RICH AND H EAVY SATIN GOWN
S U IT A B L E H O U S E FO R
FA R M P O U L T R Y FLO C K
T R E E S FR O M B O R ER S
T O P R O T E C T LO C U S T
Cutting High Cost of Hats
By the U . S. Department of Agriculture
Plant in Thick Stands to Produce Ventilation Is Essential to Health
Shaded Condition.
of Fowls.
Seeding of 1918 Was Lost in
Many Sections of Country
on Account of Drought
W ith Underbrush About Trunks of Shutter Should Be So Constructed
Trees In ju ry by Insects Is Lese—>
T h a t There W ill Be No D ra ft In ,
Protection Is Needed fo r
Cold Weather— Glass Front la
Very Short Period.
Quite Helpful.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment o f Agriculture.)
A Class in Sewing In a Rural School.
Cutting millinery bills by making their own hats Is becoming a widespread
economy among women members o f the clubs. Many who had deemed the
making o f a hat beyond them have discovered In themselves latent millinery
talent. This taleDt, under the skillful tutelage o f the home-demonstration
agent, results In hats which even the critical would hesitate to Identify as
“ home-made."
In Washington state the many millinery classes organized this year have
been so popular that It was found necessary to limit the number who could
attend. Three-day classes in King county, Washington, are popular, the result
o f the three club meetings being a pretty hat fo r each club member at a
nominal expense.
Material for the hats was a difficult problem. Trips to the city were
expensive In time and money for most o f the women In the club, and when In
the city many did not know where to buy to advantage. The best solution
found was fo r the home-demonstration agent to purchase staple supplies, such
as braids, silks, trimmings, and shapes, and the club members were better
satisfied with the selection they made away from the confusion o f the shops.
The advice o f the home-demonstrntlon agent and the other club members also
helps to make a wise choice o f frame, color, and trimming.
When additional material Is needed fo r the next lesson and a woman can
not conveniently purchase It for herself, the agent Includes It In her shopping
list. Often larger pieces o f material cut to better advantage, and by the class
method what Is left can be used in another class.
The amount o f millinery material purchased wholesale In K ing county In
one month footed up $150. Nearly all was made Into hats before the end o f
the month. On flowers, feathers, and shapes bought wholesale about one-half
o f retail price was saved. By watching fo r bargains and buying In large
amounts the agent has saved also on the material bought at retuil.
Farmer of T od ay
I Rubies and Sapphires Are
the “ Jewels” in Watches—
Higher Value Than Diamond
There nre In every good watch from
7 to 21 “ Jewels.”
Some o f them are
rubles, others sapphires— two kinds
o f gem stones rated much higher In
market value than the diamond. These
sapphires and rubles, furthermore,
Urban sophistication in the cities
must, to serve the watch-making pur
poked fun, before the war, at the pose, be flawless.
farmer. H e was supposed to be un
The watchmakers get them cheap,
couth and gullible— a child o f nature.
H e chewed a straw and pulled his because the gem stones used fo r this
beard and greased his boots and rose purpose are o f Inferior color and bril
liancy— useless even If they were big
by lamplight, and was a man with a
ger, fo r Jewelry.
hoe among the herds and orchards, a
A watch Is said to “ run” on so
man to whom the great round world
many stones. The more valuable the
wns a blank page or a distant myth.
Now that Is changed, says a writer timepiece the greater the number o f
In the Philadelphia Ledger. The far stones used In Its make-up. The tiny
mer Is an applied scientist, whose opin gems, pierced to receive the axles o f
ion Is sought and respected, with wheels, offer a minimum o f friction,
whose hand, as It Is busy or Idle, Is and do not wear out easily.
Enormous quantities o f these watch-
the feeding or starving o f the nations.
To
For millions during the w ar life has jewels are cut In Switzerland.
been a grim, unmitigated quest o f each stone Is given a rounded form
food. The farm has had to yield by with a hole through the center.
Intensive cultivation many times Its
form er produce, and marketing In hap
hazard ways has had to yield to me
thodic and speedy transportation.
