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Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

orchard and rye grass. The clovers,
alfalfa, vetch, rape, wheat and other
crops furnish good grazing for about
ten months in normal years. During
six months of the year the pastures af-
ford all the grass his animals consume
and part of this feed for four addi-
tional months. The feed for the bal
ance Of the grazing period is furnished
by supplementary crops produced on
other portions of the farm.
Purebred Duroc Jersey hogs are kept
on this farm The pigs are sold for
breeding purposes and used for pork
and lard Permanent pastures, graz
ing crops and about one-fourth pound
Of corn per hundred pounds of hog per
day keeps the hogs in the best possible
condition.
The poultry department supplies
eggs, chickens and turkeys for home
use and to sell. The turkeys contribute
their share of the profits, but chickens
are considered the best money makers.
Mites and lice are kept off the chick
ems, clean, well-ventilated houses fur
nished and plenty of good feed sup
piled.
Several good milk cows are kept On
the farm to furnish milk, cream and
butter for the family. Good pastures,
clover hay and cottonseed meal are
fed to the COWS. The manure is care
fully saved and applied to the poorest
spots.
Home Made Beautiful.
His home is the most highly valued
Of all his possessions. 1t is his and
his loved ones castle. 1t shelters
those he loves most and is to him the
dearest spot on earth. 1t is not luxuri-
ously furnished. bat comfortable fur
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
KEEP CREAM CANS COVERED
In Summer Weather Ordinary Piece of
Wet 5uriap Will Keep Temrera-
ture About Right.

A great part of the value Of keep
ing cream cool on the farm and at
the station or creamery is lost if the
cream is exposed to the direct rays
Of the sun while being hauled from
the farm to the point of sale. Far
too few people stop to realize the i'm
portance of covering their cream cans
when bringing them in to town.
Expensive jacketed cans are not a
necessity to keep the cream cool. In
summer weather just an ordinary
piece of wet burlap thrown over the
cans will keep the temperature of the
cream as much as 20 degrees below
what it would rise to if left uncovered
while being transported over the aver
age hauling distance
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

| Mr.. Greenwell grows practically all
of the feed and food consumed on his
farm. He does not send money to
other sections of the country to pay
for corn, hay, bacon, lard, canned
goods, mules and horses and other
farm products. He stays out Of debt
and it is not necessary for him to dump
his farm products on the market when
prices are low.
There Is a large fertile garden just
back of the dwelling The soil is very
fertile and plants are grown practical
ly every month in the year. AS soon
as one crop is harvested, another kind
Of vegetable adapted to the season is
planted in it's place. In cases where
vegetable occupies the soil for con-
siderable time, the succeeding crop is
planted between the rows, or even be
tween the plants in the rows.
He not only fully realizes the value
of a systematic rotation of crops, but
he also knows the great importance of
a rotation in the garden and the keep
ing of supply of fresh vegetables all
the year round. The average farmer
gives little attention to the garden and
on many farms if the mother fails to
look after the garden, few vegetables
are grown.
UtiIizes Advantages.
He is fully aware of the numerous
advantages his section has for the eco
nOmical growing of live stock. He
utilizes the many advantages to the
fullest extent. The land is compare
lively cheap and for this reason he de-
pends largely upon grazing for the
necessary feeds for all live stock. He
has excellent pastures of clovers and
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
MAKING WORKOUT TOBACCO LANDS
PRODUCE MOST PROFITABLE CROPS
Maryland Farm Of 64 Acres Of Rolling Land Made Fertile by Intel
gen Care and Use Of Lme Acid Phosphate Legumes and Live
StOCk-Lager Part of Crops Grown are Fed to Farm AMI
mas-Rotaton of Crops Is PraCticed.
(By G. H Afford, State Demonstration
AgaOt MARYLAND

