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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
NO Great FEAR
OF CORN BORER
Pest Brought to This Country
in 1909-10 With Importations
of Corn From Hungary.
INJURY so FAR NEGLIGIBLE
Wide Dissemination Of Insect Through
out Mississippi Valley Is Entirely
PossibIe-Clean Culture
Will Control Pest

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
The experience of the past season
with the European corn bOrer leads
the United States department of agri-
culture to make the statement that, APP
parently, there Is little justification
for alarm over the possibility of this
Insects becoming menace to the corn
crop throughout the entire country.
While the corn borer is a pest to be
reckoned with and one that may cause
considerable injury to susceptible va
effect on the corn crop of the country
as whole, especially in the corn belt,
Is unlikely to be serious.
These reassuring facts have been
discovered as the result Of the depart
ments work during the past season:
Serious Damage Only Near Boston.
Up 70 the present time the corn
bOrer has inflicted considerable dam
age to corn only In the Boston district,
where the corn grown is of the sweet
and dwarf varieties and where the
corn borer, owing to the climatic in
fuence Of the gulf stream, is two
broOded. After ten years of slow
spread, the insect has attacked occa-
sional fields of sweet and flint corn,
under conditions favOring multiplied.
ton Of the borer, to the extent of near
ly 100 per cent Of the stalks and 20 to
80 per cent Of the ears. However, in
most of the fields in the area now in
vaded in coastal Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, the injury has been
negligible. When the corn borer larvae
are limited to the stalks, the ears, as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
For Young Mothers

Charlottesville, Va-"Dr. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is the grandest thing
that ever came into existence for young
mothers l did not know of this during
my first expectancy and in consequence
suffered with my nerves, and for the last
two months | was never comfortable. I
cannot describe the comfort 'Favorite
Prescription brought to me, mentally and
physically, and | had practically no suf-
fering-the only comparison | can give is
that there was as great a difference as
between black and white. l was also able
% nurse these last two, which was i'm.
possible with my first baby, and it was
his fact that caused me to lose him when
he was only six months old NY two
girls have always been healthy and strong,
and / am sure that my own health has
been improved by taking this wonderful
tonic at the time my system most needed
it."-Mrs. Matte Glass, OH West St.
DR.. Pierce, OF Buffalo, N. Y, long since
found out what is naturally best for wom-
ems diseases. He learned It all through
treating thousands of cases. The result
Of his studies was medicine called DR..
Pierce's F'avorite Prescription. This med
icine is made of vegetable growths that
nature surely intended for backache,
headache. weakening drains. bearing
down pains, periodical Irregularities, pelvic
'lnfiammations, and for the many disor.
ders common to women in all ages of life.
Send 10c to DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo. n. Y, FOR trial package OF Fa.
vorite Prescription Tablets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
URIC ACID IN MEAT
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
Take a Glass of Salts if Your Back
Hurts or Bladder
Bothers.

If you must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says noted au-
thority who tells us that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzes the
kidneys in their efforts to expel il
from the blood. They become slug.
gish and weaken, then you suffer with
a dull misery in the kidney region,
sharp pains in the back or sick head.
ache, dizziness, your stomach sours
tongue is coated and when the weather
Is bad you have rheumatic twinges
The urine gets cloudy, full of sedi
ment, the channels often get sore and
irritated, obliging you to seek relief
two or three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
to cleanse the kidneys and flush of
the body's urinous waste get four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar
macy here; take tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for q
few days and your kidneys will then
act fine. This famous salts Is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to flush
and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also
to neutralize the acids in urine, so it
no longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, and makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
RAISING WINTER EGG LAYERS
II They Are Of General Purpose
Breeds-Gve Best Care.

