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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
IMPROVED QUALITY
OF VEGETABLES
Careful Culture and Harvesting
at Proper Stage of Maturity
Are of Importance.

The quality of all classes of vege-
tables may be greatly improved Dy
careful culture and by harvesting In
the proper stage of maturity. This is
the statement of the garden commit
tee of the Kansas council of defense.
For crops such as lettuce, celery
and cabbage, the edible part OF which
consists of the leaves or stems, con-
siderable moisture is necessary in the
soil during the entire growing season.
With insufficient moisture these crops
are stunted and have an inferior ma
vor. The rapid growth resulting from
an abundant supply of moisture pro-
duces tender leaf tissues, character
istic of vegetables of the best quality.
Some crops, such as tomatoes and
melons, require an abundant supply OF
moisture early in the season for rapid
growth, but produce vegetables OF the
best quality If the soil is not too wet
during the ripening season.
Moisture may be conserved in the
garden by thorough cultivation. lrri-
CATION is also a valuable aid in gar
dening when the cost of applying the
water is not excessive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
SHEEP SHED ON GOVERNMENT FARM AT BELTsvILLE

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Equipment for raising sheep need
not be expensive. In mild ATTITUDES
little housing is needed and the main
requisites are fencing and pastures of
sufficient number and size to allow fire.
quent changing of f1ocks to fresh
ground 20 insure health. Where the
winters are longer and more severe,
however, there should be some protec-
ton from storms. Buildings used to
house sheep should be dry, well venti-
lated, and free from drafts, but no
special provision for warmth is usual
1y required.
Small flOcks can be cared for in sec
tons of barns with other stock where
stabling and feed storage facilities are
ample, but with a flock of say 100
ewes, rcparate buildings are desirable.
In Farmers Bulletin SO of the United
States department of agriculture,
Equipment for Farm Sheep Rails ng,"
the plan of such a separate building is
discussed, together with drawings and
Illustrations. The working drawings
and bills of material for building of
this character can be obtained by appli-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Quite Happy.

Through the wild way of her good
for-nothing husband, a Woodworking
charwoman had to remove to a little
two-roomed cottage, where there was
scarcely space to sneeze without shak-
ing the ornaments from the mantel-
piece.
"Tt's hard lines for you to be brought
down like this, after what you've been
accustomed to-" said a sympathetic
neighbor. 'I don't doubt you feel very
miserable, Mrs. Jones'"
"No, I DON'T" the charwoman stout
ly denied. "T'm happier here by
long way than used to be in the old
place. For one thing, when my hus-
band comes home in brute of tenn
per, he can't throw me down the cellar
steps, as he used to, COS there amt
none now l"-Pearson's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

full
in
It
a. a
direct the hose at the burning the man
a a a
and it Knocked the mouth OF
which he
the and he got a
in silk hosiery
werew spdnked threatened to tell the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

Designers of apparel for stout won-
en- are confronted with two problems;
enc, to make accepted styles becoming
to full figures aid the other to create
styles exclusively for them. The first
problem takes most Of their time and
thought, for all women like to dress In
the mode, and the perverse modes con-
tinue to be designed for the slimness
of youth. But specialists are doing
more than their bit toward making life
happy for women whose figures have
rounded out to the fullness of matron-
hood.
Just how successfully they can de-
Eign becoming clothes is set forth in
tne costume of wool and satin shown
In the picture. The underskirt and up
per part of the sleeves are of satin, the
overdrapery of serge, and it might be
of any of the more substantial wooden
Fabrics. Every line in this model
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

The American Red Cross is organ
izing 80 base hospitals and preparing
the equipment, supplies and personnel
for them. The magnitude of this I'M
6ertaking can be glimpsed when we
consider that each unit has % sur
geOnS, two dentists, 90 graduate
nurses with assistants and attendants
making up $50 persons; for the 80
units. 1900 persons, trained to care
FOR the wounded.
Resides the permanent equipment OF
these hospitals with the most modern
appliances for the care of the sick
and for surgical cases, it is necessary
10 provide great numbers of articles
that are quickly consumed by hos
pitaI in service, such as bandages,
spiints, pads, drains, garments worn
by the wounded and all sorts of surg
zeal dressings. These are called con-
sumable hospital supplies and these
are the things that women are MAX
ing and will continue to make while
war lasts. Every woman can help in
Ahss work in some way. Not to do
something Is a confession of indif-
ference or of cold-hearted lack of
sympathy or of selfishness-a betrayal
sf cheap character that dishonors
WOmanhoOd.
But indifference often springs from
hack of knowledge and not from cold
ness of heart. Red Cross headQuar-
tcxs have been deluged with letters
from women all over the country, Of
NeEihg to help in any way they can.
FOr their benefit one Of the important
chapters of the Red Cross has issued
q circular of information concerning
the work of base hospitals and in ii
= vivid picture is painted of the ex-
periences of the wounded soldier from
the time he falls until he reaches a
base hospital. Here he must be given
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

