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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
FEBRUARY AFIELD

On the calendar February is the
shortest month, but in the hearts of
fishermen there are times when it
seems to darg out Unfortunately be-
cause it marks the end of actual
winter, and the approach of spring
can be sensed.
Most of it's days are drab and long
periods of cold make it month when
The wanderer outdoor lunches up his
shoulders and buttons his jacket Sc
curely at the neck. The drearieest of
February days, however, seldom
fails to produce something interest
ing for the person who will seek it.
like to take 22 and go for a
walk, either along some stream or
across fields and through the woods.
There is little or nothing for which
to hunt. Once in awhile l shoot at
like the feel of carrying gum. There
is a close bond between men and
their firearms. They are almost like
friends.
Every variety of winter walking
is at your disposal, Sometimes the
ground is bare and frozen hard, some
times the SHOWS are deep and you
move silently through silent world.
Along the streams can be found the
signs OF the trappers with their water
and land sets visible to the inquiring
eye. The tracks of wild life, muskrat,
mink, raccoon can be seen at the
waters edge. There is life in the
woods. Squirrels are only part-time
hibernators, warm spells bring them
out. The crows and blue-jays seem to
ignore the cold. Other things are
abroad, the killers and their victims.
A bright stain on the snow, the evil
dence some hawk, weasel or fox has
killed rabbit or field mouse. 1t is a
nice time of year to carry feed with
you to feed TIE birds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Butter Provides Much Of
Daily Vitamin A Need

According to press release Of the
Agricultural Research admins
tration of the USDA, the aver
age vitamin A value of the cream
cry butter produced in the United
States is more than $4,000 intena-
tional units per pound.
When people eat as much butter
as they did just before the war
(about 18 pounds annually per CAPT.
ta) butter furnishes about TAO inter-
national units per capita daily, or
about Is per cent of the daily al
lowance recommended for normal
adults by the Food and Nutrition
board.
The average vitamin A value per
quart of milk consumed in all its
forms is 1880 international units,
and when the average consumption
rate is 1.052 quarts daily per CAPT
ia, as it was in 1941, milk and
milk products furnish about 1000 in
ternational units of vitamin A daily
per capita, or nearly "a of the
recommended allowance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Silage Nutritious

An acre Of feed put UP as silage
will yield twice as much milk as an
acre Of the same feed put up in q
stack. For this reason, farmers
should make a special effort to con-
serve more feed by placing it in the
silo. On dry basis silage has more
total nutrients than hay due to the
smaller loss incurred during the cur
ing process, and in addition silage
Is more succulent and therefore al
lows for consumption of almost 100
per cent of forage plants stored in
this manner. About two-thirds of the
job Of feeding dairy cows is rough
age feeding problem. Concentrate
feeding is important, too, but the
more good silage fed, the less
grain will be required. About four
pounds of good silage is equivalent
to one pound of the concentrate ra-
ton in feed value.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Appetite Appeal

In planning meals, try to work
out interesting contrasts-crisp cab.
bage slaw with baked beans,
crunchy toast or crackers with SOUP,
toasted sandwiches with salads are
suggestions. Avoid serving more
than one watery vegetable, or more
than one protein-rich vegetable
at the same meal. Lacking appetite
appeal, even nutritious meal may
60 half eaten, warns the home dem.
onstration agent and half eaten
meals adds to the huge amount of
food wasted. A meal composed of
macaroni and cheese, creamed eau.
liAower, mashed potatoes, white
bread, milk and pudding, although
nutritious, make an uninteresting
combination because the foods are
pale, soft and bland. Contrast with
this meal one having cheese souffle.
snap beans, parsley, potatoes, raw
carrot sticks, mullins, milk and fruit
cup. This men offers contrasting
colors, interesting textures and fla
vors-it is well-balanced meal. /"
recommends the agent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Game Need Open

