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'GOOD BORDEAUX SUBSTITUTE
Encouraging ''Experiments Have Been
Made With Pickering Sprays
Quite Efficient.
Efforts to obtain a copper fungicidal
. spray for fruits and vegetables that
would be as efficient as but less expen
sive than. standard bordeaux mixtures,
nave led . to encouraging experiments
with the Pickering bordeaux sprays,
the results of which are contained in
a bulletin now issued by the ' United
States Department of Agriculture. The
nign price of copper sulphate, known
as- bluestone or blue vitriol, during the
war xmused chemists of the department
to turn their attention to the Picker
ing bordeaux sprays whieh contain less
or this high-priced chemical. :
The so-called Pickering bordeaux
sprays had been tested to a limited
extent in England,' where laboratory
tests Indicated that they were more
efficient per unit of copper than the
bordeaux sprays. Pickering sprays,
sometimes called Pickering limewater
sprays, are prepared by mixing sat
urated limewater with dilute solutions
of copper sulphate, and contain their
copper In the form of basic copper
sulphates. If the results obtained by
Pickering, the British chemist from
whom the sprays get their name, in the
laboratory in England hold true under
field conditions in America, it is ob
vious' that a great saving In copper in
thls country may be effected.
It Is believed that the experiments
by the' department lay a "basis for
further studies to be conducted in va
rious parts of the country. The opin
ion is expressed that from the informa
tion provided In the bulletin the va
rious agricultural experiment stations
and other agencies In the country will
be able to devise formulas for copper
fungicidal sprays for certain crops
made with less copper sulphate than
standard bordeaux, which will prove
Just as efficient as the more expensive
. spray. " It would be Impracticable, It is
' pointed out, for the department to de
vise these formulas itself. Fiefd con
ditions vary in different sctions of the
country, and experiments , would have
to be conducted In these different sec
tions In order to work out a spray
suitable to local needs.
No injurious effects followed the ap
plication "of Pickering bordeaux
spraa3 to potatoes in Maine or to cran
bei 5es in ! New Jersey. The sprays,
however, prttoed to be too caustic for
use on appV -Jrginia or on grapes
In New J' Virginia. Picker-
" tag bordealv.rvs, It is said, cannot
be used on tender foliage. -
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AARY GRAHAA BONNER
corrtiOHT 11 tiitN Nimwu Onion
ANNIE ALLIGATOR.
"My head Is flat," said Annie Alliga
tor, "and the head of the crocodile Is
three-pointed and rather thick.
"It may not be considered niceto
have a flat head and I suppose if one
were a person one wouldn't like it, but
when one Isn't a person and when one
Is an alligator it is quite all right, to
have a flat head.
"In fact I wouldn't know what to do
with any other sort of head.
"In the southern waters where-we
live we lie on the banks and hatch our
eggs 'there though they ccn look after
themselves pretty much.
. MYe sleep and lie about and rest in
the pools and swamps and we love to
eat. . :'-'
"We're not pigs and yet there Is
something about us that is like pigs.
"Pigs are greedy.
"That is a fact known to history
and story books and truth and every
thing else.
"Pigs don't look like us. They
haven't flat heads. They don't look
like crocodiles with triangular or
three-cornered sorts of heads, either!
"They aren't in the least like us in
any of those ways that, I have men
tioned or in many other ways which I
have not 'mentioned. V ' x
"They do like the mud and so do
we, but we're happy to lie on it and
we don't care about digging in it as
they do, and they live In a pen which
Isnt our Idea of a home. A pool and
a few surrounding banks are what we
care about, N .
"But there Is one thing about pigs
that is true at us, tod, as I started to
tell you, and as I'll finish . telling you
before I go very much, further.
uu i uieun wnen x say mat i n
going further that I'm going to crawl
further along. I mean merely that I'm
going to say more and get further
along In my story. And before I fin
ish my story or my talk or whatever
you wish to call It, I am going to tell
you what there is about pigs and our
selves which is alike.
