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Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
The Russian Peasants.

The taking over of some of the
czar's landed possessions recalls the
fact that Albert J. Beveridge, in his
book, "The Russian Advance" pub
lished few years ago and in which he
gathered political, social and economic
fucts, states that even then the Rus
sian peasant was looking forward "to
second emancipation, giving them
new additions of land absolutely and
without any cost whatever to them
selves" When the peasant ceased to
be a slave he did not comprehend that
he was still not free to use his mas
ter's tools or to cut from the land
ownerss forests timber for his USE
"The most curious situations" says
Mr.. Beveridge, "are even yet arising
growing out of this inability of the
peasant to comprehend the obligation
as well as the benefits of his enamel
patton. Liberties are taken by the
Russian peasant with the property of
q Russian proprietor which would not
be tolerated for an instant by an
American in the same situation. In
all of this there is not the slightest
impertinence, not the least intention
to wrong the landed proprietor, nor the
faintest conception on the part of the
peasant that there is anything immoral
In what he does. He or his fathers
did the like before, and he just con-
tinues to do the same as a matter of
cOurse.n
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
CHECK CHERRY LEAF BLIGHT
Disease Can Be Quite Successfully
Controlled by Spraying With
Some Good Fungclde.

Cherry leaf blight Is fungous DIS
ease which can be quite successfully
controlled by spraying with some good
funpicide. Either lime-sulphur at the
strength of one gallon Of the concen-
trated mixture to so Of water, or bor-
deaux mixture made Of four pounds
of copper sulphate and five pounds OF
lime will give good results.
The usual method of control Is 10
spray Just before the blossoming Pc
riod and again shortly after the BIOS
som petals have dropped. Occasional
ally the disease is serious enough 10
necessltate another application OF the
fupgicide after the fruit has been har-
vested,
There is little that you can DO TINS
wear to control the trouble II 1t mas
started, as the disease has probaDiy
gained such headway that spraying
would have little or no effect. If there
are quite a few of the leaves which
are still a healthy green, one can pre-
vent the spread Of the disease to them
by spraying Immediately.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
PLANT ROUGHAGES FOR cows
Every Farmer ls Advised to Grow
Abundance Of Alfalfa or Clover
Concentrates High.

Grow an abundance Of feed for the
cow this season, advises A. S. Neale.
specialist in dairy husbandry, division
of extension, Kansas State Agricultural
college.
ALREADY the price of concentrates
Is out of sight Prices will continue
high unless these concentrates are re-
placed by the cheaper roughages.' said
Mr.. Neale. Every farmer should plan
to grow plenty of alfalfa or clover and
silage. If alfalfa or clover cannot be
grown in your section substitute an
other leguminous crop, such as cow
peas.
During the next II months the pro-
duction Of dairy products will be due
largely to the feeding Of roughages In
stead of concentrates, as has formerly
been the case.
Dairy cows Of quality receiving
nothing but roughage can produce 2oo
to 25O pounds of butterfat annually,
provided the roughage is fed in abund-
ance and is composed of combination
Of silage and a leguminous hay. Or
course poor cows will not do so well
on this ration"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09

Type Of Beet Found in Many Fields.
to prove that by careful and pains
taking work such strains can be pro-
duced.
No intelligent study Of cultural
methods In the production of sugar
beets or of problems involving
comparison Of varieties can be made
until uniform and fixed varieties with
which to work are available.
The production of strains having
roots of uniform size and habit Of
growth and capable Of yielding seed
stalks uniform in habit of growth
and maturity should make possible
improved cultural methods, especially
In the planting OF tae roots and In
the harvesting of the seed, that will
reduce greatly the cost of production.
After seed harvest the beet roots
and stalks remain in the ground In
sound and palatable condition for
live stock feed. The present practice
is to feed these roots in the field,
utilizing them as pasture.
The beet-sugar industry In the
United States Is composed Of three
distinct branches, namely, beet-seed
production, sugar-beet growing, and
beet-sugar extraction and refining.
They are so linked that each is de-
pendent upon the others, not only for
its complete success but for its very
existence. Without seed the sugar
beet industry. in which more than
10000 American farmers are directly
interested, could not exist. and with
out beets the "a beet-sugar mills now
standing, with an invested capital OF
more than $1OO,OOO,OO0, would be idle.
the foundation upon which sugar
beet growing and beet-sugar extrac-
ton rests. Because Of its fundamen-
tai character, 1t is surprising that
sugar-beet seed production in this
country has not received more gen
eral and more earnest attention In the
past. The two primary causes that
have operated against the development
Of the sugar-beet seed industry In this
country were (1) the fact that a suf-
fioient quantity Of seed to meet our re-
quirements was easily Obtainable from
European countries at reasonable
price and (2) the prevailing idea that
conditions in this country, from the
standpoint either Of labor cost or OF
climate, would not permit the success
full development Of the seed industry In
the United States. Recent experiences.
however, have shown the folly OF de-
pending upon foreign countries for our
beet-seed supply, while experiments
extending over many years have
proved the falsity of the opinion rela-
tive to labor and climatic conditions.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
LONG WEDDINGS IN PERSIA
Ceremonies, Continuing Several Days,
Among Most Curious and Elabo-
rate In the World.

