ASPORTATION IS
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hope to pro
?. 4?s are bad, for
. . ,,f she prime fac
?>f any commu
.a is are Inade
(>n u |i [.e inefficient.
,x:. -Stat It requires
.;1I> ;i s much power
,n dirt road as on
pM?v also have
i Load Js Easily Hauled Over Con.
crete Road.
tjhat a motor truck will run
far on a gallon of gasoline
, concrete road as !t will on a
ij with the same amount of
|te -lustrations t shown here speak
tfcKnfolves in hearing out these
(peats. On the concrete road the
r;it laden truck glides along
(tvr The even surface of the
Coest offers no humps or ruts.
Ec
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Id to Navigate a Road Like This.
sis virtually no resistance to the
?t.n The muddy, rutty earth roed
in the other photograph, how
iihsirates an altogether different
sVn. Because M the many ir
fc.arities and the great resistance to
neeis of vehicles, only small loads
be carried. The lurge load Is
as ea?ily on the paved road
Is the small had carried In the
being drawn over the earth
I
innessee Has Big Sum
to Spend for Highways
tafrssee has available for high
cv:i>:n;cti"n during 1924, $9,854,
with a maintenance fund from
("unties of $1,400,000, or a total of
'?OJi'.Co. it is stated In "Tennes
Highways and Public Works," the
organ of the state highway de
pmen:.
kis means that the state has avall
|t for highways during 1924 eleven
* Quarter million dollars, this sub
g'.vrii tirst position In the
abearance of the new highway
is shown that the state has now
const rtjctiun 464.12 miles of the
pwed systifm ??f highways, and with
4-s available for work upon 477.94
I miles. t:.?- department will have
slles un !t-r construction by the
Id the year.
^ng ti.c ahove figures a little
Pw. tin- :;.:u'a/;ne says, it will be
?Ut by I .. -inlter 31, 1924, 748.6
1 *>f pnriiary r??ads will be under
Action. Iea\ irlif 4t>~?.3 miles to be
to. coctr.o? at later dates. The
> ruainder of the year
.'instruction 243 miles
Contracts let Feb
? 'id May 9 have al
r contract 86.8 miles
?K . Continuing the
''insary roads in the
' und?*r contract by
additional con
liy the end of Jan
? 'it of the primary
- ??'S'T contract, 16.7
?? n iary mileage, and
1 < state-aid mileage.
for
place tr.'.v:
r-'oary
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Many [ rucks in Use
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roxiinately 300,000
f* <">n furms In the
the present time,
near one truck to
"'is. This Is a re
vnt of truck usage
?lets when It is re
if>on years ago a
? "?sity even In the
?r tiow realizes that
' 's rendered by a
1 value that he can
without one.
Apt
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"!?;
ixes Pay Bill
.actios compiled and
;atc rt>ad commission
? U ? total federal aid
' Slates is paid by au
with a comfortable
r ? Since 1917, the fed
? ? has collected from
industry, in taxes, the
? in the same pe
t''tb! <-f federal aid for road
5 o x ?->
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of tr,
Wine
Per
216, or onljr
* bu be<-n $264,782 ur *
Cfcat or ?v. ? ur v
^ the special motor
^cessory taxes.
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PEACH YELLOWS IS " |
DANGEROUS DISEASE
The fact .h^T peach disease,
called yellows and little peat.h huve
not been severe the pas, few years
8 of talse security
on the part of some growers who be
decllne lroubles "e on the
In an article In New Jersey Agri
culture in which he gives a detailed
description of these destructive dis
eases William H. Martin, plant pa
thologist at the New Jersey agricultural
experiment station, says in substance:
I each yellows [s by no means a new
disease In New Jersey; the term was
coined as early as 1791, when the dis
ease made its appearance lu the lower
Delaware river valley.
The most characteristic symptom
of yellows, the article reads, is the
ripening of the fruit several days to
two weeks in advance of that of a nor
mal tree, addition to this the fruit
rom an affected tree is commonly
more or less red-spotted and blotched.
The spots occur either on the skin or
throughout the flesh. Little peach
differs from yellows in that the fruit
remains small and ripens from seven
to ten days later than normal fruit of
the same variety, and the diseased
fruit is frequently flattened and some
what irregular in form. *
A tree affected with yellows devel
ops sickly, wiry and finely branched
shoots on the trunk. These much
branched shoots may appear on a very
joung tree and are an important symp
tom of the disease. Young trees show
a drooping of the leaves toward the
branches and trunks of the tree, com
bined wtth a slight curling of the tips
toward the petioles or leaf stems. The
foliage, of the tree Is frequently yel
lowish green, although this is not al
ways the case. On a tree affected with
little peach the leaves droop toward
the branches and are curled and
rolled ; their color becomes lighter,
usually a mottled yellow-green.
