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The Washington times., 1924-04-07

Their chassis belongs to them
and they've got a right to doll it
up in any way they see fit.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07
M E d B u r Y
SAYS
By John P. Medbury.

By John p. Medbury.
~ IR OLIVER LODGE says hu-
- man beings are so far from
~ perfect that self-made man
has nothing to brag about. Oliver
is right-the average man is well
built, but nature hasn't equipped
him with enough accessories.
OF course, we're cheap enough.
Our parents can't kick about the
price when they get us for moth.
ing 4. o. b. stOrk.
When you buy an automobile
the freight and war tax are extra.
However, our mothers and IA
theirs don't get any guarantee with
MS as they do when they pur-
chase a touring car.
Every Doctors office is a serv-
ice station, but it's hard to get
spare parts.
You can see that nature hasn't
progressed much when you look
ct a man born in 1850 and COM
pare him with a 1901 model.
The older models have more
lines now than the later ones.
Automobiles come with cut.Outs,
but very few babies are born
with mufflers.
Most Of them cry so much that
there isn't any doubt about their
being equipped with self-starters.
You can halt car by putting
your foot ON it, but that's no
way to stop baby.
American children only come in
one shade. white.
II they're girls, they paint
themselves in any color they
want when they grow up.
Their chassis belongs to them
and they've got a right to doll it
up in any way they see fit.
Automobiles are pretty to look
ut, and so are women if they
have a good paint job.
There's lots Of room for i'm
provement in human beings. The
only man who was ever perfect is
your wife's first husband.
And the chances are she's sorry
now that she traded him in for
you.
The only advantage a woman
has in choosing an automobile in
stead Of a husband is that if
anything goes wrong with the car
she can send it back to the fac
tory.
But the best she can do with a
husband is to leave him out all
night and trust to luck that some
body steals him.
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The Washington times., 1924-04-07

And the chances are she's sorry
now that she traded him in for
you.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

Somehow or Other four years
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

The only advantage a woman
has in choosing an automobile in.
stead Of a husband is that if
anything goes wrong with the car
she can send it back to the fac
tory.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

Bringing home q bowl Of gold.
nsh from downtown during the
rush hour.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

When the proof Of the family
group picture arrived.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

OF course, we're cheap enough.
Our parents can't kick about the
price when they get us for moth.
ing I. o. b. stOrk.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

A wise husband tells his wife
everything he thinks she is likely
to hear from some one else.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

Buying a theater ticket from
= Spectator and then having it
refused at the theater entrance.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

~ IR OLIVER LODGE says hu.
man beings are so far from
~ perfect that a self-made man
has nothing to brag about. oliver
is right-the average man is well
built, but nature hasn't equipped
him with enough accessories.
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

When advertisements say that
prices are attractive, It usually
means that they are 70 the I'D.
vertiser.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

OF the 500 men attending demonstar-
lions in this county about 100 OF
them have purchased sticks so that
they can estimate their own wood
lot.
Eight more demonstrations are
schedule for this county during the
last week in October when Mr.. wal.
son will be in the county to conduct
them with the assistance of Mr.. Day.
The meetings will be held in the FOL
lowing towns: Fayette.> Sidney.
Wayne, Chelsea, Vassalboro. Benton.
North Belgrade and Monmouth.
Thinning Demonstrations
The farm woodlot improvement
project is gaining considerable at
tention in Kennebec County. As the
name implies, the object of this pro-
iect is the improvement of conditions
in the woodlot for the production VI
a maximum amount of wood in the
shortest time possible time.
The right handling of the home
woodlot has come tos tie matter OF
recognized Importance IN farm man
agement. The farm requires a large
amount of wood for fuel. lumber for
construction purposes about the farm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

