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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

Answer:
 Ordinarily, I am for keeping the
 family skeleton closet locked tight
 and fast. But if the door is bound
 to be opened, it is better for you
 to do it than for a stranger. You
 can at least shape the grisly fig
 ure within it in whatever excuses
 and extenuating circumstances that
 your affection for your mother can
 conjure up. X
 And it will be better to do it be-
 fore you are married than after
 ward, because it will show the
 young man that you gave him a
 square deal. If he finds it inn
 possible to overlook your mothers
 conduct and it shakes his faith in
 you, it will be less sorrow for you
 to give him up now than it would
 to live with his continual re-
 breaches and suspicious.
 Of course, the old saying. Like moth- CT. like daughter" is generally true, and you cannot blame a man for being afraid of a girl whose mother is lacking in moral principle and who not only has not been reared with any ideals of purity and innocence, but has been taught, by example at least, to follow her own inclinations.
 But very often mother is not an example that daughter follows, but an awful warning to her not to do cer- tain things. Many a girl sees her mothers fault so clearly that she flies to the opposite extreme. Just as among men some of the fanatical prohibition ists are the sons of drunken fathers, so some of the most discreet and aus terely yirtuous women in the world are the daughters of weak, loose-living mothers. Indeed, there is a proverb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

MIR. AND MRS. GOTTLIEB TO RECEIVE IN HONOR OF SON
 NIR and Mrs. s. GOttileb will re- ceive Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock at their home, 1130 Louise at Bar Mitzbah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
DOROTHY DIX.

Dear Miss Dix: am engaged, to a splendid young man, who has very high ideals and who believes the best of everybody. But my trouble is this : My mother is a wonderful mother to her children, and always has been, but she is not faithful to my father. Sooner or later my fiance is bound to find this out, and the question is, shall I tell him before we are married? Telling him may make a difference in our lives, as he might think that I would be like my mother. But God only knows how much I grieve over her, or how dread full it is to me that she has a lover. What shall I do? MABEL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

The man whose hand is always in his pocket and who invariably pays for the crowd will make the tOo-generous husband. He will in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

hhiVhS tHdL d ldLy uuOlHtE LldhtS an industrious daughter, and that the thriftiest housewives are the daughters of shiftless housekeepers.
 Your sweetheart need have no fear that you will follow in your mothers footsteps, but you cannot expect him, if he does marry you, to want you to be much with her, nor to be under her influence. Still less will he want his children to be brought up at the knees of a grandmother whose petticoats are mud bespattered.
 You say your mother has been a wonderful mother to you. Perhaps for your sake and to secure your happiness she will be willing to sacrifice her own guilty love and turn back to the straight road.
 DOROTHY DIX.
 Dear Dorothy Dix: While in college l fell in love with coed. She re- turned my affection and we became engaged, and for while we were very happy.
 But. later on, she broke the engage ment because she decided that we were temperementally unsuited to each other. She said that she was too highly ideal lstlc to marry man who was as prac- tical as l am. Personally, l think that most girls are idealistic by nature, and that men are more practical, don't you And, inasmuch as we have the same tastes in books, and amusements, and many other things, this should not separate us. What do you think?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

among women that lazy mother makes an industrious daughter, and that the thriftiest housewives are the daughters of shiftless housekeepers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
Satisfactory House for
Ducks Is Easily Built

The essentials of satisfactory
duck house are a good, tight roof, tight
sides and back, and ample ventilation.
A very good type is a simple she'd
roof house, four feet high at the back
and seven at the front, ten or twelve
feet wide and whatever length the
size Of the flock would require Pro
vide raised floor covered with sand,
and kept literally covered with lit
ter. AS for materials build the frame
work of dimension stuff, and If strict
economy in first cost is essential, cover
the entire building, roof and sides,
with prepared roofing. Leave in the
front door, and windows the full
length of the house Half the win
dows should be glass, and the other
half protected with burlap or mus
lin to keep out drafts and rain or
snow, but allow for ventilation. The
windows should all be arranged so that
ventilation may be increased or dimin-
ished as the need changes with wealth
er conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
ed in the first place with tile or pipes

