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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
| <rruction.
| NEGLECT CAUSES FOREST FIRES |
| Acting under wie new forest pro-|
' tection code, the Chief Forest Fire |
Warden is bringing to the attention.
of the Attorney General every case |
| where there is the slightest chance
| of taking legal action against those
who are suspected of having started
forest this spring. It is often
{difficult to secure conclusive evi-
| dence in cases of this kind, but the
Department of Forestry is anxious
'to have proesecutions brought in ev-
where there is a reasona-
fires
ery case
ble certainty that the guilty person
hes been found. That public senti-
ment is turning against the man who
is. careless with fire in the woods is
surely shown by the fact that many
of the department’s cases are being
voluntarily settled out of court by the
offenders.
In one case a forest fire was star-
ted by sparks from the engine of a
sawmill operating near McConnells-
burg. The owner of the mill did not
wait for a warrant to be served but
settled the matter a once. Another
was reported by Fire Warden George
Hedings, of Milton. Several Bucknell
students built a camp fire in the
mountains back of Milton to warm
their lunches. The fire spread thru
the leaves to the surrounding forest
and was soon beyond their control.
It was extinguished by the warden
ind a crew of fire fighters only after
a hard battle. The students were
n. fied evond a doubt and have
nce reimbursed the state for the
cost of extinguishing the fire and paid
1-mages to, ‘the owner of the forest
for the injured timber.
Brush burning on
reperted as having
of recent forest fires. In each case
the, fires were traced by the forest
employes. to those who burned the
brush and amicable settlements have
been made out of court. :
Close watch has been kept for
fires started by engines on railroads
and tramroads. In ‘each case the rail-
road like the private individual, is
given a chance to settle ouf of court
by paying costs and damages. At the
suggestion of the Department of For-
estry many of the railroads are regu-
larly overhauling their engines and
equipping them with: spark arresters
and in several cases patrolmen are
employed during the dangerous sea-
son. *
windy days is
caused a number
SAND PATCH
our baseball team defeated
Rainy Tcwn. Keep it up boys you're
doing fine.
Last Thursday diplomas were giv-
an to the following graduates of
Again,
COMMANDER OF BRITISH %
NORTH SEA FLE
ADMIRAL JELLICOR.
11 CONVICTED ED IN RIOT CASE.
Merrick and hers ners Found Guilty of
Inanee o Violence in Braddcck.
Eleven mon were ecnvicted in cri
final court in Pittsburgh by the jury
chosen to determine the guilt or in
co of the charges which grew
of the taar ini Brad i
i,°w 1 iady laplants ow
cred a.d men dived from. their
work.
The Jury was cut two hcurs and
fy ar red I. Marrick, whos»
endiary
cg : in ipesches fomented
op § nn to disorder, wis
convicted on two ccu'ii3, one of in.
ing riot and the other with riot. The
ten others, convicted on ‘the cou
charging simple riot, are: George
Zeber, Joseph Cronin, A. E. Weston,
R. Blum, H. H. Detwiler, -Siave Tipsic,
Mike Essic, Steve Ergovic, Steve Ma-
halic, Joseph MieczenkowaKi.
The maximum penaliy fer ricting is
a fine of $500 and imprisonment fo.
two years, the punishment for inciting
riot being the sa
Ta
BRAVE BOY SAVES GIRL
Leaps From Auto to Buggy Drawn by
Runaway; Young hian Badly Hurt
. After a wild ride in an automobile
over two miles of Carnegie streets,
Roy (attley, aged nineteen, leaped
from the running board of the ma
chine into a buggy drawn by a run
away horse, stopped the animal and
rescued Miss Ethel Morgan, } aged
Larimer Township: Mary S. Raven-
scrof’, Harvey .Geiger, Margaret
Christner and Vesta Sharp.
John H. Bittner was given a sur-
prise by the arrival of several friends
| Sunday.
! Misses Gertrude
were visiting relatives and
at Meyersdale Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindeman of
Meyersdale were guests at the home
(of Howard Ravenscroft Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Bowman was shopping
in Meyersdale Monday.
and Grace Beal
friends
! Mr. and Mrs A. A. Sharp spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herrisas
Beal, near Garrett.
Mrs. James Karrigan and children
who were visiting relatives and
friends at Little Washington, re-
turned home Sunday with a bouquet
of red roses.
Mrs. Irvine Bittner and Mrs. Eii=
Bowman were visiting relatives and
{friends at Mance Sunday.
| Several of the Meyersdale laddies
took in the ball game Sunday.
SPRAYING ON THE INCREASE.
Pensylvania farmers and fruit
growers have been very quick to re-
alize the value to be derived by
spraying the fruit trees and the berry
and truck crops and this year one-
fourth of the farmers are reported to
be employing spray materials.
Statistics prepared by the Pennsy!-
vania Departmetn of Agriculture
show that in sixteen counties of the
state over one-third of the farmers
are spraying for insect pests and
plant diseases, while every county
,shows eight per eent or more of the
| farmers using spray materials.
| The counties in which the great
lamount of spraying is being done are:
| Adams, Franklin,
York in the principal fruit belt, Alle-
gheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Carbon
Dauphin, Delaware, Lancasier,
rence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Schuylkiit. |
these counties one third or
Law
and in many of
as fifty per cent
|
i
system for spraying |
|
|
of the farmers are following the most |
advanced by Jae
-Department of Agriculture field in-
Appreciated Services of Rev. Kresge
We the members of the Fire Dept.
wish to thank Rev. A. S. Kresge for |
his service rendered at the cemetery |
magnificent. |
on Memorial Day. His remarks were |
PRES. W. H. DEETER.
CHIEF. C. BEYNON
FIRE MARSHALL F. P. HARE.
