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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
GOOD INVESTMENT IN SMILE
inexpensive, and Nothing One Can
Own viii Bring q Greater Return
Should Be q Premise.

A pleasant smile is the most mex
pensive investment on earth and it Is
the greatest one 10 bring a return.
How ] wish everyone could realize
just what 1t means to smile. l think
we all would smile oftener If We did.
SO many people have told me how hard
1t is for them to smile. Here is my re-
cipe-here 1t is, very simple: When
you are about to smile, think first that
in your smile you are TO promise
something. That is really what q
smile is for. 1t is promise, and you
may make 1t any kind of a promise
you like. Come people hardly move
their lips at all in q smile, while 9th
ers smile entirely with their lips and
leave their eyes expressionless.
The best smile of all is the one
that promises most. At your mirror
you may practice smiling with great
success. Just conjure up the person
you want to smile at and fit the smile
to the vision. It will surprise you
to know how many different kinds of
promises one happy smile may sug-
gest. 1t is SO like happy party to
have a person around who smiles on
general principles and promises nothing
at all but gladness. for the very JOY
of living. Cheerfulness such as this
is life's finest tonic.-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
roo MUCH WASTED ENERGY
Writer Has Right Idea in Pointing
Out Folly Of the Present-Day
Hustle and RustIe.

The world is always in hubbub:
people rushing here and there in
what appears to be a futile fashion.
Why do we not conserve our energies,
save our time and strength for big
thiGgs2 What does the hustle aad
hustle amount to, when we do sit
down and rest and think? Nothing
because we could have done what we
did without that tense nervousness
which so many of us think we must
assume to make others think we have
important business on hand. II wa
only knew how much more force,
strength and ability lies behind a
calm exterior our aim would be to
assume that pose until it became our
rightful Inheritance.
''Out of silence comes thy strength"
1t brings wonderful results, results
that show us how our power is In
creasing. Try to be calm for a few
days and watch the issue, You viii
marvel at your strength, be astonished
at your success.
Be silent, patiently listen, and wait
for the strength that is bestowed ON
all. 1t is like the ruby in value,
priceless treasure-a life force, In
other words, which makes geniuses Of
men and women,
begin TOMORROW. SO slow but sure.
knowing you are doing the right thing.
Put aside all nervousness and hurry.
You will be amazed at the results;
people will come to you because that
force being magnetic will draw ali
gopd things 10 your direction. soma
may say, Il cannot do this. There Is
too much to be done in short timex
We need not go to the other extreme
and become snails; but by striking tho
happy medium" our success viii
come. perhaps slowly at first, but
surely, MISUNDERSTANDING
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
HALT SPREAD OF
EELWORM INJURY
Farmers Urged to Maintain
Careful Watch for Calls and
Stamp Out Disease.
SALT. WATER METHOD URGED
Precautionary Measures Should Be
Practiced to Thwart Disease
Mott Damage Has Been Done
in State of Virginia.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
To prevent the spread of a serious
wheat disease that recently has done
much damage in certain parts Of the
United States, especially Virginia, the
United States department of agricul-
ture advises farmers in Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland and California to
maintain a careful watch for eelworm
gals in their grain and to make all
possible efforts to stamp out the dis
ease.
The disease may be recognized in
the threshed grain by the presence of
hard, dark-colored gals about one
half the size of a wheat kernel. These
gals contain the very small eelworms.
1t Is best to get seed from uninfested
fields. Where this cannot be done, a
saltwater method is recommended for
removing the eelworm gals from the
sound grain to be sown.
The eelworm has done the most dam
age in Virginia, causing as much as
40 per cent loss in some fields this
year. 1t occurs in minor degree in
West Virginia, Maryland and Cali
fornia, these being the only states
where its positive appearance Is
known, but it is feared that the trou-
BILE occurs in other states and possibly
may have been overlooked or mistaken
for bunt, cookie seed or bin-hurnt
wheat.
Samples of wheat or grain thought
to be affected with this disease should
be sent for positive Identification to
the state agricultural experiment sta
ton or to the office of cereal investiga-
lions, United States department of ag-
riculture, Washington, D. G.
The disease is not native to the Unit.
| ed States and 1t can be controlled by
careful precautions.
How to Clean Diseased Seed.
If disease-free seed cannot be OBJ.
| tanned, the "salt-brine" method is
recommended for separating the in
fected kernels, or gals, from the good
wheat kernels. A 20 per cent salt so
| luton should be made by dissolving AZ
pounds Of common salt in 25 gallons
of water. The diseased seed should
be poured slowly into this solution
which meanwhile is stirred vigorously
| The sound wheat kernels will sink
| while the gals, light kernels, and trash
will float. The gals and other float
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