In conclusion Dr. Martin says: "In
many sections small, neglected or
chards exist which contain a large per
cent of diseased trees. Conditions are
better In the imported fruit-growing
sections, but a number of diseased
trees are to be found. These trees
are a menace to the healthy trees and
should be destroyed. It is a waste
of time and money to attempt to
bring them into bearing."
The New Jersey State Horticultural
society advocates that active steps be
taken to reduce these dangerous dis
eases, and in the opinion of Doctor
Martin, ail peach growers would do
well to co-operate in a plan of eradi
cation.
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Spray From Under Trees
to Control Aphid Pests
It Is extremely difficult to control
? aphlds on apple trees by spraying un
less a , systems tic method is followed
In spraying each tree. In experiments
conducted in apple orchards In west
ern New York by the entomologists of
the New York experiment station at
Geneva, N. Y., It was found that when
spraying was done 'from the top of the
spray tank the results were quite uOr,
certain, due to the fact that the In
sects congregated on ' the lower
branches of the trees where the spray
| mixture failed to reach them. At the
same time, In orchards where the sta
tion spray system was followed. In
which the spraying was done from the
ground and under the trees, practically
complete control of the pests was ac
complished.
In the station method, the spray out
fit is equipped with a sufficient length
of hose to enable the no&zleman to
work fi*om the ground and under the
tree. He then takes up certain desig
nated positions In spraying each tree
which Insure the spray mixture reach
I ing the underside of every branch and
twig. By moving from place to place
and by maintaining a pressure of at
least 200 pounds at the spray tank. It
Is claimed that each tr&e can be com
pletely covered In a relatively short
time. The station tests and spray sys
tem are fully described in Bulletin 487
which may be obtained from the sta- j
tlon free of charge.^yNew York Ex
periment Station. . . . j ,j^ .
Orchards in Sod
There are probably more orchards
in sod than under tillage in America.
This does not demonstrate the desir
ability of sod, but, since letting trees
run to grass is cheap and easy and
tilling them is laborious and expen
sive, it chiefly shows that many fruit
growers are careless, or lazy, or
slovenly or practice not spending
where they should practice right
spending.
Handle Fruit Carefully
After fruit is picked and packed, it
must be carefully handled on its way
to market. Good roads and wagons
or trucks with good springs have done
much to lengthen the life of small
fruits over what it formerly was.
The precooling and icing of refriger
ator cars for long distance transpor
tation of small fruits would be of no
avail unless proper transportation
from the fields with the fruit protect*
ed from dust and sun was insisted
upon.
Tillage for Fruit Trees
Everyone who grows crops accepts
tills generalization as to the value of
tillage in general agriculture. Yet
somehow the notion exists that fruit
trees are unlike other crops and do
not need tillage. It is a notion that
has been discredited many times by
careful experimental work, and every
observant man may note In any fruit
regloa In America that the health and
energy of any kind of fruit plant Is
better maintained la tilled than in on
tfflad land.
I
PREVENT SPREAD OF
DISEASE OF CHICKS
The method of spread or transmis
sion of white diarrhea is well known.
That method is this: Chicks that sur
vive the white diarrhea, contain the
organisms in their bodies and a cer
tain percentage of the eggs laid by
that hen when grown are infected be
fore hatching. The chicks come' out
of the shell with the disease and im
mediately show symptoms of white
diarrhea and this spreads through
their first four days of life to all the
other chicks in the flock. During the
first four days of life, if one chick
comes out of the batch infected, others
of that particular batch will become
Infected.
Prevention consists in hatching
chicks from eggs free from infection.
If your chicks get the disease, treat
ment is practically useless. Attention
would be better given to prevention
than to treatment. Kill all noticeably
diseased. Remove all free from dis
ease away from infected premises.
The only satisfactory method of de
termining whether a hen Is Infected Is
by means of blood test. Draw a small
vial of blood from each hen that is to
be bred from. The college is testing
blood free of charge at the present
time and will soon have a bulletin
available explaining this method.
The proper time to test for white
diarrhea is In the fall after culling.
