News and Views
The Furrow
About the Farm
Phosphates combined with nitro-
gen are obtained from bones, crushed
bones, bone meal, steamed bone flour,
dissolved bones. They are best when
ground down to a fine powder. They
are slow in action, and not much of
the phosphates and nitrogens is avail
zble to plants. Bone meal contains
50 per cent. phosphates, 4 per cent.
nitrogen in the form of ammonia.
Steamed bones contain 60 per cent
phosphates, 1 1-2 per cent nitrogen
Meat meal contains 10-25 per cent
phosphates, 6-8 per cent nitrogen.
Blood meal, 10-12 per cent nitrogen,
5 per cent phosphates. They may be
used f@r turnips and swedes, and as a
top dressing for pasture.
The sow should be fed to produce
a high yield of milk, and the pigs
should be kept with her until they
get to eating a full feed of both grain
and pasture. When the time comes
to wean the pigs, cut down the sow’s
rations to water and a little grain.
Take away the stronger first,
leaving the weaker to suckle for a
few days longer. This method will
give the weak pigs an extra chance
and will dry up the sow without in-
juring her.
No two cows can be milked alike,
the individuality of the animal must
always be studied. Thousands of gooa
cows are ruined annually owing to in-
different milking
Save all of the barnyard manure to
enrich the poor spots on the farm.
More manure will mean larger crops
and better profit.
The Bureau of Animal Industry re-
ports that during the month of March
there were 2128 accredited herds of
cattle in the United States.
Our farm homes should look better
on the outside and last longer than
most of them do. The cost of a coat
of paint is a very small item in com-
parison to the benefit of the paint both
as to the appearance and conserva-
pigs
tion. The lumber that we get these
days does not last as long as it should
and if we neglected to cover our build-
ings with paint we are certain to re:
gret it and pay dearly for the neglect
The term quality in a hog is con-
sidered in the same sense as quality
in a piece of cloth. If the cloth is
coarse and made of poor material, the
quality is poor. The appearance of
the hog is that of smoothness and re-
finement rather than of coarseness
and ungainliness, the quality is good.
The hair should be fine, the skin
smooth and fine in texture, the bone
as indicated in the snout, head and
legs should be smooth and not too
large. The flesh, too, should be fine
in grain and show considerable firm-
ness with elasticity, which indicates
a large portion of lean meat. The
best hog for the farmer should show
in well developed proportion, size,
prolificacy and quality.
Too much
The young
paring land for late crops.
pains are hardly possible.
plants must have a good chance for
moisture and plant food.
It often takes considerable work to
neglected for any Treason. But it
generally pays to prepare the land in
the best manner possible at the risk of
the season.
A reputation for honest, high-grade
products always lived up is a valuable
asset to any farmer.
Pigs are more apt to be “rooters”
in spring, when ground is soft, than
they are at any other time of the
year. Much of this can be prevented
by feeding regularly with coal, char-
coal, ashes or other mineral matter.
Ringing the hogs should be resorted
to in extreme cases.
It takes a lot of work to keep the
weeds down, but a weedy field pays
no dividends.
NEWSY NOTES
Mexico's national debt is about
540,000,000 pesos ($270,000,000).
Canada’s wheat surplus this year is
estimated at 150,000,000 bushels.
A Paris Physician says prematurc
baldness is due to teeth trouble.
No Senator holding office was ever
elected to the Presidency.
Physicians of Brest, France, are de-
manding an eight hour day.
Canada will receive $750,000 in
taxes from horse races this year.
It would take 47,171 tons of gold to
pay England's gold debt.
The pope's personal expenses aver
age little more than $500 a year.
The world uses between three and
four million needles daily.
Frank Kramer has been competing
in bicycle races for 25 years.
Twenty thousand people are said to
be homeless in Budapest.
Cuba’s population now is 2,888,895.
One vacuum cleaner has an electric
lamp at the bottom of the handle to
light up dark corners.
The Salton Sea in Imperial Valley
Arizona, is constantly shrinking.
Turnhout, Belgium, has a school fos
lacemaking, which is attended by 1,
600 children.
The average annual petroleum pro-
duction of Bermuda is nearly 300,000,
000 gallons.
Very \ttractive
Sun Dial!
