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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20
SUGAR MARKET

NEW YORK. Dec. 19-RaW sugar. dull
centrifugal S51&; molasses. S421: refined
dun; fine grauulated. 81 GOd70j. Future
firmcr
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-20
PROVISIONS
Corrected Daily by 2. w. M0eller,
D.. JeTersoD HIvdD

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FRUIT-Oranges. case. $500 selling
Goa 40 per dozen lemons. per ease. $40.
selling. 40c per dozen, apples. paying.
al 80 per bu., selling 3Jd co. PIPER pecL
VEGETABLES Cabbage. Aging. g.
selling. 6c per TO- potatoes. paying Sl1,
per bu.: selling. Co per peck.
BUTTER AND EGGS-C0ultry Butte
paying 2Od32c. selling 2jM4Oc. Cream
cry butter, paying. j0ci selling. 40. Egg
strictly fresh, paying. 42ci selling i5t
rtlr
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TALIOu AND HIDEs.

Corrected Daily by ). W. LfPpmaa, ilt
~. Mais St.b
TALLOW Rough. 2I5c. rendered ~
l. 5H6C; No. =, 3a5c.
WOOL 81 60c per b.
HIDES-Green. No. 1. 104zec. calf skiI
lU44gc.
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Strictly fresh caught dressed white flsh
20Iac ID; trout 17izc. picke-el. l6iac
perch. 1919. fresh black bass. %
round yellOws 26zc haIbut. whole
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NEW YORK STOCKS.

International News Service.
NEW YORK. Dec %. -- Closing
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
To Save Meteorites.

The South African Journal of Sci
ence records the steps that have been
thus far taken at the suggestion of the
South African Association for the Adj
vancement of Science, to obtain legis-
lation in various countries relative to
the preservation of meteorites in the
interests of science. The committee of
sections A and G of the British asso-
citation adopted the following resolu-
ton at the Australia meeting: "That
In view of the fact that meteorites
which convey information of world
wide Importance are sometimes dis
posed of privately in such way as
to deprive the public of this informa-
ton, the council be requested to take
such steps as may initiate interna'
tional legislation to the matter"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06

should be set along main mole run
way that has been long In use. A mar
row excavation, deep enough to receive
the jar and allow its top to be some
what below the bottom Of the tunnel
should be made The sod may then be
replaced over the excavation SO as to
bridge without 0bstructing the en-
trance to the jar. The animal In COM
ing along the tunnel falls into the jar
and cannot climb out. Success depends
much on the skill used in placing the
trap.
Repeated leveling of mole ridges on
lawn by means of roller not only
tends to discourage the animals from
making further incursions, but pre-
vents the soil from drying out and thus
injuring grass roots.
For further information about the
mole, its habits, and methods Of con-
troll, the reader is referred to Farmers
Bulletin 583, 1.-THE Common Mole OF
the Eastern United States"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
PRENTICE BARBER HAS HOPE
Lad From the Country Whom Shops
Patrons Fear to
Trust

Perhaps he is rs years old-he looks
to be about 16. From seven in
the morning until nine in the evening,
barring time off for meals, he stands
at the extreme end of line Of white
coated men, usually. honing q razor
or gazing off vacantly into space. The
oretically, he is barber. Practi-
cally, says writer in the Indianapo-
lis News, he has. not yet achieved that
position in life. Daily patrons have
never seen him welding razor on
anything but his strop or hone. Every
day hundreds of customers visit the
shop. Business men, clerks, street
car conductors, wagon drivers and
others enter the barber shop doors
during the days course, but their ac-.
lions are substantially alike. After
taking off coats and hats they gaze
up and down the line Of waiting bar
bers, select the one nearest or pick
out an old favorite without SO much
as a glance at the youth on the end.
But If. unfortunately, all the other bar
bers are busy, the youthful wielder OF
the razor is more closely inspected.
Usually the prospective patron eyes
him steadfastly for moment and then
sadly, slowly and solemnly, but finally,
shakes his head and sits down in q
far chair to wait until another barber
is unoccupied. 1t may be cowardice,
it may be only wise caution. But all
seem to be affected alike with a dis
trust of the mild and rather wistful-
faced boy with a razor poised in his
hand and hopeful expression on his
countenance. His fingers may be
def, his touch light and sure and
his professional skill above criticism
in every respect, but nobody seems
willing to test his experiences. The
potentialities of razor, those great,
red hands and that mild, absent-mind-
ed face and look Of youthful trustful-
ness are too great. Meanwhile the
light SENS to die out of the young
BARRIERS eyes and they become sad
der with each appraisal in which he
is judged and found wanting. Nobody
knows with what fond dreams he
left a little country town not long
ago. after a lesson or two, perhaps,
in the village barber shop, and came
| to the city to earn an honest living
and become some day-oh, doubtful
hope-a head barber! In him there
may be the making Of great bar
| Der; perhaps already he has attained
a rare degree of excellence. If SO his
praises remain unknown and unsung.
In sight of that tranquil face and those
awkward hands in such close proxim-
ity to dangerous-looking razor men
lose their hardihood.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06