Farm work and farm life today utilize
every last development o f engineering.
Tenants and other persons desiring
The machinery has revolutionized
farm labor, and electricity and gaso a temporary shelter fo r poultry would
line are the greatest o f all hired do well to consider a straw shed
hands. The motorcar, the tractor, the house, according to T. S. Townsley o f
dairy machinery, the telephone are the University o f Missouri College of
Such a house Is very
commonplaces where once they were Agriculture.
simple to make and will serve ns ex
unknown.
The demobilized fighter no longer cellent quarters fo r poultry during at
I f a supporting
regards Indifferently or scornfully the least one winter.
chance the farm holds out to him. frame Is built before thrashing time It
The fields are clamoring fo r him— Is no extra trouble to blow the straw
fields where the battle Is fo r life and from the thrashing machine over and
around this frame to form a shed
not fo r destruction.
completely closed In with straw on all
sides excepting the south. A support
Antipathy Shown to Kings
ing frame can be easily made by set
and Queens on Early Cards ting a post fo r each com er o f the pro
posed shed and placing across the top
Early American playing cards, ac o f these posts heavy poles to form the
cording to an article In the American supports fo r the framework o f rails,
Printer, showed the national antipathy boards or light poles, which w ill hold
to kings and queens by presenting, In up the straw. A fte r the straw has
stead o f the conventional figures with been thrown over this frame a front
which playing cards are now adorned, such as Is used on any modem poul
the follow ing pictures: “ President of try house can be built on the south
hearts. George Washington ; o f dia side. This front should include some
monds, John Adams ; o f clubs, Benja open space and some windows to pro
min Franklin ; o f spades, Lafayette. vide ventilation and furnish light. The
The “ queens” were Venus, Fortune, inside o f the house may be equipped
Ceres and Minerva. The knaves were with dropping boards, roosts and
represented, appropriately reflecting nests. Just the same as any other poul
the general feeling among the whites, try house. A straw shed house o f this
by pictures o f Indian chiefs.
type 20 feet square on a farm near St.
Peters, Mo., furnished shelter fo r 125
hens. These birds came through with
out a frozen comb and laid all winter.
WORTH MENTIONING
I f such a house becomes Infested
with mites during warm weather the
Groveling isn't humility. Tour
birds can be allowed to roost outside
Creator expects you to stand
during the summer months and a new
Just as high as he has given you
house can be boilt each thrashing
power to stretch.
time.
The tendency o f the times may
be all right, but even the dol
lars are more slippery than they
Sea Water in Sponge.
used to be.
So many fellows feel bolder
A constant circulation o f sea water
when notching the log than
Is taking place with the sponge In Its
when they get hold o f the saw.
natural habitat. This flow Is accom
Ordinarily a task is not divis
plished by a series o f cells, the like o f
ible by time.
which Is not to be found In any o f the
higher animals.
• ..
His Opinion Is Sought and
Respected
Plantations o f the locust tree can be
successfully protected from the borer
aud grown profitably on u commercial
scale If the trees are plunted In thick
stands or mixed with other trees, so
as to produce a densely shaded con
dition during the first ten to fifteen
years. Investigations o f the United
States
department
o f ’ agriculture
showed that more trees were de
stroyed by borers In tracts which had
been pruned occasionally or closely
grazed, or In which fire had killed out
the underbrush, thus destroying the
natural shade produced by weeds and
shrubbery.
The denser the underbrush about
the trunks o f the trees, the less the
damage done by borers. Trees grow
ing from two to three feet apart were
seldom Injured, while nearby Isolated
trees were riddled by borers.
A ll trees ar.d all parts o f the tree
are not subject In the same degree to
attack by the borer. Rough bark pro
vides crevices In which the borers de
posit their eggs. Young trees, less
than one and one-hulf to two Inches
at the base, are not attacked unless
the bark Is rough. On younger trees
the borers are found at the base and
near rough crotches.
Trees with
trunks more than five or six Inches In
diameter rarely contain the Insects.
On such trees the larger branches
frequently are Infested; but such In
jury Is seldom common enough to do
much harm. Protection from borers
Is necessary fo r only a comparatively
short period during the tree’s growth.
