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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
OBITUARY
Delos M. Bacon, Born 1845, Died
June IL, 1921

Delos Marston Bacon who died
at his home at st. Johnsbury
Center, June II, 1921, after a gem
eral decline of health for nearly
five years, two of which he mad
been confined to his bed, was
born in Coventry, Dec. Is, 1845.
He was the son of John Bacon, I'd,
and Lucy Marston Bacon. When
small boy he came to this vii
lage, where he learned the tan
ner's trade and his life was spent
at the home where he passed away.
He was the last of four children,
two brothers and a sister died sew
eral years ago. His death was
FASTENED by the death of his only
son, Perley D., who was providing
a home for his aged father and
mother in their decling years. y
In 1869 he married Miss Hattie
kimball of Bath, N. H., who sur
wives him. Three children were
born of this union. Mrs. Edith
Jackson of East Milton, Mass,
Mrs. Lura NJ. Hutchinson of Stan
stead, P. O., and ePrley d., who
died last December.
Mr.. Bacon served the town of
st Johnsbury as lister, justice of
the peace, and other offices and
was considered a capable and well
posted man. He was prominent
in masonic circles, both locally and
throughout the state. He was
made a mason in Passumpsic
; Lodge, No. 27, F. and A. NJ,
March IL, 1868, served in various
offices and was Worshipful Master
for three years and served as sec
retarv for % years. He was a
member of Haswell Royal Arch
chapter, No. II, served as its High
Priest, was member of Caledonia
Council, No. 10, f. S. M. and pass
ed the chairs Of this body and be-
longed to Palestine Commandery
No. 5, Knights Templar and be-
came its Eminent Commander, also
served as secretary and recorder
of the above named bodies for a
number of years. He became
grand master of Masons of VT,
in 1891 serving two years, was
grand high priest of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of
Vermont in 1905 and Grand Com
mander of Knights Templars of
Vermont in 1888. He served
on many important committees of
the Grand bodies for a number of
years and was a member of the
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
Chief Warns Against
Stealing Flowers

Reports have reached the police
department to the effect that con-
siderable thievery Of flowers from
private residences is going on If
town. The police, both of the day
and night force, are keeping q
sharp lookout for those who
commit these depreciations. Not
only are the blossoms stolen but
the plants are often trar1pled on
Chief Finley says this must stop.
In his order the other day pro-
hibiting the parking of cars on the
main highway near the Campus,
this refers also to teams. They
must also drive into the Campus
grounds if the occupants wish to
see the games.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
ST. IOHNSBURY CENTER

Homer E. Ruggles, son Of MI
and Mrs. A. E. Ruggles died We'd
nesdav evening at 6.15 after an
illness of several weeks. Funeral
services will be held at the Con-
gregational church Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock with burial
at Lyndon Center.
The usual Sunday morning SER
vice will be held in the Congrega-
tional church Sunday, July 10.
Rev. C. H. Morse of st. Johnsbury
will assist the pastor at this SER
vice.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

Masonic Veteran Association of
Vermont.
His funeral was held from his
late home Tuesday, June IA, and
he was buried in the family lot in
sight of the home where he had
spent his life.
He was buried with Masonic
honors by the officers and members
of Passumpsic Lodge, F. and A.
M, with an escort of Knight Tenn
plars from Palestine Commandery.
The following Sir Knights acted
as bearers: Welcome B. Eastman,
Bloomfield A. Palmer Perry A.
Brown, Clayton E. Burrows, Will
bur j. Farr and Hartwell u.
Moore.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
GOING! GOING!

