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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
RIGHT HANDLING
SAVES HAY CROP
Proper Time of Cutting and Rak-
ing Are Important Factors in
Harvesting.
BEST TIME OF DAY TO NOW
With Small Acreage II lie Customary
to Walt Until Dew Is off-Grow-
er Should Inform Himself by
Making Experiments

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There is considerable difference of
opinion among hay growers as to the
best time Of day to NOW hay. Some
never cut hay when the grass is wet.
others start moving at any time, and
some NOW In the afternoon only.
When considerable hay is grown It IS
necessary to keep the mowers going
most of the day. Some growers Of al
falfa In the South and East NOV hay
even when a light rain Is falling, be-
cause unfavorable weather makes it
impossible to get the crop In time If
the moving Is all done In good weather.
When the acreage grown is small, 1t
is customary to wait until the dew is
of or to cut only In the afternoon.
While this practice is desirable In some
cases, In others it is merely wasting
valuable time and 1t should be follow
ed with careful judgment. In other
words, the hay grower should inform
himself by experiments or by the expe-
rience Of his neighbors as to the earliest
possible time In the morning after q
heavy dew at which 1t is safe to start
moving under different conditions. con-
sidering the amount OF moisture con-
tanned in the upper surface Of the soil,
whether the yield is light or heavy,
the weather, and whether or not a ted
der Is to be used. All possible loss of
valuable time, such as is entailed by
having hired help idle or employed al
work which is less profitable and neces.
sary than making hay, should be avoid
ed.
It Is important to know how much
hay to have down at one time. It Is
NOT good practice to have two or three
times az fhuch hay cut down as can be
hauled or taken n IN one day. Loss
Of quality can be avoided somewhat
by having the mowers only one day
ahead Of the crew hauling; then If a
rain comes up a minimum amount OF
hay will be damaged.
TeddInp.
The best way to cure out freshly cut
hay is to stir up the swath with a ted
der before the top leaves dry out.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population In planting much
Increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly. and our corn is our dominant crop
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In year of
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods Of hardship.
ut Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections of our people-the
homes, public eating places, food
trades urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one will deny the domi-
nant part of the American women"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
MANY USES FOR sANDBAG


The sandbag is one of the most use
full pieces Of military equipment found
anywhere and the soldier puts 1t to
manifold uses. Their official use. Of
course, is to be filed with sand or clay
and built into ramparts. barbados
and trenches. Their unofficial uses are
Legion.
The infantryman always uses sand
bag for carrying and storing his ra-
lions. for patching and re-enforcing
his clothing. for lining and curtaining
his dugout. for muffiing mallets and
stakes when putting up wire In No
Mans Land. They make excellent gai-
tiers, being tied on over the puttees as
further protection against mud and
damp. They make cozy muffiers in
bad weather. They are used to cover
shrapnel helmets to prevent reflection,
and they are frequently In demand for
rifle covers.
Many soldiers always pull two sand
bags over their feet and legs when go
ing to bed in billets; In other words,
the sandbag is Tommy's pajamas. The
warmth and comfort of a burlap sand
bag when pulled over chilled feet is
astonishing.
The postman's mailbag at the front
is nothing more than an empty sand
bag. and the water carriers also use
two sandbags, slung back and front
over the shoulder. each containing q
petrol tin full of water.
"The war will be over" a soldier
wit once said, "when all of Belgium
and France has been put into sand.
bags
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Birds Finally AGREED.

A family of robins and a family of
bluebirds are occupying the same
house. something quite unusual in
bird lore. e. M eastman, caretaker
of the Altoona (Pa.) reservoir, has re-
ported.
Mr.. eastman has erected a mum.
Der of bird boxes on the watershed and
he watches over his charges lovingly.
When Papa and Mamma BIuebird
came north this spring they were hor.
rified to find their usual coy birdbox
was occupied. That is, pair of rob-
ms, arriving week earlier, had start
ed to build nest on the tiny porch
Of the house. A wordy battle started,
which lasted for several days. The
biuebirds wanted the robins to move.
The robins maintained their posi-
ZION. And then, quite suddenly, hos
tiiities ceased. Investigating, Mr.. CASH
man found the bluebirds were build
ing nest inside the box, while the
robins made themselves comfortable
on the porch. Then both mothers sat
on nest of eggs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Too High Blood Pressure Frequently
Brings Them on-Removed by
Vigorous Rubbing.