Under good growing conditions tills
time should not exceed ten years.
The locust Is widely planted for
ornamental and shade purposes. It
Is highly desirable because It grows
readily In a variety o f soils and situ
ations. It grows rapidly and forms a
shapely crown when planted In the
open. But It Is frequently attacked
by borers.
This Is because shade
trees are planted singly and in the
open, thus furnishing favoruble condi
tions fo r attack.
Young borers can be killed readily
by the uso o f an arsenical spray.
Spraying will be necessary only every
two or three years unless badly in
fested trees nearby are not treated.
As a rule, spraying will not be need
ed after trees reach six inches In
diameter. Trees o f that size are usual
ly immune from attack, but should be
watched.
Locusts make such desirable shade
trees that they should not be neglect
ed and allowed to become Injured or
destroyed by borers. The Increasing
value o f black or yellow locust for
many purposes makes it a profitable
tree to grow commercially and em
phasizes the Importance o f protecting
It from the borer.
FO R INCREASED TOM ATO CROP
Illustration« Show How Supports Can
Be Constructed to Hold Plants
in Position.
It Is usually necessary to attach a
vertical extension to a large number
o f stakes In the tomato patch at cer
tain stages o f growth.
T h e extensions are first prepared
by driving w ire nails Into them, so
that the points o f the nails are flush
with the surface o f the opposite side,
as in Fig. 1.
Each piece Is then fitted Into posi
tion and held by an ordinary Iron
Helping the Tomato Planta to Get Up
in the W orld by M eant of Length-
ened Supports.
clamp, as in Fig. 2. Holding the edge
o f a flatiron against the bottom stake
w ill steady the support while the nails
are driven through and clinched.
This device w ill help in getting
every top stick “ plumb.” — James M.
Kane, In Popular Science Monthly.
U S E E F F E C T IV E LIC E POWDER
Always in Order in Ridding Fowle of
Insects— Kerosene W ill Exterm i
nate Mite«.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
The free use o f an effective lice pow
der Is always In order. A dust bath
Is very essential In ridding the fowls
o f lice.
Whitewashing Is effective
against vermin. Use kerosene on the
roosts and In the cracks to exterminate
mites.
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CONTROL OF CLOVER FLOWER
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
The back and sides o f the poultry
house should be absolutely tight in
order to prevent drafts which may
cause colds in the flock. This leaves
only the front o f the house o f muslin
construction or entirely open.
An
opening which can be closed by a
shutter may be used to advantage In
the rear wall of a poultry house In the
South, or In growing houses In all
parts o f this country, but this should
Best Method Is to Destroy Larvae of
First Brood— Adults Do Not Live
Very Long— Watch Horses Pas
turing on Alslke.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Even If there should be a good sea
son for clover, the crop o f seed can
not be ns large as the country needs,
because the seeding o f 1918 was lost
In a great many sections through
drought. It Is desirable, therefore,
that a maximum seed crop be produced
If possible. The method o f controlling
this clover flower midge Is to destroy
the larvae o f the first brood.
The
adults that have lived over winter
will lay their eggs In the flowers o f the
first crop o f red clover. These adults
do not live very long, and If the first
crop can be kept from producing bloom
when the adults are flying, or If the
blooms can be cut before the larvae
mature, there w ill be very few. If any,
adults to attack the second or seed
crop o f red clover. Details In regard
to this matter can be found In Farm
ers’ Bulletin 971.
An Open-Front Poultry House Keeps
Hens Healthy,
be constructed so that there w ill be
no drnft in cold weather. The front of
the house should be' so high thnt the
windows or openings will allow the
sun to shlno well back Into the Interior
during the winter. Burlap, unbleached
muslin, or light-weight duck cloth may
be used for curtains In the front. This
cloth should be thin enough to allow
a slow circulation o f air without a
draft. This Is Impossible If too heavy
a grade o f duck cloth Is used or If
the cloth Is oiled or painted.
