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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
WATERM El-ONS.

The watermelon requires consider
able room, and unless there is an
abundance of space available 1t should
not be planted in the garden.
1t is heat-loving plant and the
seeds should not be planted in the
open until the ground is warm. This
Will be about one month after the last
hard frost. They do best in sandy
soil, and require plenty OF well-rotted
manure for their best development.
The usual method is to plant them in
hills made up with plenty Of we'll
rotted manure, about 10 feet apart
each way. Some eight or ten seeds
should be placed in each hill, and when
the plants are well established they
should be thinned to four plants in
hill. For full directions as to the con-
troll of insects and diseases affecting
the watermelon, see Farmers Bulletin
$3.50, entitled Control of Disease and
Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable
Garden"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

1t is, of course, possible to do the
work Just as well by hand, but con.
siderable amount of labor is involved
For small areas, however, this meth
cd Is the only practical one. When
the garden is to be worked by hand II
is especially desirable that the spading
be done as early as possible. as the
sooner 1t is done the easier II will be
to get the ground in condition. The
ground should be worked down only
as needed. as this will distribute the
labor; and as the rough ground will
dry off quicker than that smoothed
down, II is possible to get on the
ground sooner If left in the rough than
when well worked down. 1t is ex-
tremely desirable TO get such crops
as early peas. eafly potatoes. and early
cabbage plants in as soon as the
ground Is dry enough, and it is often
possible to get these crops planted n
week or two earlier by following this
plan.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
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H HOW!
w GARDEN PEAS. I'D

Early peas require a rather rich
sandy loan with good drainage In or
der that the first paintings may be
made early in the spring. Fertilizers
that are high in heterogeneous matter
should not be applied to the land i'm
nediately before planting, as they will
have tendency to produce too great
growth of vines at the expense or
pods. Land that has been MANFRED
the previous year will be found salts
factory without additional fertilizer.
While the sandy loan is to be pre-
ferred for early varieties, a good crop
can be produced on almost any good
soil.
The first paintings should be Of such
varieties as Alaska, or some of Its
notifications, which make a small but
quick growth and may or may not be
provided with supports. These should
be planted about two weeks before the
date of the last killing frost, or in fact
may be planted as soon as the ground
is in condition. The tall-growng sorts
of the Telephone type are desirable
for still later use, on account of their
large production and excellent quality.
Peas should be drilled In rows one
T. two pints being sufficient for n 100
foot row. The individual peas should
be placed about l inch apart in the
rows. The distance between rows will
depend upon the kind of cultivation
to be employed, and upon the varieties
,,-f III, nf ha
any farther apart than necessary to
insure cultivation, while the tall-grow-
ing sorts should not be planted closer
than 3 to 31a feet apart.
A good scheme is to plant two par
allel rows of peas about 9 or inches
apart, then leave space of Is inches
or two feet and plant two more rows
Of seed close together. Fewer strings
or less brush will be required to sup
port them than when planted In single
rows at the greater distance.
If peas are to be grown for immedi-
ate use only, quart will be enough to
plant at one time However, If it is
desired to grow peas for canning, large
paintings should be made. IL space
Is available, it is an excellent plan to
make considerable planting at one time
of some one variety, so that the peas
for canning will be available In con-
siderable quantities. This enables the
housewife to get the canning out Of
the way in a comparatively short time.
Successive paintings IF the various va
rieties of peas should be made at in
tervals of about two weeks, until the
weather begins to grow warm, when
the paintings should be discontinued.
1t Is possible in some sections to
grow fall crop of peas. When this
Is done, early varieties should be used.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
SPINACH.

Spinach thrives In rather coo, ell
mate and attains its best development
in the middle South where 1t can be
grown in the open ground during the
winter. Farther north it is necessary
to protect the plants during the win
ter with a mulch of straw or leaves.
To produce good spinach a rich loan
which will give the plants quick
growth is required. Fall planting is
to be recommended wherever this is
possible, as the fall-plnnted spinach is
not as much inclined to go to seed as
that planted In the spring. One ounce
Of seed is sufficient FOR a 100-foot row,
and this crop may be sown in drills
about ! foot apart.
Spinach Is an easily grown garden
crop, and there Is perhaps no other Of
It's kind that will give as good salts
faction. In gathering spinach the en-
tire plant Is removed rather than mere
ly cutting off the leaves. The larger
plants are selected first, and the
smaller ones are thus given chance
to develop.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
kAUE.

Kale Is closely related to and pos.
sesses many of the characteristics of
cabbage. 1t Is very hardy and may be
planted In the autumn in the entire
southern portion of the United States.
1t will thrive on any good soil and
responds readily to liberal applica-
lions of stable manure.
Kale may be sown in drills or in
some cases may be sown broadcast.
When sown in drills a quarter ounce
of seed is sufficient for 100-foot
row. Kale may be sown as soon as
the ground is In condition to work.
Successive paintings may be made ut
intervals through the summer, but
pickings can be made from the first
planting during the entire season
When planted in drills the plants may
be thinned as soon as large enough,
using the ones removed for green's.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Heavv Editorial.

