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BERT Bush, R. F. D. 1, Massena, N.Y.
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MAKING GOOD IN
A SMALL TOWN
Real Stories About Real Girls
By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN
FEF PTET rE Er er rer Tee bbeb
(®, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
THE WOMAN WHO SEWS
ARE you “handy with the needle”?
For the woman who Is, but who
finds general dressmaking wearisome,
with its demands that she adapt her-
self to the varying moods of her cus
tomers, there are many less exacting
and more lucrative side lines and
specialities,
“Most every woman likes to sew for
little bables,” declares one woman
who has chosen to do so, “and the
making of layettes Is a well-paying
business. 1 belleve in giving the cus-
tomer a chance to help, if she wants
to, for often she, too, likes to have
Just a hand In making the little gar-
ments.”
It Is a good plan for the layette-
maker to avoid confusion by stand
ardizing her business, making, say,
three different typgs of outfits. She
could have their descriptions printed
on correspondence cards, to send In
answer to Inquiries and to insert In
some well-known local paper or wom-
an's publication. The cards might
read something like this: Number one
—a& cheap outfit, durable and well-
made, but very pluin; Number two—
a medium priced outfit. made like
number one, but with lace and little
tucks; number three—an elaborate
outfit, made from an extra fine qunl-
ity of goods and hand embroidered.
The woman who Is “handy with the
needle” might make small boys’ suits
her long suit. Handwork, desirable
on many types of wearing apparel, is
particularly apropos here. In faet,
the woman who can do handwork Is
lucky, whatever her specialty. She
can make an excellent Income em-
broidering bedspreads, dresser-scar(s,
table-runners, tablecloths, napkins and
centerpieces. At Christmas time she
will be able to use the small
pleces of left-over linens for dollies,
pin-cushions and couch-cushions. She
might embroider some of these,
simply crochet a pretty edge on others.
A “make-over” shop Is usually more
profitable than a regular dressmaking
establishment. The proprietress may
worn-out than out-of-date. These may
be cut down, combined if necessary,
and made over into up-to-date models.
The public mender, darner and sew-
er-on-of-buttons, too, is almost sure to
“make good” financially. She should
procure space in some well situated
shop, preferably a dyeing establish-
ment, and display a sign which might
read something llke this: Public
Clothes Mender-—Sews, Mends, Dans,
From Socks to Shirts, From Gloves to
Gowns—Yours by the Minute,
In any of these projects, a little ad-
vertising at the beginning through
newspapers and personal communica-
tion will help. But the woman who
sews—and specializes—need not wor
ry about her market.
OVERDUE ACCOUNTS
T ISN'T how much “nerve” you have,
but how much tact; not how “hard
boiled” you are, but how diplomatic.
That's what counts in the bill-col-
lecting business, says a girl who is of.
ficial blll collector for almost every
merchant on her “Main Street.” Here's
why:
“Is your idem of a bill collector a
person with an over-amount of ‘push’
and a disagreeably aggressive way?
Such a person Inspires antagonism.
and is not a success,” she declares.
“That's the reason a girl bill esllector
is often preferred to a man—a girl
more frequently than a man, has a lit
tle ‘way with her’ that will make the
person approuched want to pay her
rather than lower himself In her esti
mation.”
That means she must have poise,
personality. and, above all, dignity.
Of course, the prospective bill col
lector must first of all find her clients
In every small town there are stores
shops or factories whose business does
not justify the employment of a per
manently salaried collector.
The tact that will make her a good
collector will also get her clients. The
rules she must observe in dealing with
clients and debtors are the same. She
must be dignified in speech, dress and
action. She must not use slang, must
not bongt or joke. And she must ex-
hibit self-respect, and demand the re
spect of others.
Perhaps she already knows some
business and professional men who
probably would have business for her.
She should pass by the biggest busi
nesses in the town, at first, In favor of
the “little fellows.” When she has res
sults to show, and the confidence that
then she may give the larger firms her
attention, As she {8 acquiring her
clients, and before she has approached
a single person on the subject of neg.
lected bills, she must be studying her
subject. She ean find books to give
her the experience of collection ex-
perts,
Eventually, the successful girl col:
fector may want to organize a collect:
ing and adjusting agency in her town.
