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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C ' : : : EVENT BREEDING OF FLIES ntial That Carcasses of Dead Animals Be Burned or Buried Method or Control. T I 1 - .1 O . I T L 2Warcu ment of Agriculture.) black blowfly, the bluebottle Tb L And the flesh flies are carrion eders. They attack wounds on liv l! nninials mainly as a result of the U?nce of the flies in abnormally r,e miniDCrs. - J.U picvcui we uiccu- of the luaCK uiuu,y it i coseuuui hnt carcasses ue, uuiucu vl uuiieu, . i s x a l m-i ven during me wmier muuius. uua be proper disposal oi carcasses De- fC0IflCS Oi lUlH-U "'F" i-iuv. un tuy frear. v""v- L,ionce by contaminating food prod- nets vi ui ' usual in towns or cities, attention must-be given to the proper disposal of garbage, as they will breed in the . KtT OT1 IHIlin' I II III V I I I I ' I I I'M meat scraps in garDage can3 or on dumps as well as. in carcasses. To destroy maggots in sores the same method as for the screw rv.-.rm is to be followed. It is not ilwavs possible to prevent maggot in festation following dehorning, but If periods of cool weather in winter are chosen for this operation usually no trouble follows. To prevent maggots entrance to wounds the application of pine tar is advised. Fol lowing dehorning, some advise cover in? the wounds with pieces of doth dipped in pine tar. Many of these will remain in place several days. The tails of lambs are sometimes infested by "maggots following dock Irig. This can be largely prevented by removing the tails with moderately heated pincers. The docking of lambs also tends to avoid soiling of the wool during succeeding months, and this helps to prevent infestation of the rump by maggots. Other impor tant steps in preventing wool-maggot injury are the following: (1) Breed hornless sheep and thus avoid Injury from horns and consequent infestation around them; (2) lamb as early in the spring as possible rconsidering other conditions; (3) shear either be fore lambing or as soon after as pos- Li- l - ; J ji a ai siuie, uuu iiius avoiu lue luiesiuiiuns which almost invariably follow in heavy-wool sheep when warm, humid weather comes on. In Australia very extensive work has been done looking toward the de- Black Blowfly or Common Wool-Maggot Fly of United States as Seen From Above. (Enlarged.) struction of maggots in wool, but near? Iy all the remedies devised have seri ous objections, so that dependence must be placed almost entirely upon preventive measures. If sheep be come infested, however,' the wool should be clipped from about the por tions containing the maggots. It Is necessary to begin? the clipping out side the infested area, so as to avoid driving the maggots back into- the un- soiied wool and thus extending the trouble. When the maggots have been concentrated in a certain spot by clip- Pins: around them, the application of use of chloroform, especially if the infested area is covered immediately with a. piece of oilcloth, will destroy the maggots, and the entire mass then an be clipped off. Mixtures of turp entine and tar have been tried in Australia for the destruction of wool mascots and the prevention of subse quent infestation, with a fair degree of success. It is important that some thing be applied to deodorize the In- rted parts and hasten healing. ome sheepmen use air-slaked lime dusted lightly over the parts to dry up the discharge and reduce the odor. This undoubtedly is accomplished to some extent, but there Is some danger of forming crusts and having maggots nfest the sore places or wounds be neath these. On large sheep ranges, when the nmbing is done during seasons which are favorable for infestations, it Is best to have the flocks divided Into rather small units and carefully hatched, so that any fly-blown sheep may receive immediate attention. To protect lambs and other sheep during the summer months from be ing blown by bluebottle flies an effort should be made to prevent diarrhea, and when sheep get dirty they should ne promptly trimmed up. Apply to the rump, and to the parts fouled by diarrhea, grease containing, a few drops of crude carbolic acid or tar oil The grease will hold the tarry dor in suspense and act as a fly re; pellent MDOTBMK mm i PETER GNOME'S CLUB. A great many of the new members of Peter Gnome's club, which was call ed the Every-Day-Is-NIce club, did not know just how the club had been start ed in the first place. They all knew Peter Gnome and Bil- 1 a. T" i nc cruwrne were tne very best of friends, and that as soon as Peter had started his club, the brownies had been the first tv Join. They knew that Peter Gnome hated weather grumblers and since belonging to the club they thought weather grum blers wei-e very foolish. They had found that there never was