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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
baptist

-.. E0uNpED 1888
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. EDWARD YATES HILL. d, D.. Min
Morning. Worship at IL o'clock. Sermon by
4fternoon Service at o'clock A brief ad-
dress.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
WHY TOMATO PLANTS WITHER
Those Raised in Cold Frame Are Less
Hardy Than Those Grown in
Open-North Wind Hurts.

Frequently it is found by those who
start tomato plants in a cold frame
that the blossoms which appear so
thrifty and which give such promise
of future returns wither and drop from
the plant a few days after the latter is
transplanted to the open field. Conse-
auently a new set Of blossoms must
be developed and the plants lose all
advantage that was theirs in the way
of an early start.
There may be two reasons for this.
Plants raised in a cold frame are
necessarily less hardy than those
grown in the open. If the weather
happens to be sufficiently mild for
two or three days after the trans
planting occurs the plant will adapt
itself to the change. But if the wind
veers about into the north or north
west and there is a marked drop in
Temperature the shock is too great
and the blossoms go. Experienced
growers watch for what they artici-
pate will be settled spell Of spring
weather-even delaying the removal OF
their plants to the open for week or
ten days beyond the time they feel
fhe change should occur, in order to
avoid loss of blossoms.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
HEN MANURE IMPROVES SOIL
Droppinus Should Be Collected Daily
and Mixed with Substances to
Preserve Nitrogen.

According to the Maine station, the
droppings should be collected daily
and mixed with substances which will
~ prevent loss of nitrogen, (2) add
sufficient potash and phosphoric acid
to make a better balanced fertilizer,
and (3) improve the mechanical con-
dition of the manure so that it can be
applied to the land with manure
spreader.
This can be done as follows: To
each 30 pounds of the manure add ten
pounds of sawdust, good dried loan,
or peat, 16 pounds of acid phosphate,
eight pounds Of kainit. Such mix
ture will contain about 1.25 per cent
of nitrogen, As per cent Of phosphoric
acid, and per cent of potash, which,
used at the rate of two tons per acre
would furnish so pounds of nitrogen,
1856 pounds Of phosphoric acid, and gu
pounds of potash, and at the present
price of fertilizing ingredients is worth
about $40 per ton. The mixture would
furnish well-balanced stable fertl-
lizer, which, although not fine enough
to work well in drills, can be success
fully applied with manure spreader.
The treated manure should be well
sheltered until time to apply to the
land-that is shortly before blowing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

agriculture, reminds the dairymen
that he must be able to answer the
following questions from the prospec-
tive buyer Of herd sire. Is the sire
registered? What is the record of his
dam? How many advance registry
daughters and proved sons has bis
%&re? And what are the records Of his
1granddams and grandsires? If the
breeder is selling a registered cow he
must answer: What is her record;
| the record of her dams and grand
dams and the ability of her sire and
grandsires to produce advance reg
Iistry daughters and proved sons.
I To answer these questions and meet
the demands Of buyer the breeder of
Ipurebred dairy cattle must do official
testing. This testing is under the SUI
.pervision of the various state colleges
1of agriculture. Breeders ready to take
up this work or wishing further infor-
nation, should write to the dairy de-
Ipartment of the college Of agriculture
of their respective states.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
INA INN
i + THE ~
.lDA7AlQRSl i
HAY SUPPLY FOR DAIRY COWS
Rouahages Are Relatively Cheaper
Than Grain, but Should Not Be
Fed Exclusively.

Because of the large hay crop and
the small demand for it now, roughages
should be fed to the limit of the dairy
cows capacity, says Prof. G. G. Hay
den of the Ohio experiment station.
Relatively, the roughages, like hay
and corn slower, are much cheaper than
grains, and hay is of unusually good
quality. Roughage, of course, should
not be fed exclusively, as such feeding
might lead to compaction and death,
even in dry COWS and heifers. Some
grain is needed in every dairy ration"
This dairy specialist also declares
"Choice alfalfa hay at $50 a ton is
cheaper than bran at $50. Our expert
ments show that soy bean hay is in the
same class as alfalfa, and clover IS
third. With corn at 81 bushel, clover
hay should be worth about $40 ton, or
So more than it is now quoted"
Timothy hay is recommended Tor
milking COWS only in small quantities,
to replace such grains as corn and
hominy. Leguminous roughages have
proved far superior in numerous ex-
periments to timothy for COWS in milk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
PLOW In PROPER CONDITION
Something Wrong When Farmer Must
Bear Down or Lift UP Handles
Study Is Necessary.

