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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
TROUBLE
CAUSED BY OIL
incorrect fabrication During
Busy Season Blamed for Ills
Of Tractor and Truck.
CAREFUL ATTENTION NEEDED
70 Accomplish objects Sought for
Lubricant Must Be Heavy Enough
to Stand Heat-change Oil
Every Five Hundred Miles.

1t is claimed by tractor experts, who
have given a great deal of study to the
causes of tractor troubles. that one
half of all engine troubles are due to
incorrect fabrication. 1t is important,
therefore, that the fabrication of the
tractor and the truck be given the
most careful attention during the busy
season.
Serves Two Purposes.
The oil in the crank case of the mo-
tor serves two, purposes, ~. to pro-
vide thin film between all bearing
surfaces TO prevent friction, and ~,
to provide seal between the cylinder
walls and the piston rings in order to
hold the gas in the compression cham
Der during the compression and expan-
sion. In order to accomplish these
two objects the oil must be heavy
enough to stand the heat to which it
is subjected during the operation Of
the motor. 1t is well for each tractor
operator to use the oil which the
manufacturer recommends for this
particular TRACTOR.
Lubricating oil, although chosen
from the very best grades, will not last
Indefinitely. The oil will break down
when constantly subjected to heat and
USE Considerable gasoline and kero-
sene will find its way into the crank
case, which gradually thins the oil.
The oil in the crank case, therefore,
should be changed every 800 miles, in
the automobile and the truck, and
about every four or five days in the
tractor. When the oil is changed in
the crank case Of any motor it is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
SQUAsHEs IN WARM STORAGE
Vegetables Must Be Handled With
Care to Prevent Bruising-Prod-
uct Must Be Kept Dry.

Squashes. pumpkins and sweet POI
tatoes may be, kept in good condition
ALI winter if carefully placed in warm.
dry storage, say horticulturists of the
Ohio experiment station.
The proper conditions for their
storage differ as to moisture and
temperature from those found best
for ordinary vegetables and fruits,
such as potatoes, roots and apples,
which require cool, moist storage.
The furnace room or warm, dry
closet where there is no danger of
freezing in extremely cold weather is
usually very satisfactory.
These vegetables should be handled
with great care to avoid bruises or.
in the case of squashes and pumpkins,
breaking off the stems which would
later furnish entrance for organisms
of decay. The best temperature IS
from so to So degrees Fahrenheit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
BETTER PRICE FOR REACT0Rs
Farmer Who Is Trying to I'M
prove His Herd.

check on the reacting cattle sold
on the Buffalo market shows that the
packers and stockyards administration
and the bureau of animal industry Of
the United States Department of
Agriculture have been securing better
treatment for persons who have cattle
of this class to sell. Records from
June 1 to September % show that on
total of 542 head of tuberculous cat
tie the gross price paid Ter head was
.$22.17, less expense of 1884, making
net price of $1S.33 per head. In the
past, records had been kept on 4,50C
head and the average price paid was
only S14.50. Few buyers are now tax
ing advantage Of the farmer who is
trying to clean up his herd. Many Of
them find that they can afford to pay
as much for reactors that are not
condemned as unfit for food as they
can pay for INFESTED cattle of the
same kind and quality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

a few times This cord should be a
soft cord that will easily break as the
graft grows. Such a cord may be
made by loosely winding some soft
darning cotton into a ball and drop
ping it into melted beeswax or graft
ing wax. The CRAFTS can then be
packed in moist sand or sawdust and
put in cool place until planting
time in the spring Make the scions
about five inches long and cut the
roots into pieces about two or three
inches long. Always splice the lower
end of the scion to the top of the
piece of root
Apple trees may be started in any
deep, moderately fertile SOIL Pre-
pare II as for corn or potatoes and as
early as the soil is in good condition
plant the root CRAFTS in rows of foui
or five feet apart and six or eight
inches apart in the rows. Plant them
vertically with spade or dibble so
that only the top bud of the scion is
above the surface. If the work has
been well done apd the soil is care
fully cultivated the trees should be
large enough to transplant to the or
chard two years from the time of
planting. A few may be large enough
to transplant one year after planting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
CRCTIARD
GLLANINGS
TO PROPAGATE APPLE TREES
Easiest Way to Get Them True is by
Means Of Root Grafts-Work
Done in Winter.