"In fact I am going to tell it to you
before I say very much more or before
I get much further along in my story
and I think I will tell it to you at
once.
i "Pigs love their food. yAjhey are
greedy, as I said. And vf are
greedy.
. iney a cp1'-! "-hove
everything.
tiiey lived
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fConducted by National Council of Um
Boy Scouts of America.) -
REGISTER AS VETERAN SCOUT
A vigorous, concerted effort is being
made by the national headquarters
and the various local councils of the
Boy Scouts of America to encourage
all men and boys, who are eligible, to
register as veteran scouts and thus be
come recognized life members of the
Veteran Scout association. The slogan
"Register the Veteran" has been
adopted and will be used nationally
for the next few months as s means
of bringing about this much desired
result. .
Every first class scout .official who
has been in the movement a total of
five years is eligible. The service need
not have been continuous. This ap
plies to scoutmasters and thir as
sistants, troop committeemen mem
bers of local councils, commissioners,
deputy commissioners, and all other
officials. And it is announced official
ly that service of scouts during the
late war, in the army, navy, marine
corps or any of the recognized war
service organizations will receive cred
it . toward securing the veteran scout
rank.
It Is stated that Ix-tween 40,000 and
50,000 men nnd lnyi now active in the
movement are eligible to this rank,
whi-h ?n iip'n" rts is the 'most
honorable ot :tll. for ti is flare! that
'If one lives m tn r lit- scout w.th and
law for tiv, v-:?rs..he w?5"; be guided
the rest oi is life y these high
ideals ami : mnHi'y the theory of
"once n scout mm tys j: sWum" Besides
SELECTING BEST BEEF CALF
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'"And whiv people xeat
In - order ' toNe and . il- imals
Bium water" sprays of the Picker- have to do the same If noffall peo-
ing type, maae wim . nanum ineieau
of lime and containing the equivalent
of .7 per cent - of copper sulphate,
proved very successful against the late
blight of potatoes in Maine. Such a
spray containing the . equivalent of .0
per cent of copper sulphate was tested
one season in Virginia and did not
Injure the foliage or fruit of the apple
trees. - ''--.
Department Bulletin 866, "Pickering
Sprays,' a : report of the results of the
experiments, may be had upon request,
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C
BURN ALLORCHARD PRUNINGS
Sheet-Iron Sled, Shown In Illustration,
Has Been Successfully Used in
California. , 1
The sheet-iron sled. Illustrated, : has .
been used with great success for burn
ing pruninjrs in a large peach orchard
and vineyard near Porterville, Cal.
It la drawn between the rows by a
single horse. Such a device may be
constructed by any rancher and. is
sure to be a time and labor saver. The
brush may be 'placed quickly on the
sled and set afire, while the flames are
so close to the ground that no injury
to the trees results. The coals often
last through the night and are ready
WHAT seamstress does not enjoy j
making up the lovely dance and
dinner frocks that give her imagina
tion food for pleasant thought?
Whether she .is working for herself
or some one else, and especially if her
endeavor benefits a daughter, there is
less care and more Joy in the making
of party frocks than In anything else.
Younger women are rapturous over
them, . the young matrons . know that
they look their best in them and ma
turer ones travel on the road to yes
terday when they wear them.
There Is a wide choice of styles to
suit various types, and plenty of room
for Individual taste in dance frocks.
One. may ' choose quaint and ' demure
ideas or b4 a little darlnc or steer
a coarse between the two. When there
(is so much that Is vivid and sparkling
and daring, it is the simpler or quaint
frocks that find themselves most
charming. They do not belong to the
Jaxs era, and are refreshing for that
reason.
A lovely dance or dinner frock of
taffeta, as pictured here, has a low
bodice with narrow straps of the silk
over . the shoulders, and over this a
pretty fichu of fine net to match, edged
with shirred taffeta strips frayed along
the edges. The girdle, which Is point
ed at the front, recalls the, old-time
pointed bodice that seems to belong
to the full skirt. The fichu Is knotted
at the front and has short ends hang
ing below the waistline.
