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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
WHY NOT TRUE PREPAREDNESS
IN RURAL EDUCATION?

Preparedness" is the present cry.
Well, genuine education is true prep
aration. Teach our youths how to be-
come efficient and economical in their
life work and the problem is readily
solved.
Make the Corn Clubs, the Home.
making Clubs, the Poultry competi.
tions. the Cooking and Sewing con.
tests and all such activities part of
the school system Let the work on
the farm and in the home become a
part Of the school study Let the rural
school not only teach farm accounting,
but have the pupils keep the accounts
Of their farms and homes.
Seed testing, soil examination,
stock judging and selecting, garden
planting. and working, household man
agement and routine, canning fruit and
vegetables, milk management, egg
testing, incubating. brooding, bal.
ancing rations and feeding the rations,
recording progress, anki studying re-
suits, learning to reason on homely
subjects and to solve personal prob
lens, learning to think and to work
efBciently-these are some Of the
items Of real rural education-is this
narrow educating? Mol 1t is as
broad as the life and the work of the
world Are we leaving out culture?
MOI The highest and best culture
comes through studying intelligently
the country. the life about US, nature.
human nature. and the work of the
world-this we cannot do without
knowing something Of the thoughts of
our poets, our philosophers. our his.
torians, and our writer's as well as our
scientists and our teachers of practical
things. We should have all of the
best that we have now, but so applied
as to make the life we live brighter
and more satisfying to our children.
Educate to this endl
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
WE TO TEACHING
AGRICULTURAL IS ISSUED
-rieultural College Bulletin Contains
Many Suggestions Helpful To Both
Young And Old.

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
sow SWEET PEAS EARLY.
B. W. ANsPoN.
Maryland Agricultural College.

This flower will grow in any good
garden soil that is well drained, pro
yided it is in a sunny and open loca-
tIon. To secure early flowers and best
results. spring sowing is generally
used. In order TO have the plants
strong. they should be sown early.
They should be sown just as soon as
the ground can be worked. To de-
termine when the ground is dry
enough to work, take up some Of the
soil and form it into ball with the
hand, If 1t falls apart, the ground Is
dry enough to work. Some start ths
plants in paper pots or thumb pots in
the hot bed, but especially good re-
suits are obtained by sowing outdoors
Prepare the soil well by spading
deeply. Adding well rotted manure
will be a great benefit Then make a
shallow trench about A inches deep. in
the bottom OF this. plant the seed two
inches apart. Where one uses poultry
netting or brush. to serve as trellis.
two rows may be sown 6 to s inches
apart.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
LITTLE CHICKS SHOULD BE PRO
TEcTED FROM YER lin.
R. H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.
One of the worst things to contend
with in the brooding of Young chicks
with hens, is lice. Most hens have
lice, and if the old brood hen has them
nothing is more certain than that she
will very quickly pass them On 10 The
chicks. Lice do not trouble the old
hen so much. because they are so
much smaller than she is. but with fhe
little chick it is different II does not
take MANY lice on a young chick ia
kill it.
The "best treatment" for lice on III
tie chicks is to kill the lice on the old
hen before she batches the chjcks
Chicks are so delicate thew do not
withstand much dopinr but Of course
IL Won have heen Ga careless as ~ Iet
them got infested Won viii have n a.
something Lice do most damaea ~
the young chicks head hence tbis is
the part usually treated A verv small
amount of lard or vaseline snread over
the ton of the head will k,ii mo baad
lice.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
GET SOUND BREEDING STOCK TO
PRODUCE WINTER LAYERS.
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Let US begin now to prepare for
flock that will produce eggs for us
next winter. To many people a chick
en- is Just a chicken Little do they
stop to realize thaa the way a chicken
Is made or build up determines to
large extent its usefulness as a layer.
Most persons realize pretty fully the
general requirements Of a strong
building They know that It is neces.
cary TO have a solid foundation and
then that IL Is essential to make each
step or section Of the construction Just
as strong. They know that it does
not do any good to put a lot Of time.
energy, and expense into making the
top part Of a building substantial If
the foundation or lower part is weak.
But thFe same people, many of them,
seem to forget these things when they
start building flock of chickens,
which they expect will be strong
enough, and healthy enough to with
stand a severe winter and haze enough
energy left 70 produce eg8s.
me foundation oi the poultry fQck
is the breeding stock. II it is i'll ma.
tured. poor, sieldy or improperly
nourished it viii be a waste Of time to
try to breed from it The resulting
flock will hardly pay for its keep. If
on the other hand your stock is wen
matured, in good flesh. healthy and
properly nourished you have the prop
er foundation for good flock for egg
production next winter
It viii pay most any one to take q
little trouble to select out a few OF the
strongest and healthiest, most vigor-
GUS birds and save only eggs from
these for Matching. Sometimes it may
be best TO Gull out the poor birds from
the flock and keep them separated
for a time or what is probably bettor
sell them fnr market ar cat than
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
Use LlIaE FREELY
III soil gUlLDIAG
The Kind 10 Use And How To Hpoy
Ii oniealy
II. y. PATTERSON,
Marvilnd Arrict1ltn-.i -r,u,...