and for the production of oil and meal
have brought about greatly increased
prices. The seed of the best varieties
of soy beans is selling for $3.50 to "a
per bushel of 60 pounds. As the mer-
Its OF the crop are better appreciated,
the demand is not likely to diminish.
Utilizing soy-bean seed as feed is dis
finctly profitable. In addition to the
value Of the seed, the benefit to the
land on which the beans have been
grown and the use of the thrashed
vines as source of feed must be TAX
EN- into consideration.
The average yields of soy-bean seed
to. the acre In various sections of the
United States range from about Is
bushels in the northern states to about
20 bushels In the northern part of the
cotton belt. The average yield in east
ern North Carolina, the largest seed
producing section in the country, is
about % bushels, although many fields
produce 85 bushels or more to the acre.
Maximum yields of 80 bushels ito the
acre have been reported from North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Front View Of cranary.

hand, if this grain is properly stored
in ventilated cribs, most of the Excess
siye moisture will evaporate in few
days. III order to facilitate the proper
curing of the corn, as well as to per-
NIT of handling the grain in large
quantities, specially planned drying
racks are used in the combination
granary under discussion.
This crib and granary is 90 feet by
SO feet in floor dimensions with ca
pacity of 2,S10 bushels Of small grain
and 1910 bushels of corn. The over
head grain bin occupies space which
otherwise would be wasted in an aver.
age crib of this character. To give
the building proper height and pitch
of roof to favor the efficient use Of
either stationary or portable eleva-
tor, this otherwise surplus space is nee
essary. 1t Is occupied by the overhead
wheat bin. Present-day economical
construction necessitates the use of
high studding in wooden structures
rather than the use of long, sloping
roofs.
A special feature OF this eern crib
which has been devised by the ex-
Derts of the rural engineering division
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

ing material may be SKINNED off, after
which the salt solution, which may be
used repeatedly, should be drained
away and the grain rinsed in water i'm
mediately. After the grain is dried by
spreading it on a floor or canvas and
stifrlng occasionally it is ready for
planting. !,
The diseased gals should never be
thrown on the ground or otherwise dis
posed of until they have been plunged
for few minutes into boiling water
to kill the eelworms. After being given
this boiling process they may be fed
to chickens.
Signs of Infection.
The disease is usually indicated by
its effect on wheat heads in the fields,
although it may occur to some extent
on all parts of the plant above the
ground. Diseased heads ordinarily
stay green longer-that is, ripen later
and are commonly smaller than
those not affected, while the chaff or
glumes may be spread open little by
the black eelworm balls. These gals
come in the wheat heads in place of
good kernels. They are dark and
hard, end somewhat shorter and thick
er than wheat grains. Often these can
be seen plainly in the affected heads
between the spreading glumes.
EeEwoFF1's Life Cycle.
Within the wheat gals are thou
sands of very small living but motion
less "baby nematodes," called larvae.
These, when placed in water, can be
barely seen as short, threadlike fibers,
which soon begin active movement.
In the spring the young eelworns es-
cape into the soil from gals which
have fallen to the ground or which
were sown with the wheat seed. With
an eel-like movement they reach the
young seedlings, finally become located
between the leaf sheaths near the
buds, and as the plant grows are grad
nRliy carried up to the heads. There
they enter the young flowers and pro-
duce the gals, where they grow to
maturity and lay eggs which develop
into larvae. Thus the life cycle is COM
pleted. At maturity of the plant the
larvae in the gals become dried and
motlonless, and can remain in that
condition alive for mapy years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
INSOMNIA NOT HARD IL c0nr
Easy to Tell the Cause Of the Attic
ton and Remedy Is Matter of
Common Sense.