The skirt Is widened at the hips
with a wire, and there are three rows
of the f rinsed strips set Bbvitajer
to emphaslzets tsM"
lops
peti
with
skirt,'
longer than skirts hav
time. There are several sisn4"Veide
this one of a reaction from extremes
In styles that may be lookeU for In
the coming spring.
those who are no-.v active in,scouting.
there are many thousauds of the mil
lion or more former members who are
eligible, but perhaps do not know that
they are. Local councils everywhere
are asked to look them, up and secure
their registration.
v If a boy scout Joined the Boy Scouts
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Decorative Furnishings
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Sheet-Iron Sled Used In Burning
Orchard Rubbish.
to Ignite more brush the following
morning. " . '
The dimensions are 8 by 8 feet. The
runners are only about 2 inches high.
7 George C. Crowe, Tulare, Cal:, In
Orchards and Farm.
TO SET CURRANT CUTTINGS
If Very Severe Weather Prevails Bary
In Sand In Cellar Plant In
Good Warm Soil.
To propagate currants take hand
wood cuttings to the spring, or. Jt
ter in early fall. Early fall cuttings
ihduld be bunched and buried, butts
1 until spring. . If very severe
weather conditions .prevail, bury in
and B the . cellar. Plant In the
spring in good warm solL They may
be planted" 4n-nursery rows for a
couple of years, and then -are com-Bjerdal-si
plants ready for the air
rant patch. Or. you can layf the
1 hdh of the currant branches in the
rrowing season, lifting the new plants
to set in the new plantation
Lie About and . Rest.
pie and all animals still they don't
all live for the joy Of eating."
"They eat because for their health
they must eat and, toe, because they
like food.
"But pigs care for nothing in" the
world so much as they , do for their
eating, and alligators care for food
more than anything. 1
"We don't bother noticing anyone
unless we're hungry and unless we
think there may be a chance that they
may have food to give us.
"That is all we do look for food
unless we happen to be sleeping' or
something equally Important.
. "But they say that our appetites are
the most important things about .us,
and that If anyone asked us ' t we
should say so.
"I am quite willing to admit it I
think It is fine to think' that Annie
Alligator and her family and the other
Alligator families have fine appetites.
"And when .some may talk of work
and play, of hopes and fears, of pleas
ures and annoyances, we can truth
fully' say that we don't bother about
all those things. ; -
"Just give us good meals and we're
contented quite, quite contented.
"Annie Alligator says so, the keep
er says so, the other alligators say so
and It Is true. '
"So when you think of alligators
think of our noble, fine, healthy, beau
tiful appetites, and if you wouldn't be
apt to call our appetites by all tfiose
names just think of ouc . appetites.
They're big enough to deserve a lot
of thoughts. That Is what we think
about them.
Located.
First Undergraduate Have you tele
graphed for money?
Second Undergraduate Yes: I tele
graphed yesterday, s 'V
First Undergraduate iot any an
swer? --:V '
Second Undergraduate :Tes." I "tele
graphed the governor: "Where is that
money I wrote for? And his answer
reads : "In my pockef American
of America when he was twelve,' which
Is the minJmum age. he may at the
age of seventeen register and become
a veteran scout provided jhe has then
reached the rank of first class scout
and has been during the five years a
member or associate member of a
scout troop. Membership in the veter
an organization carries with It the
beautiful V badge signifying, five years'
service, which at the end of ten years'
Ice may be replaced with an X
s ' Arwl nt course., the veteran
having life membership, . Is en
at;all times, 'whether he Is ac
' not, to wear the scout" uniro'ruT
iidge of his highest rank. Men
JoyS everywhere who have . been
urged to apply at once to the .local or
the national headquarters In New
York for registration blanks.
BURBANK ON GOOD SCOUTS.
