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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1918)
-4M - tìfctrfcfci DAIRY HERD CAN RIVE MORE MILK U SE GOOD TASTE IN ST Y L E S Benelble Fabrics Hava tha Call and Fashion Responds te Needs ef World W ar Era. * In these days when women are plac ing their wardrobes upon a war ba sis. materials. like all other things, Make Improvement by Becoming must be considered from the stand point o f economy, declares a writer In Member of Co-Operative BuM Vogue. There are wise and unwise economies, and today, when textiles Association. are being produced under the most dif ficult conditions, and when It is impos SUPERIOR SIR E S ESSEN TIAL sible to make fine fabrics at small ex pense, it Is almost Invariably wiser to Invest In thoroughly trustworthy'»tuffs. A suit which will not survive a show Production Can Be Greatly Increased er and a dress which loses Its shape . In Single Generation and Greater and freshness after a few wearlngs . Economy Effected— Scrub are poor Investments. T o obtain ma Worth More aa Beef. terials, therefore, which are worth being made up (and the matter of mak (Prepared by the United States Depart ing up also Is more costly than In the ment of Agriculture.) past) a woman must reconcile herself Every dairy herd should produce the to a greater expenditure. Let her cur maximum of milk at the minimum of tail the number o f her gowns, If neces coat. This Is a war need— produce sary, but not the quality. more food at the least cost of feed. Fashions this season are exceeding T o do this the scrub bull must go. The ly kind to the woman who is striv co-operative bull association has sound ing to dress sensibly. For Instance, ed his death knell. No longer can he the vogue o f foulard, now definitely es retard dairy development and hinder tablished, Is distinctly In accord with efficiency. the principle o f dressing sensibly. A By breeding to superior alrea milk foulard frock is one of the best wear production can bd greatly increased In ing garments which a woman can In a single generation and greater econ clude In her wardrobe. Not too formal omy effected. It has bean impossible for morning nnd quite formal enough fo r the 4,000,000 farmers who produce for afternoon wear. It may be worn the bulk o f this country’s milk supply, during many hours of the day. If but who own an average o f lesa than need be, wartime informality will even tan cows, to nae bulla o f high quality allow It to appear In the evening. because o f the great expense. By join Some o f the new foulirds nre exceed ing a bnll association any dairy farmer ingly charming; they are attractive In m y own a share In an excellent pure design and .exquisite in quality, and bred bnll at a cost fa r below that ordi nothing drapes more beautifully than narily paid for a scrub. The Initial cost this silk. There are two types o f the la amaller and the maintenance cast material, one of them dull of surface In very much less. and the other printed on a satin ground. Scrub Bull Worth More as Beef. Next in Importance to the foulards Dairy bulls are judged by their abil ity to Increase the production of their are the new printed chiffons. The de- daughters over the dams. Scrub bulls signs are similar to the foulard pat can only decrease production— thus terns, though with a chiffon it is al ways possible to adopt a larger and bolder pattern than that which would be employed for a more substantial stuff, as its delicacy lends an Illusively attractive vagueness to the design. HAT LIN ES M UST BE SM ART Designers Apparently Deduce That thb More Peculiar the Brim, the Smarter the Headgear. Good “ Head” o f the Herd. lowering the efficiency o f the herd. Their harm Is not ended in one gen eration, but continues Indefinitely. W ith beef at exceptionally high prices, aoll the scrub bull, for his meat value fa r outweighs his dairy worth. A common practice for the farmer with a few cows Is to breed to the nearest bnll. regardless o f breed, breeding, or conformation, and as a result dairy herd Improvement is slow. The cost o f bull service also falls heavily on the commercial dairyman with a small herd, as bulls must be changed every two or three years to avoid Inbreeding. As a rule, therefore, he buys a bull calf from the nearest farm er who keeps the breed In which he Is Interested. Too often cost Is the first consideration. Too seldom Is the bull purebred, and even then au thentic production