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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-24
Help to Win the War
Make Idle Acres Pay
Plant Castor Beans!

FI0nC OdSIOE DCdalS.
The airplane feet of the United States, depended
on On largely TO win the war; will be efficient only if
il has nlentv of castor oil for fabrication The castor
beans to make the oil must be grown on land which
cannot be utilized for the production OF toodstutts
That's why the United States Government is MAX
ing contracts for planting vast acreage OF castor
beans in Florida through responsible concerns which
undertake to look after the details and conduct ne
gotations with the farmers fruit growers and truck
ers of the State.
One of the largest of these contracts-and the first
made-is with d. C. Gilett, of Buckeye Nurseries.
Under its terms sub-contracts for the planting of
castor beans in any quantity from one acre up, now
are being entered into by Buckeye Nurseries
terms that are very liberal to growers
Seed and Fertilizer to Be Supplied;
Paid For When Beans Are Sold
Free Advice From Expert Growers
Buckeye Nurseries will contract with you for the
raising of castor beans in any quantity under the
following terms
Guaranteeing to buy all that you produce, at $500
per buShe (more than three times much as bean
growers in other States have been paid in the past)
Furnishing you the seed at the actual cost to the
United States Government, which has bought them
abroad plus cost of transportation to your nearest
shipping point ct is estimated the price will be be-
tween $4.50 and $500 per bushe Payment for seed
need not be made until crop has been harvested and
sold). @EE}'>FEgE
Supplying you any fertilizer needed, deducting
the cost of from your bean misunderstanding it
at time seed. while it is generally conced-
ed that profitable crops Of castor beans may be rails
ed any fairly good land without fertilizer greatly
increased yields on light soils practically certain
to follow the application of moderate amounO
Giving you free of charge the advice and help of
practical farmers who have successfully grown cas-
tor beans i'll other States. Two gentlemen who farm
erly were engaged in castor bean culture in Kansas
have been employed for this service Both have iv-
ed In Florida for several years. are thoroughly in
formed as to conditions here and they agree in be-
heving castor beans to be an entirely practical and
very profitable crop under the terms of the contracts
we are making.
H d sHy for .i blank contracts and particulars
In March Full details free.
Buckeye Nurseries
Castor Bean Department
1l'z Citizens Bank Bldg. Tampa Fla.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
NlA1s hteEm eeQ
Kept Two Mice Busy Whole
Year Operating Thread Mill,

A thrifty Scotchman, David Hutton,
conceived the idea of using mouse
power commercially, relates the Popu-
lar Science Monthly. He experiment.
ed and found that mouse will run
on an average ten and one-half miles
a day.
One mouse in Mr.. HuttOn's collec-
ton actually ran IS miles in one day.
The power of a mouse is not much
when compared to horse power; yet,
1t is enough TO spin cotton thread.
The cost Of a mouse upkeep is not
very high. One mouse was kept in
fine working condition for s. days on
cne-half penny's worth of oatmeal.
During those 50 days that mouse ran
362 miles.
Mr.. Hutton built a thread mill for
his mice which was so constructed
that the mouse was able to twist and
reel from 100 to 900 threads day.
The mouse ran ten and half miles
every other day.
Two mice were kept constantly en-
gagged in the spinning of thread for
more than q year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Boys Can Help Country by
Gardening, Raising Poultry,
Pigs, and Conserving Food

How every American boy, although
separated by the Atlantic ocean from
the actual theater of war against au-
tocracy, can play his part in upholding
American ideals, is pointed out by
Secretary of Agriculture Houston in
a message addressed to the Boy Scouts
of America. The Secretary pledges to
the boys the hearty cooperation Of the
federal and state agricultural agencies.
Secretary Houston's statement fol-
lows:
1.-THE splendid army Of Boy Scouts
Of America can be of very great help
to the nation in this time of world
need Tae war can be won only If
we deliver the men, the ships, and the
food in sufficient number and quanti-
ties to make our war program effec-
tive. You as boy scouts can greatly
aid by growing home vegetable gar
Gens, raising pigs and poultry, con-
serving food by canning and drying
for home use and in many other ways
open to you.
"Will you not help your county
again this year even in bigger and a
better way than you did during the
summer of 1917? Your task will be to
beat your own record in food produc-
ton and conservation. May your motto
for 1913 be every scout to feed a SOL
der and one other
II desire to extend to you the hearty
good win and cooperation of the off,
Gals of the United States department.
of agriculture, also that of the CO.
operative club leaders OF boys and
girls extension work at the agrlcul>
turaI colleges. who VIII be glad to as
sist you in your work.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Illuminating Gas Is Being
Used in England as Motive
Power for the Motor Cars