Use fresh homemade bordeaux mix
ture. In preparing 1t, follow directions
exactly, as much depends on the way
the ingredients are combined. Use .
good spray pump, operated at pres
sure of 100 pounds or more. Spray
thoroughly The time of application
depends on the weather and the devel-
opment of the crop. The disease usual
ly appears when the fruit is nearly
grown. Watch carefully for the leaf
spot and spray as soon as any appears.
In any case, make an application two
weeks before maturity and second a
week later.
Everyone who uses bordeaux mix
ture frequently and in quantity will
find it convenient to keep concentrated
stock solutions on hand, as these keep
indefinitely If the water which evap-
crates Is replaced.
Build an elevated platform to hold
the barrels Suspend so pounds Of
copper sulphate to dissolve in so
gallon barrel of water. Stake SO
pounds of lime in another barrel. Add
water to make SO gallons of lime milk.
When bordeaux mixture is needed stir
both stock barrels and take from each
as many gallons as the formula calls
for in pounds. Dilute the copper sui
plate in one barrel and the lime milk
in another, each with half the water,
and let the two run together into the
strainer of the spray tank.
To those who expect to spray on a
large scale more detailed instruction
about fungicides and their application
than can be given here is available in
Farmers Bulletin No. 243, United
States department of agriculture,
Washington.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
PIG TROUGH is A NECESSITY
For Large Animals N-Shaped Device
Will Be Found Durable and Con-
venient-HoW 1t Is Made.

The pig trough is a very necessary
equipment. For large hogs very
durable and economical trough Is q
V-shaped one which can be made Of
pieces 2 by 10 and 2 by s, but for the
younger pigs smaller pieces should be
used. Care should be taken in max
ing them. If they are too high the
pigs cannot feed conveniently. If too
low, the pigs will get into the trough
in order to get the feed.
The trough set in fence, parallel
to it, is a very satisfactory arrange
ment. A swinging panel can be hung
above the trough. A latch slipping
crosswise at the center Of the panel
makes it possible to swing it in and
fasten it, thereby shutting out the pigs
until all the feed is put into the
trough.
The pig trough should be kept clean.
A thorough scrubbing occasionally will
be an advantage to the animals health.
If the trough is set on cement feed
ing floor there will be less dirt and
filth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Human Nature.

Nobody-hod-durn him !-can stay
In my hotel and sheer at our progress
sive little city" snarled the landlord
of the Petunia Tavern after he had
kicked q guest out and hurled his grip
sack after him-"He said that about
all of the energy displayed by our
citizens was in running for officel"
But" we objected, 1--WE have often
heard you declare that this town was
the habitat of more crooks, deadbeats,
hypocrites, fools and gossips to the
square inch than any other hamlet on
the face of the earth"
'sYes, and it's so, tool" he returned.
'eBut, by gosh, live here and am privi-
legged to find as much fault as like
with everything in town, but no
stranger has a right to criticize any,
thing !"-Kansas City Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
BOIL WEEvlL is EXPENSIVE
Reason for Immense Loss to Farmers
Is Destruction of Birds by
ThouehtIess Men.

