V>>l,. L
RED GRCSS DUTY
TOA'm veterans
Spends Nearly Four Millions in
Year to Lessen Burdens of
Disabled Soldiers.
SERVES 63,703 IN HOSPITALS
Every Case Is Given Individual
Service— Assists Families of
piese Men Everywhare.
Washington.—' T'ae need of individ
ual assistance by ex-service uma and
their families fr6m (he Red Cross is
as pressing today as it was Imme
diately after the, end of the World
War. For six years this work has
been foremost of all Red Cross ser
vices,- and in emphasizing the steady
public support of this work the Red
Cross National Headquarters urges
the largest enrollment this year
ing the membership campaign open
ing on Armistice Day, November 11.
Nearly four million dollars of Red
Cross funds spent for disabled -veter
ans and their dependents during the
year ended June 30 la.it presents some
Idea of the magnitude of this work.
The current year, it is estimated, will
call for still further disbursements of
funds for the reason that the Red
Cross, through more than 3,500 CHap
ters in as many communities in the
United States, has been, called upon
to help the ex-service men in making
out their applications for the adjusted
compensation granted In the so-called'
bonus law.
58,767 Soldier Cases a Month
The Red Cross work for the dls-
abled soldier 13 designated "home ser
vice," for It gives individual attention
to the man and his family approxi
mating the interest and loving care
cf the home. Such service in the' hos
pitals, camps, soldiers' homes and
sanatoria, averaged 33,951 cases a
month during the year. Assistance
to ex-service men and their depen
dents averaged 58,767 cases a month.
In addition, the Red Cross In the last
twelve months provided 33,000 recre
ation and entertainment events In the
hospitals and camps.
Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as
the "Greatest Mother," still watches
over these many thousands of men,
comforts them, helps to lighten the te
dium of their physical reconstruction,
and in their homes lifts some of the
burdens from their "own people." v
Work In Communities Increases
The home service of the Red Cross
Was the most pressing duty of 2,609
Chapters, an increase of IS2 communi
ties where problems affected by the
war veteran's condition required so
lution through immediate and Intelli
gent assistance. The Chapters alone
expended some $2,000,000 in this
work.
The transient disabled soldier, usu
ally suffering frtim disability or tuber
culosis, la almost everywhere a grave
problem. Prom national funds the
•past year $173,076.36 was expended In
helping the Chapters to care (or these
wandering men.
According to " government report
there are 4,800 veterans In civilian in
stitutions, and In the national homes
for soldiers the complications are in
creasing. The large groups of pa
tients whdte Claims have been disal
lowed, of veterans of foreign wars,
and the great number of men perma
nently'resident in these institutions
call for Red Cross work which can
not be avoided nor denied.
. Definite Bervice to 73,700
Of a total of 84,500 ex-service men
in hospitals and other Institutions 73,-
700 were rendered a definite and spe
cialised service by the Red Cross.
In a single month 4,18S new cases
were presented and a total j>t 20,125
was acted upon—figures which serve
to illustrate the magnitude of the in
formation and claims service engag
ing the attention of Red Cross work
ers. New veteran legislation amend
ing the War Risk act which extends'
many additional rights to disabled ex-,
service men will reopen. thousands of
case* and require still gi■eater Red
Cross service.
When Congress" granted 'a charter
to the American Bed Cross it charged
the organization with the duty to act
as "the medium of communication be
tween the 'American people and their
Army and Nary." This responsibility
to the enlisted men *nd~ their families
is met every year without restriction.
Serves Men on Active Service
The extent of this Red Cross activ
ity during the last rear embraced a
total of 196,246 cases. There were
2S,m separate soldiers' and sailors'
Claims; 20,316 investigations of home
conditions; 11,421 cases related to dis
charges, furloughs, etc. Assistance
was given In 3MBS instances for per
sonal, business or family problems;
7t4JOs visits were made to the sick
and nearly 40,000 letters
. • % • -• V y-
THE ALAMANCE GJLEAINER.
v • '
and telegrams dispatched to the
homes of enlisted men.
