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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13
He Was in 1t

IT want to cancel my lease"
Cancel! Why, isn't the apartment
Just as I represented it?"
TOO much so. You advertised
continuous hot water but 1 didn't
know that 1t referred to the neigh
bors."
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

large voice in congressional and legis>
lative matters, are getting new light
upon the dignity and the Importance of
agriculture that will send valuable aid
behind the coming legislation for the
protection of the gardener and the
farmer, and will put behind the de-
partment of agriculture representa-
tives of great wealth, with a newly
born sympathy and understanding that
have never existed in this country be-
fore.
Many a statesman who used to won
der why an appropriation for the de-
velopment of potatoes, or the like,
was necessary in billion-dollar bud
get will in future take off his hat to
the potato and favor raising the ap-
preparation instead of cutting it.
So much, anyway, is to be gained
from the mobilization of the city hoe
brigade, and for that the entire farm
ing and gardening population of the
country will be duly thankful.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
THE WHITE CARNATION
BY BETTY PAkE.

The search of the pure white carna-
ton, one that will keep it's pure color
for long period, has never been quite
successful.
1t is fact that the average variety
remains under cultivation but few
years, and they are constantly running
out. They must, therefore, constantly
be replaced by newer and more vigor-
Gus varieties grown from the seed. Of
ten carnation that produces beauti-
full white flowers for two or three
years fails entirely after that time.
The common garden soil will not do
for the carnation. 1t should be COM
posed of about three-fourths rich, dark
loan and one-fourth well-rotted ma
nure. This should be thoroughly mixed
several times and by September the
first cuttings should be placed in boxes
about five inches deep. Set the plants
about ten inches apart.
Syringe thoroughly with water until
they have good start. The plants
should be staked in order to keep the
flowers above the foliage.
The soil should be frequently treated
with liquid manure--cow, sheep, or
hen droppings are excellent-but it
should not be too strong, say about the
color of weak tea.
If you want large flowers you must
disbud the plants judiciously. Give
them plenty of water and ventilation,
and syringe with tobacco extract to
discourage the red spider.
If potted, they should be in pots of
from four to seven inches, according
to the size of the plants.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
UTILIZE ALL LOAFING ACRES
Many Patches on Farm That Do Not
Produce Enough to Pay for Taxes,
Let Alone Fencing.

Nearly every year there are a num-
Der of acres on the farm that are
loafers, that do not contribute enough
to the products of the farm to pay for
taxes, let alone fencing. The first
thing to do with these is to drain
them.
Others are stony or gravelly por-
tions which do not and will not pro-
duce sufficient crops to pay for culti-
vation; and the proper thing to DO
with these is to sow them to tame
grasses, cover them over with Darn
yard manure, and let them stay in
grass. Sometimes a field has been
farmed so long that it has ceased to
be profitable, and the only thing to
do with this is to put it down in
tame grass and apply manure heavily.
There are frequently acres on the
farm that are out of the way, that
could better be planted to timber Of
some kind suitable to the neighbor-
hood. Sometimes there are corners
in field cut off by stream, or so in
conveniently located that they cannot
be farmed to advantage. The time has
now come when we can put these in
timber.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
SAVE DR0PPINGs FROM HENS
When Properly Preserved, an Excel
lent Fertilizer, Nearly Equal
to Bone, Is Secured.

The droppings of granted hens,
properly preserved, is an excellent ma
nure, nearly equal to good bone fer
tiliZer. The droppings should be
swept up each morning and packed in
barrels between layers of sifted earth
To prevent loss of ammonia, sprinkle
each layer with land plaster or kainit.
The droppings from 100 hens per
night will weigh about eight pounds.
When mixed with absorbents, such as
plaster or sawdust or loan, hen ma
nure is a one-sided nitrogenous fer
tilizer. AS usually managed, most of
the nitrogen passes off in the air. Be
cause of its high quantity of nitrogen,
it should be used in connection with
some good bone fertilizer rich In phos-
phoric acid and potash.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Cutworm-Parent and Eggs.