There are two kinds of insomnia
and each has its cure" a doctor said
''In. the first kind yoR go to bed APP
parently sleepy. and as soon as your
head touches the pillow, you become
wide awake, and the most vivid and
feverish thoughts whirl through your
mind for hours. At last, sick with ex-
haustion, you fall asleep. but it's too
late then. Too much time has been
lost You rise in the morning unre-
freshed.
in the second kind of insomnia you
go to sleep all right as soon us you 60
to bed, but in an hour or so you wake
up. You lie tossing long while. You
rise unrefreshed here, too.
1.-THE first kind of insomnia is due to
rich. undigested food clogglng the
stomach. The remedy is simpler meals
liz the evening-no pork or game or
Il eese or pastry, but. instead, fish or
chicken, whole-meal bread, custards
or milk toast.
1.-The second kind is due to lack of
exercise. A daily half-hour's gymnas-
tics. followed by cold bath and G rub
down. VIII drive it permanently away"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
He'd Forgotten.


The school dramatic society was CIV
ing its first performance of the sea-
son and the play they had chosen for
the momentous occasion was Julius
Caesar"
All went smoothly till Caesars dead
body was brought in, and Mare Antony
had to deliver his famous speech.
He put his heart into the part and
the audience felt acutely for the poor
citizens, who were all presumably hor-
ror-strleken ana overcome with grief,
when Antony gently but firmly
grasped, as he thought, the face-cloth
and slowly, very slowly, began to draw
it back.
Just then an excited whisper came
from the other end of the corpse;
"This end, you idiot n
But Antony was too much wrapped
in grief to hear. He presevered and
then suddenly disclosed to the intently
gazing audience Caesars bootsI
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
nEIsh MealD for cattI.

On the shores of the North sea there
has recently been started a factory
for the manufacture of what has
proven to be very satisfactory food
for live stock from the refuse of a
fish-packing plant. A fish meal" is
turned out which contains IS per cent
Of albumen and II per cent of fat. It
Is eaten by swine and some cattle &C
cept 1t readily. Besides making use
of a refuse, 1t releases much grain
otherwise demanded for food by these
animals.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
40 INCREASE FARM PROFITS
iowa County Agent Tells Why Some
Farms Are Made More Profit
able Than Others.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In recent report to the department,
w. A. Dickinson, county agent, Floyd
county, Iowa, attempts to show why
some farms are more profitable than
others. Owing to the fact that farm
labor has been exceedingly scarce in
some districts during the present sea-
son, many operators have attempted to
increase the efficiency of their man
labor as much as possible They have
done this by using larger machin-
cry and more horse power. They have
also tried to secure a more even dis
tribution Of labor throughout the year
by growing variety of crops and
keeping live stock. In some cases a
portion Of the crop has been harvested
by the live stock. They have also kept
close tab on the work that required
attention, and they have
avoided work which could be post
poned while more productive work re-
ceived Immediate attention
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
TOTHOSE WHO DIED
Connecticut Town Has Memorial
for All Time.
Plot Of Ground, Well Called "Tract Of
Gerry" Will Be Henceforth the
Most Cherished Spot in
Norfolk.