A pillow in proper condition runs
smoothly and at an even depth, with
very little effort on the part of the
plowman. When~a pillow does not run
smoothly, when the plowman must.
bear down or lift up on the handles, or
must constantly hold the pillow either:
one way or the other to keep it from
tipping over, something is wrong with
it. The point tips down or up too
much, or the cutting edge of the share
is dull or slants down or up too much
A good plowman must know how a.
good pillow should work and when it;
does not go right should know what
is wrong with it. To know these things
requires as much thought and study
and mental and mechanical ability as
to understand a telephone or a tele-
.-.cnn instrument.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
USING MANURE FOR ALFALFA
ASTONISHING to See Extraordinary
Growth Where Strip of Fertilizer
Had Been Spread.

Many alfalfa growers claim that ma
nure makes an excellent substitute
for lime for alfalfa. Some have gone
so far as to claim that manure 1nocu-
lates alfalfa, says writer in an ex-
change. However that may be, we
have several times been astonished to
see the extraordinary growth of al
falfa where a strip of manure had
been spread across the field for ex-
detrimental purposes.
Recently, 626 alfalfa growers who
had spread manure on alfalfa, report
ed an average yield of SO tons to the
acre, whereas Ala who had used no
manure reported only 3.4 tons to the
acre. A half ton of alfalfa will pay
for considerable manure. Moreover,
manure is applied to alfalfa ground
before seeding.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
DESTROY MANY PESTS
Horned Larks Range Over Prac-
ticaIIy Whole Country.
Birds Are Particularly Fond of Weed
1eeds-lnsect Food includes May
Beetles, White Grubs and
Grasshoppers.
(By W. L. M'ATEE.)

Horned larks are small Sbut hardy
birds which frequent the open country
and never live in forests. They range
over practically the whole United
States, and are easily recognized by
the conspicuous black mark across the
breast and the small pointed tufts Of
dark-colored feathers behind the eyes.
These are often erected and cause the
appearance referred to in the common
name. These birds nest early, often be-
fore all the snow has disappeared, and
they have a joyous flight song in the
mating season.
The food of horned larks consists OF
2O.6 per cent of animal and 1914 per
cent of vegetable matter. Not quite a
sixth of the vegetable food is grain,
mostly waste, though some sproutins
grain is pulled. This is the most seri-
GUS charge against the birds and is sus-
tanned, but it must be admitted that
practically all the complaints were
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
PROPER WATERING OF HORSE
Expert of North Dakota Experiment
Station Suggests Water Be
Given Before Feed.

The proper watering of the horse is
important. Mr.. Peters Of the North
Dakota experiment station makes the
following suggestions. A horse that is
thirsty should be watered before being
fed hay or grain, rather than after.
The reason for this is that the stomach
of the horse is comparatively small,
and if he eats a heavy feed of grain
or hay or both, and then drinks large
quantity of water, portion of the
feed will be washed from the stomach
into the intestines before it has been
sufficiently acted upon by the digestive
fluids of the stomach, and collie is like
ly to develop. The regular practice
should be to water before feeding.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
METHODS OF PLANTING CORN
Hiaher Yields Obtained by Alternat-
ing With Early and Late Maturing
Varieties of Crop.

Methods of planting corn by which,
one or two rows of an early-maturing
variety alternate with one or two
rows of a later-maturing variety
planted alone, according to the annual
report of the bureau of plant indus
try. Where there is likely to be a.
shortage of moisture during certain Pc
RODS of growing season, dependence
should not be placed in single va
riety; under such conditions two or
three varieties which differ consider
ably in length Of growing season.
should be grown.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GROW sORGHUMS FOR FORAGE
More General Use of Crop Hindered
by Lack of knoWledge-Nearly
as Valuable as Corn.