Destruction of birds, according to
statement made by Col. G. 0.
Shields, president of the League of
American Sportsmen, costs the Unit
ed States billion dollars year. Cot
ton growers" he said, s'lose 100000
600 a year by the boil weevil. Why?
Because the Quails, the prairie chick
ems, the meadow larks and other birds
which were formerly there in mil
lions, have been swept away by
thoughtless men and boys"
The chinch bug costs wheat grow
ers another $100,000,00O, he said, and
the Hessian fly $200,000,O00.
cit takes more than $4,000 chinch
bugs to weigh an ounce and nearly
$4,000 Hessian flies to weigh the
same" he continued. "a quail killed
by an expert in Ohio had in its crop
1000 chinch bugs; another killed in
a Kansas wheat field had 1900 Hes
sian flies"
Colonel Shields added that potato
growers pay $17,000,000 a year for
spraying poisons, and remarked that
a Quail slain in Pennsylvania had n
potato bugs in it's crop. He said that
Mrs. Margaret M. Nice of the faculty
of the Massachusetts State university,
after long study, estimated that a
quail destroys $4,000 bugs and 5000 :
600 weeds seeds annually.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
DAMAGE BY M0LEs
In Most Cases, However, AMI
NAL Is Most Beneficial.
Use Of Specially Designed Trap 10
Most Effective Method OF Freeing
Infested Ground-Thrce De-
vices Described.

from the United States Department Of
Agricultural
The common garden mole, which,
because of it's insectivorous habits, is
in most situations much more benefi-
cial than harmful, is decided nuis-
ance when it invades well-kept lawn
or newly planted seeded. Many re-
ports of it's damage to lawns are re-
ceived by the department, and also fire.
quent complaints of destruction of po-
tatoes, bulbs, and plants which is
wrongly attributed to the mole. DAM
age to plants and tubers is generally
the work of pine mice or meadow mice,
usually the former. The burrowing
habits of pine mice closely resemble
those of the mole, and they frequently
use mole tunnels to reach growing
plants. Pine mice may easily be
killed with poisoned grain, but as
moles will seldom take poisoned bats
of any kind, the main dependence for
destroying them is traps, and consid-
cradle experience and judgment are
required to use them effectively.
The ordinary traps intended for rats
and other rodents are useless for TAX
ing moles. Special mole traps, of
which there are on the market three
general types, are required. These
may be designated as the harpoon. the
scissor-jaw, and the chOker types,
marked a, b, and c, respectively, in
the accompanying illustration. Har-
poon traps are intended to impale the
mole in the soil by spring-driven
spikes. Scissor-jaw traps are to be
set astride the runway to grasp the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Future Supply Of Gasoline.


When the quantity of petroleum
that can be obtained from the oil wells
of the country begins to show signs OF
diminution there will still be virtu-
ally inexhauStible source of supply. 1t
is the shale beds of Colorado, Utah
and Wyoming. The United States geo.
logical survey estimates that in Colo
RADIO alone there is sufficient shale, in
beds three or more feet thick, to yield
20,000,00O,OO0 barrels of crude oil,
from which at least 2,OO0,OOO,OOO bar
rels of gasoline can be extracted.
Bituminous shale is a clayey, faky
rock that contains hydrocarbons or
bituminous materials. Heat changes
them into crude oil, gas and ammonia.
The refined oil yields about ten per
cent of gasoline, 35 per cent Of kero-
sene and a considerable quantity of
paraffin. In Scotland they have ex-
tracted oil from shale for more than
fifty years, but the average quantity
Of oil recovered from ton of shale
is much less than the amount our own
shales would yield. The retail price
of gasoline is now higher than it has
ever been before. According to gov
eminent figures, the total yearly out
put is about 63,00O,O00 barrels, and, as
it is estimated that only about 934,-
100000 barrels can be produced from
the present sources, there is little
prospect that the price will come
down.-Youth's Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06

The watermelon is a native OF
Africa, but is now more largely grown
in the United States than anywhere
else. It grows best on rich, warm,
sandy loans that are well drained. II
possible, southern slope should be
chosen for early melons.
It is desirable in growing water
melons for market that they follow a
crop Of clover or cowpeas. They
should be rotated with other crops,
and not planted on the same ground
again for three or four years.
The preparation of the land consists
in thorough cultivation at intervals
of three or four weeks before the seed
is planted This Is for the purpose OF
exterminating the weed seed and put
ting the soil in the best possible condi-
ton. In Georgia, rather shallow plow-
ing, followed by thorough pulveriza-
ton with the disk harrow, is practiced.
Cultivation consists in thorough shall
low tillage, with loosening of the soil
about the plants whenever it becomes
compact. After the plants have be-
come thoroughly established and dam
ger from insects is past they are
thinned out to about three of the most
vigorous in each hill.
Watermelon growers in various Sec
lions of the country frequently suffer
loss from a disease which blights the
foliage and spots the fruit. The
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Where Artists Live.

