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The midland journal., 1917-10-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NEW CROP OF SWEET CLOVER
No Fear of Difficulty in Eradicating
as Farmers Have Trouble In Cut
ting Second Crop.

Some farmers hesitate to plant sweet
clover on their farms for fear they will
have difficulty In eradicating it when
the fields are planted to other crops.
The results obtained annually by hun
dreds Of farmers are sufficient proof
that there is no foundation for such
fear; in fact, farmers are experiencing
much difficulty in cutting the first crop
the second season so high that the
plants will not be killed. The new
crop of sweet clover, unlike that of
red clover and alfalfa, must come
from the buds left on the stubble, so
when the plants are cut below these
buds they will be killed. AS sweet
clover is biennial, the plants die as
soon as the seed crop is produced.
When the first years growth Of
sweet clover is to be turned under for
green manure it is recommended that
the field be plowed after the plants
have made some growth the following
spring rather than in the fall of the
year of seeding. When the first years
growth is plowed under the same fall
many of the plants will not be en-
tirely covered, and these will make
vigorous growth the following spring.
When the pIOwing is delayed until the
plants have made some growth the fol-
lowing spring NO trouble will be ex-
perienced in eradicating them.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Nasturtiums The Result of Perfect Seeds.

ment for them is the mud of ponds and
lakes.
Lilies have certain enemies that
have to be reckoned with. Rats,
swans and aquatic birds often pull
them to pieces.
If you are planning a water garden
as means of raising lilies, select a
place open to the. sun renewed by a
small inflow and protected from rough
winds by protection of shrubs or
small trees.
In artificial pools, prepared soil
made Of mixing lean with little sand
and some of the rich deposit of leaves
and mud found on the bottom of the
pools.
Try to keep the plants far enough
apart to keep them distinct. Some
lilies are easily increased from seed,
some are sterile and others are slow in
terminating. Weeds must be Kept
under.
The beauty of lilies as they grace
fully lie-upon the surface Of the water
garden lends particularly pretty pic
torial note to the home garden.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
GERMANS BRIBED THE UMPIRE
Carl Emil Junck Tells How Teutons
Are Tricky in other Ways
Than in War.

Carl Emil Junck, dye importer Of
Chicago, was talking about Germany.
'The German spirit today is tricky,
shifty and false" he said. ''The Ger
mans today think It's clever to cheat.
Their war, with it's violation Of every
war law and every international agree
ment, is cheating war.
tsHere is an illustration of the Ger
man spirit.
ssWhen lived in Elberfeld 1 organ
lied a football team among the Elber-
field boys. Once, when the team was
to play a neighboring team, gave the
boys 100 marks to buy shoes, leg
guards or whatever would most help
them to win.
-'Well, they won, but their shoes and
leg guards were very old and shabby,
and I said to the captain after the
game:
"'Glad you licked 'em, though GER
tainly some of the decisions were close.
But what did you do with the money
gave you?
'"The e-captain answered with know
ing smile:
"tYou said, Herr Junck, that we
were to use the money in any way that
would best help us to win; so of course
we made a present of it to the UNI
pire."
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Hitch on Wagon and Post.

axle. Pass the other end over the
fork in the stick and hook around
the base of the post. The only pre-
caution Is to see that the forked stick
or plank is not set too slanting or it
will slip out instead of lifting the post.
Drive ahead and out comes the post.
There is no backing up or turning
Ground nor any tools to move. AS fast
as the posts are pulled they are thrown
into the wagon. If many posts are to
be pulled it will save time to wire the
chain to the crotch of the prop so that
the team will drag it from one location
to the next.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
UTILIZE ALL WASTES
Not Advisable TO Make Hog Meat
Out of Raw Materials.
Grain May Be Saved for Direct Use
as Food for Man and for Top
ping Off 5eef-Dairy BY
Products Are Valuable.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
It is good plan to insist that so
far as possible hog meat shall be pro-
duced mainly with food wastes as the
raw materials. Grain may thus be
saved for direct use as food for man
and for feeding or topping off beef
cattle which cannot be raised on
waste.
Wastes on farms and in the towns
make good hog feed; by-products from
canneries, bakeries, fisheries, packing
plants and the like can be utilized as
hog feed and to better economic ad-
vantage than in any other way. Dairy
wastes are particularly valuable as
hog feed and promote rapid growth
with a good money return for every
gallon fed.
The farm orchard furnishes large
quantities of windfallen or defective
fruit, which Is relished by hogs, and
Is beneficial if fed in small quantities
frequently, and not all at one feed.
Garden wastes, tops Of vegetables,
culls of all sorts, even weeds are
readily eaten, and such as may not be
eaten will be worked over, going into
the bedding and adding to the manure.
Kitchen wastes are an excellent
source of food for hogs, but should be
kept at minimum, because practical
ly all food prepared for mans use
should be eaten by him.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Surprises in. Housekeeping.