shows careful thought on the pakr OF
it's creator. The straight hanging satin
skirt adds nothing to the size OF the
hips. A little carefully disposed full
ness in the overskirt straightens the
line from bust to hips and the pockets
are placed where they will not widen
the figure BY extending the over
dress into points at the sides en- al
most straight line is achieved from
neck to hem. The point on the deep
cuffs makes the sleeves shapely and
the narrow collar and short shoulder
seam lessen the width of the shout
ders.
Rows of small buttons on the sleeves
and on the front of the overdrapery
center the eyes on straight lines. Sou
tache braid makes dignified finish
and with the pockets proclaims tine
designers allegiance to prevailing
modes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

The quality of most vegetables Is
considerably affected by the tempera-
ture during the growing season. Let
tuce, radishes, spinach, caulifiower,
cabbage, and other vegetables adapted
to cool climates will not be of good
quality when grown in the hottest
part of the summer. On the other hand,
heat is necessary for best results with
tomatoes, egg plant, peppers and sweet
corn.
The vegetables Of which the green
parts are used as food, such as green
peas, string beans and sweet corn, are
of the highest quality if picked just
before they mature. On the other hand
if some vegetables are harvested for
home use too soon, as is often the case
with melons and tomatoes, their quail
ity is not what 1t would be little
later.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

10 inches of rack space per eve are al
lowed. The partitions between the
pens are formed by movable feed racks
so arranged that the attendant can
walk down the center to distribute
feed. The sides of the pen next the
alley are formed by wall racks. On
the second floor the hay NOW provides
storage space for SO tons of loose hay
or straw, and the grain storage room
for LOO bushels of grain. Exclusive
of silage, this is enough feed to carry
all the sheep which should be put In
the barn for a period of five months.
The silo should have capacity for sc
tons. Hay is thrown down through two
chutes, each fitted with sliding door
at the bottom, and the grain is deliv
cred to the first floor through four
spouts, each of which may carry a diff
ferent mixture.
Essentials for Winter Landing.
In addition to the hens, the first floor
contains a shepherds room equipped
with stove and a medicine closet. This
may be used as a hospital for chilled
lambs. With a room of this kind al
the disposal of the shepherd, the barn
may be considered as possessing all the
essentials for successful winter lamb
ing.
A large silo, a supply of roughage
stored outside the barn with which to
refill the NOW late in the fall and q
nv IN Inn nf
would enable the owner of such barn
to feed out two carloads of lambs in
early winter before using the building
for the breeding ewes.
At the prices prevailing for labor
and material in May, 1916, it IS esti-
mated that, exclusive of feed racks,
the cost of such barn would be ap'
proximately $1,000. These figures, how
ever. the bulletin points out, should be
taken only as a rough guide, for it is
impossible to state exactly what the
price of material and labor will be at
any time in given locality. The
amount of farm labor that is employed
in the construction of the building will
also affect the final cost. The cost OF
the concrete silo with capacity of 81
tons may be roughly estimated at $l50
For each additional ton $50 should be
added.
In selecting the site for such build
ing, dryness is perhaps the most i'm
portant consideration. Ample yard
space adjacent to the main barn should
also be provided, and, if possible, this
should have q southern slope with
sandy soil. It is also desirable that
the building should be convenient to
the farmhouse or to other barns De-
cause flock Of sheep requires during
part of the year attention many
times each day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
DETERMINE LENGTH OF DRAG
Lengthy Implement Is Harder to Con-
troll Than a Short One, and 1t
Requires More Room.

Where the road is of proper width
the length of the drag may be gov
erned by the size Of the team; seven
foot drag for a team OF 1,200-pound
horses, and eight feet for team OF
1,6OO-pound horses. A nine-foot drag
would be rather long for any uncared-
for road right at the beginning, no mat
ter how large the team may be. A
long drag is harder to control than a
short one, and it requires more room.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

every available assistance to recovery.
Briefly, this circular tells us that,
when a wounded soldier is too badly
injured to drag himself to shelter, he
lies on the field or in the trenches,
until army litter bearers can reach
him. They carry him back to first
aid station, located in any available
shelter-in a wood-behind hill or
in a trench, or dugout or tent, Here
surgeons stanch the flow of blood, put
splints on shattered bones and dress
wounds, so that the soldier may be
moved to a place back of the danger
zone.
He is carried by the ambulance col
umn to one of the small field hospitals
set up to the rear of the fighting line.
The field hospitals are usually housed
in tents, with capacity for temporary
care of 125 wounded, who lie on
blankets or tarpaulins on the ground.
Further back of the line there are
evacuation hospitals each designed to
receive the wounded from three field
hospitals. But none of these are
permanent resting places or equipped
with appliances of a real hospital. The
wounded man must be sent still fur
Their away from the danger zone, to
some place where he will not have to
be moved even If the army is forced
to retreat. He Is finally taken to a
base hospital, with all the equipment
of regular military hospital. Here
he has the best Of care and may re-
main until the base hospital is filled,
when he is again transferred to q
permanent interior hospital to COM
plete his recovery. 1t is the base hos
pital that gives him his chance for
life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