Apple trees do not come true from
seed, neither can they be grown from
cuttings. The easiest way is to propa-
gate them by means Of root CRAFTS
This consists of splicing twig of the
variety wanted (called a scion) onto
a piece of apple root and then plant
ing in good rich SOIL The root will
furnish the food until the twig takes
root for itself. Root grating is done
indoors during the winter. The
scions are cut from trees of the va,
riety, wanted and must be from wood
that grew last summer, that is, the
ends of the twigs. This wood Is
lighter in color and has prominent
buds. They are kept from drying
out by packing them in moist sand or
sawdust in the cellar. 1t is not diff
cult to get the scions but getting the
roots is,a different matter. Old apple
roots are not satisfactory. 1t is nee
essary for best results to use the
roots of young Seeding apples which
have been grown one year for. this
special purpose. Most of the seed
lings produced in this country are
grown in the Mississippi valley. Nor
mally q large number are imported
from France, but that country has
had other problems during the past
FIVE. years and the supply from that
source is limited. Seedlings are adj
vertised in the trade journals.
The method of cutting the scion
and root is shown at left below. They
are then spliced together as shown
at right so that the break of the
scion and root come together along
one SIDE If the scion and root are
of exactly the same size so that the
edges of the bark of the root and
scion will come together all the way
round so much the better, 1t is nee
essary for this contact, as. it is
through the inner bark that growth
takes place.
After the, scion and root are
spliced together they are tied by
wrapping a waxed cord around them
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
EXCELLENT FEEDS FOR HOGS
skim Milk and Euttermilk Are Es
peeiaIly Beneficial for Pigs
II of High Quality.

Skim milk and buttermilk are most
excellent feeds for hogs. especially
for young pigs, as every farmer knows,
but it is dangerous to feed these
products when they come from cream
cries unless they have previously been
pasteurized. The creamery gets milk
from large territory and all is mixed
together. Consequently it is practical
ly impossible to get skim milk from a
skimming station or buttermilk from
a creamery that is free from germs of
tuberculosis. Don't feed either Of
these products unless they have been
pasteurized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

and closing the ends. Also, by II
inch opening was cut in one end of the
house. the center being in line with
the front edge of the dropping board.
A piece Of oneinch pipe, long enough
to extend the entire length of the drop
ping board and for about foot more
than the length of the trough on the
outside, was supported at each end. SO
as to be directly under and parallel
with the edge of the dropping board,
as shown. The V-shaped trough was
suspended from the pipe underneath
the dropping board. With this ar
rangement, it was an easy matter to
scrape the droppings into the trough
and slide it outside to be emptied.-
H. L. Tunison, Wakefield, Mass, in
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
HORsERADISH GROWN IN FALL
Makes Most Rapid Growth During
Cool Months and Is One Crop
Not injured by Freezing.

Cool weather in autumn is the time
that horseradish makes its most rapid
growth. 1t is another one of the root
crops that is not injured by freezing.
Extreme hot weather this summer did
not seem to injure horseradish plants
that were given GOOD start in the
spring. The plants will stand both
extremes of temperature. Where stor-
age space is limited they may be left
in the ground until spring. Some dig
them late in the fall, but often old
timers leave them in the ground all
winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

Any one who is younger and as / am .
farmers wife have plenty to do for I
cultivate my own garden, raise many
chickens and do my own homework.
You may publish this letter as / am
ready to do anything to help other
women as have been sowell and happy
since my troubles are past. "-M Mrs. EFT.
GALLOWAY, Carter's Creek, Tenn.
Most women find plenty to do. II
they are upset with some female ailment
and troubled with such symptoms. as
Mrs. Galloway had, the smallest duty
seems a mountain.
If you find it hard to keep up, if you
are nervous and irritable, without ambi-
ton and out of sorts generally, give the
Vegetable Compound~a fair trial. We
believe it viii help you greatly, for it
has helped others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
SWEET CLOVER FOR PASTURE
VIII Withstand Frost, Drought and
Grasshoppers and Produce
Hieh-ciass Food.

For pasture. sweet clover is prob
ably without an equal. Its ability to
withstand frost. drought and grass
hoppers, and produce an abundance
of high-class feed throughout the
growing season places it in class by
itself. Many farmers are learning
that this hardy legume will solve the
problem of food for their stock. and at
small expense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
BUTTERMlLK HAS BIG VALUE
More Breeders Are Beginning to
Realize Worth of Feed for
Hogs-AEimals Thrive.