Sorghum as farm crop has been
generally underestimated. Corn is fire.
quently grown and used under condl-
tons wherein sorghum would be
much more valuable crop. The de-
partment of farm crops of the Missouri
College of Agriculture is of the opinion
that a more general use of sorghum is
hindered by lack of information con-
corning the crop, by the fact that I'M
der certain very exceptional conditions
sorghum becomes poisonous to stock,
and by the opinion that the crop is
hard on land. The last two hindranceS
are by no means serious.
Aside from its special use for sirup,
sorghum owes its value as general
farm crop TO three outstanding charac-
teristics of the plant. In the first
place, the sorghum plant, pound for
pound, is nearly as valuable for feed
ing as corn. Again, under conditions
favorable for the growth of corn, sor-
ghum will outyield corn as forage Tin
Guiding ensilage) and will compare
favorably with corn in yield of grain.
Finally the ability of sorghum to with
stand adverse conditions, especially
drought, makes the crop an extremely
reliable one for the production Of feed
Since the greatest use of sorghum
IS for feed, its value must be reckoned
n its ability to produce feed. The va
'ietieS of sorghum are divided into two
sroups, sweet or saccharine and grain
u nonSaccharine. The sweet sorghums
ire grown for forage, pasturage, silage
md as soiling crops while the grain
iorghums are grown chiefly for grain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

had eaten them, no fewer than 2O6 in
dividuals having fed on them, eXclu-
sively. Conspicuous among the weed
seeds eaten are those of the foxtall
grasses, smartweeds, bindweeds, anna
ranth, pigweeds, purslane, ragweed
and crab and barn grasses. Horned
larks are among the most efficient
Notwithstanding birds.
The insect food of these birds in
cludes such pests as May beetles and
their larvae, the white grubs, leaf
beetles injurious to strawberries, cab
bage, melons and sugar beets, clover
leaf and clover-root Weevils, potato
stalk borers, nut weevils, bill bugs and
the chinch bug. Grasshoppers are
favorite food; cutworms are eaten
freely.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
PROPER EGGS FOR MATCHING
Costly Mistake to Use Those From
UncuIed FIock-Best to Have
Small Breeding Pen.

1t is costly mistake to hatch eggs
from the whole unculled flock, and
to keep males enough the year around
so that the eggs will be fertile.
Far better get the eggs from a neigh
Dor who culls his hens for Matching
eggs, or send to some breeder who
does. 1t is not an expensive thing to
have small yard for ones own best
hens and mate.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
RECORDS OF BIG ASSISTANCE
Help Breeder Answer Questions From
Prospective Buyer of Herd Sire
Write for Details.

The present sharp competition in
the dairy business and the increased
price of feed force the successful
dairyman to secure the greatest return
possible from his outlay. If he has
registered COWS he expects more for
his progeny than if he had only grades.
But to obtain more and enough more
to pay to keep purebred stock, L. W.
Wing, Jr. of the Missouri college of
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
SWELL PRODUCTION OF HERD
Only Practical Way to Make Improve
! ment Is by Raising Hefer Calves
From Best Cows.

{ When the milk is sold for market
milk, or to a cheese factory, or a
+Eoilk condensery, the problem is how
to raise calves without the feed cost
ing more than the value of the animal
raised. At the same time it is most
serious mistake under these circum-
stances to depend upon buying cows
rather than raising calves. The only
practical way to improve the produc-
ton of the herd is by raising heifer
calves from the best cows.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Colored People Delighted
With New Discovery
To Bleach The Skin

Atlanta, Ga.-Says that recent tests
have proven without doubt that swar-
thy or sallow compilations can be made
light by new treatment recently dis
coveredby a man in Atlanta. Just
ask your druggist for Cocotone Skin
Whitener. People who have used it
are amazed at it's wonderful effect. Rid
your face of that awful dark color or
greasy appearance in few minutes,
1t costs SO little that you can't affor1
t. be withoutit. Just think how much
prettier you would look with that old
dark skin gone and new soft, light skin
in its place. Men and women today
must care for their compilations to
enter society.
If your druggist will-not supply you
with Cocotone Skin Whitener, send
25c for large package to Cocotone
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
CORK-BRICK BARN FLOORING
Non-Absorbent and Adapted to Needs
! of Farm Animals-Laid in Cement
! Over Concrete Base.