From June to September at the nu
merous military training camps the
Red Cross provided Information and
home service to thi trainees, also In
struction in First Aid. and Life-Saving.
Th; entertainment and recreation
events at the various Army and Navy
hospitals reached nearly 9,500 during
the year, and occupational therapy in
nine Naval hospitals gave construc
tive anrl beneficial results and occu
pied the time of patients in the mak
ing of useful and oi'uumental thing*.
Altogether Unflattering
Representative Roynl Johnson of
South Dakota snld In the course of a
witty speech at a Washington ban
quet. '
"In the Black hills of South Da
kota there is a mine with a peculiar
name—a name a beautiful
story attached to It.
"A prospector and his wife were
strolling In the hills one day when
the woman tripped over a stone. The
stone, dislodged by her dainty foot,
rolled forward five or six yards. When
It stopped the prospector noticed a
little thread of yellow running across
It. It'was'gold. A gold mine had
been discovered.
\ "When it came to the naming of the
new gold nilne, the prospector's wife
said;
" 'Will you name It after met*
"'Yes,' said the prospector, *1 will
name It In your honor, my love.*
"And from that day to this, gen
tlemen, ope of the richest gold mines
in the West has been known as "The
Terror.'" •
Powerful Boilera
Boilers built as strong as cannon
and capable of holding a working
steam pressure of 1,200 pounds to the
square inch—about five times as much
a» that used In an ordinary locomotive
and three times the amount employed
In the average commercial power sta
tion—are being Installed for an east
ern company. The boilfcr drum Is 34
feet long, and the walls, of solid steel,
are four Inches thick. . Smokestacks
for the plant will be higher than the
Bunker HiH monument, and their In
terior diameter large enough •to per
|mlt -a street car lowered from
the top to the bottom without touch
ing the sides.—Popular Mechanics
[Magazine.
How Athens Got Emblem
'How the olive tree came to be the
emblem of Athens Is N told by Greek
mythology. Two deities —Minerva and
Neptune—wishfed to found a, city on
the same spot, and, referring the mat
ter to Jove, the king of gods and men
decreed that the, privilege should be
granted to whichever would bestow
the most useful gift on the future In
habitants. Neptune struck the earth
with his tridefit, and forth came a
warhorse. Minerva produced an olive,
treej emblem of peace.
Jove's verdict was In favor of Mi
nerva, who thus became the patron
goddess of Athens.
How to Make Cement*
An effective cement fdr many sub
stances can easily be made by soaking
one part of glue l» an equal quantity of
water. The glue is Removed before it
lias lost Its primitive form, and the
.swollen mass is then dissolved in one
pnrt of Unseed oil with the aid of heat
until it jelly Is formed. This Joins
, wood tightly and is practically water
proof.—Popular Science Magazine.
How to Make Fume Oak
Fumed oak is wood that has been
darkenet} by the fumes from liquid
hmmonia. The , ammonia does not
touch the oak, but the gas that comes
fro»\ it acts in such a manner upon
the tannic add in the wood that It Is
browned so deeply that a shaving or
two may be Uken off without lemov-
Ing the color.
Paper Razor Strop
Ordinary newspapers folded togeth
er In a thick strip and held between
wire clips mule* a satisfactory substi
tute forji regular leather razor strop,
according" to a European inventor.
yopWk-. •Magazine reports.
-Tte-lr,'- «n (lie paper Is said to atwlit
lii giving a keen. non-.pulllog edge and
consequently a smooth shave. A fresh
strop can be prepared In a few mo
penis and It Is especially convenient
for the traveler and camper.
He Needed Them
Friend —What did you do with that
bunch of shingles you hsd left after
shingling your house. Brown T
Brown—Sold It to the man next
door, father of two pair of twins.—
—Judge.