More and more breeders are real
izing that buttermilk has a value in
the feeding of hogs greater than it's
food value would indicate. Animals
fed buttermilk seem to thrive excep-
tionally well and be remarkably free
from disease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
SANITARY CONDITION
OF POULTRY HOUSES
Dropping Board Must Be Cleaned
Thoroughly Each Day.
V-Shaped Trough Made by Mailing
Two Boards Together Makes Il
Easy Matter to Scrape Up
Litter and Dump It.

In order to maintain the poultry
house in sanitary condition, daily
cleaning Of the dropping board must
be persisted in, but for a comnuter
this was an early-morning job that was
not anticipated with enthusiasm.
A v-shaped trough was made by
mailing two eight-inch boards together
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
Leave PIowed Land Rouah.

Fall plowed land should be left
rough in practically all cases. 1t is not
desirable to disk or harrow it down
until spring because this would tend to
make it pack or run together too much
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
Prepare Soil for frees.

1t is well to pillow the ground and
harrow ii off smooth before the trees
are set out and if this can be done at
all it will well repay you TO, prepare
the ground as you would for a field
crop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
Berries for Home Use.

Blackberries, dewberries and straw
berries for home use should be grown
on every farm where they are at all
adopted to the soil. Prepare the
ground and set berry patch for
home use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
PREVENTING spolIed snaqe.

There are number of causes OF
spoiled silage. but none that can NOT
be prevented or greatly lessened b.
precautionary measures
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

nalI OF my time N
bed, being afflicted
with a trouble which
women of a certain
age are apt to have.
II took Lydia E.
|Pinkham'sV Vegetable
Compound Tablets
and used Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. / am a well
woman now and have
been for two years.
III ran work az well al
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
Good for Killing Lice.

The oil removed from the crank
case contains a great deal of dirt and
particles of metal and therefore it
should not be used for lubricating
other machinery. Some farmers use
the old crank case oil for killing lice
on hogs and it has proven very good
for this purpose except on white hogs
with tender skins.-J. w. Sjogren, in
Charge of Farm Mechanics, Colorado
Agricultural college.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

Knocking ones town is resented /;
and knocking the well-known human
race is perilous
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
SPENT half HER
time IN BED
Farmers Wife Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made Her a Well Woman

Carter's Creek, Tenn. . three years
ago was almost an invalid. / spent
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

sometimes advisable to wash it out
with about quart of clean oil and
drain it out before the new oil is pdt
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

Even tile fellow who was born with
silver spoon in his mouth may de-
clare war to the knife.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
Best Time for Pruning.

The time to do orchard pruning is
in February and March while the. sap
is running.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

a conservatlve IS one WHO has bis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01
a TRUE RAT STORY

AuDuLutoWu, Ienu.s 0e65-11
Gtearns Electric Paste Co.,
Dear Sirs: Mr.: Robert T. Donnell Of
Auburntown, Tenn, came in our store
the other day and wanted something to
kill rats. so I sold him box Stearns
Rat Paste. And he put some paste on
six biscuits that night and the next morn
ing he found f1fty-four big rats. And the
second night he put out four moro bis
cults with paste on them, and the second
morning he found seventeen more rats,
making q total of seventy-one rats in
two nights, and there were lots moro
that he did not find.
This Is some big rat tale but, never
theless, 1t is SO. Just thought would
write to let you know that your rat paste
1e good
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

When you kick, be sure of your foot
ing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

Buy a 35c Box Today
Enough to KilI so to 400 Rats or Mice
Don't waste time trying to kill these pests
thpowders. liquidsand other experimental
preparations Ready for Use-Better Than
Traps. Drug and General Stores sell
STEARNS' ELECTRIC PASTE
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-12-01

Confidential.
Advices to lovers of advanced sea-
son corn-on-cob: The first hundred
ears are the hardest.--Life.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29
NutritiOusC Cattle Food
Made From Plain SaWdust
B~yIngeniousP Processes