and will also furnish an important
source Of revenue if properly han
died.
The timber in the woodlot is a crop
the same as any farm crop and i
needs the attention ana care as do
other farm crops. II the care is
left entirely to nature the result will
be a stand of slow growing, irregu-
lar and unusually a majority of de-
fective trees. \ woodlot properly
thirned will give from four to eight
times the amount of timber a wild
woodlot will produce in the same
number of years. Thinning gives tile
trees left sufficient growing room and
saves a large percent of wood which
will rot in an unthinned stand. Thin =
ming also makes trees Of a larger di
ameter in Il shorter tine.
Improvement cuttings help the
woods in the same way that wedding
helps the field crops. AS a rule.
when an improvement thinning is
made, care should be taken to thin
out the undesirable growth. Instead
of selecting the best trees for fire
wood the crooked. rottinS and brok-
on topped trees and those which are
crowding the good trees should he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

men are coming from other states
to Kennebec County to buy stock
because they know how free the
cattle are from this dread disease.
Only recently J. w. Bishop of
Bridgeport, Conn, purchased car
load OF heifers in Sidney, Oakland
and Augusta.
The Maine Department of Agri-
culture and the Federal Department
of Agriculture are cooperating to
stamp out tuberculosis among cattle.
They have six veterinarians who are
full time workers along this line.
The Departments will give two
free tests in herds where no trouble
is found. II reactors are detected.
they will continue to test until the
herd Is pronounced clean. The only
cost tc the farmers Is for the trans
portaticn of the tester. This Is TAX
en- care of by the Farm Bureau in
this way: The local livestock lead
err engages some one to find out who
wish their COWS tested and to carry
the tester about. He usually goes
to every farmer in town who keeps
cows and IL the man wishes to test
he tells him when the doctor is COM
ing so that he can have his cows in
the barn. The customary charge by
per cow which Is paid to him by the
owner OF the cows tested.
In several communities there are
a large number Of farmers who have
already had two free tests and they
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
Mammoth Flint
Corn Proven Best
In Ken. County

New York mammoth flint has
proven the best variety of corn thus
far tried out extensively in Kenne-
bee county for silage. This variety
was introduced by former county
agent Deering in 1917. Since then a
large number Of comparative tests
have been tried with mammoth flint
and other varieties in every town in
the county and the variety has been
generally adopted by dairy farmers.
This year practically half the far
ners in the county who fill their
silos are growing mammoth flint
Figures in the Farm Bureau office
collected fFom representative farmers
prove conclusively that the use Of
mammoth flint has paid farmers
more than $4,000 per year in excess
of what they would have received
had they continued to use the varie-
ties formerly grown.
This is one type Of service which
the Extension Service and Farm Blu
recu are giving their supporters. and
it illustrates the fact that an extern
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
Proves Benefit
OF Lime On
Acid Soils

One of the best farmers in Kenne-
bee County is Mahlon I. knight. OF
Oakland, the county crops project
leader of the Farm Bureau. MT.
knight is an ardent believer IN the
use 70 lime on acid soils.
He has a reason to be for he
knows. In 1921 he started a lime
test in cooperation with the county
agent. Two plots were chosen IN
the same field, on one lime was used
at the rate of one ton per acre, on
the other it was not. Both plots
were seeded to clover. In all other
respects the treatment was the same
The lined plot has yielded over half
a ton more hay per acre than the
other one every year since.
This is the only one OF more than
so tests with lime which have been
made by the Extension Service and
the county agent in this county in
the last four years. Towns in which
tests have been made include Ben
ton, China, Vassalboro, Oakland. Sid
ney. Belgrade, Augusta. Farmingdale
Gardiner. Readfleld, Winthrop, and
Litchfield. In almost every case lime
has given a marked increase in yield
In 1923 the average increase on four
teen tests was almost exactly four
tenths of a ton and this year the
same plots gave rather more than
that in spite of the poor season.
Farmers are using either agricul-
tural limestone to sweeten the soil
The usual application is one ton OF
agricultural line or, one and one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
Egg Records Aid
In Choosing Best
Poultry Methods