Mrs. Simpleton, having been a busi-
ness girl, was bit worried over the
intricacies of housekeeping.
"Tm having such trouble keeping our
food" she confiied to her bosom
friend. Il bought a real nice-looking
refrigerator, but it doesn't seem to
work well at all"
do you keep enough ice in it?"
'Ice." gasped Mrs. Simpleton. ice -
I hope you don't think, after spending
all that money on refrigerator, we,A1
go to the additional expense of buying,
lce!"
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
HORSE POWER TO PULL POSTS
Team and Wagon, Log Chain and
Stout Plank Are Among Things
Needed for the Purpose.

Digging up old fence posts is hard
job. The accompanying drawing shows
the easiest and quickest way of pulling
posts that have been seen. A team
and wagon, ten-foot log chain and
stout plank with notch in the upper
end or a forked stick about four feet
long are the things needed.
Drive the team and wagon up paral-
lei to the fence and about foot
away from it, and five feet ahead of
the post to be pulled. Loop one end
of the chain around the middle of che
The midland journal., 1917-10-19

are not fertilized they develop into
drones; when fertilized they develop
into worker bees or queens according
to the treatment they receive. Nearly
all of the fertilized eggs are left in
the ordinary-sized cells known as
worker cells and produce worker bees.
For a few of these larger cells, as
shown in the illustration. are built
series of protecting walls. Together
with this, a special food is given to
the larva when it matches, and in the
course of 81 days a queen bee comes
forth.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
TRY CYCLAMEN

Among winter-flowering plants there
is nothing more beautiful than the
bulbous greenhouse plant, the cycla-
men.
They come highly recommended for
house culture, as they thrive well and
bloom profusely in the average tenn
perature of the living room. Their
quantity formed flowers and oddly
marked foliage, and their variety of
shades and wealth of coloring make
them an agreeable adjunct to the list
of house plants.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
SAVING SEED FROM GARDENS
Cut Slice From Tomato Blossom and
Save Seeds From Each Section
Vegetables Deceiving.

Tomato seed should be saved from
the largest and smoothest. Cut slice
from the blossom end and save the
seeds from each section. Pumpkins
and squash should be selected from
the ones containing the fewest seed.
These will be found plumper and
larger than those containing a greater
amount of seed. AS these vegetables
are deceiving in appearance 1t is best
to wait until after cooking before saw
ing theiP seeds.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
PROFIT FROM SOME FEATURE
Money Can Be Made in Various Side
Lines, Such as Bush Fruits or
Special Garden Crop.

1t is not a bad plan to consider very
seriously whether 1t is not possible to
add some feature as small side line
to the farm activities for increased
profit. 1t may be small bush fruits or
special garden crop, some class Of
live stock or field crop. The returns
might be small, but being clear may
mean enough to purchase that new
convenience you have been wanting.
A small side line with the boys help
may even be enough to educate the
children.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Can't Live on $4,000 a Year.

The somewhat irritating story of the
woman who cannot support herself on
a large income bobs up again. Mrs
Olga Kohler Florman of New York has
been drawing $25,OOO annually from
the state of her father, but she asks an
increase because she has gone in debt,
she alleged that her husband earned
only $50 week and that she had to
contribute to the support of an infant
son. The court allowed her bonus
of $12O,OOO.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
BEST GRASS FOR DRY AREAS

Bronze grass is probably the best of
the cultivated grasses to grow in dry
areas. When established it will fur
nish grazing early in the season, not so
early as winter rye, but earlier than
the native grasses.
1t will also furnish grazing in the
autumn proportionate to the amount
of the precipitation.
During the entire season, therefore,
it should furnish more grazing than
the native grasses.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
She Studied BYron.

