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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
WHY QUARANTINE?

College Park, April 19.-In purchas-
Ing livestock from outside his COM
munity the Maryland farmer is urged
to prevent any possibility OF disease
contagion by quarantining his stock.
In a statement issued by the Mary
land Agricultural Experiment Station
the following suggestions are made:
"In this age when there is so much
danger of carrying disease to healthy
livestock through new purchases We
would suggest that importers of live.
stock establish their own quarantine.
This can be done with very little ex.
pense and be very effective without
making great deal Of extra labor.
A yard with an open shed, Southern
exposure, being all that IL necessary,
as here new livestock can be confined
for a period Of time. Twenty or thirty
days is sufficient to satisfy the owner
that they are carrying no disease.
'"This we believe is the season for
the largest importations Of the various
species of livestock, and while this
stock may come from good sanitary
quarters and arrive in an excellent
condition, still with the amount Of
shipping there is being done we can
not be certain that the animals have
not come in contact with infected
quarters On route.
ITO guard against this spreading OF
disease and infection of local stock
We would advise every importer
whether the distance be short or
great, to prepare his quarantine
quarters, where new stock may be
kept isolated from stock already on
the place for three to four weeks, thus
giving any infection they may be
carrying an opportunity to develop
without danger to acclimated stock.
"If one man must care for both the
stock on the place and that Quaran'
tined, he should care for the stock
belonging to the place flrst and after
ward the quarantined lot and thus
avoid going directl' from the Quaran
tined lot to the cattle already on the
place This gives natures sunlight
with her strong disinfection power an
opportunity to lessen the danger OF
carrying infection and by thus aiding
nature in the prevention Of the spread
of disease you will also be reducing
your own troubles along that line to
a minimum.
Specific suggestions for individual
needs will gladly be made by calling
AT the Maryland Agricultural Expert
ment Station, or an inquiry by letter
will receive prompt attention"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
GOOD PROFIT IN
PORK PRODUCTION
CAREFUL FEEDING AND MANAGE.
MENT URGED BY COUNTY
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS.
FARM BOYS INTERESTED
Agricultural Club Members Learn
How To Properly Feed
the Sow and Her
Litter.

College Park. Md, April 1s.-The
Importance Of pork production is be-
Ing urged by county demonstration
agents. Particularly, in the boys ag'
rtcultural clubs great interest Is De-
ing aroused and large number or
members are enrolling in profitable
dig growing contests. These young
sters are busy discussing the instruc'
tions furnished their county agents by
Or. S. S. Buckley, specialist IN 1--we
stock work for the Maryland Agricul-
tural Extension Service. DR.. Buckley
says. regarding the feeding OF young
pigs:
III the sow has had proper feed and
care she will have plenty of milk FOR
her pigs, and the pigs will take just
about all she can supply. But the
Digs are getting older and larger day
by day, and require more feed. Fin
ally the pigs will notice that the feed
which is given to the SOW tastes good,
and they will begin to eat a little
from the trough. You should prepare
ahead for this time. by making paru-
ton in the pen with the bottom raised
high enough from the floor to let the
pigs get under, and strong enough to
keep the SOW on her side Of the pen.
In the part prepared for the pigs place
q small trough. You then are ready
to feed the pigs some special feed-a
side dish. Skim milk or thin slop
made with middlings or bran, soup
made by boiling corn, peas or beans
and thinned down with water, or in
fact, any grains that contain no hard
hulls or indigestible portions will sat
isfy and benefit the pigs. Never feed
It sour. :
Keep the trough and pen clean,
and always have enough straw or
other litter for warm bed. AS the
pigs get older and require more feed,
give 1t to them. Never give them
more than they will clean up. If you
do-remove 1t at once-wash the
trough and feed little less next feed.
ing time. Don't get them fat, sleepy
and LAYOUT feed them to make
Srowtt-aim to make them longer and
broader and in good condition. but
not fat. When the pigs look thin
both front and rear, but fat around the
middle, you know your method Of feed
ing Is wrong. Such pigs need more
peas, beans, alfalfa, clover and less
corn, whether this corn is actually fed
to them or whether they find it. Give
them chance to Craze and get exer,
else, and see to 1t that they take 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Shun the Trouble Makers.