place of one OF barley. The Eraih
mixture then consisted 81 80 parta
OF sawdust, 40 parts Of grounG BAR
ley. 30 parts pf wheat bran and 10
parts OF linsced meal. the cows
kept up their production through
this period ana ma,ntalneG tiieir
weight v g hotter than on the ru
ton fed duriug the first ana tnird
periods.
while It is unsafe TO draw ccri-
mite conclusions from such u snort
test, It would seem that cattle may
be fed a limited amount OF hydro
lyzcd awdust. Az Il food It con-
ta'ns only a negligible amount OF
protein, and for that reason cannot
entirely take the place Of barley. In
both of the rutiuns used In the trials
the protein was furnished by the
other feeds. Bcfbre drawing any
definite conclusions about the feed
ing value of hydrolyzed saWdust and
ita commercial possibilities as a
stock food, more extended trials Wi.
be carried on" '
Moro viva light 81 thrown upon
the subject by the presentation of
the case for spwdust fodder made
by Samuel r. Dana, forest commits
sioner of Maine. who has ASKED tho
state for an appropriation OF $4,000
TO conduct experiments IN feeding
CQttle with this wood meal, In which
I,he expresses great fnith, due to his
complete investigation Of the pro-
Ccsses and results OF the cxpcfl-
ments by the University OF Eiscuu-
sin laboratory, Malno is blocked
out by sawdust heaps which have
boen collecting TOR many, many
years.
Sawdust il a danger ~ wen az a
nuisance. Handsome rewards have
been offered FOR any satIstac. DRY
scheme FOR its removal or d]estruc-
tton. I'm Canada It Is a notorious
pest In pollution of streams as II Is
In Maine and other lumber states.
SaWdust sunk and formcnting In the
bottom OF the ottawa river near the
capital % the province of ontario
WAS for years tho curse OF oar,mcn.
The aocumulatiuns, collecting Eas,
seemed to choose regatta days Tor
explosions and they upset more than
one racing shelf and chauge0 tho
prospective results OF races.
when Commissioner Dana pro-
posed his sawdust fodder oxperi-
meuts he lost a. lot of time stoppfug
To listen to old timers telling the
stories OF the Connecticut man VINO
blludIoldod his morse ana led him
shocncgs for oats and when he
missed members ~ that bromide
army he was sure to be b~uttonholed
by some hardbolled gallant or the
sixties who recitcd the commercial
cuteucss 90 the Connecticut Yankee
who made nutmcks out OF pine
knots. nut Commissioner Dana
stuck to his purpose, and n II IS
feas Bile 20 urn Names pest sawdust
into milk and butter Commissioner
Dana means to pursue II. His re-
ward In the event OF success prom
ises TO be worth his sufferlngs as a
listener.
Certain woods. notably the soft
pines. contain sugars OF some nutri-
tive value hut chemists have doubt,
ed that the sugar content was stuff
client TO offer commerce al value ~
Ia extraction, Commissioner Jana,
extended Investigation into the Wis,
consln experiments convinced hin,
that the values OF sawdust fodder
We're greater than the guarded off.
cial statements made officially by
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29
BANDITS IN BULGARIA
Strange story of Girl Who Outwittcd
Plans of Couple 10 lNNn aud
Rot Her.

SOFIA. Jan. gS-A strange tale Of
landitry resulting In the murder by
mis- IKE OF a girl by her own father
and mother r. Nouchcd Tor officially
by the Bulgarian police.
ivan, "a peasant of llazlnd, sold
two cnivcS Tor 10000 ievla and
started home from the market with
his daughter Milk8. Fearing rob
beers, hc gave the money 90 Ills
daughter. The father was attacked
on the road and Killed 10y i've men
who saw him make the sale,
Milka fled ana sought refuge In
n pcaeaut cottage whore - woman
and her daughter comfortod her ana
gave her dinner Later MiINa was
sent to bed with the woman's daugh-
ter.
When the husband returned, he
told his wife ne had killed q man
uselessly. as the money ne sought
had been carried of by the muir
dcrcd mans daughter.
The woman To whom Nllka hNd
told per stony, repeated b. Ca her
husband and the two determined o.
XIII the Eirl as shu Law asleep TO sc,
the 10000 loyns
Mllka, In the daughter room up.
stairs. overheard and escaped
through a window when police were
brought by Milka they found the
old couple had gone upstaita and
Killed their own daughter by mis-
take In the dark,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29
METAL IN BACKBONE
LcniuC Jokes Christensen About His
Race for President Or the
United States Ia 1870.

