AROUND
ORCHARD
1EVENT LOSS BY; FREEZING
sts Being Made" by Department of
Agriculture With Box Car for
, Shipping Apples.',-.,-., - vv
.bout 1,300 cars of boxed apples
pppu in uua una wcie fujuieu- uy
ezins last year, and the fruit grow
sustained a loss of approximately
tooo.000. Because of this and the
ft that It seems impossible to secure
f adequate amount of refrigerator
mlpnient, me uureau or marKets,
iited States Department of Agricul
re.'Is co-operating with the Wenat
La Vflllpv Traffic association rn ns-
Wain whether an ordinary box car.
be maae to taKe tne place of a re-,
Iterator car when the latter is not
Itainuble. The tests are being con
ic-tod with four box cars, each
nipped with a different method of
mtiiation ana a remgerator car un-
ir standard ventilation, to provide a
ians of comparison. -
iThe first box car has a ventilator cut
each end. The second has the side
bors open 8 inches. The third has
to shoot the -air into, the car. and
,e fourth box car has no ventilation
hatever. Delicate equipment records
le air currents and "temperatures "and
n accurate chart is keDt. In rmblish-
ig the preliminary report of the ex-j
leriiiient, which is not entirely ; com
pleted, the bureau of markets says
mt the use of ordinary box-car eaulrv-
ent under any sort of ventilation will .
ot prove satisfactory for, shipping
oxed apples. Such produce can , be
mfely shipped by box car only when
-
.he weather ranges from temperate to
sool. The ordinary box car provides
ao protection whatever nsrslnst
Ranges In external temperature. The
est means of ventilation is to open
oth doors 8 Inches, so fastening them
s to prevent robbery. ,
PLAN FOR BRIDGE GRAFTING
Trees Girdled by Rodents Can Be Re
stored to Original Condition
by Operation.
An old invention which it Is claimed
has recently been patented In '- the
ITnifed States nrovidfcs n nrnsa nt
bridge grafting by which trees that
have been partially or completely
jdled by mice, borers, rabbits, etc..
Bridge Grafting.
can be restored to 'substantially their
original condition as far as growth is
concerned. Ifalso provides a process
by means of which crown galls may
be bridged over or cut away and! the
bridge made over the wound. If a tree
loses Its roots on one side connections
can be made from the roots on the
other side of the trunk so the sap will
be carried from healthy roots -and
evenly distributed through the trunk.
HOW BIRDS ASSIST FARMERS
Woodpecker FamHy Render Great Aid
In Destroying Beetles Borers
and Other Pests.
Xow that spring is coming it is well
to remember what you owe in the way
of kindness to the birds that worked
tor you through the winter. Here Is a
list of but a few of those that helped
to keep your orchard clean.
Woodpeckers. They destroy bark
beetles.
Downy woodpecker. Borers are his
meat. He's "up and at 'em."
Hairy woodpecker. He paid well for
any suet or sunflower seed.
White-breasted nuthatch. Cleans
the bark diligently, . '
Brown creeper. Searches bark for
insects and eggs in winter.
Chickadee. Leaves no insect eggs
on the boughs. . . '4 -
LOCATION FOR NEW ORCHARD
' 1 S jr.
u Should Be Placed on Good Ground
and Convenient to Farm
Dwelling House.
Have you decided on the location
lor-your new orchard ? . Do not choose
tne poorest land in the most neglected
Portion of the farm, but place the or
chard on good ground convenient to
the house. You will find yourself, tak
ing greater p rid? in seeing that it is
ared for properly. A good orchard,
fcesid. affording much pleasure, yields
returns more tfian sufficient to pay for
the care that bestowed upon it
LESSEN INJURY TO CHERRIES
Oam0d ,y Rot Can Be 0ecreMed by
Spravlng with Llme-8ulphur or4
. Bordeaux Mixture. ;
. Tvo can lessen the damage- caused
vot in the chenr orchard by spray
la the trees before the buds burst
tn dilute lime-sulphur ot bordeaux
fixture. After the weals have fallen,
e a combination of self-boiled lime
aiDhnr and arsenate cf lead.
