The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1913 Page: 6 of 8
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UP-TO-DATE METHODS
Modem Garden Implements Save
Much Hard Work.
(Frequent Stirring of the Soli. Does
Much Toward Keeping Plants
Growing—Wheel Tools Do
Much Good In Pulverizing.
CBy BESSIE L. PUTNAM.)
We recently passed a place where
tnarket gardening Is being carried on
for the first time. There were acres
of vegetables of various sorts and
quite a force of men, women and chil-
dren at work.
Hut the surprising part of the thing
was that it was all hand labor! Per-
tiaps earlier In the season the one-
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Modern Potato Sprayer.
Aorse cultivator was used; but the
plants had got past this stage, and in
many places the same could be said
•f the weeds.
There were long rows of onions
freshly and laboriously hand-weeded,
■while many other rows were waiting
their turn and in one place a plot sev-
or\i rows wide was evidently aban-
doned to the weeds.
A good wheel hoe and half the la-
bor would have kept the lot in perfect
condition, while as it was, a part was
clogged with weeds while the gang
■were working upon the rest.
The frequent stirring of the soil
wouM have done more toward keeping
the plants growing and the wheel
tcols pulverize it more perfectly than
It 1b easy to spray acres of potatoes
■when one has a machine sprayer. But
without a machine, spraying of a Bmall
patch must be done or else much labor
will be lost. No use to try to raise po-
tatoes unless one is willing to give the
■work constant and careful attention,
•is possible with any of the uand meth-
ods
Then the look of the grounds, espe-
cially v'hen one is public patronage, is
Avorth considering, and a crop where
the weeds are evideutly getting the
f'li1' on the one side, while the work-
ers are weeding them out on the other,
ehows that something is wrong.
To one accustomed to the use of
the wheel tools in gardening the con-
dition seems not to be simply wasteful,
but plentiful. The extra hand labor
•would buy the necessary implements
Sn a week.
Yet, here were people who would
plod all summer, more probably
through lack of appreciation that there
Is a better and easier way than
(through false economy.
The fact comes with a double em-
(phasis When one realizes that compe-
tition In farming as well as in any
other occupation, demands the best
,ni3thods and the best tools.
The gardener who neglects to avail
'himself of the improved implements is
"wasting time, energy, land and money.
Importance of Sheep.
Bheep must play an important part
In the restoration of fertility to the
iworn-out grain raising areas of the
country.
High Egg Fertility.
In order to secure a high per cent,
(of fertility In the eggs that are to be
patched, It is necessary that the stock
fbe properly i)red, reared, boused, fed
land mated.
Keep Poultry Healthy.
Pure air, pure water and pure food,
As well as thorough cleanliness, are
tall essential to the chicken's health.
/The fowl's power to resist disease is
Idue to those.
Easier With Lambs.
One man can feed 400 lambs to a
/finish between fall and spring more
(easily than he can feed, milk and
iclean up after ten dairy cows.
Feeding Young Pigs,
After the pigs are two weeks old
jthey may be turned Into a lot together
where thev may be fed without being
disturbed T)y the sows.
Shelter Is Essential.
A common error of the inexperl-
icncefl feeder Is failure to provide good
tdiellet'. I.airibs cannot nmke good
gains /vltb wet feet nor soggy fleeces.
QUALITIES OF A DAIRY HERO
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Bull Should Bs Pure-Bred and Regi
tered Besides Possessing Other
Good Features.
(By C, R. SAMSON, Instructor of Ani-
mal Industry, Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege.)
In selecting a bull to head the dairy
herd, It Is not enough that the animal
be a pure bred and registered bull.
H should have both of these. It Is true,
but in addition he should be from an
advanced registry dtfm. If this Is im-
possible because there are no ad-
vanced registry cows in the locality,
the bull should be the calf of a cow
which is known to be a fairly heavy
milker, a high tester, and a persistent
milker. His sire Bhould be a register
of merit animal, if possible.