Time wastes us, our bodies and oul
wits;
And we waste Time; so Time and we
are quits.
Old-time gardens have a restful
charm all their own. There's an at-
mosphere of peace which modern gar
dens seldom achieve.
There was always an arbor, vine-
covered and secluded, under which the
owner drank tea in the late aftes-
noon or lingered over the supper table
in the twilight. The perfume of some
specially loved garden lingers in most
everyone's memory, though the shapes
of the flower beds where lavender,
clove, pinks, phlox, gillyflowers, lemon
verbenas, heliotrope, lilies of the val-
ley, moss roses and bleeding hearts
reared their loveliness, have slipped
into the obscurity of forgotten things.
The main object of interest in thesc
memory gardens was the sun dial—
the silent sentinel in the midst of all
the perfume and color. Without this
faithful timekeeper, fairy tales say,
the four o’clock wouldn't know when
to open or the lady slippers when it’s
time to dance. Be that as it may, a
garden isn’t really a garden without
a sun dial.
Old and New
The old dials were not always elah-
orate or expensive affirs, and they
often cast their timely shadows or
the only bit of smooth stone the gar-
den boasted. Of course, show places
of wealthy owners had elaborate dials
on marble pedestals, but they prob
ably gave no more pleasure or kept
more accurate time for their owners
than the simpler devices.
The revival of the dials and in-
terest in their inscriptions is sending
In English prisons neither males nor
female convicts may see a mirror dui-
ing their imprisonment.
Prices of some articles of food in
Syria have increased 500 per cent
since the war began.
A missionary preacher in the far
Northwest makes his visit to remote
communities by airplane.
The honey crop of the United States
is estimated at 250,000,000 pounds,
valued at $50,000,000.
Paper manufacture requires the de-
struction of 9,500 acres of forest daily
In fourteen months Poland has is-
sued more than 300 different varieties
of stamps.
The price of gold was fixed by in
ternational agreement in 1792 at
$20.67 an ounce.
The kilowatt hour is urged rather
than gold, as an absolute standard of
value.
Ten per cent of the farm employes
of Kansas, who joined the army, have
returned to the farms.
Surplus war materials and stocks ot
the American army have been sold
for $822,293,235.
A compound called “fire-snow” has
been invented for extinguishing oil
blazes.
garden lovers to many distant places
to find old ones to copy. A few old
dials have escaped the collectors’ vigt
lance. Some still may be found in
attics, cellars, waste heaps and out-
of-the-way places where they were cast
aside when their owners passed into
the great beyond where time moves
unnoted.
The modern dials are somewhat dif
ferently placed than dials of other
days. While still in the broad, unoh-
structed open they usually form the
center of an Italian, sunken or formal
garden, sometimes the uprising center
post or a circular stone bench. ON
one estate the dial was placed on a
disc above a large aquarium as if to
time the races of the gold fish below.
Some Dial Mottoes
Queen Alexandra of England chose
the following motto for her dial at
Sandringham Palace: “Let others
tell of storms and showers, I'll only
count your sunny hours.”
Another famous dial has across its
base, “The guerdon of the passing
hour seize gladly while ’tis in thy
power.”
“A day my ruin thee—improve this
hour,” is inscription advice worth
heeding. “Behold, now is the accepted
time” is a biblical warning for those
who are prone to put off until tomor-
row what they should do today.
“Trifie not, your time's short,
should act as a spur to the efforts of
the indolent.
“The hour thou readest now on me
will never more be offered thee. If
thou tak’st heed, wise thou will be”
This motto make all stop and think.
“Shadow and sun, so too our lives
are made. Yet think how great the
sun; how small the shade.” If more
of us considered this philosophy, what
a great addition to the world uplift we
could be.
These mottos are but a few of the
many that are worth while to inseribe
on modern dials. The right dial with
the right inscription will beautify even
the small city garden, be it in a nar-
row back yard or on an apartment
house roof.
A striking effect was achieved with
a dial placed on a round stone—15
inches in diameter and two inches
thick—on a wooden garden tea table
before a small, portable house. The
lady who owned it was allowed the
privilege of setting her portable home,
for a season, on the edge of a wonder
ful garden.
She fitted low boxes around the dial
and planted them with four o'clocks.