Our forefathers did not find game
everywhere in the primitive forests
they explored simply because most
game species cannot exist, let alone
thrive, in deep woods. The long rec
ORD Of frontiersmen with the know
how of living off the country who
persisted of starvation in the I'M
spoiled wilderness attests to that.
Towering trees offer no forage for
browsing animals, such as deer.
The fruits and nuts their high tops
may produce are available only for
brief periods annually and, for
most species, are only items in a
diet, anyhow. The shade created by
a dense canopy, combined with the
demands made for nutrients and
moisture by their interlocking root
systems, discourages the growth of
low plants which might render sus-
tenance to animals. Such forests Of
fer but one of the many things
game needs and that is shelter
shelter from extremes of weather
and from enemies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Lost Rembrandt

A hitherto unknown drawing b,
Rembrandt, sketch for his paint
ing ester, Ahasuerus, and Ha,
man" has been found in the Push
kin Museum Of Fine Arts in Mos,
COW, according TO a Reuters report.
What makes the discovery even the
more interesting is the sketch on the
reverse side, showing the members
of Renbrandt's family about the
hearth in the kitchen of his house
in Amsterdam about the time tina.
he went into bankruptcy, in July,
1856. An inventory of his posses.
sions was ordered by the In.
solvency chamber, and the first sale
took place in 1857, in the Keizers-
kroon hotel. A second followed in
1858 when the larger part of Rem.
brandt's etchings and drawings were
disposed of. 1t was probably at this
time that this unknown drawing be.
gan its long journey which came to
an end on the walls of the Pushkin
Museum Of Fine Arts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
e. KIRK BROWN SOLICITOR
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Harrison b. l.. Rifle, Complainant
Minnie McCord Rifle, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
Equity Number 6533
The object of this Bill is to secure
decree divorcing the Complainant
L vinculo matrimonii from the De-
fendanr.
The Bill states that the Complain
ant was married to the Defendant on
the 21st day of August, 1917, in
Weston, West Virginia, with whom
he resided until the 18th day of March
1894; that, though the conduct of the
Complainant towards the said Minnie
McCord Rifle has always been kind,
tffectionate and above reproach, the
laid Minnie McCord Rifle has, with
>ut any just cause or reason, aban-
.lared her intention to live with him
10 longer, and that such abandon
.nent has continued uninterruptedly
or at least eighteen months, and is
deliberate and final, and the separa-
ion beyond any reasonable expecta-
ion of reconciliation; that three chill
lren where born to said marriage;
namely, Harold Rifle, who is full
tge; Garrett Rifle, who is deceased,
nd Armeta Rifle, who is sixteen
ears of age, and resides with the
defendant; that Complainant has re-
,ided in Cecil County for more than
/ year past before the filing of this
Bill, and the Defendant resides at
Cleveland, Ohio. The Bill tken prays
or decree divorcing the Complain
mt from the Defendant a vinculo
natrimonii and for such other and
.urther relief as his case may require
1T is THEREUPON, this 25th day
If February, 1916, by the CIRCUIT
JOURT FOR CECIL COUNTY, IN
EQUITY, ORDERED that the Com
claimant cause copy of this Order,
With the object and substance of the
Bill to be inserted in some newspa-
per published in Cecil County once
1 week for four successive weeks, be-
ore the 1st day OF April, 1916, CIV
ng notice to the Defendant, Minnie
-dcCord Rifle, who is a nonresident
# the State of Maryland, to appear
n this Court, either in person or by
olicitor, on or before the 18th day
If April, 1916, to answer the prem
SEES and abide by and perform such
lecree as may be passed therein.
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk.
True Copy-Teste-
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Indoor Plants Add
To Cheer of House

Plants add much to the beauty
and enjoyment of the home, and
often offer the only opportunity for
satisfying the craving of the aver
age human being for something liv-
ing and green. Add an indoor win
dow box for cheerful note in your
living rooms.
While daily care in the matter of
watering, cleansing, and insect
control is very important for sue
cess of indoor gardens, equally es-
sential is the provision for a good
medium of growth. Plants grown in
boxes and pots obtain their nour-
ishment from relatively small
amounts of soil. Naturally they soon
exhaust the soil of plant food and
water. In order to take care of this
need, soils used in pots and boxes
should be in good physical condi-
ton and have the capacity to hold
water, yet have good drainage. A
soil of good physical condition may
be made by mixing three parts of
lcam, one part of decomposed or
ganic matter such as peat moss.
composted material, or leaf mold,
and one part of sand or sifted Goa
ashes. If one prefers, good potting
soil may usually be obtained from a
florist.
Physical condition of the soil
has little to do with plant food con-
tent, except that a friable soil is
necessary for proper root growth,
and such root growth makes posi-
BILE the absorption of plant food. But
friable soil may still be unfertile
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Plant Lice

