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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

Darwin found parrots on the bleak
rocks of Tierro del Fuego, but as a
rule these birds, in thes native state,
are found only in the tropics.
In accordance with naval reguIa-
tions, the colors are raised at q
o'clock in the morning and lowered
at sunset. In the army the flag is
raised at sunrise and lowered at sun
set.
Although women have had the right
to vote in Norway since 1907 the
recent election to the storthiDg of
Miss Karen PIatenfi is the frst in
stance Of woman being selected for
that office.
More than 80 per cent of the vana.
dunn produced in the world has come
from deposit in Chile owned bv
American interests.
Australia has an average nonu1o-
ton of two persons to the SQUARE
mile.
julius Otto of Macon, Ga, cultiyates
worms for fishing bait. The last fish.
ing season he raised G6 gallons Of
worms. worth $5 a gallon.
Mrs. Harding, wife of the President
Is the possessOr Of a magnificent new
seal coat, present to her from the
Masonic bodies of Missouri.
According to a widely known res
taurant man, Boston is the only citv
where pie and beans have to be listed
on the breakfast menu.
A claim of 95 per cent efficiency IS
made for a new steam boiler In which
the water is heated by passing cleo
tricity through it.
The largest single piece of cut gran
lite ever sent out os Maine recently
was shipped from StOningtOn to be a
capstOne for the Aston monument at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 1t measures
10 feet square and Is inches thick and
weighs 26 tons.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
ORDINARY FIELD CROPS BENEFIT
FROM PROTECTION OF WINDBREAK

APrepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Whether the total effect of a wind
break Is good or bad depends upon
whether the benefits derived from its
influence are greater or less than the
injury resulting from the sapping and
shading of the ground nearby. Some
crops do better than others when
shaded. Seeding crops such as tim
0thy and alfalfa, are least affected.
Grains which develop early in the
spring, such as oats and wheat, are
most affected. and corn takes an in
termediate position.
Windbreak Sometimes Injurious.
The old argument that windbreak
uses more ground than it is worth con-
tinues to bob up occasionally. support
ed mostly by farmers who have not
investigated carefully. 1t is admitted,
frankly. that the effect of a windbreak
is not beneficial in every respect, and
that there are ways in which it is
quite plainly injurious. Every farmer
knows that trees spread their roots
extensively to fields seeking moisture !;
and they take not only the moisture
but some of the nitrogen content of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

elephant and I'm sure he'll like you,
and that you'll be great friends.
Eyes, the children like toy animals.
I have a great many teddy bears to
take along with me and some of the
dearest little white lambs in all the
world
"The little white lambs are very cum
ming. 1 couldn't help but make them
that way for little white lambs always
turn out into such dear, lovable toys.
"Quite few little girls who all have
the name Of Mary have asked for
like the Mary who had little lamb
in the old story.
Anyway / have given collars to the
lambs and little strings are attached
so that they can be taken around and
so that they can be pulled along and
so that they will follow after their
owners!
Now have all of these bags filled
and all of these yet to fill!
what place my toy shop looks like
at Ills llLAcs 1CdI DuI IL
look as if I'd never get all of these
toys packed up, but l will
"The children will never need to
worry that I'll forget any Of the toys.
81 won't! I have heard that when
people visit they often forget and
leave things behind them.
But they wouldn't. I'm sure, if they
were taking things to others-and if
those others were children!
Besides I'm so used to this pack
ing up before Christmas"
AS Santa Claus talked he packed
and packed until bag after bag was
packed full
Pm almost through" he said at
last, land I'm not in the least bit tired.
l couldn't be tired! I'm much too ex-
cited to feel tired If the children
think they're the only ones who feel
excited they're wrong. for old Santa
Claus is just as excited as he can be,
and just as happy too!
"Heigh-ho," he said after long time
had passed and he had packed and
packed and packed, I'm ready now
and everything is packed up"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
CANADA DID WELL
Honors WorthiIy Won at lnterna-
tionaI Live Stock Show.
Friendly Rivalry at Chicago Splendid
Iy Revealed the Possibilities OF
Our Northern Neighbor.