SERVICE to the public of this community who buy The
people who depended the evepresent catalogue will
want something place of it. They will want the attraction
of picture description and price placed before their eyes IN
the most attractive and FORM The world knows that
this advertising the newspapers that
the people read.
This newspaper not only offers its advertising columns TO
every person in this community that has something worth
while to SELL but it offers every the hvecs corporation
The end that your buycou neghborssha be served to
the utmost. to the las, word.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
WEST BARNET

Mrs. Lamb and daughter of w.
Somerville, Mass, is stopping at
the Green cottage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corey and family
of Lyndonville are stopping at the
Brown cottage.
The family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Thurston and daughter of
Ricker's Mills verv pleasantly sur
prised Mrs. Cornelia Carter, We'd
nesday evening. She was 81 years
old on Thursday. Delicious re-
freshments were served.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

common pondweed, skunk currant,
tufted loosestrife, elliptic-leaved
st. John's-wort, tall white bog or
CHS. greenish-white boo orchis,
sweet-scented water lily, and
from Walden, dilate spinulose fern,
white beak rush, creeping spear
wort, broad-leaved twayblade,
pipewort, yellowish sedge, lovage,
and, from Barnet, yellow bed
straw and wild madden, June 25;
large-leaved orchis, June II.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
WEST WATERFORD

Myrtle Collins of Woodsville
visited Mrs. G. w. Hovey Thurs
day.
Fred and Calvin Clark from ST..
Johnsbury were weekend visitors
at E. J. Farnham's.
Mrs. Massure and son of Enfield,
N. H., are visiting her sister, Mrs.
G. w. Hovey.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hudson of
Chesterfield has just visited her
sister, Mrs Gilbert Lemere.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
ACCIDENTS REPORTED

The cars of E. E. Maxfield of
East Hardwick and Irene M. Far
rington of Cabot, were in collision
on the Goth at East Hardwick on a
narrow road and hill.
A. B. Coffin of Barre was in col
lision with DR.. George of Hard
wick at Hardwick on the Goth and
$500 to $500 damage done to each
car.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
LYNDONVILLE

P. r. Griswold did not write
the story of the Lyndonvile-
Woodsville game which appeared
on Thursday. The account was
mailed to this office with no name
attached. Mr.. Griswold's name
appeared as "scorer" and the in
ference was that he wrote the
story.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
HOME TRADE ON EVE OF VICTORY;
! PEOPLE NOT FOOLED FOREVER.
BE LINCOLN said: "You -eGn't
fool the people all the time

BE LINCOLN said: You cent
fool the people all the time.
The mail order houses fooled the
people for a long time and made
hundreds of millions of dollars
profit by it. But the wisest among
woke up, with the result that the
mail order business is now going
down hill so fast that the rich gen.
tlemen behind such concerns are
wild with alarm. They are franti-
} ally adopting new tactics n'order
to fool some of the people" for
some more of the time. But their
end is near.
1t is great victory for home
trade! Hurrah!
But in the day Of victory let
those of us who sell dedicate our
selves to BETTER and GREATER
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

1t is left to the Burlington News
to remark that the only way you
can put some people back on their
feet is to take their automobiles
away from them.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
BACK TALK

The Burlington News calls at
tention to the fact that real estate
dealers are not only people who
have empty apartments on the top
floor.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
CHATS WITH
YOUR
GAS MAN

The other day a friend said
to us: why should you adj
vertise? You get all the gas
business there is"
We are glad he asked this
question. Perhaps you, too,
would like to know why, Here
is our answer:
It is not sufficient that we
merely give good service, be
courteous and make friends.
We want to diapeE prejudice
and misunderstanding from the
minds of the public by continu-
ally stating the facts about our
business.
We believe it our duty to let
the public know the real nu.ure
of or business and the aims
and ideals Of the men eagaged
in that business. There is no
myste:y about it, nothing that
we would wish TO cover I'M.
Then why NO, advertise it?
Like the man on the witness
stard we can say: cts the
easies: thing in the world to
tell the. truth when there is
nothing Blu: the truth to TELL"
st. JOhnsbury Gas Co.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

the other night, put it in this kind
of a nutshell, "There is no labor
problem in the country. 1t is a
leisure problem"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

Entered as second-class matter
lay 1, 1916, at the post office at
It. .Johnsbury, Vermont, under the
let of March 8, 1879.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921

Everything is ripe for haying,
hcluding the hay and the ginger
Eater.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