a day up on which one could not enjoy some thing. , r And tlrey had discovered how much happier they always were to like every day as it came along Yes, they thought the club was splendid and they wei e happy to belong to it. Still they were new. members and they did want to find out how the club started m the very. first place of all. And so they asked Peter Gnome If he would tell them. He agreed and they called a meeting to make sure that all members would hear of the first days and of the start ing of the club. "You are right," said Peter, "when you say that Billie Brownie and the other brownies were the first members. And I will tell you the story I told them. It holds the reason for starting the club." Peter Gnome cleared his throat, put on his spectacles and with one foot upon a low stump and the other on the ground he began : "I once had a talk with the King of the Clouds," he said, "and this is what he told me: "'Peter,' he said, as the rain drops fell over me for he can't talk unless it rains that is he can't talk outside his home In the clouds. 'Peter,' he said again, 'I feel very sad at times.' "'Why, Cloud King?' I asked. " 'Because Peter,' he said, 'they don't like me down on the earth. Now the sun is popular. He's a jolly, warm hearted old fellow and they like him. But they don't care much for me.' And Oh, Cloud KJng," I Said, "You Mustn't Be Discouraged." then I was frightened, ior I thought the King of the Clouds was going to sob and I only had my green rain coat on which isn't so very heavy, you know. The water has been known to go through it. Oh, Cloud King I said, 'You mustn't , be discouraged. And you mustn't be unhappy. What would the farmers do without you? Think how you help the crops. And think too, how the flowers love you. You make them grow. You give them drinks of water. And the crass, and the moss in the woods, the shrubs and the trees how hot and dry and thirsty they would be all summer long If It weren't for you "'How often too I have heard the birds chirp for water. Their little mouths would be so dry and they would open their beaks and beg you to look after them. What would the streams and lakes and ponds do with out vou! Lots or things love you, Cloud King. DoH't weep too mucn Weep tears of joy but not tears of un happiness.' "For of course," Peter Gnome con tinued "it would not have been polite of me if I had asked him not to weep at all I Then he would have felt far sadder than ever. "He felt better after this and said, Peter Gnome, you have done my damp heart good. I am glad you think I am of use in the world and that ' I am liked. For sometimes I feel no one likes me at all. They complain of the rainy days and they call it bad weath er. And oh, dear me, I'm not oaa, ana It hurts my feelings to hear them call me bad !' "Dear Cloud King, you must cheer up I told him. 'You must remember that your work is appreciated even If there are some folks who don't like you. But they're the weather . grum blers, Cloud Kins, and you simply mustn't pay one scrap of attention to them.' "He really felt quite joyful after this and pattered down to the earth with his army of raindrops ana nis granu children, the Mist family, quite mer rily. T tnmient l wouia nave a rlnh which WOUIQ. piease me old . mon. the sun. the moon, the clouds, and it would make all of us hnnnier if we went right ahead and enjoyed eacbxlay as it came along for we must have weatnr or some kjuu nr ntherl. - "So that is how the club started. All 1 At Wm rWT the rules ana regulations yuu uvyt. Ym indeed," said all the members, I as they proudly patted their badges which read, "Every-day-ls-nlce." Amiens and Its T HE battle in which the allies and the central powers have been engaged fh northeastern France often is referred to in the dispatches as the "Batle of Plc ardy although as a political subdi vision the province of Picardy no long er exists. Since the division into de partments was made, Picardy was cut up into the departments of the Somme, Pas-de-Calals, Aisne and Oise. In the ancient days when it existed as one jf the great historic provinces of France, Its boundaries extended from Hainaut and Artois on the north and from Champagne on the east to the province of Normandy and the English channel on the west, with a maritime frontier running from the mouth of the Aa to the cliffs of Caux, and it included with in its boundaries the whole of the bajsin of the Somme river and a great part of that of the Oise. Under, the Romans it was inhabited by the Morini, the Ambiani, the Vero- mandul, the Bellovaci and the Sues- siones, whose names are still preserved In the modern cities of Amiens, Ver- mandois, Beauvais and Soissons. It was a battleground In Caesar's day and the Romans built military roads through the province and erected de fensive citadels along the banks of the Somme. It was in Picardy, too, that the first nucleation of France as a nation took place, under the Merovingian kings in the flfth century. 