Further evidence, if any were needed.
of the friendly relations between Can
ada and the United States might
have been found by visit to the In
ternational Live Stock Show recently
held at the Chicago Stock Yards.
There the Canadian and American
were to be found side by side in the
friendliest competition, the loser Will
ingly admitting defeat when the otner
fellow carried off the blue ribbon
Some of the Choicest and best OF
Canadian stock was there, and much
of it returned loaded down with rib
bOns denoting firsts, championships
that indicate pedigree, breeding ana
worth, and cups and trophies that
were won in hard and severe contests
The hay and grain classes were
points of great interest, and here
Canada did well, securing many
prizes.
twenty-five first prizes were listed
in the oats class; Canada carried
away % of them. A sample of oats
from the Province of Alberta, weigh
ing 10 pOuHuS 10 lllC Du5hSl, was SN~
heaviest sample in the show. 1t was
Alberta oats that took the sweep
stakes, the exhibitor in this case, j.
w. Lucas, Of Cayley, repeating what
he did last year.
In wheat there were 25 first prizes
to be awarded; Canada got % OF
them.
The greatest interest was shown
when the horse classes were called
Here also Canada stood well to the
front. The Percheron entries showed
that Canada breeders were popular
and successful exhibitors. Champion
ships were awarded to a number, and
first prizes were common. The same
may be said of Clydesdales. This
breed stood out prominently, there
were many entries, and this old-time
popular breed had an unusual num-
! ber of admirers. This was especially
! so in "Wee Donald's" case. Here waS
a Saskatchewan horse his owner TAX
| ing back to Canada the grand cham
pionship. Not only has he done it this
year, but last year as well-two years
| III C6SSIOu-SOlLCl1lIllE lCNCA DOAOAD
done at the Live Stock show. In
Clydesdales Canada won places In
every class in which entries were
made.
The same story could be repeated in
sheep and hogs, honors being heaped
upon honors on Canadian entries.
Particularly important is the fact that
first prize for alfalfa seed was
| awarded for seed grown at Brooks,
Alberta, in competition with 43 en-
tries. Alfalfa growing in Western
Canada has been increasing by leaps
and bounds, and this victory will give
it-and the dairy industry, which is
always linked with it-a further i'm
petus.
A visit to the Canadian government
exhibit of grains, grasses, vegetables,
fruits, minerals and other products
of the Dominion to the north, revealed
in tabloid form what the great coun-
try to the north could do. A great
interest was aroused in this exhibit.
and it was greatly admired by visitors
to the Live Stock show. Representa-
tives Of the government were on hand
for the purpose Of giving information
to those desiring it.-Advertisement.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
SANTA'S PACKING