Over on the West side, in Green.
wich village, is Abingdon square,
which in popular parlance is as big as
"a minute" The square is at Eighth
avenue and Hudson street, and in spite
of it's size, has double record. 1t is
listed not only as a park, but as a
playground. In this quaint little COR
ner of Greenwich village the memory
is kept alive of Charlotte Warren, a
New York girl, daughter of Sir Peter
Warren, and Susanna de Iancey.
Charlotte was the oldest daughter OF
this union, and married Willoughby,
earl of Abingdon. The countess OF
Abingdon's name was also attached to
the long-vanished Abingdon road, also
called Love lane, which ran westward
from Broadway, practically on the
lines of the present Twenty-first
street. Abingdon square is in the
heart Of that section of the city still
known as Greenwich village. Nova
days 1t is very similar to the Latin
quarter of Paris and is the living place
of artists and writer's York Cor
respondent Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
ROOT CROPS FOR LIVE STOCK
BID Tonnage Secured From Beets and
MangeIs-PIants Draw Especial
Iy Heavy on Phosphorus.

Sugar beets and mangels grown for
stock will produce big tonnages. Man
gels like a rather cool climate and
sugar beets are grown successfully in
about the same general latitude that
grapes are produced easily and some
what north of that belt, says writer
in Farm and Home.
Put your root crops in good fer
tile soil, plowed deep and well titled,
If you expect heavy tonnage. Work
up a good seeded and If the land Is
not already very rich put on some
well rotted manure after blowing.
Root crops draw especially heavy on
phosphorus. e~
Plant the beets in drills with the
rows far enougha apart that oultiva-
ton is not difficult. Put the rows
20 to 80 inches apart. Plant about
complaining time. You will have to
hoe and thin them by hand.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06

leaves are covered with irregular
dark, dead spots and may die before
the melons are ripe. The trouble de-
velops on the fruit in the form OF
Water-soaked and later sunken spots
of varying size, which come to have a
fungus spores. AS the disease pro-
crosses the melons decay. This Is
anthracnose, and is caused by para
site fungus related to those which
produce the apple bitter-rot and pod
spot of bean. The fungus causing
watermelon anthracnose attacks Gu.
cumbers, cantaloupes and squashes.
but probably not, as rule, any other
cultivated crops. Warm and moist or
rainy weather is especially favorable
to the spread and development of
anthracnose and for this reason it
was more prevalent than usual last
season. The losses were particularly
severe in some districts where melons
are grown on large scale for carload
shipments.
The United States department of
agriculture has found that the disease
can be controlled by spraying with
bordeaux mixture, and trials of this
treatment are recommended. The
methods to be employed are substan-
tally those in use for potatoes, cucum-
bers and other truck crops. The fol-
lowing points should be observed to
insure success:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
zgy1oIElsAAIERAL,
|1EARM15kI0rEES
Tankage makes pigs grow fast.
Drainage improves alkali soils.

Drainage improves alkali soils.
Pure seed, like purebred stock, Is
one Of. the farmers greatest assets.
Our fields will soon be overrun by
an army Of invaders-swa the weeds
The ear test is the only reliable
method for checking losses from bad
seed.
Rich soil-rich farmer; and humus
is the biggest word in his dictionary
at that.
To the farm boy who wants to mix
with big things: Nothing is bigger
than agriculture"
A hog-tight fence around your door
yard is the first step toward beautify.
ing the farm home
Live stock and soil fertility go land
in hand. Rich soils and big crops wake
another loving couple.
=
Drainage, the application of straw
and manure, and deep blowing will
cure those alkali spots.
Hogs on pasture need grain. "Cheap
feeds for pork is necessary, but quick
growth is also important.
The biggest word in the livestock
business is cleanliness. Most animal
diseases are filth diseases.
In the home garden plant the best
varieties not the best yielders.
There's nothing too good for the farm
er.
See that the entrance to the farm is
neat and clean. Appearances may be
improved by = group Of shrubs at
either side.
The problem OF fertilising tomatoes
can best be solved by = study Of the
soil. the plants needs. and fertilizer
experiments.
Concrete foundations extending
two and half feet below the ground
and two fest abov. win make build
inss rat proof
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06