Devoid of Romance
Stella—l beur you hud a terrible ex-
Tience on your vacation. t
Bella—Y*s; I was rescued from
j drowning by atot'ur —New Ha
' VCD Beslstei.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1924
Wmman Bemoans Fact
of Lack of Chivalry
Chivalry once flourished In this laW
of ours, but, alo«, now It Is as dead as
an Egyptian mummy. It is a lost art
—so lost, Indeed, that were a man to
be observed practicing Its rites In this
age his friends would tap their fore-'
heads significantly and sadly remark
that "poor John Is evidently not quite
as he should be."
See the crowil dashing after the
evly morning trains and cars, en
joins a woman writer In London An
swers. Do the present-day men stand
on one'side and help the women on?
Oh, dear not The scene Is more like
a football match or a free fight, from
which the distressed damsel emerges
with her hat over one eye, half her
hairpins lost and a couple of ribs brok
en In her umbrella.
, The modern "lord of creation" dif
fers considerably from the knights of
old.
On arriving at the office, when Ills
typist-apologizes for being five min
utes late owing to tome calamity in
the bouse circle, does he sweetly soy:
"Oh, don't mention It!"
No, he snaps out, "There's no ex
cuse for you. Miss Smith, you're not a
victim of the morning after the night
before."
He reaches heme In the evening and
when his wife desires to unburden her
self on the subject of her household
worries he Insists on taking the floor
and holding forth on the lack of ap
preciation of'his great business abll- 1
ltles shown by the managing director.
When the baby CTles In the small
cold houj-s of the morning, does he
bop out of bed and gently soothe him
back to slumber again? Oh, no I He'
sleepfly grunts "What's a woman good,
for if she can't keep one small kid'
quiet?"
As a lover, too, the modern young
man Is sadly lacking. His ancestor ot
a few generations ago would have'
fought a duel to death to win a smile?
from his adored one; but the suitor of,
today becomes a sulky bear if his
lady-love keeps Mm waiting for five
minutes, although he knows only too
well fold medals have never been
awarded to the ,fair sex for punctn
allty.
No: the Sge of chivalry Is dead; but
we Twentieth century women have
slaughtered it ourselves, so its no use
grousing. Through reaching oat for
votes and equal rights with men we
have toppled off thos* pedestals on
which we used to be enthroned.
No longer can we shroud ourselves!
In a veil of romance and mystery—
we've torn it to bits on the golf course
and the football field.
Yet sometimes—bend your head and
let one modern woman whisper a se
cret —I'd like to creep back to my de
serted pedestal. I
IVtiling to Oblige
One of the best stories of mistress
and mold Is reputed to come trtsi H|n
Margaret Bondfleld, the prominent
labor member of the British, parlia
ment. A new maid, raw sad* fresh
from a . country village, canes** her
mistress much worry because she did
not know how to answer when spoken
to. and never addressed people l» the
right way. At last, bavin* eodared
the girl's awkwardness as loar at pos
sible, the mistress said to hee- one
day: "Oh, Mary, I da wish yon weald
call me 'mam."
Mary looked astonished. For a long
time she turned the request ee*f In
her slow-working mind; the* at-Mngth
she spoke: "I couldn't do thaV she
said, "I really couldn't"
"Why not?" ssked her mistress pa
tiently. "Why caa't you call me
'mum' V *
"Well, you see," hesitated MftTy.
"that's what I call my mother. But"—
with a sudden flash of joy—Til call
you 'auntie' if yoa like."
Poncm dm Leon't Search
The story of Pone* de Leon, the
Spanish explorer, who came te Flor
ida 400 yean ago and roamed the
new continent In search of the
"Fountain of Youth," and Bully per
ished In the wilderness. Is familiar
to every high school student.