The animal which is being select-
ed, must be a good representative of
his breed, and strong in constitutional
vigor and masculinity. If he is old
enough to be considered a tested sire
—that is, if he has daughters which
have been milking for a year—it
should be seen that his offspring have
uniformly inherited the excellent qual-
ities of their sire.
When selecting a new herd bull one
should not be in too big a hurry to
get rid of the old one, until his heif-
ers have shown their quality.
Know, if possible, what the old one
has done, as well as what the new one
will probably do, before the change is
made completely.
GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR POLES
Yield of Beans and Other Plans of
That Kind Often Decreased for
Lack of Support.
It is every year becoming more dif-
ficult to obtain poles for beans and
plants of that kind, and very often a
crop is greatly reduced because of
lack of the proper support. The ac-
companying cut shows how beans
may be supported without poles. The
stakes from which the strings or
wires run should be driven In the
ground at the time the beans are
planted so that the roots will not be
disturbed. The beans should be
planted at least 18 Inches apart In the
row and the rows should be at least
three feet apart.
Wire, of course, makes the best sup-
port, but very strong, hard:twisted
twine that will not stretch In the
damp weather will answer the pur-
pose.
The supporting posts may be set at
any distance apart according to the
strength of the pole supporting the
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Beans Supported Without Poles.
wire or twine. An excellent support
Is a gas pipe, but of course this is too
expensive for a large garden, but may
be used to advantage In the average
small garden.—B. V. B,
Composition of Egg.
More than three fourths of an egg
is composed of water, so you can see
how necessary it is that the fowls
should be kept supplied with an abun-
dance of water. It should be pure-
and given to them In some way that
they cannot get it foul.
Animals for Show.
Animals that are to be handled
should be taught to lead as early as
possible and should be taught to
stand when tied. Animals show to
the best advantage when they are in
their natural position, rather than
with their heads In the air, as Borne
think.
Sheep Dip Too Strong.
A successful sheep grower wrlteB:
"I have found that the great trouble
with most sheep dips Is, they are made
too strong and cause Irritation of the
ilesh. For each ten Bheep I use only
one-fourth pound of plug tobacco.
This 1 boil In about 30 gallons of
water and dip the sheep therein as
soon as cool. I make an application
once a week 'till the trouble 1s over-
come."
Alfalfa for Hogs.
Rvery hog grower should make a
great effort to have a few acres of
alfalfa, because it furnishes unusually
valuable grazing for hogs and can be
pastured oil several times during the
season.
Soil for Peas.
Give peaB rich ground and a now
location each season Work the
ground thorough!}' Plowing the
ground In the fall is an advantage.
BOYS' HANDICRAFT
By A. NEELY HALL
Author at 'Handicraft tor Handy Boy'' and "Inm Boy Crafttman"
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One hundred pounds of milk con-
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13 pounds of solids. About one-third
of the solids U butter fab,
A SIGNAL TELEGRAPH.
Here Is a simple piece of apparatus
with which you boys can communi-
cate with one another after dark, from
your bedroom window to the boy who
lives across the street, or from your
tree club house to a boy upon the
ground, or If you go camping In the
woods you and your companions can
flash messages from one place to an-
other.
Get a box about 12 Inches long, 8
Inches wide, and 8 Inches deep, for
your signal box. This will be the
most, convenient size. Fig. 1 shows
the completed piece of apparatus with
the key that controls the lengths of
the signal flashes (A) In operations,
while Fig. 2, a cross section, and Fig.
3, a view of the inside of the box, ex-
plain how the flashes are made. You
will see by these illustrations that
when the key lever A i3 pushed down
It pulls up, by means of a cord (B), a
shutter (C), until the hole bored
through Its center (D) coincides with
a hole In the front of the box (E).
Make the shutter block about 4 by 5
Inches In size, and boro the hole
through it and through the box front
about 1V& inches In diameter (Fig. 4).