When she gave a tea she worded her
|invitations in this way: “When the
[four o’clocks open come to tea at the
sun dial and fill the cup before life's
{liquor in its cup be dry.”
Much pains should be taken in pre- |
make a seedbed where lana has been |
We should never say we cannot
afford a sun dial, we garden lovers
[who have learned ‘what the big out-
| doors can do for us in the way of
health and happiness. Rather we
| should say: “How fine a dial can 1
{buy to teach me the value of passing
| hours.
|
‘Musical News
From Abroad
Ten thousand choristers assembled
| from all the choral organizations of
| London, are to participate in the dedi-
| sind cenotaph in
| memory of the British soldiers killed
{in the war, shortly to be unveiled in
| Whitehall. The work to be sung, “Ior
|the Fallen Soldiers,” has been especi-
ally composed for the occasion by Sir
| Edward Edgar.
|
|
ceremonies of a
The Paris Opera Comique has just
had Ernest Moret’s “Lorenzaccio.” Tt
does not appear to have made much
of a hit. It is all recitative from end
to end, without a single real tune.
Music is still a young and tender
art, but it was in the year 2630 B. C.
that a Chinese gentleman named
Lyng-lun first demonstrated the di-
vision of the octave into twelve semi-
tones. At least Lyng-lun is the first
we know of, although somebody may
have done it centuries before him,
leaving no record that has come down
to us.
The King and Queen of Belgium will
be present at the grand festival con-
cert in the city of Verviers, which, on
August 26th will celebrate the cen
tennial of Henri Vieuxtemps, the
great violinist, who was born there on
February 20, 1820. Eugene Ysaye will
conduct, and the program will include
works by four Belgian composers,
Franck, Vreuls, Vieuxtemps and
Ysaye. Their majesties will also at-
tend the competition of young violin-
ists on the following days, for which
the two principal prizes are offered
by the queen.
The Pony Express
An interesting relic of other days
turned up in Washington not so long
ago in the shape of a letter of in-
struction sent in the pony express
days by a merchant of St. Louis to
his agent in San Francisco. This let
ter had reference to the disposal of
a lot of goods that were shipped by
way of Cape Horn, and, although it
contained several thousand words and
a copy of an invoice, it was written
on just two sheets of paper.
The paver itself is a sort of tough,
opaque tissue, very thin and slight.
When folded, the letter slips easily
into an envelope three inches wide.
The reason why this communication
was prepared in such a peculiar way
lies in the stamp attached, one of
the old “pony express” series, with a
design of a man on horseback spur
ring at a gallop across the plains. We
all know, of course, that the Pacific
mail of that period was carried by
relay riders, but few of the present
generation have any idea of the great
pains that were taken to reduce its
weight to a minimum. The letters
were stored in little, flat pouches
under the flaps of the saddle, and they
were usually written on specially pre-
pared tissue. The one referred to
must have occupied an expert clerk
several days, for the penmanship is
minute. It is, however, beautifully
executed. :
The stamp was of the denomination
of 50 cents.—New York Evening Post
Worlds Best Jet
Mined in England
Jet is a bituminous mineral and, it
is said, the vegetable remains of cor
iferous trees or fossilized wood.
The best jet comes from mines in
Whitby, England. Spain and France
have large jet mines.
Queen Victoria is said to have been
very fond of jet, and during the lat-
ter part of her reign, it came into
great favor as jewelry. It is capable
of taking a high polish and is very
easy to carve.
The genuine jet is so valuable that
many imitations are on the market.
The best imitations comes from Italy
and are called “Italian jet.” The real
jet is very light while some of the
imitations made from glass are heavy.
Better Marketing |
Better Prices
of this |
“The pinto bean growers
|
State have earned $82,000 in additional
profits from their 1919 crop through
their Co-operative Marketing Associa:
tino initiated by specialists of the
Bureau of markets, United States De- |
partment of Agriculture,” was the re-
cent statement made by a New Mexico
pinto bean grower.