quently more than they can devour.
Every year these insects, working gen
orally throughout the United States,
have destroyed hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of crops. BY the
timely application of remedies, how
ever, they readily can be controlled,
even over considerable areas. The
usual method of control is by the use
of poisoned bats.
Take bushel of dry bran, add one
pound of white arsenic or paris green,
and mix it thoroughly into mash with
eight gallons of water in which has
been stirred half gallon of sorghum
or other cheap molasses. (Arsenic
and paris green are deadly poisons.
Handle them with great carey This
amount will be sufficient for the treat
ment of about four or five acres of
cultivated crops. After the mash has
stood for several hours, scatter it, in
Jumps about the size of a marble, over
the fields where the injury is beginning
to appear and about the bases of the
plants set out. Apply late in the day,
so as to place the poison about the
plants before night, which is the time
when the cutworms are active. Apply
a second time, if necessary. Keep
children, live stock and chickens away
from this bait.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
APPLIANCES or MUCH VALUE
supply Bin, self-Feeder, Feeding
Trough and Water Fountain
Can Be Made CheapIy.

Special appliances are valuable in
poultry raising, according to Ross M.
Sherwood, acting head of the depart
ment of poultry husbandry in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college. In
many cases these appliances can be
made cheaply at home.
The supply bin is used for con-
venience, and saves going to the gran
ary, pointed out Mr.. Sherwood. The
size depends on the number of fowls.
This bin may be Of metal or wood, or
even a tight barrel placed on the floor
or on the wall would answer the pur-
pose.
The self-feeder is used for feeding
bone, mash or charcoal. This feeder
has sloping bottom, and the feed
slips down as fast as it is consumed.
1t is well to have it on platform two
feet high.
The feeding trough is used for moist
mashes. This may be made of wood
or metal Often a V-shaped trough
with Stats across it is used. The only
objection to wooden troughs is that
milk sometimes gets in the cracks and
causes poisonous molds to grow.
A water fountain may be made by
taking a bucket, cutting hole near
the top, and setting it upside down in
a pan. The top should not be fiat, so
that the chickens will perch on it, and
contaminate the water with droppings.
The pan should be on platform so
that straw will not be scratched into it.
The devices for small chicks are
nearly the same, except smaller. in
the self-feeder, bone is used. A net
ting is placed over the feeding trough
to keep the chicks from scratching the
feed out.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
lmportana to Mother.
DOG FANCIERs FACING RUIN
Dealers in England, See Disaster In
High Taxes Placed on Animals
to Conserve Food Supply.

Dog fanciers in England, especially
the women, say that the new dog
taxes are going to kill the business
they have been carefully building up
for years. They do not object to the
suggested increase on old licenses, but
they fear the big tax on new dogs is
going to frighten away all their GUS
toners.
There are many British women with
small incomes living in the country
who have invested most of their money
in dogs as a business. They were
willing to mark time till the end Of
the war, looking forward to revival
in their business afterward. Trade Is
of course slack just now, but with no
money coming in at all they will be
unable to retain their kennels.
One fancier spoke bitterly of the
sensational stories told in certain-quar-
ters about pampered dogs and the i'm
possible amount of food they were ac-
cused of eating.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
DON'T NEGLECT BROOD MARES
Years Efforts May Be Lost by Inatten-
tion at Foaling Time-Provide
Box Stalls.

A years effort may be lost by neg
lecting brood mares at foaling time. In
view of the time which it takes to pro-
duce foal, one can i'll afford not to
give the necessary attention to the ami
mails. A little care for a few nights
will often save the entire years work.
E. A. Trowbridge, professor of animal
industry in the Missouri College of Ag-
riculture, offers the following sugges-
tions concerning the, care of mares at
foaling time:
In foal mares may be worked to
within two, or three days Of foaling.
Should work cease before that time,
rations should be decreased materially.
Rations should consist of bran, oats
and other laxative foods.
In foal mares should be provided
with box stalls, if possible, some time
be kept clean and properly disinfected.
AS soon after birth as possible, the
foals navel should be tied and disin-
fected with iodine or some other good
disinfectant. Careful attention should
be given to see that the feal's digestive
apparatus and kidneys are in working
order within "a hours after birth.
Mares, after foaling, should be given
water, not too cold and not in too large
quantity. The ration for two or three
days should be comparatively light,
and similar in nature to that fed be-
fore foaling After normal conditions
seem to have been established, the ra-
ton may be increased.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
WHEN A GREAT CITY GOES
ALARMING.
BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHuYsEN.

BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN
There is something intensely inter-
esting to the farmer of the districts
where fields are considered in terms
of acres, in the picture of the city
man, under stress of war necessity, or
fear, dropping the stock ticker for the
spade. One involuntarily closes the
eyes and visualizes Edwin Markham's
great picture of "The Man With the
Hoe" The figure is not bowed by
the weight of centuries. A silk hat
takes the place of the wool sombrero,
a frock coat the place of the overalls.
And yet the underlying motive is all
the same.
1t is the necessity of getting Old
Mother Earth to yield food for her
children.
/ have frequently told my readers of
the wonderful flower gardens that skirt
the palaces of Long Island and of the
Jersey coast. Surely nothing half so
costly and artistic can be found either
in fairy lore or actual development.
Now the garden is being deserted for
the truck patch, and the potato is of
more import than the rose.
All of the fashionable world, it's
gone alarming. From the pathetic
little window box, in which city dwell
lers are experimenting with seeds on
windowledges high above the surging
street throngs, to the most scien-
tific and elaborate truck patches in the
cabbage has come to attract more at
tention than the prize chrysanthelnum,
and the prospect for onions is more al
Turing than the hope of making a tu-
lip bed that will be the jealous pride
of the owner.
the residents of the metropolitan dis
trict how to farm is Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt, Jr. She is working
through the suburban districts at the
head of a committee of rich women,
using special train. They are teach
ing the women along the line to pre-
serve and can and save food products
TO relieve the war-made conditions.
What the men and women of the
West and of the South have been learn
ing for 80 years in the state-supported
agricultural colleges is now being
taught to the city dwellers and the
suburbanite, and they are taking to
the study with zest that would lead
one to believe that scientific farming
was a discovery of the last four
months. True, they haven't got along
far enough to consider the chemical
analysis of the soil and the scientific
determination of the elements needed
to make it fruitful, but they are learn
ing the elementary points rapidly.
New York city requires every day
an endless procession of freight trains
to supply it with food. Most of the
supply has in the past come from
farms comparatively remote from the
city. Now the newly promoted move
ment is resulting in planting truck at
the back door, with the automobile for
speedy transportation along the excel
lent roads to the great market centers.
There is coming from this activity
one great national benefit that is not
generally considered. Political leaders
from the congested districts, who have
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Some Rats.

Some soldiers home on leave from
things they had seen while in France,
and among them were the number and
size of the rats they had been trou-
bled with. Said one boy: "Talk about
rats! Why, I've seen some as big as
slcking-pigs."
zone night in my billet woke up, and
there was one of them trying my coat
on."-London Tit-Bits.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
SCALE INSECTS HURT FRUIT
San Jose Is by Far Most Injurious and
Will Destroy or Greatly InJure
the Trees.

The San Jose, oyster-shell and
scurfy scales are very generally pres
ent in apple orchards throughout the
country. The San Jose scale is by all
odds the most injurious and in the alb
sence of annual treatment will destroy
or greatly injure the trees. An indi-
vidual scale is about the size of a
pin head, and has nipple-like prom
inence in the center. When abundant
the scales literally incrust the limbs
and branches to which they give an
ashy-gray appearance.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
INJURY BY CUTWORMS
Poisoned Bran Bait Recommend
ed for Eradication.
Pests Frequently Do Severe Damage
Before Their Ravages Are No
ticed-insects Can Be Con-
troIIed by Remedies.

Tomatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes,
lettuce and other truck plants, espe-
cially those which are started un-
der glass and transplanted, are sub
ject to serious injury by cutworms.
These pests appear sometimes in great
numbers in the spring and early sum-
mer and frequently do severe injury
before their ravages are noticed.
Their method of attack is to cut off
the young plants at about the sur
face of the ground, and as these cater
pillars are of large size and voracious
feeders, they are capable of destroy
ing many plants in a single night-fre-
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Consjderate.

slave you calendar for 1914?"
asked the gentleman.
Il don't know, SIR" replied the sales
person. "We might have such thing
among the odds and ends in the base
ment. But If you wish to make a gift
to someone, surely calendar for
1917"
This is for lady, who is-er-a
bit sensitive about her age, you see.
And thought-well, it would be more
delicate, in a manner of speaking"-
Judge. ..-
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

"Johnny, it was very wrong for you
and the boy next door to fight"
"We couldn't help it, father"
"Could you not have settled your diff
ferences by a peaceful discussion of
the matter, calling in the assistance of
unprejudiced opinion, If need be"
"No, father. He was sure he could
whip me, and was sure could whip
him, and there was only one way to
find out"
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
FOR ITCHING, BURNING SKINS
5athe With cutieura Soap and Apply
the Ointment-TriaI Free.

For eczemas, rashes, itchings, irrita-
tions, pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremely effective. Be.
sides they tend to prevent these dis
tressing conditions, if used for every
day toilet and nursery preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Sting.Proof Veil.

they will mind their own business
much better than poultry or other
farm stock when left to themselves.
The wire netting veil of the device
illustrated is attached above to hat
rim which passes over the crown of
any hat and below to a wide neck
waist which permits the head to be
turned freely. All openings are pro-
vided with elastic bands which pre-
prevent the entrance of bees.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Live and Learn.

In Precinct 3, Muncie, the registrar
asked of youth: 'Do you claim ex-
emption and, if so, on what groundsT'
II have wife and child, and see
no way in which l could support them
in the army" was the reply, which
was noted, and the youth left.
A few minutes later the young man
came rushing back, all out of breath,
waving his card: "Hey. change this
card!" he shouted. "Pve just been
home, and find l now have two chill
dren instead of ne"-Indianapolis
News.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
PIGS ARE FARMERS STANDBY
Don't Sell Breeding Stock Because
Prices Are High-Get Them Out
on Pasture Early.

Hogs will be the farmers standby
as usual this year. Don't sell the
breeding stock because prices are high; ;
raise some more of the same. Pasture
the sows and pigs on alfalfa as soon
as possible. If alfalfa is killed out,
rape in the corn or by itself will grow
forage quickly and is almost as good
as alfalfa or clover for hog pasture.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
Usinq CASTOR Gloves.

A use for all sorts of cast-off gloves
has been found in London in connec-
ton with relief work in England. The
old leather, after proper sterilization
is applied on heavy cambric or buck
ram and made into sleeveless wind
Aproof jackets, which are much in de-
'mand for men both in the trenches and
the navy.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF BEES
Play Big Part in PoIlenating Fruit
When Properly Handled Insects
Are TractabIe.

1t has been thoroughly demonstrated
that bees play an important part in
pollenating fruit blossoms, and the
fruit grower, if no bees are kept with
in a half-mile of his place, ought to
keep a few himself.
When properly handled, bees are
usually tractable. AS a general thing
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
BEAUTIFUL WINDOW PLANT.

A beautiful blue f1owered window
plant is the browallia speciosa. 1t has
charming blue flowers and beauti.
full foliage. 1t blooms freely through
out the winter and is good summer
bloomer as well. Several plants can
be set in a five-inch pot and if pinched
back several times the clump will be-
come dense, globular mass of foliage
and rich bloom. 1t deserves to be
better known.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
To Drive Out Malaria
And Ruild Tin The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
ChanQeabIe.