Screw a screw-eye into the center of
two opposite edges of the shutter
block (F), another screw-eye to the
Inside of the box 3 inches above hole
K (G), and another Into the bottom of
the box under hole E ;li, Fig. 3).
Cut the key lover stick A enough
onger than the Inside depth of the
Sox bo Its key end will stick about 1 Va
Inches outside of the box (Fig. 2).
Prepare the key end as shown in Fig.
5, screw a screw-eye into the stick at
I, and hinge to the Inside of the front
f the box Vi lncl\ above the bottom
(Figs. 2 and 3). Tie a piece of stout
tjrd to the upper screw-eye F, slip it
through screw-eye G and tie to
ecrew-eyo I (Fig. 3), allowing just
enough length so when the key stick
Is perfectly~horlzontal the two holes
p and E will come opposite one an-
other. Connect the lower screw eye
F and screw-eye H with a heavy rub-
ber band (J). This will spring the
shutter back to the position shown in
NEW YORK GODDESS IS HAPPY
Wardrobe of Miss Liberty Costs the
Government $20,0000, but It Was
Worth It.
The happiest "woman" In all New
Fork today Is standing out in the mid-
Ale of the river, with one arm raised
ver her millions of fretful sisters to
show that a goddess still can be a
goddess even If she does have to wear
made over clothes winter and sum-
mer, the New York Herald remarks.
Miss Liberty has just had $20,000
ipetit on her wardrobe, and although It
was only a patching up of the clothes
which Mr. Bartholdi gave to her when
lie left her here In 1886 she is con-
tended.
For five years the has been com-
plaining, groaning" occasionally anH
feeling creepy In her Joints after tue
Btlff winds had driven the rain
through little weak spots In her cop-
per clothing. Her clothes were sadly
In need of repair, but Uncle Ham did
not give heed to the needs of his
daughter, until one day her arm began
to weaken and It was found that Bhe
could no longer hold up twelve per-
sons In her right hand. Then the lad-
der up the inside* of her forty-live foot
arm was closed to the public because
the brawny arm wobbled, and It was
deemed beat not to tax it too much.
Fig. 3, and raise the key end of the
lever stick to the position shown in
Fig. 2. Drive a couple of small nails
into the box at the proper height so
the shutter will strike against them
when raised until holes d and E come
opposite (k, Fig. 2 and 3).
Use a tallow candle for lighting
your lantern, and tack a can cover
(l) with a carpet tack driven through
its center from the bottom (Fig. 6) to
the bottom of the box as a holder
(Fig. 2). A large hole in the top of
the box will carry oft the heat from
the candle (M, Fig. 3), but It is best
to fasten a can with both ends re-
moved in the hole for a chimney (N,
Figs. 1 and 2).
Make the back of the box out of
three pieces (O, P, and Q, Fig. 1).
Cut a notch In the edge of strip O in
the proper place and of the right slz«
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for the lever stick to work In. Screw
the wooden button R to strip O as a
means for locking the door.
Communication is carried on by
means of long and short flashes of
light. A short flash is made, of
course, by a quick tap upon the key,
and a long fish by holding the key
for an Instant. Use the Morse tele-
graph code as your signal code, using
the short flashes for the dots and the
long ones for the dashes. The code
Is shown In Fig 7. Cut this out and
paste it to the back of the box, as
shown In Fig. 1, so you will have It
there for reference when operating
the light.
(Copyright, 1312, by A. Neely Hall.)
Small holes appeared here and there
in the copper sheath skirt and some
of the braces on the steel frame work
came Ioobb. Uncle Sam found that he
must send for the dressmaker.
The copper envelope which forma
the goddess' gown was repaired piece
by piece, all the steel work was
painted, all the missing rivets were
replaced, all places where the cop-
per was so badly damaged by corro-
sion that the light could be seen shin-
ing through the shell were patched
properly with soft copper. Great care
was taken that none of the small
holes Intended to drain the pocketa
formed by the drapery were closed by
mistake.