Luther Burbank probably knows as
much about boy culture as be does
about plant life and its Improvement
by scientific means. Following Is his
Idea of the birthright of every Ameri
can boy who is to be reared under the
best conditions:
"Every child should have mud pies,
grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles,
frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild
strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees
to climb, brooks to wade In, water
lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butter
flies, various animals to pet, hayfields.
pine cones, rocks to roll.- sand, snakes,
huckleberries and hornets; and any
child who has been deprived of these
has been deprived of the best part of
his education." .
In commenting on this the Saturday
Evening Post declared that "the larg
est single agency In the world that
uses these raw materials as part of its
regular stock in trade Is the Boy
Scouts of America. Persons who have
not closely watched the growth of this
lusty young giant can scarcely be
aware of the stature It , has attained
or of the tremendous power for good
In American life that it. has become."
Animal Must Have Proper Corrfenruu
tion, Breed Type and Good Gen
eral Appearance.
If the beef calf selected for rtisjng;
Is to develop Into" a useful, prp&ra&fe
Individual for breeding purpose. H
must be a good calf as well a tSc
descendant of good ancestors. Ke3
in mind that you are either sriectiac:
a calf for a herd bull or for a f oonda
tion breeding cow. To be' classed as;
a good calf it must have the proyeT
form, which is sometimes spoken
as "type" or, "conformation." If y
expect to select a calf with these nec
essary requirements, you shoal d be
come familiar with them. Study pic
tures, of famous animals; note their
form. A score card of the hrcl tot
are most Interested In would be use
ful. Learn the different parts of zi
beef animal and the method of exam
ination in judging them.
In selecting the calf, first get xa
Idea of its general appearance. Thte
you may do by looking at It from tt
distance of from 10 to 15 feet. W
serving its weight or growth accord
ing to age, conformation, quality, con
dition, body, breed type, and" general
disposition. Observe it closely, begin
ning at the head aDd neck, then Umr
quarters, body, and hindquarters, ix
order named. If a bull Is selected. It
should not have tlH? appearance of
heifer or a steer, but the strong. Tim
orous, masculine appearance of a Natf
In every detail, tt a heifer is selecteU.
she should have the feminine appetcr
ance of a good breeding cow ratbes
th&n the possible coarseness or rosS
ness of a steer.
Thus observing the calf witfcotrt por
ing your hands on It, select one tbt
is stylish and active. When vlewrrl
from the front it should have a short:
face, large muzzle, wide forehwrrl
short neck, and a wide, deep chest.
dicating a strong, vigorous constltutIfi.
When looked at from the side Its baefc.
should be straight and level from fr
of shoulders to the tall. It siusrf4
have a deep body and smooth. Ions"
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Calf of Desirbale Typ-Hott the BcT'
Conformation and Excellent
Characteristics 8hovm l
Heifer.
WOMEN have always been willing i
to lavish time on decorative fur-
"hishlngs for their homes those lov
ing touches of ornament sometimes
crude and sometimes exquisite that
show where their Interest is centered
and their hearts rooted. The time
and work spent are worth while, but'
In these busy modern days they can
not give long hours to fancy work. We
arc Indebted,, therefore to the people
who bring out easily made and inex
pensive things that put a new coun
tenance on familiar rooms and make
them cheerful and livable. No one'
does more In this direction than the
manufacturers of fine tissue and crepe
papers, and they are not alone in their
efforts.; They make a' long list of
things and have brought their produc
tions up to standards that rival much
more costly articles. . ;
Among the paper furnishings lamp
and candle stands, vases and baskets
compel more attention than anything
else, for every woman Is interested In
them. Shades for the - lamps or can
dles and flowers for the vases follow,
he latter now often bought at the mil
liners. There Is a widening apprecia
tion of whiter bouquets, made of the
berries, seed pods, straw flowers and.
grasses that nature herself provides.
Many flowerlike ornaments are made
of pine cones, cut and painted and
touched up with gilding, that are new
and lovely. - Many artificial Jlowers.
with zinnias, asters and nasturtiums
the favorites, are dipped In clear shel
lac which is allowed to drain off while
It dries on them and. leaves them ytth
a surface like glass or porcelain.