ed in the first place with tile or pipes
in the beds with view to steaming
Although nemas exist in enormous
numbers and kinds in the soil and are
of great Importance in crop produc-
ton, there are important species which
infest different animals, insects and
man. The hookworm is a nema, and
there is one infesting fox which is
blood red in color and attains a length
Of several feet. Investigations are be-
ing made by the department to learn
If these parasites can be used to COM
bat certain insects of economic impor-
lance. It has been found that GER
tain nema has prediction for grass
hoppers, and Doctor Cobb is of the
opinion that it is this enemy, In some
cases, which causes the hopper"
scourge to rise and subside in great
waves. This nema, which attains
length of 20 inches or more and is
about the thickness of a coarse thread,
makes the host insect sterile, and in
that way reduces the increase enor-
mously. When the "hoppers' become
plentiful the parasites increase and cut
down their numbers; then through
lack of grasshoppers the nemas de-
crease, and the cycle repeats. Inves-
tigators are now trying to find out II
it will be practicable to introduce this
particular nema in regions where the
choppers" are not infested, and in that
waV helm nrOtect the crops,
Have Economic Possibilities.
There are many other possibilities
for utilizing these natura. enemies in
the interest Of the farmer. There is a
nema parasite infesting the cucumber
beetle and study is being made OF
the problem Of introducing them in
localities where this beetle is album
dant and not already badly infested.
Practically all the injurious Insects,
and the beneficial ones as well, are
thought to have their nemas, and 1t
is possible that some day these para
sites will be used for our benefit just
as insect parasites of insects are
now being used in efforts to control
such economic pests as the Japanese
beetle, the European corn borer and
various caterpillars.
In the soil and in water there are
nemas which prey on other species OF
their own kind and it is thought pos,
sible that some day we may be able
to increase the numbers of those pre-
datory nemas which prey on the eco
nomically destructive ones.
This field of nematology is one which
1t is thought may be cultivated with a
great deal of promise for the farmer
1t is certain that much more work
must be done in the control Of those
that are reducing the yield Of crops,
particularly that widespread one
which produces root-knot on SO many
valuable plants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
FUR TRADE FIRST
IN COLONIAL DAYS

'"Both the French and the British
during their occupation of Wisconsin
found it very advantageous to trade
with the Indians" says Miss Louise B.
Kellogg Of the Wisconsin Historical so
ciety.
It did not take long to convince the
Indian Of the superiority of the
weapons, clothing, implements and or
naments that the white man brought.
Before long he forgot how to make
stone arrowheads, bone avis and CHS
els. and became dependent upon his
trader for the necessities of life He
had little besides furs to give in re-
turn for these commodities. He sold
some maple sugar, feathers and lead
to his trader, but the great staple arti-
Gle was pelts. To obtain these skins
of animals he had to range farther and
farther aield, and to abandon much Of
his primitive agriculture for hunting.
"For the white man the fur trade Of
fered great risks and great profits. At
first the Indian brought his furs to
market: enterprising traders then be-
gan to follow the red man to his vii
Iage During the French regime Wis
consin was a very profitable post; for
tunes were made and lost, and the
French government prohibited the
traders of any other nation from en-
tering the Great Lakes region, even
in times Of peace, declares Miss Kel-
.ogg.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
POULTRY
FATS
PROPER METHODS FOR
PREPARING POULTRY

| prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A broad field for specialization by
farmers in producing table poultry Of
prime quality is felt to exist by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. Most poultry, says the depart
ment, is shipped alive by producers be-
cause producers are not skilled in
dressing and are not equipped to han
die and ship the dressed poultry in
good condition over long distances.
Shippers of dressed poultry will find
it profitable as a rule to fatten the
birds for a period of ten to fourteen
days before killing, the department
says. Requirements of the market to
which the poultry are sent should de-
termine whether the birds should be
scalded or dry picked, and also the
style of dressing. 1t is extremely inn
portant that the birds be well bled
and thoroughly chilled Immediately
after slaughter, to remove all body
heat.
Failure to chill properly is often re-
sponsible for spoilage. In warm
weather dressed poultry should be
shipped packed in ice to prevent
spoilage in transit. Grading for quail
ity, uniformity, and size is desirable.
Shipping of poor quality birds in
separate packages is also desirable
when the quantity to be shipped Is suf-
ficiently large to make this step practi-
cable, the department says.
It probably will not pay to fatten
poultry that is in fairly good condi-
ton of flesh, before shipping them
alive, because the shrinkage in weight
of specially fattened poultry is likely
to be heavy during the journey to
market, the department points out.
But if the poultry is very thin it will
probably pay to fatten the birds for
few days or week.
In shipping alive, producers are
urged to grade the birds by age and
kind, and so far as practicable to
ship the different classes in separate
coops. Overcrowding in coops, es-
pecially during hot weather, causes
heavy loss. Feed should be withheld
from the poultry a sufficient length Of
time before shipping, to insure arrival
of the birds on the market with empty
crops.
In shipping either live or dressed
poultry, the department emphasizes
the Importance Of determining the best
days of the week for poultry on the
market selected, and the planning of
shipments to arrive on those days
Care should always be taken that
coops or containers in which poultry
is shipped are plainly marked with the
name and address Of both the receiver
and shipper.
Further detailed information as to
the proper methods Of killing, picking,
chilling, packing and shipping poultry
applicable to the use Of producers, as
well as brief descriptions of CONNER
cial methods, are given in Farmers
Bulletin 1877, entitled Marketing
Poultry" copies of which can be OBJ
tanned, as long as the supply lasts,
upon request Of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture, Washington,
d. G..
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
Clover Failure Is
Due to Many Causes
Ailments of Crop Discussed
in Bulletin Just Issued.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
That the decline In red-clover Gull
ture is no myth becomes abundantly
evident when one reads the agricul-
tural literature Of the past 40 years.
Letters from farmers to the agricul-
tural press and articles by farmers
and by the experiment station workers
in the press all express concern re-
garding this condition and offer vari-
Gus reasons and remedies The United
States Department Of Agriculture has
been alive to the necessity of solving
the problem Of clover failure, and has
set forth it's observations as to the
causes as well as suggestions for more
favorable results, in Farmers Bulletin
1865, Clover Failure, just issued.
Causes of clover failure, says the
department, are to be sought in i'm
proper soil conditions, in diseases, in
the use Of nonadaptable seed or in Inn
proper methods Of seeding, and in the
use Of harmful nurse crops. Improper
soil conditions result from constant
cultivation and the consequent loss Of
lime, phosphates, potash and organic
matter, making the soil unsuited to
the growth Of clover. Such conditions
can be remedied by applying the ele-
ments lacking in a field and by work.
ing in manure and other forms Of
organic matter.
In some cases clover failure is due
to diseases, and then a disease-resist-
ant variety must be used If available,
or some other legume substituted for
red clover. Alsike clover hairy vetch-
or annual summer legumes, such as
soy BEANS. should be used when for
any reason land that needs lime can
not be economically lined. When red
clover fails on land well supplied with
lime, sweet clover can often be SUBJ
stituted to advantage.
A copy of the bulletin may be Sc
cured as long as the supply lasts, from
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, Washington, D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
Kansas Farmers Organize
4OO-Bushel Potato Club

According to the Kansas Industrial
list, the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege is sponsoring an organization,
membership in which is restricted to
those farmers who shall grow 400 BUSH
els or more Of potatoes on an acre of
land. This is believed to be the second
''Four Hundred Bushel Potato" club
organized in this country, the other
being the club that already has a
year or more Of successful experience
behind it in Pennsylvania.
The ever-growing list Of state
"Corn," wheat" and Potato" clubs
is tangible evidence Of the rapidly
widening conviction in the necessity
for stimulating interest in higher rates
Of yield as being perhaps the most
practicable means Of reducing produc-
ton cost and insuring a fair profit to
the grower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
Federal Grades for
Alfalfa Suggested
Department of Agriculture
Plans Are Outlined.

