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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C. ! i 1 i K1TC MM" MK n AO ft Y.V.'.W.'A TOF MUTTON SHEEf , u.iH by Fi"e Wool Anlmalf Lead H. A--Ohio Is Now years Ledin3 State. 1111 ly asks, calmly speaks, coolly an swers and ceases when he has no me t say. Is in possession of some of thl best requisites of man.-Lavater save Ten darily for wool is Hi (ins i-uium j. xvu j " per cent of the use of the mutton .,. those of nne wool, to the crossbreeds, mutton sheep were f,v v-Meil States Depart' red W l", . .. .culture.) T.H nnrilv for mtitton i wv 1 V . ..,. . n ' iTlftlOB advance' present run, 0() JH'l' ''nl n'i sheep; fine-wool 1 . ,.,.,tlvr .Inrinir thlc . ...l. ,,f tho njitlnnnl flock CUt"1 i .1..,:. ,A.r. fv sheep I y 10 during as many . fimMvonl sheep have lost rs. 111 j, it.. L this perc-ntuge ana uie cruss- W1' . . ys revoluti'-n or rcceui Jfais m sheep inlnsrry, which is now pre- Lbly continuing is largely cnarac- Zed in naiioiuti mciagc uy m 3 rtutiis In tirhlnh SUGARLESS SWEETS. It is our patriotic dutv t sugar. In many of the dishes needing "ccmng some other sweet may just as well be used. Those who have never taken the trouble to care for a hive of bees are finding that one hive, if well cared for,, will produce 60 or more pounds ? of honey, with plenty left for the bees tn u-intar on. Honey takes the Dlace of fairly well, yet the liquid in the dish vuu need to be reduced one-quarter Maple sirup is sweeter than sugar, so less is needed, while corn sirup is not as sweet and a largerjamount will be necessary to properly sweeten. Whey Honey. Boil together one cupful of whey and one-third of a cup ful of honey until of the consistency of strained honey. This sirup will keep 4' f .VJ.'.VV'vO'-VA 1 CI iiwO-- ZK.'" rl:' '.w.'.w.wAEv rq i iff N a ' Ks Scene in La Paz. A PAZ, the city of peace, and the metropolis of Bolivia, stands amid great and majes tic mountains and in a region of the earth over which some of the earlipsr npnnl a T-rri nniv n,iu, i j n ,. , mr f uvu. unij tv llllica indefinitely and is fine for waffles or from the country's canital of todnv Ha Use a little thinner for ' the ruins of Tiahuanacu. universally griddle cakes. pudding sauces Whey Lemonade. To a quart', of conceded to be among man's most an cient habitations. The whole reeion Union. Scientists further tell us that once upon a time the Andean plateau was scarcely more than half as elevated whey add six tablespoonfuls of honey, ' surrounding Bolivia's unique capital is tue juite oi two lemons and the grated so hoary with age that a man's imagi- rind or a sliced lemon added for extra native brain is puzzled in attempting flavor. Mix, chill and serve as a bev- to conjecture the era of prehistoric erage. If wanted for punch add any construction, says William A. Reid in seasonable fruit with fruit juices. Don- the Bulletin of the ran American ble the amount of honey and fruit Juice is about the right proportion for punch. Bar le Due Currants. Remove the seeds from the large cherry currants, as today, and that In lands where Bo using a darning needle. Take equal Hvla's present gold and silver lie se weights of currants and honey. Bring eluded the prehistoric Inhabitant tilled the honey to the boiling point, then his fields of grain. Gradually rising add the currants and cook until the higher and higher. with the passing of skins are tender, being careful not to geological ages, we find the Bolivian destroy the shape by rapid boiling. If Plateau at too great an elevation to-the- fruit is so Juicy that the sirup is day for the majority of agricultural thinned remove the currants and re- crops, but a region of the earth lav duce the sirup by boiling until of the , ishly endowed by nature with almost rleht consistency. Put Into vlasat every variety of mineral. It is near and seal with paraffin. r eep Entering Sweating Pens of Bit ter Creek Shearing Shed, Bitter Creek, Mont. ore than one-half of the sheep are and mostly n ranges. The fine- pol sheep are 4.i per cent of all sheep h that group of states, a loss of 7 1 the percentage in, ten years; the Jrossbred sheep are 22 per cent, a loss f21-; nnd these losses have gone to ie mutton sheep, which are 32 per safof all sheep, a gain of nearly ten In the same number of years. The preatest advance in this move ment has been made in the North At- atic states, in which farmers' . mar- ets are near and the people have an fective taste for mutton and lamb. In hese states C2 per cent of the sheep re of the mutton bloods, a gain of 20 p me percentage in ten years; only- Il'per cent are fine-wool shepn. a loss f 17; and 21 per cent are crossbreeds, it loss of 3. The least change in percentages has irarrea in the South Atlantic states. where the mutton sheep were former Ijahijrh fraction and are now 68 per" cent of al shvp in that region, a gain ot2U in ten years; the crossbreeds are 24 per cent, or about the same as tenyenrs ago, while in all other groups of states they have relatively dlmin-fch;-and the fine-wool sheep are only 7iw cent, a loss of nearly 3 during ft? period. At the present time the South Atlan- states have the lowest fraction of JiH-nol sheep, 7 per cent, and -the Aorth Atlantic tntP nro nort with 17 Per cent ; the hiehest fraction. 