In the little Connecticut town Of
Norfolk is a triangular piece of ground
belonging to the people. For years it
stood useless, almost abandoned, and
to a certain extent unnoticed. Nor
folk sent to France early In 1918
score and half of her boys to fight
in the American armies. Other boys
followed.
A few months after the first con-
tingent marched away Norfolk began
to receive its share of tidings from
the front. Names of boys known to
every one in the town were found In
the lists of those KILLED in action"
Boys whose faces were bright and
shining and whose voices were strong
and CHEEKY were never to return.
They were lying in the fields of
France.
The return of these names to Nor
folk instead of flesh and blood that
went away gave Norfolk it's inspira-
tion. The little green triangle became
a tract of glory. No more will it be
looked upon as waste, no more will
the people of Norfolk call it worth
less. For some one thought of way
to make 1t rich. the most cherished
spot in Norfolk.
On Flag day in the year that the
war made heroes of these lads from
Norfolk the people of that place dedi-
Gated the point of this triangle to the
memory of those who were not to come
back from France. AT that time four
of Norfolk's boys were lying in France
under little crosses of wood, and on
this day four little crosses of wood
similar to those In France, with a
name and date on each, were driven
into the ground at the point of the
triangle. There they will stay until
they are perhaps replaced by more en-
during and impressive marks of trib-
ute.
But the little crosses of wood are
not all that the people of Norfolk
placed In the village triangle in men,
DRY of the boys who will not come
back. Something that will live and
th1ve and beautify the barren triangle
was placed there for each boy, and it
Is named for him. For each hero n
tree was planted. and it will always
be known as his tree, by his name:
and long after the great-grandchildrcn
of those who now live in Norfolk are
dead and gone these trees will still
stand and will be known through-all
the sunshine and storm of the ages by
the names they received at the chris
tenfng. They will grow to be tall and
mighty and spread their branches over
the cross that was won on the battle
fields of France-the simple cross of
honor that every man wins when he
gives up his life for his country.
The thought is beautiful. That lit
tie triangle in Norfolk will have more
trees and crosses; the boys who died
in France will live and grow to an age
far beyond the years of the oldest of
men. How simple this way of COM
memorating the deeds and the spirit
Of the boys who go forth to the war
never to come home again. A little
cross of wood for the present. tower
Ing tree for the future, and the name
of hero preserved for an age to come.
George Barr McCptnhanp
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
GOOD POINTERS
FOR BEEKEEPER
Not Always Easy to Determine
Whether Cellar Is Giving Sat-
isfactory Results.
Thermometer IS NECESSARY
Few Measures Given So That Keeper
May Decide Whether Methods
Could Be lmproved-There
Should Be No Moisture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
1t is often difficult for the beekeeper
to know whether his bee cellar is CIV
ing the best results, for he may not
have been able to determine from
reading or observation of other eel
lars whether it is satisfactory. Below
are given q few measures which the
beekeeper may apply to his apiary
and his cellar, so that he may be able
to decide whether his methods of cell
lar wintering should be improved.
~ During the winter a thermome-
ter inserted in the entrance of the
hive should show temperature or ar
least so degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) There should never be any con-
densed moisture on the covers Of the
hives, and certainly never any on the
bottoms.
Keep Cellar Dark.
(3) While the cellar should be kept
dark ct all times, if candle is held
at the entrance Of hive at the end
of January it should be several sec
onds before any Of the bees break
cluster. Frequently the cellar doors
may be opened in March without dis
turbing the bees.
(4) There should never be many
dead bees on the bottom of the hives.
The live bees should be able to push
them out as they die during the win
ter. The bees thus carried out will be
found on the cellar floor just below the
entrances. If there are bees all over
the floor. 1t shows that these bees have
flown from the hives-an indication of
poor wintering.
(5) The bees should be quiet during
the late winter. Noise at this time
indicates that the bees are disturbed
by an accumulation OF feces, caused
by low temperatures or poor food
(6) If the bees were in good condi-
ton In the fall and have been wintered
well. the loss during the winter will
never be more than one-sixth of the to-
| tai population Of the hive. Such a
loss is excessive, however, and in a
well-wintered colony 1t may be as low
as hundred bees. This probably de-
ponds to a large extent on the age of
the bees which go into winter, and II
the temperature is right, and the stores
good there will be almost no loss of
vigorous bees.
"a The bees should not leave the
hive while they are being carried
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Save earden Surplus.