Tiny soft bodied plant lice or aph-
ids are of different colors, green,
red and yellow being the most gen
orally observed. The long, cool, wet
spring favored the growth and re-
production of aphids and killed off
many of its natural enemies, not
ably the ladybugs. The aphid re-
produces rapidly, and if left alone
it is said that one female could Cir
die the earth with her offspring in
a single season. Plant aphids suck
juices out of plants, such as the
leaves of trees, the buds of roses
and flowers, buds of delphinium and
peony. They secrete a sweet LIQUID
or honey-dew to which ants are very
partial. Some varieties of ants pro-
tect and keep herds of aphids by
protecting their eggs, by feeding
them and by carrying them in the
winter down into their burrows, out
again in the spring and onto green
and luscious plants; all the while
the ants stroke the backs Of the
aphids with their antenae to get
this sweet liquid as their food.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Develop Better Eggs
For Table Usage

Eggs that retain good table quality
for two weeks at temperature OF
100 degrees are the product Of re-
cent research by poultry scientists
of the department of agriculture.
Such eggs are, of course, infertile,
as 100 degrees is approximately
Matching temperature. Most eggs are
practically unfit for table use after
one week at that temperature. The
hens that lay the heat-resisting egg
were developed by selective breed
ing from stock that had produced
eggs of unusually good keeping quail
ity.
Several other lines of chickens
that lay eggs superior in various
characteristics have also been bred
The eggs of one line have larger
percentage of thick white than
usual, so that they poach and fry
better. Another line lays eggs al
most entirely free from blood spots.
Still other lines have thicker, less
porous, and stronger egg shells than
usual, enabling them to stand ship
ping and storage exceedingly well.
All these improvements are the re-
suit of applying principles of breed
ing and selection that are well with
in the reach of progressive poultry
men.
Department officials emphasize
that the studies are directed toward
improving the market quality of
eggs and that the ability Of some
eggs to stay fresh under adverse
conditions is not to be construed as
encouraging such conditions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Hybrid Corn

Nearly two acres out of every
three GAL per cent? of the corn
crop this year have been planted
to hybrid corn, according to the U. S.
department of agriculture estimate
prepared by the Bureau Of Agricul-
tural Economics. In the corn belt
proper the proportion Is much
greater. The non-hybrid corn planted
this year was mainly in areas where
breeding has not been pushed so rap
idly because the crop is less impor-
tant. For that reason, well adapted
hybrids are not yet available In some
of these areas, and in others there
is not enough of the superior seed
corn to supply the demand. Ten
states have more than rs per cent
of their corn acreage in hybrid corn
this year. These are: Iowa, approx
mately 100 per cent; Illinois and In
diana, SO; Ohio, 90; Minnesota, 81;
Wisconsin, 80; Missouri, 90; Ne
braska, IS; Michigan, 80 and New
Jersey, rs per cent. Ten years ago,
the bureau estimates, the hybrid
corn acreage was IL per cent, or
/ ,140,000 acres, compared with Co.,
347, 900 acres in 1915.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Say 1t With Tulips!

Anxious though the Dutch are to
express in concrete form their graft
tude to their allies for the liberia
ton of their country, they lack the
physical resources to make such an
expression Of appreciation posi-
BILE. However, the idea has been Of
fered that tulip gardens be present
ed on behalf of the nation to the
United States, Great Britain and the
Soviet Republic, and also to Sweden
and Switzerland who have extended
such great help to relieve the hum
ger and distress of the Netherlands
people.
A national committee has been Or
ganized to collect funds and CO.
ordinate the plans for such a presen-
tation. It is hoped that eventually
tulip beds will bloom in front of
the Capitol in Washington, the House
of Commons in London, on the Red
Square in Moscow and before the
government buildings in Ottawa,
Stockholm and Berne.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Boiling Water Removes
Stains From Linens

