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{Prepared by the United States Dppartment
of Agriculture.)
The United States Department
Agriculture and the state colleges of
agriculture are frequently asked for |
the best method of organizing for gar- |
den work. Among the
ful city, town and village organiza-
tions, that are organized on a
co-operative basis, including all |
branches of the local government, the |
citizens’ assoclations, the ants’
and other business men's associations,
also schools and churches, have proven
most effective. In order, however, to
centralize the direction of the work
thé United States Department of Ag- |
riculture that gar- |
den committee or governing board be |
appointed. Under direction of |
this committee, or board, all matters
pertaining to securing the use of land,
the purchase of fertilizers,
plants and other han-
dled and the of |
the garden
of
Most Success.
those
merc
advises a special
the
seeds,
materials
general
maintained.
are
supervision
work
Where a group of gardens is located
on one plece of land it is often neces-
sary to provide special means for
financing the clearing, plowing and fit-
ting the soil and later for policing the
gardens to prevent losses, either from
stray live stock or from theft,
f collected from gardener to
cover these costs have varied In dif-
each
but rarely more than $3. Any
funds that are left in the treasury at
promoting the garden movement the
following year or returned to the gar-
deners,
harmonious
One of the
ership, and the
together of all concerned.
The directors elect
secretary and
nually by ballot.
chairman,
Formation of Club.
Where the work has not already
been started, the formation of the or-
ganization should be perfected before
the garden season begins, and all ar-
rangements fi the land and
the purchase of 1 consum-
mated before they wanted.
Someone, usually
fzen, who can spare time
should be appointed
chairman of the boar«
fee of 50 cents to $1 |
by those who pla 1
receive benefit from th
In some
den
formation and help to those who need
it. Very often
been employed for a few months only,
but this type of supervision pays, pro-
vided the under-
nds his In most cases
nr of
use
naterials
will be
a public-spirited cit-
ee work,
irector or;
i. A membership
3 frequently paid
raens
11
11
nt gr
e
cases a special
jeader has been |
this supervisor has |
person et ploy odd
% Kiness
prizes have been offered
and
best |
chants business
for the
In back
and,
the g
2 diy
yards
second, for
ardens,
is held at some convenien
the of
and a hetween
i=
of
latter part the
contest
exnit
Ragged. These
tests h of wonderful
promoting a spirit of
duce the best. As a however,
the gardeners have considered th
den products
home
their efforts.
have been
rule,
e gar
as ti
ey came upon
tables the greatest
RECORD INVALUABLE
IN ARRANGING WORK
{
it Is Often Means of Saving |
Labor Costs.
Farmer Enabled to Determine Number
of Days Necessary to Produce
an Acre of Any Crop, or for
Care of Animals.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Keeping a record of farm labor does
pot require much time, yet it is often |
the means of saving labor costs. The |
United States Department of Agri-
culture has found such records of
great value in the cases of many farmo-
ers whose experience has come to its
notice, The labor records should
tenn work Is required on each crop
and the season when it is used, They
should show what proportion of the
labor is devoted to work that di-
rectly produces income, and the
amount that is consumed by odd jobs
or indirectly productive tasks.
This will enable the farmer to de
termine the number of days of man
labor and horse labor necessary to
produce an acre of any crop, or for
the care of any class of animals for
a year. Thus he may be able to re
arrange his system of management so
that he can get along with lesa labor
and, at the same time, maintain pro-
duction,
A year's labor records show, also,
just how much man power and horse
power is necessary to run the entire
farm at different seasons, and point
out accurately just what are the re
quirements of the rush seasons. With
such records before him, the farmer
knows in advance approximately what
his labor requirements will be when
the peak load comes. Thus he is able
to Increase or decrease the different
garm enterprises and fit them together
until he has outlined a complete year's
work with a fairly even load of labor
This club has been in existence for
several years and has grown stronger
in its organization each
The formation of clubs consisting of
those who plant gardens in their back
is a little more difficult and
must include provision for rendering a
distinet service to {ts members. This
may of the purchase
of manure or fertilizers, plowing
back yards, and supplying
plants or seeds. The gardeners mu
that they are getting
in return for their partici-
of
ha
year.