ae search for a warm, non-absorb-
! flooring suited to the needs of
| orses, cows, hogs and sheep has led
TO the adoption Of cork brick. The
brick, as described in Popular Science
Monthly, consists of finely granulated
cork and refined asphalt, heated and
thoroughly mixed, and then nodded
under pressure into bricks nine by four
by two inches. The flooring is laid
in cement mortar over a sub-base of
concrete and crushed stones or ashes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
COWS SHOULD BE KEPT CLEAN
Milk Should Be Drawn Into Covered
Pail Which Is Washed and Scalded
After Each Milking.

To keep dirt and bacteria out Of
milk, the cows must be kept clean, es-
pecially in the region of the udder
The milk should be drawn into a COW
cred pail which is thoroughly washed
and scalded after each milking. Only
good clean water should be used for
this purpose.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

useful for killing sorrel if planted in
checkrows and cultivated with spike
tooth cultivator.
Either buckwheat or common millet,
sown in June, allows spring and early
summer cultivation and produces a
dense shade during the later months
of the year. Grain fields should be
narrowed Immediately after harvest
and again at intervals during the rest
IF the season so that sorrel will not
90 to seed in the Stubble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
CONSTRUCTING A FARM GATE
directions Given for Making Durable
and Cheap BarrIer-Convenlent
and Easily Made.
Ry BURDINE WEBB.)

J Take board strips, one inch thick,
three inches broad, and the proper
length and width you want your gate,
nail them across each other, making
about three-inch cracks.
Then take the same size and width
pieces and double the crosses, mailing
securely. A half pound of No. s nails
will do the work.
Use ordinary light hinges. I use
seven crosspieces, and then by dou-
bling these, which is absolutely neces-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
GOOD GARDEN SEED FAVORED
Essential in Successful Gardening
Best Way Is to Patronize Some
Reliable House.

Good garden seed is an essential in
successful gardening. If we are going
to plant something, we want it to
grow. The worst thing possible is to
plant seed that won't terminate, and
it is almost as bad to find that the
seed which has been planted is untrue
to name.
In order to avoid all annoyance it is
best to secure good seed. When buying
garden seed demand that it be fresh;
likewise insist that it be true to name.
The easiest way Of avoiding poor seed
is to purchase the product of some re-
liable house.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
TREATMENT OF GARDEN SEED
Distinction by Use of Solution of
Corrosive Sublimate and Water
Is Recommended.

Celery seed may be disinfected by
the use of a solution of one part cor
rosive sublimate in 1000 parts Of water.
The seed should be soaked one-half
hour and otherwise treated the same
as the cabbage.
One point to be remembered is that
the treatment of seed does not elimi-
nate the disease from infected soil,
manure or from machinery which has
been used in tillage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
PLAN TO ERADICATE S0RREL
Weed Can Be Destroyed by Rotation
of crops-Corn or Other Inter-
titled Crops Useful.

F'rom the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
Sorrel can easily be destroyed by
short rotation of crops. If possible,
the rotation should be arranged so
that the soil will be cultivated at a
different season each year. Corn or
other intertilled crops are especially
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
FALL FRESHENING In FAVOR
Heat and Flies of Summer Have De,
teriorating Effect Upon Cows
and Their Offspring.

He who will spend one of the long
evenings thinking in a straight line,
letting his mind revert but a few
months to recall the effect the heat and
flies of last summer had upon his COWS
that freshened last spring, will make
vow that will profit him greatly in the
future.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

made years ago, when broadcast SOW
ing was the rule. Recent correspond
ence shows that drilled grain is practi-
cally safe from injury.
Weed seeds are by far the largest
single component (63.9 per cent? of
the food of horned larks, and over 10
per. cent of the 1,154 birds examined
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
KINDNESS TO DAIRY CATTLE
Farmer Who Appreciates Good Cows
Will Prosper on Returns From
His Animals.