Now comes Col. L. M. Maus of the
United State* medical corps, who In
hn address declared that the place
for which De Leon was searchlag waa
the Hot Springs of Arkansas. That
If was- tales of the "healing waters"
of these springs brought fb tint sea
coast by adventuring explorers of
which history baa no record, which
came to the'ears of the Spanish ex.
plorer and sent him Ato the Interior
In search for the "fountain." De
Leon's expedition, according to Colonel
Maus, was not so fsntastlc ss the
school hooka make It appear.
Oat of Lack
Little Doris Atkinson has I Chan
who has a little girl cousin and the
three play together In happiness and
harmony. One day. when she came
horife from play, Doris said to her
mother:
"I wish our bsby was bigger. Ilk*
Janet's cousin. You see, I haven't a
single friend among my relatives."—
Los Angeles Times.
| WHY
Leaves Change Their Color*
in the Autumn.
What takes place when the leaves
tarn color In the autumn and gives the
foliage such brilliant coloring Is de
scribed as follows:
The green matter In the tissue of a
leaf is composed of two colors, red and
blue. When the sap ceases to flow In
the autumn the natural growth of the
tree is retarded and oxidation of the
'' tissues takes place,
f Under certain cdndltlona the green
of the leaf changes to red; under dif
ferent aspects it takes on a yellow or
brown hue. The difference in color Is
' due to the difference In combination of
the original constituents of the green
tissues, and to the varying conditiona
of climate, espoaure and soli. A dry,
hot climate produces more brillUuft
foliage than one that la damp and
cool.
There i#re several things -about
leaves, however, that even science can
not explain. For Instance, why one or
two trees growing side by fide of the
Btgate age and having the same ex
posure, should take on a brilliant red
In the fall and the other should turn
yellow, or why one branch of a tree
should be highly colored and the rest
of the tree hava only a yellow tint, are
questions that are as Impossible to an
swer as why one member of a family
should be perfectly healthy and anoth
er sickly. Maples and oaks have the
brightest colors.—Providence Journal.
Why Firefly Give* Light
How is it that a glowworm or fire
fly can produce light without heat?
When man sets out to maty light he
can only use S per cent of the
energy he employs. The other 9T per
cent goes In heat.
How do animals sense coming danger
when man cannot do so? In the great
heat wave of 1921 hundreds of rabbits
were seen to desert their burrows on
a Yorkshire moor. Two days lattr a
heath fire broke out and burned the
whole moor. In some Hampshire pine
woods the squirrels deserted their
homes In exactly similar fashion 24
hours before flre swept the place.
Again, how is It that eome creatures
can do without water? A parroquet
Mved for 52 years In the
too without tasting water, and sheep
seem able to get on with very little
or no water so long as they get good
grass. Many reptiles never drink, but
a mole dies If kept for 24 hours with
out water.
How Steel u Tempered
Chopping a colfl crowbar Into
chunk* with an ax and whittling a
eteel rod Into ahavlnga with a pocket
knife are made simple performances
through a process of ataal tempering
that la credited to two Investigators
In tha state of Washington. In fact, a
steel ax and pocket knives that have
been tempered by the proeees are al
leged ta have actually been made ♦«
perform theae seemingly Impossible
feats.
The process constats In the use of
certain chemlcala In water or oil In
the tempering
that any kind of tool—from a Mont
hammer head to a keen-edged raser—
can be tempered to a perfection never
before attained.
How "ROOW Started
The game of cheaa originated in the
Far Bast, and the piece that we now
see shaped like a castle, wss In Per
sian, the "rukb," or soldier.
In India, where a form of chess was
.much played, the "rukh." or soldier,
waa represented as fighting from a sort
of hoWdab carried on the back of *n
elephbnt. This elephant,piece la still
to be found in some elaborately carved
sets of chessmen of antique manufac
ture.
But In Europe there aeemed no par
ticular reason for retaining the ele
phant, so the castle-shaped thing upon
Its back was alone retained, but the
old Persian name was not dropped, it
merely obtaining the eaaier pronuncia
tion of "rook."