The marriage ceremonies which sol
emniZe wedding among the Moham-
medans of Persia are among the most
curious and elaborate in the world.
Any American bridegroom who dis
likes what men are wont to describe
as the fuss and bother" of a formal
wedding should regard the case of his
Persian brother and take heart.
The Persian ceremony may take
from one to two weeks for its compile
tion. Often the betrothal is Il matter
of many years standing, having been
arranged by the parents when the prln-
cipalS We're still young children. When
the time for the marriage arrives the
guests are summoned by heralds, who
90 about the neighboring villages,
bearing gifts of apples, cloves and
roses to accompany the invitations.
When some powerful parsonage is to
be invited, the father OF the bride
groom does not send herald, but goes
himself, bearing as rich Il present as
he can afford to give.
Before llle "cu'uHS tHtit - uiN' q
curious little business arrangement en-
tered into. This Is the matter OF
"kaben," or the price of divorce. A
sum Is agreed upon in advance by the
payment of which the future husband
can put aside his wife at any time.
When 1t Is desired to make the divorce
difficult, the kaben is set at some i'm
possible sum or commodity. The hus-
band may be required to give the
bride hundredweight Of mosquito
wings, or one of his arms or legs. be-
fore he can divorce her, condition
which generally makes the marriage u
permanent affair.
The actual wedding festivities ex-
tend over days. The guests are given
rooms in the house and served with
rich foods and sweetmeats. Musicians
and dancing girls are hired to enter
tain them, and if the families of the
bride and groom nre rich the favorite
sport Of the Persians may be staged
by pair Of professional wrestlers.
After the celebration has lasted
three or four days the bride rides
heavily veiled to her new home on
horseback She is followed by pOrters
bearing her dowry on their hacks, The
wedding celebration then continues for
several days longer.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
PARTICULAR CARE FOR MILK
FIavors In Dairy Products May Be
Prevented by Keeping Cows
From Eating Weeds.

Don't let your dairy products taste
of weeds or grass, If you can avoid 1t.
Because butterfat absOrbs flavOrs, par
ticular care should be taken In han
ding milk, cream and butter, accord
ing to N. Il. Olson, instructor IN
dairy husbandry In the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
"The principal flavOrs derived from
feeds are the weedy favOrs," said Mr..
Olson. "In the spring creameries have
trouble with the wild onion flavor. This
Is something that the farmer cannot
prevent, and is caused by early pastur-
Ing.
Another common flavor Is the half
grass flavor, produced from green feed
in the early spring 1t can be tasted
In milk, cream, and also in Ice cream.
1t Is found In practically all dairy
products in the spring"
The method Of preventing these fla
vOrs is keeping the cows from eating
weeds, pointed out Mr.. Olson. Weedy
patches In pastures should be fenced
off so that the cows cannot get to them.
Other fiavors are produced through the
feeding Of alfalfa and silage. II silage
is fed, 1t is advisable to feed 1t after
milking rather than before.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
POSSIBILITIES OF All ACRE
So far rs Is Known, No One Has
Been Able to Make It Work to
the Limit of It's Powers.

