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The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28
FARMING IS NOT SOFT SNAP


The modern farmer is not having
such an easy time as some people i'm
agine, few of his troubles being de-
scribed by an agricultural authority
as follows:
sometimes feel that we farmers
have hard time Of it. Just about the
time we think we have farming down
to an easy life system, a sure fire,
nothing to learn proposition, some new
blankety blank bug, or bad blight or
perfectly pestiferous pest bobs up
right suddenly to save US from the
fate of the idle rich. While we sit
,own peacefully to smoke our pipe
and take little nap somebody in
vents a new tillage machine, some-
body imports new forage crop,
somebody breeds new grain, and we
wake up to find that we are just
bout six laps behind the leaders in
the farming game.
Our children come home from school
and tell US the dollars and cents value
of ton of stable manure, and how
many pounds Of barley, corn, and peas
it will take to turn a 40-pound porker
into a 240-pound candidate for the
rendering vat. Our wife reminds us
that We simply have to give the hens
more protein if we want plenty of
fresh eggs for breakfast, and our hir-
I'd man tells us we are wasting time
and money by not summer tilling pro-
perly and making more plant food
available. The army cut worm
sneaks up the back way and forms a
triple alliance with the gopher and
the apple scab, and we have to begir
poison dope campaign against the
Whole measly bunch.
Yea, verify! that day is far past
when any old fool was good enough
material for the making Of a farmer
Now we have to know so much thai
it makes some dizzy just to thinl
about it, and they fall by the waysid'
and degenerate into business men.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28

smaller specimens will probably give
as quick results.
Cut back bruised roots to sound
wood. Trim the tops, hack half or
more accrding to the amount of the
roots which you have been able to
secure. Protect roots from exposure
to air as much as possible.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28

moisture for it's termination at that
depth.
Time of Seeding
When not grown on breaking, fax
usually has been sown as late
catch crop in the northwest. This
practice is so common that many
growers have come to believe that
flax should not be sown until June l
or later. Many who have their land
prepared earlier delay seeding until
about this time. Although good
yields often are obtained from late
sown flax, the farmer who follows
this practice runs the risk of losing
his crop from damage by early frosts.
Contrary to common belief, fax is not
easily injued by frost when young.
If a hard frost occurs when the
plants are just coming up, some will
be injured; if it occurs after they are
up, no material damage will result.
Flax sown the latter part Of April
or the first week in May usually
gives the best results, though under
favorable conditions good yields are
obtained from fax seeded as late as
the first week of >June. The early
sown flax ripens during the period OF
hottest summer weather, while flax
sown in June seldom comes into bloom
until this period is nearly over.
Seedlings made from May Is to June
l come into full bloom when mois-
ture conditions are very favorable and
the hot winds dry up the plants;
hence the period of bloom is usually
short and the yield is low.
The seeding should usually be done
as soon as the seed bed is prepared
and before the weed seed has time to
germinate. If this is not done, the
seeds should be allowed to germinate
and ,he field then disked before
sowing. AS it is not desirable to
sow flax in the Dakotas and Montana
during the latter half of May, this
disking should be delayed until late in
May so that the fax can be sown
about June /, on freshly disked land.
Flax sown as late as June l, how
ever, often has to be cut in damp,
cloudy weather and while the straw is
still green, making the harvesting
more difficult. The fax cures slow
ly and autumn rains or SHOWS usually
occur before it can be threshed. This
often reduces both the yield and qua!.
ity of the crop.
Rate of Seeding
Where the annual rainfall is not
more than 20 inches, fax need not be
sown at greater rate than 20 pounds
to the acre. This should be reduced
% Is pounds, under drier conditions
Where the rainfall is more than &c
inches slightly higher yield may be
obtained if 25 pounds are sown to the
acre. The sowing of more than 2;
pounds to the acre on non-irrigatee
land does not pay.
i Harvesting
An ordinary grain binder can b
used to best advantage on the small
farm in harvesting fax. The fla,
may be bound and shocked or tn
binder attachment removed and F.,
. buncher substituted. On larger farm
the header can sometimes be used t
better advantage. The heads ar
, either stacked or a buncher attach
; ment is used and the heads droppe
; in large punches in the field.
Flax should he 50 handled AS I
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28
CULTURE OF FLAX
IN THE NORTHWEST