Make up your mind, come what will,
that you will retain happy, cheerful
disposition, urges a confirmed optim-
list. If you find that there are some
few people who rub your fur the
wrong way" do not seek their CON-
pany. There are too many congenial
souls who try to maintain an optimis-
tic outlook on life and whose friend
ship is worth while cultivating to
born trouble makers. Borrow happi-
ness and beauty from these sunshiny
natures and leave the grouches to
shrink into the shadows and grow bent
and wrinkled.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
EXERCISE FOR YOUNG CHICKS
Cool Room Is Better Than Warm One
for This Purpose-Avoid Leg
Weakness by Giving Bone.

Early Matched chicks should be
given plenty of room in which to ex-
ercise. A cool or slightly cold room
is better than n warm one for this
purpose. 1t hardens the chick and
there is little danger from chilling if
properly handled. AS soon as the
youngsters get cold they will run back
under the hovers and warm up, then
run out again to work in the fresh
air. Brooding in cold room produces
stronger chicks, with better appetites.
Indoor chicks should be allowed ac-
cess at all times to dried bone, small
size. They need this to maintain
strength in the legs; otherwise, when
closely housed, leg weakness results.
Fresh, green-cut bone fed in limited
quantities once per day will ward off
this trouble.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
IDEAL FOR STRAWBERRY BED
Freshly Broken Land is Best, Provided
II Has Been Planted to Some
Cultivated Crop.

The strawberry leads the list of
small fruits in popularity because OF
its wide range of adaptation to soil and
climatic condition. The large number
Of varieties gives long season of the
most delicious fruit. Its ease of cul-
ture and its early season of bearing
make it desirable home and market
crop.
The strawberry is most productive
in q sandy-loam soil but. if this type
of soil is not available, ii may be
grown with good results in many Of
the heavier soils.
Freshly broken land is usually ideal
for u strawberry bed, provided it has
first been planted 10 some cultivated
crop, such as potatoes.
Sod land is likely 10 hc infested with
white grubs, which are dangerous to
tender plants.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
PREVENTING BLACK HEAD.

College Park, April 12.-Growers OF
young turkeys will be interested In
the recommendations made by Poul.
tryman Roy H. Waite of the Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station re.
garding the prevention of black head
Mr.. Waite says:
Under natural conditions turkeys
pick their feed little at time, work
ing most OF the day to get enough tc
sustain their bodies. Their digestive
organs have become adapted to this
means of feeding.
However, when man attempted to
domesticate the turkey he seemed to
ignore this fact and tried to raise
turkeys under the same condition as
fowls. He did not seem to take In
consideration the fact that fowls had
been under domestication for ages and
had gradually become accustomed to
the artificial conditions.
when one feeds the turkey but two
or three times day 1t makes II
necessary for them to gorge them
selves If they are to get enough to
sustain their bodies. This shocks and
de-arranges their system and make
them susceptible to the so-called black
head disease, especially the young
ones.
There seems to be no medicine that
will do any good in the case of black
head, and the treatment now recon
mended by the Rhode Island Expert
ment Station which has been working
on this disease for years, is to feed
rather restricted ration according
to a fixed schedule. The idea is t6
prevent the disease rather than cure
It,
"The principle to be remembered is
to feed the young turkeys very spar
ingly and feed them often. This Is
more like natures method and the
young turkeys are able to handle theii
feed better when given this way"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
PREPARE FOR BEST ORCHARD
Give Trees Careful Attention and Re,
suit Will Not Be Disappointing
Plant Variety.