"Pullets intended to produce winter
eggs should be Matched In March If
they are of the general purpose
breeds" says Prof. L. II. Schwartz Of
Purdue university. Leghorns mature
a little sooner and need not be Matched
until April. The pullets should be
given every advantage during spring,
summer and fall, receiving the best
of feed and water and should always
have access to shade. Adequate VEN
tllatlon in the house in which they
are kept is essential, and the pullets
should not be 0vercrowded. Each one
requires at least four square feet of
floor space"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

Of cultural control. The only place
where appreciable injury has resulted
from the corn borer is the trucking and
small garden district Immediately
around Boston, where the truckers
have universally complained of short
age of labor. There has been very
general neglect Of weed growth along
roadways, on waste land and even in
home and truck gardens. The insect
known to have more than 100 food
plantS-breeds in such grass and weeds.
The corn grown throughout this area
is in patches of from a fraction of an
acre to few acres and evidently at
tracted and concentrated the insects
from the surrounding weeds. The
infested fields were usually either
poorly titled and weedy or surround
ed by neglected, weedy areas. There
were notable examples in the center
of this district of well-tilled fields Of
sweet corn with clean surroundings ia
which injury was negligible.
The menace to the corn crop of the
country, then, is minimiZed by the
slight susceptibility of common corn
to borer attacks; by the practical GER
tainty that the insect will be single
brooded over the main corn-growing
areas and that where Single-brooded 1t
intlicts no injury even on small types
Of corn; and that good culture in
clean surroundings appears to be a con-
troll measure.
Where Sorer Is Known to Occur.
The European corn bOrer is now
known to occur over the entire coastal
region of Massachusetts. including
Cape Cod and adjacent islands, and
over several towns in southern New
Hampshire, approximately 1900 square
miles; In New York, In the Mohawk
valley between Amsterdam and AL
bany, about 800 square miles; in
western New York, over an area Of
at least 500 square miles. and the area
of known infestation is constantly eX-
panding as the survey proceeds; and
over a limited area In Erie county,
Pennsylvania.
In view of this known wide diStribu-
ton and the possibility that it may eX-
Ist in numerous other localities, and
in view, also, of the large number Of
plants on which it feeds, the depart
ment Of agriculture realizes that ex-
termination of the corn borer is out Of
the question except perhaps in limited
areas of intensive production, and that
the problem now is to determine the
areas infested. the economic impOr-
lance Of the insect in different regions,
and the possibilities Of practical con-
troll or determination within small
areas. For this purpose, congress has
been asked to make an appropriation
Of 100000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
GUINEAS MAKE GOOD EATING
Unlike Hens They Do Not Lay During
Entire Year-Gamy Taste of
Flesh Relished by Some.

While guineas do not lay all the
year around as the chicken hen does,
they are great layers in their season
(Which is spring. and the eggs, though
smaller than those OF the chicken hen,
are very good for food. The eggs sell
n the market, but generally below the
rice of hens eggs.
Guinea meat on the table Is perhaps
Dt so desirable as that of the chick
1, being dark and inclined to be
ugh, but when cooked 1t IS by no
ans an unwholeSome dish. Indeed,
mas a gamy flavor which appeals to
ny appetites.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied In NostriIs Opens
Air Passages RIGHT UP,

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffing, blowing, headache, dryness.
No struggling for breath at night;
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little Of this fragrant, antiseptic.
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the inflamed or swell
len mucous membrane and relief comes
instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up
with cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

stomach, and L was
in a miserable state
when | began taking
DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription and
Golden Medical Dis
covery together. 1
was completely re-
lieved of these all
ments a nd IN a d e
strong and healthy
by their use, and I
felt like a different
person. Mrs. Sam
uel Layne, sol John
c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum,
small box of Barbo Compound, and u
OF. of gycerine. Apply to the hair twice a
week until it becomes the desired shade.
ANY druggist can put this up or you can
mix it at home at very little cost. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair,
and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
Freshen q Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcun Powder, an exQuisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and busting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su-
perfluousI One of the Cuticura Toilet
Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum). ADV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
500 Reward. SfOO

Catarrh is local disease greatly inffu-
ehced by constitutional conditions It
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment: HALLS CATARRH MED;CTNE
Is taken internally and acts through the
BLOOD on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
TEN. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing its work. $4,000 for any case of
Satarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure
druggists TIC. Testimonials free
r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are sim
ply good oldfashioned medicine for reg
ulating the stomach, the liver and bowels.
Get box and try them-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
Mistaken Identity,

Mrs. NewriCh-What was that man
1 saw you talking with? Isn't he-er-
obese?
Newrich-Obese? No, that's O'Brlen.
Amt he the fat SlOb?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
Whippets Beat Mules.