The legion, the chief subdivision of
the Roman army, contained about g.
600 men and e contingent of cavalry.
The value uf Canadian manufactures
last year was $2,OO0,O00,OOO. compared
with 81 ,392, 600 900 in 1915.
With care there is timber enough
In the United States to last IA years,
according to a government expert.
Madrid, the capital Of Spain, is to
have a subway. The total cost Of the
work is estimated at about S60O00O0-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

Two-passenger airplanes are now
for sale at $1,000 each. 1t is said that
the manufacturers expect to sell y
500 machines within the year.
The oldest artesian well in Europe
is found at Lillers, France. From its
mouth water has flowed uninterrupt-
edly for over seven hundred and fifty
years.
The sheep of Uruguay are amazing
in number. They seem to fill every
hill and valley for miles. Statistics
show that there are 27.0O00O0 within
the hnuads of the country
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

walked
walters
latter invitation to return
"And him in yle shouted Mr. Aswe "v him every
thing he wants. and then give the BILL"
somewhere
his he said and
politely declined invita-
o o be
for the first time in four
promised himself be caught
reflection the uniform OF
the navy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
DAMAGE by Hessian Fly.

During the last ten years the annual
damage to winter wheat crops by hes
sian fly has averaged 100000 bush
els. This devastating pest is one of
the greatest menaces to the wheat
grower and helps to account for the
high cost of food-stuffs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
CARE FOR YOUR SKIN
And Keep 1t Clear by Daily Use OF
Cuticura-Trial Free.

A hot bath with Cuticura Soap fol-
lowed by gentle amounting with Cuti-
cura Ointment clears the skin or scalp
in most cases of eczemas, rashes and
itching of children and adults. Make
CuticqyF your everyday toilet prepara-
tons I'D prevent such TROUBLES
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

with
such high
Great capitalists and manufacturers around from office to Office in
Thwared pued Hooking
their
thiswithou
sonal patronage?
Russian
Belgian French English gentlemen with something to
SELL TO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
An Apology.

"Are you not ashamed to use poi
soned arrows?
"I'm doing the best I can in my lin"
tied way" whimpered the savage. "Ot
course, poisoned arrows only get 'em
one at a time. But we lack the me-
chanical facilities for wholesale opera
tons with U-boats."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
AlI-white Hats in Demand.

As the season advances all-white
hats are more and more in demand.
No matter how firmly one may deter
mine not TO wear white, because it is
always more or less of matter of ex-
pense to keep white in pristine fresh
ness. vet as dog days come we all for
get our resolutions, realizing that
there is nothing more attractive for
summer than pure white, says fash
ion writer All-white hats are many
eli shem in toque shape. But the most
attractive are those with brims be-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
He Read a Book.

First Tramp-What did Exhausted
Ernest die Of?
Second Tramp-Starvation. He Tead
in a doctors book that you mustn't eat
when you're tired
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Wise Caddie.

Green Golfer Ito caddie)--What are
you looking there for? I must have
driven it 30 yards farther than that.
Diplomatic Caddie-Yes, sir; but
sometimes they hit stone and bounce
back a terrible distance, sir.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

Spring seedlings of sweet clover IN
general are satisfactory, but in the
South excellent stands are obtained
from midwinter seedlings also. Fan
seedlings are usually successful south
of the latitude OF southern Ohio.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Keen 1eets Thin.

Sow beets thin. The plants generai-
ly start too close together to grow me
roots. Early sorts should stand three
or four inches apart. Later ones about
six inches.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

cause the midsummer hat ought al
ways to have brim if it is to serve
the purpose for which hats in warm,
sunny countries were originally invent
ed-to shade the eyes from sunshine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

ways OF the cat, the caterplIIdr, the
frog, the bear, and the birds.
Gall the world is rhythmic except
man." said Miss DuFour. "He alone
is out of harmony, and the rhythmic
dance is the way to put him in tune.
We should go to the cat to learn to
loosen the bones of the spine; to the
caterpillar to learn to curl up andtun-
curl from the center; to the frog to
learn the proper articulation of the
leg.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

Grade Cheviot Eve and Twin Lambs.
cation to the office of public roads and
rural engineering, department Of agri-
culture, Washington. AS the supply
of drawings for free distribution, how
ever, is limited, it is expected that no
one will apply for them who is not
seriously contemplating building.
Room for Many Sheep.
The building described in these plans
is designed to meet the needs OF those
permanently engaged in sheep raising
on a large scale. 1t provides for the
housing of approximately $50 ewes and
four or five bucks. For this purpose
eight large pens for the ewes and one
small one for the bucks are provided.
Twelve square feet of floor space ana
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

