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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
REINFORCED CONCRETE ROAD
Experiments Conducted in Suburbs of
Washington to Determine Strength
of Foundation.

How a reinforced concrete road
holds uD under heavy traffic is to De
determined by the bureau of public
roads United States Department of
Agriculture, through experiments to
be conducted on such a road now be
ing built in the suburbs of 1Washing-
ton in cooperation with Arlington
county, Va.
The road is being reinforced with
many different arrangements of wire
mesh and round steel rods embedded
in the concrete. The Joints viii be
either a crack left in the road, to be
filed with tar, or simply a sheet of
corrugated metal set on edge with the
concrete poured around it. Some sec
lions are to have joints running along
the middle of the road, some across it,
and some viii be built without joints.
Of especial interest is the construe-
ton of ribbed sections. Instead of
placing the concrete on a nearly fat
subgrade, trenches will be dug in the
subgrade running parallel to the edges
of the road and also across the road
These trenches will be flied with con-
crete, giving the slab downward pro-
lection of concrete, ana presumably
strengthening 1t. Experiments also
will be conducted to determine the
strengthening effect of treating the
earth under the concrete. On one sec
ton the earth for a depth of 6 inches
Will be mixed with cement, using 1
part Of cement to 20 parts of earth.
In some places where there is grade
a trench under the concrete will be
filed with gravel. These trenches win
slope toward the edges OF the road
and drain away any water that might
otherwise accumulate under the sur
face.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
ROUND POSTS MOST DURABLE
One Kind of Timber Will Last as Long
as Others if Amount of Heartwood
Is the Same

Is a split fence post as durable as
a round fence .pOst2 This is a question
frequently asked Of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The fact
is, says the forest products laboratory,
one kind of post Will last about as
long as the other if the amount Of
heartwood is the same in both. But if
the percentage of sapwood is in
creased by splitting. the split post will
be less durable and If the percentage
of heartwood is increased, it will be
more durable than a round one. Posts
of spruce, hemIOck or any of the true
frs are exceptions TO this rule be-
cause their heartwood and sapwood
are about equally durable.
When posts are to be treated with
creosote or other preservative, round
post is preferable TO a split post, be
cause of the comparative ease with
which the sapwood can be treated.
The heart faces on split posts do not,
as a rule, absorb preservative well.
Split red-oak posts will take treat
ment, because the wood is very porous,
but the heart faces of split posts Of
many other species. notably white oak,
red gum, and Douglas fir, resist the
penetration of preservatlve, even I'M
der heavy pressures.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
CAL0MEL IS A
DANGEROUS DRUG
Next Dose May SaIivate You,
Loosen Teeth or Start
rheumatism.

Calomel is mercury; quicksilver. It
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomel
attacks the bones and should never be
put into your system.
If you feel bilious. headachy, consti-
pated and all knocked out, just 20 TO
your druggist and get a bottle Of bod
sons Liver Tone for a few cents which
Is 4 harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calOmeL Take a spoonful
and if it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty caIomel and without making
you sick, you just go back and get your
money.
Don't take calomeIi Tt makes you
sick the next day; II loses you a days
work. DOdson's Liver Tone straightens
you right up and you feel great. No
salts necessary. Give It to the children
because it is perfectly harmless and
can not saIivate.-Advertise
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07

in the district utilize overripe and soft
stock in the preparation of fruit for
the ice cream and soda fountain trade
in northern cities.
Perhaps the principal reason for the
prosperity enjoyed by Louisiana's
berry growers is that they keep them
selves closely informed upon day-tO-
day market conditions. The producers
appreciate that knowing the markets"
enables them to meet the consumers
desires as regards quality and guam
titY, and that to overStock one mar
ket when another market is underSup-
piled is unsound from both an econOm-
ic and financial viewpoint. Every day
during the marketing season a daily
report of conditions and prices at the
principal marketing centers through
out the country is issued by the local
representative Of the United States
Department of Agriculture. This in
formation is obtained by trained mar
ket reporters at consuming points.
The growers are also informed as to
daily carlot shipments everywhere in
the United States. Thus the pro
ducers not only know the prices be-
ing paid for berries ut the various con-
suming markets. but exactly what
competition may be expected from
other sections shipping strawberries
at about the same time. The depart
ment also furnishes daily information
regarding temperature and weather
conditions, SO that the necessary icing
and refrigeration can be provided for
the shipments.
Information for Growers.
The departments station at Ham
mond was opened in 1915, and was the
first field station established anywhere
by the United States Department OF
Agriculture for the issuance of mar
ket news reports. Here. in the heart
of LOuisiana's strawberry producing
district, arrangements were first made
to study methods of packing, ship
ping, and distributing Strawberries in
the United States to keep growers in
formed of strawberry movements from
other regions, and to inform them daily
of prices and conditions in the lead
ing consuming markets Hammond
was selected as the location for the
departments first field station because
of the large proportions that the Louis
lana strawberry industry had attained.
Louisiana then ranked fourth in com
mercial strawberry importance. To
day the state ranks second in carlot
shipments.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
VITALITY!
VITALITY!
VITALITY!
You Must Have 1t to Keep Your
Job, Your Friends, Your
Happiness