Fresh fruits to eat are table pleas,
ures, but they leave marks on table
linen and clothes-marks that be.
come ugly stains unless they are
treated promptly and correctly
Start working on stains while they
are still fresh and damp, if posi-.
BILE. In any case, remove them be
fore you launder the fabric. Soap or
heat from the iron may 'set" fruit
or berry stain, making it difficult
and sometimes even impossible to
get out.
Boiling water will remove most
fruit stains from white or colorfast
cottons or linens. Stretch the stained
cloth over bowl, and fasten with
string so it cannot slip off. Then
pour on the water from a height oil
to feet. If necessary rub the fab
ric between applications of boiling
water, to help loosen the stain.
Sometimes even warm water will
work successfully in removing
stain.
If the stain is not completely gone
when you have finished the water
treatment, put a little lemon Juice
on the spot and put it in the sun to
bleach. Or you can use one of the
chemical bleaches, such as hydro.
gen peroxide and sodium perbo
rate; hydrosulphite; or javelle wa
ter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Find Unbalanced Diet
Retards Animal Growth

Unbalance in the diet is just be-
ginning to be appreciated. AS scien-
lists focus attention on the idea that
one element in food eaten may throw
another out Of balance, they will
probably discover many ways to
bring about better nutritional bal
ance in the feeding of human beings
and animals.
How the addition of one mineral in
a normal diet may upset the bal
ance of other elements and lead to
nutritional disturbance was shown
recently in work at the U. S. Plant,
Soil and Nutrition laboratory,
Ithaca, N. Y. Scientists there chose
a diet that normally is adequate and
supports good growth and health in
laboratory animals. To it they
added little zinc. Then, instead of
growing normally and remaining in
health, the animals failed in growth
in two or three weeks and devel-
oped severe anemia. The added zinc
somehow had thrown the diet out OF
balance. Three minerals are known
to help in maintaining healthy
blood-iron, copper and cobalt. So
to the zinc-enriched diet, a mix
ture of iron, copper and cobalt was
added. This time the blood of the
animals remained normal, and no
anemia developed. When the protec-
tive mineral was traced down, it
was found to be copper.
The scientists conclude that the
addition of a mineral, zinc, to an
adequate diet throws the copper in
the diet out of balance so that ii
becomes copper deficient. This
causes anemia, because copper is
needed to build hemoglobin, the red
pigment of blood. Now, If more
copper is added, the diet again is in
balance, because the copper be-
comes adequate. Then the blood re-
mains normal. Other research work
ers report similar situations with
other minerals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Burning Debris

Debris burners are advised by for
estry officials to do their burning dur
ing the month of February before the
regular spring forest fire season
starts,
AS specified by the new Maryland
400 O'Clock brush burning law, all
burning of debris within 200 feet of
woodland or of infammable grass
fields requires that such burning be
done after 400 p. m. in March,
April, May, and September, October,
November and December During
this month, however, burners are adj
vised to burn while permitted to burn
through the day. Forest officials adj
wise, however, that the following pre-
cautions must be taken:
1. Have 10 foot wide fire break be-
tween area to be burned and adjacent
woodland. This firebreak may be
stream, road, cultivated or pasture
fields.
Q. Have necessary help with tools
to keep fire controlled.
3. Have attendant at scene of fire
until 1t is out.
VIXEN March comes, debris burners
are reminded that, in addition to the
above, burning must wait until after
400 p M, when the wind settles
down and conditions damper which
will help prevent the spread of fire.
Eight percent of all woods fires
which burned in 1915 in Cecil County
resulted from careless brush burning.
1t is the aim of the brush burning
law to reduce the number of fires
carelessly caused by brush burning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
Protect Party

A favorite place for epidemics to
start during warm weather is at a
carelessly run church or club sup
per or picnic. All who have anything
to do with preparing or serving food
at these affairs should be required
to wash their hands thoroughly with
soap and hot water. All food con-
tanners for either serving or storing
should be well washed, rinsed and
scalded. Sometimes for large groups
a shortage of dishes or silver will
mean that articles used for an
earlier course must be washed and
used again later in the meal. Such
washing should be thorough in spite
of the need for speed. It is a good
idea for every entertainment COM
mittee to appoint one member to act
as supervisor charged with the re-
sponsibility Of seeing that these pre-
cautionary measures are carried
out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
e. D. e. ROLLINS, Attorney
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
William A. Burke, Plaintiff
Marion l.. Burke, Defendant
~, <1,S, Camn,rff Cn.,vA Co.. CnasI a.,