IN The NOKlH w ES
In 1915 the United States produced
Aittte more than half the f1axseed
needed by the American mills for the
year. There was also shortage in
the world supply of flaxseed due to
abnormal conditions resulting from
the war. Because of the high prices
obtained for the 1915 crop, many
farmers may grow the crop who have
had no previous experience with it.
Because of the interest in this crop
at present, the following directions
for its culture are given:
North and South Dakota, Mime
sofa, and Montana are now the
principal fiaxseed-producing states.
In comparison with wheat, oats, and
barley, fax ranks first in average
acre value for the 10-year period
from 1906 to 1915 in North and
South Dakota, Minnesota and Wis
consin, second in Nebraska, third in
Iowa and Kansas, and fourth in Mon
tana.
Varieties Of Seed Flax
Flax as grown commercially in the
United States may be divided into
three main groups: Q) seed flax,
(2) short fibre fax, and (3) textile
fiber flax. The textile fiber faxes
are not grown for seed, although the
seed is a by-product when they are
grown for fiber. The short fiber
strains usually are not as heavy yield
ers Of seed as the seed flakes, but
they are earlier and generally more
resistant to disease. Primost (Minn.
No. 25> and North Dakota Resistant
No. ia, varieties distributed by the
Minnesota and North Dakota expert
ment stations respectively, belong
to this group.
The seed faxes, represented by the
Russian IN. Oak. No. 1861 and selec-
ton from it, North Dakota Resist
ant Nos. SO and q, and other intro
ductions from Europe, are the best
yielding fax varieties and the best
strains to grow in regions of limited
rainfall where fax fiber is of little
value.
It is important to obtain good
strain of fax, preferably from local
sources, and to maintain this variety
free from weeds and disease. When
clean seed is sown on fields free
from weeds, profitable and disease
free fields of fax should result.
Rotations For Flax
Although the bulk of the fax crop
has been and is grown on breaking, il
must be considered more and more as
a crop to be grown in rotation with
other crops. As a cash crop in rota.
tions it should follow clean summe,
fallow or a clean cultivated crop
Flax may be used as a nurse crol
for clover, alfalfa or grasses.
No matter what the previous crol
has been or how the land is pre-
pared, it is important that the see,
bed be we'll packed and in good tilth
As fax is a poor weed fighter, i
should be sown on land that is fre
from weed seed.
Flax usually is sown with tn
ordinary grain drill. The depth 0
seeding depends largely on the dept
at which moisture is present, as it i
desirable to sow the seed in mois
soil. It should not be sown deepe
than one inch if there is sufficien
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28

Henry, look after one look at the
well-known fjords of Norway, decid-
ed he couldn't compete.-New York
Evening Sun.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28

Tactful.-Clerk- the shirt for
your husband, ma'am, or do you wish
something in a better quality ?"-
Puck.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28

Write to Hotel Radisson, Minneapo-
lis, for descriptive booklets. t.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28
Practical FARMING.
Helpful Facts Gathered from Reliable Sources
OfZnterest to Farmers

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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Borough Of CIiffside Park
OR DIN A N C E