OF the English women who have re
Gently been instructed in carpentry at
Byfleet, England, 20 are now said to
be In France helping in the erection Of
huts for the soldiers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

response from the management, saved
the situation. Mr.. Aswell, with a
party of friends in the restaurant, saw
waiter order from the dining room a
boy not more than eighteen years old,
who was wearing the uniform of a
United States seaman.
The boy had entered the dining
room by the main entrance. He de-
posted his suitcase by the side of a
table and sat down.
The waiter approached him quick
ly, and said: "The lunch counter is in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Satisfy Is Delicious.

Grow more satisfy. 1t Is a most de-
licious and wholesome vegetable. II
requires the same cultural treatment
as the parsnip.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
The Only Way.

"senor, can you handle any villa
money!
"That depends. Is It baledT-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Arts Club Stirring Things Up at Washington

thou sggard consider his
Elise
club advised her auditors also to consider the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

trenched in the awning in front of a
cigar store and was throwing up quite
q little smoke.
Dashing out of the door of the
cigar store came one of the clerks,
carrying one of these patent fire ex-
tinguishers that go to work as soon
as its top is turned where the bottom
usually is. In his haste, gripping the
top and bottom, the young man hap
pened to turn the extinguisher over
and the fun began.
The crowd that had gathered got
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Hard Luck.

Mendicant-Could you help a poor
chap who has starving wife and chill
dren and the govt?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Statesman Resents Insult to Nations Uniform

V haenngy the dining at the Wash
Awe Louisiana however which quick and favorable
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Patent Fire Extingusher Played No FavOrites

experiences in the movies didn't have anything
New
window had become in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

articulation of the hip joints From
rhythm @ Ihe are
many might study with much profit
portrait painter and Edwin Calow
of and he
fellowship uniting and
Russian for
capital of
ideal which liberation of
the humanity to
thai hesegr perish"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23

In the city of Herman, Persia, thers
are 1000 rug and carpet looms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-23
Sc Heat Makes Life Miserable at Capital

bends down over Washington, and the
great sun burns vaguely through light
mist. The city steams, its heavy air
full of the sickly sweet odor of To-
Gusts; you are drenched with perspira-
tion-even clothes hanging in your
room get damp.
Occasionally great clouds ride up
over the horizon, black as ink, breast
ing the wind; night swoops over the
town, and storm and solid sheets of
rain. Then sun again, breathless air.
wet heat. Still, fate hammers swift
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-19
BRIDGEPORT CITY
DEFEATS MACDUFF

New York, Nov. 19-Connecticut
aggressiveness triumphed over metro
po1itan soccer skill at Lenox Oval yes
terday, when Bridgeport City defeat
ed Clan MacDuff by 2 goals to 0 in
the replay from the first round Of the
cup competition of the American
Football Association. While the
New Workers were eliminated Bridge
port City advances into the second
round to meet the cronaptons of
Rhode Island. The lineup;
Clan MaeDuff CO... Bp't, City {2) .
Mather. ...... Goal ,....,. Calls. ;.
Neil ...,.. Right back ,.Drinkwater
Robertson Left back Koh1er
Boyle. ..... Right half :, -Hewarth
Winchester. Centre half ...,.. ones
Stuart ,,,,,,, LET half 80, Stanford
MeKshna, Outside right go. Fields
ConIsy, ..,.. Insideright ,.satterwaite
Mclaughlin, =, Centre ,,,.,,, Byron
Hanhen- 80, Inside left ,,..... Shaw
Shannon. Outside left. .Eandersen
Geads-sandsrsen a. Bridgeport
City. Referee, T. Cunningham. Lines
men, MessFs. Stuart and Robinson,
Ffae, Halves OF 10 naiauee1
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-19
Billy Sundays Birthday.

The Rev. Billy Sunday, who can
strike out the devil better than any.
body else, will celebrate his 54th
birthday today with Ma and the boys
and Rody, the champion slide from
bone player and sweet singer OF
Brighten the Corner Billy was
born in Ames, Ia, and was pro-
fessional ball player from 1888 to
1890, with the Chicago, Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia clubs, He was the
champion Splinter of the National
League, and this may. explain in part
his later ability in chasing the devil.
Pop" Arson is credited with the
discovery of Billy's baseball talent.
According to Pop" he found Billy
driving an undertaker's wagon in
Marsha11town. Ia, and playing anna
teur ball as side line, Arson was
impressed by Bi1ly's speed and hired
him for the Chicago club, Sunday
didn't make very much of hit,
either with the fans or On the ball
when he made his appearance, for he
struck out the first Is times he went
to bat,