Test all hens you propose to keep over
for breeding purposes. One test may
not eliminate all disease. Test at
least every year, or every six months,
until you know they are free. Do not
add to your flock any bird you do not
know to be free from this disease.
All taay soon be forced to test as
people are going to stop buying indis
criminately from hatcheries or breed
ers whose eggs come from unknown,
untested stock. They will buy from
the hatchery that tests the hens that
lay the eggs.. The blood test is the
only means at all satisfactory for the
elimination of white diarrhea, as it
eliminates the hen that lays the eggs
that are Infected. ? Dr. H. E. Newsom,
Pathologist, Colorado Experiment Sta
tion.
Convenient Nests Easy
to Keep in Good Order
Good nests are easy to clean and
easy to get at when collecting eggs.
They are most convenient to reach
when located under the dropping
boards or on the side walls. Lnless
the dropping, boards are at least four
feet from the floor, the nests should
not be under them.
There should be one r.est for every
four birds in the pen. A box 12 by 12
inches is the most suitable size for the
average bird. A 1 by 4-inch piece
placed about four inches in front of
the nests will give the hen a place .to
step from into the nest. By hinging
this strip it can be used to close the
nests against pullets in the fall and
th? broody hens in the spring.
The New Jersey experiment station
ranks nesting materials In the follow
ing order: hay, shavings, sawdust
and straw. To make cleaning easy,
they suggest building nesTs In sections
12 by 12 by 16 inches, with a strip in
front of 1 by 4-inch material to hold
In the nest filler and a similar strip
for the txR-k of the nests. This sets
on a platform the width of the nests
and as long as the row of nests is to
be. The nests are covered with a top
of matched lumber which answers for
the platform for the second tier of
nests. \Vhen it is desired to clean
the nests, they are simply pulled off
the platform and all the nest material
fulls to the floor. These nests can be
used either under the dropping boards
or on the side walls.
Chicken Lice Destroyed
by Dipping in Solution
Chicken lice can be easily destroyed
by dipping the birds in a solution of
sodium fluorid and water. Five ounces
of sodium fluorid dissolved In a tub
containing five gallons of water will
be sufficient to treat 100 adult birds
or twice that number of chickens ten
to twelve weeks old. Every bird on
the place should be drenched in this
solution to entirely eliminate poultry
lice for the next few months. Select
? warm day and dip the birds early
in the forenoon.
Meat in Growing Mash
Do not feed over 10 per cent meat
in the growing mash, as a high pro
tein ration will mature the pullet in
stead of developing growth. Thirty
five pounds of cornmeal, 25 pounds
bran, 25 pounds middlings, 10 pounds
meat scrap and 5 pounds bone meal Is
suggested. Milk may replace the meat,
but do not leave out the bone meal,
particularly in this case.
Remedy for Scaly Leg
Scaly leg is a common summer dis
ease among poultry. It is caused by
a small parasite that burrows Into
the scales of the bird's leg, causing
them to protruda One good way to
cure It is to fill an empty fruit can
with coal oil and keep the legs of the
bird immersed In this for a few min
utes. If this is done twice a week for
a month It will usually kill the para
sites, but it is well to supplement this
treatment by using lard as an oint
ment for the legs.
Critical Period for Hens
The molting period is a critical
time for the laying hen. It is possi
ble that you can help her through the
moult by feeding her feather-produc
ing foods. This means to give her
enough protein. The feeding of a
wet mash once a day, containing milk,
will help. A little oilmeal added to
this ration will improve it. It is pos
sible that by carefully handling the
old stock they will contintu to lay
throughout the molt ThiJ, Bowever,
requires great akllt
VARIOUS USES FOR WIRE FRYING BASKET
w
Wire Basket for Deep Fat Frying.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
If one happens to possess a wire fry
ing basket, which of course Is kept
scrupulously clean, there are many
dally uses for It besides the occasional
deep-fat frying for which It was
bought.
After washing fruit, celery or let
tuce the wire basket will be found a
more effective drainer than a colander.
It can be set directly on the Ice to
keep the product crisp, says the
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
Scalding Tomatoeu.
All the tomatoes for a salad may be
scalded before peeling by lowering
them quickly Into boiling water for a
few seconds. Some peel peaches In
the same way. Beets may be readily
peeled If after cooking they are
plunged Into cold water merely long
enough to loosen the skin but not chill
the hot vegetable.