fPrepared by the United States Department
Of Agricultural
Federal grades for alfalfa are con-
templated in investigational work now
being done by the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. Preliminary
studies in cooperation with state ex-
pertinent stations the past few months
have included the collating Of all data
ohtainable on the relative weight and
feeding value Of leaves and stems, rela-
five feeding value of different cut
tings at various stages Of maturity,
losses due to teaching, mechanical
losses incurred in curing and the
results of feeding experiments with
stack sweated and stack burned al
falfa. Studies have also been made
of the relative Importance of alfalfa
production in different parts Of the
United States and of the volume Of re-
CENTS in various markets.
A number of bales of alfalfa hay
have been obtained at various points
IN the West by the Kansas City Office
Of the hay. feed and seed division of
the department, anu LII y a. o0u " CAlC
denartment's hay laboratory at Wash
ington. Detailed studies Of these bales
are being made to determine statis-
t,cal facts regarding color, texture,
leafiness and foreign material as grad
ing factors.
During the coming summer repre-
sen+atives Of the department will visit
the principal alfalfa markets and pro-
ducing areas to make thorough sur
vev of existing grades and marketing
nractices TO secure additional samples.
Persons interested in the grading
80 oIfoIfa and who have constructive
suggestions to offer, are invited to cor
respond with the Bureau Of Agricultur-
al Economics, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Washington. D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
LIVE STOCK NEED
MINERALS IN FEED

why are newborn pigs sometimes
hairless?"
"Why do cows below for salt?"
"Why do pigs do better when they
have wood ashes?"
All Of these questions and more too
are answered In a free publication on
minerals for live stock, issued by the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Most farmers salt their cows with
out question. All kinds of live stock
need this very essential but inexpen-
sive mineral It furnishes a food ele-
ment required by the body, and helps
build up in the stomach acids which
aid in digestion.
Goiter and hairless pigs which year
~ exact large toll from the farm
er's hog crop can be guarded against
by use of potassium or sodium iodide
in the feed. The iodine is the essen
tial substance.
"Where swine get no dairy by-prod-
ucts, tankage or green pasture, min
eral supplement containing lime should
be fed" says g. B. Hart, chief chem
ist at the college experiment station.
steamed bone meal, ground lime
stone, wood ashes or rock phosphate
can be used. One-half to two pounds
for each 100 pounds of ground grain
or concentrate is satisfactory
amount"
When the forage fed to cattle, sheep
and horses consists Of crops grown on
acid soils or is of the nonlegume type
the lime-carrying materials should be
fed at the rate Of three to four pounds
to 100 pounds of grain. Even when
legumes like, alfalfa, clover and soy
beans are fed the addition Of lime
containing materials will do no harm
and they may do a great deal Of good.
The feeding Of wheat bran and mid
dlings provides phosphorus which is
very necessary in the ration Of dairy
COW. While 1t is true that sodium
phosphate added to the ration of a
dairy COW while she was dry increased
the milk flow in the following milking
period, further experiments are
deemed advisable to prove that phos-
plate feeding can be generally prac-
ticed under diverse feeding systems
with profit.
'Dairy farmers can save money by
buying minerals separately and mix
ing them themselves rather than pur-
chasing commercial mineral mixtures
which contain a large quantity Of use
less ingredients as filler" declares
Hart
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
Wisconsin's Ton Litters

