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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Value of Pumpkins in
the Fattening of PIGS

Results from three experiment sta
lions show that $40 pounds of pump
lins fed with 273 pounds of grain,
gave 100 pounds of gain with fatten-
ing pigs. Authorities state that 21a
tons of pumpkins are equal to one ton
of corn silage. About the only way
Of getting at the value of corn silage
is by figuring its actual cost and this
varies great deal. Data kept in
Illinois indicated that a ton of sflage
costs about $3.50. With concentrates
at $50 per ton and legume hay at S14
per ton, good silage is worth about
$3.50 per ton. Therefore, if it takes
21a tons of pumpkins to equal one ton
of corn silage and it is worth S6.5O.
pumpkins would be worth less than
half that amount. However, we be-
lieve they would be worth more than
that for feeding hogs but we doubt
# they are worth Sc per ton. The
seeds of pumpkins contain much nutri-
ment and they should not be removed
when feeding.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23

I ren

Wooden trenchers. commonly called
'treen" were in common use during the
Middle ages in Great Britain. "Masers"
or cups and bowls were frequently mem
toned In Wills and inventories. The
finer specimens belonged to the richer
abbeys-thus, there was the Great
Maser at York, the Judas Cup at Dur
ham. and at ST. Sayior's. Southwark.
there was "a nlaser with a bordour and
knop of sylver and gilt which was
given to the church wardens to drink
when they mete." These valuable
wooden cups were sometimes orna-
mented by rim of silver. but other
wise they were seldom decorated by
more than few low holdings or In
cised lines. Their value and beauty
lay In the granting Of the wood, gen.
orally maple. and the old turner's
chose the part Of the trunk where 1t
divided Off into branches so as to OBJ
tain the speckled birfs-eye granting.
By Tudor times pewter began to take
the place Of treen, though poorer folk
continued to use these wooden trench
ers and bowls till much later. especial
ly in the north Of England and In Scot
land.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
oeviee 70 Facilitate
Instruction in Writing

Hlectrograph Is the name Of an In
strument invented in Spain to facill-
tate instruction In writing In schools
The apparatus Is designed to educata
the hand to move in accordance with
the will. First of all, metallic shee
are cut In such manner as to aff,S
graphic designs most dif1cult for ii.
unframed muscles-angles, loops
straight lines. crooked lines, vertica
and horizontal lines, etc. The sheets.
when used by the child, must be 30 ar
ranged that they may easily be
brought together or separated. as de-
sired; and this is necessary also In
order to make the lesson difficult or
easy, as desired by the Instructor
These sheets. consequently, are fas-
tened down with screws so peculiarly
made that certain pressure may
cause them to give bit to one side
or the other. Under the desk In an
electric bell connected with the sheets
above by copper wire. Below these,
and entirely isolated, La another sys-
tenn Of sheets. The child is brought
before the instrument and told to
place his paper between the free
spaces of the sheets, mark his outline
and then punch key. This contact
win open the electric current and
make the bell ring. II the pressure
he exerts does not make the metallic
outline precisely cover the one on his
'penciled paper, the bell below rings.
giving immediate notice Of his error.
The child enjoys the game" and is
stimulated to make his loop or curve
exactly match thst Of the metallic
sheet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Soft Drinks Traced TO
American Revolution

There Is an interesting story about
how the first soft drinks happened t.
be made.
Back In the days of the American
revolution a man named Townsepe
,peakman was running q little dru
fore in Philadelphia. He supple
dicines for Washington's army, and
as pretty well known. One day
lys writer in the Progressive Gro
or. doctor asked him to fill a pre-
>cription of carbonated water. Drug
st Speakman succeeded In con,
punding the concoction. The doc
or's patient liked the new water
aon, one patient after another passed
word around and, before long,
ruggist Speakman had lots of calls
the new medicine water.
But Druggist Speakman was a keen
lsiness man and conceived the idea
fiayoring the medicine water vita
nit juices to increase its popularity
he plan worked. Its popularity
read like wildfire. That was the
Ginning of the carbonated soft
rink business.
The soft drink business has been
owing ever since. Last year. fer ex-
mpis. the people in the United States
consumed 100000 bottles Of non
beverages, an average Of 10
bottles fer every man, woman and
hid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
BEFORE MATCHES WERE MADs
primitive Peoples Had inssnlov.
Means Of Making Fires That An
swered the Same purposs-

