SHORTAGE OF SUGAR-
BEET SEED IN 1921
Machine H elps Solve
the Servant Problem
BAPTIZING AN ENTIRE
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INDIA
American Producers Urged to
Grow Supply tor Their Needs.
Situation Considered Serious Because
of Lack In Europe Compared With
Former Years— Prices in
Netherlands High.
(Prepared by the United State» Depart­
ment o f Agriculture.)
This machine which can be called the “Mechanical Maid,’’ was invented
Dishes
sufficient for a three-course service for five persons can be washed up in this
machine in a few moments. Photo shows dishes being put into machine.
In England to assist housewives in overcoming the servant shortage.
Intended for the
Germans
Deadliest Poison Ever Known
Was Made in the U . S.
Guarded night mid day und fur out
o f liuinnn reach on a pedestal at the
Interior department exposition
In
Washington, D. C., is a tiny vial. It
cohtshfs a specimen o f the deadliest
poison ever known. It Is “ Lewisite,”
product o f an American scientist. It
Is what Germany escaped by signing
the armistice before nil the resources
o f the United States were turned on
her.
Ten airplanes carrying “ Lew isite"
would have wiped out every vestige
o f life— human, animal and vegetable,
In Berlin. A single day’s output would
snuff out the 4,000,000 lives on .\Ian-
hnttan island. A single drop poured
In the palm o f the hand would pene-
♦rute to the blood, reach the heart und
kill the victim In great agony.
What was entiling tn Germany may
he Imagined by the fact that when the
armistice was signed It was belngwnnn-
ufactOred at tlie rate o f ten tons n day.
Three frodisnnd tons o f this most terri­
ble Instrument ever conceived for kill­
ing would have been ready for busi­
ness on the American front In France
on March 1.
“ Lewisite“ Is another of the big se­
crets o f the war Just leaking out. It
was developed In the bureau o f mines
by Prof. W. Lee Lewis o f Northwest­
ern university, Evanston, 111., who took
n commission as a captain in the
army. It was manufactured In a spe­
cially built plant near Cleveland, call­
ed the “ mouse trap,” because every
workman who entered the stockade
went under nn agreement not to leave
the ll-n cre space until the war was
won.
Cities or villages confronted with
the question o f saving surplus perish­
able crops from home and school gar­
dens this season may well consider
the* construction and operation of n
community drier, according to E. L.
Kirkpatrick o f the Colorado Agricul­
tural college, who says:
“ Practically all vegetables, as well
as fruits, may be dried or dehydrated
and kept in pnper hags or paper car­
tons until needed fo r use this fall or
winter.
“The cost o f a satisfacto ry fan-
equipped drier with a cnpnclty o f from
1500 to 1,000 pounds o f raw produce
per (lay will bo between $250 and
$400.
The
best
general-purpose
plant Is o f the combined tunnel and
cabinet type, fitted with nn exhaust
fan nt one end and n box heating stove
at the other.
Pipe from the stove
should run below the set o f trays or
tills throughout the full length o f the
drier.
“ Before undertaking the building of
u plant, ench community should mnke
a thorough survey o f the amount o f
perishable crops available, decide on
a satisfactory building fo r housing the
outfit and formulate a business plan
o f operation throughout the season.”
Getting Nowhere.
"Flow long has young Dubsoil been
calling on Miss Penche?”
" I can’t give you the exact number
o f nights, hut I understand he has
heard the fam ily’s stock o f phonograph
records three times over.”
“ Umph! I f she's still playing the
phonograph he Isn't making much
progress.”
Praise a man and he’ll not
call you a liar.
The average woman finds
good looks nn expensive hnhlt.
The man who Inrka polish
doesn’t alwnys lack humanity.
The crab may not be as good
eating as the iobster, but he'll
do In a pinch.
The shorter the Ice crop Is In
the winter the longer the bill
Is In the summer.
COLORS OF 89TH DIVISION DECORATED
Harvesting Sugar-Beet Seed.
entes that there Is nt present a short­
age o f from 25,uOO to 40,000 bugs. This
is being met through Importations In
order to provide sufficient seed fpr n
normal planting next year.
Dutch growers and dealers are un­
able to book further orders fo r 1919
seed and orders fo r 1920 delivery must
be received by them quickly. A t the
present time surplus stocks In the
Netherlands nre selling nt 1.3 florins
a kilogram (approximately 25 cents a
pound) and up, though some dealers
nre holding fo r from 2 to 2.5 florins a
kilogram (approximately 35 to 45
cents a pound).
It Is possible that subsequent in­
formation may modify the situation
somewhat, but department o f agricul­
ture ofllclnls believe every effort should
be made to produce in this country
during 1919, and especially In 1920,
all the good qunllty sugar-beet seed
possible.
The regimental colors o f the Eighty-ninth division which were decorated by General l ’ershing during his review
o f that division nt ttie Treves airdrome, Germany.
WORK THAT IS SPORT ON A HOT DAY
UNCLE SAM HIRES A CL0WI\
USEFUL TO MEASURE FENCES
Contrivance Made of Strips Bolted T o ­
gether In Shape of Wheel— Count
Revolutions.
The accompanying Illustration shows
n contrivance that Is hnndy fo r ascer­
taining the number o f rods o f fence
“ Miss Plain Isn’t
you need or to And how many acres are
n society girl. Is
In a Held.
she?” asked Mrs.
Bolt together four \ by 2-Inch strips
Outotown.
so ns to make a wheel, says a w riter
“ Oh, my, no,”
in Indiana Farmers’ Guide. Make the
replied Miss Guy.
strips long enough so that they will
“ In fact, she Is a
very common per­
son. She actually
listens to the mu­
sic when she goes
to the opera."
