WHERE THE BUSINESS OF THE PANAMA CANAL IS HANDLED
florikuHiual
Making Home Grounds Attractive
( B y the U . S. D epartm en t of A g ricu ltu re)*
SPRAY CONTROLS GRAPE ROT
In laying out the grounds around the farmhouse it is important to have
them no larger than the available labor can keep in good condition. Small
grounds well cared for are much more attractive than larger ones which have
been allowed to run down. On the majority of farms, say specialists in the
United States department o f agriculture, two acres will be found sufficient
for all the needs o f the farmstead.
Gardens for fruits, vegetables and flowers should always be provided, and
if they are located near the house they will not only be convenient, but they
will add greatly to the appearanee of the whole plaee. Three-fourths o f an
V in e * Should Be Sprayed W ith B or
deaux M ix tu re in Spring* as Bud*
Begin to Sw ell.
(By JOHN IL CARMODY, Kentucky E x
periment Station.)
A general view o f the large shops und drydock at Balboa, the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal. Everything
Is In full readiness here to handle the Increased truffle which is bound to ensue with settled peace conditions.
DOUGHBOYS’ THREE DAYS OFF IN
NEUWIED IS ONE RIOT OF JOY
Smiles of Six Jolly American Girls and Ice Cream and Cake Galore
Give Homesick Soldiers New Spirit to Keep the “ Wacht
am. Rhein”— Visit Points of Interest and
Are Royally Entertained.
By WILByR FORREST.
(I n th e N ew Y ork T rib u n e .)
Neuwled, Germany.— Tn many ways
the American soldier, forced to main
tain a “ Wacht am Itheln” here in Ger
many is to be envied by those who
have hurried back through the French
winter months to home and fireside.
The homegoers are possibly y well
pleased with their lot, but the "stay-
nbroads” are beginning to come Into
their own.
The American army and the Y. M. C.
A. have combined into a harmonious
partnership here nt Neuwied-on-the-
Rhine, which gives full compensation
fo r enforced foreign service.
It Is
called the Third Corps Recreation Cen
ter and is today operating full blast
fo r the benefit of morale o f some 85,-
000 o f Uncle Sam’s boys composing the
Third American army corps, command
ed by M ajor General Hines.
Eleven hundred from the First, Sec
ond and Thirty-second divisions come
from their prescribed villages and
towns o f the occupied area into Neu
wled every three days to rest, recre
ate and see the sights o f the Rhine.
"Th e Third Corps Recreation Center,
made possible by the folks at home
through the Y. M. C. A.,” Is the slogan
you may read in Neuwled today. And
the doughboys are beginning to appre
ciate it and talk about It.
American army engineers have built
the largest Y. M. C. A. club and recre
ation hall In Europe— the home o f the
recreating doughboy, in which he
neither worries about reveille nor sa
luting. It Is here that .he first goes
when he arrives from the area, and
he Is told to make himself comfortable
by one or all o f six comely American
girls who have come from home to
cater to John Doughboy and he alone,
natty young officers notwithstanding.
The boys are invited to make them
selves “ right at home” . and they lose
no time in doing so.
H o w the Idea W orks.
Follow Mr. John Doughboy through
a three-day leave in the Neuwled Rec
reation Center. H e packs up his blnn-
kets, towels, toothbrush and safety
razor and departs from the scene of
duty. He arrives in Neuwled by vari
ous routes— 1,100 of hint— and Is greet
ed by a brass band nt the railway sta
tion. A guide conducts him to the big
recreation hall and turns him loose
among potted palms, nnd deep uphol
stered easy chairs, divans and "luzy-
backs” set tastily in a great room
flanked on two sides by big re(i brick
fire-places, in which cheery log fires
are burning. He is assigned n place
in a double-deck bunk and he throws
his blankets aboard and returns to the
big room to doaf.
Perhaps he sits down nt a table and
writes a line or two to the folks Hack
home. Then he meets a friend nnd
plays a game o f billiards or pool on
the overhanging balcony at one end of
the room. Or he Just lolls around on
those easy chairs and sofas until lunch
time.
Then some one suggests that he
stroll down to "Uncle Sam’s Hotel” —
the place that used to be the “ Hohen-
zollern house.” Here the Uncle Sam-
Y. M. C. A. combination serves a meal
fo r him nnd his 1,099 companions that
he hns never seen equaled in the
X. E. F.
C rockery Suffers Sadly.
doughboys can “ sit” simultaneously nt
a single meal and 1,(300 if necessary,
drop in nt two sittings for any meal
o f the day.