In boiling eggs for the family break
DIFFERENT WAYS TO
MEND RUGS AT HOME
Carpet Yarns Are Stiff er
Than Ordinary Wools.
(Prepared by the United State? Department
of Agriculture.)
Several methods of home mending
of rugs and carpets have been tested
In the United States Department of
Agriculture, which gives the following
suggestions :
Select wools for mending to match
those of the rug In color and texture,
If possible. These may be raveled
from scraps of carpet, or bought from
carpet dealers, or if necessary heavy
knitting yarns may be dyed to match.
Carpet yarns are stiffer and more dur
able than ordinary wools and should
be used If obtainable. A stout needle
with a large eye will, of course, be
needed, and curved scissors are par
ticularly convenient for clipping the
threads when mending a rug or carpet
with velvety pile.
Darn Ingrain carpet with the over
and-over stitch used In mending stock
ings, and work In the design on this
background.
In pile rugs, such as brussels, wil
ton, and some kinds of oriental
weaves, replace the linen. Jute or cot
Mending a Rug at Home.
ton backing first and then work In the
pile with colored yarns. Just how to
make the pile stitch depends on the
texture of the rug, but a good method
can quickly be developed by experi
menting. It Is generally made by knot
ting the yarn around the warp in such
a1 way that it holds firmly and the
ends stick up to form the velvety sur
face of the rug. These ends can be
clipped off after each stitch is taken,
or they can all be sheared at once
after the entire hole Is filled. Ragged
edges make otherwise good rugs look
shabby and are not difficult to repair.
Sometimes they can be bound or
blanket-stitched or overcast with
stitches run into the rug at least a
half Inch or, what is much better look
ing, an excellent selvage similar to
that on oriental rugs can be made.
Lay one, two or three cords along the
edge and with black or neutral-col
ored wool darn them to the rug with
over-and-under stitches set close to
gether. Choose cords of such size that
when covered with the wool a durable,
flat strip about the thickness of the
rug is formed and use hard-twisted
wool or regular carpet wool If It can
be obtained.
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HOUSEHOLD FACTS
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People who get fussy about their
digestion and assume personal con
trol of their nerves have "nerves" and
are apt to have no digestion.
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Maybe the vacuum cleaner Is out
of reach In price, but one home con
venience tliat costs little Is a better
measuring cup than the old cracked
teacup which has lost Its handle.
fast, place the required number In ths
wire basket and lower Into boiling wa
ter. When the eggs are done they car
easily be removed all at the samtj
time by lifting out the basket In fry
lng croquettes or potato chips the usy
of the wire basket to hold the mate
rial tc be fried saves time and energy.
Frying Doughnuts.
For frying doughnuts instead of
placing the doughnuts in the basket
use the bottom of the basket to force
the doughnuts under the surface of
the fat as soon as they rise to thy
top. This use of the basket saves time
and fat, for doughnuts fried under the
fat absorb less grease and can be
fried in a shorter time. The basket
can also be used to drain the fat frpm
the doughnuts after frying. ^ '
Another use for the wire basket la
in grating soft cheese. It- is much
easier to force the cheese through the
meshes of the wire basket than
through a grater.
TOMATO MINCEMEAT
IS SOMETHING NEW
Product Left Over at Can -
ning Season Made Useful .
(Prepared by the United' States Department
of Agriculture.)
A good use for green tomatoes, left
at the end of the canning season, is
mock mincemeat, which will be rel
ished In winter pies, suggests the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Slice up a quantity of green toma
toes and sprinkle well with salt Put
Into a bag and hang up to drip ell
night The salt left on the tomatoes
need not be washed ofT. In the morn
ing take equal weights of sugar and
tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes
are thoroughly done. To 7, pounds of
the mixture of tomatoes and sugar
add 3 pounds of seedless raisins, with
mace and cinnamon to suit the taste.
Cook a short time after adding the
seasoning and put Into Jars. This will
keep without being sealed and will
make delicious pies, which many con
sider as good as those from ordinary
mincemeat.
Another use for green tomatoes Is
In pickle making, In combination with
cabbage, onions and green peppers,
which are usually plentiful at the same
time In the fall. The recipe below has
been found very satisfactory. It may
be made without the sugar if pre
ferred.
Green Tomato Pickle.
1 gallon green to- 1 tablespoonful
matoes whole cloves
ft dozen large 1 t a b 1 e s poo nful
onions whole allspice
3 cupfuls brown I tafbles poonful
sugar celery seed
ft lemon (crushed)
3 pods of red pep- 1 a b 1 e s poo nful
per mustard seed
1 tablespoonful 1 tablespoonful
whole black ground mustard
pepper
Slice the tomatoes and onions thin.