Thousands Of thOughtless people
needlessly let themselves run down
in health. The day comes when,
with a terrible shock, they suddenly
realize that they are permanently
broken in health. For your own sake
keep wei. If you feel weak or run
down or do not sleep well or are nerv-
Gus and have a poor color. don't wait
until 1t is too late. GUIDES Pepto-
Mangdn taken with your meals for
few weeks viii restore your good
health. give you renewed strength and
vitality for your daily work. The
healthy life is the only happy life
do not let it slip from you. For thirty
years GUIDES Pepto- Mangan has been
helping people who were rundown
back to good health. 1t was made
famous by the medical profession.
Sold by druggists in both LIQUID and
tablet form Advertisement.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
LIVE STOCK
NEWS
PREVENT BIG SHEEP LOSSES
Thick Patches and Cause Death
of Animals.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricultural
Death camaS causes heavy losses OF
sheep in the spring and early summer.
1t is not unusual for several hundred
to die within a day or two. The camas
plants frequently grows in thick
patches, and because of their grasslike
leaves are overlooked If sheep are
clOse-herded in such places many Of
them will be poisoned, and most of
those poisoned are likely to die.
Especial care should be used when
sheep are taken from the cars and re-
leased for grazing. If they have not
been fed. as is frequently the case, and
are turned out on range where death
camas is abundant, the resulting losses
may be very heavy. There have been
many cases of this kind. If death
camas is present that part of the range
should be avoided. If it is necessary
to trail sheep where death camas is
known, the animals should be well fed
before coming to that place.
Sheep herderS should learn to recog-
nize the plants and avoid them. The
United States Department of Agricul-
ture has published Department Bulle-
tin 125, Zygadenus, or Death Camas.
which tells about the plants and their
effects; it has also published Bulletin
SIS, notwithstanding Plants of the
Range, which gives illustrations, many
colored, of the principal poisonous
plants of the western United States.
There are several kinds of death
camas and until recently it has been
supposed that all were equally poison
Gus. As the result of recent expert
mental work, which is in course OF
publication, it has been found that the
death camas which in the western
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
sheep Grazing on a Western Range.

mountains grows at elevations of 5000
feet and upward is only slightly poison
Gus and probably never Injuries range
sheep. All the forms growing at lower
attitudes are dangerous, but this noun
tain death camas probably never does
any harm. 1t has thin and rather
erect leaves, grows in meadows and in
damp ground, sometimes among the
aspens, while the other kind, which
approaches the lower limit Of the
mountain death camas, grows in dry
places, and has thick, spreading leaves.
The herder need not fear the mountain
death camas, but should shun all the
other forms.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
MOTHER! OPEN
CHlL0'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your litlle one Will love The "frmty"
taste OF California Fig Syrup" even If
cOustipated. bilious. irritable. feverish,
or full OF cold. a teaspoonfuI never
fails 10 cleanse the liver and bowels.
In u few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly II works all the
sour bile. and undigested food out Of
the bowels and you have a well, play
full child again.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children Of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother!
You must say california" or you may
get an imitation tig syrup.-Advertise-
ment
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
GREAT FEED VALUE OF PEAS
Results of Four Years Experimental
Work at Idaho Station Show
Big Gains Made.