(By G. H. Afford, State Demonstration
Agent, Marylandl
]. c. Greenwell of St. Mary's
county, Maryland, is making good soil
out of poor and making money at the
same time Because of the work of re-
storing the worn, quilted lands is a
fundamental process in remaking the
tobacco districts, and because Mr..
Greenwen has done such notable work
along this line, thought it worth
while to pay his farm visit.
There are few farms which would
more richly reward a farmer for a
visit. One hundred and sixty-four
acres of rolling land and every acre
showing the effect of intelligent and
loving care. On all this farm there
are not more than ten acres that have
not been made fertile by lime, acid
phosphate, Iegumes and live stock.
Few gulIies have not been reached;
but there are broad acres where
cIovers and grasses grow luxuriantly,
which still bear evidence of the time
when they were marred by gullies.
Simple, Essential Process.
How is he making the soil more pro
ductive and adding to his bank account
every year? By the simple, but essen
tial process of lime, phosphorus.
legumes and live stock He grows
crops to enrich his soil on large part
of his farm and feeds the larger part
Of all crops grown to good live stock.
The gullies were filed with the plow
and scraped and plowed over, of
course, but the real work of reclama-
tion was done by the crops which were
plowed under or fed to live stock and
the manure spread on the poorest
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!. [fIIIA.III Town
RLfIT1ILIRS y
o~ET W.
GARDENS AND CHILD WELFARE
Experiment Being Made in New York
Is of Interest to the Entire
Country.

OF far more than ordinary interest
Is an experiment conducted this spring
in New York. There, under the di-
rection of the International Child We'll
fare league, and with the cooperation
of state and federal departments, q
practical demonstration of the value
of vacant-lot gardening for children is
being made. At first it will be con-
fined to Westchester county, where it
began in February under the guidance
of President Jarvis of the Connecticut
School of Agriculture. Outlining the
purposes of the experiment, an officer
of the league says:
eve believe that to abolish child
labor we must do constructive work.
1t has been found by actual practice
that where children have taken up
gardening they can earn more in a
summer in that work than they can
during an entire year in u factory. The
garden products of the children are
used first for the family and the sur
plus is then marketed.
''WheD the parents find that the
Children can make more money in
this way they will be willing to allow
them TO remain longer in school to
prepare them for better positions. In
the meantime the children have been
building character as we'll as building
themselves up physically. Taking the
children from the factories will lessen
the number Of the unemployed. There
are now 100000 children in the fac
tories and there are 100000 unem-
plOyed. When we are able to take
the children from the factories we
will leave their positions for the adults
who are now idle"
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Study Historic Desiqns.

\ study Of historic design in archi-
lecture is a pastime which not only
furnishes a pleasant form of recrea-
ton, but will, when ones own house
is contemplated, prove exceedingly
helpful.
To be able to recognize at a glance
the lines and notifications of these
historic styles, as expressed in the diff
ferent houses with which you come in
contGct. viii be most gratifying; and
when you reach the plan stage of your
ovn home you need not go to your
1schi!eri entirely void of ideas.
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FEEDING THE LITTLE CHICKS
Mixture of Equal Parts Hard-5oiIed
Eggs and Stale Bread Is Best
Cor Starter.

For the first three days chicks may
be fed mixture Of equal parts hard
boiled eggs and stale bread, or stale
bread soaked in milk. When bread
and milk are used, care should be ex.
ercised to squeeze all milk out of the
bread. From the third or fourth day
until the chicks can eat wheat and
cracked corn, commercial chick feed
is a good ration
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RIDDIMG THE COWS OF FLIES
Simple Homemade Mixture, Spread
Lightly Over Animals, Well Worth
Time in Applying.

Nothing conduces more to the COM
fort and profit of cows on pasture
than q protector against the swarms
of flies that persecute all through the
day and into the night The follow
ing simple homemade mixture sprayed
lightly over the animals, particularly
where the flies congregate and cannot
be brushed off by the tail, is well
worth the time it requires to apply
it daily: To a quart of kerosene add a
tablespoonful each of the following:
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
COSTLY ITEM OF EQUIPMENT
Average Farmer Is Giving Close to
4.5 Acres of His Best Land to
Each Work Horse.