From the hotel the recreating soldier
wanders bnck to the recreation hall,
which now becomes his principal point
of orientation. Here he chats with
American girls who mnke him feel nt
home and point out the afternoon’s en
tertainment. There is “ Uncle Sam’s
theater,” a pretentious German piny-
house, with a good bill showing at two
o’clock nnd again at seven. There is
the Mlttelstrnsse theater—continuous
movies both afternoon nnd evening—
and when all this does not appeal there
are nthletics of almost every charac
ter on a nearby field. From 3 :30 to
4 :30 there is music and tea or choco
late and cakes in the recreallon hull,
and from that time onward there are
music nnd gnmes Inside or outside,
winding up with ice cream and cake
at 9 p. m.
Thus ends in brief outline the first
o f a three-day leave fo r the “ stfly-
abroads” here in Neuwled. In addi
tion there is a large swimming pool
nnd plenty of baths for those who wish
to take the time.
Saloons L ack P o p u larity.
There are open saloons in Neuwled.
Soldiers are not barred from drinking
and the saloons are open until 10 p. m.
There is also here an ice cream, cake
nnd pie factory running full blast for
the exclusive benefit o f American sol
diers.
•
Neuwied’s open saloons are not pat
ronized much by American soldiers.
Drunkenness hns been practically nil,
and the conduct generally o f the 30,-
000 is one o f the greatest tributes to
American youth nnd the wholesome In
fluence o f fine young American women,
who have Inspired with their surround
ings, association nnd conversation and
genernl wholesomeness n desire to
mnke the periodical three-dny leave
granted the American soldier in Neu
wled a memory that leaves nothing but
clean thought In the minds of the boys.
The second day o f John Doughboy’s
three-day lenve begins just after break
fast nt “ Uncle Sam's Hotel” — from 7 :30
to 9 a. m.— with a steamboat excursion
up the Rhine. It ends with a grand
costume ball in the evening nt the
recreation hnll. The river excursion,
with plenty o f food, music nnd refresh
ments aboard, begins with especial at
tention first cnlled through a mega
phone to the village o f Welssenthurm,
Just across the river, the point where
the French Genernl Hoche crossed the
Rhine on April 18, 1797. Immediately
behind Neuwled, as the steamboat
takes the Rhine mid-channel, loom
forth the Krupp gun works. Soon the
Indian Leaves War
Dress to Museum
New
York.— The
American
Museum o f Natural History has
recently received as a bequest
the complete Indian dress cos
tume o f Chief Don W hite Eagle,
a Cheyenne Indian, who died in
France while fervin g ns a sol
dier In the United States army.
Chief W hite Eagle, who was
twenty-nine, served with the In
fantry forces. He was one o f
four brothers fighting in France.
He was a skilled sharpshooter
and was commended by his gen
ernl for jhravery. He «lied Oc
tober 21, 1918, o f pneumonia.
1%ie costume consists o f a
large feather war bonnet, fringed
shirt and leggings, moccasins,
pipe bag and feather-trimmed
standard. A ll the feather work
was done by White Eagle him
self. It was last worn during
the third Liberty Loan drive
when White Eagle appeared as
a speaker.
This "crockery,” as the doughboys
cnll It, Is in reality an excellent grade
or German china, and §s Sergeant .1.
\V. Seldenfelt, “ commander In chief”
o f Uncle Sam’s hotel.
explained, !
breakages at the hands o f some scores
o f German waitresses run up to 1
per cent a meal, or nearly 100 per
cent a month. But it Is Uncle Sam’s
party, nnd the i>oys enjoy It.
Sergeant Seldenfelt was head wait
er at a hotel In Cleveland when Uncle
Sam drafted him. His home, however,
is Hartford, Conn., and he never
dreamed the armistice would bring
lgge o f Rbems with well-preserved
him here to run “ the biggest army ho
tel in Germany,” where nearly 800 ( L w w w w w w w w v w m w m w v >
island Urmitz Worth, on which the
Romans once camped during the period
when bronze was first used by these
ancients, appears.