In this article we shall discuss only
the local muscular spasms that affect
most commonly the calves of the legs,
but that sometimes occur in the thighs.
the arms OF the wall of the abdomen.
Internal cramps, or collie, swimmers
cramp and writer's cramp are affec-
lions Of an entirely different nature.
A cramp, In this restricted sense. is
a sudden, painful and very strong con-
traction of small part of muscle !;
1t does not usually cause any move
ment in the effected limb, for to do
that contraction of nearly the entire
muscle is necessary, and then we have
what is called spasm, or conyul-
sion.
The contraction is Involuntary, al
though persons who are subject to
cramps sometimes bring them ON by a
voluntary movement, such as stretch
Ing. The early-morning cramp is of
ten brought on by the stretching to
which one is prone on awaking. Very
commonly the cramp comes on during
sleep, and the intense pain awakens
the sufferer with start The affected
part of the muscle forms a hard knot.
and If large part of the muscle is
involved the limb may be drawn I'D.
Children and the aged suffer more
often with cramps than do persons In
middle life. In children the cause is
usually violent exercise. such as run
ming and jumping. but in the elderly
tendency to cramps is often caused
by incipient hardening of the arteries.
When the blood pressure is high.
cramps often occur, but they cease to
trouble If the pressure is reduced.
Persons who are rheumatic and equity
are especially liable to be attacked by
cramps-very likely because hardening
Of the arteries accompanies their con-
stitutional disposition.
The treatment of single cramp of
the calf is very simple: stand on tip
toe In such way as to stretch the
calf muscle and at the same time rub
the place where the contraction has
occurred. That will put an end to
the attack promptly. If the attacks
recur frequently, there is probably
some constitutional fault that needs
correction, and the sufferer should con-
suit his physician.--Youth's Compan-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
ADoN'T IT JEST BEAT ALLy'
coIoneI's Orderly Has an Altogether
unnattering Opinion Of French
intelligence.

Red, the colonel's orderly, stood in
the doorway picking his teeth, Red
is six feet two inches tall, and dispro-
portionately narrow. He is a member
of regiment recruited in the Middle
West, but he halls from the Panhandle
Of Texas, and betrays the fact every
time he opens his mouth. At the mo-
ment of our approach he was address
ing an unseen and presumably SYM
pathetic listener beyond the thresh-
old:
ME, I'm plum outdone with these
here French people" heard him
drawl. Here we've been camped
amongst 'em fer goin' on four months
and they amt learnt English yet.
You'd think they'd want to know how
to talk to people in regular honest-to-
God language-but no, SEEM seeminly
not a-tall. I'd be ashamed to be so
ignorunt and show It, Course oncet
in while you do run acrost one of
'em that's picked up word here and
there; but that's about all.
snow f'rinstance you take that nice
loolin' little woman with the black
eyes and the shiny teeth that runs
that there little store In this here last
town we stayed spell in before we
come on up here. never could re-
member the name of that there town
II was so outlandish soundin'-but you
remember the woman, don't your Well,
there's case in pint. She was bright
enough lookin', but she was like all
the rest-it seemed like she jest
couldn't pick up enough reg'lar words
to help her git around. Eff went In
her place and asked her fer sardines
she'd know whut meant right off and
hand 'em over, but eff wanted some
cheese she didn't have no idea whut
was talkin' about Don't II Jest beat
allT-Irvin s. Cobb In the Saturday
Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
TRACTOR GAINING IN
POPULARITY IN WEST
Machine Reported Profitable by
4 Owners In Corn Belt.
Principal Advantage Reported IL AbIl-
Ity to Do Heavy Work Quickly
Saving Of Man Power Also
IA of lmportauce.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Evidence Of the growing popularity
Of tractors on corn-belt farms Is
shown by reports made by more than
90 tractor owners, nine out of every
ten reporting that their investment
IN a tractor had proved profitable.
These data were obtained in the sum-
mer and fall of 1917, and In the spring
OF 1918 on representative Illinois farms
by specialists Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, in order to
determine just what conditions tusfi-
lied the purchase Of a tractor In that
section Experienced tractor owners
who made reports stated that tractors
will prove profitable on most 'corn-belt
farms OF $50 acres or more. while In
their opinion they should not be ex-
pected to do so on farms Of much less
than $50 acres. The report Of the In
vestigators. published as Farmers
Bulletin 963, states that while the flg-
ures were obtained in only one state.
they are applicable throughout the corn
belt and that the prospective tractor
purchaser may reasonably count upon
equaling the average performances re-
ported In the study.
Nearly three-fourths eli per cent?
Of those who reported owned tract
Crs capable of pulling three plows.
Eleven per cent recommended two
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Flowing Not Difficult Task for Farm
Tractor.