The whippet tank, which roared and
banked and clanked its way to vic
tory in the war against Germany, is
putting horses and mules out Of bust
ness In the great pine forests Of north
ern Arizona. One big lumber concern
at Flagstaff has just put two tanks TO
work, having bought them from the
war department. Each tank has dis
nd thirty horses and fourteen
'rding. to company officials.
ssyas '7>slr the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
Behind the Times.

"What horsepower have you in this
establishments" Don't use any
horses, mister. We've got motors"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

There is no excuse for the dyspeptic with
Garfield Tea accessible at every drug store.
ADV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

No, Dorothy, it does not take four
quarter decks to make a ship.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

AS the inventor of strenuous games
It's queer the Romans overlooked
football.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

A spinster says that dying an old
maid is easier than living one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

A man is apt to take affront if re-
queSted to take a back seat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

Many man would starve If his
wife did not keep boarders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

Every man on the job thinks he
knows more than the boss.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
ANTlTY OF DRINK NEEDED
ire Horse VIII Consume From 10
IL Gallons Of Water Daily
Dairy Cows More.

or average normal conditions
ire horse will drink from 10
allons of water per day, and
beef animal about the same,
ry cows that are milking
| consume from II to 10
mature sheep consumes
six quarts of water per
ling on the season and
being eaten. Hogs con-
1rying amounts of wa
n the season and the
the hogs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03
Woman's Weakness-How Cured

Lynchburg, Va.-T was suffering with
woman's weakness and catarrh of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03


are limited to the stalks the ears, as
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-03

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19
Grammar and Washing.

But Mrs. Wissingcr,' spoke up one
of the young women teachers, "if you
were to take in washing, you would
get SO II day. as against we teachers
81" and again there was laughter.
We should think, remarks h Port
land Oregonian, there would also have
been CONSERVATION. if the other guides
Of the young mind and guardians of
good English who heard the remark
were q wholly off duty. The para
graph is from the Oregonlan's report
of a meeting II Milwaukee, ore" be-
tween the school board aud The public
school teachers.
II is interesting and very pleasing
10 note that Milwaukee washerwomaI
get SO per day. II is somewhat above
the scale. we hear, In other places.
though there was nm interesting story
in the papers tlle other day about the
modern washcrwoman's practice of go
ing TO work in her automobile,
But what we started out to say was
that the particular school teacher
quoted would do better, far better, on
several accounts. 10 take up washing
where no questions win be asked about
her grammar. ar has the wicked re-
porter put words in her mouth that
She did not uspf
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19
Ihounht Cane Ann Greenland.

Cape Ann. which furnished n bleak
aud barren haven for adventurous cX-
plorers, was settled temporarily only
three years after the Mayilowcr ar
rived ut Plymouth. Some evidence in
dlcutes that Thorwald's Cape of the
Cross" which he thought to be a pro-
lection of Greenland, was the bleak
Cape Ann. Capt. John Smith landed
on what is now Cape Ann, and called
il Tragabigzanda In honor Of II Turk
ish P~ocahontas who did not risk her
head. but who fed him while he was Il
prisoner. Captain Smith explored the
coast within two decades before the
Pilgrims came.
Reports like that Of Captain Smith
angling with a hook, and crossing the
swec air from isle To isle" attracted
many English fishing vessels. How
v the early settlers seem to have
sought their subsistence largely
through agriculture. II was not until
1900 that the northeast corner of
Massachusetts became Identified par
tlcularly with fishing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19