Does anyone know the possibilities
of an acre Of lHnuf Has an acre Of
soil like the machine. its limitations?
Who is ready to say how many tons
of hay or bushels of grain an acre
can produce? So far we do not know
of anyone who has been able to make
the acre work 20 the limit of its powers
or to fathom its hidden possibilities
There is bound up liz Il lump of soil
much history and many mysteries of
the world. mitch of which man has
never been abb, to unfold. Too many
farmers have treated their soil as
though it We're unintcreSting and not
full of charm and Fascination.
In the book entitled "Lctters of an
Old Farmer to His Son" we came
across these paragraphs: "rhatS what
I like in the sell. Though we've been
working with il through unnumbcred
thousands Of years, no man since the
beginning has ever found the limta,
lions of a single square rod. In the
very nature of things, no man will
ever discover the utmost end of the
soils power when to its own fertility
he adds fertile mind" Yes, it is
the trained mind that colnprehcndS the
charm and wonders Of the land: it is
the fertile hr"in that looks forward to
the possibilities Of the soil and can
see It's powers strengthen rs the COM
prphcneion of man hrondenS.
We quote again from this book:
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Properly-constructed Tank.

l. Inlet. usually 1R-inch pipe. q Wood,
en- trough, conducting water to within
inches OF bottom. 3. Sticks, holding cans
in place as shown by cut 4. Shows posi-
ton of half filled can; run stick through
handle in cover to prevent 1t from sliding
out from under the stick. 8. Shows post
ton OF can when filled. g. Shows position
of wire which prevents the cans from
tipping. 7. Outlet, usually 2-inch threaded
nipple.
tank 80 that the cream will be cooled
with the water that Is used TO fill the
stock tank.
9. Never mix warm cream with cold
cream. Cool the cream before mixing
it with previous sklmmings.
10. DO not allow the cream to freeze
in cold weather.
II. Stir the cream at least twice a
day; this will keep 1t smooth and free
from Jumps. Do not use wooden
paddle for stirrer, as it Is unsnnitary.
IL. Deliver cream frequently, at
least twice week In winter and three
times a week In warm weather.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Iti Orinin.

"Good morrow. friend Brewster"
Ouoth one of the Pilgrim fathers, meet
ing another on the streets of Salem.
"And where hast thou been this fine
mornng9"
81 have tarried while at the JUS
tice court, Friend Hooker, where with
a right good will I did hear Justice
Winslow, that goodly man, passing
sentence upon certain rogues and
runagates, pcstllcnt fellows and sturdy
beggarS."
"And what disposition made the
good justice of the case of Dame
Keziah. who was charged with being
n common scold?'
"He did adiudge her guilty, and en-
treated her h0rShly withal. His sem
tence was that she be bound in the
ducking stool anG immersed ten times
in the waters of the bay
"Ten times? Now who would have
believed that he would soak her that
hard !"
Which was the origin of the express
sion,-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Childre MS Music.

We need more good music for Chill.
dren. We need music that will 10
more than entertain them with Mother
Goose tales and simple incidents of
nature life. We need music which, in
the days when they are wax to receive
and marble TO retain will lift and in.
spire them to the real thoughts that
are deep in our own hearts.
The great sentiments, the great
truths are simple. They are not too
hard for children. Many of these
things can be understood by children
alone. In our education we have
erred. We wait too long to tell our
children the big things of life. We
clutter them up with tritles. SO also
in music.
Minds, like bodies, can only grow
on real food.-New York Evening
Mail,
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
WORM DOES HARM TO APPLES
Dock False.Worm Found In Northern
Part Of United States From the
Atlantic to the Pacific.

The dock false-wOrm Is the larva OF
a sawfy found all over Europe and In
Canada and the northern part Of the
United States, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
The larva Is a green, wOrmlike
creature, which feeds on dock and re-
lated plants; frequently, however,
where conditions are favorable, IT
finds its way at maturity into apple
trees, where 1t bores into the apples
to hibernate, making them unsuitable.
The dock falseworm has four gen.
erations annually, each generation oc-
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
MAINTAINING PIGS ON RAPE
Minnesota Station Finds It Most Vaiu.
able Of Forage crops-Red Glover
Also Excellent.

At the Minnesota experiment station
more pigs have been maintained on
given area with the pasturage Of rape
than any other forage crop. Red clover
Is also an excellent pasture. more pal
atable than rape and nearly as good
as alfalfa. Bluegrass Is extensively
used for hog pasture and serves this
purpose well until 1t becomes more or
less dead during the late summer. Rye
is sown for late fall and early spring
pasture.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
GOOD SLOGAN FOR DAIRYMAN
Corn sIIaue and Other Rouohaoe Have
Value That Cannot Be overesti-
mated-Have Purebreds.

High-priced dairy feeds Of last win
ter should teach the dairy farmers two
things, according to the animal hus-
bandmen at Cornell. The first is that
good corn sIlage and other roughage
have value that cannot be Oyeresti--
mated; the second Is that there is q
greater need for good cows than ever
before. This is no time to be feeding
poor producers, and the man who has
purebreds is getting double value for
his feed. The dairyman's slogan for
next year should be purebreds, silo,
and clover or alfalfa hay.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
FEED cows BEFORE CALVING
Practical Dairymen Agree That Prepa-
ration Has Much to Do With
the Amount Of Milk.