RIGA. Jan, 2S,-Nlkolul Luuluc,
the Russian premier, likes not only
60 display his knowledge OF AmUri-
can aliairs but 10 loNe American
visitors about them, says l'urlvy l.
Christensen OF Chicago, the farmer
Labor parIys candidate Tor pvosl
dent last year. MIR. christensen had
two interviews with lcuiuc while IN
Moscow for a month.
Whom ;hc American entered l.c-
ninr's office i'm the Ercml.n and
started to identify himself, Lculnu
an, ruptCd him, Christensen said.
"Oh, / know about you. You
en-" ". Coz were tne also candi-
dates"
= MIR. Christensen, AT Lcnine's re-
uuest. posed with him for moving
pictures ia tho street In front OF
the Kremlin, where "a great crowd
soon gathered.
You don't seem to be a biz afraid
of assassination" Mr.. Christensen
remarked.
one Of the commissars who Was
with them jokingly explained that
i,enine already has W bullets IN
hi'nl adding. 'Tnrotzky says INC old
man has plenty OF metal In ms
backbone. anyway,
.Ienine." said MI. Christensen
"seemod always in good humor
Ths,e vas no evidence that he wa
depressed by theaeares or the tate
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29

wAstuNgToN- o,, "a, vyisc,,.
-" ""'l' 'nrE una new lucas
~ n regular business sawdust has
been turned into cattle tood doul
nn, ullN's n,,lH ana oulter anu
~ iH' 'uNN l''N uP F"ecL'N'
""HhN euNuNet lh'o 'h'l'e l"uu
'"hls III nl'I'ly experimental pro-
,vhrrs nI u Iopn,atoiN ~ per ION
'hlNlIS WI" ".n'' t"'H'l ~
i''" ''''i' wv" p"uhua "l
pr"Gu,t or wood meal were
,u",l'I"'eI lu' one p"unu 'l corn ~.
~ IVY Urn uuu u"'lvy COST NJ
p'HShl from $40 go vto n ON
yu', mlnN,s saw"uat
louuyr '9@llnE ~ n Ton 70 P.nun'r'
worm VI Lou TO S2o ton aF '"di"'
III, pla'h " ~ worth Tess lhan
nu'u'nt' any n"NN VIM" Nan'S +, 'N'
.''P Hl'Nll'k ! from al over Nlhln''
VI .N1t' uthof h"t'a ana 'ah"uA,
""T wv NH'u luI "'llE H''
IN p u'Ntl"plh'hl OF one or the
sI,nt nuisance WAstos or American
INDUSTRY INFO pr"NP''tlVely import
any Nhiu' VI htt'"hel t"ed ecu
nul,lcs ~ l,l' W'lA OF we otes'r
mnula Dry or me hl'eu
o.ulgS ,nlt,il w ,uilure y
Following - the scientifically care
tul declaration OF the office OF the
dean of The University OF Wisconsin
In regard To the saNdust fodder eN-
Dcrimonts; .
'For many years there mas peer
frequent discussion as 10 whether
sawdust could not be utf'ized I'm
some manner az a stock rous. since
I%untrcated Fawdust is yalueless Tor
his purposc, various methods OF
hydrolyzing sawdust-or treat ng II
chemically 10 increas, It's dlgcstihIl.
ity and feeding pnlue-haVc neen
auggestcd. No definite. scientific
feeding trials. however. pprar a.
/ re,a been carried ON with such ma,
tcrials.
"Iu tho work of tho forest --rod
uCts laboratory OF the I'm ted states
! departmrnt Of Agriculture. located
et mo U~nbcrsltv OF Wisconsin ON
mo utu{sotiop az tImbnr w,s,ps an
Imprnyp1 rrnc,ss az b-ydroh1ina
sowd,st Win dilut, ncid unJer nres.
syrr bas hron dnyeloped In mi.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29
Eyebrow Plucking Began in China

talk ishyly to the men who speak
Chinese, sing lyrics in high. shrill
voices and even sit down at the
various tables when Invited and
play the popular Chinese finger
games. which are CONNIE II faut at
feasts.
one dainty sing song girl at our
table carried a vanity bag, and dur
ing a lull in the merrlment she took
GU her powder puff, lip stick and
rouge box from an imported Ameri-
can vanity bag. II was fascinating
to watch her. Unconscious or her
surroundings. she concentrated all
her thoughts upon identifying her
face.
LipstiCk and Rouge.
After applying the lipstiC6. rouge
and powder to her satisfaction she
examined her delicately-arched eye
brows. which would have brought
envy to many OF her American sis
tiers, and then plucked W or three
hairs with tiny silver tweezers IN
order to make them even finer.
According to Chinese literature
and poems, the Chinese belle had
cheeks like an almond flower. lips
like a peach's bloom. a waist IKE n
willow leaf. eyes bright az dancing
ripples In the sun and insteps like
the lotus flower" \
Maybe American girls do not
think in such poetic and rlowery
phrases, but we wonder II the Chi
nese and fore gn girls are so very
different after all.
And we don't believe that friend
Kipling had the women In mind
when he wrote about the cast ana
west neVUr meeting.