The Major's
v Chastening
By MARTHA M'WILLIAMS
( 1921. by McClure Newp.pr Syndicate.)
"Why not be frank, major? -It's a
shockipg, waste of swear words this
way of merely thinking them,' Mella
asked, her accent intermediate be
tween amusement and faint contempt
"Be-bVcause I don't want you to
shut, yourdoor in myface. You wom
en are so illogical aggravate us be
yond reason, then pretend to be
amaavd' at what Is your own doing,"
the major spluttered, clinching the
arms of his chair so hard his knuckles
showed white. ,
"As how ? Examples, please V Mel
la returned demurely. "But talking
of examples, while I think of it per
mit me to call, attention to &y rise,
think what a grouch' I'd be with the
steadfast provocation of my name."
What's the matter with your na.Tie?
Anyway, you can change It" the ma
jor retorted, grinning. Mella lifted
her eyes. "Mella, M-EUa," she ejacu
lated. Martha Elinor would have been
bad enough as the penalty of grand
mothers, but Mella-Melia Murly why,
sound like a counting-out rhyme I"
"Your own fault you know you can
change to Mrs. Elliot Jamieson when
ever you have a m.lnd to do it," the
major said airily: "Mrs. Elliott Gore
Jamleson on your visiting card."
Mella l, smiled. "The ? prospect tempts.
but It strengthens character to over
come temptations.' " ' .
"A heap easier and pleasanter to
succumb to therawltness this." the
major- said audaciously, kissing her
full on the lips, the while he held hef
close. ; f -. .- .. .
"Now,' I should be twanting to swear.
But I don't Mella said composedly.
wiggling 'free. "You see I knew there
would be toll to, pay whenever I pro
voked you Into an outright proposal.
"Sol.. You were sure you could?"
the major asked, half angry, wholly
amused.
"Dead sure!" Mella flung at him.
"Thank you for a great deal. In
my own name and Mrs. Jamieson's,"
the major said stiffly, getting up with
l motion, of finality. But after a step
Beaming Uke the Sun.
doorward he stopped short to say, 1
would like a bill of particulars. Was
I slaughtered, on general principles ojr
to make a week-end holiday?"
Mella appeared' to ponder deeply be
fore replying. "Something of both.
Every man needs to .find himself not
wholly irresistible. Women have spoiled
you, so your need was pitiable. You
are chargeable with contributory neg
ligence, to say the least yet . there
must be a lot to you, else you'd be in
sufferable and past redemption." -
"More thanks t" the major snapped.
again preparing to leave." "I suppose
I may offer congratulations to Doc
tor Beverley. You'll send me wedding
cards, I hope," '
"Can't there won't be any. But
you shall have an obituary if ever I
am a widow."
The major rushed away. - .What he
said in the wide privacy of the lawn
certainly would not look" well lo print
Mella, nodding to herself in the men
tal mirror,-sighed a sprightly sigh and
murmured : "The soldier man is
peeved a right smart. I'm glad of It
Do him good. A man naturally hates
other men in case of a girl but a
rival his own size wouldn't be nearly
so wholesome for the adorable Jamie
son as poor Billy Beverley, who has to
be ; he! ped ' if he is to make love de
cently. Billy is a. sort ' of compound
of the metals as good as gold, as
bulky as silver, as dull as lead. By
token of all which I, shall put him out
of his misery -in the happy fashion of
turning him over to Miss Joey Dancy;
to whom he will be' as ' manna from.'
neaven."
Mella, you perceive, was a rather
lawless , young woman, as well she
might ; be.r having never : ftnown the
chastealngs of brothers, sisters, cous-
fss or scats. Cols, belr to dotlas psr
ents reasonably' rich, the wonder was,
not tnat she flirted or danced or sans
orrode or isat silent exactly as nieaseri
her, but tliat; It 'pleased ? her to be for
cne most part a singularly delightful
and considerate tU,ity eacer to iv
pleasure, even where she knew the re
turn would be jealous "criticism.