The kind OF line 90 apply viii d
pend almost entirely upon The rolativ,
cost Of the different forms, The main
function Of lime Is 10 correct acidity.
any form VIII do this but it reari7o.
practically twice as much Ground
Limestone or Shells. and ~ time.
as much Hydrated Lime as Burn,
Lime TO do the Same amount Of good
The fneness to which the raw ma
terial is ground determine to grc.
extent It's effectiveness. The aner u..
better.
Whether we should use lime derived
from Lime Stone or Oyster Shells dc
pends upon how we are situated will
regard to transportation, since freleh.
rates are an important item to cor
slider
We cannot say that either source Of
lime is decidedly better than tn
other
How To Apply Lime.
The method Of spreading lime viii.
depend upon the Kind used. If We
use Lump Lime we may slaci, it In &
large pile and spread it with a manure
spreader, or It may be placed in small
piles over the field and after slacr
ing, spread with shovels. If the la.
ter method is used, 20 pound heap
Il peck) placed 90 feet apart each
way, or one bushel 30 feet each VIA,
will provide about one ton per acrs
The small piles have the adyan,aeo
over the larger ones in stacking NOR,
readily and on account Of being close
together, will not necessitate it belne
thrown so far with the shoyels when
spreading. Mixing this Stacked Lime
with fine earth before spreading will
make it less disagreeable to handle.
If the ground Stone or Hydrated
Lime be used, the most convenient
way to distribute it will be with lime
spreader. Caustic Lime should never
be mixed with manure or commercial
fertilizers. It is better to plow the
manure under and put the lime on toY
of the soil after plowing. If CONNIE.
cial fertilizer is to be used the lime
should be applied a few weeks before
the application Of the fertilizer is
made.
Amounts OF Lime To Apply.
1t is generally the best practice to
apply not less than one ton of Burnt
Lime or two tons Of Ground Lime or
Stone Oyster Shells per acre. Hy-
drafted Lime should be used at the
rate Of IL tons per acre. Such an
application need not be given oftener
than once in five years, which makes
the cost not more than soc to s1OO
per acre per year.
When To Apply Lime.
There is no doubt a best time to ap-
ply lime and for many reasons that
time is just after the land is plowed
for the corn crop. The processes re.
quired in securing a good seed bed and
the cultivation Of the corn will mix
the lime thoroughly with the top lay
ers Of the soil where 1t will be most
effective in performing its main func.
tion; correcting acidity
If clover has not been doing well
on the land and an application of lime
be given as suggested we may expect
a vigorous growth of that crop when
it is again sown to clover Probably
on no other crop will lime have so
decided effect as on the cloyers. If for
any reason We do not get to make ar
application Of lime for corn we should
not hesitate to use it in the fall when
preparing the land for wheat
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
INCREASED EAY YIELDS
FROM TOP DRESSING
Experiments Prove Use OF Fertilizers
In The Spring Most Profitable.
NICHOLAS sCHMITZ,
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.