while two pens MAJ be used either for
calves, or m for IA bull II II sire for
the herd is kept.
The stalls are arranged so that they
face "A feeding y through the CEN
ter of the stable. AT the rea of the
stalls are litter alleys. This arrange
ment permits the feed to be delivered
To the managers on either side or the
feeding alley by an overhead carrier
and the litter removed by the same
means.
On top Of the Darn are three sue
ton ventilators, which are connected
with foul-air shafts set into the walls
of the barn and following the roof
lines. These shafts carry out the FOUL
air. while freSh-air intakes are located
near the ceiling of the stable
There are three essentials to the
well being of IA dairy herd while they
are in winter quarters. They are
fresh air. fresh water and sunshine.
The y|entilating system provides fresh
mir and the rows of windows permit
sunshine to get into the stable. The sun
shine acts rs a purifier and Keeps the
stable sanitary and free from disease
If the farm has IA water pressure sys-
ten there usually Is a storage tank To-
cateC in the barn and connected WIN
individual drinking cups nj the stali
heads. one cup for every two COWS
! will provide the animals with Il con
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19
|TYPIFIED SPIRIT OF FRANCE
Elderly Peasant Woman Proud mat
She Had Given Three Sons to
Her Beloved Country.

while ] was in France several other
boys and | were taking a Sunday after
noon hike and AS We approached II NJ
tie village we overlook a poor peas
ant woman, whose back was bent WIN
toll and care. whose hair was gray
with years of suffering, slowly hob-
bling along carrying a heavy pair OF
wooden shoes on her feet and pushing
a ~whpelbarrow loaded with little pieces
of wood that she had spent hours III
gathering" says the Flying Parson.'
Lieut.. Belvin w. Maynard, In his ar
ticle, THE Thrill of High Ad entnre."
in Boys Life. "One of the boys offered
to push the w~heelbarrow for her, bur
she. being 81 unaccustomed to such IA
vOrS, looked ut him in establishment as
though she thought he wished 10 steal
her wood.
"Sonn She was convinced he was
friendly and allowed him to push her
w~heelharrow for her. The expression
of joy and happiness that beamed
through the wrinkles of her
ih't 1 NlidIl iIfNtt " S'N' 'i' ~
that we 90 to her home with her. We
did, and there found an humble little
stone building, unattractive, unfinished,
and with no modern c~onyeniences to
add to its comforts. Seated in this
cold, damp little hut she told MS of
real sacrifice. Although its floor was
stone, its stove, which was the ire
place, its table, and its beds were all
in n room, it was a home, and with
in its walls had been born and reared
three slalWart and brnre sons or
France. who had given their lives for
their country. This poor woman-l
thought She must be pOor-wnS happy
and proud. Proud that she had given
three sons Ia the cause of France. To
her they could not have been born for
a more noble cause. She would not
have had them die otherwise. Was
she poor Far from it,. With such
a spirit no one can be poor
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19
FOUGHT for by Many Races.

The name of Limerick is o Wide
~ associated with the five line
rhymes which were 20 popular a Few
wears ago rs parlor entertainment.
However. Limerick disclaims any rela'
tionship to the poems. II considers
itself worthy OF mention in connection
with bigger things. II likes especially
10 Ice remembered as the most fought
over town in Ireland. This little
town on the River Shannon was wooeh
in cave man style throughout the mid
die ages by Danes. Britons, Norinans
and Celts, aud 1t changed hands so
frequently that its history Is bewilder-
ing. Limerick was desirable In those
DAYS because Of lis situation on the
nayigable part of the Shannon. Now
is strategic value and It's Importance
as a port have lessened. so that the
Norman castle which defended the
waterfront is only q relic.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-19

omically and. consequently, profit
ably.
While the time will soon he here
when all Of the live stock On the
farm will be turned out TO pasture,
this is the time to prepare their win
ter homes. Many farmers will want
their old buildings rebuilt and
equipped in the modern way. Other
farmers viii build new farm buildings
for the simple reason that they are the
most profitable investments they can
make. The barn IL the dairyman's
winter workshop where his animals
are producing the milk he sells. And
when good. wcather-tight buildings in
crease production and cut labor costs
they become essential 10 the SUCCESS
full operation Of the dairying business.
No matter what sort Of u barn or
other farm building is contemplated.
the best method is to consult the archi-
tcct. contractor and material dealer.
Barns no longer are put up ia a hap
hazard manner