plow machines, while IS per cent adj
vocated the use Of four plows. In an
pwer to the question "What do you
Ind to be the principal advantages of
p tractor for farm work?" the answer
Indicates that its ability to do heavy
work and do 1t quickly, thus cover
Ing the desired acreage within the
proper season. was considered the
principal advantage. The saving of
man power and the doing away with
hired help, enabling a man to farm
larger acreage and thus increase
the crops he can raise, was next in
importance. The ability to pillow to a
good depth, especially In hot weather,
was also emphasized.
Under disadvantages the difficulty of
efficient operation was the principal
point, and this fact should be kept in
mind by everyone who considers the
purchase Of tractor, says the bull
letin. In this connection It suggests
that tractor owners take a course of
training under competent instructors
In this line. as the results OF such a
course usually amply justify the time
and expense involved. Packing Of
the ground when damp was mentioned
by several owners as a disadvantage.
but not as frequently as was the case
when more of the older and heavier
machines were In use. The expense
delays and inability to use the tractor
Tor some kinds Of work for which
horses could be used were disadvan-
tages mentioned by several owners.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
GET FERTILIZER ORDERS IN
Essential That Dealers and Manufac-
turers Know Needs Of Farmers
Soon as Possible.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrieulture.)
1t is important that farmers who ex-
pect to use fertilizers on their wheat
this fall place their orders early so
dealers and manufacturers know farm
'ers' needs as soon as possible, so
that orders can be combined and
car space used to the best advantage.
Transportation difficulties require
that freight cars be loaded to
their rated capacity. Delay in order
ing. it is said. may result In repeti-
ton Of last springs experience when
many farmers failed to receive their
mixed fertilizer and acid phosphate
until after planting time.
nature OF rz.ss--
Fatigue is the presence In the blood
of poisonous by-products of life COM
Ibustion. While we are awake the pol
lsons accumulate faster than the sys-
item can remove them. When we are
asleep, when the life combustion is
lslowed down, the system removes them
faster than they accumulate. 1t is
as though ashes accumulate in a stove
mt such rate that the fire had to be
put out every so often to allow a
chance to remove them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
4 WOman's Back

The Advice of this Mount Holly
Woman Is of Certain Value.
Many q woman's back has many
aches and pains.
Oftimes tbs the kidneys fault.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are
70 effective.
Read what one has to say about it.
Mrs. J. A. Baker, II Washington
St.. says: II have great faith in Doan' 4
Kidney Pills. About five months
ago ] used four boxes, when my kid
neys were disordered. l had been suf-
fering considerably from Iameaess
across my back and at times, it wal
hard for me to do my housework.
was nervous and easily confused and
felt miserable. My kidneys didn'l
act as they should. A neighbor ad
vised me to use Doan's Kidney PILL
and I tried them. Doan's brought m,
relief in a short time.
Price Goo, at all dealers, Foster Milburl
Co., Mfers.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

Ken Wang. twelfth graduate In the
1919 class at West Point academy. a
year ahead of time. announced that he
will return to China to take part in the
upbuilding of its new army.
Ken Wang was selected to come to
America to be educated in the best
military academy in the world ex-
|pressly for the part he is to play in
bringing military Conference into Chi
nese army affairs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Palm Tree Has Iona Life.

1t requires about seven years to
grow palms to the size necessary for
good fan leaves and after that they
furnish an annual crop indefinitely,
the Chinese stating that the trees live
for hundreds of years, producing their
annual crop. An old tree will produce
leaves as large as five feet in length
with breadth just above the lower
end of perhaps three feet.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

Do not be afraid to rest your feet
Sit down at your work whenever you
can; chair in the kitchen is a great
foot conserver. On may walk all day
long upon two feet without injury. but
cannot stand perfectly still, as when
pairing the dinner vegetables, ironing
the small pieces, ETC., for quarter OF
an hour without Gripping degree of
fatigue and a risk of serious injury to
the feet.-Chicago Daily News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Pacific Coast Whales.

There are four species of whale COM
mon to the Pacific coast-the finner,
humpback, sperm and sulphur bottom.
The former two are best for meat, not
being as oily as the sulphur bottom
and sperm. OF these the sulphur bot
tom is the largest. Some specimens
reach ninety feet in length and weigh
up to eighty tons.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Fossil Ivorv in The Arctic

What is perhaps the most amazing
of all the Arctic bonanzas is that con-
tanned in the Liakhov islands and New
Siberia. These lie in the midst of al
most eternal ice in the north of ST.
IBERIA itself. and the soil is full of
tusks Of the now extinct mammoth.
During the last century shiploads of
this fossil ivory have been brought
cut and sold at very high prices.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Country of Little Watsr.

Alaska has been called the land Of
the great unwashed." and 1t Is said
that in some parts of the country
water retails at 81 bucket In still
other sections clothes are washed In
the rivers, and women have been seen
"treading blankets" when the water
was so cold as to turn their feet and
ankles beet red.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Maternal Instinct.