Extension Service.
The production Of the average tim
othy meadow in Maryland is very far
below what it can be made to yield
profitably in both quality and yield per
acre. The low yields and poor quality
are not due so much to poor germina-
tlon and poor stand in the spring after
seeding as to the crowding out of the
timothy by weeds. Where weeds arc
the determining factor the remedy IL
sowing the timothy. or timothy and
clover. alone in tine early fall, not with
grain crop, but after the grain crop
has been harvested and a fine, firm
seeded prepared.
Where the stand Of timothy is fair
the yield can be proftably increased
by the use Of commercial fertilizers.
Extensive tests at the Maryland Ex-
pertinent Station with various kinds
and combinations of fertilizers have
shown beyond question that the best
fertilizer for timothy is nitrate Of soda
or a combination Of nitrate of soda
and acid rock. The proper amount
10 apply depends Of course upon the
fertility Of the soil, but ordinarily
nitrate Of soda should be applied at
the rate Of from $50 to $50 pounds
per acre. and if combination of acid
rock and nitrate of soda is used, equal
parts, the mixture should be applied
at the rate of 200 to 450 pounds per
acre. Such an application under
ordinary conditions may be expected
to give an increase in yield of from
l to ~ tons per acre,
The time of applying the fertilizer is
very important 1t should be applied
as soon as the grass begins to green,
which IS usually the latter part Of
March or the FIRST of April. The early
application Of the fertilizer is abso-
lutely necessary for maximum returns,
for the fertilizer can not be made use
Of by the plant until it has been dis
solved and carried down into the soil.
The early application makes use Of
the early rains.
Many farmers have been disap-
pointed when using nitrate Of soda
because they have applied it too late
or at a time when there was not suffi-
cient moisture to dissolve It, so that
the timothy would get full use of
what was applied before maturing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-09
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
Z a 8 T O RIA

"a TIE INDEPENDENT,
ONE DOLLAR, UNK AR
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FAks FOR SALE.

A nice farm Of about 100 acres rear
Ironsides for sale. Buildings all in
good repair. Apply to.
A. POSEY & son,
Attorneys.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18

sicepl I thought rather rucfuliy
OF my prospects for a peaceful night
an ] slowly walked the length OF
tho cabin---for mine was m outside
stateroom. and II was necessary TO
20 on deck to reach H.
The moon shons brilliantly. q
path OF silver light falling across
tho water was so fascinated By
the seen. that when reached my
door did not enter at once. After
a while two men approached. and
ono OF them fitted a key In the door
next mine. AS he stopped TO exam.
Inc the lock. the moonlight shone
full upon his face. and I recognized
our friend with the strange aversion
To chairs.
The light was burning In my
stateroom whom at last I forced
myself 10 cntor n. and Mrs. Graham
lay asleep In tho lower berth.
As noiselessiy as possible. I made
my preparations for the night and
climbed into my berth. turning off
the electric light.
A murmur OF voices came from
the next room. and | heard win.
dow opened. and some one appar.
emily leaned out.
"Jove. what a night And TO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18
Our Coming American

A GIRL in passing car wanted newspaper When the
"A stopped she called newsboy and reached coin.
The started too The girl drew in her hand dis
appointedly But she stopped in amazement, then thrust
hand and stretched farther she and leaned
OF the window
That little barefoot newsboy running alongside the
car, holding up his paper to the girl!
good, hard squirt, thrust forward and up the
little with the newspaper The girl caught it and threw
back the coin the specded ahead.
The coin fell to the ground.
1t only cent, but it meant much TO the
boy He did know he had escaped being crushed be-
the and he along sell his
He did realize his tender little bare feet had been
dangered by running oobbcsones where nails and glass
might have them.
All he did know he hadn't caught that So he
bent down look for it, He looked and CROPPED but that
have passed into the beyond for all he
concerned
Suddenly the boy stood up took short glance back at
the spot OF exploration then at the under his
smiled and back to his
"Whut dye read? Poipers."
There was American business in the making!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18
Vice and the Rich Man