service consist
the
iw
r
eq
t
be made to feel
a
g
in the club and the payment
little interest will
organization,
somethin
pation
dues,
taken
otherwise
in
the
Co-Operative Spraying.
few
to
has been
instances the spraying of
and diseases
co-operative
In
v 1
£ rops
a
control insects
handled in
way, using power sprayers
which go
over the gardens at such stated inter
i necessary for good re
power sprayers
into
vais as may be
These
ven
sults,
and
‘hs
into
effective
carried
way
nixture
this spray
secured at less cost than |
deners provided
do the
iu
yard
from
spray equipment
work There are
back
benefits
themselves
in which
secure
other
gardeners
merous ways
in
organized efforts.
opening, however, for active
tion in the h garden line is 2
those who plan gardens on a commu.
nity
The greatest
Orginiza
amon
ome
basis,
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WAR EXPLOSIVES FOR ROADS
Trinitrotoluol Has Become One
Most Desirable Agencies for
Construction Work.
of
Trinitrotolual, one of the most offi
of
cient
come, by adaptation, one of the most
desirable agencies for the peace-time
of road construction, according
United States Department of Agri
culture. The use of this powerful ex-
plosive Is becoming general through-
out the Union wherever highways are
construction. Out of the sur-
plus war materials turned over by the
Agriculture and distributed, by the
bureau of public roads among
various states, approximately 20.000.
000 pounds of T. N. T. has found its
to the road bullders’
among the states,
The quantity of T. N. T. distributed
up to September 15, among the states,
was 10613205 pounds. In addition
there has been distributed 1708088
pounds of blasting powder and 2,781.
818 pounds of hand-grenade powder,
Among other materials of this mature
distributed among the states were
6,508 pounds of dynamite, 267.600
pounds plerie acid, 938.400 detonators,
131.674 exploders, 75.608 electric biast-
ing caps, 27840 feet or fuse, 7.340
yards of detonating cord, and 108
tampers,
TRY NEW GARDEN VARIETIES
Excellent Plan to Test Out Recently
Introduced Plants in Addition to
Old Ones,
Most gardens are large enough to
enable the gardener to try a few new
varieties each spring. This Is a good
fdea. It is hardly safe, nor Is It true
generally, that the old, tried varieties
are the hest that ean be had, There
are many new varieties being Intro.
duced every year and why not test out
gor the entlys season.
| a few In addition to the old faverites?
VIBRATION WILL
LOOSEN ENGINES
Driver Immediately Begins to
Realize That There Is Some-
thing Wrong.
—— SA
SEARCH UNNECESSARY NOISES
Clicks and Slaps of Valve May Be De.
tected by Rhythmical Regularity
Cause of Several Other
Troubles,
| One of the greatest enemies of the
| modern motorcar is vibration, The ef-
| fect of vibration is to loosen the vari-
| ous parts of the mechanism and the
immediate effect of this is felt by the
| driver of the car, who realizes that
| his car is beginning to be the seat of
| numberless noises, which are a far
| from pleasant accompaniment to a
| drive. But the noises are only the be
ginning because the looseness that
| causes the noise will result in break
| age at no distant if it is per
| mitted to continue, The car owner,
therefore, should take engine
chassis noises, not as mere passing an
| noyances, but
| thing far more serious and should ear-
date,
as symptoms
| as they make their presence known.
Engine Seat of Trouble,
that
the
part of the unnecessary Doises
peem Inevitable in the opemtion of
car. The commonest engine noises are
valve clicks and slaps, both of which
may detected by ti
be the
regularity of thelr occurrence
clearance between the
In the case of over
| head valves teo great a el be
lifter and push rod will
the trouble. The remedy
| the reduction of
| porrect distance
while
rd
of
iis too great
valve and its seat
earance
CRUSE
is obviously
tween
the clearance to the
th work should
is heated
of
condition
and is
the engine
expansion
which
run.
White the valve system
| monest seat of
engine tt ig not the sole loention where
this be | The
bearings most engines
which he
burn and
the result
be done
because the
in
valves necessarily
metal
when heated the
is the enm
noise troubles In
n
mas
trouble ooked for,
in are
metal, kept copiously
Inhricated
with
must
or it will
knock as
for this Is t
flatten
The
out
{ ordinary
the hearing by
tween the
the metal
must he used in perforr
tion the be
the shaft all around without bein
tight
fn
remedy 1
removing the shim
two halves
on the
to see thant
Reason for Many Noises.