The girl who is sare of herself, but
uncertain of the field, needs only to
remember that 90 per cent of business
today is carried on by credit extension,
Improvement in
Horse Breeding
In Five States All Stallions
Used for Public Service
of Pure Breeding.
———
(Prepared by the United Btates Department
of Agriculture.)
An Improvement In the quality of
stallions and jacks licensed to stand
for public service, but a decline in
their numbers compared with pre-
vious years, are shown in a report on
the horse-breeding situation, just Is-
sued by the United States Depart-
ment of ‘Agriculture. The Informa.
tion, compiled by J. O. Williams and
8. R. Speelman of the bureau of ani-
mal industry, Is based on the latest
records obtained from the secretaries
of stallion enroliment boards of the
various states, The report shows that
more than 79 per cent of the stallions
standing for public service during the
breeding season of 1028, were pure
breds. In five states—Indiana, Michi.
gan, Montana, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia—all the stalllons kept for
public service were of pure breeding.
A summary of jack registration shows
that nearly 65 per cent of jacks that
were registered for public service were
pure bred. The figures for both stal-
Hons and jacks show approximately
a one per cent increase in pure breds
over the previous year.
Decline in Numbers,
In numbers, however, stallions reg-
istered in 20 states from which com-
parable figures were available, totaled
17,830 for 1923, as against 18400 for
1922. a decline of 1,070 or 5.8 per cent.
During the same time jacks declined
from 4888 to 4344 a loss of 544 In
sixteen comparable states. The fig.
ures given show the same general
trend the department's estimates
of the total number of horses and
mules on farms in the United States
at the beginning of 1023 mnd 1024.
Both of these classes of animals shiow
a decline in numbers,
Production Behind Death Rate.
“Production of horses and mules Is
still behind the rate,” the
partment specialists assert, “although
as
death
of the heavy draft type, high-class
wagon horses, and good saddle horses
brisk market
mand for animals of these classes,
and ready sale at good prices.” It is
noteworthy from the report that the
de
ice stalllonz and jacks was
in the scrub, grade, and
classes, this condition being a favor-
able Indication of a better class of
foals in the future. Four states-—In
diana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and
West Virginia-—licensed pure
bred stallions and jacks during 1022
lowa joined the ranks of states li
censing only pure bred stallions and
jacks by a law becoming
January 1, 1024.
The cemplete report on stallion en.
rollment and the horse-breeding situ
ation containg comments by
taries of stallion enroliment boards In
various states, statistical summaries
on the number and breeding of jacks
and stallions In states keeping sult
able records, names and addresses of
officials in charge
of horse and mule breeding work, and
r list of pedigree registry associations.
Copies of the report may be procured
on application to the United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing.
ton, D. C.
greatest
crossbred
only
effective
secre
a
Most Practical Way to
Save Water in the Soil
How to save water In the soil is a
very important matter, We know that
spoil Is moist In the spring when the
seeds are planted, and that this mois
ture dries up and goes off in the air.
Covering up the soil prevents this
moisture from drying up, and the
most practical way of covering it Is
with a thin layer of loose, dry earth
and make this covering by raking the
bed every few days, once a week any-
way, and oftener If the top of the soil
becomes hard and crusty, as it does
after a rain, therefore, instead of
pouring moisture, in the shape of
water, on the bed, keep the moisture
in the soll with this covering of dirt.
However, If the soll becomes dry In
spite of you so the plants do not
thrive, then water the bed, do not
gprinkle it, but water it by wetting
cleas. through at evening. Then In
the morning when the surface begins
to get dry, begin raking again to keep
the water from getting away in the
alr. Sprinkiing the plants every day
or two Is one of the surest ways of
spoiling them,
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Clean Sand Is Favored
for Vegetable Storing
Sand makes a very good medium
for the storing of potatoes, carrots,
heets and parsnips. These vegetables
should be kept cool, fairly moist, and
free from contact with circulating alr,
in order to be stored without wilting
or starting growth, In the absence of
a suitable storage house, the use of
sand Is most effective,
The sand for storing purposes should
be free from organic matter. It should
also be renewed ench year, ns the
sand in which vegetables have heen
stored may contain rot spores from
the previous winter,
The common method of storing Is to
place alternate rows of roots and sand
in a box on the basement floor. Or
the roots may be placed in a conical
pile covered with a layer of
eight inches deep.
Important to Store
Eggs in Dry Place
Gather and Market Often to
Obtain Top Prices.