Resolve to have q good orchard. Set
aside an acre or more of your best
land to be devoted to orchard purposes
only, and plant it to recommended
varieties of fruit.
Give the trees the same careful at
tention as your best-paying field crop
and the result! will not be disappOint-
ing
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Convicts' "EI Dorado"

The greatest leniency is shown to
criminals in. New Zealand. Thus, in
one Jail, at the end of the South
island, prisoner may keep a race
horse and is permitted to transact
business concerning it. In the same
Jail well-behaved prisoners are al
lowed an afternoon out occasionally
ION their own"
Prison authorities in New Zealand
are believers in the moral effects Of
open air. In one Of their institutions
the newly arrived misdemeanant Is
allowed the choice of living In Jail
or outside 1t. tents being erected at
the back. This system of sending peo-
pie to Jail by letting them live out
side has, however, it's disadvantages.
In one case the prisoners" resenting
hard treatment in the way Of a clock
out" lifted up the "jail" and depos-
tied it far away in the bush.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
SUNLIGHT IS BIG ESSENTIAL
Provision for Admission Of Maximum
Amount of Light in Barn Should
Not Be Overlooked.

No barns or shelters for any kind
of animals should ever be constructed
without making ample provision for
the admission of the maximum amount
of sunlight. Such buildings should
have southern exposure, If possible.
This will provide extea warmth in the
winter time and the sunlight which Is
thus permitted to enter the building
will destroy many disease germs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
CAREFUL SELECTION OF SEEG
Many Corn Failures Might Have Been
Turned Into Success by Using
Selected Ears.

Nothing else would so cheaply turn
many corn failures into successes as
good seed corn.
While knowledge of corn breeding
would be helpful, any farmer can do
much toward supplying himself and his
neighborhood with better seed corn
by starting with a well-tested variety
and selecting the best ears from the
best stalks every year. BY so doing,
natural selection assists in wedding out
the unfit.
Where corn is grown for grain, there
is no better locality from which to
obtain seed than that in which it Is
to be planted.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
DAILY EXERCISE FOR STOCK
Horses and Mules Should Be Given
Run for an Hour or So in Lot
Adjoining Stables.

Horses and mules should have good
daily carding and regular exercise. If
there is nothing for them to do re-
move their shoes and give them
run for an hour or so in well-fenced
lot adjoining the stables.
The best and safest fence for pas
ture is of stout woven wire, rail or
combination board and smooth wire.
Barbed wire should not be used, as 1t
Is dangerous.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
TIME FOR CUTTING ALFALFA
Ready for Hay When Young Shoots
at Bases Of Plants First Appear
Blossoms Also Show.

In general, alfalfa should be cut for
hay when the young shoots at the bases
of the plants first appear. If these
new shoots become long enough to be
cut off by the mover, the new crop
may be badly damaged. The blossoms
often appear simultaneously with the
new shoots, but blossoms alone are
not safe guide tn the time for cut
tug.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Guils as Mice-Catchers.

A writer in California Fish and
Game says that gulls when visiting
the rivers and marshes of the interior
valley of California, do not appear to
be wholly scavengers or piscivorous.
A California gull taken on March II,
1912, along the San Quaquin river near
Mendoza, Fresno county, was present
ed to me. Upon dissection 1 was as
tonished to find its stomach filled with
common black crickets and . three
whole field mice.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
FATTENING RATION IN IOWA
BY Reducing Corn and Increasing
Silaoe Rapid Gains Were Made
With Less Expense.

Silage has cheapened the fattening
ration for steers in Iowa. One lot, re-
ceiving each per day II pounds shelled
corn, 20 pounds silage, 2 pounds oil
meal and IA pounds alfalfa, made
gains at cost of 1857 while another
lot, receiving Sh pounds corn, 81
pounds silage, 2 pounds oil meal and
IN pounds alfalfa, made gains at a
cost of $7.67. The first lot averaged
2.94 pounds gain per day while the
second lot averaged 3.04 pounds.
Reducing the corn and increasing the
ensilage increased the gains and cut
down the cost of making gains.-North
Dakota Agricultural College.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
PROTECT YOUNG APPLE TREES
Clear All Grass and Trash Away From
Trunks to Discourage Mice
Tramp Snow Down.

1t is a good plan to throw a few
shoveltuls of earth close around the
trunks of young apple trees, ut the same
time clearing all grass and trash away.
After the first fall of snow tramp well,
close to each tree.
This treatment will discourage mice
from nesting about the tree and gnaw-
ing the bark under protection of the
snow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
FAVOR ANGLE IRON HARROWS
Teeth Carrying Bars Are PvotaIly
Connected at Their Front End
in v.Shaped Implement.