Transmissi rioyt
nneomt and result
one of the shafts being out of Ii
noises are at
mn
1100 generally
| reason of a worn bearing or a
| genr
glon i= ont of
of
faometimes the entire tr
line, so that both shafts
Yery often a gear
ont »
he
ont
are true
broken hecnuse the shaft has
The
hut this
the
i may
| hoon of line car owner has
| a new installed
help for g
| 1s out of alignment.
Propeller shaft and
are not Dsually
nolsy operation
| quently is. While
and differential master
! running true there will be a loud
one
ong, hecause entire
universal
tronthlesome
but the rear
the
axle fre.
driving
ot
gear Are n
hum,
with an accent in a
| revolution, Most
| means of adjusting to take up
in this location, the adjustment
sisting of moving the entire differential
| unit. which is a job for expert hands
This finishes the major noises, but
there are several minor ones to look
out for. Minor squeaks and rattles
from springs and body come in this
class. The springs and shackles If
kept properly lubricated, will not be
come noisy. Body noises may be
| avoided by keeping nuts and bolts
| tightly drawn up. Felt inserts will
| stop door squeaks. Strips of rubber
| wedged under the supports will cure
fender rattles,
or siress once
units have
SO Rann
COMFORTABLE PLACE
FOR CHILD IN AUTO
Making Hammock.
Hammock Takes Up Room Usually
Occupied by Third Person Riding
in Rear Seat and Is Easily At.
tached or Detached.
Bix screen-door springs,
|
the materials to make a
baby's hammock for the auto tonnes,
which gives useful service and
fort. The hammock takes the
third person In the rea
shown, It can be quickly attached or
detached, and swings baby safe from
Jolting.
16 inches in diameter, and was cut in
half, each half holding one end of the
hammock. These half hoops were held
30 Inches apart by means of heavy
Necessary
Cone
plac © OF
the sea t
The Baby ls Thoroughly Comfortable
in the Hammock,
ure three
springs, the right length
the hamunock In a nearly
position, is not
to a ring
1000
»e1t
eu
to
horizontal
in it
at
when the baby
springs are wired
at the supports,
pillows are placed in the h
1h
Ar
ammock, it
sags down just eno
accommodating & lseger child,
lar Mechanics Magazine,
rm nase
CLEAR VISION IS GIYEN
To obtain
t}
ahead
wind
owy weath-
a clear view
of tl
and sn
vitally important
of the motor ¢
pant Many
sed to keep the glass clear in
ie glass 1»
in rainy
v
the
to
ar and its
schemes are
wet weather, but perl the
AA.
aps
hioned aleohol and giye
which
bottle ans
1%
is carried
w
f 1
mixture,
snall
erin
ax needed, Is best,
1f the bettle containing the solu
+h y
oth an
TN
whe
in
ways be ready for use
and a cloth apply It with will
he at
POET REE REE nn
Oil the spark and throttle lever con
at
& intervals,
- - -
in good condition,
» - *
to run is about 140 degrees
- » -
A new owner of an automobile, when
searching for trouble, often
than he finds
- - *
The metal surfaces of the wheel
spindle should be greased when mak-
ing a change of wire wheels.
* * »
Poor compression is the cause of an
engine using an amount of
oll and gasolins,
*
excessive
When painting the
thin dead-black paint.
radiator use a
Dull black ra-
§
bright metal.
: oN
Be a.
a graveyard for old aristocratic
them have served faithfully in the
ons
HUSBANDS--
READ THIS
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0
blume
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Must Have Been a Bostonian,
An English teacher asked the class
to a sentence that meant the
same thing as “A wink is as good as
8 a blind horse” Some an-
gwers were good and were bad
but she pearly fainted when she read
this one:
“The closing
as sufficient as
write
nod to
Ie
of
ff rapid
the right optie is
of
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ineliontion
Exchange.
End of a Checkered Career.
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the eriminal 7
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that you have
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and } will
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you lift
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remove every
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it righ { ith Sngers Truly
druggist sells a tiny bott of
sufficient to
soft cman, or
the calluses,
wm
few cents,
hard corn,
toes, 1
the and
irritatl
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a
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ire
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