mole when it attempts to pass in Ell
Their direction. The choker trap has q
pair of wire loops that encircle the
burrow when the trap is set. All these
traps are sprung by the same sort of
mechanism--a trigger pan resting on
depressed place in the mole ridge in
such way as to be lifted when the ami
NAL passes beneath. No part of set
mole trap should ever be in the run
way, as it's presence makes the animal
avoid the obstruction by burrowing
around or below it.
Directions for Setting Traps.
Only general directions for setting
mole traps can be given here, nor are
detailed instructions necessary, since
the makers of traps usually furnish
specific directions for using them. A
mole trap can be successfully oper-
ated only when set on that part OF a
mole runway which is near the sur
| face and has the soil raised into a
distinct ridge, newly worked. Freshly
broken soil usually indicates that the
tunnel is in use. When in doubt, the
operator may make a small break in
the ridge and observe whether the
mole repairs it within few hours. In
placing a trap, one of the stretches of
the runway that leads in definite di-
rection should be chosen rather than
one of the turns that may not be regu-
larly traversed by the mole.
Before setting the trap, it is we'll to
ascertain the course of the burrow by
thrusting down lead pencil, or stick
of similar size. The trap selected
should then be lined up with the course
as nearly as possible; the jaws of the
scissor-ja jaw type should straddle it, the
loops of the choker type should encir-
Gle it, and the spikes Of the harpoon
type should be directly above it. In
the case of the harpoon type, it is best
to force the impaling spikes into the
ground once or twice to facilitate their
penetrating into the burrows when the
trap is sprung. It is desirable also, IN
setting any of the traps, to depress on
" that part of the ridge Immediately
under the trigger pan, using the hand
instead of the foot for this purpose. A
little earth or small chip Of wood
may be placed under the pan il neces-
sary. The trigger catch should be set
as lightly as possible, and one should
avoid stepping on any part OF the run
way near the trap. It will pay to visit
traps at least twice day.
M0les are persistent In repairing
breaks in their tunnels and may often
be surprised at their work. It is easy
then to capture the animal BY impaling
1t with fork or throwing It out BY
quick thrust Of spade or shovel. a
section Of the runway may hrst pc
broker open or leveled and the place
watched until the animal il observed
moving the soil.
Other Traps Used.
Moles IRE sometimes trapped II emp
" glass Jars. gallon size. The jar
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
PROTECT CHICKS AND POULTs
Sufficient Shelter Should Be Provided
for Young FoWis-Rain Can
Do Great Damage.

When a thunderstorm comes up the
first thought should be Are the chicks
and poults where the rain cannot
drench them" One thunderstorm can
destroy a whole flock in about two
minutes. They drown easily.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Good Job.

Farmer-Do you want job digging
potatoes?
Tired Tom-Yes, 1 do, if it's digging
them out of gravy you mean.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Accounting for 1t.

ST know a man who had hundred
curtain calls in week."
ST suppose he is matinee idol"
'No; he was house furnisher."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Modification.

DisagreeabIe and Dangerous Trouble
is Diarrhoea, but a speedy and certain
cure is found in Mississippi Diarrhoea
Cordial. Price Csc and 50c-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
Ambitious.

us your new motor car q good hill
climber r
s'Fine." replied Mr.. Chuggins. 7 only
rish it would draw the line at hills.
Sometimes it wants to try treebox or
telegraph pole. "
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-06
The Sport Of Il.

sIs there any eradication in being !
fnyorite SOM" asked the ordinary citi-
zen.
4 Eyes" replied the politician; "about
the same thing as going fishing. even
IL You don't catch anything"