vYICE reports from New York announced lately that start
ling disclosures would be made concerning the
Yevels dinner given by certain rich feature OF
the orgy real live September Morn II IS said that
who present made affidavit s. pages long
giving the details of the affair.
But usual before the public outcry j,
possible for very stupid rich and his rich guests
profit by the loud warning They had coolies OF ting TO
travel distant places where the golf links quite safe
The New York papers now running matter concern
ing disclosures IN this crusade made by Matchmaking
CLIQUE Those who have confessed said to have supplied
the legal authorities with and facts which involve
tain other rich in compromising situations.
But" report "the persons named are not so
ciety people and who aspire to society They
have been made to pay dearly.
And being rich. they have also been warned sufficiently
make pretty getaway nice vacation spots beyond the
reach OF public officers with subpoenas.
But this The poor who figure in the vice invcst
cation whether buyers sellers victims NOT warned
in time get of the way They securely nabbed by
stories.
Now Certainly ympahizing with any traiiiek
they happen be but neither do
feel called upon pity the OF the rich who go
wrong Nor does the purity Of real society folks contrasted
with OF climbers hypnotic mental equipment Men
are differentiated by thousand things but not by their sex
interests.
What holds imag inaon at the moment Is the one
big thing worth fighting for the face OF the earth That
ustice-justce for rich and for justice for bad
And Justice between MAN and MAN, not between the
POOR man and the RICH will be step when
"safety first" rich be the entertaining
side OF every vice investigation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18
CHAPTER II.

II was raining when we landed.
and upon reaching our hotel we
we're not in a condition to be en-.
thusiastlc about our new quarters
Even now. however, | hesitate to
recall our first week In this ideal
retreat, when it rained without
ceasing.
Let us 20 out" | finally sug.
gested, feeling that something must
be done to cause a diversion: even
II we get wet, II will he better than
staying here"
SO We donned our raincoats and
walked thru the little village. up
a hill and straight out on bluff
overlooking the sea. There. Isolat.
ed and alone. was a vacant cottage
with n covered yeranda.
l shall never forget our first
sight OF tho ocean. AS we looked
the sun came out. and we saw the
vast Atlantic stretching sparkling
away Into space.
Elizabeth beckoned from the turn
OF tho veranda, which ran quite
about the house, and we Joined her.
speechless with admiration. Eyi.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18