Mrs. Hawkins, who posed as lit
erary woman and professed great ad-
miration for Byron's works, had re-
Gently purchased little dog and was
showing him to caller.
"What have you named him?" asked
the caller.
"Perchance," was the reply.
ssWhat singular name for an ami
mall" commented the caller.
.SI named him after Byron's dog
she explained. "Don't you remember
the line in 'Childe Harold where the
poet. says, 'Perchance my dOg?"
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
RED FACES AND RED HANDS
Soothed and Healed by cutieura-sam-
pie Each Free by Mail.

Treatment for the face: On rising
and retiring smear affected parts with
Cuticura Ointment. Then wash off with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For the
hands: Soak them in hot lather
of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and rub in
Cuticura Ointment.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
A Woman Teaches seamanshlp.

When one of the instructors in the
government navigation school at
Charleston, s. c., was compelled to
leave, a woman, Mrs. Charlotte S. Pat
ten of Maine, took the helm, and Is
now teaching beginners in nautical SCI
ence. Mrs. Patten is the widow of q
sea captain, and for fifteen years lived
on board ship. After the death or
her husband she continued her life on
the sea on board ship captained by
her son-in-law.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
WHEATLEss RATION FOR HEN
Has Been Found to Be Satisfactory
for Production of Eggs
Formula Is Given.

A wheatless ration for egg produc-
ton has been found to compare favor
ably with rations containing wheat.
IN the wheatless ration the scratch
mixture was two pounds CT cracked
corn and one pound OF oats, while the
dry mash was three pounds of corn
meal and one pound of beef scrap.
About equal parts Of the scratch mix
ture and the dry mash were fed.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
IMPORTANCE OF QUEEN BEE
Her Duty Is Simply to Lay Eggs to
Keep Up Supply Of Honey Gath
erers in Colony.

The queen is the only perfect female
in the hive and usually there is only
one to a colony. Her duty is simply
to lay eggs to keep up the supply Of
bees in the hive. 1t is possible for
queen to lay several thousand eggs in
day, depositing them singfy in the
bottom of brood cells. II these eggs
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
DRAINAGE SUGGESTIONS

l. Have your dead furrow ex-
tend in the line of greatest slope
on the fiatter lands.
2. Plow in narrow lands not
over four rods wide so that
there will be a dead furrow or
back furrow every two rods.
3. Plow twice in the dead fur
row where it crosses a ridge.
In long level furrows, plow twice
near the outlet to create a fall
toward the surface-run.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label, showing il is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless FORM The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Labor Scarce in Coal Reaion.

So scarce is labor in the coal region
that when Jacob Schoen of Pottsville>
Pa, Superintendent of highways, adh.
vertised for men for work on the I
streets, the only reply he got was from
a man 50 years of age.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
Onesided.

He-I suppose we are to consider
the engagement broken?
She-YOu are; not me. I'm stiH en-
gagged to some one else.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALvE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get it at once.
1t will cure you.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
pesnite the Price.

tsRevenge is sweet"
"All l know about revenge is this.
There's less of it actually had than al
most any commodity you can name."
The midland journal., 1917-10-19

A torpid liver condition prevents proper
food assimilation Tone up your liver with
Wrght's Indian Vegetable Pills They aGk
gently and surely. Adv
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

No smarting = Just Eye Comfort. SC cents e
Druggists or mall, Write for Free Eye BooG
MuRiNE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
The midland journal., 1917-10-19

Plant Iris in beds in the open as
soon as the bulbs are received in the
autumn. Protect the beds during the
winter months and early in April COW
er them with glass so as to have the
flowers ready for cutting in May.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19
WASALLRUN DOWN
Faulty Kidneys Caused Acute Suf-
fering. Completely Recovered
Since Using Doan's.