Statistics in Minnesota on a num-
Der of farms indicate that the horse
is a costly item of equipment on the
farm. Assuming average state yields
OF grain and hay for the last five
years and considering the amount of
feed fed annually to a horse it is
apparent that the average farmer is
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
ALFALFA AND CLOVER CROPS
Supply of Cultures for incubation
May Be Obtained From the Bureau
of Plant Industry.

If you think your alfalfa or sweet
clover will do better by being inocu-
lated, you can obtain a supply of cul-
lures for this purpose from the bu-
reau of plant industry at Washington.
Directions will be given for using the
material and blanks furnished for re-
pOrting the results.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Distance Between Trees.

Too great distances between trees
or small fruit bushes are better than
too little, because there will never be
any danger Of crowding and the
space between can be utilized for
other crops for longer period than
if the trees are close together.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

giving close to As acres of his best
land to each work horse. This is be-
sides the straw consumed and the
pasture, which also may be very pro-
ductive land. Be sure the horse is
giving you back an equivalent in pro-
ductive work on a sufficient acreage.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Calf Should Have Connanv

A young calf is injured by being put
into a dark stall by himself. The
youngsters get lonesome and pine for
company just as young children do.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Watch Little Thinos.

Attend the little cares around the
poultry yards and see that the fowls
want nothing, A few hours spent in
this direction will save many at some
later date.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Green Feed for rnrkeus

Green food must be provided when
turkeys cannot have free range. They
are very fond of raw onions. Pure
water and sharp grit are essential at
all times.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
PASTURE STAKE FOR A cow
Practically Impossible for Rope to Be-
come Tangled as Animal Walks
Around Wheel.

An old carriage wheel and axle
were used to good advantage in the
making of the pasture stake shown in
the sketch, writes W. F. Quackenbush
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

and direction Of spirit of progress on
the part of their fellowmen. Mr..
Greenwell is doing this kind of work
and it can be done by thousands who
read this sketch-if not on the same
scale, at least with the same spirit and
to the same worthy end.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

of New York city in Popular Mechan-
les. When the animal tethered to the
wheel walks around the stake, it is
practically impossible for the rope to
become tangled, as the wheel rcvolves
on the axle.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Where Blood Tells.

There is no place where blood will
tell more clearly than in the dairy
herd.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

There is always room at the top be
cause so many men would rather re-
main In the wine cellar.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08
Gone.

He-You used to say there was
something about me you liked.
She-Yes; but you've spent it now.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

fertilizers, but he is not afflicted with
the notion that land can be profitably
or permanently built up with CONNER
ciaI fertilizers if the life of the soil
4 supply of decaying vegetable matter
is lacking. His success as a soil
builder appeals to me. 1t would ap-
peal to anyone who could see as l saw
the beautiful stretches Of tobacco and
pea meadows, the splendid reaches of
corn and the broad wheat fields.
Middletown transcript., 1916-07-08

Rusty Pals House Germs.
When the utensils begin to rust
through discard them for new ones
The rusty pail is a germ brooder.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
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How Mrs. Mouse Was Fooled.


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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
HINT OF IRISH OUTBREAK
APPEARS IN BRITISH HOUSE

LONDON July 1'-rhc frs, symp-
tom OF the expected Irish feyol, in tho
house of common, as consequence II
'hs deadlock over the LLOYD Georg. ne
u"1".r. broke ou, Tuesday nigh, on
'h. report stage of ,crie, of vote,
.n supply m''. Usually mi, would
have been O. purely formal proceeding.
The hG,e va, nearly empty and a
handful oi nationalist, members twice
seized 'hr opportunity to attempt to
discuss 'H q general manner the ruls
700 Ireland When declared on, oi order
h 'ha rGlcr they demanded d,vi-
nn forcing the government, 10 sum
w.n mmNr,, from the lolhie, iot a
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a1 Mr. Mouse. as they ,campered
away n ihr.r children
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
A White Goods Festival