'The history of an cient France," says Michelet, "had Its sources in Picardy." Here Clovls made his first capital at Soissons and Charle magne founded his at Noyon. Famous battles were fought within Its borders long before the first Prussian set foot upon Its soil. Crecy, where Edward the Black Prince won his spurs, and Aglncourt, where Henry V of England, with his bowmen, wrought such havoc with the French army the bowmen whose spirits were said to have ren dered miraculous assistance to the al lies at the Battle of the Marne. Land of Beautiful Landscapes. A land of beautiful landscapes is the land of Picardy or was before the de vesting Hun plowed up its fair fields, tore, up its roads and laid low Its for ests and Its famous avenues of aspens and poplars as "Picturesque Picardy" It was known to poets and artists and writers and travelers. David Murray, the famous Scottish landscape painter, gave Its pastoral beauties to the world in almost three score of his canvases. Many of Corot's finest landscapes are laid in the valley of the Oise or Somme. Ruskln and Robert Louis Stevenson have glorified it in art and literature. But today it is a scene of ruin, ravage and desolation. Many of its age-old towns have been made level with the plain, some of its historic cathedrals and chateaux are heaps of ruins and great craters of shell holes mark the face of the land. As Lord Byron said of Greece, "Tis Picardy, but living Picardy no more." And now again the guns of the Huns have been thundering in the heart of Picardy and at the gates of its ancient capital, Amiens, the beautiful, the "Venice of Picardy," home of rare art treasures and city of the cathedral which has been named by the Picards themselves the "Cathedral of the Beau tiful God," and by art lovers the "Par thenon of Gothic architecture.. The cathedral of Amiens is one of the largest churches in the world, be ing surpassed in the magnitude of its construction only by St Peter's at Rome, St Sophia's at Constantinople and the cathedral of Cologne. Into its sculptured stones and statues have been wrought by its builders almost a complete biblical history, both of the Old and New Testaments. Ruskln calls the cathedral "the- Bible of Amiens' and in his lecture under that title he has given an interpretation of its thou sands of sculptured figures and of its sermons in stones." The cathedral was built chiefly be I v I j- Cathedral. .i tween 1220 and 1288. Its architect was Robert de Luzarches. It consists of a nave nearly 140 feet high, with aisles and lateral chapels, a transept with aisles, and a thoir ending In an apse surrounded by chapels. The total length is 469 feet, its breadth 216 "feet The facade, which js flanked by two square towers without spires, has three portals decorated with a pro fusion of statuary, and over the cen tral portal is the remarkable statue of Christ, of the thirteenth century, which has given to,, this entrance the name of the "porch of the beautiful God." Surmounting the portals are two galleries, and jibove these a fine rose window. Wood That Leaps Like Living Flame. . Ruskin went into raptures over the wood carvings of the choir. "What ever you wish to see, or are forced to leave unseen at Amiens," he said, "if the overwhelming possibilities of your, existence and the inevitable ne cessities of precipitate locomotion In their fulfillment have left you so much as one quarter of an hour, not out of breath, for the contemplation of the capital of Picardy, give it wholly to the cathedral choir. Aisles and porches, lancet windows and roses, you can see elsewhere as well as here but such carpenter's work you cannot It is latefhlly developed flam boyant just past th fifteenth century, and has some Flemish stolidity mixed with the playing French fire of it; but wood carving was the Picard's joy from his youth up, and so far as 1 know there is nothing else so beau tlful cut out of the; goodly trees of the world. Sweet andyoung grained wood It Is ; oak, trained and chosen for such work, sound now as four hundred years since. Under the carver's hand it seems to cut like clay, to fold like sliK, to leap like living flame. Can opy crowning canopy, pinnacle plerc ing pinnacle It shoots and wreathes Itself Into an enchanted glade, inex tricable, imperishable, fuller of leaf age than any forest, and fuller of story than any book." Ruskln notes that the dominant tone of the sculptures ; that so profusely decorate the cathedral is that of peace and mercy. Summing up his interpretation of the Amiens cathedral, the "Bible of Amiens," as Ruskin asks: -wno Dullt It, shall we ask? God and man is