ot J om p— vp IU nT Tl AR 0 SAAC ALE 5 i ie FARMERS Scme Praclical Svggesticne Wel Worth Knowing From the De- partment of Agriculture. COLUMN FACTS FCR DAILY USE ADAPTABILITY IN SOILS Many people never consider adapt ability when formulating a rotation of crops. Certain soils are particulary adapted to certain crops and it is ar important part of the iarmer’s busi ness to learn what his soil is adapted for and then (ry to adjust his crop growing to this adaptability. The number of misfits to be found are surprising. Men try to grow fruit on soil not at all adapted to fruit growing. Men are growing oats where they get a fair crop occasionally and failure usually. Men are trying to grow broom corn when their product will bring half the regular quotations. Men are trying to grow tobacco and find endless trouble to sell it. Men are trying to grow potatoes where a paying crop is next to impossible. Pennsylvania has an abundance of soil to grow all of these crops and many others, if the farmers will only take the trouble to study the adapt- ability of the soils they have to hani- le. L. W. Lighty, farm crop and soil ex pert of the Pennsylvania Peparimont of Agriculture says: “We have plenty of soil in the State n that will grow 200 bushels of poiatoes to an acre h but. slight effort, while there is much more soil that will not product 200 bushels te. an acre year after year regardless of the effort you put forth. There is much soil that will product the finest apples the world can show, but on the other soils the fruit is hardly sala: ble. It will always pay a farmer to make a study of soil adaptation and adjust his preceedinzs ‘on the farm accordingly. The ‘Department of Agri- culture is in a position’ to: ¢ furnish soil specialists to assist the farmer in this work without any cost of -the farmer. “A reasonabe acquainance with the nature and adaptability of the soil on your farm is of the irst im- portance. 1 am familiar with cases where a little better acquaintance with the soils on the farm, a slight read- justment of the crop rotation and minor additions to the soil, more than doubled the income of the farm at a quite insignificant cost. Muscular la- bor is absolutely necessary on the farm, but mental effort pays there as big a dividend as in any other Busi- ness.” SPRAY TO PREVENT POTATO BLIGHT AND BEETLES. Farmers throughout the State are writing to the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Agriculture asking what to use as a spray for potatoes to pre- vent the blight and the flea beetle. The price of sulphate of copper is too high for the average farmer to pay. Zoolo- gist H. A. Surface says: “Although bluestone is high in price I recomrzcnd its toe in making Bor- deaux mixture and adding to this ar- senate of lead. You can make. good Bordeaux mixture by using three pounds of lime, two pounds of blue- stone or copper sulphate and fifty gallons of water. This is the Bordeaux mixture for preventing blight. In or- der to kill the beetles add to it one pound of dry arsenate of lead or two pounds of arsenate of lead paste. “Spraying should be done when the plants are six inches high, and repeat this every two or three weeks, giving an extra spraying as soon as the plants and ground are dry enough af- ter a hard rain. The extra cost of the bluestone will not be enough to amount to much in comparison with the value of the.crop it will leave. This is like investing a penny to save a dollar, and in many cases it will de Ns and more. “Fur the prevention of diseases on almost every kind of tree and plant excepting potatoes and grapes, I re- commend lime-sulfur solution, diluted in accordance with the nature of the | plant, but it has been positively pro- ven that limelsulfur solution is not satisfactory, ing damage by the diseases of grapes and potatoes; and bluestone and lime making Bordeaux mixture, prove every effective. The actual cost of this Bor- deaux mixture is not more than one cent per gallon; but of course to this | the arsenate of lead must be added to make an inseeticide for the chew- ing insects. It wil both kill and repel the flea beetles, which