Has No Class.
h
BRIEF AND BREEZY
This photograph, used through the courtesy of the centenary commission o f the Methodist Episcopal church,
shows the baptism o f an entire community in India. The missionary In order to effect this first Christianizes the
chief o f the community. The chief, realizing how good it feels to become n Christian, orders his entire tribe to
become Christians, and the missionary does the baptizing.
Community Drier Will Help
Save Much Perishable Food;
Co-Operation Is Suggested
Red Cross Issues Warning
Against Using of Name and
Emblem in Various Schemes
The American lied Cross lias Issued
warning to the public against per­
sons who are using the Red Cross
name and emblem fo r commercial pur­
poses o f various sorts. Any eoinmer-
clat enterprise thnt Is seeking to push
Its business under the Red Cross name
Is doing so without the consent o f the
national and divisional headquarters
o f the organization.
The provisions
o f Rs charter prohibit the use o f the
Red Cross name or emblem fo r com­
mercial purposes.
Some o f the en­
terprises named hy the Red Cross as
unauthorized are the selling o f trink­
ets and war pictures by discharged
and wounded soldiers with the state­
ment that a part., of the profits o f the
sales will be given to the Red Cross,
and the offering for sale o f certificates
to the famines o f the men In the serv­
ice, representing that by such pur­
chase the family may ohtnln the
speedy discharge o f their soldiers and
representing thnt the proceeds o f the
sale of these certificates will result
In benefit for the Red Cross.
That there Is likely to be a serious
shortage o f sugar-beet seed fo r the
spring o f 1921 unless arrangements
are made Immediately by beet-sugar
companies in the United States fo r
their planting requirements In thnt
year is Indicated by recent cablegrams
from a representative o f the United
States department o f agriculture In
the Netherlands, taken In connection
with Information regarding stocks on
hand and contemplated plantings for
seed in this country. The situation
for 1921 is serious, because o f the
shortage o f sugar-beet seed In Europe
as compared with former years, and
because o f the Increased activity In
beet-sugar production in European
countries, which will probubly require
a large part o f the European Deet
seed on hand and o f the European
production this year and next.
The present Indications are that
there Is sufficient sugar-beet seed now
In the hands o f the beet-sugar compa­
nies in the United States to take care
o f the entire acreage to be planted
to sugar beets in 1919. The most
recent Information In regard to the
sugar-beet seed supply fo r 1920 indi-
Joyous Occasion.
“ A directors’ 1 meetln'g, eh?”
"Yes.”
"A rather dull affair, I presume?"
"No. A large dividend was declared.
For Use in Measuring Fences.
When there’s a Juicy ‘melon’ to cut. If
there's any humor In n director’s sys­
measure even feet In one revolution,
tem It comes out.”
or If preferred, a hnlf rod. Various
forms o f tallying are used, hut paint­
Subject Exhausted.
ing one end o f a spoke Is very practi­
” W e 11,
w h y
cal. It Is qnsy to count the revolu­
I don't
you
soy
tions ns the painted end comes round,
| something?" ask-
while following as one follows n cul­
j ed tile angry worn-
tivator, the handles being fastened to­
| an after her long
gether by a small strip. The num­
harangue.
ber o f revolutions times the number
| “ My dear,” re­
o f feet a revolution gives the ills-’
plied her husband,
tance.
i meekly, “ nothing
; remains
to
be
KEEPING OF FARM ACCOUNTS
: said."
i
Indisposed.
"Hubby, Pm III today.”
" I could get my sister to come and
nurse you.”
“Thanks, hut I don't feel well enough
to entertain her.”
Cause for Gratitude.
H e (during the quarrel)— You must
think I’m as big a fool as I look.
She— I think that If you aren’t you
r c r r r - r r r r r r r r n — r r r - i - r r r r r r r r r « . \ have a great deal to be thankful for.
Considerable Thought and Painstaking
Attention la Required in Their
Recording.
(Prepared by the United States Depart­
ment o f Agriculture.)
The keeping o f farm cost accounts
requires considerable thought and
painstaking attention In their record­
ing, summarizing, and Interpretation,
but are well worth It to the farmer
who wishes to know just what be la
doing.
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Work thnt Is really play on n hot day sometimes fnlls to the lot of
apprentices being trained hy the United States shipping board for service In
the merchant marine. This picture shows a detail o f apprentices testing a
patent life raft to determine its capacity.
EXAMINING THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Cho-Cho, the highest paid circus
clown In the United States, has been
employed by the government to tench
health to children. He is the liveliest
feature at the exhibition o f the in­
terior department, with white satin cos­
tume bulging with big yellow carrots,
red apples and bottles of milk. “ I f
you drink a pint n day you will smile
to see how much you weigh," Cho-Cho
says. •
When Living W as Cheap.
Ed M orrill o f Fordyce, Ark.., has a
copy o f the P e * Arc Weekly Citizen
fo r October 9, 1858. It was published
by his grandfather, J. C. Morrill o f
Des Arc. At the time It was printed
there wns nn epidemic o f yellow fever
In the South and In one week New Or­
leans had 380 deaths. Among the mar­
ket quotations are the follow ing: Tea.
85 cents a pound; chickens. $1.25 a
dozen; eggs, 10 cents a dozen; ham,
10 cents a pound; beef, 4 ^ cents a
Wounded who have Just debarked from a transport being examined at pound. Whisky Is quoted at 28 canta
a gallon.
the port o f debarkation prior to their being sent to a debarkation hospItaL