Next comes En-
gers, a Rhine village o f 3,000 people,
the home o f a famous Prussian mili
tary school. Then Bendorf, a manu
facturing city o f 5,000 people, and soon
the giant fortress o f Ehrenbreltsteln
looms up around a bend In the river.
The baily-hoo mnn explains that
“ once upon a time,” the sheer rock
cliffs, which rise abruptly from the
water, supported a Roman fortress.
As he remarks that the French cap
tured Ehrenbreltsteln in 1799 some
doughboy remarks “ some job.” Look
ing across the river they see Coblenz.
The boat passes up the river
through the Coblenz pontoon bridge
to Oberlnhnstein, scene o f thirteenth
century ruins, and glides below Stol-
zenfels cnstle at Capellen, built In
1252, destroyed by the French In 1833,
rebuilt by King Frederick Wilhelm IV,
and owned up to November 11, 1911,
by the ex-kaiser. Again upstrenm is
the very ancient and picturesque vll-
fortlflcatlons 700 years did. Braubach,
a /town first mentioned Just 1197 years
ago, and Maksburg castle, the most
imposing castle on the Rhine peaks,
are next
Past Bornhofen. a village o f legend
nnd pilgrim age; Salzlg, n small town,
surrounded by a forest o f cherry trees;
Ehrenthal, o f lend mine fa m e; Well-
mlch, with its famous Gothic church;
St. Goar, a village o f 1,(300 inhabitants,
containing a church built In 558 by
Frnnkish kings, and eventually the
famous Lorelei is reached, that impos
ing rock
overhanging
treacherous
Rhine rapids, on which the beautiful
woman o f legend used to sit enshroud
ed in a veil o f mist, sometimes comb
ing her golden hair, nnd, more often,
enticing lovelorn Rhine sailors onto
the rocks ns they drew near to hear
the strains o f her golden harp.
Passing mnny other points o f Inter
est, the doughboy Is shown the little
church nt Clemenscapelle marking the
spot where Kaiser Rudolph von Haps-
burg beheaded 30 robber knights in
1282. And there Is usunlly doughboy
comment, “ Some kaiser.” Finally, he
passes the Mouse Tower, built on an
island, nnd reaches Bingen-on-the-
Ithlne, that fnmous Romnn town Said
to have been built by Drusus thirteen
years before Christ.
A trip beyond
Bingen to Itudeshelm nnd the excursion
boat turns its prqw homewnrd, racing
with the sw ift Rhine current back to
Neuwled.
Frequent complaint is reaching the
experiment station regarding n disease
that is attacking the grapes. Upon in
vestigation this trouble is usually
found to be due to a parasitic fungus
known ns black rot.
This is by no rnenns a new trouble,
ns it is very general in all o f the sec
tions where the grape is grown. Blnck
rot first shows Itself upon the berries
and leaves. Usually the berries are
most seriously affected nnd the dis
ease manifests itself upon the latter
by small, clear-cut brown spots. These
spots gradually enlarge until all of the
berries on the stem are nffected. It
Is a noticeable fact that the diseased
berries do not shed but continue to
A B ank Covered by W ic h u ria n a (M e m o ria l) Roses, W ith Rugosa Roses A g ain st
the Summer House in the Background.
B arrel Pump S uitable fo r Spraying
F ru it, Garden or Home O rchard.
cling to the vine long nftor the grape
season is past. It Is needless to say
that this serves as a means whereby
the disease is carried over from one
season to another.
Fortunately for the persons Inter
ested in grape culture this trouble can
be readily kept in control.
Where
only a few vines are grown the prac
tice o f bagging the bunches In order
to ward off the spore may be used.
The bunches should be covered early
in the season nfter the blooming sea
son is over. The ordinary paper sacks
do very well. The principal point to
keep in mind is to pin the top o f the
bag securely so that It will exclude
the entrance of the spores. It is also
a good plan to clean the vineyard of
any old litter, such ns leaves and
pruned canes, as soon as convenient.
Spraying with bordeaux mixture is
perhaps one o f the most reliable
means of control. Where the trouble
is known to exist the vines should be
thoroughly sprayed in the spring Just
as the buds are swelling. This appli
cation should be repeated several times
during fhe summer. The number of
applications w ill depend somewhat on
the nature o f the season. I f the sea
son happens to be dry a few er num
ber o f npplientions will be needed
than if the season is warm and moist.