Alexander II. Stephens, vice presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy,
who after the Civil war was repeated
ly elected to congress from Georgia,
was an exceedingly thin man. One day
there fell under his observation a news
paper item saying that he weighed 90
pounds. In. reply to this he wrote
letter to the editor of the offending
journal demanding an immediate re-
traction. 81 will not be slandered in
this manner" he protested, my
weight is "a pounds" The former vice
president was himself an editor, with
a habit Of writing very long articles for
his paper In Georgia, and the contem-
porary which had made the unwelcome
statement regarding his weight refused
to retract it for the reason, he said,
that "Mr. Stephens must have had one
of his editorials In his pocket when
he last tried the scales. This would
account for the difference of four
pounds between the two figures
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
ONIONS.

Onions can be produced on almost
any good garden soil, and constitute
one of the standard crops found in al
most every garden. The usual plan In
the home garden is to plant sets In
rows far enough apart to suit the meth
Cd of cultivation to be followed. The
sets need not be more than 2 or 3
inches apart in the rows.
Onion sets may be planted as soon
US the ground can be worked and be-
fore frosts are over. Some kinds may
be planted In the autumn. The potato
or multiplier onion can be planted from
sets In the autumn and Will produce
excellent early green onions.
Onions may be grown from seed ell
Their by starting the seed in the hotbed
and transplanting to the open ground
or by drilling in rows directly in the
garden. With good soil and proper
care 1t is possible to produce good
sized bulbs from seed In single sea
son.
Onions require frequent shallow cul-
tivation, and ii may be necessary to re-
sort to hand work In order to keep
the crop free from weeds.
If ii is desired to use the onions ms
green or bunch onions they may be
pulled at any time after they are large
enough, otherwise they should be al.
lowed to grow until they reach matur-
ity. If the onions start to throw up
seed stalks these should be removed
or the seed will be formed at the ex.
pense of the bulbs
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Vast Amount of C0rdWood
Is Burned in Cook Stoves
and Friendly FirepIaces

Whenever a man builds a suburban
home these days-and happily
enough, the number is relatively vast
"a fairly large proportion of the
plans contain a provision for an open
hearth in which wood may be burned.
These represent, observes a writer In
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the pleasant
memories of many of the builders of
their boyhood days when a cracking,
aromatic wood fire lighted and warmed
the living rooms of their homes.
More often, though, it stands for the
fascination of such a fire. Children
of the city dearly delight in making
and watching bonfires, and when they
are afforded the joys of camping fairly
revel in the blazing twigs and branch
es beneath the kettle. When they
leave the city's heart for its fringes
the thought of an open hearth as a
concomitant to the freer life they ex-
pect to lead always presents itself.
Hence the surprisingly large de-
mand for cordwood. It is of interest
to state that In the United States last
year, despite the increased production
Of coal, there were consumed S1,S75,-
600 cords of wood, the value of which
exceeded $225 100000. 1t was the sew
enth crop in monetary value in 1917.
Ahead of it were corn, wheat, oats,
potatoes, hay and cotton. Much of
this, indeed the greatest part of it,
was burned on farms, the average
consumption on each Ohio rural hold
ing being 13 cords, valued at So a
cord. Texas leads in wood consump-
ton; Michigan is next, then Ohio, and
fourth is New York. In each of these
four leaders the value of the wood is
over $10,OOO,O00.
Experts in these matters say that
there is no better way of ventilating
an apartment than through the
means of a hearth or CRATE, so that
there is a double blessing conferred
as one sits in his easy chair and
watches the ever-changing pictures
that attend a reverie before blaz-
ing log fire.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
HER HEAVEN.

shall be young again-and pretty
enough
To make the saints smile at mo as / pass
With swift white feet across the heaven
1y grass.
| shall be gay and careless. and my heart
Forever like some hidden bird, shall sing
OF some approaching and most lovely
thing.
Surely, a thought absurd, unorthodox.
To enter through an office door. or come
Grotesquely as the subway crowds rush
home.
There is a mirror in my lodging house
Stained here and there with lines like
slanting rain.
That shows a woman neat and tired and
plain.
But in that mirror that no other sees
/ watch sometimes the girl In Paradise
Pretty-and young-with laughter in her
eyes
--Theodosia Garrison in Everybody's.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms of
taking opium. Some people, for ex-
ample, the Turks, eat it; others, like
the Chinese, smoke 1t, while the inhab-
itants of more civilized countries usual
ly drink it as laudanum. The drug is
obtained from the unripe fruit of the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made in the heads of this plant, from
which a creamy juice exudes, harden
ing on its exposure to the air. This
Is scraped off and made up into small
cakes, In which form 1t is sold. The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an indescribably
wretched state of mind and body, and
very seldom lives to be forty If the
practice has been acquired at an early
period in life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

