pigs. or stepped as tea and ap-
piled with brush or as a spray
For q small bunch the first treat.
ment is the most convenient. but when
one has many hogs the crude oil is
cheaper Be sure to apply behind the
ears and in both TANKS. The lice pre-
fer folds Of the skin.
Clean the beds and pens thoroughly,
also. II these are thoroughly sprayed
with the oil, there should be no fur
Their trouble from the lice. II the hogs
sleep In straw sheds, one can keep
them free from lice by treating them
every two weeks. Try It!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Frances Gift to America.

The French republic presented to
the University of California the col
lection of some 5000 volumes, as
sembed to mirror the contributions OF
France to civilization, which formed
notable feature of the French exhibit
at the Panama-Pacific international ex,
position. These volumes were select
ed by distinguished French authorities
in various fields of science and the
humanities, those in philosophy being
selected by Henri Bergson; in So
GEOLOGY, by Emile Durkheim; in educa
tion, by Paul Laple; in mathematics,
by Paul Appel in astronomy, by B.
Baillaud in physics, by Edmond
Bouty; in chemistry, by Andre Job; in
mineralogy, by Alfred Lacroix.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Why Some Folks Swear.

French speech is full of secularized
oaths like "Parbleu!" and the English
of oaths like by gum!" and by GIN
ger!" Did not Socrates swear by the
dog?"
Obviously swearing Of this kind Is
in the nature of a gesture rather than
Of an oath. the New York Evening
Telegram observes.
1t is an attempt to elevate prose
above dullness, to keep language from
falling asleep.
Swearing springs from desire to
give to speech some Of the qualities
Of action. Soldiers resort to 1t, one
may fancy, as the language Of energy.
Perhaps both soldiers and civilians
swear less than they used ton
mixed company at least-but others
still remain a kind of technical Ian.
guage in times of stress.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
WATER OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Cows Giving Milk Require Great Guam
titles of Water-As Essential
as Feed In Winter.

Water Is fully as important to the
dairy COWS as feed during the winter.
They must have access to 1t so that
they can drink all they want, wheth-
err they have it in automatic water
basins, or in the yard tanks.
Cows giving milk need great guam
titles of water. Careful experiments
have proved that 1t requires more
than five pounds of water for every
pound of milk produced by the cow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
DEHORNING CHUTE is USEFUL
Illustration Shows Device Used With
Success by South Dakota Man.
1t ls Easily Made.

We have dehorning chute which
we use with good success, writes
Stanley county, South Dakota, writer
in Independent Farmer. Two-inch
stuff Is used throughout. excepting two
upper pieces on each side, which are
Ike. A stanchion is provided at one
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Grading Important.

"Your seed corn should have high
termination, that is, yuu ant as man!
kernels as possible to be live kernels.
You can only make sure OF this by
testing your seed corn in the manner
which we will describe later on. The
best time to grade your seed corn ioi
planting is when you are ready 10
shell it. Select only heavy, solid ears,
with kernels of a uniform length,
width and thickness. Ears with many
kernels uneven IN size should be
thrown out. Before Smelling the SEED
ears, remove all small and poorly de-
yeloped kernels from them, as such
kernels may produce only weak or
barren stalks and lessen your chances
of growing profitable crop. When a
corn planter is used in planting, II Is
ALWAYS best to also take out the large
and irregular kernels.
Seed corn Is best shellcd by hama,
letting the kernels drop into coarsely
meshed sieve, where off-sized kernels
will be quickly seen. Remember that
YOU expect strong, and healthy corn
plant to grow from every kernel you
plant: you cannot afford to be care
less in seeing that every poor kernel
Is thrown out"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Sucker Not Landed.

mo, thank you!" politely said Pro-
fessor Pate, in reply to the tender OF
the suave agent, Il do not care to in.
dulge in oil stocks, mining shares, en-.
cyciopedias or other golden opportu.
mites which must be grasped at once
or lost forever. While my experience in
the ways Of the world is somewhat
limited, know of several more enjoy.
able methods of fiinging away my
money. City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Economy Urued,

Economy has become word of
unusual interest in the last year,
though naturally to a less extent in
the United States than in Europe. Our
training has not fitted us to appreciate
its dignity and cultural worth in both
theory and tice."-American Cook
cry Magazine
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Shipping Industry Worried.

Lake Superior shipping interests de-
clare that they will never be able to
move the 55,0OO,O0O tons of iron ore
at which the demands of next years
steel contracts have been estimated.
The big Minnesota mines are at the
height Of their prosperity along with
the rest of the steel industry.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
FEED BINS MADE CONVENIENT
Can Be Built Beneath Hay Floor
Who're Stock Is kept-Much limo
and Labor Is Saved.

Handy feed bins can be built be-
meath the floor of hay drive where
stock Is kept below the hay. Slanted
as shown, the grain falls into the spout
leading into box to catch the waste,
says a writer in Western Farmer. A
shutoff slide fits into end Of spout.
The spout may be made to empty into
alley or where most convenient This
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Take Places of 6oldlera.

Berlin has five schools where wom-
en- are taught the art Of conducting
street car through the crowded thor.
oughfares4 Each week between 300
and 400 woman conductors a, gradu-
eted to take the places Of men called
to the froAt.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Dehornlng Chute.

end with loose pin which can be re-
moved quickly and animal driven out
in front if desired. After the animal
is fastened in the stanchion rope run
around its neck and nose is fastened
to the wndlass and drawn through.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
And No Insurance.,

Tomdix-Hear about the confagra
ton?
Hojax--No; where was it?
Tomdix-At the department store
where / was employed.
Hojax-Much Of loss?
Tomdix-About nine dollars week
Hojax-About nine dollars week!
Why, how do you figure that out?
Tomdix-Oh, it's not difficult prob.
lem. The boss fred me.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-04-20
Feed Bins.

saves labor and time, because you fill
the bins through trap doors in floor
above and there is no lifting at any
time.