An ordinance to provide sinking
fund for the payment of any bonds of
the borough, and for the appointment
of Commissioners of the sinking
fund of the Mayor and Council of
the Borough of Cliffside Park.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Council of the Borough of
Cliffside Park, that sinking fund
be, and the same hereby is, provided
and created for the purpose of sup
plying and providing the necessary
funds with which to redeem and pay
the outstanding bonds of the munich
pality whenever they become due.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
that three suitable persons, residents
and freeholders of the Borough, shall
be appointed as commissioners, which
when so appointed, shall be officially
designated as commissioners of the
Sinking Fund of the Mayor and
Council of the Borough of Cliffside
Park" and the three commissioners
so appointed in the first instance, one
shall be appointed to hold office for
one year, and one for two years and
one for three years from date of
their appointment, and such commits
'SlonefS snail De appointed annually
thereafter to hold office for a term
of three years and to take the place
of the commissioner whose term then
expires. Any vacancy shall be filled
by appointment in the manner pro-
vided for by law. Each of such COM
missioners shall be nominated by the
Mayor and confirmed by the Council
of the borough. Each commissioner
before entering upon the discharge
of the duties of his office, shall take
and file the oath provided by law,
with the Borough Clerk and shall
enter into a bond to the Mayor and
Council of the Borough of Cliffside
Park in the amount of twenty-five
($2,500.00) hundred dollars with cor
porate or individual sureties to be
approved by the Council and condi-
toned for the honest and faithful dis
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Equal Suffrage Rights
Among Early Indians

The position and activities of wo-
manhood, especially among the early
Indian tribes of America, was the
subject of the address delivered be-
fore the Equal Suffrage League at
the E. Yancey Cohen home on We'd
nesday of last week. The speaker
was to have been Prof. Franz Boas,
but as he was prevented by illness
from being present, his place was oc-
cupied by DR.. Robert LOWE, curator
of the Natural History Museum,
New York City.
DR.. LOWE said that the position
and function of women among savage
In one tribe it was the woman's
place to milk the cows; in another it
was the mans. In one it was the
woman who did the basketry and
other art work; in another the man
did it.
Among the Hopi's of the early
Pueblo tribe in New Mexico the wo-
men were the home builders and home
makers; they actually made houses
of wood and stone. Among the Iro-
quois tribes of New York State the
women chose the candidates for cleo
ton to the federal council; they also
brought about their deposition if they
deserved it.
DR.. LOWE started a gale of laugh
ter when he related that in New
Mexico, the Hopi husband, owing to
the fact that the wife actually built
and owned the home, had no right to
the house he lived in. Descent was
in the female line Men did the wo-
mems work. In Hopi-land spinning
bees were conducted by the men; it
was the men who made the trousseau
for the bride. This was done in the
mems subterranean council chambers,
to which they were obliged to resort,
not unlike the modern mans resort
to his club or even saloon, or his i'm
notation in the coal pile in the cellar.
DR.. LOWE said that the whole sub
Ject of Woman's status was liable
to change just as that of a man was.
Among ourselves, thirty years ago it
was only the men who did secretarial
work, now it was practically only the
women.
Among the Plain Indians, between
the Mississippi and the Rockies the
beautiful bead-work was done by the
women; only the war-like paintings
were done by men. The examples of
art which the Museum possessed
showed great beauty of design, and
a fine sense of form and color. DR..
LOWE said that the Pueblo's had de-
veloped the highest Indian civiliza-
ton in America.
At the conclusion of DR.. Lowie's
address number of questions were
asked, and his remarks warmly APP
plauded
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
A Gruesome Tale
Of Horse Shooting