(By H. H. KII.DEE. University Farm.
st. Paul. Mimi
The proper time to begin feeding
dairy COW IL six or eight weeks before
calvlng, and practical dalrymen agree
that this preparation has more to do
with the amount of milk and butterfat
which COW produces during the lacta-
ton period than does the feeding dur
ing any other period.
For cows calving during the sum-
mer or early fall most dairymen like
to have a small pasture away from the
herd but with an abundance Of grass,
and, In addition. they like to feed
suitable grain mixture. Corn silage,
with clover or alfalfa hay and Unit
ed grain ration Of three parts ground
oats, two parts Of bran and one part
of oilmeal Is especially good for COWS
calvlng during winter or early spring,
After calving the cows should be
brought slowly up to full feed and
thereby steadily to higher produc-
ton.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
WHY SHORTHORN IS FAVORED
Beef Must Come Along With Milk 10
claIm-DaIry Cattle Breeders Have
Good Argument.

One reason why the milking Short
horn Is being called to the attention of
corn-belt farmers who must come In
evitably to dairying Is that the corn
belt Is committed to beef and cannot
easily give up to dairying exclusively.
The farmer who takes dairy bull
calf to market and gets So or 81 for
it, is likely to feel cheated. be-
cause he will remember the beef calf
that grew into likely steer and
brought good profit.
OF course, the dairy cattle breeders
have their arguments-and good ones.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
NEED OF STRAWBERRY PATCH
Not Much Time Needed to Take Caro-
Of Bed Sufficient to Supply Needs
Of Family Table.

It doesn't take much room IN the
garden, nor does 1t take much time:
to set out and attend to q patch OK
strawberries of sufficient size to sup
ply the family. We like to see va
riety OF the small fruits on every
farm, says a writer In an exchange
Herein Is where the farmer has the
advantage Of the city fellow.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
ROUGHNESS FOR DAIRY cow
Animal Is Not Content Unless Stomach
Is FuIl-Feed Grain According to
Milk Yield.

Roughness is the first important con-
sideration. A COW Is not contented
unless her stomach Is full. She should
always have all the roughness that
she will clean up and then the amount
of grain she receives should be regu-
lated by the amount of milk pro-
duced.
A dry COW in good condition should
be fed roughness only, and does not
need any grain. In feeding grain to
milk producing cows, the following rule
may be used and is found TO work fair
ly well; Feed one pound of grain for
each three pounds or pints of milk pro-
duced.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
GIVE CALF GOOD ATTENTION
Pen Must Be Kept Clean-use Plenty
Of Straw-Furnish Milk, Hay, Bran
and Other Feeds.

The, calf pen must be kept clean.
Use lots of nice straw, not putting 1t
upon lot of fermented filth, but dig
out all manure very frequently and
add fresh straw almost daily. Calves
are so frisky that they tramp the straw
into the manure.
Separator milk, tender clover or al
falfa hay, bran, oilmeal, silage, corn,
such feeds are the stuff good calves are
made of,
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Shorthorns on Kansas Farm.

But the fact remains that the farmer,
generally speaking, will be hard to
wean away from the beef type. The
Shorthorns reputation as a leading
beef animal will appeal to the farmer
for he still can have his beef along
with his milk.
This argument may apply to other
dual purpose cattle, perhaps, but 1t Is
especially good with beef animal that
can perform well In the dairy.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
BEET.SUGAR INDUSTRY
American Seed Is Usually Su-
perior in termination.
Soil and Climatic Conditions Favor
Production II Seed In Sufficient
Quantity to Meet All Future
Requirements.
(By c. O. TOWNsEND.)

(By c. o. TOWNsEND)
Our experience thus far indicates
that American sugar-beet seed Is
usually superior in termination and
capable of producing larger and better
roots than the imported seed.
Our soil and climatic conditions, ex-
tending over large areas, favor the pro-
duction of sugar-beet seed In sufficient
quantity to meet all future require
ments.
Well-defined strains Of sugar beets
of high yield and quality are essential
to the development of a satisfactory
seed industry. Enough has been done
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Greek Athletes Were "crooked." ;"

Crookedness among athletes was In
vented by the Grecians. The practice
of one man allowing another to win
contest through a previous arrange
ment was common but unpopular. The
penalty was for the guilty one to be
fined heavily, and when certain sum
of money had thus been raised a monu-
ment was created with inscriptions
warning others to be good.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Speaking Kindly Of Dead.

