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Juror Excused
Since one prospective juror did not
seem to understand what the proceed
ings were about, the Judge asked: "Is
your hearing good?"
?*11 eh?"
"Is your hearing good?"
**It oughter b?\ I j?\st paid $200 to
have it attended to."
Iiy mutual consent, he was excused.
? Louisville Courier-Journal.
Proven Strength
Friend ? Your wife is strong-minded,
isn't she, LIttlojohn?
Littlejohn ? Strong-minded? a fur
niture polish hawker came here yes
terday, and In 1p<;s' than five minutes
she sold him some polish she had
made herself. ? Tit-Bits.
The Comeback
Swain ? Horace, did you tell your
sister that I was waiting?
Horace? Rather ! She said you
ought to get a job like that in a
restaurant. ? Answers.
Motoring Note
?*IIow old Is your baby brother, lit
tle girl?" asked the kindly gentleman.
"Oh. he's this year's model," re
turned the child with a superior air.
I A Husky Favorite
i "How is your boy doing at college?"
?'Well,'* replied Farmer Corntossel,
j "I don't s'spose he's much fur Greek
: an* Latin, but they do tell me he's
mighty highly considered by the hoys
when they have a little job o* ha 7. in'
?>u hand." ? Washington Kvening Star.
FRIENDS NOT WISE
Jackson ? "1 wish 1 coulu borrow
some money to tide me over." John
son ? "Haven't you got lots of friends?"
Jackson? "Yes. But they don't know
yet that I need money."
Popularity
"I heard a snappy new song hit on
the radio last night."
"From what station?"
"AH of them." ? Country Gentleman.
Encouraging
Tlio young man was wry cheery.
?I believe she cares for me after
all." lie confided to his friend.
?Splendid," said the friend, "but
surely it was only yesterday that you
told me you weren't making much
headway." j
"[ didn't think I was then." replied
the one in love, "but this afternoon
she asked me if I snored." ? Stray
Stories.
Could U?e Him at Homo
"Georgj Washington Tuhbs. said the
judge sternly, "you're plain no-account
and shiftless and I'm going to send
you away for a year at hard labor."
"Please, J -nlge," Interrupted .Mrs.
Tubl>s from the rear of the courtroom,
"will yo' honah Jes' kinder split dat
sentence? Don't send him away from
home, but let dat hard labor stand."
No Place for "Cop*"
A little girl was explaining to her
younger brother that it was wiong to
work on Sunday.
"Well, policemen work en Sundays,"
said the boy. "Don't they go to
Heaven 7"
"No," she replied ; they don't need
policemen op there."
| Select Pof atoes
for Iiest Chips
Test for Soluble Sutrars Is
Key to Secret of
Qualities.
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? Acf!-'uMur>* 1 -WM' ServR-*
Sp- ial s s of the Uuiled Stales L>e
lurn imi ?>f Agriculture luive deviswl
t simple method for selecting storage
. ???" .i ! which w.ll make kihmI chips
?r fretich fries. A lesl fot the soluble
^n^ars iti potatoes is Hie hey that tin
locks the secret of rheir culinary qual
ities. since an excessive amount of
tbe-e sugars produces a discoloration
:n f ench fries and chips and a sweet- ,
?i* - In b:ike?l or boiled pot a t yes that
| is dis .i steful to some people.
Accumulate Sugars.
Potatoes s<or?Mi at temperatures
rati _ ' , from ??- degrees to 4."? degrees
I . .?? i mutilate Bert a in soluble sugars
? s ;t roitlt of the breakdown of starch.
In w.neral. the lower the storage tem
per; Mure tie greater the amount of
soluble Muars and the darker the color
of the chips.
To make the test, a sample from the
center of the potato is placed in a yet
low solution of picric acid and sodium
?arboiiate in a small rest tube and
Leafed over the tlame of an alcohol
lamp until it lxiils for one-half minute.
Samples from potatoes that have not
been stored at too low temperatures
change the color of the solution to an
orange yellow, but the excessive
amount of sugars in tubers stored at
low temperatures changes the color to
a deep red or brown.
Test Satisfactory.
This test has proved satisfactory In
selecting potatoes for chip making,
french frying, baking, and under cer
tain conditions for boiling. It was de
signed especially for chip manufactur
ers. who must have potatoes with a
low content of soluble sugars. The
test is so simple, since It involves only
a small portable out tit. that it can be
used by buyers for hotels ;tnd restau
rants where there is a demand for
high-grade mealy cooked potatoes, free
from a sweetish taste and discolor
ation.
Important That Sows
Be Kept in Condition
Sows which raise two litters a year,
should not be allowed to become too
thin during the summer. It is Im
portant that t hey make the required
gain in flesh, most nf which should
he put on in the last half of the sum
mer llegitinlng at this time and con
tinuing until they farrow, the bred
tsows will ordinarily need some grain
or other concentrated feeds. With
legume forage crops, these should be
largely homegrown. With ordinary
pastures, a small amount of some pro
tein food like tankage, linseed-oil
meal, shorts or middlings should be
fed with the corn or other grains. The
amount n' grain to feed, or the neces
sity of feeding grain at all. will de
pend entirely on -onditions. and will
oe shown by the condition of flesh the
sows are in. The judgment of the
feeder, consequently, must always be
relied on to determine how much to
feed at any time.