The stone work around the goddes3'
feet has been repaired and two
turnstiles placed in the stairwaya
leading to and from the head of the
•itatue. This was found necessary be-
cause so many persons did not read
tile directing Bigns and went up the
wrong way with the result that there
was a great deal unnecessary con-
fusion and some anxiety on the part
of persons meeting on the narrow
spiral.
The repair work Is now complete
and the goddess Is in as fine and
sturdy condition as when she was
first erected.
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HEAD A MASS OF PIMPLES
Hyattsvllle, Md.—"My little boy «u
taken with an Itching on the scalp.
There was an ashy place on his bead
about the size of a ten-cent piece, and
the hair was falling from this plac4
by the roots. In about ten days all
over his head were these ashy spots
which looked like ringworm, but wer«
porouwllke. The Itching and burning
made blm scratch a great deal. His
head had gotten so that it was Just a
mass of mattery little pimples all
heaped on each other, and when I toolr
oft his night-cap, the hair and flesh
came oft at the same time. I really
thought he would lose his whole scalp.
He coulrn't sleep for five weeks, it
would Itch and burn until I thought
he would go Into convulsions.
"I used different soaps and salvea
to no satisfaction. Then I decided to
use the Cutlcura Soap and Ointment.
Finally I noticed he began to sleep all
night. I used one cake of Cutlcura
Soap and ono box of Cutlcura Oint-
ment and he was entirely cured. He
has a better growth of hair now than
he had at first" (Signed) Mrs. Ida
S. Johnson, Mar. 26, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Samplo of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept. I* Boston."
Adr.
No Time to Lose.
They had been married Just two
months and they still loved -each othei
devotedly. He was la the back yard
blacking his shoes.
"Jack!" she called at the top of her
voice. "Jack, come here, quick."
He knew at once that she was In Im-
minent danger. He grasped a stick
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. He entered the room
breathlessly, and found her looking
out of the window.
"Look," said Bhe, "that's the kind of
bonnet I want you to get me."—Har-
per's Magazine.
Planning for Summer.
If you are planning to take a pleas-
ure or business trip during the sum-
mer, try getting pillow and "knap-
sack" ready now. Cravanetted ma-
terial Is a good choice for th«> pillow,
as it is Impervious to occasional wet-
tings, and can be laundered. Or the
pillow may have an extra cover ot
smooth linen or silk, to be Blipped
over and fastened securely with but-
tons or snap fasteners. This should
be about half a yard square, with
strong straps at the upper corners by
which to hang It over the. chair top,
preventing it from slipping down.
The knapsack is Just a fit bag, with a
stout strap to hold or hang It by, and
can be made to sling over the shoul-
der, If desired. It should have a few
small pockets on the Inside and a flap
to fasten down. In this one can carry
small necessities, a book, or other
articles, which a traveled always finds
a use for.
Large Family of Beetles.
There are 10,000 kinds of beetle*
Please the
Home Folks
By serving
Post
Toasties
are among
the
They
good things to eat, but not
in the cook book, because
they require no cooking.
Toasties are always crisp
and appetizing—ready to
eat direct from the pack-
age. You save heaps of
time and avoid hot work
in the kitchen.
Some rich cream—sugar
if you want it—or cool fruit
juice, with these fluffy bit*
of corn and you have a
dish that is fascinating for
any meal of the day.
Toasties are sold by
grocers everywhere.
M,
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A Rush Day.
"Had a terrible rush day at the oft
flee," said the man who Is always
overworked.
"What was the matter T"
"Oh, all sorts of things. Four booh
agents, two or three friends from oat
of toWn, two men to fix the electrlt
wiring, two more to hang awnings, and
any number of other details. I had
hard work to get away In time to see
the ball game."
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1913, newspaper, June 24, 1913; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341212/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.