Angle iron harrows are giving such
general satisfaction in the farming
business that the number of patents on
this type of soil pulverizer and weed
killer is growing larger every year.
This one was recently patented by
Georgia man. The harrow teeth car
rying bars are pivotally connected at
their front end in V-shaped nipple.
ment, means being provided for de-
tachably securing teeth. Adjustable
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
SWEET CORN SLOWER SlLAGE
Has Feeding Value Comparable With
Ordinary Corn Stover--Desir-
able Dairy Ration.

Sweet corn slower In the field, that
is, the fodder without the grain, has
a feeding value comparable with or
binary corn stover.
The silage which may be made from
1t, while a very palatable and de-
sirable addition to the dairy ration,
has lower feeding value than corn
silags Or pea-vine silaga --4-...-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
GOOD FEED BOX FOR HORSES
Device Arranged to Fit on Wagon for
Feeding Work acknowledgements
Waste Of Grain.

A teamster who is obliged to feed
his horses during the noon hour at the
wagon has devised feed box to take
the place Of nose bag writes Vinton
V. Detwiler of Manhattan, Kan, In
Popular Mechanics. When the box
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
PREVENT WASTE OF MANURES
Careful Attention Should Be Given to
Barn Yards and Other Places oc-
cupied by Cattle.

Careful attention should be given to
the prevention of waste of manure In
the barn lot and other yards occupied
by the cattle.
With the high price Of potash now,
prevailing, 1t is also important that
all wood aslres be saved and applied.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19

high and having two strands of wire.
No. 8 telephone wire will make good
trelliS.
During the second year the canes
are cut back and tied to the wire as
shown in Fig. G. The pruning of the
second and all later years Is shown
in Fig. ID. Leave four of the most Wig
orous canes as the foundation for flu
ture growth.
Never permit the cane of one vine
to overlap those on the next to 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
GRAPE PRUNING ON TRELLIS
Essential That Vines Be Trained in
Some Definite Form-Plan Of
South Carolina Station.

1t Is very important that vines be
trained in some definite form and
this should begin the first season af-
ter planting. The South Carolina eX
pertinent station recommends II trellis
with the posts lG feet apart, I1a feet
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19

Is hooked over the top edge of the
wagon box the height is just right for
the horses. The box prevents waste
of grain and provides better way to
feed the horses than In the wagon box.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Seven Hills of Ancient Rome.

The names of the seven hills Of an
cient Rome are, the Palatine, the
Capitoline, the Ayentine, the Caelian,
the Esquiline, the Quirinal and the
Viminal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Lions Are left-Handed.

A famous explorer says all lions are
"1eft-handcd." He has noticed that
whenever one of these beasts desires
to strike blow 1t always uses the left
paw.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
Must Make a Choice.

"After a man gifts an education"
said Uncle Eben, "he has to decide
whether he's goin' to put 1t to work or
use 1t to kill time"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
HOW TO INSURE
A GOOD LAWN
ROLLING AND TOP DRESSING
RECOMMENDED FOR BEST
RESULTS.
SECURING QUICK GROWTH
To Increase Selling Value OF Any
Property It Ia Well To
Have An Attractive
Lawn.