What are the best methods to en-
ploy in the raising of poultry is the
question that more than sixty poul-
trymen of Kennebec county have
been trying to solve for the last
year. To do this they have been
keeping records and reporting to the
Extension Service each month the
number of hens they have and how
many eggs are laid. In addition to
that they report the various methods
used to care for the fiocks.
These. records are gone over by NJ.
D. Jones, farm management special
list of the Extension Service. and the
results are compared with the meth
DDS used. The following are a few
of the things shown by the 1928 egg
records:
Flocks that laid best in December
laid best through the year; fiocks
that were culled averaged more eggs
per bird from July to October in
elusive than those that were no.
culled; pullets laid better than old
hens; curtain front houses We're not
as damp as closed front houses: birds
kept in curtain front houses laid
more eggs than those kept in closed
front houses: skim milk increased
egg production; depth of litter in
fluenced egg production favorably;
hens laid more eggs when the litter
was kept dry than when the litter
was allowed to become damp; birds
kept in large pens laid as many eggs
as those kept in small pens.
From the June records. the last'to
he summarized, it was found that
eight flocks had produced more than
20 eggs per bird during the month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
CONTINUANCE OF
EXTENSION WORK
DURING 1926

Already plans are being made for
the extension work to be carried on
in Kenuebec County in 1925. accord
ing to County Agent Day. How can
the Farm Bureau and the Extension
Service best serve the farmers Of the
county in 1925 10 the question which
is being considered at this time and
will be presented to the Farm Blu
rea1 members at the county annual
meeting at Augusta on October 70.
Members are asked to submit at
this time any suggestions they may
have. In doing SO they should con-
ject: Is it practical? Will it benefit
the majority Of farmers? Will it
benefit the community? Can it be
done with the present machinery?
Does 1t conform with the laws under
which extension work Is done?
ALREADY several suggestions for
the 1925 program have been made"
said County Agent Day. Among
them are that we continue Boys and
Girls club work in agricultural and
home economies; that we continue
to hold the timber estimating DEM
onstra:ions, which have proven so
popular, until every farmer has had
an opportunity to learn how to esti-
mate the wood and lumber in his
woodlot by the latest and most ap-
proved methods. that we assist farm
ers to secure pine and spruce trees
for planting next spring and that we
Conduct demonstrations showing
how tho planting is done: that we
establish few local white pine
nurseries and grow the seedlings and
transplants in our own county,:
Tina. we continue to assist or
chardists to secure first quality apple
trees under the community planting
plan, thkt we conduct demonstra-
tions showing the value of nitrate of
soda ss a fertilizer for apple trees;
winthrop used two carloads of nj
trate this year); that we continue to
furnish farm account books and as
sist farmers to keep and summarize
their accounts; that we bring to the
attention of every poultryman in
kennebec County the value of keep
ing poultry accounts as a means, not
only CT determining costs and re-
ceipts. but of discovering and stop
ping leaks, and get as many people
as we can to keep accounts.
THAT we double the number OF
continue our work with improved
seed potatoes, conduct improved
seed plcts, call to every potato grow
crs attention the superiority of GER
titled potato seed as a money maker,
and get a large number of farmers
to try improved seed.
THAT we continue accredited herd
work, that we start some kind of a
project which will enable dairymen
to compare their dairy methods with
those OF farmers in the county who
are getting the best money returns,
and to abandon poor methods OF
dairylng and adopt better ones:
THAT we test breeding poultry for
white Giarrlfca and establish breed
ing certers where poultrymen can
purchase Matching eggs and day-old
chicks from accredited f1ocks which
are known to be free from that
dread scourge. that we continue to
demonstrate the methods of select
ing the best hens for the breeding
pen and that we continue our wor!:
with egg records.
''These are some OF the proposed
projects. Are there more important
ones"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

The first London coffee house Vi
set up in st. Michacrs lane
Cornhill. in or about tie year lH1
lr the beginning only coffee was a,
rensed; but soon chocolate, sherss
and tea were added.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
GROWING NUMBER
TESTED CATTLE
IN COUNTY