The neXs national convention of
he Junior Order of American Me
hanics is to be held in Burlington.
pf course w. H. Jeffrey of Mont
Keller was one of the delegates
rom Vermont to the recent meet
hg in Los Angeles, California. He
sually returns with the bacon, all
Diced.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-08

Col. Evans, the eloquent Eng
(shman, in his Chautauqua address
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
DRAINAGE MAKES
WET LANDS GOOD
Too Much Moisture In Soil Re-
tards Cultivation and Reduces
Yield OF Crops.
PLANTING ALSO IS DELAYED
Drains May BE Either Open bitches
or Tile or a Combination OF Both
First Make Careful Survey
and Examination.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The effect of too much moisture Is
readily apparent In farming wet
area, although persons not acquainted
with drainage do not always recognize
the presence of too much water In
soils that are not saturated, say spe-
cialists of United States Department
Of Agriculture. The low part OF the
field Is not ready for plowing and
planting as early I'm the spring as the
higher parts; hence, unless the spot
is to be abandoned, the farmer either
must finish the task another day or
leave the whole until such time as
the wet place can be worked. Plant
Ing on all or part of the field Is then
delayed frequently seven to ten days
later than on land better drained.
Undrsined Land Slow to Warm Up.
The wet ground Is cold, too. and the
seed in 1t sprouts more slowly. The
difference between the two parts or
the two fields continues to grow as the
season advances; the urdrained land
frequently cannot be cultivated until
several days after heavy rains, and
again coldness retards crop growth.
as In the spring. The difference In
temperature may be six to ten degrees
between the drained and undrained
soil. The effect OF later planting and
slower growth must be apparent In the
harvest, especially where the growing
season is cut short by frost. On field
not uniformly well@ drained the crop
will mature unevenly, and not only
will the yield be impaired In amount,
but IL uneven in quality the crop will
be rated for market at low value.
Farm drains may be either open
bitches. or tile. or combination OF
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
KEEPS SAND FROM SHIFTING
Common ,Sea-Rush Employed With
Good Effect on the Shore Of
Cornwall, England.

james White of Ontario, who late
ly asked London newspaper IL any
one could suggest remedy for shift
ing sand--how, In fact, to anchor 1t
has had many replies. The trouble
of drifting sand Is far more common
than one would suppose. and the only
remedy suggested is to plant some
kind of tree or root that will take
firm hold and prevent the drifting. On
the banks of the Suez canal 1t was
found that planting various kinds of
tamarisks, mingled with the herbace-
GUS plants such as the orach or alfa,
was successful. In Denmark the COM
mon bramble has been used. Bengal
fir trees and other trees have pre-
vented the encroachments Of the des-
ert sands driven by the wind. Those
who have seen the effect In Cornwall
of the tiny. delicate particles of sand
after even one night of wind. changing
the whole aspect of the foreshore, may
be thankful that at the end of the
Eighteenth century remedy was
found, the common sea-rush called by
Mr.. Hudson "Psamma arenaria," which
on the towens, or hillocks. formed by
the sand. grows and spreads and
clothes the yellow ho,lows and wave
like hills to their submits with Its
pale, sere-looking. gray-green tussOcks.
Other naturalists have spoken Of 1t,
Ray among the number, and Halliwell
calls 1t "the Arundo arenaria Of Lin
naeus," or, as some have II. "Calama.
grostis arenaria," which now growA
over the buried village and ancient
church of Lelant and the traditional
castle of Theodore, king Of Cornwall.
who fourished In the Fifth century.
Norden, the historian. says Lelant was
"somtyme a haven towne, but now
of late decayed by reason of the sande
which has choaked the harbour and
buried much Of the lands and houses.
many devises they use to prevent the
obsorpation of the churche. Chris
tian Science Monitor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
SAVE BEST OF GARDEN SEED
Cloth Bags Are Best Containers for
Large seeds--correet Label
Ing 10 Important.