College Park, April 1.-THE import.
ance of an attractive lawn in making
either farm or suburban property more
valuable is urged by the Maryland
State College through B. W. Anspon'
specialist in charge of landscape gard
ening. In regard to the care OF the
lawn, Professor Anspon says:
mo operation is more conducive
to the maintenance OF good lawn
than thorough rolling each year. THIS
should be done especially in spring.
As soon as the grass starts INTO
growth and the ground is in workable
condition give the lawn good rolling.
During the winter many Of the plants
have become loosened and raised from
the soil to the effect of thawing and
freezing.
where possible give top dressing
of good garden loan and roll well with
heavy roller. Repeated rolllngs
should be given. This will force many
of the plants back into the soil, and
in the same time will make uniform
surface. AS a rule heavy soils should
be rolled more than lighter soil. Roll
ers that weigh from 800 pounds UP
should be used. A good type OF roller
is the water ballast cylinder which
can be filled with water or sand to
the desired weight. Sectional rollers,
|. e.-those that are made into two
or three sections are best. These
permit turning on the lawn without
tearing up the surface.
Top Dressing.
"Where one wishes to apply top
dressing in spring use finely ground
bone meal and sifted wood ashes.
This can be applied at the rate of one
ton per acre, the ingredients being
used to equal parts,
Where a quick acting fertilizer is
desired use nitrate Of soda. This can
be applied at the rate Of 500 pounds
per acre. Scatter it broadcast. 1t is
best to apply it in two or three dress
ings rather than all at one time Since
the nitrate of soda will burn the foil.
age if the application is not followed
by a rain, many prefer using it in solu-
ton. Use at the rate Of one pound
per 40 gallons OF water.
"Throughout the year this top dress
ing may be used where bare spots
occur.
Re-Seeding.
Lawns that have become full OF
weeds, and that are in poor condition
can be renewed and brought back into
good condition Take good iron
toothed rake and rake the old weeds
and scratch the surface well. Now
dressed with good lawn mixture at
the rate of two and one-half bushels
per acre, or one part per 800 square
foot.
"A good lawn grass mixture for
sorts of average fertility Is as follows;
Kentucky Blue Grass, 10 pounds;
Fancy Red Top, pounds; Rhode Is
land Bent pounds; English Rye
Grass, pounds.
THE above amount equals one
bushel. 1t is always best to buy the
seed separate and then mix at home
Fancy re-cleaned seed though more
expensive is well worth the extra
cost"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19
The Greater DAMAGE

A mistake is bad enough; but an ex-
planation is much more damaging
Henry Clay.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-19

teeth, carrying bars at the rear and at
right angles to the central brace that
bisects the V-shaped main part, hold
the main bars in variously adjusted
Notwithstanding Business.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-13
Away Above the Average

The theatre going people of our city
were given a chance last week to see
one of the best little stock companies
on the road today.
AS had been previously announced,
Manager Barr had booked the popular
Henderson Stock Co., for opening week
at the New Auditorium, and the salts
faction these people gave to the large
crowds in attendance at each perfor-
ance showed that he bad picked out a
winner.
This company appeared in Yale four
years ago, and put up good list of
plays, but were greeted by slim houses,
consequently they have steered clear of
our city until this season.
Every night last week the Auditor
ium was filled to the doors, and as yet
we have not heard a single kick, but
we have heard hundreds Of remarks re.
garding the high class OF work produc.
ed by these people.
The Henderson Stock Co. is COM
posed Of bunch of real stars and are
deserving Of the success with which
they are meeting in every town they
are visiting
They had different play for each
night and the popular verdict was that
each play was better than the one pre-
sented the previous performance.
1t is with pleasure that we announce
a return engagement of this troupe for
late fall OF early winter, and we be-
speak for them bigger reception than
they had last week.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-13
All Hands Busy

Slater Susie's shuoking spuds for SOL
diers, Betty's baking Boston bread and
beans, Polly's planting parsnips and
persimmons, Maggie's making mittens
for marines. Nellies knitting nighties
for the navy, Brother Bob is busy with
his bit, Bill is buying bonds to boost
the battle. Fathers finding finances
that fit. Helen's hoeing hominy for
heroes, Ed has edged into the engineers
Mike will make his mark with the
militia, Steve sits III a submarine and
steers. Folks are going into it in earn
est--a fact the Kaiser very soon will
see; so wireless him across the broad
Atlantic, he's got to fight the whole
dam familee.-Roy X. Moulton in the
New York Mail.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-13
OBI lTUARY.

Mrs. Emma j. Beedham, aged 81, OF
st. Clair, died "Wednesday, Sept. 5tD,
following long illness. Mrs. Beed-
hams maiden name was Emma j,
Carr. She was born ia Lapeer, Mich,
and married Joseph Beedham August
II, 1886 BY this union three children
were born, two o1 whom are living,
namely: Grace and Melvin Of st. Clair
The Beedham family moved to ST.
Clair from Carsonville four years ago
and Melvin was connected with the
Republican force for more than two
years. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon from the late residence, Rev
f. B. Johnson officiating.
Melvin Beedham resided in Yale fol
time. His friends here sympathizt
with him in his bereavement.