That field peas have a high value
as a feed for hogs is Indicated by the
results of four years experimental
work at the Idaho experiment station.
An average of BAT pounds of peas
was required to make 100 pounds OF
gain in hogging-off trials Supple
mental ratiOns of barley and tankage
increased the rate of gain. Most
rapid and economical gains were pro-
duced in dryIots on a mixture of 8
parts of rolled barley and 1 part Of
cracked peas plus 5 per cent by
weight of tankage. In the hogging-
off trials the best results were OBJ
tanned by combining the pigs TO a small
area until it was pastured clean.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHlLD'S COAT
WITH DIAMOND DYES"

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters
coverings, draperies, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia-
mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot,
fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye is
wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
or mixed oods.-advertisement.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
TREATMENT FOR YOUNG LAMB
When Chilled 1t May Be Revived by
Immersing in Warm Water, Then
Give Nourishment

A young lamb that has become
chilled and is presumably ready to die
may be revived by immersing it in
warm water-as warm as is comfort
able to the hand-and gradually in
creasing the heat little at a time, by
adding more warm water.
When it revives sufficiently, dry it
well, wrap in a wooden cloth and lay
In a warm place. 1t viii probably
rouse in a short time and can then
be taken to eve. Hold her, ard see
that the lamb gets nourishment
Lambs that seem very far gone oft
en- respond to this treatment.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agricultural
Within six years Louisiana has
taken first place among the states as
regards value of strawberry produc-
ton. The 1921 season was the best
ever known in the industry, 1,400 car
loads of Louisiana berries being mar
keted in "A cities in the United States
and Canada. In Chicago the 24-pint
crates brought as much as $3.50 each,
and during practically the entire mar
keting season Louisiana Strawberries
sold at a higher price than any other
berries on the market, due to the
high quality of the product.
With such q record of achievement,
much interest centers in the opening
Of the 1922 marketing season. AS
heretofore field station of the United
States Department of Agriculture will
be maintained in the Hammond dis
trict during the season to keep pro
ducers and shippers informed daily of
strawberry marketing conditions in the
principal consuming markets, prevail
ing prices, carlot shipments from com
peting areas, and other marketing data
essential in the scientific marketing
of agricultural products, and granted
favorable conditions the 1922 season
should sUrpasS even the 1921 record.
Nationwide Distribution.
The Louisiana strawberry industry
is of national Importance. The crop
has nationwide distribution, the car
lot shipments spreading out like
fan from the Atlantic coast to the
Rocky mountains. Last year % car
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
TOO MUCH MANURE INJURIOUS
Fertilizer May Burn Crop if Season lie
Very Dry-No Fear of Harm
if Worked In.

Tire claim that too much manure
will burn up the crop is only partly
true. 1t may if it is a very dry sea
son and the manure is not worked well
into the soil. But there is little like
lihood Of injury from heavy applica-'
ton, if worked in right. Far more corn
has been lost through too little than
through too much manure.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
BUILD ROADS IN WISCONSIN
Predicted That State Will Experiences
Greatest Period of Activity Dur
ing 1922.

The state of Wisconsin for fifteen
years has been considered a good roads
state. Highway building activity has
added vast sums of wealth to the
state. However, it is predicted that the
state will experience its greatest period
Of road construction in 1922. Informa-
ton emanating from the state high
way department of the Badger state
indicates that the construction OF con-
crete roads in Wisconsin Will probably
surpass that OF 1921
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
PLANT ENGLISH PEAS EARLY
Seed Should Be Put Into Ground
as Soon as Soil Will Permit
Some Good Varieties.

English peas should be planted just
as soon as the soil viii permit. Thorn
as Laxton, Alaska. Horsford's Market
Garden, and Telephone are excellent
varieties, and the Telephone late. The
seed should be sown thickly in the
drill in rows 8 feet wide and covered
to 6 inches deep.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Mixing Materials for Concrete Road

Mixing Materials for Concrete Road.
of heavy steel wheels which, guided by
a mechanical arrangement. roll con-
tinuously back and forth over the
pavement
More than 40 different sections of
concrete pavement, each ten feet long.
Will be laid Materials from many diff
ferent parts of the county are being
shipped TO the government experiment
farm at Arlington. Va, near Washing
ton. They will be mixed with vary
ing quantities of cement and water to
determine which is best. Experience
has shown that there is a measurable
amount Of wear of the surface of a
concrete road each year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
PREVENT HOGS FROM ROOFING
Much Harm Can Be Avoided by Feed
ing Regularly With Some
Kind of Mineral.

Pigs are more apt to be ''rooters" In
spring, when ground is soft, than they
are at any other time of the year.
Much of this can be prevented by
feeding regularly with coal, charcoal,
ashes or other mineral matter. Ring
ing the hogs should be resorted to in
extreme cases.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Rather unwrapped.

Otto Kahn, the New York financier,
objects TO the modern girls bathing at
tire-a maillot or One-piece suit, no
skirt. no stockings.
Look there - he said one morning
at Coronado. as a very pretty girl in
black silk maillot ran down the
beach You could never say that girl
had a rapt look now. could you?"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
YOU CANNOT AFFORD

To let your little hurts and all
ments get bad.
Keep Vacher-Balm handy for Burns,
Boils, Cuts, COrns, Piles, or Soreness
anywhere.
ASK your druggist. Avoid limitations.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Mud Road Is Passing.