Other things being equal, newly.
harvested hen-frult is one of the most
perfect foods in the world. From the
moment it is laid by a healthy hen
in a clean and sanitary environment
it Is subject to deleterious Influences,
The hen is In no way responsible for
these, but her owner Is. Dirt, heat,
excessive dryness or a damp environ.
ment are all inimical to quality in
fresh eggs. Dirt disfigures the shell
and so lessens its value to buyers; It
nlso eontracts mold, germs and injorl-
ous bacteria which break down gual
ity and nutritive value and vitiate
flavor. Hence the importance of plac-
ing eggs In a cool, dry, pure atmos
phere, and of gathering and market
ing them often, or of cold-storaging
them, which Is only another way of
maintaining thelr quality, To eat
hen-fruit at its best Is to do so when
it Is yet very young from the nest,
When eggs are subjected to damp and
moisture, the albuminous protective
covering dissolves, admitting decom
posing bacteria into the shell through
the pores, which causes rapid spoll-
age. Heat tends to break down the
“whites,” rendering the egg
and watery; on the yolks the effect
is to make them dark and “heavy”
Eggs of this character are graded as
“bakers,” which command reduced
prices. An excessively dry atmos
phere causes rapid evaporation, or
“shrunken” eggs. A careful consid.
eration of these premises will sug
gest their own remedies. Clean nests
protected from the sun and wind,
healthy laying heng and wholesome
feeding are the fundamental things to
provide for good performance flocks,
When the industrious hen has func.
tioned and delivered her product, It
is “up to” her owners to take the
measures that will insure
a good price to the poultryman and
fine eating quality to the ulthioate
cCOnSUMer,
“wenk"
to Be Wasted in Yards
matter how
of constant
No rich a soll may be
cropping
¥
with
ally wear it out. A erop rotation
which Includes a legume at least once
in every four years must be followed
if fertility Is to maintained. In
addition, all crop refuse avaliable,
such as stubble, straw and manure,
is necessary,
The average Increase In crop ylelds
each ton applied per
gere has been found to be worth £3.31
in an Ohlo experiment extending over
a period of 14 years
valuable to be wasted around the barn.
yards, When It thrown from the
stable Into the barnyard, It contains
the average, 80 per cent water if
from cattle, and 70 per cent if from
horses,
be
for of manure
is
on
to the rain and the liquid ma-
will soon be replaced by rain.
will drain easily
Manure exposed from April 1 to
ment station
value,
tight manure pit is 8a good investment.
Emil
Mich.
it keeps the barnyard in a
cleaner condition and in case contagl-
ous diseases develop, proper sanitary
methods are not so expensive,
of Anderson, Branch
The best time to fix the farm ma
chinery is before it needs repairs
. . *
During summer the gardener needs
to cultivate his pep along with his
pepper.
. . -
The average duckling is ready for
market between ten and twelve weeks
of age at which time individuals of
the Pekin variety should weigh be
tween five and six pounds.
. *- *
There is absolutely no danger spray.
ing boars or brood sows while they are
pregnant. Spray brood sows with
erude ofl after they have been put in
a thoroughly clean farrowing pen. This
prevents the pigs from getting lice
from their mother.
* ® »
The time to set trees and shrubs
is In early spring, as early as the
ground Is fit to work, They may be
set up to the first of June If kept
dormant, but it is just as’ well to re-
member that the later the planting
the less likely the success, within cer
tain limits, ‘
* 8 »
Boys and girle have often got
started with good flocks of sheep by
raising such orphan lambs on cow's
milk, As ewe's milk is richer than
even Jersey milk, there Is no need to
dilute cow's milk for feeding, though
a little lime water iz sometimes added
to prevent indigestion,
The old wood may be cut from
the raspberries and blackberries, and
if new canes are making a very strong
growth, they may be cut back, say to
three feet. In the case of red rasp
berries, it is unnecessary ‘to eut them
k, and experience has proved that
superiority at the first trial
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irlcks were first made by the set.
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1611, in Massachusetts in 1620 and in
Pennsyivania in 1683. History shows
that the brick walls of Fort Duquesne
Fort Pitt afforded protection
savages, and that other
structures of the time were bullt of
brick. Commercial production, how-
ever, did not attain any importance
until the latter part of the Eighteenth
century.
the
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