fe, piece. of that cotton c,orce,tc crepe that formerly
SOLD ar ~. '..' from .ac a.' week While last, Thurs
lty ~ or'5 toe yard
All Cotton Tub SNrtngg worth 500 at SOC Yard Thurs
day-Isrr. piece rcN and the value, extraordinary.
2sc Yard 40nch Fancy voileS and Osandes; values
SOC TO 500 Yard-u checks and stripes well pads.
An average value n rs. yard for 2Sc One of the many
usual saving, here thursday
roc Yard Tor 52-inch Renew Zephyr Ginghams-A good
assortment M patterns 90 select from THURSDAY
Iu.c Yard for lsc white Plsse Crepe-t is Y inches
wide and ideal ior underwear
ISc Yard for 2Sc Windsor Plsse Crepe % inches wide
In an 'nr new stripe, and floral paucrns-Whte Goods
Ir.' Floor. West AISLE.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
Tomorrow's EUents

The Bridge club, MIS-. Ed over
holset
Beaunot club. Liberty theatet
party Miss Gladys Mcador,
Thursday Tea club, MIS-. Guy
Ostrandci.
L'Au Dramatiauc club Miss
Alma Diglngs
+ and N. Crochet club, mis- A,
X Sparks.
Alcgrc Amigas club, Miss Myfa
Wilson.
Jefferson Park Auction club, MIS-.
b + Callicote
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
Cherry Gem,

Hall Up .i lHiiy' unr cup .i
.rg'r 'Vu ,gg, half q cup ~ sweet
mills about 'N. ,Hp, u, flour. W.
teaspoon, ui baking powder unr half
cup ut stoned ,hrfnr, ,punklrd with
sugar tn make cherry gem, Cream the
butter and sugar until very hphl then
add beaten ,u'k, ri ,sg, ami beat
vigorously luf five minute, slit flour
then u'' sugar with baking powder
and add 'u w,w, lN,ul'Hs with
mills lul ,u'ilE beaten white. .' r.e
Hr1i ten minutes. aud vhrn read, w
ruuf into the sem ung, adj ,htul,,
Butter ring, we'll and bake m quick
oven
These liulr cake, need un iA,rfur
but that ui the ,heffir, l,c either
canned " fresh cherries
Matatuni Loaf
Cook the marstoui m the usual way
aud then run Il through a food thnp
per Mix with the ma,afoni nns hall
rnuni ui cheese melted in oue riri n'
m.lh Cook pnt h,'i ,ln ui 'nmaiu,,
with , i,v hay l.t,r. strain ,ul
'f..0H with a lHlr iuw SEASON AMI
mis- an ingredients Make n'H i.ai
toll iu cracker gfumh, and bake Sru,
cold with matuuuaisc
Another ,cp good frJipc Is Jall,d
Spanish Dish This IS the way It 4,
made Mix one pound oi ground pork
and unc pound ni beef with unc egg
one cup Of soaked bread crumbs ,all
aud rcprct Add enough flour to make
into balls that will hold together ntup
balls in,u nre can NJ trmslrcs that hs,,
been 'cas.nri vi'h all anil ncrrrr and
plenty H m'.r and lyi cook until m,a.
&c IH,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
Silk Remnants at Half Price

Lengths from yard dress pattern An exceptionally
fine lot crcpcs sans mcsanc popn de chine tub silks
silks description oil oolor and All marked
earaay Thursday cxeoy half priceSiks First Floor
West
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26

Mr ! rnUtm Harbour returned
yesterday from a three weeks iup iu
Muskogrr. Excelsior Spring Mo aul
Denver Mr., Harbour was accom-
panied ,o the a.i iwo place, hs Ma
Elmer Harbour OF Nu.t..r,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
Clearance of Leather and Silk Hand Bags
Fine Hand Bags for Every Pur-
pose in This Important Sale