Eva-"Marion is decided blonde,
isn't she?' Flo-"Yes, but she didn't
decide until last week.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

If all Of our prayers were answered
there would not be much left for the
other fellow.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

For speedy and effective action Dr. Peery's
Dead Shot" has no equal. One dose only
will clean out Worms or Tapeworm in few
hours. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsam
at night upon retiring will prevent and re-
lieve tired eyes, watery eyes, and eye strain.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
A Good Argument

"Are you in favor of conserving
food?" "By all means; it's too ex.
pensive to eat"
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

The effort to borrow a ten-spot will
often fatten a fellows bump of self
esteem.
The midland journal., 1917-07-13
His Chance

~ want to get in some business with
snap about it," ..... ...
"Then why not sell traps?"
The midland journal., 1917-07-13

What better monument can a man
leave than tree he has planted?
La Junta tribune., 1917-03-22
SLamese Newspalcr

One day this week We had the
pleasure OF looking over a copy OF
the Bangkok Times. printed In Bang
kok, Siam. II Is weekly family
journal and In appearance very much
resembles the family journals print
ed in this country. with the excep-
ton that two Of the eight pages are
printed in Siamese. The letters of the
Siamese alphabet are certainly some
thing fearful and wonderful TO be-
hold, and the rising generation OF
that faraway cline are surely en-
titled to a great deal of credit II
they ever succeed in learning TO read
In that language. chinese charac-
ters are tame in comparison. The
newspaper style in Siam is very sim
liar TO that In England, where the
first page is filled In its entirety
with advertisements. Automobiles
and beer seem TO be the principal
luNuries in that clime-iudging from
the advertisements.
There was nothing very startling
ehronicled In the news columns. the
most interesting being a Court Cir
cular." issued from the Grand Pal
ance. on January sth. giving the
details OF festival which took
place in the kings palace. II may in.
La Junta tribune., 1917-03-22

or in contrast to the barren hills
that stretch high and saunt in every
direction The largest town, and OF
course the most important. in south
ern Peru. is Arequipa. and We ar
rived there about 1880 O'Clock. We
had wired TO an American woman.
who has very cosmopolitan board
ing house. or shall ! say pension"
TO whom Mr.. Emery had given us a
letter. but she had her house full.
so she sent man to the station to
take us to a hotel. He found US
without any difficulty, for Carlyle
and Mr.. Connor lowered head and
shoulders above the men there. and
he Immediately conducted US to a
Ford limousine or taxicab. We were
taken to the best hotel in town.
which was not saying much for the
hotel. though Arequipa is town OF
about 10000 people. The hotel, i
have forgotten the name that IL is
known by, faces the plaza. There is
a restaurant In connection. where
the food was not impossible. Across
the plaza from the hotel was the Ca
thedral which extended across the
whole length OF the plaza. and the
bells Of the Cathedral we're ringing
constantly, just why ! could never
find out We did not go inside the
Cathedral for had seen all ! want
ed to see OF them.
La Junta tribune., 1917-03-22

teresi some of our readers and is
herewith presented;
This afternoon at o'clock, at
Ananta Sagamon Palace. His Males
ty the king granted audience TO prin-
ces OF the royal blood, who presented
to his majesty, candles, incense and
fresh flowers according to the an
cient custom.
After the audience His Majesty
presented robes and bags OF gold
cloth TO sixty priests who took part
In the religious service, while eleven
other priests. who were born in the
same year as His Majesty. received
from the king silk robes and other
gifts Of special kinds. The priests
retired to don the robes and re-
entered Immediately, The king then
lit candles and incense. When the
auspicious hour drew near the king
lit a gilt taper which he presented
to his royal highness the Holy
Prince vaJiranama. the supreme pa
triarch of the Kingdom. With this
taper. at twelve minutes and thirty
two seconds past 5 O'Clock, being
the auspicious hour. his holiness lit
the "Thien Jaya" (Candle OF Vic
tory while the priests recited the
"Jayamangala" stanzas and music
was played. The king then lit can
dies and incense and the priests
commenced the celebration OF re-
La Junta tribune., 1917-03-22
sunday school Convention at swink

The annual Otero County Sunday
School Convention will be held in
Swink next week on March 27th
and 2sth. The convention convenes
Tuesday afternoon and will continue
throughout until Wednesday night.
Among the prominent speakers who
viii address the assembly are E. T.
Albertson. Mrs. ]. NJ. Walker and
Mrs. Webb, OF Denver. All are Sun
day school representatives OF note
and will doubtless bring messages OF
importance to Sunday school workers
in this county.
Other talent drawn from the ex-
perienced workers In this county will
appear on the program. All Sunday
School members are members OF the
county association and are cordially
invited to attend the convention.