The farmer, who regards his dairy
cattle as dirty machines that thrive on
abuse, will never make any money In
the dairy business, while the cattle
owner who appreciates good dairy
cows and treats them with kindness
will like farming and will prosper on
the returns from his COWS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
TO STORE PERISHABLE FOODS
Every Farmer Should Have Cellar,
Storehouse or Refrigerator to
Save Surplus Crops.

Farmers lose much every year be-
cause their facilities for storing per-
ishable foods are poor.
Every farm home should have cell
lar, storehouse and refrigerator so the
surplus foods may be saved till such
time as they may be consumed.
The fact that producers have made
ouate facilities for saving perishable
products gives spectators advantages.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

sary, you will have to use IA, with
-four pieces lengthwise, making total
of Is pieces, a cheap and durable and
economical gate.
In making the latch use any Of sew
eraI convenient methods.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (
| HORSES SHOULDERS

Do not use sweat pads.
Keep collars clean of dandruff !
and dirt, especially if soreness
develops.
Sponge the shoulders of work
horses with cold water at night
after work. If they are sweaty
at noon, sponge at noon also.
Care should be taken in fit
ting collars on work horses.
Many collars are too big or too
loose. If the withers are fat
or especially full, the fitting Of
collars will need extra care.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
HEAD Il GUARD i ARD IS IS EfFIGAclous
Prevents Calf From Sucking Mother
and Keeps Cow From Going
Through Wire Fence.

A guard, consisting of two hooked
bars pivoted in front Of the nose and
attached by straps, is very handy to
have. around the dairy farm. 1t pre-
vents calf from sucking its mother;
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Useful Guard.

keeps the cow from going through,
over or under fence; prevents her
eating stacked fodder or anything Of
that sort. They are very easily made.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
PROFIT IN DAIRYING

To make dollars in dairying,
keep COWS that are money max
ers.
Feed silage or other succul-
ence, plenty of good roughage
and grain in proportion to pro-
duction.
Supply plenty of fresh water.
Ventilate barn thoroughly.
Produce the best possible :
products.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Monument,
liz You NEED A.

Monument,
Headstone or MaIg,r,
get my prices. via. save you Grey,
you need an Iron Fierce. g.! iu1ni:E The
best for the money. Yours to serge,
Fl. F. lawn,
Monterey, Va.
Agent, for The Clifton Forge
Marble Works.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
'saSHshAa aasasAsRa
WHITEWAsH MIXTURE

WHITEWAsH MIXTURE |
If your poultry house, stable j
or hog barn Is infested with in :
sects and you want to have )
clean, fresh, attractive interiors :
in your buildings, try the follow :
ing mixture: Stake five quarts :
of lime with hot water to the con- !
sistency Of cream. To this add one !
pint of zenoleum or a coal tar !
product, and one pint of kerosene. !
Dilute until 1t can be applied !
with brush or spray pump. The !
coal tar product kills disease
germs, the kerosene destroys
!. mites and the lime whitens the
walls.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
NEW YORK QUITS AesINTHE.

NEW YORK, Sept. ELEVEN thou
sand Gotham thirsteries have put an
end to cocktails served with a dash"
the dash being a whisk OF absinthe.
The no-absinthe rule Is now in effect
throughout the StatA
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
SEEK $l,5OO,OOO YEARLY
FOR DISTRICT STREETS

wAshIngton's thoroughfares will be
improved 10 keep pace with the i'm
provement OF private property In the
Capital, II plans worked out by Dis
trict engineers receive the sanction
OF Congress.
The biggest street Improvement
plan ever contemplated for the Dis
trict will result in the expenditure
OF a million and a half dollars an
nually for the next eight years. II ap-
propriations are granted by Congress
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Loving is the author OF the plan to
improve Capital thoroughfares.
According 10 estimates OF Mr.. Low
ing. an appropriation OF 81 800, 900
annually for eight years will bring all
streets within the city limits to q
point Of development commensurate
with private property Improvements.
Work on the next budget for the
District will start September Is. 1t
will require one month to finish the
as two new Commissioners
will have to familiarize themselves
with the Districts needs.