The war has at least served a useful
purpose in teaching practical economy
Today we are facing a serious gasoline
shortage.
In England, according to the Science
ct la Vie, Illuminating gas is now being
used extensively as the motive power
for motOrcarS, omnibuses and motor
cycles. 1t is much cheaper than gas
oline, and its use conserves the linn
tied supply of fuel for the motors at
the front.
Another war industry has been given
birth and already large number Of
companies have been organized TO
manufacture tanks for supplying We
hiCleS with gas.
The system is very simple and may
be applied to almost any type of mo-
tor vehicle. All that is necessary is
balloon c0ntainer for the gas, tubing
to carry the gas to the motor and GER
tain adjustments in attaching the con-
trolls to the carburetor and accelerator
pedal.
In England the balloon in box rests
on top of the car where it is held in
position by elastic bands, which stretch
when the balloon is filed and shrink
as it empties. 1t is made of India
rubber tissue like that used In the or
binary balloons Of ascension.
The tubing from gas bag to carbur
etOr is fitted with a cock which has a
triple function. 1t permits the bag
to be charged or emptied or can be
turned to the neutral, which permits
the gas to flow along to the carburet0r.
A second cock controls the flow to the
carburetor. This is turned off when
filling or discharging.
Between this cock and the carbur-
etor is the control mechanism attached
to the accelerator. This mechanism is
so arranged that gas or gasoline may
be used as it happens to be convenient.
The only difficulty at present in the
way of wholesale substitution of gas
power for gasoline lies in the fact that
the factories which manufacture bal
looms are under military control.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03

The worlds area annually planted
to corn normally averages about 49,
100000 acres. approximately 10000
600 acres are planted in the eastern
hemisphere, where the principal corn
growing areas are southern Europe,
Asia, the Mediterranean countries of
Africa, and the Union of South At
RIGA. Among the countries of Europe,
the greatest acreageS are in Austria
Hungary, Italy. the Balkan states, and
Russia. much less extensive acre
age is grown in Spain and France. In
Asia, British India, Turkey, and
southern Asiatic Russia have the most
extensive acreages; the crop is grown
less extensively in the Philippines,
China, and Japan. Practically all of
the African acreage is in Egypt, the
Union of South Africa, and Algeria.
Australasia contributes comparatively
little to the worlds corn acreage.
OF the 135.O00,O00 acres planted to
corn in the western hemisphere, 1885,
100000, or three-ffths of the total
worlds acreage is in the United
States. Next to the United States,
Mexico and Argentina have the great
est acreages. The crop is grown ex-
tensively in the smaller countries of
South America and of Central America,
and less extensively in portions Of
Canada.
Argentina is the leading corn-pro-
ducing country of South America It's
annual yield approximately is 250,000-
600 bushels. More than half the Ar
gentina crop isNexported, so that, con-
sidering its production, it does not
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
lndeIible Ink From Fungus
Found Growing in France in
DeCaying Vegetable Matter