46 Percent ic in V,, 1T-4- 1 TAlflr P1P, and nevt holrt-wr nrn V10 Qnnth Central St fit fx u-UV OA '..- O I ilU 1 It--1 Iflll. Mtitton sheen are as hicrh as 68 ner cent of th 1 i " f in uie w iiTn ATiHiiiif: find Wecf v.Lti, m as oo L ..... . pacific stnt.A. A Central. Ohio is hi- fnr iho. 1olnr choon we outside of the Western and Pa- lJ1P grOUn. find noo QOAOnOA c-taan 0I 1 I O 0,VW,WU DllCCLj 0 Jflllr r r. - . 1 n m. - W-r n f ri-T n-hlH n-rrr mil-- 'On Mftn,.. ...... " "ilv nearly two-fifths. CUBE Fu! Caused by Mud, Wet or r"th-Clcan Affected Part and Apply Poultice. Scratolifv - v. . t ' i. in turn i l , ii a J Honey Charlotte Russe. Chill one cupful of honey and stir it carefully Into a quart of whipped cream. Line a dish with lady fingers and fill with the honey and cream. Set away to chill. Serve very cold. Honey or maple sirup may be used in place of. sugar for boiled frosting. Pour the boiling sirup over the beaten white of the egg and proceed as usual. Fasten your soul bo high, that con stantly The smile of your heroic cheer may float Above the floods of earthly agonies. Mrs. Browning. and r.,, ' eu hair close to the skin r'Tl M 1 in.o l .i -tu. in X ll l r.; J . . cilpfi -. fonu pouiuce ap- 11 ir..-l..-i-i ban " ' Her nours will do no ...T 1- dry n,, ";u me skin, wipe It 11 I '' ill A'O Oil Y t i- i. 1 era rl-o otaus. t'aim tne -"o v r.. ni . . three ,i, . 1Rlure or iodine for the vr,t i ' u discontinue and use ' U.M' r i. T If nv,: , 1,0 not wet the parts ""UaM. T . . . . find ,.,. me staDie ciean apply vaseline to the toali,u.f (e u day when the ani- 'irkc(i Packer PHCe fr Lambi- for ...., s wl!1-not pay the tcp price they.,,; ,!u difference how fat, if son is KU over 80 pounds. . The rea- Qbe rVt:'i,Se the best cuts of meat 'eu irom the smaller car HIGHLY SEASONED DISHES. j Foods highly seasoned with condi ments are called deviled food. Such dishes are popular for an appetizer, for late sup pers, picnics and lunch eons. Deviled Chicken Ltjs. Take the second joints and the legs of a roast ing or a spring chicken, reserving the breast for salad. Divide the parts, remove the bones and tendons and flattenX the pieces by striking them with a cleaver. Make incisions lengthwise In the pieces, and fill these with deviled paste, brush with melt ed fat and broil or fry in fat until cooked. Prepare the paste as fol lows: Put into a soup plate two tiiblesnoonfuls of salad dressing, half a teaspoonful of mustard, a scant half teaspoonful of curry powder and. a half teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce. Mix and use as abqve. Steaks, chops or slices of cold roasts may be treated with this, paste equally as well. Deviled Bones. Rub the deviled paste into the meat left on ribs of beef, brush with butter and broiL Serve not too well done. Deviled Ham. Cut a moderately thick slice of cold boiled ham, make incisions on both sides of It, rub these with the deviled paste, then with but ter, and broil long enough to heat through thoroughly. Serve on a hot platter with a teaspoonful of the paste spread over the ham just as it goes to the table. Deviled Tripe. Take well-cooked tripe that is cold, rub Into it a liberal quantity of the deviled paste, brush It witfc sweet fat and broil to a delicate brown. When done serve with a little paste on each piece of tripe while hot t Deviled Veal Chops. Take thick choDS and into the several gashes made with a 6harp knife press as much of the paste as Is needed to sea son each chop. Dredge with crumbs and broil as usual or fry In a little hot fat Deviled crabs, oysters or various fresh fish may be seasoned with the paste and cooked in hot fat making most tasty dishes. Not Very Complimentary. Milton's mother was asking each member of the family which view of the sailor boy they, preferred her to keep for them. One said she would like a side view, another a front view, and. when Milton's turn came, he. thinking he ought to say something dlfferentr earnestly requested back view.' "" .. ' what might be termed the heart of this mineral plateau, an area of 65,000 square miles, that Bolivia's modern capital has grown to be a flourishing city of 82,000 people. La Paz de Ayacucho, to use the full name adopted after the country at tained its independence (proclaimed