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Are Comms a Luxury?
When is a tuxuny tax? Represemts
Aaron & og 2i@er tells this story
Mo a restaurant amd
PUT BABY IN SECOND PLACE |
Small Sister Would Be All Right, Said H1Ve
Little Miss, but @h You Piayer- | A woman wen
she came te pay ®he had a check Sor
15 cents and 2 cents w
A flveyear-odd Wallburgh miss ie
“Wika
enamored of the hahy next Boor. Yes She asked:
terday she inteswiswed her mother: mean?
subject, the practicabllity of having a =~ Well” she wos
baby sister of her own. The mother your ice cream and 2
was sympathetdc, but pointed out that tax.”
babies are expemsiwe. She paid #t ead then walked
“How much waeuld across the street no the drug store and
asked the five-yearalll. asked for a corn pinaster, and she gat
“Oh, 1 don't kmesv just hew mueh. @ check for 10 cents, and 1 cent
but a great desl” her mether an-| She “What is the 1 cent
swered, “That is the xury tax.”
“As much as s player-piang?’ “Well,” she said, “this Is
youngster pursoed. time 1 ever knew that corns
“Yes, more tham & player-pianc,” was | /UXury.”
the answer. i Now that is the
Then said the »mng miss decisively. are a great many ‘things to be com
*I think we'd better get a ;player- (sidered in discussing tax propositions
plano." Newark News. ffs rom the Xgtion's Business,
that 2 oemts
does
“15 cents Sor
luxmry
told,
cents
she
a bdky costT"
sald, for?
the first
were a
the!
way It goes. There
Positive anti Comparative,
During a recent hosir
Chicago, one man
in the lot by of =
af introducing him
Fairy Tale. |
Onee upon a time, 6s.4ll good .atories | ] 1
begin, there was & '‘Falry, and the '¥Ption in
Woodsman was ‘cutting down a whale | Proached another
of a tree when the Fairy came by and tel and by wag
Said, waving her wamd : self said: :
“Woodsman, spare that tree and get “1 m Beck.”
® regular job being Pwesident of wour “That's good.”
country.” y dressed, taking
And so the Woodsman moves to| I'% more
Washington and one diay the Fairy “You're
walled agin and said, sx. her w.: | 8pegiker.
“Is there anything muore I cam do! I say that I ams anose
#ar you? ju ti other
And the President ssid: | “Wibat do you mean ‘hy that?
“Yes, you little son-ofwmi-gun! Won “Why, you ave. Beck.”
ean take me back where 0 came from “Yes, 1 am. My mame is Beck”
and hand me my ax, and beat ite “Well, my name ds Beaker."
Riahmond Tifnes-Dispatek ee ne -
Substiturted.
gou have taken to
around & monkey! This
far!”
“Well,
| with me”
L-ambiguonse retort,
oh
ws,
O88 men's com
wo tel
replied the ad
the proffered
man
86."
what? asked the
repeated
80,
You say
Another Goiden Rule.
Lat us be very gentle with
neighbors’ failings, and feargive our
friends their debts as we hope our
selves to be forgiven. —Thaskeray.
Bats Ix willilwg to let men
churek on Sunday if they will work for
him the remainder of the week
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“So carrying
om i going too
you
was
anywhere
somewhat
never go
his wife's
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amg often Jdlearest pald fer
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Effective Work Accomplished by Im.
perial Valley Melon Growers and
Shippers in Co.operation With
Bureau of Markets.
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(Prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Market gluts are one of the prinel-
pal causes of boss In marketing farm
products, especially those of a highly
perishable nature, such as soft fruits
amd wegetables, which cannot be held
antl conditiens of supply and demand
dust themselves. Avoidance of
| these rulnows conditions is possible tn
large measure by more careful
| widespread distribution, bag all prex-
| a0ks are mot marketed mest advan
| tegeously by the same system. and
| the marketing plan varies somewhat
| mm different areas from sesson to sea
| som.
| Keriow Daily Distrisstion.
With respect to fruits and vegeta
{ hles, awl more especially Chose of high
perishdullity, perhaps ms more wffec.
tive work In broadening distribution
been accomplished than that of
i the ‘Enperial valley sselon growers
and €hippers In coopermtion with the
bureau of markets, United Stwes De
| partment of Agriculture. The depart
ment gpens a temporary office gt Braw
y.*Cal, at the beginning of fhe ship
| ping season. By mwans of a large
} chart In the temporsry offier of the
| department shippers sme ghile to know
the daily distributiem of each day's
slitpments and diversions.
Shipper Has leformution.
This information. In
j with the telegraplile report
the East and telegraphed te its Braw-
toy office, showing recede, prices, and
conditions in from 20 +o of
major markets of the coumrsry,
"fe to have before him each
day a complete picture of the market
situntion with respect ®» wélons. and
or
wi}
the
shipper
typical Farmers Curb Market
| to distribute his shipmer
iF. There is 1 scrimination-—every
| strtpper full knowledge of the en
tine situation The day has passed
when ene shipper has advantage over
{ ansther by reason of more complete
infermation.