The utilization of common variety
of fungus for the manufacture of ink,
now both costly and scarce, has been
proposed in France, says the Path
finder. The nk-yielding fungus which
is often found growing in clusters
where decaying vegetable matter ex-
lists in rich, damp soil is sometimes
called the ''inkstand" or the link bot
tie" because of the fact that when it
decays a black liquid is produced. Its
cap is elongated and bell-shaped. white
at first and covered with a shining
powder, later turning to gray with
small brown scales on its top.
French scientific journal says that
extensive experiments in the produc-
ton of indelible ink from this fungus
We're once carried on by French bot
anists. The fungi are simply placed
in bottle or other eontainer.
After standing for day or two they
change to a black PUPPY mass, which,
on being filtered through a folded
cloth, yields a deep black or brownish
ink. not unlike India ink The addi-
ton Of a small quantity of gum arabic
and little of the essence of cloves
is said to improve it and preserve its
fiuidity.
The ink consists of liquid in which
are suspended the minute spores of the
fungus. For this reason it can be
readily identified by means of a mi
crOscopic examination. AS it is also
indelibIe it is peculiarly valuable for
use in writing of Wills and other doc
uments which are sometimes subject
to fraudulent alterations.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Worlds Corn Acreage and Distribution
By the u. S. Department of Agriculture

rank high as corn-consuming nation.
The smaller countries of South Amer
lea consume about all the corn they
produce, for it holds an important
place in the dietary of the native pop
ulation, especially in Peru, Bolivia and
Ecuador.
In Mexico, corn, in one form or an
other, is the staple article of diet of
most of the population. So great is
the demand, that although in normal
times Mexico ranks second to the
United States in acreage and total
yield, its production is insufficient for
home consumption, and several million
bushels are imported annually from
the United States. In a large part OF
Mexico corn is the most important ag-
ricultural crop and in some sections
two crops year are grown. Many
distinct types having characters that
adapt them apparently to certain pc
culiar environments have developed in
Mexico.
In the United States corn is grown
more widely than any other crop 1t
is grown to some extent in every state
in the Union. The acreage In the
United States usually exceeds the COM
bined acreages of wheat, oats, barley,
rye, buckwheat, and rice. Annual pro-
duction ranges from 2,500,000,00O to
3,000,000000 bushels, or slightly ex-
ceeding the combined yields Of the ce-
reals just mentioned. The value is far
In excess of any other crop. With the
possible exception Of cotton, corn Is
the most important and irreplaceable
crop in the agriculture of this country.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Homemade Meal.

Sow bean meal is on sale in some
places, but the housekeeper VINO
wishes TO do so can grind soy beans by
uniting them through meat chopper
several times or by using a coffee mill
or other small mill. The meal does not
require any preliminary cooking to
soften it. Soy bean meal can be used
like other common meals to make
variety of palatable dishes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Using Farm Machinery.

The greater use of farm machinery
as a solution of the farm-labor prob
lem is the logical and, indeed, new
table outcome of the situation brought
about by the war. Not only are fed
eral and state authorities urging TINS
course upon farmers, but encourage
mont in various forms to do so is being
held out to the farmers in all parts
of the country Springfield Union.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03

announce the appearance of certain
stars in each of the consultations as
they appeared above the horizon.
AS there are twelve of these constel-
lations from which the ZOdiacal signs
take their names, it can readily be
seen that each twelfth part of the
starry host passed over the horizon
every two hours.
Now let us consider the ancient OBJ
server as he sits in his tower with his
face to the east.
The sun had set, and darkness is
corning on Low IN the .ea stern sky he
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
scalIoped Onions and Peanuts.

Cook six onions in boiling salted wa
ter until tender. Chop two-thirds of
a cupful of freshly roasted peanuts.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat and add
two tablespoonful of barley flour; ;
when smooth add a cupful of rich
milk, a teaspoonful of salt, few
dashes of paprika. Put layer of
onion, q layer of peanuts, then white
sauce in baking dish, cover with but
tered crumbs and bake.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Sweet Potato and Peanut croquettes.

Sweet Potato and Peanut Croquettes.
nix cupful of mashed sweet pota-
to with a cupful Of finely chopped pea
nuts, half teaspoonful of salt and
a dash of pepper, shape into GRO
quettes, roll in fine bread crumbs, and
bake in hot oven until brown. II the
crumbs are well buttered before using
the croQuettes will brown quickly.
Serve with a white sauce seasoned
with two tabIespoonfuls of chill sauce.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Chronic DisconsoIation.

What do you think of this daylight
saving movement
at won't do any good" replied the
weary commuter. It'll get me up
earlier in the morning, but they've
fixed it so that I'll miss my train the
same as usual"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Items of Interest.