Aug. 6, 1825), is not only unique in its ancient surroundings, but the city lies so completely hidden in an enormous canyon or vent in the plateau that in journeying' thither we come very sud denly to the great abyss and are held breathless for the. moment until one's senses are collected and the beauty of the panorama takes the place of awe and surprise. This great canyon is about ten miles long, three miles wide, 1,500 feet deep, and in form somewhat like that ot an exaggerated letter U, opening southward. Some scientists believe that in past ages it was the outlet of Lake Titicaca, when possibly that body of water was connected with the upper Amazon river. Ap proaching La Paz by any of the three railways leading thither the sides of the canyon appear to be almost per pendicular; yet engineering skill has marvelously wound two railroads down these precipitous sides, presenting at every turn a gorgeous panorama. The clear, crisp air, the mineral colorings of the mountain sides, the red tile roofs and the bright shades of the houses in the distance, the green patches of trees here and there, the flowing rivulets and larger streams, the snow-covered peaks, together with the gay colors always worn by the humbler natives, combine to form a pleasing and lasting picture. El Alto, a term used to designate the little railroad station near the edge of the canyon, stands as already noted about 1,500 feet above the city, while the latter is 12,700 feet higher than the sea. La Paz being only 300 miles from the Pacific, we can form an idea of the steep climb made by the railways in order to reach this in land country. Supplanted Sucre as Capital. We speak of La Paz as being the capital of Bolivia and thereby confuse the minds of those not fully acquaint ed with the facts. Sucre, formerly called Charcas, is the legal capital of the republic, but largely on account of accessibility and growing commercial importance La Paz became the actual seat of government more than 20 years ago. In the latter city the president and his official advisers reside, the na tion's congress meets there, and it Is the residence of the foreign diplomats accredhted to Bolivia ; but the supreme court of the country still holds its ses sions at Sucre. The distance between the two cities is about 300 miles; but the more rapid growth of La Paz, es pecially since the completion of the three rail routes to the Pacific, seems to accentuate the desirability of La Paz over Sucre as the capital of the nation. The coming of the first settlers to the location where La Paz now stands is enveloped in the. mists of time. It is said, however, that specks of gold in the streams that flow down from the mountain sides and through the valley were a sufficient attraction to draw thither the aborigines during the reign of the fourth Inca; and in form er days, as at present shelter Was one of man's comforts and necessities. Gradually little huts made their ap pearance along the streams, and thus Chuchiabo and Chuquiyapu, as it was called in turn, had its origin from about 1185 to 1190. Later, the Span ish proved to be as great lovers of golden ores as the natives, and in 1545 history records the fact that the Span iard, Alonzo de Mendoza,. and 12 com panions founded the present city of La Paz on the site of the old village. In the City's Streets. As already observed, the canyon in which La Paz lies is long and nar row; it is also extremely rugged and interspersed with many small table lands and mountain peaks, the whole dominated by majestic Illimani, rear- ipg its snow-covered crest to 21,350 feet In consequence of this uneven- ness the streets of the city running parallel with the larger stream are fairly level (Avenida Arce, for illus tration), while cross streets are neces sarily short and in many cases ele vated at the ends as they approach the sides -of the canyon. Some of these streets are extremely steep, while others have been constructed in conformity with the configuration of the bills and are therefore more or less winding. One of the city's widest and most popular residential streets lies in the southeast section and is known as the Alameda, extending half a mile along a level course and adorned with wil low, eucalyptus, and other handsome trees. Shrubs and flowers are also to be seen, but the extremely high alti tude appears to have a somewhat blighting effect upon such growth. The Alameda, always more or less ani mated, is especially alive in late af ternoons and on Sundays and holidays, when the elite of social and official life j are to be seen walking, driving, or j motoring along its course. On passing through a picturesque gateway this popular avenue is prolonged through Plaza Concordia and. the Twelfth of December Street to Obrajes. The lat ter is