Tuberculosis among cattle In Ken
nebec County has been almost COM
pletely stamped out In the past three
years. or 2054 cows tested early in
the season only two were reported as
reactors.
The Farm Bureau and Extension
Service began work along this line
in cooperation with the State and
Federal Departments of Agriculture
in 1922 That year 05S herds con-
tanning COOS cows were tested and -
reactors were found. Last year 1927
herds with 0721 cattle were tested
and only seventy reactors were dis
covered. Expressed In percentages.
one and one-half per cent OF the
cows tested in 1922 were diseased.
About three -fourths OF one per cent
of those tested in 1923 we're diseased
and only a fraction Of one-tenth of
one per cent tested thus far this
year were tubercular.
Contrast this with conditions in
some states where one-fourth OF all
the herds are diseased and one sees
the value OF the work here. Already
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

sion project is success when it is
adopted as a general farm practice.
Other farm practices in general use
advocated and pushed by the two or
CARNATIONS are the use Of Orono type
open front hen house and the Maine
type home made silo. culling hens to
remove slackers. feeding hens and
dairy cattle on balanced rations, and
the cooperative purchase Of apple
trees. Perhaps the open front hen
house Is the most conspicuous exam
pie to people Siding along the road.
On your next auto trip notice how
pecially in the principal poultry Sec
lions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

These belonged to Mrs. Julia r.
Sidney, H. NJ. Tolman Of Sidnev Y
p. NJ. Turner Of Albion. E. RI
of Winslow. D. W. Mills Of sSs
Mrs. Cora Clough Of Fayette -
Bean of Mt. Vernon and Mrs n
Allen of Mt. Vernon.
The following shows the Az.
egg production per bird by NJ.
for the year 192S-e4 to date: ~.
her. To: January. lis: Fehrs
los: March, 1876: April. III. n
1866: June. 1916. When one con,s
the direct relation of egg produr'
per bird with the labor incoms !,
poultrymen 1t can easily M :
how important such figures an,
creased profits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

Another new line of Extension
work in Kennebec county taken up
this year has been forestry. And it
has been one of the most popular
ever offered, that part having to do
with timber estimating interesting by
far the most men.
10 timber estimating demonstra-
tions have been held in the county so
far this year with a total attendance
of more than 900 woodlot owners.
At these demonstrations the men
were taught by County Agent Day
and Forestry Specialist NJ. L. Wat
son, the Importance Of knowing how
to estimate. Then they were shown
the simplest and most accurate
method to use and each man was
given a chance to estimate quarter
acre lot. The results Of each of the
men are compared.
The method advocated is simple
and at the same time accurate. i
cruising stick made by the Federal
Land Bank Of Springfield is used.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1924

taken as a general rule. It II rarely
nossible to remove all Of the unde-
s;rable growth in the first thinning
but can be accomplished In seversi
lights trimmings.
Two Improvement thinning demon
STATIONS win be held in Kennebec
County this year. One in Belgrade
n the voodlot owned by G. B. Farm
ham and the other In Farmingdaie
in the woodlot owned by NJ. /. Parker.
The purpose Of which - to demon.
strate that proper methods Of thin.
ming will increase the quality and
Weld of timber on farm woodlots.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

are not eligible for another. These
men have been assisted by the Ex-
tension Service and Farm Bureau to
secure private veterinarians at q re-
duced price to do the work. This
service has been much appreciated
by these who have profited by 1t.
In most cases the amount saved has
been greater than the Farm Bureau
Membership fee over q period OF
several years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

fourth tons Of ground limestone per
acre. The practice Of making up
car lot orders for lime at Farm Muir
eau program planning meetings Is
increasing. This spring more than a
hundred tons of lime was ordered in
this way. Communities where orders
were made up were North Belgrade,
Winslow. Vassalboro. Riverside,
Readf1eld and Winthrop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15
Sneexe Oriain

Sneezing. like breathing. ~
action of the heart, is inyohn,'
and for the most part beyond .
conscious control.
Our nose. as the natural hrs,a.
apparatus. is furnished with =
delicate filter" against dust !.
germs. From this membrane !,
brain stretches n telephone" ~.
When the membrane is irrita,,s
dust. or inflammation, or in anv =
a danger signal is automs,s,,
flashed to the brain. which n
orders sneeze to clear avay \
foreign intruder.
A sharp intake of breath Is cam,
the windpipe is momentarily ~
and the sneeze has to find exit 4,
the nose, clearing The memhr
filter in the process.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-15