In buying a meat chopper
choose one that Is easy to clean.
A little pine vaseline will re-
move milldew and stains from
leather.
Every well-fed child should
have one egg a day as part Of it's
diet.
Rock salt broken into coarse
bits is a great help in cleans
ing bottles.
Made of a fiat steel spring,
quickly adjusted belt has been
( invented to take the place OF
strings on kitchen or laboratory
aprons.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Mothers Cook Book

Food habits, like all other habits,
are not easily changed. Do not try too
many wartime dishes at once. Use
ingenuity in the preparation and serv-
ing of new combinations, try to have
them look and taste well.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Honey Custard.

Beat two eggs. add half teaspoon
full of salt, one-third of cupful Of
honey and beat again; add two cup
fuls of milk and mix thoroughly. Turn
into four earthen cups. Set into dish
of water and bake until firm in the
center. Sprinkle with chopped nuts
lust before putting into the oven.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03

sees a brilliant star which he recog-
nizes as belonging to one of the orig
inal groups He calls the time indi-
Gated by the appearance of this star
and then at intervals announces the
hour of night by the appearance Of
other stars on the horizon.
This ancient custom persisted
through long ages. Even after the in
vention of clocks and watches old
communities in Europe and the United
States employed watchmen whose duty
it was to make the rounds and cali the
hours of Dight.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
AppIes With Nut stuffInq.

Scoop out apples and fill the shell
with English waInuts and apple pulp
mixed with mayonnaise; place in a
circle on large serving dish and heap
whipped cream in the center.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03

\ the grain fields is an as
Sertion hard TO believe al
first but it is nevertheless strictly
true, for the cinch bug is pro-German
in our present war, the Hessian fly is
still Hessian, and the army worm is
an ally of the German army. Our
duty of helping to feed our fighting
friends being paramount, that of pro
tecting and defending the food sup
their production.
AS n matter of fact, mourning the ex-
pense of producing crops and then let
ting them fall q prey to our insect en-
emieS is worse than not producing
them at all, and the official entomOlo-
modified for special service in crop
protection. These men are but hand
full, hOWever-nOt enough for an eff
cient patrol-and so they are calling
upon the people for such assistance
as they can easily give by keeping
watch for the common enemy and re-
porting the first traces of his appear
unce in numbers sufficient to threat
en- serious injury.
What these field insects are capable
of in the way of crop destruction is
fairly well known. and what the farm
er. may do for the protection of his
crops can best be Entrusted TO the
hands of various state entomolOgists,
whose business it is by bomb, gas and
other means to kill these allies of the
foe
Consider two fields of corn, both ~
ing next to heavily infested fields of
wheat. One is protected by a circle
of oil about its borders. The other
is unprotected. The unprotected corn
is entered by the insects without hind
rance as the ripening of the wheat
depriveS them of food, and large part
III the corn is destroyed, as shown by
the part of the field laid bare next to
the wheat. In the other field not hill
of corn is hurt The road oil poured
upon the ground in line between
it and the infested wheat catches the
bugs which seek to pass
Millions Lost in Small Area.
BY a somewhat general use of such
methods and similar materials in
twenty-five southwestern counties of
Il middle Western state where, during
cinch bug uprising last summer,
more than 1900 miles of barrier were
laid down between corn and infested
wheat $1000,000 worth of corn was
10 the owners of less than $4,000 and
of some $4,000 to the state. On the
, other hand wheat, oats and corn
worth at least $13,00O,OOO more were
lost during the same period for lack of
sufficiently general and acknowledging
action.
Owing to consequent scarcity of
feed many farmers were unable to
keep up their stock, and in four in
tested counties, selected as q sample
district for study in comparison with
another group of counties not infested
the number of dairy COWS fell off in
four years IA per cent beef cattle.
2l.5 per cent; hogs, Is per cent; and
horses, % per cent. The total sum
of this reduction in numbers of the
live stock of the four sample counties.
due solely TO the presence of the cinch
bug, was $1,053.31S. Trade, banking.
education, professional incomes and
every kind of business and civic inter
est naturally suffered from this stag
gering blow to the agriculture of the
region.
Greatest Damage to Corn.
The cinch bug does greatest damage
70 corn. The adult or full-grown bug
is black and about one-eighth of an
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
OLD WAYS OF TlME-KEEPING
Ancients Watched for Appearance of
Certain Stars and Then Announced
the Hour of Night.