Egg production is largely question
Of breeding, according to Harold H.
Amos, superintendent of the Kansas
State Agricultural college poultry
farm. Eggs from winter layers should
be selected for Matching purposes.
Under natural conditions no eggs
were laid in the winter months. Arti.
fetal methods have been resorted to
until by proper selection and manage
ment a large number of eggs can be
had during the coolest months of the
year.
Feeding and care have a great deal
to do with winter egg production. OF
greater importance, however, is selec.
ton and breeding. 1t has been deter.
mined by careful observation that, gen.
orally speaking. the hens that make
the best records during the fall and
winter months are the best all year
layers.
All hens will lay fairly well In
March, April and May. The poor lay
ers seldom, if ever, lay in those months
when prices are the highest. They are
not economical producers and should
not be kept as breeding stock.
| Where possible breeding pens should
be maintained during the Matching
season. AL poor layers, undeveloped
pullets, and otherwise imperfect birds
should be discarded prior to the breed
ing season if satisfactory results are
to be expected.
| Early Matched chicks are the most
profitable both for meat and for egg
production. They are the most easily
raised because while they are young
they are not subjected to the cloudy
rainy weather which comes later in
the spring. They are usually more
vigorous. Later chicks have a higher
rate of mortality due to the extremely
hot weather and the presence of a
greater number of parasites.
General purpose breeds should be
Matched not later than the last of April
if the pullets are to be developed for
egg production the following fall and
winter The young cockerels can be
disposed of as broilers at much better
prices than those of later matches.
With strictly egg breeds, it is not
advisable to hatch before the middle OF
March, as they will often begin to lay
early and go into mott about the first
of January.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Girls Needed on the French
Farms, Asserts War Worker

One of the objects of Miss Anne Nor
gan's recent return to America from
France, where she has been aiding in
restoring communities devastated by
German invaders, is to obtain for
France large number of girls to work
on farms.
81 would like it to be known to
American girls on farms that we need
them in France more than all other
girls" Miss Morgan said.
1--WE don't want theorists but would
like to get women from the West
women who have worked on the farm
and don't mind doing field work"
Miss Morgan, sister of j. =. Morgan
and treasurer of the American Fund
for French Wounded. saiG she and her
associates in France, American women,
had placed $500 acres under cultIva-
ton aud had established dairy with
soldiers to milk the cows.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Declares United States
Can Independently Produce
Own Chemicals After Wal

That the United States can indie
pendently produce its own chemical
necessities after the war is predicted
by Prof. D. D. Jackson of the Column
bia university department Of chemical
engineering. He says that at present
the country is manufacturing dyes
equal in amount to normal consump-
ton, and that the number Of colors
produced is constantly increasing.
with proper legislation" states
Professor Jackson, 1--WE can manufac-
ture on a competitive basis practical
ly every chemical product which we
now import. Cheap labor Is not a fac
tor of Importance. The tremendous
advantage which Germany had at the
beginning of the war has taken more
than three years to csunteract, and the
result has been an awakening in other
countries to the necessity of further
ing the chemical and metallurgical in
dustries in every possible way. The
Germans have for many years realized
the grave necessity of furthering the
work of the chemist and the chemi-
cal engineer for warfare as well as
for the necessities Of industry in
times of peace. They knew that by
developing their enormous color estab-
lishments they were producing fac
tories which could readily be changed
over to explosive works in times Of
war. They realized that the indus
tries for the fxation Of nitrogen used
in fertilizers In time of peace also
could be used for production Of enor-
nous quantities Of picric acid and tri.
nitrotoluol in wartime"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Girl Is Deputy u. S. Marshal.

Colorado, the banner suffrage state,
which has honored its mothers, wives
and daughters for years past with po-
stions of trust and responsibility in
addition to giving them the ballot, now
claims the distinction of having the
first woman deputy United States mar
shall She is Miss Lola Anderson. TWEEN
ty-five years old, who took the oath of
office and entered upon the duties OF
her position a week before Chrlstnlaa.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
The Presidents Cabinet.

President Wilson's cabinet consists
of Robert Lansing OF New York, sec
rotary of state; William G. McAdoo of
New York secretary of the treasury
Newton d. Baker of Ohio, secretary of
war; Thomas w. Gregory of Texas,
attorney general; Albert S. Burleson of
Texas, postmaster general; Josephus
Daniels of North Carolina. secretary of
the navy; Franklin X. Lane of Cali
fornia, secretary Of the interior; David
F. Houston of Missouri, secretary of
agriculture; William c. Redfield of
New York, secretary of commerce !;
William b. Wilson of Pennsylvania,
secretary of labor.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Internal Revenue Collected.