David Dougherty, of Midland Park
borough, against whom Under Sheriff
Miss Constance A. Kopp was a ma
terial witness, was last Saturday adj
Judged guilty of cruelty to animals
and fined $25 and costs by Judge
Peter A. Stage, in the Third District
Court.
The technical charge was that
Dougherty, who had purchased a bay
mare for $40 as a speculation, shot
the horse, once in the nose and again
between the eyes, neither of which
shots took effect. The animal was
later destroyed by Frank Lewis, a
farmer, of that place.
A feature of the case was the head
of the horse, which was put in evil
dence to show where the shots had
lodged. Doughtery admitted having
used an ak to cut off the horses hoofs
to salvage the shoes.
The S. P. G. A. were the complain
ants, represented by Lawyer William
B. Mackay, jr. Former Judge David
d. Zabrisgie appeared for the de-
fendant.-Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Borough Of CIiffside Park
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the supplying and
applying by pressure of Road Oil to
the streets of the Borough of Cliff
side Park, will be received by the
Mayor and Council at regular meet
ing to be held April "a, 1916, in the
Borough Hall at eight o'clock p. m.
Bids must be submitted on the fol-
lowing basis:
(a) First application to approx
mately 10000 square yards of streets.
(b) Second application to approx
mately 10000 square yards of the
streets previously oiled.
Each bid shall be accompanied by
a certified check to the amount of
800.
No bid will be received before the
hour mentioned and none after $50
p. m.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish bond acceptable
to the Mayor and Council for the
faithful performance of his contract.
The Mayor and Council reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
Dated April 10, 1916.
Louis Renter,
1929 Borough Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Borough Of Cliffside Park
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Cliff
side Park for the improvement of
Palisade Avenue Gorge Road in the
Borough of Cliffside Park, in the
County of Bergen, with bituminous
and tar surfaces upon a macadam
foundation; estimated amount of sur
face pavement required is bituminous
17,127 square yards, tar 1884 square
yards, of foundation 81 ,461 square
yards; and opened and read in public
at the Fire Hall at Park Place and
Palisade Avenue on May 8, 1916, at
$50 p. m.
Drawings, specifications and forms
of bid, contract and bond for the
proposed work, prepared by McClave
& McClave, Borough Engineers, and
approved by the State Commissioner
of Public Roads have, been filed in the
office of the said engineers at Column
bia Avenue, Grantwood, N. j., and
of said Commissioner at the State
House, Trenton, N. j., and may be
inspected by prospective bidders dur
ing business hours.
Bids must be made on the stand
ard proposal forms in the manner
designated therein and required by
the specifications, must be enclosed
in sealed envelopes, bearing the name
and address of bidder on the outside,
addressed to "The Mayor and Coun-
ell of the Borough of Cliffside Park, +"
and must be accompanied by a certi-
fed check or cash for not less than
81 900 and be delivered at the place
and on the hour above named. The
standard proposal form is attached
to the specifications, copies of which
will be furnished on application to
the engineers.
By order of the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Cliffside Park.
Louis Renter,
Borough Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Borough Of: CIiffSide Park
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that an
ordinance has been introduced by the
Mayer and Council of the Borough
of Cliffside Park to grade, improve
and macadamize Center Lane in the
Borough of Cliffside Park, extending
from the easterly side of Anderson
Avenue to the easterly side of the
right of way of the Palisade Rail
road; and that the Mayor and Coun-
ell of the Borough of Cliffside Park
will meet at the Borough Hall on
Monday, the Oath day of April, 1916,
at 8 o'clock p. M, for the purpose of
considering said ordinance and re-
ceiving objections thereto, and hear
ing all persons interested therein.
Dated April 10th, 1916.
Louis Renter,
Borough Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Attest:

Louis j. Renter,
Borough Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Borough Of CliffsIde Park
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
Mavor and Council of the Borough of
Cliffside Park will, at regular meet
ing to be held in the Borough Coun-
ell Chamber, Fire House, Paisade
avenue, April Oath, 1916, at 8 o'clock
p. M, receive sealed bids for the col
lection and disposal of Garbage and
Ashes.
The Contractor shall, between May
18th, and October Is, make daily col
lections of Garbage and Ashes as
follows: Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays in the southerly section,
Hudson Heights and Cliffside, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays in
the northerly section, Edgewater
Heights and Grantwood. The Con-
tractor shall, between October 18th
and May 18th, make two collections
weekly in each section; Mondays and
Fridays in the southerly section and
Tuesdays and Saturdays in the north
erly section.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified check or cash of One Hun
dred ($100.00) Dollars.
Bids must be presented in a secure
ly sealed envelope plainly, marked
IBID for Garbage and Ashes"
No bid will be received before the
hour above mentioned and none after
$50 p. m.
The successful bidder will be re-
CURED to furnish bond acceptable
to the Mayor and Council, for the
faithful performance of his contract.
The Mayor and Council reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated April 10th, 1916.
Louis j. Renter,
--20-2 Borough Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
New Peace Expedition
Launched To Interior