records o f his an cestors are not usually available. The result Is lack o f Improvement. What a Bull Association Is. A co-operative bull association is a farmer’s organisation whose purpose Is the joint ownership, use, and ex change of three or more high-class, purebred hulls. The territory cov ered by the association Is divided into three or more breeding blocks, and a bull Is stationed In each block for the service of the 50 to 60 cows in the block. Every two years the bulls are Interchanged. Thus, at small cost, a bull for every 60 cows Is provided for six or more years. The cost o f bull service Is thus greatly reduced, the best of balls are obtained, and the mnn with limited means and only a few cows Is enabled to Improve his herd. Bulls o f outstanding merit are pre served for their entire period o f use fulness. Associations of this kind teach co-operation, encourage careful selection of cows and calves, introduce better methods o f feeding and man agement, Intelligently fight infectious diseases of cattle, and assist In the marketing of dairy stock and dairy productions. Assistance In organlza tlon may be obtained by writing to the Dairy Division, Buresu o f Animal In dustry, ’ United Ststes Department of Agriculture. One fact cited by the dairy special ists In support of the co-operative bull nssodat'on !s that about three-fourths of the 23,906,000 dalrv cows in the United States sre owned In herds of less than ten -ows. The owners o f these small het is In many cases can not efford to m. intaln purebred hulls, and for such rs the bull associa tion offers the i !> practical remedy for the poor qu; ilty o f dairy cattle. Through bull asg lations they run Im prove their caE k and decree v* ex pense. In the Paris shops are shown many satin hats, extremely small models that are excellent fo r spring wear. They have satin trimming, if they have any— for the lines o f the hats are what make them smart, writes a Parts cor respondent. Tw o exceptionally pretty chapeaux were seen recently. One was o f black mllan straw with a satin brim In mili tary blue; the only embellishment was supplied by grosgraln ribbon and black ostrich. The ribbon bow was made In tiny loops and ends, and was placed at the back o f the hat, a little to the side. The ostjrlch was at the extreme left edge of (jte brim. In frout. The other model had a black Users brim and a very high black taffeta cyown. The crown band which ended In a bow in the back— at the center of the back— was o f French blue ribbon, finished In front with a knot o f French flowers. There are many quaint twists In ths brim of hats. The designers seem to feel that the more peculiar the brim the smarter the hat. Ribbon Is used extensively and oh, so many flowers. W e have rose toques, violet toques and many other kinds, and this revival ot French flower hats has helped to re vive our flower Industry and for this we are duly grateful. NEW W AIST OF GEORGETTE To a waist of flesh-colored georgette le added a panel front, broad shawl eollar and turn-back cuffs of natural color filet lace. Black Tulle Dinner Gown. There Is no decrease In Chinese ef fects. Tassels, embroidery, brocade and all Chinese fabrics are employed la the new French gowns. Black tulle, embroidered silk net, thread lace and other kinds of lace flounces are among the first French fashions fo r dinner 1 gowns. Tha Zouave Girdle. The sous ve girdle, made of wide rlV bon or of the nia'erls’ of the dress IN •elf, is r becomingly draped feature e f aovelty afternoon frocks. NMBMMMBHfMMS chair so that he could gq. on with the work before him, but the choir seemed to swing of Its own accord around again so that he sat looking at his guest “ So— so you took my Invitation seri ously, did you? I'm glad.” H e iaug& ed with embarrassment and the girl opened two bine eyes wide and round,’ with studied naivety, behind which By M A U N A CO W LES Carter knew lay much sarcasm. |Why, didn’t you mean that you wanted me (Copyright, IMS, by the McClure Newspa to come?” she asked. “ You first sug per Syndicate.) gested the theater, but you see, I ’ve “Tenant In apartment Four D, been at the theater till I ’ve seen every Marbridge court,” whispered vocifer show In town and every movie In the ous Nathan, the young man who neighborhood. And I simply must get worked the switchboard at Curtis A these army sweaters done!” Carter Carter’s real estate offices. The young noticed that she had taken a half fin man listened