, Also and further, she bad a certain
social prescience that made her adept
in straightening tangles. Billy Bever-
iey neeaed a wife with money and man
agement If he ; were ever, to be any
thing but' poor and ' nloddlnir. 1
Joey Dancy had, money, and was
openly in the marriage market but
she would hardly have looked at Billy
If Mella had not so much more than
tolerated him as to make the ma lor
furious. There had been a fued, po
litely veiled, betwixt the two girls
since Mella had put up her hair. If
Joey could be made to believe she had
snatched Billy a brand from the Mella
burning. There Mella giggled and.
went off for a spin in her small elec
tric, taking Billy along, and ostenta
tiously , passing three times bvMhe
Dancy place. And at the psychological
moment in Passage Three she refused
iMiiy. for the fatal third time. When
he asked: "Do you mean it; cross
your heart?" she nodded mournfully,
whispering more mournfully: "I have
no heart, Billy. A bad, bad man has
taken it and run away." Then some
how, as women will, she shed Billy
upon the Dancy piazza and whirled
triumphantly away, but not until she
had said privily to him: "I ought not
to tell but Joey ' loves you dearly. It
would make me mighty happy tosee
you happy with her."
So she was not surprised wten Billy
boomed Joyously next morning: 'Mel
la, you're a witch for guessing and
other things. Sure, I'm engaged to
Joey day's set and everything. Old
folks gave me their blessing. Made
me ieel about seven feet high,"
When she had said all the proper
things several times over, she-got rid
of the exuberant lover, who went out
beaming like the sun. Tke major,
coming for what he tolft himself
would be a final good-by, eecountered
him .half-way down, the lawn, misread
his face, and passed on with the brief
est icy srreetlne. The ice had melted
when he came upon Mella, looking out
of the window with eyes of lamb
like innocence.
"So glad you came in time to see
Billy," she said smiling softly. "His
face Is like the morning a real
poem."
"Naturally as becomes a bride
groom," the major said bitterly.
"Why. who told you?" Mella asked
artlessly. . '
"Intuition," the major snapped, glow
ering, down from his height of six feet
two.
"And. did It tell you the lady's
name?" Mella . asked ' - -A'No-I
have known it since yeste
day, the major said hoarsely. "Mel
la, Mella 1 Why do you do this? 1
could bear to lose you better to a
real man." j
"Better not know so many things
than to know so many that ain't so,"
Mella quoted with a twinkle. "I real
ly know things for instance, that
.Billy is to marry Joey Dancy; also
the girl who Is going to marry you."
Her blush said the rest as the major
smothered her in his arms she whis
pered : "You ought- td have guessed.
I wouldn't have taken such trouble
with you If I had nt meant to keep
you for good."
MAKE BUSINESS $F SAVING
Wise Administration of One's Income
Is the Foundation Stone of
Building of Success.
Saving part of the Income ought to
be the rule of every man's lfcfe. Of
course, this may be overdone, though
It doesn't happen very often. To make
a business of saving, a profession of
economizing, a trade of thrift, is like
ly to develop a narrow nature, even as
reckless spending develops habitual
Improvidence. Which state of man Is
the worse?
To use good judgment In saving and
spending alike that's the Idea. Bus
kin put It in another way:
"Economy no vmore means saving
money than it means spending money;
it means administration of a house ;
i ts stewardship ; spending or saving,
whether money or time or anything
else, to the best possible advantage."
The man whose wife spends his in
come as fast as he earns It keeps his
nose flattened on. the grindstone. The
day will come when his earning capa
city will be gone and no preserves
will be found on the pantry shelf.
It is the same if the husband is the
spender and the wife the saves The
best plan is when both follow Buskin's
idea of administration and steward
ship, saving and spending with conj
mon sense, and due attention to ap
propriate living. Minneapolis Journal.