Marion l.. Burke, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
In Equity No. 6511
The object of this suit is an abso-
lutte divorce.
The Bill states: Parties married
January 20, 1881 at Chicago, Illi-
nois; resided together until May 20,
1871; that the conduct of plaintiff
towards defendant has always been
kind, affectionate and above reproach
the defendant has without any just
cause or reason abandoned and de-
serted the plaintiff and declared her
intention to live with him no longer;
sch abandonment has been continu-
GUS for eighteen months prior to teh
filing of the Bill and the separation
of the parties is beyond any reason
able expectation of reconciliation;
Plaintiff is a resident of Cecil County
for more than one year prior to the
filing of complaint; defendant is
nonresident of Maryland, last known
address being Newark, Delaware;
the bill then prays for divorce
vinculo matrimonii and for further
relief.
ORDERED by the Circuit Court
for Cecil County, in Equity this 10th
day of January, 1916, that the Plain
tiff by inserting once week for four
successive weeks before the End day
of March, 1916, a copy of this Order
in newspaper published in Cecil
County, notifying the defendant of
this suit, warning her to appear in
this Court in person or by Solicitor
on or before the 18th day of March,
1946, and show cause, if any size has,
why decree should not be passed as
prayed.
Ralph R. Crothers,
Clerk.
True Copy-Teste-
Ralph R. Crothers,
Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
WHY MEN AND WOMEN LEAVE
HOME

Hidden treasures, ideals, love
all sorts of things lure people away
from their own firesides. Read some
of the interesting reasons that impel
people to disappear. One of the many
fascinating features in the March 10
issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Nations Favorite Magazine With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your Local Newsdealer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

Mrs. William D. LeFevre Of st.
Augustine, near Chesapeake City,
suffered severe burns about the body
and hnads, the result Of accidentally
falling against kitchen stove In
her home,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

These pictures of. labor and man
agement leaders shaking hands over
tke conclusion of strike never show
what the principals have In the hand
held behind them,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

Because the farm regions are not
being adequately replenished by
young well-trained graduates from
modern medical and dental schools
1t is found that so-called rural dis
riots now have only an average of
ne doctor for 1900 persons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Frances II. Welch, Plaintiff
Augustus F. Welch, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
In Equity, No, 6514

Augustus f. WEIGH, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
In Equity, No. 6514
The object of this suit is to procure
decree for divorce vinculo mat
rimonii by the plaintiff, Frances E.
WEIGH, from the defendant, Augustus
F. WEIGH.
The bill states that the partieswere
married on the 25th day of April,
1886, in Elkton, Cecil County, Mary
land. That though the conduct of the
plaintiff towards her husband has al
ways been kind, affectionate and
above reproach, the said husband,
without any just cause or reason has
abandoned and deserted her, and that
said abandonment has continued un-
interruptedly for at least IS months,
and is deliberate and final, and the
separation of the parties is beyond
any reasonable expectation of recon-
Citation. That there were no children
born of said marriage. That the
plaintiff resides in Elkton, Cecil
County and State of Maryland, and
has resided herein continuously for
the past twenty years; that the de-
PENDANT is nonresident of the State
of Maryland.
The bill prays for divorce a vim
culo matrimonii and for general re-
lief
1t is thereupon this End day of
February, 1916, ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County, In
Equity that the plaintiff by causing
copy of this order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in said
Cecil County once in each Of four
successive weeks, before the 4th day
of March, 1916, give notice to the
said absent defendant of the object
and substance of this bill, warning
him to appear in this Court, in per-
son or by solicitor, on or before the
21st day of March, 1916, to show
cause, if any he has, why decree
ought not to be passed asprayed.
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk.
True Copy-Teste-
Ralph r. Crothers,
Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

Planes may girdle the globe In 90
hours. Lots Of women will say that's
pot very long 70 wait i0g . RiEdl2.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-03-01

Splitting we could do without
Hairs. atoms and headaches,