Bordeaux mixture fo r this purpose
may be prepared as fo llo w s : Dissolve
four pounds o f copper sulphate (blue
stone) and four pounds o f stone lime
separately in 25 gallons o f water. Then
pour the two together into a 50-gallon
M ore Ice Cream and Cake.
There still remains time fo r Uncle barrel and stir thoroughly. The best
Sam's theater and the movies before way to dissolve the copper sulphate is
supper time nt Uncle Sam's hotel, to suspend it in a cloth hag in water
where ice cream and cake wind up the over night. Care should be taken not
evening repast. Then back to the rec to let it come in contact with, any
reation hall fo r the big dance. Ice metal. Pumps should be brass lined
/
cream and cake comes again at 9:30 where bordeaux Is to be used.
p. m.
The third and last day there are all
the features o f the first and second
and a boat trip down the Rhine to
ward Cologne fo r those who care to go. In Southern L im ita o f T h e ir Range
C u rra n ts and Gooseberries Do
Historical sightseeing is repeated, in
B e tte r I f Shaded.
cluding the beautiful city o f Bonn,
sent o f Germany’s most fnmous uni
(Prepared by the United States Depart,
versity and once home o f Beethoven.
ment o f Agriculture.)
Then back up th e.river to entertain
Currants and gooseberries common
m ent ice cream and cake, athletics,
ly do better, especially In the south
sports, games and recreation, winding
ern limits o f their range, If grown
up with the grand tug-of-war in Re
where there is partial shade. This
creation hall between picked teams.
sometimes can be provided by plant
Then more ice cream nnd cake and to
ing them between fruit trees. Rasp
bed, ready for dnty again back some
berries and blackberries are sometimes
where in the Coblenz bridgehend.
planted between trees, but the practice
Clean recreation hns beaten the Qer-
is not advisable unless the soil is natu
mnn open saloons in Neuwled, nnd in
rally moist and fertile.
addition to that the ice cream, pie and
cake fnctory, now producing 100 gal
lons o f cream and 300 cakes o f various
kinds each day, soon will double its
present output.
P la n te r Should A v a il H im a e lf o f Sug
PARTIAL SHADE FOR BERRIES
CALL APPLE KING OF FRUITS
.
gestion« o / Experienced Men in
H la C om m unity.
Hen's Vacation.
Bangor, Me.— A Bangor man who
goes to church declares without blink
ing that he hns a hen, three years old,
part Plymouth Rock, part Angone,
that has laid an egg evesy day for the
last year with the exception o f two
weeks, when she had a vacation with
full p a y ; that to mnke up fo r lost
time said hen recently hns been lay
ing two eggs on some days, and that
every morning she crows Just like a
rooster.
«
(Prepared by the United Slate* Depart*
ment of Agriculture.)
In selecting varieties o f frultg for
home planting, the planter should avail
himaelf o f the suggestions o f experi
enced fruit growers in bis community,
the county ngent, the experiment sta
tion or extension division o f the col
lege o f agriculture o f bis state, or tbe
United States department o f agricul
ture.
acre to an acre will furnish about all the fruit nnd vegetables a farmer’s fam ily
will need. The fruit orchard may also be utilized ns a chicken run.
There should always Ite provision for a clothes yard or a place where
clothes ipny be hung out to dry, nnd fo r a service yprd, where wood may be
conveniently piled fo r use. These yards, however, should be ns secluded as
possible, and it may he necessary to shut them off by the skillful, planting o f
hushes nnd vines. The yards themselves, however, should not be cut up by
putting shrubs or beds o f flowers in them.
In planting trees and shrubbery a complete plan should be drawn up be
forehand and then carried out ns circumstances permit. Tilts Is much more
satisfactory in tbe end than haphazard planting each year, because It permits
ultimately o f the completion o f a well-thought-out scheme fo r the beautifica
tion o f the place.
Among the objects that one should have in view should be the screening
o f such objectionuble sights ns dilapidated buildings, bnrnyards, piles o f dis
carded rubbish, etc. Attractive views mny bo framed in foliage and a bordar
o f plants around n lawn enhances (he benuty o f the well-cnred-for grass.