Lifa Davotmd to CAsss
Romance centered round the 111* of
John Henry Blackbnrne. the noted
cbese player, who died recently In
England at the age jrt eighty
hie youth he was employed In a« boat# ,
■tore. bo|fu discharged because he
overstayed bis tears while chess play
lay la London. Hs then devoted him
self Ito kla favorite fUS and when
be loaned the eoontry his brilliance
aooft found reward, for. be was hailed
as a chess genius While la bis prima
Blacfcbnrae met all nil—■ to ef the
boar* • Twft years ace. whs* eighty
years s*d, be played 20 gapaa almul
taneoasly In Loads* winning Una,
flwjtog tea* and being beaten in ana
by a woman.
As a Matter at Fat*
Tbe Olrl—Doee be do anything «■*'
cept play golf? I
Tbe Man—My dene girl, what to
there to do but play goUMMiM
MsILX
DIVORCE EASY FOR INDIANS j
Separation of Married Couple Consti
tuted a Legal Dlvoroe'—Upheld
by Commissioner.
In the period that the Indians Uved
as tribal peoples, following their own
marriage customs, a separation of a
married couple constituted a legal di
vorce. This la the decision Just hand
ed down by Charles H. Burke, Indian
commissioner, and Is considered aa
one of great Importance that will be
followed many times, no doubt, In de
termining heirship cases among the
JPoncas, Otoea and other tribes.
The decision came In determining
heirs of Chief Little Soldier, who for a
long time waa prominent In the Ponca
tribe. In Nebraaka, prior to the tribe
coming to their preaent Oklahoma
homes, Little Soldier had taken two
•latera aa wlvea, Ella Little Soldier
and Henrietta Flrat Moon. The latter
retained her maiden name In order to
dlstlngulah herself from her slater.
Indian custom permitted Little Soldier
to have plural wives.
When a congressional act of March
12, 1897, directed each Ponca posses
alng more than one wife to pick oat
hla favorite and thus divorce the other.
Little Soldier failed to do so. Evident
ly he liked both sisters too well to
choose between them.
The Investigation to determine the
heirs of Little Soldier started last De
cember before George Hoyo, the su
perintendent for uie Poncas and affili
ated tribes, and the findings were sent
by him to Commissioner Burke. All
the principal figures In the marital
mlxup now are dead excepting Henri
etta First Moon. She claimed the ee
fftte as having been his Indian custom
wife, whereae Starling White Tall
contested her as the son of Alice Eagle
White Tall.—Kansas City Star.
Hard en the Dog.
As aa example of honsefeeld econo
my the following should serve as a
model to all wives tending to be ex
travagant: Provided the family got
enough to eat at each meal, there
ahould have been no complaint from
anyone, with the possible exception of
the butcher and the dog.
-Mary !*
"Ma'am."
about that ham bone I
draught home the other day? Can't
you cut a few ecrape of meat from It
for dinner this evening?"
"I cut off all the meat I could night
before last for dinner."
"Wall, than, yon might boll It thla
•veiling. We'll have soup."
"Til. ma'am, and what da 700 want
ma to do with It, than?'
"Tomorrow morning you might aaa
If yon can't gat enoughmurrow out of
It to graasa tha grlddla for pancake*."
"Tea, ma'am."
"And, Mary, • after that yon might
give It to tha dog."—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Auguetua tha Perslstsht.
"A good story used to ba told of An*
gust us Harris' persistence In securing
his engagement at tha Royalty. Call
ing on Bruce one day:
"'Do you want a stage manager?
asked Harrla.
" 'No,' replied Bruce. Tm my own
atage manager.'
"Do yon want an acting managerf
"'No, I'm my own acting manager.'
" Do you want a treasurer?"
"'No; Tm my own tressurer.'
" "Do you want an actor?"
•"Not I don't; for heaven'a sake,
One, go a#ayi Oan't you see I'm so
buay that I don't know where to turnr
" Then yon want help. 11l atay and
help you.'