Seeds which have been grown and
carefully saved should be well labeled
and stored or all the previous labor
goes for nothing, say experts Of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture. Cloth bags are the best contain
ers for large seeds. such as peas. beans
and corn. They should be used also for
larger quantities of small seeds, but
for smaller lots paper envelopes, made
at home or purchased. are fairly salts
factory. but usually are not gummed
so as to close completely, and II ham,
died carelessly small seeds may sift
out of them.
Correct labelling is of paramount Inn
portance. Every envelope or con-
tainer should show the kind and vari-
ETY. of seed, the date, including month
and year when harvested. and the
place where grown. For the cloth
bags a slip of paper bearing all this
information should be inserted with
the seed. It is very convenient also
to have tag on the outside Of the
bag, but on no account should the In
ner label be omitted, because of the
liability Of loss of the outside tag.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
IMPROVING SOIL
BY COVER CROPS
They Add Humus, Accumulate
Nitrogen, Prevent Erosion and
Loss OF Plant Food.
RYE LARGELY USED IN FALL
Problem Varies Largely With Locality.
but II Is Best to Get Good Growth
Before Freezing Weather
Methods Also Vary.

prepared by the United States Depart
men' OF Agriculture)
Planting cover or green manure
crops Is matter which requires at
tention In August or September In
most parts of the United States, say
experts of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.
Glover, vetch and other legumes
serve the triple purpose OF adding hu-
mus &c the soil, accommodating nitro
gen and preventing soil erosion. with
some tender berry and fruit crops they
also serve to protect the roots from
severe winter weather. Outside of
the nitrogen-formlng plants, rye Is
largely used as cover crop sown In
the fall and plowed under In the
spring to add organic matter TO the
soil. The cover-crop' problem varies
largely with locality, but for over
winter purposes there Is one rule
which Is universal, and that Is to get
the crop In the ground In time to Sc
cure good growth before frost.
A Practice Of Long Standing.
The use OF clover or some other
legume to enrich the soil Is generally
considered cardinal agricultural
practice I'm the humid sections of the
United States. II antedates by three
quarters of century the monumental
discovery that legumes store up nj
trogen from the air. The belief that
clover was valuable lmprover rested
first on experience, and later expert
ence was substantinted by the dis
covery of the relation between the
legumes and the nodule bacteria.
Other legumes, as the COW pea, the
Japan clover and bur clover In the
South and crimson clover on the At
lantlc coast. have come into use In the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
NEED OF BUSINESS PRACTICE
Many Cooperative Associations Have
Failed Because Of Lack Of Finan-
ciai System.

Lack of proper financial systems
has been the cause of failures In many
cooperative associations, say special
lists of the bureau OF markets, United
States Department of Agriculture, who
feel that now is an opportune time for
emphasizing the need of good business
practice among farmers.
The bureau of markets has much
information on systems of accounts
and business practice for cooperative
associations, and either directly or
through extension workers IL IL pre-
pared to give assistance In installing
good accounting systems for cooper
ative grain companies, cotton ware
houses, country creamerles. fruit
shipping associations, egg circles. CO.
operative cheese manufacturing and
marketing associations, and cooper
alive grain elevators.
Short courses of study In market ac-
counting have been prepared and are
used In q number of colleges through
out the country, and are also given
at field points where marketing as
sociations are numerous. Systems Of
accounts are furnished upon request.
and advice and assistance relative 10
their installation is given through cor
respondence and by means of bulle-
tins especially prepared for this pur-
pose.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
METHOD OF APPLYING LIME
Some Farmers obtain Good Results
by Using Manure Spreader With
Beater Reversed.

Lime may be applied either in the
fall or spring. The proper method OF
application is important from an eco
nomlcal standpoint. Scattering with
a shovel is wasteful and the distrihu.
tion cannot be Uniform. The method
used by some farmers with very good
results is to reverse the beater of
the manure spreader by crossing the
drive chains. Then the apron may be
covered with canvas to prevent the
loss of the fine stone. With this
method II is easy to get q uniform
distribution.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
LIGHT SOIL FOR FARMSTEAD
Ground Occupied by Farm Buildings
May Be Poorest kInd-sandy
Soils Are Excellent.