Before the association was formed
the beans were purchased by local
buyers who practically controlled the
market and therefore paid almost any |
price they choose. These buyers were |
rapidly destroying the possibilities
that offered in the marketing of pinto |
beans through lack of care in grading |
and packing. Choice recleaned beans |
was a technical trade name that came |
to mean nothing, for the beans often |
contained splits and dirt, as a result
of which the trade could not depend |
upon the quality of the product. |
Now the farmers do their own mar- |
keting through the association. Six |
teen warehouses, properly equipped |
with grading and packing machinery |
have been erected. The beans are
carefully graded and then packed in|
new, even-weight 100-pound bags
which are neatly sewed and branded |
The association demands clean cars |
from the railroad, and in loading tho |
sewed ends of the sacks face one wav.
The Association believes in the Bu-
reau of markets’ proved theory that
when a buyer throws open the car
door he is instantly impressed if the
contents present a clean, orderly ap-
pearance. The New Mexico Associa-
tion has 1500 members and marketed
250 carloads of beans last year. It is
constantly calling on the bureau of
Markets for assistance which is cheer-
fully given.
To Preserve E
Rose Petals
A new way has been devised to pre-
serve the rose petals which have
fallen from the which have
bloomed so abundantly this summer.
Never have the flowers been so beau-
tiful, nor have theire been so many
flowers to bush, and the busy
housewife has discovered another use
which will not only preserve the odor
for the year, but give comfort to the
tired ones of the family on their re-
turn from business, or to one who is
not well. Indeed, it is particularly’
adapted to the invalid.
It is a dainty pillow of dried petals.
To make this pillow first make one
of a fine piece of nainsook, then a
covering of some light-weight cloth,
which can easily be laundered.
Pick the petals from the
spread thinly on paper in a spare room
and sprinkle with table salt. This
will make the petals damp, which
helps to toughen them, and also pre-
serve their color. If one prefers, spice
roses
one
roses
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was impossible. The forests were dry
and fire might start anywhere at any
time. Bears or no bears, it was
Hodge's business to stay in that look-
out box. Being a perfectly good
guard, he stayed. Fortunately another
lookout happened to listen in on the
telephone conversation and succeeded
in sending help to Hodge.
‘Women As
Life Savers
One man at least, chooses women
life savers in preference to men for
patrolling his beach. That is Mr.
Gray, manager of the park pools in
According to Col. W
E. Longfellow, life saving expert of
the Red Cross, Mr. Gray declares that
since trying women at this job dur-
ing the war, when the bronzed heroes
rather have
women are
wauld
Many
were abroad, he
them than
now qualifying as life savers and are
getting the training for their tests in
men.
the Y. W. C. A. and school pools
throughout the country. The tests
which Y. W. C. A. instructors train
rls to pass include removing waist,
<kirt and shoes while floating in the
water: breaking the grip of a drown
ing person without the old striking-
in-the-head method; towing a body to
in three different ways and
the newest method.
shore
resuscitating by
A figure from one of the New York
City ¥ W. C A. pools for the past
iwo months shows the growing popu-
larity of swimming among city girls
Five thousand four hundred individ:
uals used the pool in 30 days recently.
Stock Market Outlook
ntl RD —
throughout the
Sagging of prices
whole list on the Stock Exchange last
week has brought practically all issues
to levels which are not justified by the
asset value behind them. This is the
opinion expressed by Winslow Taylor
& Company members of the Consoli-
dated Stock Exchange of New York,
in a market letter commenting upin
conditions in the security market. The
letter continues:
“One fact which must impress itself
upon anyone who studies the value of
all issues is much greater than it was
last fall when they were selling for
much higher prices.
“With the market virtually at the
bottom many opportunities are offered
the investor who is seeking high-grade
dividend-paying securities. For the
man that purchases now and is pre-
pared to hold on for a short time there
never has been so many chances ro
secure a good income with almost
certain market profits in the very near
This, of course, providing he
having reel
future.
has selected
asset strength behind it.
a security
All indications are that there will
be bumper crops in the United States.
might be used, but this is not advis-
able, as it darkens the leaves and
isn’t necessary. Change the leaves
around once or twice a day, so each
leaf will dry thoroughly.
When dry pack the leaves in a clean
cloth until ready for use. While thesa
petals are drying the room should be
aired and the sun not allowed to reach
the petals, but to enter the room. It
will not injure the leaves if the sun
should touch them, only fade them.
If light-weight material are used for
the pillow the pretty shades will show
through and the odor will be strongel
than through heavier weight cloth.
The leaves will retain their delicate
scent for years if dried this way.