TO Tell Time With Your Hands.
Hold your thumbs touching on an
other horizontally and extend tlie fore
fingers perpendicularly. Now hold
the. bands toward the ' . sun Mo the
shadow of ope ' finger falls upn the
other or upon the thumb of the other
hand. Where the thumbs jol is
twelve o'clock, the tip at one flAger
6 a. m., that of the other 6 p. m. 'X'he
shadow wHUteJl you what time it ts
with "more, accuracy than ypu can es
timate ? it from the sun's position la.
the "sky, after v you have learned
through experimenting what are the
approximate )hour marks" on your
improvised "clock." , r However, s It
should; be remembered ' that these po
sitions will change with the seasons,
according as the days art ioaz tr
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BOY
COUT5
(Conducted by National Council of th
toy Scouts of America.)
SCOUT FIRE FIGHTERS
- Twenty six Cashmere (Wash.) boy
scouts, with their leaders, started in a
big truck for an overnight camp, an
all day trip which landed them in the
beautiful Squakane creek valley at
nightfall. They erected their shel
ter tents, had a big "feed" and
a Jolly camp fire pow-wow.x Short-
aiier taps a scout reported
a fire ' visible down the canyon.
in less than 30 seconds the troop was
in formation ready for.-action. The
Red Cross patrol under Senior Patrol
Leader Gail Phillips was sent down
the canyon with Instructions to leave
two scouts at the sawmill a mile
away, another two at another point
etc., so that as soon as the fire was
located a message could be relayed
back to camp. Meanwhile two other
patrols were equipped for fire fighting,
and special orders given.
A few minutes later two boys of the
first patrol brought back word that
it was the mill which was on fire, and
that they had left the other six scouts
In the thick of lt. One of the assist
ant scoutmasters and a few scouts
were left to guard the camp, as It was
surrounded by valuable timber which
might catch fire.
Scoutmaster Chichester and Assist
ant jBraggons arrived at the scene of
the disaster in a short time with an
eager squad of workers. The few
men In charge at the mill had about
given up hope of saving anything from
the .flames,' but the boys formed a
bucket brigade from a nearby creek
to the lumber piles, and by means of
wet sacks "put out new fires, which
kept starting, while another crew
wrecked the high tramway which was
acting as a fuse and leading the fire
from pile to pile of lumber. By 2
a. m. the fire was under control. The
mill and a large amount of lumber
had been destroyed, but thanks to the
efforts of the scouts, two buildings,
some furniture, two or three heavy
wagons, and over 200,000 feet of lum
ber, some $3,000 worth in all, were
saved. A weary but triumphant lot
of boys hiked back to camp, leaving
two of their number to patrol the fires
until daylight They did not climb the
mountain the next day, as had been
planned, but nobody was disappointed,
as the troop had had enough thrills
and hard work . for one outing.
The work of the scouts received
much well deserved praise, and the
president of the lumber company
whose property they had saved pre
sented the troop with a $50. check in
appreciation of the remarkable good
turn, a gift that Was accepted with
the understanding that the money
would be used to purchase needed
equipment. ,
CHEERFUL WHILE ON DUTY
Boy Scouts, Are Aiding Traffic Regu
lation in Many Cities.
SCOUT LEADERS MEET.
The Pasadena boy scout council had
its annual meeting In January in the
new mission patio of the Hotel Vista
del Arroyo. After the meeting the
council entertained all the local
scoutmasters and troop committee
with a banquet and "snappy" scout
program. About one 'hundred men
were present and voted the affair a
great successt
SCOUT STUDY PONSTITUTION.
E. E. Givens of Great Falls, Jkfontt
recently offered five prizes for the
five best essays written by registered
scouts of Great Falls on - the subject
of "The History of the Constitution
of the United States." The contest is
to be made an annual affair. This is
an excellent way of "intensifying in-
erest in the history and government
of ? our nation. Mr. : Givens" lead
might well be followed by other pc!