are evidently | important agencies in making holes | in the leaves of plants through which disease germs enter. Children Cry | FOR FLETCHER'S | CASTOR!A | | Our Job Work Pleases | correspondents state that the! . . ! nor effective in prevent- iin all of {more of the farmers have a regsls: ‘the counties as hizh | improved methods | he night. “Meanwhile, Admiral Sir John Jel-' gcoe, naving driven the enemy to port, | geturned fo the main scene of action gns =coered the sea in search of dis- | abled vessels. “By noon of the next day, the first ! of June, it became evident that noth- | ing more could be done and he re- turned therefore to his base, 400 miles away, refueled his fleet, and on the evening of June 2 was again ready to put to sea. “There seems to be the strongest losses are two battle- Cattie—Native beef steers, $8@ | of the most powerful type, two of the 11.65; stockers and feeders, $6@9; | latest light cruisers, the Wiesbaden | cows snd heifers, $3.75@9.60; calves | and Bibing; a light cruiser of the Ros- | $3 @11.25. | tock type, the Light cruiser Frauen- | Sheep—Wathers, 87@8.25; lambs | lob and at least nine destroyers and | | $1.7691655; eovings, B56@i125. | a submarine” EY | ported {| sault with intent to kill. i~Y NOMINATE HUGHES iN CHICAGO CONVENTION Photo by American Press Association. HERBERT S. HADLEY. A GENFRAL SURVEY OF The WAR Several attempts of the Germans to turn French positions at Fort Vaux, on the Verdun front, from the southeast, were unsuccessful, the French war oi: fice announced. Night attacks resui: ed in their gaining a foothold in the French trenches in the ravine be tween Damloup and Fort Vaux, but they were immediately driven out b a counter attack A morning a..tu. was checked by the French curig! of fire. ih> German drive between the Cail lette wood and Damloup, nortiicegt 0 the’ foriress, -is progressing tae for the attacking forces, the Ger: war cifice annou..ced. The capt more than 500 prisoners and four mea chine guns is reported. West of the Meuse a French attack near Hill 304 was repulsed says Berlin. Attempts by the British to regain the ground they recently lost to th Germans near Ypres on the Flander- front were fruitless. ~ Entente troops have occupied the telegraph offices and customs house at Salonika, according to a Reuter dis patch from that city. .At the sam time they have taken extensive pre cautionary measures about the town | to prevent possible opposition. The commanders of the gendarmes and the police have been relieved of their functions, the dispatch says. Martial law has been proclaimed. % Dispatches to Lloyds report the sinking of the unarmed Britis. steam- ships Dewsland and Salmon Pool, and the Genoa steamer Marterso. An uncensored aispatch from Athens hints at the possibility of the abdica- tion of King Constantine of Greece. The dispatch adds that the resigna. tion of the Greek cabinst is inevitable KILLS HUSB: AD FCR LOVER Fairmont “Woman, Mother of Four, Confesses to Crime. Infatuation for John Totan caused Mrs. Elizabeth Yasco, aged thirty, of Fair W. Va., mother of fou: n, to murder her husband, 3¢0, as he slept in their bed lie down in the bed with two ‘hours until the officers Ww Ya. and then him for arrived. Mrs. Yasco confessed after two boarders in the house had been ar rested for the crime. She saps she committed the crime at the command of her sweetheart. Totan has been arrested. TORN, 00S SWEEPS ARKANS/S _ Fifty- -Nine Reported | Dead; Damage Heavy. Fifty-nine persons are reported dead and more tuan a hundred injured in a series of tornadoes which swept Arkansas. All means of communication are crippled and it is feared the list of dead and injured will be increased by later reports. A dispatch from Baldknob, Ark., re that several persons were killed and that considerable property damage was done in White county by the tornado. The town of Judsonia was reported badly damaged, PRESIDENT WILL MARCH Mr. Wilson Will Walk In Capital's Demonstration For Preparedness. President Wilson announced that he would march in the preparedness pa- rade to be held in Washington Flag day, June 14. A