Would You Wait
For Permission
What do you think of having to
telephone for permission to run from
a flock of bears—and then having
your more or less palpifating proposal
turned down?
That is what happened to J. W.
Hodge, a fire guard on the Shenan-
doah National Forest, a short while
ago.
Hodge was stationed at the lookout
tower on Hankey Mountain. It was
his job to scan the skyline and io
make expert diagnosis of far away
smoke smudging or any other indica-
tion of fire in the forest. This par-
ticular morning when he went to the
lookout tower on the mountain top,
he failed to attach his gun
person. It was a mere formality, any-
how—and guns are cumbersome things
to carry around.
Well, he got into his lookout box
and began searching the dim blue
distances that look like the further
fringes of the world. He was very
busy at that for a while. Then his
eyes came back closer home, and
what he saw made him wish for an
airplane to take him immediately to
cne of those far fringes. Three bears
were brousing around only a little
distance from his lookout tower. They
were not, apparently, giving him any
thought, but he did not know how
soon they might become hungry.
There being no airplane at hand, he
decided to use his legs.
Then he remembered he could not
leave his post without permission, sc
he called up District Ranger Shanklin,
laid the case before him, and re
quested permission to go for his gun.
He was promptly told that the thing
to his |
Federal Reserve Board officially an-
ei recently that there is no
| Mortage of money and that cash for
moving the early fall has
already been provided. Labor is be-
coming more productive. A complete
[readjustment to normal is going in an
[orderly manner. All of these are the
underlying factors which point in the
near future to a market which will
c<hame the pessimists who are decry
ing the future prosperity of these
justify the man
crops in
United States and
who buys now on asset value to hold
from profits and not for a “quick turn.”
Rails, rail oils and cop-
pers are outstanding purchases.”
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Half the enjoyment of an iced drink
on a hot afternoon is taken from it
if one has to spend half an hour in
the kitchen preparing it. But if it
is ready in the refrigerator and al
one has to do is to chop a bit of ice
and add a little water one would be
willing to bring out a tray to half a
dozen any time of day or
night.
guests
As lemonade is one of the favorites
of all the summer beverages it is well
to always have the “makings’ on hand
A very good recipe for lemon syrup
lemon juice, six
cupfuls of
from three
saucepan
is three cupfuls of
cupfuls of sugar and six
Grate the rind
lemons and put it into a
with the water and sugar and boil for
Strain, add the lemon
When wanted
water.
ten minutes.
juice, bottle and cork.
simply pour some into a pitcher, add
a little ice and fill up with water. You
can add orange juice, loganberry juice,
a can of pineapple, a bunch of crushed
mint or a bottle of ginger ale if you
wish to vary the flavor.
Chocolate Milk Shake
A chocolate milk shake with a plate
of wafers is a perfect lunch to serve
Influence of Music
According to the National Kinder
garten Association, music is to take
a prominent place in the education of
little children.
Every home needs music, is the as-
sertion of the association. Children
go to sleep or wake up singing.
The
ciation quotes Joseph Hoffman as say-
National Kindergarten Asso-
ing that music is a spiritual influ-
ence, and draws the conclusion that
the which fills the minds of
children in a more or less unconscious
music
way, makes for continental joy anil
Always Keep the Makings of Lemonade on Hand,
are happier and healthier when they |
for Hot Days
Just Ready to Serve
to a porch party. The chocolate syrup
can be made in quantity and bottled
also. Boil together a pound of choco-
late, the unsweetened kind, two cups
fuls of sugar and a pint of water for
a couple of minutes. Cool, flavor with
vanilla and bottle. Use three table
spoonfuls of the syrup for every cup-
ful of milk. Stir well and serve with
a spoonful of whipped cream on top
of each glsas.
The instantaneous cereal drinks also
make very good iced drinks. If you
wish to have your refreshments ap-
pear as if by magic, have your tray
ready with the glasses and spoons in
place. And keep in a cool dry place
several packages of fancy crackers
that will always be fresh and crisp.
One utensil that you must have is a
good ice pick or ice shredder, so you
van go to the refrigerator and chip
or shred off the ice with no trouble
or fuss. There are many of these on
the market, all having their good
points, and one of these is absolutely
necessary to the housewife who wishes
to serve refreshments with the least
amount of work.
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