the first true answer. The stars in their courses built it, and the nations. Greek Athena labors here, and the Roman Father Jove, and Guardian Mars. The Gaul labors here and the Frank; knightly Norman, mighty Ostrogoth and wasted anchor ite of Idumea. The actual man who built It scarcely cared to tell you he did so; nor do th historians brag of aim. Any quantity of heraldries of knaves and faineants you may find in what they call their history: but this is probably the first time you ever read the name of Robert of Luzarches. Where Time Is Money. In South America, near Buenos Aires, is a colony where the members make or grow everything they want and 1m port nothing. It is called the Calonia Cosme. The- workmen have seven hours work a day, and earn not money but time. Theiriages are hours and half -hours. These jare sometimes saved up till they have ai week in hand. Then they go off on an excursion or spend their savings in glome other pleasure- producing manner If a man wants a chair or table he pays for it in hours of work which are deducted from the balance to his credit All Dressed Up. Young Bob waa found by his father sobbing in a conler. 'What's the matter, youngster?" he asked. ' Wliy, pop," blubbered the boy, Tve got a nickel, and, there isn't any slot around fcere to drop it in. 0 TH KITCHEN CABINET There are thoughts that lie too deep for words, ' There are dreams and hopes we nev er share. There are secret pages in life's book, And we alone know what is there. THE ART OF TEA MAKING. The three components of tea are essential oil, theine and tannin. These give character to the beverage. The flavor of the tea depends chiefly upon the essential oil. The caffeine found in coffee Is an alkaloid like theine and the fatigued one who finds refresh ment and restored energy from a cupful of tea has been stimu lated by this ingredient. There are hundreds of blends of teas but those commonly known and most used are English Breakfast, For mosa, Oolong, Ceylon, Orange Pekos, young Hyson and Souchong. Properly brewed tea is an important essential. Tea should not be infused too long and should under no circum stances be boiled. Ceylon tea is the .tea best liked for iced tea and when serving it hot the tea ball is desirable. Green tea known by gun powder, Hyson and various other names, is much lighter in color, a drink of high fragrance, but a bit more harsh than black teas. The English know the value of fresh boiled water for the fragrant beverage. In many places certain springs or wells have water which makes a most superior tea, the tea makers going many rods to carry this precious wa ter to have the right tasting cup of tea. Russians, we are apt to think, al ways require a slice of lemon in their tea while as a fact they serve jam with their national drink, dropping it into the tea which Is drunk from tumblers. In Morocco the lea'ves of thyme and verbena are added to the tea to lend it piquancy. The Persian liken his sweetened al most to a sirup. The Burmese add garlic and other highly flavored sesa me oil to theirs. Perhaps in America as in no other country cream in tea Is the tea par excellence. We must bear In mind, however, that tannin In tea will act upon the delicate stomach lining and should be infused just long enough to extract the flavor. Any added steeping tends to Increase the amount of tannin. One way , to avoid a fight is to stop and count ten. By that time the other fellow will probably have you licked. GOOD EATING. Simple desserts are the rule these days. Dates which are rih In food value are little appreci ated by the average housewife. Wash the dates, remove the pits and arrange In small dishes, sprinkle with a tablespoonful of broken nut meats, such as pe cans, add a spoonful of sweetened whipped cream and you have a dessert which is both nutritious and dainty. Tapioca and Date Sponge. Put a Scant half teaspopnf ul of salt and a pint of boiling water in the upper part of a double boiler, stir in one-third of a cupful of minute tapioca and stir lightly until it thickens, then cover and cook until the tapioca is transparent. Pour boiling water over half a pound of dates, stir, then skim them, cut and dry in the oven. ! Cut In sections, re moving the pits and stir into the tapi oca with one-fourth cupful of sugar and the juice of a large lemon. Beat the whites of two eggs and fold Into the mixture. Serve with sugar and cream. Green Pea Soup. To serve ten peo ple boil two quarts of green peas in two quarts of water with an onion and three sprigs of parsley. Remove the onion and parley and press the peas through a puree sieve, diluting mean while with the vegetable liquor saved from the cooked peas. Add a quart of chicken broth and stir until boiling, cook ten minutes, add two teaspoon fuls of salt; a- teaspoonful