Mrs. Harry A. Lyon, st. William
St, S. Boston, Mass. says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills have Surely done me
wonderful good. About two-months
prior to the birth of my baby, had
two convulsions and was taken to o
The midland journal., 1917-10-19

hospital. Doctors said
the convulsions were
due to my kidneys not
working properly.
Il had swelling of
the feet and ankles
so that l had to wear
large : sized slippers.
My back ached In
tpnSelV. / wnS nary.
The midland journal., 1917-10-19

tSuSeLy, L was nefV- uAO. L1Vns
GUS and unable to sleep. I also suf-
fered from awful headaches and felt
weak, tired, languid, and run down.
after l came home friend sug-
gested that try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and 1 got some. Isoon noticed
improvement; my back became
stronger and 1 felt better in every
way. kept on taking Doda's and
was cured. They are surely reliable.'
Mrs. Lyon gave the above state
ment in May, 1915, and on March
II, 1917, she said:
MY cure has lasted. take Dodn's
occasionally, however, as a strength
ener for my kidneys"
Get DoaH's at Any Store. zoe Boz
DOANs 8 KID N EY
FosTER-MnBURN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
They Make Trouble
First, Then Fix Ii Up

ALBANY, Sept. S.-A new hold-up
scheme is reported at the Albany
headquarters of the New York State
Automobile Association. DR.. S. VI. Her
man, of Brooklyn, and a party en- route
to Albany and the Adirondack were
going along at a moderate rate of
speed about two miles north of Brew
ster in their touring car when a light
truck with two men overlook them and
informed the doctor and his friends
that something was wrong with his car
in the rear. When the doctor got out
to investigate, one of the men jumped
off the truck, opened the hood of the
doctors car and then jumped back on
his truck, which made off up the road
The doctor could find nothing wrong
at the rear, but when he resumed his
position at the wheel and endeayored
TO continue his trip his engine refused
TO turn and he was unable 10 find the
cause. While he was trying every
thing he knew TO locate the trouble an
other truck came up from the opposite
direction. The driver stopped and in
formed the doctor that he knew what
the trouble was and would fix il for
so. The doctor paid. The man opened
the hood and adjusted whatever had
been tempered with by the first mem
Der Of the gang. The engine set up a
natural hum. and the party of tourists
reached Albany without further trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
How to Accomplish
Some Real Economies

Usually the largest item of expense
to the car owner, outside of gasolene,
is tires. This is war time, and people
are being exhorted about the elimins-
ton of waste and the prevention OF
extravaganza on every side.
We are not for economy that goes
to the extent of scrimping, but we do
believe we have timely war message
on the conservation Of tires. Anything
that will give a tire longer life, assist
tire TO give more mileage, reduce
costs per mile, will keep real, jingling
dollars in the motorists pocket and VIII
put off the day when the purchase OF
a new tire would otherwise be neces-
sary.
Tire accessories make an ideal and
profitable investment at any time, but
right now they are especially timely,
economical and useful. For instance,
the insertion of an inside tire protector
in a partly worn casing often enables
the tire TO give thousands more miles
of service. Under such circumstances
every one will readily admit that the
small investment involved has been
mighty profitable.
Consider the tire saver kit, which is
Just what the name describes. One
might naturally think that tire COM
panies would want tires used up as
rapidly as possible, so that more could
quickly be sold We. at least, believe
that every user of tire is entitled TO
all the miles built into that tire a the
factory. That is the reason for our
arguments on service and trouble pre-
vention and for the existence of the
tire saver kit.
Take the air pressure gauge, which
is Just one of the items contained IN
the kit. 1t enables the motorist to
maintain proper air pressures and to
know at all times just how much air
his tires contain. Right air pressure
is real tire insurance. Then there's
tire putty, which heals wounds and
keeps out sand and dirt, which are &C
tive tire destroyers. And so on through
the list. Ask the service station man
about the tire saver kit, and when you
have one be sure you know how 10
use its contents properly. Help your
tires and save money. "A stitch IN
time saves nine" Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Some Roads to Avoid