three miles distant, and the ride over a very fair motor road or by elec tric line is through an extremely pic turesque canyon abounding in novel views for the stranger. The more Im portant streets are well lighted by electricity, the use of which has been expanding considerably in recent years as the motive power for numer ous industries. Where Murillo Is Honored. La Taz is not unlike other Latin American cities in providing numerous and attractive plazas. The most noted one of the city is that known as Mu rillo, so named in honor of the hero of independence, Pedro Domingo Murillo, who gave up his life on this sacred spot in 1809. The torch of liberty there lighted, however, spread over the continent, and finally resulted in the independence of Bolivia as well as the sister nations by which she is sur rounded. Today in the center of this plaza-stands a beautiful monument to Murilio, the patriot honored In the past as at present as one who sur rendered life rather than the cause of the people. Once or twice a week a military band, grouped near the monu ment, discourses soul-stirring if some what plaintive airs that please strang er and citizen alike, as around and around they stroll or sit comfortably on the seats provided for the public. A few large trees and many varieties of flowers suited to high altitudes are found in this park. The buildings of La Paz usually strike the stranger with interest. Al though many have been constructed along the lines of Spanish or Spanish Moorish architecture, the extremely rugged topography of the place has been responsible for local modifica tions and unusual features of construe tion. The cathedral of La Paz, which has been building for a number of years, promises to be one of the finest and largest of such structures in all Latin-America. It covers an area of more than 43,000 sqliare feet and is to seat at least 12,000 people. Greco Roman in style, its great walls have now reached considerable heights, and these will be surmounted by towers and a central cupola, the former ris ing to a height of 200 feet above the Plaza Murillo, upon which the building fronts. PEACH SCAB IS DESTRUCTIVE Disease May Be Successfully Combat ed by Applications of Self. Boiled Lime Sulphur. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Peach scab, next in importance economically to the destructive brown rot among peach diseases In the Unit ed States, may be successfully con trolled at small cost by the use of sprays of self-boiled lime sulphur or sulphur paste. Before such control measures were made use of by com mercial peach growers it appeared that the disease would inflict heavy losses by making impossible the cul tivation of certain varieties of peaches In many of the important peach-growing regions east of the Rocky moun tains. Peach scab attacks fruit leaves and twigs, manifesting itself on the fruit in serious , spotting and cracking. It brings about only superficial injuries to the twigs and leaves. When the spots are fully developed on the fruit, they are fairly well defined, circular, greenish to black areas. The spots may be moie or less uniformly, scat tered over the upper surface of the fruit or may become so abundant as to form large patches. Though the spraying schedule might be somewhat different If scab only was to be guarded against, the follow ing spraying plan should be followed for combating this disease and also brown rot and the plum curcullo. Early Varieties. The early varie ties, such as the Greensboro, Carman, Hlley, and those with similar ripening periods should be sprayed as follows: (1) With arsenate of lead and lime about ten days after the petals fall. This application may be omitted in sections where the curcullo Is not a serious factor. . (2) With arsenate of lead and self boiled lime-sulphur or finely divided wettable sulphur about a month after the petals fall. If the latter type of fungicide is used, the addition of lime, as in the first treatment, may be a desirable precaution against arsenical Injury. (3) With finely divided wettable sul phur or self-boiled lime-sulphur three to four weeks before the fruit ripens, but not less than four weeks before harvest if self-boiled lime-sulphur is used. Midseason Varieties. The treat ment recommended for early peaches is applicable, likewise, to midseason varieties, 'such as the Reeves, Belle, Early Crawford, Elberta, Late Craw ford, and Fox. For such varieties, however the third application is very BUILD STANDARD EGG CASES Railroad Classification Requirements Outlined Make Compartments Of Same Size. . (Trepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Do you know the railroad classifica tion requirements for a standard egg case? If not, you should; so here fhey are : Standard Egg Case.