Supplement Wet Mash
During Summer Months
??Feeding a supplemental wet mash
to chickens during the summer months
has paid me a big return this year,**
said Louis Wehmer, St. Louis county,
Missouri.
"Feeding wet mash to poultry Is
recommended by Harold Canfleld,
poultry extension specialist of the
Missouri College of Agriculture, to
keep up hot weather production of the
flock and to prevent early moulting.
"Each day at noon I took some of
my regular dry mash mixture, moist
ened it with water and fed It to my
birds in a long trough. I gave them
about what they would consume in 15
or 20 minutes.
"My summer egg production was at
least a third greater than U?st year,
my flock continued laying well into
September and only a few birds
molted early. I am looking forward
to more eggs this winter than I re
ceived in previous years."
Honey Has Odd Method
of Protecting Itself
Honey, unlike many foods which
compose easily as a result of bacterial
action, has a unique method of pro
tecting itself from spoilage by literally
drying the organisms to death.
A. I*. Sturtevant, bee specialist of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, says honey has the peculiar and
distinctive property of absorbing mois
ture from anything that comes in con
tact with It. A certain amount of mois
ture is necessary to maintain life in
all living organisms, so when bacteria
comes io contact with iioney and this
vitai amount ot moisture 1? with
drawn, the organism dies.
| Chayote Favored as
Delicate in Flavor and Re
sembles Summer Squash.
i Prepared t>> the United States U'-Dartm-nt
of Agriculture. ? ? WNU S?*rvi<??.
i A "new" vegetable for the American
j table hut one which has been a stable
> food for centuries In some Central
American countries is the cbavoie,
sometimer called vegetable pear, man
go s?iuash. or mtrliton. In the last
few years there has been increasing
interest in the growing of ??hayotes Tor
home use and local markets ir iae
lower South, the United States De
partment of Agriculture reports, and
chayotes are now appearing in season
in northern na well as southern raar
l kets.
The adaptability of the chayote an a
table vegetable is one of its out stand
i fnu characteristics. It may be eaten
plain be i led. mashed, fried. stuffed
and baked, used cold in salads, in frit
ters. or made Into sweet pickle. Un
like most squash, the chayote holds
it? form perfectly after being c??.?ked.
Us tlavor Is delicate and resembles
summer squash. To some people it
tastes like stewed oysters. TIim root,
which becomes tuberlike after the first
season, is starchy and may he boiled
and eaten.
Itotanically the chayote Is related to
tiie squashes and cucumber. It usual
ly fruits in the fall, though when early
vine growth from old roots is not in.
jured by spring frost it may produce
a crop in the spring. The fruits of
different varieties of chayote vary in
weight from three ounces to throe
pounds.
Lime Phosphate Profitable
to Use on Lej^ume Crops
Lime phosphate may be used for
growing either legume crops or urain
crops. When used for grain crops,
some thought must he given to the
liberation of phosphorus by the a< Ms :o
plants or by those formed in the de
composition of organic matter. When
there is enough decomposition in a
soil to provide more nitrogen than Is
needed in proportion to phosphorus,
lime phosphate will be beneficial wheu
applied without fresh organic matter.
There is not much land In this condi
tion, however, as most soils are in
need of some fresh organic matter
occasionally for the purpose of liber
ating various kinds of plant food;
and it is best to use lime phosphate
in connection with active organic mat
ter. such as legumes or manure.
Vegetable
Strong Smelling Mixture
Will Repel Bot Flies
To protect our horses l'rom hot tlies
w?> use a mixture of equal parts of
turpontine, kerosene and linseed oil,
applied with a cloth to all parts of
the horses when the llies lay their
eggs. One application usually will
keep the bot flies away for from 48
to 72 hours. However, if applied
lightly each morning it Is a protection
against other bothersome flies as well,
writes R. E. Gruhbs of Rrown county,
Indiana, in Capper's Farmer.
It is not necessary to use a large
amount of this oil. Just enough to
moisten the ends of the hairs. This
mixture has a strong odor which
seems to be disliked by flies.
Fertilize Strawberries
Applications of nitrate of soda or
sulfate of ammonia are best made
when plants are dry, broadcasting
with care and using very finely di
vided nitrate or sulfate. Care should
be taken not to allow the crystals ro
accumulate on the foliage. If de
sired, the nitrate or sulfate can he ap
plied at the base of the plants in wa
ter solution, using two ounces to ilie
gallon. This is a safe way to make
the application and is practical where
water and spray pump equipment Is
available.
BS1UMIK
Complaint is being made that the
growing of alfal& in young orchards
deprives the trees of needed moisture.
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Hay made of mixtures of vetch and
oats, field peas and oats, or the clovers
will reduce the grajn bill next winter.
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Young cabbage plants may be pro
tected from cutworms by placing
around eacli one a collar or stiff paper
or tin.
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Where economy in feeding Is neces
sary, and present-day conditions cer
tainly require this, then the silo must
be considered.
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Probably no more popular fruit Is
uro.vn today than the strawberries,
but you most have them fresh from
the vines to know how good they real
ly can be. The culture of ibis berry
Is not difficult.