Santa Claus was busy packing his
huge bags full of presents Of all sorts.
He had great enormous boxes of
candy to be divided up into other
boxes and into candy bags. He had
huge barrels of oranges and of apples,
of nuts and raisins, of popcorn, and
of cranberries to decorate the Christ
mas trees with.
He had hundreds and hundreds of
dolls and trains of cars and boats and
games. He had any number of books
with lovely pictures and interesting
stories, and he had drawing books and
paint boxes too.
He had puzzles and he had balls.
He had machinery of different kinds
and mechanical toys which went when
they were wound up.
He had some pretty dresses and
some fine little suits, and some useful
mittens and muffs and furs.
He had everything you can possibly
imagine and he was packing them all
up.
"Of course" said Santa, "when peo-
pie pack up they are usually going
away for a visit or they are going to
move to another place.
"They have to take all sorts of
things with them-every kind of a
thing from a toothbrush to a party
dress.
But when pack up have toys of
all sorts. That is what have indeed.
"And now 1 must keep all these
things straight. Oh, yes, 1 must do
that.
''The zoo keepers and those who
know about animals say that the ele-
plants never forget, but 1 must say
that old Santa Claus can never forget
either.
He never can forget thing for he
would never want to make such a mis-
take. And so he never does forget a
thing! No. Not indeed.
"And while the elephant has trunk
he doesn't have to pack up what San
ia Claus has to pack up"
Santa Claus laughed as he said this
and then he picked up a toy gray
elephant.
$50 you're going to belong to Billy,
are you? Well, you are a fine looking
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Electrically operated oilers for ma
chinery have been invented that can
be controlled from central switch
boards.
The shooter fish brings down insects
from a distance of from one to four
feet by squirting them with water
from the mouth.
Every family in Buenos Aires is to
have the privilege of hearing at least
one opera each season free of charge
at the new municipal opera house to
be erected under the supervision of
the government.
To enable blind persons to write an
inventor has patented guide made of
parallel wires between which a pencil
is inserted.
The English law does not permit
a man to marry his mother-in-law.
OF German invention is "a simple,
rapid and effective method of separat-
ing alloys into their metal compOnents
and extracting metals from ores.
The human soul is dark wood.
When one meets man for the first
time he seems to be sO-and-sO, but 1t
is only later, If ever, that you come to
know what he really is.
On a new electric flashlight Is a
swivel clip to allow it to be hung in
any position.
Men and women working in laven-
der, whether gathering or distilllng 1t,
are said never to suffer from neural
gla or nervous headache. Lavender,
moreover, is as good as a sea voyage
for giving tone to the system.
In calm weather carrier pigeon
can fly at the rate of 1,2O0 yards In a
minute. With the help of moderate
wind 1t will attain a speed of 1,54O
yards, and before a high wind, 1000
yards
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Blue Nose

Blue Nose is popular name for
native of Nova Scotia. Halliburton, in
"Sam Slick" gives the following ac-
count of its origin; "'Pray. sir said
one of my fellow passengers, can you
tell me why the Nova Scotians are
called Blue NoseY 1t is the name Of
a potato,' said I, which they produce
in the greatest perfection, and boast
to be the best in the world. The
Americans have in consequence, given
them the nickname Blue Noses"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
PLANS FOR ICE HARVESTING
Farm Supply Can Often Be Gathered
and Stored at Light Expense
Get Icehouse Plan.

1t is time to plan for harvesting
and storing the coming crop of ice.
The farm ice supply can often be
gathered and stored at light expense
Those who have the time and means to
build a house with insulated walls
should write the Office of Publications
University Farm, st. Paul, for blue.
print No. III, price 10 cents, show
ing plans for a lotion capacity ice.
house. ..t
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
FROST HURTS POTATOES IN STORE

grees below the freezing point of wa
ter.
The effect of jarring upon under
cooled potatoes is considerd extremely
important to growers and shippers,
since under some circumstances it
would be entirely possible that lot of
potatoes, or even other products,
might be undercOoled considerably be-
low the freezing point and escape in
jury If they remained undisturbed un-
til their temperature was above the
freezing point.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
A Grievous Mistake.

At Jim Roses boarding house is n
own mending-likes to do it. Hasn't
a wife to do it for him, so just does
it himself. But what he's angry about
is-well, he has reason for feeling a
bit feverish in temperature. The other
day he made the mistake of cutting a
q pair of old ones.-Exchange
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Possible Solution,

81 see where a lifeguard has eloped
with an heiress,' remarked Mr.. Clip
ping.
'That may explain something that
has puzzled me lorg time" said Mr..
Gadspur.
"Well ~
"I've often wondered what they did
In winter
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Chinese Villages of 100000.

The distribution of the population
of China is a curious thing to. contem-
plate A hundred thousand people
may be gathered together within what
might rightly be regarded as city
limits, but on the map their city will
be indicated as a mere village that is
not worth considering. Moreover.
they will not have established a single
feature of city organization. Villages
Of 100000 inhabitants are rather diff
cult to visualize, but they exist in
China.-Eleanor Franklin Egan in the
Saturday Evening Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

In 1920 the Smithsonian instftu-
ton undertook % separate expedi-
tions. New astrophysical stations
were established in Arizona and in
Chile. The African and Australian
expeditions and various experiments
were eminently successful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Foolish Question.