"If there is detour in the coun
try any worse than one of three miles.
which is being permitted by the State
of New Jersey, between Bloomingdale
and Pompton, on the Dingman's Ferry
Water Gaa route, somebody should
take a photograph of it and send 1t
TO the Chamber of Horrors" says
Henry Caldwell Of the Maxwell Tours
Bureau He also lists some other poor
roads:
New Yorx.Albany least side of riyer)--
Several detours. particularly Rhinebeck and
Hudson.
Avoid route il possible.
Newburgh Kingston Avoid It II possible
Kingston-Albany- it; detour at
Saugerties and will be for a long time.
WATERFOWL ogdensburg Five mile detour
at Browns Corners avoid route If possible.
Utica-Watertown - Detour Whitesboro-
Carey's Corners.
Ithaca. Utica Detour Sheds-New Wood
stock. narrow road
Albany-Syrscuse- Repairing between YER
non-Lardsville.
- Syracuse WATERFOWL Repair work south
Of Hastings road open.
Syracuse Oswego-O road north OF
Liverpool.
Seneca s-Ithaca-Repairing near Ro-
mulus, mile detour
Rochester Oswego Repairs. Sodus-Weling-
ton. mile detour.
Binghamton- Mddletown-To be avoided.
several detours
Mamakating Mountain northwest OF Mid
dletown,- Bad avoid.
Flei5chmans Resurfacing.
Davenport Oneonta Closed except nights
ard Sundays.
Binghamton-C ortland-Syracuse aution on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Cross-Country Hauling
by Vehicle Eminent
ly Practicable

Wartime needs will surely operate
TO overcrowd railroad capacity, so tnat
TRANSPORTATION demands will make ~
necessary TO turn to other means OF
carrying goods. Embargoes from time
TO time will act as momentary rellef 70
the railroads, and diversion OF freight
70 inland waterways also will help out
the situation. The motor truck, how
ever, will do most to give permanent
help to the freight situation. cross
country trucking Is the ideal relief
plan.
Short hsuls by motor truck have long
been known. The possibilities Of the
motor vehicle for much greater trips
are not so familiar. To show what can
be accomplished in this way, there is
the experience of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company, which only re-
Gently added three trucks to the origi-
nal Packard that since last April has
been operating steadily on route be-
tween Akron, Ohio, and Boston. An
other Packard and two Whites have
been put on the service for regular
seven-day schedule.
The first truck big, fve-ton Pack
ard, has been hauling tires TO the COM
pany's Eastern branches, returning
laden with tire fabric from the cotton
mills at Goodyear, Conn. The feet Of
two Whites and two Packards, now
carrying tires to the East, incidentally,
are all equipped with big pneumatic
cord tires. Although speeds of twenty
miles an hour may be attained with the
three-ton trucks and thirty miles with
the fve-ton machines, the schedule is
based on an average Of ten miles an
hour, including stops for meals, motor
supplies, etc.
As further development that will
be brought about by wartime condi-
tions, it is worth calling attention to
the statement by Roy D. Chaplin, chair
man Of the good roads committee of
the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce:
at must be evident that the high
ways are a greater economic necessity
in time of war than under normal con-
ditions of peace. 1t would be foolish
to limit road construction and mainten-
ance any more than is absolutely nee
essary. If we are TO get the crops TO
market it is of vital importance that
the roads be maintained in usuable
condition.
at will be the worst kind of econ
omy TO neglect them just at a time
when they are called upon to carry the
heaviest burden of traffic TO meet the
urgent needs of the country. Unless
so maintained they will deteriorate
rapidly. 1t is even more important
now than heretofore that highway ap-
preparations be properly spent and that
road work go on as usual"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

on September %. The Italian wired
his entry last night from Washington,
where he is detailed on government
work.
Promoter William II. Wellman re-
ports he was forced TO guarantee De
Palma $4,000 before he would enter
the race. This is the largest sum ever
paid an automobile driver for a similar
event, and is surely lot of money.
De Palma is serving the United
States as an inspector of aviation mo-
tors. He will obtain furlough from
his war duties long enough TO prac-
tice several days for the event.
The entrance of De Palma into the
race makes it a real championship af-
fair. as Louis Chevrolet, his closest
rival for the honors of speed king, is
also entered Ira Vail is another prom
inent cntrant, for the Brooklyn boy is
one Of the best long distance drivers