Widespread
| Hom canmot ‘he accomplished without
dependable information as to condi
tions of supply and demand.
ite accordiog
o a1
has
DISPOSE OF INFERIOR SIRES *
cards Mediocre Roosters,
Canines and Cats.
| The excellent spirit with which lve
| tock owners are eo-operating
| the United States Department of Agri
| culture in live stock improvement is
shown by numerous reports from per
| sons who dispose of inferior sires. One
' of the most therough clean-ups is re.
ported by a live stock owner in Web
ster parish, la.
“Within the last three months” he
| writes to the department, “we killed
{| of seven roosters ranging from four
to glx years old. They were related
to the female stock, and the offspring
were weaklings and deformed. For
the mame reason we castrated two
scrub boars, and killed
logs, and are going to get rid of scrub
cata”
The present sires on the farm now
Include a purebred boar, four stand:
ard-bred Rhode Island Red roosters.
and purebred Alredale dog.
and horses also are raised, and, al
though no sires are owned, the cows
and mares are being bred only to pure-
breds,
AVOID OVERCROWDING CHICKS
Growing Fowls Need Plenty of Roem
in Bleeping Quarters— Ventilation
Is Needed.
After the chickens are a few weeks
old special attention should be given to
see that their sleeping quarters are not
overcrowded. Brooders that provided
plenty of room when the chicks were
first hatched will now be seriously
overcrowded, and the chicks will be
stunted and permanently Injured if
more room Is not given. Until they
can be transferred to larger houses
provide all ventilation possible,
TO FIGURE COSTS OF
PRODUCING POTATOES
investigations Made by Exrerts
in Several States.
Simple Problem to Ascertain Various
Items Figuring in Expense Col.
umn—Charge for the Use of
Land Must Be Added,
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Man labor, horse labor, fertilizers,
and seed constitute about 80) per cent
of the total cost of potato production |
in average practice, according to in- |
vestigations by the United States De |
partment of Agriculture experts In |
Minnesota, Wiscousin, Michigan, New
York and Maine. These items ean
easily be ascertained by any farmer
who wishes to keep a check on farm
profits, and It is a slmple problem, us-
ing them as a basis, to find out
{ total operating expenses including
Harvesting Fotatoes.
overhead, taxes @te. To this must be
atlded the charge for use of land
&;et the total cost
Labor and material costs are found
by multiplying the pumber « men god
hours bs prevailing loos
rate and adding fertiliser costs
{manure at apgroximately $1.50 per
ton) and seed st current market price
at time of planting ether purchased
or produced at home See thew
costs are, roughly, 80 per cent wp
erating esponses nel expense,
sprasing. machinery, stor
insurance, and overhead
be Egured. In es
and the ocnl cash
i avall-
imerest at mort
conservative acre
iteam the
1
of
the
neluding
ike, ta
CTT
SPenne
1e8
nay easily
use of
showid be
and, if not, the
on the
be taken
mating the
rent
able,
basis used
Age rates
value may
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FEED LITTLE CHICKS OFTEN
No More Moistened Materind Should
Be Given Than Young Fowis Will
Eat Up Clean.
ng chicks should
A time and often. Th
early in the morsing and
going to “bed” at night, and net less
than two times in the intervening
period. For the first two weeks they
may be fed three meals ef soft feed
and two of hard, and after that age
You
195 should he fed
Just
less soft feed as they grow older
No more moistened soft feed should
he given at one time than they will eat
up clean. Poultry specialists In the
United States Departinent of Agricul
{ ture say If any feed is left it should be
| removed or it will grow sour and cause
{ bowel lopseness and dysentery. The
finely cracked gralne may safely be
used from the start, but the chicks do
not as a rule grow as rapidly as when
| 8 part of the feed ls ground. When
old the frequency of feeding may be
decreased to three times a day.
| From the very first chicks should be
| induced to exercise ; activity Is a prime
| factor in promoting health and
growth. Feed grain in the litter, and
make them scratch for it. A little fine
| chaff or finely cut clover makes a good
litter.
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PUREBRED MOST PROFITABLE
Louisiana Dairyman Finds Regie
tered Stock Superior to Grade
Cows for Family Use.
Developments in the “Better Sires,
Better Stock™ crusade continue to
show that there is a trend not only
from scrubs to beter stock but even
from grades to purebreds. “1 had
three extra-good grade cows for fam-
lly use,” a dairyman in Iberia parish,
La., writes to the United States De
partment of Agriculture, but, he add-
ed, “I concluded to get registered sn-
imals, since such stock is better and
more profitable.” This dalryman is
algo a breeder of standard-bred White
Wyandotte fowls,
PLAN TO EXTERMINATE RATS
17 Allowed to Grow and Increase In
Number Trouble and Loss Are
Sure to Follow.
If there are signs of rats about a
poultry house a warfare should at
once be begun against them. For &
time they may cause little or no dam-
age; but, if allowed to grow large and
increase in number, trouble and loss
are sure to follow and may occur sud.
denly at any time,
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Old Ed
If you want
all
worst
Howe's Neighbor.
10 talk blue talk;
10 pot; country
time in its history ;
the hard times yet;
nd half the merchants are
s two-thirds of the farms
and all that line of
come around and
In the first place
and in the
gone
the
begun to see
tower a
going to
will be foreclosed.
don’
it 10 the Times.
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vill select { seup he wants
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them framed. Otherwise
EWay or threw them away.
the younger suembers the
Rin pictures an The
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dust collectors. Small fussy brica- in the
{ vhree should he avoided for the same
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