think OF wasting u In cell like
this, Blake. you old sinner. have
you no soul for the beautiful Look
nj the light on the water"
The reply was inaudible Eyi.
IDENTITY Blake had gone senAibiy 20
bed. but tho voice continued nn.
dauntcd.
Maybe you 'hink you're on an
ordinary steamer. Blake. but it's
nothing OF the kind. II IL a royal
barge belonging To the gods. and
It's carrying the Three Graces."
The berth ercaked plalntiyely.
Evidently Blake considered Il wiser
TO Join his patient At tho window.
Don't be an ass" no said, with
\ slow drawi. but his companion
merely whistled few bars OF an
old sonE.
Silence for \ few moments. then
he resumed more gravely:
"of course. it's no end Jolly 10
have you with mo. Blake. bat IL In
a queer business for you TO take
up"
1T Ia an interesting work. and
said TO require special fitness"
No doubt. Well. ITS an III
wind. you know. and. since Il blow
you my way. I've no use In publish.
Ing what you are doing. and for
both our aakcs IL IL better you
should pass IA my guest"
IA you please. Bennett Now.
for heavens sake. como TO bed"
] don't know whether I had &C
tuaily been asleep. but suddenly |
started up broad awake. with the
echo OF cry ringing In my ears.
II came again. from JUS, beneath
me. and instinctively I turned on
the light and jumped to the floor.
Mrs Graham sat upright in her
berth. her dark eyes looking blank.
ly into space. and her hands tightly
clasped.
Not again. Harry" she moancd
mot aEain-so soon
took her hands In mine and
spoke to hcr. and gradually the
blank look In her eyes was re-
placed by utter bcwiiderment rs
she began to realize her surround.
ings.
What is ~" she said.
You were dreaming" suggest.
ed. "A bad dream. perhaps"
"A bad dream" she repeated !;
yes. that's lt-a bad dream. And
only dream. thank heaven,
But I've awakened YOU" she con.
tinued contritely: I'm 80 sorry.
Please 70 to sleep again. and | will
try not to disturb YOU. am all
right. indeed"
] put out the light and got back
into my berth and lay there think.
Ing about my companion and more
than half expecting her TO cry out
again. Evidently she did not NJ
once go to sleep, for I heard her
sigh softly now and then. and once
she whispered brokenly: only n
dream, thank heaven. only a
dream"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-18
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A Novel
A Week
Observation-Disclosures
By
Ella Middleton Tybout
Copyright. 1907
!, ~ Iippiucott Co,
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had flod 10 the hall. where we
heard her whispering hosfsely 10
Mary Anne over the banister.
We also heard that Invaluable
factotum's assurance that the H.
dies had Just gone 10 the village
and polite expression OF regret,
accompanied by n promise TO call
sgain.
We stole again 10 the window as
our visitors retreated. and saw
them pause. examine my side-comb.
and calmly drop II in Gabrielle's
bag. which had not been left with
Mary Anne. as. OF course, II should
have been.
AT this rate. Bennett" said
laughing voice. you'll soon be
able 10 open a junkshop. But !
must say. old chap. We were very
neatly Hn1bbed. Wherefore"
Il don't know" replied Bennett,
but mean 10 find out. for I'm
coming again very soon. assure
yon. Blake. the picture doesn't
begin"
The rest o. the sentence was
lost as the two men disappeared
around the corner.
Il suppose" said Elizabeth. he
has lucid intervals and his attend
ant hnmors him. but this is no rea-
son why We shout be yictimized.
Let us caution Mary Anne"
So we descended In body 10
the LltEH.n ngIrtfuIN nurnnf
Mary Anne that the day she ad-
r'itted our late visitor we would
Immediately part company. Eliza
beth picked up the cards and look
ed at them.
Mr. John Clinton Blake" she
read aloud. and Mr. Gordon Ben
nett"
The card dropped from her hand.
and she collapsed into the wood
box.
what's the matter now7' de-
manded Gabrielle. fishing her
friend out OF It's cspacious depths.
Gordon Bennett" said Eliza
beth. is the man who knows IA.
iher and who owns the island"
We stared at each other in in
credulous silence. then sank down
upon Mary Anne's Immaculate
floor and laughed until we were
exhausted.
II feel sure" said Elizabeth.
when she could arficula,e. that
II is not the same man. This Is
some impostor"
"Mayhap." suggested Mary Anne.
who had been an interested lis.
tener--"mayhap. miss. 'e's SNUG.
gler"
Mary Anne had not long left the
mother country. and her manipu-
la,ion OF the letter b was as agree
able TO our American ears as Lady
Edith's faultless enunciation.
ITS quite lawful, miss" she re-
sumed. and II do give a body the
crecps. 30 II do. But they say the
smuggling wot goes on 'ereabout
Is most hextraordinRry."
Smuggling repeated Gabrielle.
Yes. miss: taking things In
over the border without the duty
which do say is a sin and a
shame 10 ave TO pay. so II u.s."
1T In perfectly right to pay Il.
Mary Anne. Everybody should
obey the laws OF a country"
So spoke the generals daughter.
Yes. miss" replied Mary Anne.
without enthusiasm. and Gabrielle
inquired what The miscreans
smurrled.
"Oh. most hanythink that comes
andy. miss. The fcller they're
lookin' fur deals in di'monds. Quite
the gentleman e is. too. so I've
card.
Continued In Our Next issus)