-3-16-inch ' ve neers; 7-16-inch ends and centers; 7-16 by 14 -Inch Cleats; 7-16-inch center board must be nailed in noddle of case. Unjust Criticism. Going fishing?" "Yes." "Can you afford to loaf in that way?" . "I want to tell you that a man who can come home with several pounds of fish for tha family dinner is no loafer." New .Excuse. "Did you mail that letter I gave you. yesterday?" 4N-no, my dear. I whistled to the man In the postal airplane, but h wouldn't come down after it" Peach Tree With Strong, Well-Supported Limbs. essential and should not be omitted where brown-rot or scab injury is se rious. Late Varieties. The Salway, Heath, Bilyeu, and varieties with similar rip ening periods should be treated as midseason varieties, with the addition of an application of the fungicide alone about a month after the second treatment. The following concentrations of spray preparations are recommended : Arsenate of lead paste, 1 pounds (powder, three-fourths pound) In 50 gallons; stone lime, 2 to 3 pounds in 50 gallons; self-boiled lime-sulphur, 8 pounds of lime and 8 pounds of flour of sulphur in 50 gallons; and finely divided wettable sulphur, 5 pounds In 50 gallons in the case of the paste (approximately 50 per cent sulphur), used In the foregoing experiments. Where curculio infestation Is not severe, finely ground sulphur and pow dered arsenate of lead applied as a dust mixture may be substituted for the liquid spray in the second appli cation. The finely ground sulphur without the arsenical may be substi tuted In the third application. Sul phur of such fineness that it will pass through a 200-mesh screen, when ap plied as a dust, Is an efficient remedy for scab. It Is a promising remedy for the control of brown-rot .but its effi ciency Is the control of severe cases Is as yet uncertain. The arsenate of lead-sulphur dust is composed of 10 pounds of the former to 90 pounds of the latter. WT ruir oven . eos and uMoem PUT CCAArATT CUSHIO of mtsmATOrt Airr AiAt Atrr aJStttOff I MM SltOOTM AtO Of ruts CUSHION MUST me SMOOTH ANO OF VMirOAM TtflCANeSS ore cusHtom Right Way to Arrange Strawboard, Excelsior, Cork Shavings or Cat Straw for Fillers. The two compartments must be of the same size. Fillers. Hard calendered straw board. Set to consist of ten trays and 12 flats. Pack top of case with corrugated cushions, excelsior, cork shavings,, or cut straw. Pack bottom of case with corrugated cushion, -inch cushion fillers, 'excel sior, cork sbavings, or cut straw. Use flat between eggs, both top and bottom. Excelsior, cork shavings or cut straw cushions must be smooth and of uni form thickness. Fillers must weigh three pounds for ten trays and 12 flats. Nails-Third cement-coated, large heqd. Fifteen pails for each side five in each end; five in center. Fifteen nails for bottom five to. each end; five in center. Eight nails for top flush cleat Two nails for top drop cleat Two nails through cleat into eacU piece of end. Nails through cleats must b clinched. SELECTION OF POULTRY FEED Reduce Cost by Using Low-Priced Sub stitute Grains Oats Are Cheap er Than Corn. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) While farmers, as a rule, have fed their poultry the grain that was cheap est on the farm, many poultry spe cialists and most small poultry keep ers have been accustomed to use their favorite poultry feeds without consid ering either the quality of the sup ply or the possibilities of using cheap er substitutes. Under normal conditions, corn in nearly all parts of the United States Is the cheapest poultry feed. At the present time, oats are nearly every where cheaper than corn. When cor goes down to $1.50 a bushel, oate should be 75 cents and barley $L20 a bushel to give the same value for the money fed to poultry, as com. The common characters and condi tions of grain which roughly determine their values as poultry feeds are eas ily estimated by the eye, or by weight or bulk in measure or containers of known capacity. Good cracked corn Is hard, bright clean, free from soft and chaffy par ticles. Corn that Ts crushed (not cracked), and shows much soft, chaffy and scaly matter, should be rated pro portionately below good cracked corn in feeding value. Cracked corn' 1b which any considerable amount of greenish discoloration appears' should be rejected as unfit for pooltry. Oats with the hulls on are at once seen to contain more indigestible mat ter than corn and wheat- Again, the Indigestible hulls covering oats make that grain less palatable te poultry and its feeding value must be discount ed. " Oats weighing less than the United States standard of 32 pounds to the bushel should be discounted tn price according to theshortage in weight, while for weights above the standard the usual ! discount in price may be ; reduced. $ . t 4 si 5.