Careless Ike-Any of you fellows
see a pair of leggings around herei
Boston Mike-Well, as there are
about two hundred men in this COM
pany and they all wear leggings, \
don't suppose it would surprise them
any if they did see a pair.-The Leath-
erneck.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Operations on Old Men.

The venerable DR.. Beverley Robin
son, in letter to the Medical Record
(New York;, protests against some of
the operations which are performed
nowadays on elderly. persons, whom
there is scarcely a chance of saving.
Too many of these are done, he says,
and the result is only increased dis
comfort to the patient.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Goud Reason to ChuckIe.

The farmers who have taken Their
sons in as partners instead of as hired
men are chuckling to themselves when
their neighbors complain about the
boys leaving the farm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Sand Dunes Almost Mountains.

The wind-built hills of sand known
as dunes, which grow to heights of
from 5 to 40 feet along our Atlantic
coast, attain much larger proportions
in other parts of the world. Dunes
100 TO 200 feet high are found In Ber-
muda and the Bahamas.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Confident.

Old Gotrox-Can you support her in
the style to which she has been accus-
toned?
Cheeky Suitor-Better. l think /
can get more out of you than she does.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Sunf2Mer Seeds for Eeed

Sunflower seed is useful during t
mOlt and when conditioning fowls for
the show room, since it gives luster
TO the plumage and adds fat to the
ration. Cracked sunflower seed is
good addition to scratch feed If used
in small quantities.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
A Double Miss.

81 shall miss you while you are on
your hunting trip, DEAR" murmured
his young wife, affectionately; "and
shall pray that the man you are
going with will do the Boston
Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Mo Useless Petition.

Mamma-Jonnny, why did you steal
the jam?
JOHNNY didn't want to disappont
the preacher. He prayed for all our
sins to be forgiven and l didn't have
any sins.-American Legion Weekly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
MistiNXe.

Jack Huggins-Polly Beachblow
looks sweet enough to eat.
Kitty Klaws-Then she comes with
in the misbranding law and should be
labeled "Artitcially COlored."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
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AS we grow ready for it, somewhere
Or other we will find just what is
needful for US in book or friend, or
best OF all in our own thoughts. We
wish much for opportunities, but after
all, it is the being ready for oppor-
tunities that is of the most conse-
quence. There are golden doors on
every side but the unready soul passes
them by as a blank impenetrable wall
that holds neither opening nor prom
ise-George Macdonald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Realistic Cook.

In mayfair and Montmartre" Ralph
NevilI tells of an old nobleman
who said of his cook "She is one with
a great reverence for the Old Testa-
ment, who ought to be at a parsons.
She glories In sending up either
burnt offering or bloody sacrifice"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
sGCod Be With Van

As a matter of fact we English
speaking folk have word to say at
parting which means lot. "Good-by"
is a contraction of God be with ye,"
but not one person In a million thinks
of this when using it. While we may
not object to our butcher having divine
guidance, the wish is certainly not
in our mind when we say to him over
the telephone: "Now don't forget
about the lamb chops; good-by!"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Weeds Harbor Insects.

Weeds and trash in and about the
garden harbor insects of many kinds.
Kill all the weeds and burn or bury
all trash. Take day or two for Civ
ing the garden a cleaning up and dress
ing up.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

ing is a choice
one:
East India Sal
ad.-Cream until
smooth two cream
cheeses with one
half cupful of
equal parts of
PrnlD1 nn6 milk
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

Lady Borden, wife of Sir Robert
Borden, former prime minister of Can
ada and Canada's representative on
the British delegation to the arms
conference, has been the guest of hon.
or at many social gatherings since her
arrival in Washington.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
His Mistake.

Motorlst (pulling up)-What's the
matter; didn't you hear me blow my
horn2
Pedestrian-Yes, but there's so much
hay fever about, didn't think 1t was
an automobile.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Marvellous Art.

A marvellous production of art is
the portrait of Paul V in the Borghese
palace, executed by Marcello Pioven-
zale in mosaic The face alone con-
sists of 100000 pieces, many of which
are no larger than 8, grain of sand.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

expense is slight
and the pleasure
in results is well
worth the small
amount of work.
Chocolate Car
ameIs.-Boil one
cupful of brown
sugar, one cupful
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Nothing Out.