A large amount o f glass In the front
o f the house makes It warm during the
day but cold at night, as glass radiates
heat very rapidly. Some glass, how
ever, Is helpful In providing light when
the curtains are closed. Some ventila
tion should be given In a poultry house
even In the coldest night. It Is usually
best secured by leaving a small win
dow open or having muslin curtains In
the front of the house. I f the house is
shut up tightly without any muslin cur
tains In the front there Is a tendency
fo r moisture to collect In the house
and condense on the rafters and other
woodwork on frosty mornings. It Is
not necessnry to close the muslin cur
tains In the front o f the house except
In very cold or stormy weather. Hens
are protected by nature with warm
feathers and a high body temperature
so that they are better able to with
stand dry, cold air than warmer air
which is damp.
M ONEY M ADE WITH CHICKENS
Poultry Clubs Organized by Depart,
ment of Agriculture Are Popular
In North and South.
MAXIMUM SEED
M IO P IS M I
Thla la a heavy, yet soft satin with
a quaint piping of plaited satin
hemmed in. The w hite dots are lawn
and little French dots secure It.
TRIMMING FOR G IR LS ' FROCKS
Crochet Buttons and Loops Among tha
Embellishments Added to Youth
ful Clothes.
All manner o f dainty trimmings are
nsed on frocks for the small girl. For
Instance, a charming model o f white
batiste had a narrow platted frill o f
flesh-tinted organdie edging the nar
row turn-down collar and turn-back
cuffs.
The short bodice was made
with box plait effect at the front, each
side being edged with a frill. Pale
pink crochet buttons and loops added
a further touch o f embellishment.
Many ploy frocks take on the lines
o f a sllp-on, the gown fastening be
ing at the side or both sides or at
the front nt the upper p..rt, A smart
little frock was made o f plain and
flowered material. The lower part o f
plain material was set on to the upper
part, the Joining line being cut In tnb
form, each tab ornamented by three
pearl buttons nnd cord loops.
The
neck was square nnd the fastening
was at either side o f the blouse front
—the closing being effected by but
tons nnd loops. The upper part o f
the frock wns of the plain material.
FO U LAR D
Seed From June Clover.
It Is sometimes desired to get seed
from the first crop o f June clover, and
this may be done by pasturing the
clover heavily enough to keep down
the bloom until the lutter part o f May.
At this time the stock may be taken
off; and, In that case, the June clover
will seed nt about the same time as
the mnmmoth ununlly does. However,
the common practice Is to tnke a crop
o f hay and allow the second crop to
make seed. When this plan Is fol
lowed, care w ill have to be taken to
control the clover-flower midge In ac
cordance with the instructions found
in Farmers’ Bulletin 971.
Danger In Alslke.
During this month, also, farmers pas
turing their horses on nlstke clover
should keep watch o f their animals,
HAS FIRS T P LA C E
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Fabric la Prime Favorite Among Silk
M aterials for W ear During
Old Mndnm Hen la proving a verita
W arm Weather.
ble fairy godmother to many girls In
supplying them with money fo r com
Among the silk materials fo r the
forts and luxuries. Foultry clubs or warm-weather frock the foulard has
ganized by the department o f agricul first place. The designs this season
ture and the state colleges are popular ore exceedingly varied. The polka dot
with the girls In both the North und ranges In size from a pin-head to
the South. Even small girls who care a hnlf dollar. One very good pattern
fully follow directions find poultry a recently noted hnd severnl dlfferent-
source o f profit. Grace Butler Is a slved circles o f white clustered to
fourteen-year-old club girl' In Logan gether nnd plentifully scattered over
county, Okla. Last year she sold 150 the surfnee o f n navy blue ground. A
birds fo r $147.25. During the year $125 very good-looking costume of this de
worth o f eggs w ere sold and she still sign wns combined with plain one-tone
has 200 chickens—worth ns many dol silk. The frock wns simple o f line.
lars. A flock o f pure-bred Plymouth The plain material formed the body
Rocks o f her own raising provided the o f the blouse nnd simulated peplum,
eggs and two Incubators hatched them. while the short sleeves nnd scalloped
flounces were of the polka dot foulard.
the costume wns a leg
O LD M EM BERS REJOIN CLUBS Completing
horn hat trimmed with scarlet flow
ers.