to the voice on the tele* ished khaki sweater from her bag. Even to his Inexperienced eyes the 1 phone, then turning to the young Mr. Carter, he said: “ She wants to talk knitting seemed wonderfully firm, to one o f the firm. Kind o' mad, I w-ariii and compact and he noted the should say. W ont to talk to her, Mr. g dd ends o f the knitting needles. “ I ’ve called on all my friends. Yon Carter?” “ What's she like?” queried the see I don’t know many people In town, and I ’ve shopped till I ’ve bought a youngest member o f the firm. “ Sounds like a cranky old school trunkful o f things I don't need. I ’ve spent hours in church and other hours ma’itm. She's awful mad— ” “ Oh, well, I might as well talk to In the museum and the public libra her. I'll kid her a little, and maybe ries. So your Invitation was very that w ill keep her quiet,” and still welcome. Perhaps If I had always turning over the papers on his desk, lived In the North I could stand the with his right hand, Mr. Carter reach apartment. But you see this Is my ed out with his left hand to take the first winter North. I came with my receiver off Its hook on his desk phone aunt and now she has gone away fo r while the operator connected him with a few weeks and I'm alone. One feels the cold more when one Is alone, I the tenant In apartment Four D. think.” Then promising not to dis “ So you’re pretty cold. Well, now— turb Mr. Carter any more she con I didn’t catch the name— Miss Crosby tinued her knitting In silence. From — I certainly am sorry. But you’ll time to time when Mr. Carter fe lt that have to see Mr. Hoover about that. her eyes were Intent on her knitting Now, you don’t think we’re keeping he swung around In his swivel chair that apartment cold just to make you and caught a timid glance at the girL mad. No, honest, there isn’t any way Sometimes he noticed the graceful an we can get more coal. What— the kle, at other times the slender capable theaters get coal enough. Well, that’s hands that were so neatly framed in a good one. A ll you can do, then, Is the tight white lace cuffs o f her dark to go to a show. It ’s matinee day. sleeves. A t other times he noticed the Now, really, I didn’t mean to make you glint o f auburn In her hair and then angry. But you see, everyone Is kick again the long curve o f the dark lashes ing, and It really Isn’t our fault. W e that shaded her blue eyes. H e did can’t get any more coal and nil we can not know that from beneath those long do Is to try and keep cheerful about It. lashes the blue eyes were perfectly cap What? You bet that It Isn’t so cold able o f observing his stolen glances here In our office as It Is In your though the graceful fingers went on apartment? Well, now. Miss Crosby, uninterruptedly with the needles and I ’ll have to admit that It Is pretty wool. comfortable here. W e've got a south “ Couldn’t you give me a Job?” Nancy ern exposure and we’re on the ground Crosby put this question to Mr. Carter floor, and somehow these office build one day after she had been making ing people do manage to get the coal. her visits to his office fo r the purpose Yes, It Is unfair. What? Why. cer o f keeping warm during the course o f tainly. I ’d be glad to see you. Come an entire week. " I am getting tired o f right along. Yes, Just ask for Mr. knitting. One can't do that all the time. Carter, Jr., Frank Carter. Good-by, I could do copying fo r you and sort Miss Crosby. I ’ll see you soon.” H e over papers perhaps nnd stick up en hung the receiver back on the hook velopes and stamps and things.” and then clapped his hand over the So Mr. Carter secured a little ma ear with which he had been listening hogany desk, hnd It placed beside his as If to relieve It from the effect o f own and there established Nnncy Cros the volley fire that had been charged by as his volunteer assistant. They on It through the phone. had finally agreed that the money that “ W ow,” he said, addressing the tel she earned as his assistant should be ephone opqpator on the opposite side contributed to the Red Cross. o f the room, beyond the little wooden It was In the afternoon o f that day fence. “ Wow, but she certainly is that Mr. Carter dropped In at the some sour old maid. I thought I ’d kid Marbridge Court and getting the her Into good humor, but It was the emergency key to apartment Four D wrong tack. I wonder If she’ll call my from the Janitor there let himself Into bluff and come down and see how the empty apartment