The stars make one revolution in
every twenty-four hours. From this
we can readily see how the ancients
originally kept track of the passage of
time at night.
To do this they appointed man
whose duty 1t was to watch for and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
It's Cheaper Now.

"The cook burnt the steak again."
exclaimed the experienced housewife.
Dear meg said young Mrs. Newly
wed. Wouldn't ordinary coal have
been little cheaper these days?'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Eat Nuts, Save Meat.

Nuts are so wholesome, present such
a variety and are so well liked that
they should be used more often as a
food rather than delicacy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Human Discomfort.

Suppose hens actually laid highly
colored Easter eggs"
1--WE wouldn't be satisfied" replied
Mr.. Growcher. Wed try to improve
their appearance by whitewashing
EN-"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Apples in Maple sirup With Nuts.

Cut eight apples in halves and re-
move the cores with spoon, put into
a baking pan with a cupful of maple
strip and 11a cupfuls water and two
tablespoonfuls of butter, sprinkle with
two tablespoonfuls of chopped nuts
and bake until the strip is thick; serve
with whipped cream.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Its ADVANTAGES.

Downright Dick-Faint heart neer
won fair lady.
Sly Cyril-No, but it gets you a
drink in a dry town.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Stuffed Dates With Nuts and Cheese.

Steam well-washed dates until soft,
remove the pits and fill with cottage
cheese mixed with a few finely chopped
hickory nut meats.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Subterfuqe.

"Bliggins 81 t S
out in a boat by
the hour and
fishes"
He isn't really
fishing. He's only
lodging regular
work"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
!; THE FUNNY SIDE.
The Glass.

II have a fine
setter | have just
bought"
what is it
Gordon, English
or Irish 2"
r "None of the
three; Plymouth
Rock"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-03
Ry ROBERT H. MoULToN.

HAT the United States is
already invaded, not by
Germans, it is true, but
by their effective allies,
and that a great host of
these are intrenched in
the grain fields is an as
sertion hard to believe at
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-30
BROWNS IN TOWN

3 room house, one lot, East Noble
$3.50. Have it on $40 monthly pay
ments.
. room house on Noble avenue, one
lot, for $400.
6 room house in 500 block East Villas,
dandy lots, $1,000; pay $500 down
balance SIS monthly payments.
5 room modern house 400 block Eas,
Oklahoma, across from library, ST.
$50; pay $25OOO down, balance easy
monthly payments.
a room house in 700 block East Okla
homa avenue, gas, city water. barn.
$3.50. Pay 5000 down. Easy monthly
payments.
Dandy 6 acres, joins Guthrie. 4 room
house besides basement, fruit, i'm
proved. Snap at $4,000 half cash.
time or balance.
Good bottom farm for sale, cheap.
Have other acreage close to Guthrie.
improved and nice prairie land. car
sell at big bargains, let me show you
and tell YOU about them. Skip Brown
Phone 56S, over Heilmans Harness
shop.
A. \ a Z IN.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-30

FOR SALE-Good 1G0 acre farm, So
800, part bottom with some alfalfa.
Also three room house, close in, lot.
A snap, $500. Three bottom FARMS
close to city for sale. Will trpde the
property for good farm. Also farm
to trade FOR city property. Lots Of
other snaps. Come and see me- under
Oklahoma State Bank, A c Harper
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-30
REAL ESTATE WANTED

GET CASH for your read estate or
business, any kind; anywhere: Tho
Simplex Plans show how. No COM
missions to pay Valuable informa-
tion free Simplex, Dept 9i2, 1923
Broadway New York.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-30
WAN rs
CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE

FOR SALE Baby chicks Call 1914
West Mansur avenue or phone SOL.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-30
WANTED TO RENT
PAGE SEVEN
BY F. Leipzloer

WANTED-To rent a five or six
room modern cottage about April
by desirable parties. East part of
city preferred. Address Box 463.
Phone 25G.