The "Palisadian" was present on
Thursday evening of last week, at
Carnegie Hall, at the launching Of
the expedition" of the committee of
the American Union Against Pre-
paredness into the interior of
America. The launching of the small
group of idealists began with salvo
of sharp thrusts at the armor OF
these who are shouting preparedness
on all sides, and ended with the
boarding by the group of the mid
night train for Buffalo, where they
will make their next appeal for the
return of the nation to sanity.
The parting of the little band with
the benediction of the great crowd
as expressed by the venerable DIR.
Jefferson was impressive and aHect-
ing.
Perhaps the most imprisoned and
lightning-like charge on the hosts OF
militarism was that of DR.. Berle, OF
Cambridge, when he portrayed the
sinister creeping of the first tentacles
of the present gigantic armor trust
beginning with England, and raml-
flying from there to France, Ger
many, Austria and Italy, and then
finally to the great works at Bethle-
hem, Pa.
One of the most affecting touches
was DR.. Berles allusion to the wise
fool" Henry Ford and his historic
peace crusade which wrought great
applause. ;o ,,,,,,do,.
conspiracy in our midst was pro-
claimed by several speakers, whose
plan they said was to capitalize the
element of human fear in order to
reap huge profits from it by increas-
ing the demand for military equip
ment, ammunition and campaigns.
Amos Pinchot asserted that the Villa
raid at Columbus was staged and oc-
cured at the very moment that Sec
rotary of War Baker was on his way
to Washington to assume office. Inc
militarists' anxiety to publish long
lists of Mexican casualties might be
more effective, at this time, of Mexi-
can reconstruction did one not know
that in our own Louisiana after the
civil war, there were over 200 casual
ties a month, during the reconstruct
ton period Pinchot wondered, too,
if there were not something slgnl-
ficant in the coincidence of the "pre-
paredness" with the presidential cam
paign. In referring to a recent meet
ing of the Security League, after
hearing the utter inadequacy OF the
nations fighting arms set forth, Mr..
Pinchot said that he felt as If the
United States must be done for, and
that there was no use arguing any
way. -,
One of the speakers minated that
in the present Chamberlain bill there
was a hidden plot to make officers
in the civil service of the nation the
legitimate spoils of those serving in
the army. England, although fight
ing for her very existence, would not
give the signal for consumption,
which we, with absolutely no danger
facing us, and with the fighting man
hood Of Europe practically wiped out,
so that there could be no possible
danger of attack, were now so siren
uously advocating.
Rabbi Wise brought the meeting
stirringly to a close by charging that
the preparedness" of the militarists
was the easiest way, the feudal way
of physical combat. The true pre-
paredness, that of reason and dell6-
GRAFTON, was the proper way, though
not for that reason the easiest.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Something Nice
OF Shakespeare

George Brandes, while admitting
Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, "Titus
Andronicus," to indicate a barbarous
conception of tragic poetry, says that
the lower the point of departure of
the poets genius, the more marvel
lous it's soaring flight.
"Women are as roses, whose fair
flower, Being once displayed, doth
fall that very hour" From Shake
speare's "Twelfth Night"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
Mrs. Logan's Snail
Farm Increasing

The snail farm in Mrs. Charles T.
Logan's aquarium is going ahead
with considerable rapidity. There
are now fourteen teeny-weeny little
baby snails on hand, and more are
watched for all the time.
This particular pair of parent
snails is very prolific, as every few
weeks they spawn and there's more
little ones discovered. They are con-
fined in an outer bowl apart from the
big aquarium, in order to keep the
gold fish from killing the young
snails which must be a succulent
morsel for them, as number of the
tiny shells have been eaten dry and
found empty.
Mrs. Logan says that after twenty
years experimenting with snails
which are used as scavengers in an
aquarium, this is the first season she
has ever known the spawn to hatch.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15
LEGAL NOTICE
Borough of Fairview

POLICE TELEPHONE CALLS
Telephone calls for police protec-
ton or services should be sent to
Cliffside 705.
John Rene,
Chief of Police.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-15

The application of an electric hea-
ter to the air tube has made the
spraying of varnish on furniture
possible, the heat preventing the
varnish turning white on the wood
as it would if chilled.