' Lamp stands are made of paper
rope and the-shades of crepe paper. A
shade that has so much the appear
ance of silk that It deceives the eye is
shown in the picture. It is made over
a wire frame, just as a silk shade
would be, with rose-colored paper un-
derneati; and, Hght-blce over It , The
bead fringe is Jn rose-color, the paper
. very fine .crepe and In beautiful
tones of color. ' " -
WORLD SCOUTS AT WORSHIP.
, Doubtless the most Impressive re
ligious ceremony with a congregation
of youth was that held In London on
the first Sunday after the gathering
of representative boy scouts of the
world for their recent "Jamboree.
There' were assembled in the vast
arena of the OJympia approximately
10,000 boy scouts from all parts of the
globe, scouts of all colors, all creeds,
and of 34 nationalities, and all In the
uniforms they honor. . More than
5,000 adults participated, completely
filling the great building. The Im
pressive scout law was In evidence,
emphasizing that the crowning glory
of scouting Is reverence. Other serv
ices for scouts were held In Westmin
ster abbey. In St. Paul's cathedral
and the Westminster Catholic cathe
dral. .
GOOD TURNS FOR BOY SCOUTS.
f The boy's department of the Y. M.
C A. In Cincinnati recently gave for
the boy scouts of that city the greatest
treaiurdhUrft'of "their II ves. About
500 boys raced over ten routes, at the
end- of eaclT having been - hidden a
treasure for them to find. Upon their
return to Y. IL CA. headquarters
there were other hidden treasures In
hindquarters. When viewed'- Corn
rear tt should 'present a wide, deep
appearance. While as muck wfdtb
possible Is desired, it sbovidt no&,5
accompanied with roughness aboat &tr
shoulders and the hips or hocks. Hue-
legs should be rather short, stout,.;
set wide apart. A calf that
high from the ground, cut up In fZaer
flank, and shallow In the heart girth,
has little chance of developing Ints sr.
useful or profitable breedl&g snfinC.
After you have found a calf wlttr
good generar appearance, have Bwne
one hold It so that you can put juar
hauds on It. This is the best way tip'
determine what are called "conditlou"""
and "quality." Condition mennar thr
amount of flesh and fat the- coLf
Select a calf in good growlmr toufif-"
tion, but not-excessively fat. The br
calf for breeding purposes should Lsv
great depth of natural flesh and W
free from roughness or coarseness- Sot
any way. By running the open h&i
along the back and sides with a sllgkt:
pressure of the finger tips the axaovrak
and quality of condition may be de
termined. A calf In proper growtec
condition, while not possessing tW
depth of flesh of a mature anfngt .
should have a smooth, even coverfner
of firm though not hard flesh albng- Um
back and sides qnd over the s&enlidssrau.
Quality may be determined by tfie
eye of the experienced Judge, but fne
hand may also be used to advantage
All the following Indicate quality: A
thick coat of . hair that feels soft wnfl
silky and looks glossy ; a loose, plIaMe
skin that does not seem thick, juuX
or tightly stretched over the bodyc
and rather short less that appear ts
have strong, clean . bones withe!
rougnness or coarseness.
A calf showing early maturity, w
Indicated by the tendency to pat
an even covering of rather firm CesSi.
la desirable
Color Is of little Importance as lsr
as the calf selected has the apprwvafll
color of the breed desired. . TJiere arr?u
however, popular shades and
markings of the . different
which you will learn from.
study of the breed selected.
COMMON SHEEP SCAB CAUSES
Ailment May Be Differentiated Frasst.
Conditions Caused by Pestifcsv
ous Ticks or Lice.
- Common sheep scab may be
tlated from conditions caused fey
parasites, such as sheep ticks,
that vicinity for them to find before I ticks and lice by finding the
the time for entertainment and re- I and by the nature of the. lesion,
freshments. I itching la caused by .ticks, an
lnation wUl reveal tne tick.
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