"Whose funeral is that" "Hon.
Saul Slickery's," replied the landlord
Of the Petunia tavern. "It is not Gus.
tomary to speak Ill of the dead, and
SO I'll just say that he was member
of the legislature for two terms."-
Judge.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
cows TAIL OF IMPORTANCE
often Measured In Judging Animal
Chief Purpose Is for Brushing
Flies Away.

The tail Is often measured in judg.
ing q COW and to meet the standard
requirements should reach to, or be-
low, the hooks and carry good
switch. This renders 1t most useful
in brushing flies, which is its chief pur-
pose.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Misspejted.

$50 you were invited to participate
in a profit-sharing scheme?" "Yes."
"How did YOU come out?" II discov-
cred that the purpose of the scheme
was not sharing, but shearing"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Ho. humi

"It must be wonderful to be famous"
said the optimist. "Shucks" respond
ed the pessimist. "Fame is merely a
pedestal on which the victim Is placed
so that the world will have better
chance to throw mud at him."
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Great Euu District.

The eggs produced in Petaluma. CAL.
district and shipped to market or
Matched by the hatcheries amount to
fifteen or sixteen million dozen D year.
worth probably $4,O0O.OOO.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Proved by Time,

A woman may be able to defend
herself with simple jiu-jitsu tricks, but
doubtless most of them Will continue 10
dely upon the rollingpin,-St, Paul
Pioneer-Press
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09

1t is estimated that the daily at
tendance at the moving-picture thea
ters in the United States Is more than
garden seeds. The annual value OF
these seeds is $2.OOO,000.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Dock False -Worm-(a) Full-Grown
Larva; (b) Larva Segment; (e)
Portion of Uranium; (d) Actual
Length.

cupying roughly month, except the
fourth, the larvae of which hibernate
and complete their development the
following spring. Only the larvae OF
this last generation are known to bore
into apples.
A number of parasites have been
reared, both from the egg and from
the full-grown larva, and while these
are valuable In partially controlling
the false-worm, probably they Will
never control 1t absolutely.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
One as Bad as Other.

There's no one so exasperating as
the man who thinks we should value
his advice, Except the one who doesn't
value ours,
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
DOING Both.

"There is one paradoxical thing
about ship" "What is that?" even
when she parts with her anchor she
still keeps her hold"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
Mite Of q Coin.

The smallest coin ever issued Is the
"mite." One thousand of these are not
worth as much as 25 cents.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
-.he Limit.

"Smith Is certainly lazy cuss,
isn't heT said Brown. SHOULD say
he was" replied Jones. "Why, he's
too lazy to deny It,"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-09
DAIRY
CARING FOR CREAM ON FARM
Expert Of University Of Illinois Gives
Ten Excellent Rules for Farmer
to Follow.

(By H. A. RUEHE, Associate in Dairy
Manufacturers, University of Illinois.)
1. Keep the cows clean.
2. Use covered milk pals.
3. Milk with dry hands.
4. Remove milk from the barn i'm.
mediately and separate it ut once.
5. Set the separator so that 1t will
skim cream that will test from 35 to
40 per cent in the winter and from
40 to As per cent In the summer.
6. Wash, scald, and dry the separa-
tor and all utensils Immediately after
using. The separator bowl may be
dried in warm oven, though the
oven should not be so warm that 1t
will melt the tin on the bowl parts
Setting utensils in the sun Is a GOOD
practice, as the sunshine acts as q
gerInicide.
Z. Keep all utensils and separator
parts dry when not in use.
8. Cool the cream Immediately after
skimming by setting the can In cold
running water. Construct cooling
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-22
BUSINESS HOUSES
SHOULD CLOSE

It's the Stars opinion that it would
be most appropriate and salubrious
for all our business houses, except of
course, eating places and refresh
ment stands, to close on Thanksgiv-
ing day. 1t wouldn't hurt them to
close all day, and at the least they
should shut their doors at noon or 1
p. m. 1t will be the only chance their
employees will have to see the fair,
and all should see it. We understand
paper asking the different houses
to close viii be circulated, and we
hope it will be unanimously signed.
The business man who shuts up shop
and lets his employees have half
days rest may be sure that the pub
lie will like him better for his so do
ing.