Mabel and her young man n
been sitting in the drawinr. M,
quite long enough. so father Shan,
out from the top Of the stairs
IT'S time for that young ma,
so home"
The young man was indignant |,
turning to Mabel. said.
"Your father is r crank"
But father overheard, the anwa
cd:
Yes. but when you dent han
sclf-starter, crank Is very hand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-26
Americans Defeat
Many at Tennis

Wimbledon Mrs. Molla Mallory,
former American champion, was elimi-
mated from the women's singles of the
Wimbledon tournament today by Miss
Kathleen McKane, the ranking British
woman player, 81, 60.
Miss Helen Wills, American woman
champion, defeated Miss Dransfield in
the second round of the women's sin
giles of the Wimbledon lawn tennis
tournament this afternoon, 60, GO.
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, woman world
champions, defeated Miss E. R. Clarke,
England, so, 60.
Mrs. Marion e. Jessup, America, de-
feated Mrs. Barrett, England, 60, 6-2.
R, Norris Williams, II, America, de-
feated P. Faret, France, 3d. 6-6, So,
Ga.
Mrs. George Wightman, America, de-
feated Mrs. Saunders Taylor, 60, 6-2.
Carl Fischer, of Pennsylvania, was
eliminated from the mems singles OF
the Wimbledon tourney today by F.
C. Lowe. the English internationahst,
who defeated the American 6-1, 6-3,
6-3.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-26
Trust Period for Emily N.
KimbalI Estate Has
Now Expired.
HEARING IS HELD
Executors Appear in Court to
Take Steps for Final Settle
ment of the Estate.

One of the most interesting wills
in the history of the probate court OF
Kenosha county was recalled on Tues
day afternoon when executors Tor the
estate of the late Emily N. Klmball,
former pioneer resident of Kenosha
who died in 1904, appeared before
Judge Robert Verne Baker IN the
county court room on hearing Tor
the termination of twenty-year trust
fund, created under the terms of the
will.
The trust period expired May 9th,
1924. A report of the executors OF
the estate, who are Maulsby Kimball,
of Buffalo, and Anna Northland Kim
ball, and Roger N, Kimball, both of
Kenosha, showed that the terms OF
the trust had been executed and that
the heirs were agreed in the asking
for final settlement Of this part of
the estate.
Was an Interesting Will.
The will of the late Mrs. Emily
Kimball contained several most inter
esting clauses. The one creating the
trust fund provided means whereby
FIVE stepchildren, now all deceased,
should share in the income from the
estate for the period of twenty years
and at the close of that time the
amount remaining in the trust fund
should be divided share and share
alike among the seven children OF the
deceased. 1t was reported to the
court that the terms of the will had
been carried out and that provision
Z 60 No 49, rny4M
tinuance of sharing of the income in
keeping with the spirit of the will.
The terms Of this agreement are not a
part Of the record Of the case.
The amount to be divided in the
trust fund is reported 10 be in excess
of 100000. The children owho will
share in the division of the estate
are Maulsby Kimball, of Buffalo, Mrs.
Emily Forrest, of Chicago, Mrs. Car
olyn S. K. Rowe, of Kenosha, Roger
N. Kimball, Kenosha, Miss Anna
Northland Kimball, Kenosha, John
Richie Kimball, New York, and the
Reverend Norman Captive Kimball Of
Madison.
The will also left the homestead,
located at Ala Prairie avenue to the
daughters TO nave ana nOIQ IreO OF
all rent under the condition that each
one of the children should have q
right to home in such residence on
the payment of fair share Of the
expenses Of maintaining the same.
This clause also stipulated that upon
the death of the daughters or their
survivors the homestead property shall
descend to and belong to the other
children share and share alike; it also
stipulated that at any time that the
daughters shall not desire to main
tain, keep up and occupy the home
stead and they or their survivors shall
enter into such an agreement in writ
ing, then the homestead may immedi-
ately descend to the children and
their heirs to be divided share and
share alike.
The will provided for other requests
and for a fve-year trust fund, all Of
which terms have been carried out,
according to the report.
Judge Baker continued the hearing
at the request Of the executors to al
low time for the filing of additional
papers.