of sugar and a dash of pepper. Serve very hot Chop Suey. Heat a half cupful of sweet fat in a kettle, add one pound of chicken cut into bits, remove chicken when brown and add a pound of lean pork also cut in bits, return the chick en to the kettle and add one cupful of chopped onion, the same of celery and a can of mushrooms, using the liquor in the can, one and one-half cupfuls of water and one cupful of blanched and finely chopped peanuts. Add salt and pepper to taste and boil one-half hour. A juicy pie may still be palatable and save its juice by using an egg beaten with the sugar and a little flour well stirred into the fruit -when putting it into the crust Another method to save the juice in the pie Is to Insert a paper funnel In one of the small openings of the crust The juice boils up but does not escape, f Inattention. "I am always being misunderstood," remarked the man who" complains. "Ton are not misunderstood," ! re plied Mr. Rufneck. Ton have been making the same complaints for years and people have . simply , got tired of listening COMFOHTABLE coop, for hoi Need Not Be, Expensive, but Should Be Dry and Roomy Fresh Air Is Essential. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) In order to be more successful In raising chickens the poultrymen should provide a house .which meets certaia requirements. It need not be an ex pensive structure but it is essential that the hens have a comfortable house which is dry, roomy, and abundantly supplied with fresh air and sunlight. It never pays to over crowd the fowls. No particular style of house Is pe culiarly adapted to any section of thi country. A house which gives satis faction in Maine will also give good results in Texas or California, bat tt Chickens Do Better When Made Com fortable in a Well-Constructed House. is preferable to build more open, and consequently less expensive, houses l the South than in the North. The best site for the poultry house depends prin cipally on the local conditions. Tbe location shpuld have good water and air drainage, so that the floor and yards will be dry, while the house should not occupy a low pocket or hol low in which cold air settles, and It should be situated for convenience i management and adopted to the avail able land. Wherever possible a south ern or southeastern exposure should be selected, although this is not essen tial If there Is any good reason for fac ing the house in a different direction. Poultry can be raised successfully on any well-drained soil. A light loam which will grow good grass Is well adapted for this purpose, while a very light sandy soil through which the wa ter leaches freely will stand more In tensive poultry conditions, but most of the green feed for the fowls kept on such a soil will have to be purchased. A heavy clay or adobe soil; is not as well adapted to poultry raising, as such land does not drain readily, and It is much more difficult to keep the st$ck healthy. Long stationary houses, or the intensive system, saves steps, but it is easier to keep the birds healthy and to reproduce the stock under the colony system, where the birds are al lowed free range. Breeding stock, and especially growing chickens, should have an abundance of range, . while hens used solely for the production of market eggs may be kept on a very small area with good results. The col ony house system necessitates placing the houses, holding about 100 hens, from 200 to 250 feet apart, so that tfce stock will not kill the grass. The col ony system may be adapted to severe winter conditions by drawing the col ony houses together in a convenient place at the beginning of winter, thtts reducing the labor during these months. FAVOR SPREAD OF DISEASES Damp, Poor Ventilated Quarters En courage Such Ailments as Roup, (Prepared by the United States Depart ' .. ment of Agriculture.) Cold; damp, poorly lighted and ven tilated poultry quarter favor the spread of such diseases as roup. Sucfi contagious diseases as these are. diffl cult and sometimes, impossible to con trol unless given attention in the early stages. Whenever preventative meas ures fail, separate sick olrds from the flock as soon as there is evidence of disease, and then consult expert advice lo (effect a cure. ' ' ' . HEAD LICE ON YOUNG CHICKS Where Pests Are Discovered3 Head Throat Should Be Well With Pure Lard, Qne great trouble with young chicks is head lice, with which they, are apt ta be .Infested. A thorough examlnatfosi of the head and throat of every chick a day or two old should be made, and R any iof them are found to be Infested give the head and throat of the wrfiote brood a thorough greasing with para lard, which will put an end to k 1 1 In tnyf- -Jv" J "$5! t5 N5& ' V v. .s -. ' ' v - ' ' v - C -
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