nnd did a little warm we are. But say, Nathan, try amateur tinkering on his own account. to get the coal commissioner on the That morning through his Incessant w ire again. It ’s a shame to run the efforts a goodly supply o f coal had fires so low. Ask them I f they can’t been deposited In the coal bins o f the let me speak to him personally. It Marbridge Court. seems as I f something ought to be Nancy Crosby continued to work fo r done.” him fo r a week more. He asked her A half-hour later young C a r t « one day whether her apartment was heard a very low but unmistakable still cold. “ Yes,” she said, “ it really whistle. It was Nathan’s way o f In Is dreadful. There Isn’t any steam In dicating that something worth observ the living room radiator, though the ing was occurring In the office. There bedroom radiators are all right. But was a note o f admiration in the whis you see I can’t stay there In the day tle— distinctly It was his way o f sig time. Isn’t It strange, fo r the other naling to the other boys In the office tenants are perfectly comfortable and Mr. Carter, who was still young now.” enough to be Interested In such a sig “ Yes, It Is funny,” agreed Carter, nal even though he was a member o f and began to read a lease on his desk the firm— the proximity o f a pretty with eagerness. girl. A t the end o f thnt week Nancy’s Carter looked up from his pnper, aunt was expected to return and caught the direction o f Nathan’s gaze Nnncy had Indicated that she would and then whistled an answering have to give up her Job. whistle, very low, but still audible to “ I took It Just to be spiteful. In fact, Nathan. It was a pretty girl and she came down to bother you. Just to was approaching In the vicinity o f Na than. Enveloped In a voluminous fur- make you furious. I thought you were holding off the steam so as to save trimmed rough woolen coat o f a dark violet hue, with her hands encased In money and I intended to find out and to make you so tired of seeing me a black muff to match the fur on her around that you would get the coal coat, with a picturesque black velvet hat, cut on the poke bonnet order, that ut any cost. But really I have had a cast much shadow on her face, there lovely time. Thank you for making It so pleasant. But now that aunt Is com was still enough opportunity to see ing buck I really wish something that the girl beneath so much warmth giving clothes was young, animated could be done about that apartment.” “ I ’ll go up myself,” Carter promised. and pretty. “ Maybe something is the matter with The bewildered Nathan looked up as the living room radiator. I ’ll have It she approached and to her query thnt attended to at once. But— but— wo Carter did net hear, he nodded to the aren’t going to forget each other now, desk o f the youngest member o f the nre we? You see, I ’ve been getting firm. Then the violet coat and the terrifically Interested In you, though I dedicate aroma o f violet sachet that suppose to you I ’m an Impossible sort went with It moved toward the little of fellow .” wooden fence that hedged In Mr. Car “ Impossible!” echoed Nancy. “ Yon ter’s desk. don’t suppose I would have fibbed “ Here I am,” said the girl. “ I ’m the about the radiator If I hadn’t wanted tenant In Four D., Marbridge court. an excuse to be with you. I haven’t Where do you want me to sit— Inside even noticed whether It was hot or the fence or outside?” cold.” Carter Jumped from his seat and "You haven’t,” gasped Carter. "And was so confused that all he could say I put the valve out o f commission la w as: “ Inside the fence— please take your living room.” this chair, any chair, any chair. Yes, Indeed. You— are actually Miss Cros Family Well Represented In War. by? How very good o f you.” Practically all the members o f the TOURIST STfflftrUAT SUCCESSFUL GARDENS IN 4-D “ No, I won’t take your chair. H I take this little one,” she said, slipping out o f her coat and revealing a very neatly fitted plain blue serge dress be neath. She placed the chair precisely hulf way between the radiator and the window where the light would come over her left shoulder. “ There,” fh e said. “ I like It Just like that. I shall knit and not disturb you at all. Please sit down, Mr. Carter. Yon can’t Imagine what a pleasure it Is to be warm.” Carter noted a tone o f asperity In the girl's voice but he did not feel in the least Irritated by It. He tried to awing himself around In his swivel fam ily o f Henry Phipps, pioneer