Among the lowest members Of the
monkey tribe little maternal affection
is demonstrated, while with the gen.
crafty of monkeys, and especially with
the higher apes, the female displays
the utmost tenderness toward her
young. The maternal instinct devel-
oped early in the monkey stage Of our
evolution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

hakin9 ray WIN Siue-Detivery Make
This Should BE Done Before
Leaves Become Dry Enough to Shat
ter When Haked.
When the leaves lose their moisture
and become dry before the moisture
from the stem Is removed. the process
of curing is very much retarded. The
tedder is especially valuable in curing
alfalfa and clover hay. or heavy yields
Of any kind. No set rule can be given
for using the tedder. but 1t should fol-
low the mower from two to six or more
hours later, depending upon yield, kind
of hay. velocity of the wind, tempera-
ture. clouds. etc. The function OF the
tedder is to kick up the hay and allow
it to cure out evenly. The tedder does
more damage than good by breaking
off the leaves, If used after the leaves
have become dry. 1t is used on hay In
the swath, seldom on hay in the wind
row.
To induce rapid curing. 1t is the Gus
tom of some hay growers to ted the
hay twice the same day.
Raklng.
The practice of raking hay into wind
rows with either sulky (dump) or
side-delivery rake is almost universal.
The exceptions are where the hay is
loaded on the wagon directly from the
swath by means of hay loader, or is
gathered from the swath with q sweep
rake. These practices are rare, be-
ing followed usually only when the
yield is heavy.
1t Is safe to say that most hay is
cured almost entirely In the swath; in
deed 1t is common practice to COM
mence hauling or stacking hay imme-
dlately after II is raked. Under GER
tain conditions this practice is allow
able. When the yield is light, or when
heavy yield is stirred several times
with the tedder. and especially if the
day is cloudy and there Is good breeze
stirring, hay can be entirely cured in
the swath and good quality nude.
During hot, dry. sunshiny weather ia
the middle of the summer, however.
this practice of curing In the swath
will not produce the best grade of hay.
Under such conditions hay, especially
clover and alfalfa, should be ralzed in
to the windrow just after it is all well
wilted and before the leaves become
dry enough TO break of when raked
After being raked, the hay may be
left in the windrow until it is ready 10
be moved, or it may be put into cocks
ard left until thoroughly cured.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
/. Whale Eaten bx Many

The Indians of the Pacific coast be-
fore the white man came hunted the
whale in their swift. high-prowed mar
row canoes, killing 1t with light har-
poems. For many years whale meat
was used largely by them. The jap
anese for centuries have eaten whale
beef. Among the nations of Europe
1t has been common food in the past.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
New Source of Alcohol.

Alcohol is being made in Ciudad
Juarez, Mex, from a plant called so-
too, which grows uncultivated in Mex
leo and southern Texas. Consul e. A.
Dow reports that from Is to % gallons
of alcohol can be produced from one
ton Of the plant.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

A MEXICAN families would have less sugar than the
people of war torn France if we depended entirely
our homegrown sugar stocks.
Approximately rs per cent. of our sugar is shipped
to shores We produce about 900 900 tons of sugar
Our imports from abroad amount to over 300O
900 tons year in normal times.
The United States Food Adminst alton asks each
family to limit its of to two pounds per month
per person for household The military situation de-
mands that available ship be placed the disposal
Of the Army or Navy. When sugar, we save
shipping.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

A student, coming to hard ques-
ton on his examination paper, wrote
for his answer: God only knows. /
don't" The paper came back with the
following correction In the professors
handwriting: God gets the credit
you don't. Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

you must be crazy, Isabel. I've
asked you repeatedly to be economical
and yet you go and order the most ex-
pensive fur coat in the shop" "Well.
/ don't mind being economical, but /
do object to looking economical."--
Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
DISCOURAGED.

1--WE given up trying to keep
hired girl"
whats the matter?"
I've come to the conclusion that
when 1t comes to paying wages I
can't compete with munitions fec
tory"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Don't Guess at Speed.
Mo Difficulty at All

A well-known humorist was once
amusing his companions with rum
ming fire of puns, when one of them. q
gentleman named Dunlop. defied him
to make a pun, on his name. Nothing
easier" came the Immediate retort.
''Lop off half and it is Dun.'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
Coffee suppIv Assured.

Abyssinia is the original home of
the coffee tree, and In the southern
and western highlands of that country
there are still immense forests of 1t
that have never been touched.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

Try to be Agreeable. 1t not only
well pays one to act this part. but it
assuredly makes happier those with
whom we come in contact Life at
best is none too fiower-strewn. Then
why magnify its unpleasant realities
by giving way to disagreeable or selfish
whims7
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
History Gardens.

Gardens in Japan are laid out so as
TO suggest scenes in Japanese history.
Miniature landscapes are arranged so
as to recall well-known spots in his
tory, and suggest the events that have
taken place there.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

The longest bridge In the world is
the Lion bridge, over an arm of the
Yellow sea in China. 1t is five and a
quarter miles long. and the roadway
is 20 feet above water.