Two methods Of making fre wers fE
sse among the aborigines Of North
america at the time Of the discovery
che first method consisted OF striking
Srare from flint and pyrites--a hare
sre ."niaiiing usually considerab'-
THIS method was practiced >
- Esilimos and by the Athapaacf
md Algonquin tribes ranging acros'
he continent from the Pacific coas
20 Newfoundland and down the Altar
dc coast.
The most valued ana most effectus
method of making flre known 20 the
indians was that of the reciprocatins
motion Of wood on wood and ignitins
the ground Off particles through heat
generated by friction. The simples
method was to whirl rapidly backward
and forward a wooden rod or drill
The drill turned In a lower piece of
wood which may be called the hearth
The drill was worked near the border
OF the hearth, cutting Q socket. From
the socket a narrow canal was cut IN
the edge Of the hearth, the functioa
Of the canal being to collect the pow.
dered wood ground or by the frict1oa
Of the drill. az within this wood msa
shs beat rose to the ignition pstu1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Average Yield Of Honey
This Year Is Decreased

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
The average yield of honey this year
above the food requirements Of the
bees is 80 pounds per colony Of bees
as compared with "a pounds least year
and with 46 pounds the average for the
period 1922. the United States De
partment Of Agriculture reports. The
department reported earlier in the year
per cent decrease In numbers of
working colonies last spring, as com
pared with the spring Of 1922.
Yields in New York, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Tennessee and North Caro-
lima are equal to or higher than the
state averages for 1892, but In most
states the yield is less than average.
Yields in Texas and In southern Cali
fornia were unusually low, the flow of
nectar from sage and other desert
plants in California being nearly a
complete failure, and the honey crop
from orange bloom being very short.
Comparatively little surplus honey
was produced this year in many sec
lions of the Ohio valley, the lower Mis-
sissippi valley and in most of the cot.
ton belt. In the cotton belt consider
able loss Of bees Is reported to the de.
partment due to poisoning of cotton
plants in combating the boil weevil
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
iE6ES6 o. GRAND cAaych


According to the Wallapais the
Grand canyon was made single-hand-
cd. after a certain food, by their cult
Us hero. Pack-i-tha-a-wi, who was
armed with q large flint knife and Q
big stick. Once upon time the world
was covered SO deep with water that
nobody knew what to do until Pack
i-tha-a-wi took the initiative. The
knife he thrust deep into the heart Of
the earth. hammering It in with the
big stick and moving 1t strenuously
back and forth until the canyon was
formed, which drew all the water from
Off the earth into the Sunset sea.
Another legend says that there was
q great chief who mourned the death
Of his wife and would not be comfort
ed until Taywoats, one Of the Indian
gods, came to him and told him his
wife was in happier land, and offered
to take him there that he might see for
himself If. upon his return. he would
cease to mourn. The great chief prom
ised.
/. Then Taywoats made trail through
tha mountains. The trail was the can
yon gorge Of the Colorado. Through
It the god led the chief, and when
they had returned the deity exacted
from the chief q promise that he
would tell no one Of the joys Of that
land, lest, through discomfort with this
world. they should desire to 90 to
heaven Then he rolled a river Into
the gorge so broad and raging that 1t
would engulf any that might attempt
to enter thereby-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Late Winter and Early
Spring to Plune Tree

1t is usually considered preferab
to prune all fruit trees in the LAT
winter or early spring. but this POI
has probably been over-emphaslzed
sectionsMhere there are mild winter
winter-killing should not result ar
fall pruning should Therefore not
harmful
Provided pruning has been carefu
done during the first years of tire,
life, there would not be much hea
cutting necessary after this til
Furthermore, what there is viii
largely cutting out of interfei
branches with the purpose of thinn
out the growth and letting in light I
the remaining wood Cutting of tn
kind can usually be done in the II
without fear of injury.
One thing may actually be in fav
of fall pruning, provided it is don
before the leaves fall. This point i
that 1t enables the primer to see NOR
wildly the results he Is obtaining. pr
ticularly in regard to thinning ont =
branches where the growth Is too til
and Is producing too much shade
the other hand, it is always goo
plan, even with spring pruning t
prune a few sample trees while TIL
leaves are yet on. to serve as a pa
tern in the dormant season (spring).
In general, however, it is safer /
do most of the pruning in the spris
or any time during late winter. aft
the coolest weather is past. This
plies to heavy cutting particularly an
to the pruning of old bearing trees
A small amount of cutting, thinnin
out growth. removal of suckers, etc
may be done any time during the yea
with almost equal success.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Sneeze Greeted in Many
Ways in Various Places