An example OF the success hraugbt
about by cooperation is shown in
report received by the United States
department of agriculture from ella
county, Arizona, where the local home
demonstration agent and county agri-
cultural agents united their efforts in
geyeloping methods for conserving
$4,000 worth OF surplus products
grown on more than 100 acres OF irrf-
gated land divided Into one-eighth
acre gardens. A cooperative market
Ing store was established near the gar
dens on the edge of town on the main
travelled road. A community canning
kitchen was also operated under the
supervision of the home dempnstratIon
agent, no charge being made to the CO.
operating gardeners who wished to
make use of 1t. This plan also pre-
rented an opportunity for teaching the
post approved and economical meth
IDS Of Canning and drying.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Aemn RaIsed hu cnn,,io4s

Penitentiary officials at Lansing con-
iucted an interesting experiment on
IN island in the Missouri river by
PLANTING so acres of hemp. The Leaven-
worth Times reports a bumper crop
vas raised. Experts declare it may be
lsed In making binder Irvine at the
lenitentiary plant. The hemp may be
substituted for the sisal imported from
Fucatan, in making twine The result
would be big saving In cost to the
wheat fermers:---Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Honey.


Honey is the best substitute for
sugar that has yet been found. In
deed, It is more than a substitute, it
is real food. Few people, unfortu-
nately, know how to Keep honey. All
too often it is stored in an ice cbest
or cold cellar. Under such condi-
tiohs It is almost certain to solidify
or turn into candy. The best place to
Keep honey is on the top shelf in a
warm cupboard. If you find that It
pas hardened set the container in
paa OF hot water until the contents
liquery again, There Is little adultera-
hon of honey these days, for adulter-
ated honey is easy to detect. Yop can
puy 1t and eat it without fear.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
RhIne,s WanderInas.

A remarkable thing about the Rhine
Is its length for so small river. On
like the Nile, which contains less wa
ter at Cairo than at Berber, 1900
miles upstream, the Rhine has numer-
Gus affluents, but never attaIns the
dignity of real river, as Americans
understand such definitions, until it
enters Holland.
The German Rhine" owes It's orig
IN 70 the Swiss mountains, wandeEs
win apparent ailnlessness- lirst west
and then north and northwest, after
leaving Lake Constance-until it en-
ters Holland, where it becomes as slug
gish as any Dntchman who ever dwelt
in New Amsterdam.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

California is the largest producer Of
GafFot seed. Sacramento and Yol0
counties rank first, with San Joaquin,
Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San
Benito counties ranking as minor pre-
ducers. In the production of radish
seed the situation is reversed, the
coast counties of California producing
the bulk Of the crop, and the river
district being uhimportant as a pro-
Queer. 1t is also grown in the Pacific
Northwest. Beet seed is grown in
both the river and coast districts of
California, but is probably grown more
extensively around Sacramento than
In any other portion of the state. Let
tuce seed is grown almost exclusively
near the coast sectio.- # California.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
B0RER is ENEMY OF
FUTURE CORN CROPS
Growers Urged to Watch for De-
structive Insect.
II Pest Should Escape to Corn Belt 1t
Undoubtedly viii Become Most
Destructive Enemy-Insect
Found In Stalk.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
Future corn crops Of the United
States will be exposed to the European
corn borer, the most destructive enemy
of maize which has ever invaded this
country, unless growers cooperate ac-
lively with federal and state authori-
ties in stamping out the pest. The in
itial outbreak of the borer was discov-
cred in Massachusetts, near Boston,
and at present the territory in which it
appears is confined to eastern Massa-
chusetts. If this pest should escape to
the corn belt, it undoubtedly will be-
como the most destructive enemy of
corn which has ever occurred in the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Two War Heros.


The two colored soldiers of the
American army In France who be-
came famous for their bravery and
courage In preventing more than twen-
ty TeutOns west of Vefdun from exc
cutting a well-developed plan to assail
,ne Of the most important points of
resistance on the American front,
have been decorated by the French.
Their names are Henry Johnson and
Needham Roberts. Both are privates
and members Of the old New York Ma
tional Guard. 1t Is said these men
have been awarded the war cross by
the French general of the division un-
der whom the unit is serving and that
Johnson is scheduled to receive the
much-coveted gold palm of the French
army commander as well.-S0uthern
Woman's Magazine.