All $3.50 Leather Hand Bags now $50.
An $500 Leather HAND Bags no~ S29a.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26
25c for Women's SOC Gingham
Petticoats-Fourth Floor

Nnwws gushlm rc''tc0l', ~ short lengths Made
of good quality striped gngham They arc IDEAL skirts
for small women and the value, are extraordinary.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26

Miss Nina Digging, entertained in
formally last evening n compliment tn
hct guest Mis-, Mi'ityi lrnntur. r,
shawnee In .h, rtovrr, ,i,t game li
gard. Che ialurs vyf, won M Mis-.
Irene Mo-. aul NJ Vernon iihl,r
Miss Digiugs wa, assisted m enter
tanning hy Miss Alberta Smith and
Miss louise Edwards, Guests NJ the
evening were the Misses Irene Mos,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-26

NJ. and Mrs John ID Ju'r vM
Will leave n q ,Nr. time mr Sew
York 200 m,t, 'H.r future hm.. vrH
huuurrd with o surprise w.u. part,
TUESDAY evening D, ,hr member. oU
the Crescent club at the home cot Ni
and Mrs JAIME, \ Perry Supper va.
served un the lawn at O'Clock and
was followed hy dancing about thlti,
guests participated IN the evening
pleasure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
TROOP 7, GIRL SCOUTS,
HOST TO MANY FRIENDS
Mrs. Richard Wainwright. in Ad-
dress. Emphasizes Organizations
Training for Future.

Girl Scout work as training Tor
womanhood was emphasized by Mrs
Richard Wainwright. national COM
missioner of the Girl Scouts of -Ameri-
ca in an address last evening at North
east Masonic Hall. Sth and F streets
northeast when members of Troop No
held an entertainment for the bene-
fit of the summer camp of the organl-
cation Mrs. Wainwright gave a brief
history of the Girl Scout organization.
explained what the movement aimed TO
do and held up optimistic visions OF
the future.
Although Troop is but three months
old it is said to have made excellent
progress. and last nights entertain
ment was but one of a number of ac-
Invites in which its members have dis
PLAYED deep interest. Scores of friends.
parents of the girls and Boy Scouts at
tended the affair. Mrs. J. {. PyleS. cap
tain of the troop. was in charge. being
assisted by the lieutenant of the troop,
Miss IneZ Clark.
drumming act by Mai. \. +. Springs
teen. who served as boy drummer
during the civil war. Others who con-
tributed to the program of singing and
dancing were Lavinia Pohle. Violet
Empey, Richard Titlow. Janerio Brooks,
Mrs Pyles and Edna Tyler.
Members of Troop No. gave a flag
drill At the recent rally this troop.
despite it's youth. was the only one
the members felt that this should be
one of the acts of last nights program.
Membership of the troop is increasing
rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
U. S. WARY OF BRITAIN'S
BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Attitude Toward Exports to Neutral
Countries Involves Legality of
Orders in Council.

State Department officials made it clear
Yesterday that they had not been con-
suited regarding the new bureau OF in
formation through which Great Britain
undertakes to inform American export
tiers to Scandinavian countries of the liza
bility of their goods to detention at the
blockade lines Until it is ascertained
to what extent the new arrangement Will
affect American commerce with the neu-
trail European countries the department
will withhold an opinion.
Consul General Skinner at London. to
whom origin of the plan has been ascrib-
ed in press dispatches. was instructed
by the department not to enter into any
formal arrangements with the British
authorities. and it is assumed here that
any suggestions he made were purely I'M
official.
Officials pointed out that to have recog-
nized the bureau officially might have
been regarded as committing the United
States government to recognition OF
the legality of the orders in council. a
course heretofore consistently avoided.
1t is said. however. that it might not be
found necessary to interfere with the
bureaus workings if no question of OFF,
cial recognition arose.