steel mnn and millionaire philanthropist, have been called Into war service. O f his sons, John S. Phipps is a captain In the nvlntlon division o f the United States Signal corps; Hal C. Phipps Is a captain In the ordnance department at Washington, and How ard Phipps Is preparing fo r a commis sion In the regular army. Mrs. Amy Phipps Guest, a daughter, has con verted her palatial London home lnu> a hospital. Frederick Guest, husband of Mrs. Guest. Is a captain in the Brit ish army, and Bradley Murtln, Jr., hus band of Helen Phipps, Is a major In tin United States army. I u ON AFFERENT SOILS Good THth and Abundanoe Plant Food Are Important of Bandy Loam Is Excellent, as It Warms Up Early In 8prlng and Enables Gardener te Get His Planta Into Ground Soon. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) GARDEN FOR EVERY FARM This tourist hat Is of lizard-green straw. It has a high crown, narrow brim, and rather effective wings on ! each side. It Is particularly Important that every farm have a well- cared-for garden this year— to furnish fresh vegetables for home use, to reduce the cost of living and to Increase the na tion’s food supply. The quantity o f vegetables produced from the garden depends to a great extent upon Its location. Give the gar den the best site available. HOW TO KEEP UP TH E STRAPS Solis In good tilth and well supplied w ith'plant food produce the best gar dens. Successful gardens, however, can be grown on all kinds o f soil from light sands to mucks and heavy clays. It Is. o f ten possible to select a, site An appearance that might otherwise be the pink o f perfection for a wom with soil that will yield better results an la often very much marred by the with less labor than nearby plats with ■trapa o f her underwear, which slip, less favorable soils. Good soil Is es each a different way, from her shoul sential to a successful garden. I f the ders and show through the thin blouse. soil In the selected garden site la poor. The only solution to this state o f af It must be put Into good condition be fairs when one affects the strap kind fore satisfactory results can be ex o f lingerie la some sort o f lingerie pected. Even where the soil Is good clasps. O f course, the little gold ones to start with, it will be necessary to are very fetching, but there are some spend considerable time In Improving which can be made almost In a Jiffy, It by cultivation and fertilization be and make attractive gifts and favors fore it Is in first-class condition for the production o f vegetables. at parties where girls foregather. A sandy loam Is an excellent type One girl specialise* on tiny gold safety pins, sewing atop of them to o f garden soil. Sandy soils, as a rule, hide the pin on* o f those small pink warm np earlier than others In the roses which cen be bought by the yard. spring, nnd enable the gardener to Roses rolled from pink' ribbon would plant his crops early. Soils too sandy dry out very rapidly and the crops answer Just as well. Another girl embroiders hers, using are liable to suffer from drought. The lay o f the land has considerable linen or a heavy ribbon, half an Inch wide, and buttonholes the edges. Then Influence upon the time when the soil she sews snaps on them, half on each can be worked, and a gentle slope to end, and they are ready to clasp over ward the south or southeast Is most desirable fo r the production o f early any number of truant straps. A cir crops. It Is an advantage to have on cle o f French knots covers the sewing the north and northeast a hill, a group from the snaps. o f trees, some evergreens, a hedge, Ribbons with a bow on one end, pro buildings, a tight board fence, or a vided with snaps will do the work stone wall in order to break the force efficiently and artistically, too. of the wind. The crocheter will find It easy to Drainage le Important make these little clasps, finishing off Good drainage o f the garden are* the narrow hand with a small crochet Is o f prime Importance. I f this doee ed rbse or shamrock. not exist naturally. It may be sup plied by tillage or by artificial drains. NEWER BLO U SES ARE CLOSED The surface o f the land should have sufficient fall to drain off surplus wa Garments So Arranged That the Deep ter during heavy rains, but the fall Collar at tha Back Need Not should not he so great that the soli will he washed. On hillsides wash Be Disturbed. ing can be overcome to a considerable The new blouses are closed In a extent