Cumberland ard
eighteen, who had fainted. :
Thomas Kang, aged 4 even, of
Walkers Mills, Who had #been driving
the animal when it toek fright, wa:
hurled from the buggy when it collid-
ed with a street car. He suffered five
fractured ribs and internal injuries.
After the horse was stopped
Miss Morgan was hurried to the office
of Dr. R. L.. Walker, Sr., East Main
street, Carnegie, where she wag re-
vived and assisted toc her home. She
escaped ini
was suffe
The hors
of T.
it cme gtmtad
a
sae
Pittsburgh, June 6.
Butter—Prints, 33@323lc; tubs, 32
@32%.c. Eggs—Fresh 23@24c.
Cattle—Prime, $10.25@10.65; good.
(’19; heayy buichers, $9.50@10;:
fair, 35. 25@9; coon, $7@8; heifers,
01 moe ta good fat bulls, $5@
== 5 good fat cows, $4@
fresh ~sws and springers, $40
@ 86.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$7.35@17.65; good mixed, $8.75@7.25;
fair mixed, $5.75@6.50; culls and com-
mon, $3.50@4.50; yearlings, $5@9.50;
spring lambs, $7@12; veal calves, $11
@11.50; heavy and thin calves, 6@
8.50.
Hogs—Prime heavy, heavy mix:d
and mcdiui s, $9.65@5.78
ers, $u.60@2.65;
sicers, @8A©@
Latches steers,
32 catches steers,
& ahesss Boifers,
&= s====e ¥ cher
7.15; i to choice
mixed ewes and wethers, $7.
culls, $4@6.50.
Hogs—Mixed, $9.40@9.45:
$9.40; mediums, $9.50;
stags, $6.76; roughs, $8.50.
Chicago, June 6.
Hogs—Bulk, $9.40@9.60; light, $8.35 |
@9.556; mixed, $9.20@9.65; heavy,
$9.10@9.70; roughs, $9.10@9.25; pigs,
| s6. 90 @38.60.
5@ 7.50;
Yorkers
pigs, $8.75;
£25
rt mp— - on —
- ish destroyers were able to make a
, ground for supposing that included in
| the German
| ships, two dremdnought battle cruisers
FLEETS MEET IN
NORTH SEA BATTLE
£0 Claim im Victory: British
Deny--Lossss Heavy
SAY TEUTONS FLED IN NIGHT
British Admiralty Says Heavy Ships
Were Unable to Get Into Touch
With Germans, Who Fled In Night.
In a twenty-four-hour battle off the
Jutland coast a squadron of the Ger- |
man high seas fleet infiicted what is
claimed in Berlin to be a crushing
defeat upon part of the British battle
fleet during the day and night of
May 31.
The event was the biggest naval
fight of the war. Every possible sea |
fighting unit participated, included, on '
the German side, a strong squadron of
Zeppelins and many u-boats. The re-
sult, as officially announced by the
German and British admiralties is as
follows:
The British admit the loss of four-
teen named vessels, ranging from bat-
tle cruisers to destroyers.
The Germans admit the loss of one
Battleship, one third class cruiser and
gevsera: torpedo boats. They admit
further that one protected cruiser is
missing
The German admiralty announces
ha 1e larze British battleship War-
spite, b .itle cruisers Queen Mary
and Ind... -gable, and two armored
cruisers wo.a destroyed.
The adunuralty stalemeat also de-
cleres that the British battleship Marl
borcugh was hit by a torpedo, this
being confirmed by the prisc ners res
cued. Séveral of the Germadn ships
rescued parts of the crews of the Brit-
ish ships which were sunk, they in-
cluding, it is said, two men from the
Indefatigable, the only survivors from
that ship, which carried about 950
men. :
: A .statement of the British aa-
miralty, cenfirming previcus accounts
of the battle between the British and
German. fleets, reiterates that German
accounts of German loses are false,
and that althcugh evidence is still in-
complete, enough is known to justify
stating that the German losses were
greaier than the British, “not merely
relatively tb the strength of the two
fleets, but absolutely.”
There is the strongest ground for
believing, says the statement, that the
German losses include two battleships,
two dreadnought battle cruisers of the
mest powerful type and two of the
latest light cruisers, in a’ lition to
smaller craft, including a submarine.
These new facts have been estab-
lished:
The German dreadnought West-
galen, according to a wireless message
Sem Berlin, was sunk.
The British dreadnought Warspite,
seported by Berlin to have been sunk,
= safe in port.
Moreover, an unconfirmed report 1s
® Be effect thai eight German war-
= iG take shelter in
=& w:i have to intern
£ British cruiser
—ama §
= were Tom
&€ the naval engose
en the after==""
e=d endc? * = =
the 1st of Z=ne, would evidently Be
sTematass.
plain.
“The grand fleet came in touch with
the German high seas fleet at 3:30
@'clock on the afternoon of the 31st of
May. The leading ships of the two
fleets earried on a vigorous fight, in
which battle. cruisers, fast battleships
and subsidiary oraft all took an ac-
tive part.
“The losses were severe on both
sides, but when the main body of the
British fleet came in contact with the
German high seas fleet a very brief
period sufficed to compel the latter,
who had been severely punished, to
sock refuge in their protected waters.
“This maneuver was rendered pos- |
gible by the low visibility and mist, |
and although the grand fleet now and !
then was able to get into momentary
contact with their opponents, no con-
tinuous action was possible.
“They continued the pursuit until !
the light wholly failed, while the Brit-
Sat the results are quite
guccessful attack en the enemy dur-
a> 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.
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___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
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Joseph L. Treslser
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Meyersdale, Penna.
ET
Residence:
309 North Street
Economy Phone.
Office :
229 Center ire
Both Phones.
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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
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Rise In F
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couinls
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the exce
fixed inc
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lowances
are now
live far
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