The largest litter qualifying in the
1923 Wisconsin-ton litter contest had
IA pigs and the smallest numbered 9,
according to II. J. Brant, one of the
men In charge of this years contest.
The average number of pigs in Wis
consfn's most successful filters was
11.88. In Illinois it was 1859, and in
Ohio Ill pigs per litter. One state
last year reported several ton filters
of eight pigs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15

such attack not even weeds which are
often thought to be blessed with i'm
munity from enemies; but the grasses
Including the small grains and corn,
are less subject to devastation than
most of the others. BY using these
resistant crops in a rotation, it is pos
sible to keep down the number of the
pests in the soil as the nematodes will
die out in large numbers If a crop, I'M
desirable from their standpoint, is
grown on the ground for a year or
two. 1t is necessary, however, to keep
down the weeds, because the nemas
live in the roots Of a large number
of them. Even a weed that is not bad
~ infested will carry over the infec-
ton from year to year, and it does
not take long for a few of the pests
to repopulate the soil when a suscepti-
BILE crop is growing in it.. Allowing two
months to each generation, which is
ample, pair Of gall nemas viii have
five to ten million descendants in six
months, should all survive.
These root-knot producers do the
most damage in light, sandy soil, as
1t is easier for them to make their way
through it from root to root and they
are moved about more readily by the
flow of soil water. In real heavy clay
soils the pest is sometimes Of little
Importance, though it may exist there.
Sometimes it becomes worse when
soil is lightened up by adding manure
or by opening it with green crops
turned under and by thorough cult
walton.
Attacks Variety Of Crops.
Among the many crops attacked by
the root-knot nematode, the most I'M
portant are alfalfa, clover, cotton,
cow peas with the exception of few
varieties), field peas, fax, fig, grape,
peach, soy beans with the exception
of the Laredo VARIETY, pumpkins,
sugar beets, sugar cane, sweet pota-
toes, tobacco, vetch, large number Of
truck crops, ornamental plants and
trees. Some Of the plants attacked
are legumes which normally have no
dulles produced by beneficial bacteria
but usually it is not difficult to dis
tinguish between these growths and
those chickering's on the roots made
by the gall nematode. The former are
more or less globular and easily re-
moved, while the latter are usually
club-shaped or irregular masses, real
ly enlargments of the roots and root
lets themselves.
When the soil freezes large numbers
Of the nematodes are killed off and,
as a consequence, the pest is not so
bad in the northern states as in the
southern. However, enough of the
organisms get down below the frost
line so that they never are annihilated.
In greenhouses they become bad pests
in any part Of the country, but by
treating the soil with hot water or
steam it is possible to destroy them
along with fungi and many undesir-
able bacteria. 1t is now recommend
ed that new. greenhouses be construct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
when the treaty of peace was signed

When the treaty of peace was signed
In 1893 and all the French territory In
North America became English possess
sion, British traders fastened to this
profitable region. Even before the
treaty was signed the English had oc-
cupied the post at Green Bay, remain
ing it Fort Edward Augustus. In
1893, however, after Pontiac's conspir-
acy, this post was abandoned and
Mackinac became the center of the fur
trade of the upper lakes.
Prairie du Chen was another impor-
tant center, whence the traders went
up the Mississippi to many small in
terror forts in the fall, and returned in
the spring with thier furs and to OBJ
tain more goods. From Lake Superior
also traders penetrated to the Wiscon-
sin inland lakes, such as Flambeau and
Court Oreilles, where they built trad
ing posts.
AT first there was much competi-
ton" states Miss Kellogg. FINALLY
there were formed great companies
which managed all the trade. The COM
panies practically introduced a system
of government and a social regime.
They were supported by small gar
risons at Mackinac and Detroit. The
chief traders, called bourgeois" were
like feudal lords; under them were
the clerks, or commits, who hoped to
become bourgeois; then the voyageurs
and winterers, who were under
strict rule of obedience and author
ity.
when these traders retired they
formed many small settlements at
Green Bay, Prairie du Chen and
Madeline Island, called La Pointe.
Thus the population of Wisconsin
grew slowly, and the fur trade was the
chief interest, the system of govern
ment and the social organization, until
the coming Of the Americans to Wis
consin.