"a vos souhaits p (God bless you y
Now is the season when you hear
the expression very frequently. With
these words we apostrophize one who
sneozes.
Among the Indian tribes Of North
America. we understand. polite Ques
tion is elected by the sneeze of ones
companion: who calls me? When
an Eskimo sneezes he says to him
self: "Come back to mel" for popular
belief has 1t that the sneeze indicates
an escape or flight of the soul.
In the British East Indies 1t Is also
believed that part Of the soul flies
forth at each sneeze; and when the
natives hear a friend sneeze, they
say: God protect you'll" to which the
sneezer's response should be: And
you likewise" The Siamese believe
hat a person sneezes because God
urning the pages of the Doomsday
Book, has paused at His name.
In Portugal, when anyone sneezes.
you raise your hat The Irish and the
Russians, like the Hindus, exclaim:
God protect you ~ The Italians says ,
"Felicitar'
As for the English, they don't say
anything at all, but they Immediately
take precautions against q cold In the
head, Of which the sneeze 10 suppose
70 - q warning.-Le Petit Parizisa-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
HERoIsM OF CAT IN AFRICA
Missionary Tells How His Pet Ssvsd
Nine Kittens From Death In
Hail Storm.

A missionary to Africa tells this In
teresting story Of the unusual heroism
of a cat he once owned. One day
terrific hall storm came, the sort con
corning which English and American
people know nothing. In a quarter of
an hour hail covered the ground to o
depth Of two feet. Before the storm
began the missionary's three cats were
outside playing; they were all mother
cats and had their kittens with them.
Immediately two Of the mother cats
ran to shelter, never troubling about
the little ones, but the heroine Of the
story stood her ground. AS soon as her
master managed to go to her he found
that she had gathered not only her own
four babies, but all the others as we'll
nine In all, and had stood over them
keeping them warm and safe, while
she was nearly frozen. She had nearly
died In saving them. for her poor sides
we're terribly bruised by the heavy
hailstones. Carefully did the mission
airy wrap her In blankets and then he
nursed her till she had recovered
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Countess Introduced
Quirine Into Spain

Quinine Is obtained from the pow
dered bark Of the cinchona. tree.
Early In the Seventeenth century the
countess Of Cinchon and her husband
went to live at Lima, in Peru. the
count having been appointed viceroy
In one Of the provinces grew a tire.
the bark Of which was said to cure
fever. The governor Of the province.
hearing some years later that the
countess had contracted the dread dis
ease, sent her parcel of the bark.
1t cured her and later, on returning
to Spain, she took with her quantities
Of the drug. In spite of prejudice, its
use became popular. The trees from
which 1t was obtained were gradually
being used up and the drug became
expensive.
In 1850 Sir Clement Markham or
ganized an expedition to Peru to col
lect plants Of the cinchona with the
idea Of introducing. their culture into
India, where 1t was thought they
would grow well and where the use of
the drug would be beneficial In view
OF the climatic conditions being SO con-
ducive to fever.
Although the plants died on the way
to India, the seeds survived and now
there are fourishing plantations In
Burma and Ceylon; while more re-
Gently the tree has been cultivated
with success In Jamaica and South
Africa.-London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
ReUard for testers Who
Tighten Lies Burdens