"And he did."—"Myself and Others,"
by Jeaale Mlllward.
The fence in front of-the farmhouse
waa badly damaged, and It seemed to
sensitive Mr*. Ualrytontter. the farm
er's wife, that all the neighbors were
remarking a bent It an they passed by.
"When are yon going to get that
fence In the front mended?" she asked
her husband.
"Oh. next week!" was the reply.
•Tm juit waiting for Oeorge to come
home from college."
"But whatever wIM the boy know
about mending a fencer she ssked la
"Well, replied tbe farmer, "be dOgtat
-now a lot. He wrote and told roe
J' be bad bedh taking
a lot of fencing leesons thU term."—
The Resgh Olemend.
A story about Mrs. Barton French,
the autocratic society leader of New
York, comee from tbe Riviera.
A multimillionaire eucceeded In get*
ttog himself presented to Mrs. French
one day at OMefsln Monte Carlo, bat
aba aever reeogalned him thereafter.
TMn annoyed tb* mnMmttttenalrs
vaar-mucbi an 4 be art a yoang lady
te mtereade'feriblm.
"ICeally, Mi*. Traweb"—thus ran tbe
young lady's, lataeeaailoo—"the man
Is rsnlly not anab a bad aort. A dia
mond In tha riagbt yon knew.'*
"Teg. I know," aald Mra. French.
That's why *m enttlng him."
FLYING CHAFF *
Kins is wealthy but the affluent la
■MI.
Matrimony has spoiled many friend*
ships.'
Often nothing Is a man's enemy but,
himself.
Some folks are wise and some are
otherwise.
Charity begins with matches—giving
them away.
We "bow to the Inevitable" If we are
sure of It.
Don't tell your troubles and they'll
seem less.
The avenue of escape Is a popular
thoroughfare.
It Is a great folly to wish to be ex
clusively wise.
Being a yellow dog Isn't half as bad
as being a cur.
If one Is not proud one doesn't bars
to pretend much.
Nothing pays larger dividends than a
little common sense.
Mrs. Oust Tuura Is the new mayor
at Brookston, Minn.
Kind words not only butter parsnips,
bnt they win fortunes.
True humility Is the highest virtue
■ad mother of them all. »
Some men are born leaders and most
women are born drivers.
can't help, one at least
needn't get In the way.
One Isn't necessarily a brick bfr
cause he Is made of clay.
Cheerfulness when practiced delib
erately Is not an affectation.
Marriage Isn't a failure unless the 1
parties to the contract are.
Be sure irascible people will say
bitterer things than they meau.
Vacations frequently are enjoyed 20
per cent morfc before and after.
The worst thing thst has happened
to some men has been prosperity.
To be missed at last by a very few
Is all that any man can hope for.
We would have more ideal cities but
for the scarcity of ideal citizens.
When the young man courts an heir
sss be thinks his fortune Is maid
Slamming a door in anger, Is use al
ly regretted In about 30 mlnytes.
One who does his best is always
thinking he'll do better nest time.
When angered, the best of us mis
take our own motives.—■Theckeray.
Mass meetings don't accomplish
much, but they do scare the adversary.
The mole, when deprived of food,
starves to death In less t|ap 48 hours.
It Is so much easier te be a critic
than It Is to draw a salary for being
one; •
When people tell you "to go as fat
as you like," they expect yoo to come
back.
Fortunate Is the man who knows
how l>lg a fool he can be without
trying.
If life Is a burden to you It Is a safe
bet that you are a burden to your
neighbors.
* \
Most failures sre due to sn untime
ly conviction thst something Is too
much trouble} ' '
All good actors and actresses are su
perior judges of bumsn nature. They
can portray It
▲ grasshopper and a grass widow
are reasonably sure to jump at the
flnt opportunity. . **
When a man lands anything to some
of his neighbors he can get It back
ealy by stealing it /
*
A church member caa be pretty
bosy every day In following all the ad
monltlons of his creed.