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' ' Vy T1U UNION
COCKY CHARLIE PIGEON.
"You nil call me Cocky Charlie' Pi
geon and that is a good name," said
Cooky Charlie -Pigeon. 7 "I'm certainly
cocky and conceited. I like to strut
about arid stick out my chest, like my
foreign relative,5 Mr. Pouter Pigeon."
"What does foreign mean?" asked
one of the pigeons nearby. '
"When I speak of my foreign relit
tlve I mean that he does not belong to
this part of the world. He comes from
the other side of the ocean.. He Is
brought over to be shown off In zoos
and In bird stores and sometimes peo
ple have pouter pigeons as pets. 1
admire him for being conceited.
"You are plain, are you?" chuckled
one of the little pigeons.
"Not plain in looks. I have many
colors in my feathers, grays and blues
and other colors. But I am plain In
that I am not a show-off pigeon.
"I show off bf my own accord, but
others do not show me off. They don't
admire me like that
"But no matter. I can admire my
self. And I'm always sure of myself,
whereas if I had to wait for other peo
ple and creatures to admire me I
might miss a great deal of admiration.
"I might be- standing about waiting
for a lot of admiration and every one
might be late, or else riot feel like
admiring me.
"Whereas I would always feel like
admiring myself!
"That is, if I needed admiration I
would say to myself, 'Cocky, admire
yourself
"And then I would answer, myself,
'Cocky, by all means, I will do that
I would always be so nice and handy
for admiring myself. A fine idea, a
fine idea.
"I had a very pleasant chat with
some visitor pigeons In the street to
day. "When wagons came along we flew
out of the way, but very few wagons
came along so we had lots of time
to talk.
"We talked on the sociability and at
tractiveness of pigeons. It was a most
"My Foreign Relation."
enjoyable talk. And we all agreed
with one another. That made it very
pleasant, too. Very pleasant, indeed.
"No one even thought of disagreeing
with any one else. Not an argument
did we have, only very interesting con
versation. "Of course, I am a good talker and
I'ni a good sort of creature, but all
the time I really must "admit that I
am not fancy, you know."
The other pigeons didn't think there
was much' sense to what Cocky was
saying, but as they, all liked to strut
about a bit too, they didn't ask any
questions. They liked to be a bit con
ceited, too.
"We're a sociable lot," said Cocky
Ctiarlie Pigeon. . "We always bulla
our nests near each other. We move
in great numbers. We like crowds,
crowds of pigeons ! We like each
other 1"
He ruffled his feathers and cocked
his head on one side and said.
"Because I like myself I like other
pigeons, too. I think pigeons are fine,
and why? Because I am one. If I
didn't think pigeons were fine I would
have- been a horse or a dog or a pig."
"Could you, have been a horse or a
dog or a pig?" asked Mrs. Cocky
' "Maybe I couldn't have been," Cocky
answered, "but that doesn't matter.
The thing that matters is that I
wouldn't have been one if I could h" ve
been one or I wouldn't, have been all
three if I could have been all three.
. "And think how much we have to be
conceited about. We stay about where
there are people. , That's a treat for
the people."
'Ot course," said Mrs. Cocky, "it
depends on the way people ook at It!
"If they look at It any differently
from the way I do, they're very fool
ish," Cocky answered proudly. t'Ah,
It is good to have conceit. But we are
not cross, even though we are conceited.-
. . ,; ;.,:v j ;:...r-i:9;0;. , .
And all the pigeons cooed, "We think
we're fine, and .'there are lots of us
to think sol". :'v.v
Ice Cream in Bricks.
, Bobby was eagerly, expecting his
birthday and the day before the Tlf
occasion he overheard, his mother tell
ing his sister to "get the ice cream in
bricks." , An hour or so , later, he was
-discovered beside a ; wagon load ' of
building ; bricks, smacking .hft . lips.