England knights her playwright
and her men of wealth, aud SO does
France, but France has gone a long
step further and awarded academic
palms to three clowns, the Fratellini
brothers, for their beneficial effect Oh
the public morale.
No task is harder~than finding new
Jokes or making old ones appear fun
ny, the New York World states. There
Is q continuing dearth of merriment.
only occasionally relieved By obliging
amateurs. When good story comes
to light the city pounces on 1t like
hawk; 1t is passed from mouth to
mouth in every Office and factory till
It wears thin with handling. Obvious
~ the market Is undersupplfed, and
the art Of eliciting smiles should be
subsidized as well as honored.
The better comedians of the revues
who receive but a shame-faced fame
deserve at the least congressional rec.
ognitions and pensions from the pub
ic treasury. They are In line Of
descent from Will Kemp, Shakespeare's
clown; Grimaldi. whose memoirs were
edited by Charles Dickens, and all the
harlequins of history.
Since there are no orders Of nobi
ity in this country, those who succeed
IN being particularly excruciatina
should receive cash prizes or gold
medals easily convertible into cash,
AS nation we are too serious, not
as matter OF choice. but because
there Is so little first-rate wit to b.
FOUND. And we deserve our fate
what have we ever done to encourage
the successful clown except to laugh
II himf !.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Favorable Conditions in
Early Spring for Glover

1t is usually best to SOW sweet cloves
seed In the early spring. as soil mois-
lure conditions are hardly ever favor.
.hle In the fall for getting the seed
'arly enough for it to make growth
enough to live over the winter.
Sweet clover may be sown the sams
way that the other kinds of clover arr
usually sown. 1t may be sown with
wheat. oats or barley, and when sown
on wheat early In the spring some
provision should be made for getting
The seed covered soon after sowing.
From 10 to II pounds Of seed Der
acre makes heavy seeding with gooc
eed and under favorable conditions
for IL to terminate. The yield of seed
per acre is very variable, and may run
from almost nothing up to 10 or u
uahels per acre, depending largely
i, seasonal conditions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
National Park Visitors
RiUaI Natures Wonders

Following are some Of the human
oddities Of the Yellowstone park as de-
scribed by Harry Owen Frazier In the
arurday Evening Post.
Women In high-heeled shoes. SILK
stockings and khaki breeches, hiking
among the geysers and along the
trails.
Gien In low shoes, palm beach trou-
sers. heavy sweaters and straw hats,
doing the same thing.
Men, women and children crowding
around the camp dining room half an
hour before mealtime for fear they
could not be the first served.
The talkative lady who was forever
anting to change her routing 30 she
.ould be with new-found friends.
The man who ran to the cone Of Old
Faithful to see her spout and was
treated to nice hot shower.
The many who put their hands into
the hot springs to see If the water was
actually hot-and found out.
The lady who asked If the springs
troze over in winter.
The roughneck who told her they
lid and that once man broke through
he ice and scalded his feet.
The schoolma'am with notebook and
onsive look who will 60 home and
vrite description Of the Grand can.
ynn
The man who put his collar into
The Handkerchief pool and expected 1t
TO come out starched and ironed.
The man who exchanged dessert
with his neighbor at table, before the
neighbor arrived, because Of q slight
Inference In crass-sectional area in
savor of the absent one.
The lady who got close enough to
oear to take snapshot and then dis
,overed that her camera needed reload
ing.
An oblfging bear who sat upon n
stump until the nerye-racking task
was finished.
The pest who growled at the servic.
at the camps, but would not change to
the hotels.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Throw Out the Life Line

Just before the conclusion of the
weekly prayer meeting In a country
town one evening the parson arose,
and glanced over the congregation.
SIS there anybody present" said he,
"who wishes the prayers of the con-
gregation for relative or a friend7"
"Yes, parson." answered tall, an
gular woman, rising to her feet. Il
want the congregation to pray for my
husband"
"Why, Sister Martha" exclaimed
the parson. with surprised express
sion, you have no husband"
ST know 1 haven't" was the calm
rejoinder of Sister Martha. II want
all hands to pitch in and help pray
for one"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Builds Miniature Rail
Line on Country Esfof