The garden. lawn. orchard and
wind-break. constituting a consider
able portion Of the farmstead, require
good and preferably light soil, while
the ground occupied by the farm
buildings may be the. poorest land on
the farm. Not infrequently the two
kinds OF soil may be found within the
farmstead area, but It is better to sac
riflce little crop-producing land for
the buildings than to handicap the
garden or orchard with poor soil.
Sandy or gravelly soils are excellent
for general farmstead purposes. AZ
they are favorable for plant growth
and drain rapidly-very desirable
qualities.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
HEAVY FEED RESULTS
IN BIG MILK YIELDS
Test Made With Purebreds on
Government Farm.
Rations Made Decidedly More Liberal
Than Those Called for by Any Of
Feeding Standards, Especially
Grain Mixture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural
During the last two years number
of the purebred Holsteins ut the gov
ernment farm at Beltsville, Md, have
been run on official test In order to
increase their milk yield their rations
were made decidedly more liberal than
those called for by any Of the feeding
standards. During the milking period
they received daily about IL pounds of
alfalfa hay, 20 pounds OF corn silage,
and as much grain as they could clean
up without getting sick; they usually
ate eighteen to twenty pounds a day
of grain mixture #. They were fed
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06

born; for 60 days or more before
calving they usually received about 10
pounds of grain mixture +, IL pounds
of alfalfa hay and % pounds of corn
silage. ration containing approx
mately four times as much protein and
two and one.half times as much total
nutriment as the routine ration fed to
the dry cows of the general herd.
The cows on test gave from 10000
TO 10000 pounds of milk In the year; ;
that is, three TO four times as much
as most of the cows In the general
herd. A part of this larger yield is
due to the fact that the test cows
were better bred, but part also Is
due to the larger quantity of feed they
consumed, say specialists Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture In
charge Of the tests, How much of the
increased milk yield to attribute to
each of these factors is a question Of
great practical interest.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06
LIQUID MANURE IS HELPFUL
OF Particular Value In Garden When
Vegetables Do Not Make
Proper Growth.

American farmers, generally, are
not familiar with the great value of
liquid manure, and the way to apply
1t. 1t is exceptionally helpful In the
garden and especially when any par
ticular vegetable is not showing the
proper growth. When any plants seem
weak and standing still. an applicn.
tion Of liquid manure once week for
few weeks will work changes that
will seem almost miraculous. Liquid
manure Is reviver Of dying plants,
for 1t supplies nutrition in an easily
assimilated form. It may be easily
provided. and should be provided for
every garden.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-10-06

the two. The "bllnd bitches" Of stones
or poles covered with earth have been
practically abandoned because they
are not permanent, usually becoming
clogged with earth In few years.
Open bitches are usually less costly
to construct, especially when large ca
pacity is required, and water on the
ground surface will flow into them
more readily, but for the smaller
drains tile has number of advan-
tages.
Open bitches interfere with cultiva-
ton, especially where large machinery
is used, but tile are buried deep enough
to be out of the way of farming opera
tions. The whole field may be culti-
waited when underdrains are used, but
system of open bitches necessarily
takes up much tlllable ground.
Before any expenditures are made
there should be careful survey and
examination to determine the source
of the water to be removed and its
amount, the most economical arrange
ment OF the drains, the grades obtain
able the proper sizes of drains and the
amounts of tile and of labor.
Sometimes only few drains are
needed In the lowest part of the field ;
sometimes a uniform system is re-
quired with parallel lines underlying
the whole area. liz the latter instance
experienced judgment is needed to de-
eide what will be the proper depth
and spacing for each kind OF soil.
Free Flow From Outlet.
OF prime importance is the outlet,
which not only must be the lowest
point OF the drainage system, but so
located and arranged that 1t will dis
charge water at the time when drain
age is needed and not be useless be
cause of high water in the outlet ditch
or creek. The construction work
should be carefully done, under the
I supervision of someone at least quail
fed to see that the tile are laid prop
erly. 1t is advisable to have COM
petent surveyor or engineer to aid In
at least the leveling.