During the fiscal year ending June
revenue collected was $449, 712, 412.
The smallest amount collected in any
state was $50, 662 in Nevada, and the
largest was SCI ,SS1, 1886 ia New York.
OF the states that paid over S10,OO000O
each were: California, S13,75S.375 ;
Delaware, s11,761 .3Cs; Illinois, S62,-
1871; Indiana. $33,10S.519; Ken
lucky, S45,471,967 Louisiana, SILL
SAT AS; Maryland, $40, 125, 1913; Mis-
souri,, S15,200577; New Jersey, S13,-
910,549; New York, S61 1881 1886; North
Carolina. $29.114,2S3; Ohio. $40. 402,-
1875; Pennsylvania, $41 ,3c4, PAS; Wis
consin, Sl2,345,001.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
ROYAL Wit Not Slow.

Rich in sly humor was the reply OF
Henry " of France, who one day
reached Amiens after prolonged jour
ney. A local orator was deputed to
harangue him, and commenced with a
lengthy string of epithets:
every great sovereigns, very good,
very merciful, very magnanimous-"
add also" interrupted the weary
monarch, Every tired"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Statistical Notes.
There are 9,S93 saloons In

There are 9,S93 saloons In
Illinois.
The United States has $4,000
Indians.
There are $50 war charities
registered in London.
The United States government
will expend $1,000, 900 during
I the coming year in military
buildings.
The Rockefeller Foundation
has contributed 100000 to the
fund for welfare work among
Jewish soldiers.
.. An ordinary airplane, exclu-
sive of the engine, has over 200
!, separate pieces, besides over
1000 nails, 5000 screws, 1000
steel stampings and 800 forg-
I ings.
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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

least one serious insect enemy. For In
formation on the control of insects ana
diseases affecting the muskmelon. re-
fer to Farmers Bulletin $50. entitled
Control OF Diseases and Insect Enc
mics of the Home Vegetable Garden"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Ashes Made Useful.

Well-siftei coal ashes. unlike wood
ashes, have no fertilizing value, but
are useful in tightening soil. Lime
Will tighten soil and at the same time
correct acidity.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
MUSkM ELONS.

A sandy loan with plenty of we'll
is well adapted to the production OF
muskmelons. The muskmelon Is n heat
loving crop, requiring a long growing
season, about four months, and cannot
be planted until the ground has be-
come warm. For this reason il is use
less to attempt to grow the muskmelon
in sections where the growing season
is not sufficiently long or where the
temperature Is not uniformly high. The
northern portion OF the United States
is not suited TO the growing of this
crop for the reasons cited above.
1t is advisable to start the plants
in berry boxes. or on sods in the hot
bed. transferring these to the open
ground after the ground has become
warm. In this way considerable time
can be saved and much better results
obtained. II is a good plan TO place
plenty of well-rotted manure In the
hills. which should be about 6 feet
sapart. Sufficient seed should be plant
ed so that four good strong plants may
be had in each hill Another plan is
SOW In drills In rows or feet
Srt, thinning the plants until they
from IS inches to feet apart In
bows.
aviation should be frequent and
Ugh until the vines begin to run.
his the only cultivation required
Pep weeds down.
pelons are liable to be attack
everal diseases and have at
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

Diagram your ground, allot the space
to the vegetables you want TO grow.
hand, prepare for the opening of tbs
growing season.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Their Kind.

"When they pass antitrust laws /
the future they will have teeth /
them"
"Oh, that's only biting sarcasm"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

It's faith in something and enthusi-
assn for something that makes life
worth looking at.-Holmes.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

Too many men are incapable of do
ing their own thinking.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10
Strength Gave Out
Mrs. Schmitt Was Miserable From
Kidney Trouble Until Deans Came
to Her Assistance, Now Well.

my kidneys gave out during the
change of life," says Mrs. Margaretha
Schmitt, 90 Alabama Ave, Brook
lyR, N. Y. my back ached and panied
as if it were broken. When | moved in
bed. sharp, darting pains caught me
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

across my back and I
couldn't turn. Mornings
/ was stiff and sore and
it felt as if heavy
weights were tied to me,
/ was go WORKOUT. |
often came near fall
ing from dizziness and.
flashes Of fire would
come before my eyes,
binding me.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-10

Il had the most Sc
we're headaches and my kidneys didn't
act regularly. The secretions passed
too often and caused much distress.
| was hardly able to do my homework
and just to walk upstairs took all my
strength.
GAS soon as l began taking Dodn's
Kidney Pills, / improved and six
boxes put me in better health than |
had enjoyed for years"
Mrs. Schmitt gave the foregoing
statement in 1916 and on April q,
1917, she said: my cure has been
permanent. l keep Dodn's on hand,
however, and take few doses occa-
sionally."
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