W. Cecil Gage, retired broker. ..
Fishkill, N. T.. has just completed
two-mile miniature railway system
which he has constructed with his
own hands entirely from odds and
ends found lying about his estate.
The tracks and switches wer-
made from the floor beams and thu
cars and locomotive from the parti
tons Of dismantled farm buildings.
Ashes from the family furnace served
as ballast for the tracks. \ A gasoline
motor to run the locomotive and
wheels for locomotive and cars are
the only parts of the system that are
not homemade.
Mr.. Gage began constructing his lit
tie road five years ago In order to
supply himself with an easy way
of disposing Of ashes. He has been
steadily adding to 1t since then until
now he has two miles Of track, five
passenger cars, two fiat cars, a freight
car, eight switches. four crossings
equipped with warning signs, a turn
table. a snowplow and half a dozen
stations. At night and during severe
weather a long chicken house serves
as "roundhouse" for the protection
OF the rolling stock.
The road Is used to carry farm
products, firewood and similar mate
rails about the estate as well as to
take the children Of Fishkill and the
surrounding towns for joyriding. Mr.,
Gage estimates his yearly mileage as
something above 10000. The tiny
cars attain a speed of 20 miles an hour
or more on straight runs, and. al.
though several thousand persona
have been carried as passengers
there never has been an accident
Popular Science.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Scientists Explanation
by No Means Flofferine

A spiritualist, who also was some
thing Of an orator, visited q tow.
where a skeptical scientist lived, anr
delivered lecture one afternoon, til.
lecturers desire being to convert the
scientist to his belief. The audienc.
vas large, including the scientisl
who had attended by special Invite
ti0n.
The next day the spiritualist calleo
on the scientist with hope that his at
fort had been successful. ~What dia
you think Of my lecturer" he asked.
WELL" said the scientist. II
couldn't sleep last night at all. ana /
lay 1t to your talk"
The spiritualist was highly BATTERED.
Il knew my argument would make
you think" he said. rs 1t not sor'
4 am not 50 certain about that
Whenever sleep during the day /
cannot sleep 1t night.s--I.os Aneeiss
1lmnR
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23


cakes candles of the tariff wall
with breakfast table
practically
this 100000
which higher
1918 totaed 52o00O
coming in.
the America henmo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
EARM EACT.S0es

1t takes about six pounds of SEED
corn to plant an acre. This means
about sixteen ears for each acre to be
planted.
The agricultural experiment sta
tons are lamps upon the farmers
pathway to Intelligent and profitable
farming.
With more horse power. and ma
chine power, we could grow with our
present man power all the cash crops
and then feed ourselves and our liv.
stock from additional acreage.
Sheep equalize the labor on the
farm, requiring least in the summer
when labor is scarce and high-priced
and most in the winter when it is usu-
ally plentiful and cheap. Sheep-rais-
ing requires less labor than grain
farming
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
The Marriage Problem

You can no more make yourself
keep on loving some one to order than
you can make yourself fall In or out
of love with some one to order. It's
like asking a small boy to light
street lamp with only a match. He
can't reach-the whole things beyond
him. That's the tragedy-the whole
relationship Is dependent on some
thing that sails as airily remote above
your head as a drifting cloud. To
base on that an irrevocable agree
ment? It's simply asking for trou-
Bile. It's like jumping into ten feet
Of water without knowing whether
you can swim or not, and then COM
planning because you're drowned
From THE Craft" by D. q.
S. Nicholson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Drinking Toast Dates
Back to Pagan Times

Just as nutmeg. spices and so on are
still-sometimes-put into such drink
rs punch" so In the olden days a
common custom was to slip mite OF
toasted bread into a glass Of ale with
the idea that the taste was thereby
improved. And SO It came about that
a drink was called a toast.
The custom Of drinking to someone
really dates from the old pagan days
when sacrifices used to be made to
the gods. Later on an Offering Of wine
was made instead. Its red color typi-
flying the actual blood of the real
sacrifice. Later still men made their
offerings not TO the gods but In honor
of a friend. So our ancestors would
drink a glass or toast In honor OF
someone. and the person honored was
az often as not called toast for short
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-23
Continuance Holds Bait
Easily Reached by Mice

Recent experiments have demon
strated the value of a wooden poison
station that may be easily and cheap
ly constructed to make poisoned bait
readily accessible to mice without ex-
posing II to the weather. Square
pieces Of by 6-inch boards are cut
for bottoms. A depression to contain
the poisoned bait Is made across the
bottom board with chisel or, If made
at planning mill, by group of circu-
lar saws. The two walls of the sta
ton are cut from i by TX inch strips
into 6-inch lengths. The whole is
fastened together with four nails.
Mice are attracted to these poison
stations and have often been observed
running around them.