There Is no substitute for "dude"
and "fop," because men, even young
men. do not dress thst wsy In tkeas
days. _ j
NO. as
Apple Growing East
of the Mississippi
Fundamental Principles Dis
cussed in Bulletin,
'(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The fundamental principles of apple
growing are discussed in n now traile-'
tin Just issued by the United Static
Department of Agriculture which
treats In particular of' apple growing
east of the Mississippi river. The
fruit grower, sa.vs the department,'
who best understands the principles
Involved and applies them wisely la
the one who usually succeeds because
he bent meets the conditions of nature •
with which he contends. There Is no
"rule of thumb" method of procedure
which can be laid down to fit all local
lties and conditions:
From their Inception, says the de
partment, many orchards are doomed
to failure or to mediocrity of success
only, because they are poorly located
•with respect to soil, local temperature
conditions, or for some other reason
which Is Inherent In the surroundings
and which might easily have been
uvolded had the principles of good
orcharding been observed In the be
ginning.
With the high costs that enter Into
the development and maintenance of
apple orchards, any advantages of site
and location and of favorable condi
tions with respect to regularity of
crops, abundant yields and perfection
of development of the fruit may
a wide difference In the financial as- "J
pects of an orchard enterprise, as
compared with one where adverse con
ditions occur.
The aim of Farmers' Bulletin 1960
Is to help the grower In meeting some
o£ the problems of apple orchard
planting and maintenance. A copy
may be secured ui>on request, as long
as the supply lasts, from the United
States Department of Agriculture.
>Washington, D. C.
Most Important to Keep
Sheep Free From Worms
It Is most Important to keep sheep
free from tapeworms. These worms
come from ripe segments dropped by
Infested sheep on the pastures so that
old, or permanent pastures soon.
become tainted for sheep. LanffiS
should, so far a? possible, have new,
clean grass to go on each, spring and
before turning the ewes and "lambs
out to grass the ewes should be treat
ed to free them of worms, especially
stomach worms (strohgylus liaemon
chus). When sheep are known to be
Infested with tapeworms starve them
for 24 hours, then give each slieep one
to two (Irani* of freshly powdered* 1
knmala, washed, down with water.
After administering the medicine tarn
the sheep Into a pen on the floor of -
which Kinked lime has heen Spread to
the depth of one Inch or more. Keep
the sheep there for 24 hours.
I
Remedy for Scaly Leg
Scaly leg la a common summer dis
ease among poultry. It la caused by
a small parasite that burrows Into
the scales of the bird's leg, causing
them to protrude. One good way to
cure It Is to till an empty fruit can
with £oul oil arid keep the lees of the
bird Immersed in this for a few min
utes. If this la done twice a week for
a month It will usually kill the para
sites, but It la well to supplement this
treatment by using lard as an oiat-
Bient for the legs.
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I Mill out and burn all bean vines In
fected with 'rust.
• • •
(live special feeding and attention to
hogs to be shown at fairs.
• • •
The successful dairyman must weed,
" feed and breed, and keep continually
at It.
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The average American cow Elves
hut half of the milk of the averags
cow In Denmark.
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Whitewash looks good on the out
side of poultry houses and pig pens,
bwt on the inside it does good.
* * *
Tilting cows Is a good deal like
matrimony from the man's viewpoint
-^you. always get the best results tf
you humor every whim.
• • •
A bookkeeping system of the farm la
like a speedometer on the flivver; It
tells you how fast you're going and
lets you figure the costs.* , '
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fa
A high producing dairy cow, or any
Julry cow tyr that matter, should
never be forced to drink water below
:i temperature of 55 degrees.
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Don't let the woodlot be used aa a
grazing ground. The feet of the cat
tle bruise the roota at the base of the
trees and this give* entrance to to
•sects and disease spates.