local committee called at the V te House to ask the president tu review the parade. “I will not only review it, but I will march in it,” was his reply, MARSHALLS ARE INDICTED Parents of Girl Imprisoned Fop Years Held For Trial at Easton, Md. Frank and Rose Virginia Marshall of Iiaston, Md. accused of imprison: ing tbeir daughter Grace for severa; years in a dingy room, were indicted by the grand jury on a charge of as alg a.30 Property i Immediate possession. BALTIMORE & OHIO 16-DAY EXCURSIONS TO NORFOLK AND OLD POINT COMFORT VIRGINIA June lune 29, July 13 and 27 Aug- ust 10 and 24, Sep- tember 7 $8.50 ROUND TRIP GOOD INY¥ COACHES ONLY HE $2 00 0 ADDITIONAL TICKETS WILL 00D IN PULLMAN CARS. WITH RE or: TICKETS The: Route’ is Rail to Washington or ‘Baltimore and Delightful Steam- er Trip to Destination ~ Full Information at Ticket Office Linoleum Logic No. 2 "No More Red Hands No more red hands from scrubbing floors. Run a mop over linoleum. Armstrong’s Linoleum isn't Spider ® lasts longer—and always looks “new”. It is made of tested materials and every inch is inspected before it leavé8 the factory. The new patterns are distinctly “different” — suitable for any room in the house. Lighten the labor See the samples soon. of housework. TEE LCNe EUKNSHKERS ___Comolete From Cellar to attic 2§ 120 Center St., Meyersdale Our J ob Work ~AVE YOU TRIED THE JOB WORK OF 3 “OMMERCIALY JR WORX I8 OF THe Bas. AND 'F PRICE® aRE RIGHT. ras eT NP ~ [i Joseph L. Treslser Funeral Director and Embalmer Meyersdale, Penna. ET Residence: 309 North Street Economy Phone. Office : 229 Center ire Both Phones. A ROR RR RR RRR RRR FOR RENT—Tkhe stead. eleven rooms, and all and six Morrell conveniences. lots. Good orchard Barn and outbuiidings. Apply to Cltizen~ Sank. J. F. NAUGLE, 239 MAIN STREET. TRAVEL TALK. Little Talks on Health giene by Dr. Dixon, The summer travel] season has ar- rived. Thousands of mothers and children will soon be on their way to the country and the seashore. Observation would seem to justify the statement that the majority of mothers traveling with small child- ren, fortify themselves against possi- ble contingencies by providing cakes, sweets, fruits or something edible to pacify their youngsters. Every traveler is famiiar with the sight of infants of various ages en and Hy- the efforts to keep the aisles and seats of passenger coaches cleant they become soiled by contact with dirty boots. Children are quite commonly per- mitted to play or creep over the car floor and seats and then stick their fingers and - toys and any available food into their mouths. Tt is obvious to the most casual observer that this is an exceedingly unecleanly hab- it. It is likewise a dangerous Disease breeding bacteria are car- ried directly into the mouths of these children in this fashion. Thig makes it easily understood how ba- bies and little children often contract consumption—tuberculosis, No one should eat without first washing the hands. When children are too young to understand this their mothers should be careful not to per- mit them to eat until their hands are washed. one. R. REICH & SON® INNS INNS Home- laundry, bath \ gaged in feeding themselves. Despite « Econom (reas: NO SH t Rise In F lation— couinls The Ww Britain h prices o necessiti eases UU creased more tha in comm sor W. J of comn Birningh don Tim Profes: nent Eng the exce fixed inc sions, o1 families lowances are now live far days bef Profes “The 1 has gone third siz great ma: suffering been so The ris been du has bee: 1 he peor pay 1} - “An ir been th freights paid had effective this is n “As to the retc classes trade a: the sur change “Ag © tent le: ing to « subztitu item to ing, whi to anyt there ‘is rise wa there i element we reac able est livisg e “Sign Birmng] society, ‘bers, r ‘separatc money member circle member per cen , the figu ! been nr ably th prices. the we member has ren “Perl . more fl but it i terial 1 diffused tion be the sta operati employ! BRANI S Vote F The ination seociate suprem reperts the me were T«¢ GRAI Oil Cit fused t A 8 bers o: { City h comme to be kL resulte trol de that nc year. ios (SON »