Sprinkle over them one-half cupful of
salt and let stand over night in a
crock or enameled vessel. Tie the
pepper, cloves, allspice and celery seed
In a cheesecloth bag. Slice the lemon
and chop two pepper f>ods very fine.
Drain the tomato and onion well. Add
ail seasoning except one pepper pod
to the vinegar, then add the tomato
and onion. Cook for one-half hour,
stirring gently at intervals to prevent
burning. Remove spice bag to prevent
darkening product Pack in Jar and
garnish with slender strips of the red
pepper. Process for 15 minutes.
Spoon Bread Is Always
Acceptable in Morning
There are many ways of making
corn bread, using part or all cornmeaL
Old-fashioned spoon bread, so-called
because of Its soft, moist texture, is
one of the most popular corn breads.
The United States Department of Ag
riculture has tested this recipe:
1 cupful corn- 1 teaspoonful salt
meal 2 cupfuls water
1 tablespoonful I eggs
shortening I cupful milk
Place the meal, salt shortening and
Water In a double boiler and cook for
ten minutes, stirring until smooth and
thick. Allow this to cool somewhat
then add the well-beaten ejgs, and
finally thin down to a batter with the
milk. Beat well, pour into a greased
pan or baking dish, and bake In a
rather hot oven for about 30 minutes.
Dried fruit Is more appetizing than
It sounds. Long soaking is one thing
that makes it good.
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A household schedule that does not
find some place for a little time out
of doors Is likely to be a poor sched
ule.
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Throwing away, the water from
cooked rice, macaroni, or vegetables
isn't a state prison offense, bat it is
an offense against the family pocket*
book SDd nutrition.
WHOLE FAMILY ENDORSE :
TANLAC AS BEST TONIC
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'Tanlac has been our constant
friend for years, and my wife and my
self and eight children are all enjoy
ing wonderful health, largely due to
this medicine," Is the remarkable
statement of Harry H. Pistole, 310
Archer St., Waco, Texas.
"In my own case Tanlac has done
what seamed to be Impossible. When
I began taking it my stomach was
in such a bad fix that I had to live
on a milk and egg diet and I was
almost a skeleton. I had been flat on
my back in bed and under treatment
for 18 months and felt that my time
was about up.
"After my case had been given up
as hopeless and I thought I was be
yond redemption a relative put ibe on
to Tanlac, and the result is, T gained
20 pounds, and enjoy as good health
Eat Sweet 9, Lose Weight
Stout persons, anxious to "reduce"
usually inake a special point of avoid
ing sweets. This is a mistake, for
sweets offer a valuable weapon to
those who would lose weight. Too
much food is the usual cause of corpu
lence, and a slim diet offers the ob
vious remedy. A scant meal, though,
does not seein so scant if brought to
an end with dessert, and the practice
of following lean meals with sweets
Is recommended as an aid to perse
verance with a "reducing" diet. ? Pop
ular Science Monthly.
MOTHER!
Clean Child's Bowels
"California Fig Syrup" is
Dependable Laxative for
Sick Children
loves the pleasant taste of "California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to sweet
en the stomach and open the bowels.
A teaspoonful today may prevent a
sick child tomorrow. It doesn't cramp
or overact. Contains no narcotics or
soothing drugs.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cal
ifornia Fig Syrup" which has direc
tions for hables and children of all
ages printed on the bottle. Mother!
You must say "California" or you
may get an imitation fig syrup.
It Often Hap pent
The danger in having liberal Ideas
that you may cling to them and be
called an old fogy ten years from now.
? Duluth Herald.
It is possible to win temporary ap
probation without deserving it, but you
can only keep it by merit.
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as anybody could wish.
"My wife was all broken down ia
health. But now she weighs 155
pounds, and Is strong and well and
I am gtvlng Tanlac credit for It We
give Tanlac to the children to tone
them up and make them grow, and
nobody ever had a healthier set of chil
dren than we have.
"Tanlac is certainly the greatest
medicine on earth for anyone whose
life is wrecked by bad health. We
sure do have a great deal to praise
Tanlac tor at my house."
Tanlac is for sale by all good dnif
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills for const!*
pation ; made and recommended by the
manufacturers of Tanlac.
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The tower of the Salisbury rathe
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