Boys in Florida Buying Good Stock
T o wear with many of the chnrmtng
and W illin g to Borrow Money to
little organdie frocks wide-brimmed
Pay for IL
hats o f the same material have been
especially fashioned. These are trim
(Prepared by the United States Depart
med with taffetn ribbon, nnd sometimes
ment o f Agriculture.)
Good work accomplished by the fnced with taffeta. Jersey cloth, both
In silk nnd wool. Is one of the most-
boys’ clubs o f D e Soto county, Fla., last
favored silk materials.
year encouraged practically all o f the
old members and many other boys to
join the clubs this year. There are IN NEW U M B R ELLA H AND LES
now in the county 54 members In the
pig club, 24 In the corn club nnd six Bakellte Is Latest Material, Finished
in the cane club. In Marlon* county
W ith Loop of Same M aterial
the county agent recently placed 53
or of Leather.
pigs with club members. The boys are
buying good stock, he reports, and are
T o be quite In accord with the pre
willing to borrow the money to pay vailing mode, one should see thnt the
for It i f necessary. In Walton county new umbrella boasts o f a bakellte
both the corn and pig club work are handle, finishing with a loop o f the
growing, there being 50 new members same material, or o f leather, which
In them.
will help one to retain this accessory
In her possession for n reasonable
length o f time. The new substnnee
PRODUCT O F S M A LL FLOC KS comes
In a variety o f colors nnd can
be obtained both transparent nnd
Annual Average la Commonly Esti
opaque, to suit the Individual taste.
mated at Ten Dozen Eggs Per
The white bakellte closely resemble*
Hen If Given Care.
Ivory or a very fine celluloid; when
yellow. It Is clear like amber, nnd In
(Prepared by the United States Depart
dellcnte green It Is slightly figured
ment o f Agriculture.)
nnd nlmost like Jade. The round han
The ordinary average annual pro
dle Is movable to suit the convenience
duction o f small flocks o f hens given
o f the person carrying it, and the
good care Is commonly estimated at
leather loops nre attached at the low
ten dozen eggs per hen. T w o onllnnry
er part o f the straight handle. When
hens for each member o f the family
one has learned the value o f these
will supply about 20 per cent more
protective loops, they are found al
eggs than the average city family now
most necessary thereafter. __ -t
cdnftufflès.
A Good Field of Tim othy and Clover
Hay, W ith a Large Part of Clover.
especially those having white faces
and white feet. A number o f Instances
have been reported where horses have
been poisoned by eating asllke clover.
These Instances have been numerous
enough to show that alslke clover has
a detrimental effect at certain stages
o f its development.
Unfortunately,
nothing Is known yet as to the reason
o f this effect, but the fact that it does
occur is sufficiently well established
to warrant a warning on the part o f
the department. When horses feeding
on alslke clover are observed to have
sores around the face and mouth, they
should be Immediately taken off the
alslke clover and put upon hay or a
grass pasture. This will cure the dif
ficulty.
RIDDING CHICKS O F VERMIN
L ittle Piece of Lard Rubbed on Back
of Head and Neck la Quite E f
ficient Remedy.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
Head lice on chicks Is one o f tho
drawbacks from now on. No let up
In fighting these pests should be al
lowed. There are many remedies on
the market, but a little lard about the
size o f a pen rubbed thoroughly on the
bark o f the head and neck Is sufficient
to rid the chick o f these pests. This
should be done after dark on a dry,
worm night. Previous to this the coop,
hen or brooder should be thoroughly
attended to.
F E E D AND CARE O F CHICKENS
Department of Agriculture Hae Issued
C ircular W hich W ill Be Found
Important.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
Now that hatching Is over in many
sections and w ill be over very shortly
everywhere, the real Important factor
Is feeding and care o f the youngsters.
The department o f agriculture at
Washington Issues a circular on “ First
Care o f Baby Chicks,” G-30, which Is
verjr helpful.