The whole nation has been aroused
to the necessity Of road building and
nearly all communities are awake TO
the necessity of getting good roads
and by good roads is meant roads
of the durable variety. The day of
the mud road is passing.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
PROPER CONCRETE MATERIAL
Just What Kinds Are Best and Pro-
portions for Mixing Made Sub
ject for Experiments.

prepared by the United States Department
OF AgricuIture.)
Experiments to determine just what
kinds Of materials are best for con
crete, and In what proportions TO mix
them so that they will wear well in a
road are being made by engineers of
the bureau of public roads, United
States Department of Agriculture. An
apparatus will be used that consists
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07

Chudren's haudkerchiefs often look
hopeless when they come to the iauu-
dry. Wash with good soap. rinse tu
water blued with Red Cross BAH Blue
Advertisements
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Bliqht of Poor Roads.

The long-existing blight oe poor
roads must be wiped out. The active
development of better, modern sys-
tenn of road construction BODIES well
for the future.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
and Start RIaht Away.

mans bunch. If you want TO feel good
from the bottom OF your feet to the
top of your head, cut out the things
you know you ought to.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
But Few Ever Learn.

Certainly the mistakes that we male
and female mortals make when we
have our own way might fairly raise
some wonder that we are so fond Of it.
George Eliot.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Don't FORGET Cuticura T7lcum

When adding to your toilet requisites
An exquisite face. skin. baby and dust
ing powder and perfume rendering
other perfumes superiuous. Nou may
rely ON il because one of the Cuteu-a
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcuml-
25c each Advertisement
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Ear From FIatterinq.

foreigner. hey? BY gosh. you talk
our lingo like a native"
Pardon me, hope not"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
The Eternal Feminine

he Eternal FEMININE.
"The last shall be first"
Yes-especialIy when a woman is
reading a good novel ="
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Well Read.

Miss Catt-'I can read her face like
a book" Miss Nipp-'What kind of
cover design does she use?"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07

Says sam spite is sand - me come
munity oarhuretor. Forget b.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07

one can't always tell hy the Size .-
the sorrow how much it is going GO
take TO drown it.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Trains of Strawberries.

Fully 90 per cent of the marketed
crop is shipped by express, the rail-
road company providing two or three
express fruit trains daily. These trains
run on a schedule of 40 miles an hour,
which puts the fruit on the Chicago
market before daylight the second
morning Less than carload ship
ments are cared for by the express
company, which operates local iced
cars to pick up small shipments. The
growers have good transportation IA
cilities, deliveries are prompt, and few
instances are known where cars have
not arrived at destination on time
Strawberry buyers from the large
consuming markets establish head
quarters at Hammond during the mar
keting season, sales being made on
a cash /. O. b. shipping point basis. The
fruit is inspected at shipping point
and acceptance taken before the cars
move. AT Ponchatoula all cars are
sold at public auction
Several strawberry preserving plants
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-04-07
Tray Used for shipping Berries.

loads also went to four cities in Can
ada. Chicago is the principal market
for the fruit, Detroit, Boston, Pitts
burgh and New York ranking next in
the order given. Heat, cold and
distance-marketing obstacles that
seemed insurmOuntable a few years
agO-have been overcome by the grow
ers and shippers, and with continued
careful selection, grading. packing and
shipping, marketing experts say that
the industry viii enjoy increasing
prosperity.
During the early years of the straw
berry industry in Louisiana several va
rieties of berries were grown, and Chi
cago was the main market outlet. To
day the Klondike variety is grown ex
clusively, and Louisiana strawberries
have wider distribution than the
strawberries from any other section
of the country. The quality of the
fruit is dependable, and there is every
where a demand for the berries. When
picked the berries are carried to pack
ing sheds, where practically each one
is handled separately. Both the d
pint HalIock crate and the 24-pint
ventilated crate have been used in
packing the fruit, although during the
past few seasons there has been a con-
siderable decrease in the use of Hal
locks crates, which are known locally
as coffin" crates. Practically all grow
ers are now using ventilated crates, as
berries shipped in such containers ar
rive at market in sound condition and
usually command premium over the
price paid for berries in nOn-ventilated
crates.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-31

KING-To Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
King on Tuesday, May 80, at Long
Beach. Calf. a son. Mother and baby
are doing we'll Mr. and Mrs. King
reside a. 1922 West Madison street
in this city.