Wife-aou bought house lot with
out seeing 1t Took the agents word
for II. And what is that worth, pray?
Hub-Nothlng but he took my note
for ii. 50 it's an even break.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

Now all occasions do inform against
me,
And spur my dull revenge! What is
man,
If his chief good and market of his
time
Be but to sleep and feed?
Shakespeare.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

Mankind is always happy for hav,
ing been happy; so that II you make
nen happy now, you make them hap
" twenty years hence by the memory
II the experience.-Sidney Smith.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Lime HELPS Soybeans.

A ton of ground limestone brought
573 extra pounds of sOybeans on an
acre at the Washington county, New
York, experimental farms.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Treating Oat Seed for Smut,

Oat smut may be easily and cheaply
prevented by proper treatment of the
seed before planting. The formalin
method is probably the best and cas-
lest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
.lud Ttnkins

Jud TunkinS Syas that losin' your
temper is like losin' a golf ball. No
matter how good your intentions were
to start with, you're delayin' the
game"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
BROUGHT Down the House.

samson had the right idea of ad-
vel1ising," writes r. B. w. HE took
81 couple of columns and soon had ev-
crything coming his way."-Boston
TRANSCRIPT,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Give Colt Best Attention

With the usual demand for well
grown colts and the big prices they ar
bringing upon the market, 1t hehoOves
every farmer to give them the bes'
possible attention.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22

the soil also. But this does not dis
pose of the question of having or not
having a windbreak.
To determine the total effect. crop
measurements were made by forestry
Xperts in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and
Minnesota. Average, rather than ex-
OPTIONAL conditions were used, the
b1i5ct being to discover the effect of
hose influences which are continuous,
nd affect every annual crop grown.
'hese measurements convinced spe-
ialists of the forest service of the
Jnited States Department Of Agricul-
ure that the crop gain in fields of
mall grain, in the protected zone. is
efficient to offset fully the effects of
hading and sapping.
In a wheat field protected by dense
'indbreak the gain amounted to about
an bushels an acle where the pro-
.ction was most complete, and grad
ally became less as the distance from
le windbreak increased. The total
ain was about equal to the amount
grain that could have been grown
4 the shaded ground near the trees.
ne season in which the measure
ents were taken was not one of high
nds. nor did it lack moisture.
In another instance, on the south of
1 ash and honey locust windbreak,
le crop benefited very materially
ON the accumulation of snow in the
e, and the conservation of this
loisture. Here cultivation was pos
BILE within four feet of the trunks of
le trees, so that the increased yield
f the field, amounting TO about four
teen bushels an acre at the highest
point, was practically clear gain
The total gain for the whole field
amounted to the yield Of a strip of
ground as long as the windbreak, and
three times as wide as its height. Or,
had the windbreak, which was 20 feet
high, occupied strip of ground 60
feet wide, the gain in the field crop
would have paid the rental on all this
ground.
Extent of Tree Belt.
The corn crop showed more consist
ent and marked benefits from protec-
ton than any others. In the region
concerned the summer winds are al
most wholly from the south, so that
the only effective rows and belts eX-
tended in an east-west direction The
effect on corn was very marked for a
short distance on the south side of
such windbreaks, and for a much
greater distance on the north side.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Bio Cost of Nedlect.

The high cost of neglect is worse
drain than the high cost Of machinery.
This goes for farm implements.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Books for Forty Years.

In 40 years there have been pub
lished in this country 27S.596 books.
including IS, ,2S5 works of fiction
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Railroad Improvement.

A south coast railway company Is
experimenting with a new engine which
can not only go from side to side but
forward.-London Punch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
sEAsoNABLE GOOD THINGS

Salads are always acceptable at
any season of the year. The follow
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
"SWEETS TO THE SWEET"

Very good candy with very little
skill may be prepared at home. The
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-22
Deeper PloWinu Needed.

Deeper plowing is needed on many
farms. Try plowing little deeper
this winter.