by contouring the rows so as to number o f fashions and many o f them cause the rains to run off slowly. The are ingeniously contrived so that the garden should not contain depressions deep collar at the back need not be dis In which water will accumulate or turbed. One model Is made with a stand. I f the surface Is Irregular, a deep enough V-shapcd opening at the little soil can be taken from high front so thut It slips over the head— places and the low ones filled. Waste if the head Is not too large. This water from surrounding land should blou&e. therefore, has no visible means not flow toward the garden, and the o f closing— or opening. And It Is very fall below should he such that there pretty and the full front falls In un will be no danger o f It backing up. broken folds and the deep collar o f the A garden site on the hanks o f a creek or stream that will he liable to over back is uninterrupted. And If one puts this blouse on care flow during the growing season should fully, pulling It smoothly over the hair. not be selected If any other land can be had. It Is all very well. A good fence around the garden plat A newer method o f getting around It should the difficulty of the deep collar In the Is almost Indispensable. back or the collar across the back, protect the crops from all farm ani which marks so many o f the new mals, Including poultry, and should blouses, and the desire fo r the unbrok be tight enough to keep out rabbits. The question of proximity to the en front, Is to slit up the back from the waistline for a few Inches— say five house Is o f as great Importance in locating the garden as the character or six. The matter o f pulling the blouse and contour o f the ground. In every over the head Is then much simplified, case It should he as near as possible, and the results gained are about the so that the work o f caring fo r the same. Moreover, the little buttoned crops may be done at odd times and opening at the bottom o f the back of the vegetables qntrkly secured by the the blouse, is, If anything, o f decora housewife. A kitchen garden located near the kitchen door Is n convenience tive vnlue. In thousands of homesteads. It Is de sirable even where a separate larger OUR F R ILL S AND FURBELOW S gnrden Is utilized for the production o f the main portion o f (he vegetable Items of Fashion That Should Be of supply for the family. Especial Interest to Women Seek Impftrtance of Sunlight. ing Latest in Styles. In selecting the location for the garden and In planning the nrrnnge- Gray and yellow make a pretty com | ment o f the crops, the gardener should bination. understand thnt no amount o f fertiliz Small poke-shaped hats are In evi er, watering nnd care will replace sun dence. shine. Careful consideration should Satin Is used for dresses, suits and be given to how many hours a day any hats. part o f the proposed garden space Is Kilted plaids are much In favor fo r I shaded. As a rule, foliage crops, skirts. : such as lettuce, kale and spinach, do Wool embroideries are more than J fnlrly well In partial shade, but must ever used. I have a minimum o f three hours of There must be a note o f contrast In sunshine a day. Plants which ripen the dress. fruit», such ns the tomato and egg Flag blue Is combined with gray and plant, should have a minimum of five chamois. hours’ sunshine each day. Sashes are tied at one side, under the left arm. The sllp-on coat is one that Parla is WAR FUEL SLOGANS very fond of. Wool hophacking Is to be used for 'Prepared by the United State« De motor wraps. partment o f Agriculture I White silk is promised for spring Keep up with the war program suits and dresses. — burn wood. The corset which laces In hack Is Cut a cord snd help win the war. growing In favor. Save coal fo r munition Indus The straight Japaneae sleeve le on* tries by burning war fuel. much favored. Now Is the time to cut wood. Tiny Geld Safety Pin, Covered Over by 8ewed-On Pink Rose, Found to Bo Satisfactory. Knife Plaiting* Good. Knife plaiting* are a very popular trimming, for sheer summer frocks. They are especially adat ed,to organ- dies or any striped materlsls that re- quire little other trimming. These plaiting* are alio good when used to edge the surplice fronts o f a dress that tie In the heck In a big bow. ' I I | | C’eel I» scarce— there’s “ wood to burn." Wood te wartime fuel— tut It end hu rn It- * Rabbits Thrive Anywhere Rabbits thrive snd do welt in all part* o f the country.