"What are you looking for?" he was
ssked, and he answered, "For the Ice
rrearn that mamma ' says comes In
hem." .
. Live Stock I
- News s::
USE OF HOG-CHOLERA SERUM
Work of County Agent' in Alabama
; ' Community Results in Materia
' Decrease In Loccss. 1
' -' r
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
-. , ment of Agriculture.)
Losses by hog cholera have been ma
terially reduced in Bullock County
AJa., as a result of the work of the
county agent in training farmers la
various, centers throughout the county'
to use the serum and apparatus de
veloped by the department Forty
nine cars of hogs, 3,928 head, have been
marketed from the county through
co-operative work, with an estimated
saving of $6,000. In Houston County
the department's representatives
taught 18 men to vaccinate , hogs. Six
sets of Instruments owned bv the E-
it J s.
Injecting the Serum.
than Rotary club were supplied to the
demonstrators and a serum-distributing
point was established In charge
of a reliable veterinarian. More than
9,000- head of hogs were treated. Ia
many cases it was found that sick
ness, other than cholera, was due te
some incidental cause, 'such as bad
peanut meal, and balanced rations
were advised,! The county agent's
work resulted in 32 farmers establish?
tng pastures to keep their hogs off
the open range, the land thus pastured
being freed of many noxious weeds
by the rooting of the animals, and
prepared for future cultivation. For-,
ty-four farmers in the county were in
terested Ju stump removing, and about H
2,000 acres of land was cleared In this
movement. About five tons of dyna
mite was bought for the purpose, large;
ly on the co-operative plan.
BREEDERS FAVOR PUREBREDS
South Dakota Association Inaugurates
Campaign to Discard Scrubs
Now in Use.
"You have the bulls and they are
needed, needed badly.' Let's get them
working for the breed."
This appeal, smade by.M. J. Flana
gan, president of the South Dakota.
Shorthorn Breeders' association, ha
been sent to all Shorthorn breeders In
the state, preparatory to putting on a
purebred-sire campaign. According to
the plan, selling expenses will be kept
down to the lowest possible figure.
"But we will put out a lot of bulls
the letter of notification states, "that
will do good and create a demand for
better cattle. It Is constructive work
of the best kind."
In a letter to the United States De
partment of Agriculture, Mr. Flanagan,'
who also is president of the South
Dakota federation of Livestock Breed
ers' associations, state?: ,"With the
co-operation of the various depart
ments we shall be able to do a good
work In getting purebred bulls in use,
where scrubs are now used."
PUREBRED RAMS HELP SHEEP
Lambs at 8tx Months of Age Outweigh
. Dams and Yield More Than
Twice as Much, Wool.
Native ewes bred to purebred rams
at the Mississippi coastal .plain ex
periment station resulted in lambs
which at the age of six months out
weighed their dams and yielded more
than twice as much wool. This result
of the use of good purbred sires is
announced by the United States De
partment of Agriculture, through the
bureau of animal Industry, In a re
port covering the last fiscal year.
GOOD FEED TO FATTEN HORSE
Linseed or Flaxseed May Be Used to
Advantage for Supplementing
Animal's Ration;
Linseed of flaxseed is very good feed
for supplementing the fattening horse
ration. If used with soft feed, t may
be Toiled to advantage. Otherwise It'
should be ground and fed In limited
quantities up to half a pound after be
ing accustomed to It Oil-cake meaL
which is " the by-product without the.
oIL may be fed up to one pound per
day. .. ' ': .r-
PRINCIPAL; CAUSES OF ILLS
Pigs Are Too Often Compelled to Work.
Over and Live Upon Same 8oll :
' Too Intensely.
Experience teaches us that the moct
serious diseases of swine are ( those
of an Infectious or contagious - char
acter, and the parasites that get onto
or Info the pig. , Now most of this la '
caused, primarily by the fact that thei
pigs are all too often forced to wcr!t
over and live upon the same soil too In
tensely, without any Intervening rest
oration or that sc!L
itv