In the selection o f plnnts it is unnecessary nnd, In fact, inadvisable, to pick
out a great number o f different varieties. It Is much better to select a few
that nre known to do well in the locality in question. Among those tlint thrive
over a wide area nre spiren, privet, dogwood, honeysuckle, hydrangea, mock
ornnge, wild rose nnd forsythln. Coniferous evergreens nnd broad-leaved
evergreen shrubs should also be planted in order Hint there mny be some
touch o f color around the place even In the winter. It Is not necessary to
spend a large amount of money In obtaining appropriate plants or trees. Many
native shrubs like dogwood, elder, sumach, etc., mny be brought from nenr-by
woods at the cost o f tbe labor, and vines like bittersweet, tlve-lenved Ivy!
honeysuckle, clematis, etc., may be obtained without cost. A very few cents
w ill provide flower and grass seeds which properly used w ill work a transfor
mation in the grounds.
TIPS FOR
POULTRY GROWERS
Those who neglect to provide shnde
for their hens during the trying sum
mer months nre lll^ely to regret It.
The fow ls must have comfort as well
as food.
I f the yards have no shnde It will
pay to provide it even though It tnke$
some time and labor.
Shade is regnrded ns one o f the im
portant Items In the care o f the flock
fo r the summer. When the hot days
come on many poultry breeders trans
fe r the hens and young chickens to
the orchard, or to a woodlot. Where
shade is not available a temporary
structure six by ten feet square nnd
four feet high Is erected; this is cov
ered with burlap or canvas. An ideal
place fo r young fowls is nenr to the
edge o f a corn field where they can
have shade, scratching places and can
find many insects.
Australia Lost 307,900 Men
Out of an Army of 400,000
Australia’s total casualties during
the war, with figures brought up to
February, 1919, totaled 307,900, accord
ing to a statement made public by the
government o f the commonwealth. The
total forces o f Australia raised by vol
untary enlistment numbered 400,000
out o f a totnl population o f less than
5,000,000. Tbe casualties nre divided
as follow s: Dead, 58,035; missing, 193;
prisoners, 438; wounded, 100,000; sick,
82,409; unspecified, 219.
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PARTING SHOTS
Indiana Youngsters Make
Good Profit in Operating
Back Yard Fish-Worm Farm
Tills is n worm story nnd It concerns
fishermen, angleworms, three boys nnd
the unusnnl but profitable business In
which the lads arc engaged. A ll the
fncts scrambled together nnd the re
sult— the nngle worm company o f In
dianapolis, Mike Coin, aged twelve,
president.
Three years ago the bqys, who were
playmates, wore offered a dime by a
merchant to get him a quart o f angle
worms. That was their start, and dur
ing the sensons fo r angle worn)« since
then they have buUt up n trade which
Inst year called fo r them to supply
about ten gniions o f worms a week to
fishermen. A t the close o f the 1918
season they decided to form a company
nnd announcements were sent to cus
tomers recently that tho, eonrpnny
would supply the worms to the trade
this year.
A “ worm farm” hna been developed
In the bnck yard o f the president. The
worms nre fed at regular intervals ami
cared fo r as a farmer would his live
stock or a poultry fnncler his chick
ens. Almost every day boys add to
the stock on hand by digging In places
where experience has taught them
worms nre certain to be foiind.
I f one wants ordinary worms he can
get them cheaper than he can “ the big
striped, fat ones” which the company
mlverrtNes as els Jew, end tbe ones flsii
In creeks and rivers like best. The
“ choice” stock Is retaileil at 10 cents
a quart more than the ordinary worms.
The company pays no taxes, no renf,
hns bought only an occasional sppde
or bucket, nnd hns no flnnncln! kisses.
However, the president snid he Is not
certain some o f the worms have not
crawled away.
Swatting the fly is pretty
risky business for the ballplayer,
If there Is a good outfield on the
An Industry that wns begun some
Job.
years ago ns a hobby, that o f fox farm
E Pturlbhs Unurn on the sli
ing. hns now grown into a real indus
ver dollar means, o f course, it
try profitable to (hose engaged In It.
'4
takes many where one used to
In nil the provinces o f Cnnadn and in
do the work.
many o f the norttiern states fox-rais
Think of the argument the
X;
ing Is carried on extensively. The Jap
world would have been deprived
anese nnd Norwegians also are devel
o f If the whale had kept Its
oping this Idea, having suitable cli
mouth shut around Jonah.
matic conditions fo r the raising of
foxes fo r the fur market.
Fox Raising Rea! Industry.