Ashland tidings., March 21, 1919, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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.PEACE "
are nearly as great as the
difficulties of war
Hard work, unselfishness and co
operation made Victory pos
sible and will make
Peace enduring
U. S. Department of Labor
IV. B. WILSON,
- . Sec. of Labor.
Pure riilk
Pure Cream
Norton's Clover Leaf Dairy '
E. N. NORTON, TELEPHONE
Proprietor 392-J
Strictly Sanitary. Thoroughly Up-to-Date. Good Ser
vice to Any Part of Town
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Undertakers
Lsdy Assistant
Deputy County Coroner
State Licensed Enbalmer
Ashland Transfer
& Storage Co.
C. F. Bate, Proprietor
Wood, "Peacock"
and Rock Springs
Coal and Cement
phone iW
Office 93 Oak Street, Ware
fconse on track near depot.
Ashland, Oregon
INTER URBAN AUTOCAR CO.
Leave Ashland for Medford, Tal
ent and rhooulx daily except Sunday
at 9:00 a. m. and 11 a. m., and 1:00,
4:00 and 5:15 p. ra. Also on Satur
day night at 6:30. Sundays, leave
t 9:00 a. m., 12:30, 4:30 and 6:30
c. m.
Leave Medford for Ashland daily
except Sunday at 8:00 and 10 a m.
nd 1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also
en Saturday night at 10:15. On Sun
days 10:30 a. m.. 1:30, 6:30 and
$:30 p. m.
Fare between Medford and Ash
lend, 20 cents. Round trip 60 cents
I GET THE BEARD BUT LEAVE
THE ROOTS
T'tn nnt of tor thft "nnnnd of flesh"
I leave the roots to continue their
growth.
"You are next."
Biickhorn Barber Shop
Clyde Costolo
Superstitions Have
Become a Science
Voui have heard them say thj
old farmers in the neighborhood in
which you ' were brought up that
when the little, latej stunted cockle
bur weeds an inch or two high 1-
gan to mature their burrs, It was
time to get the late crops under
cover lecause frost would be alons
In a few nights. The catkins on the
maple trees had something to do with
early gardening. The women UBed
to watch for blackberry blossoms
bad something to. do with planting
beans; didn't It? And either the
Opening of the eldor flowers or the
ripening of the elderberries fixed
the time for some summer operation
maybe it was sowing turnip seed,
or It may have been harvesting the
early ouions. And there was a great
deal more of the surae kind. Nearly
every field and garden operation de
pended on some tree or flower a
mass of misinformation, interesting
88 folklore and all that, but utterly
useless as aids to productive farm
ing.
' That is what you thought, perhaps.
It is what a great many thousands of
people have thought. All these "su
perstitions" did not fit in with the
little bit of epeksure science that
every boy and girl learned at school.
It was merely something for well-
meaning old folks to putter around
with and for well-informed people
to smile at -
Comes, now, the United States De
partment of Agriculture and says
that such lore Is not superstition and
never was, that It is not useless and
never was, but that, On the other
hand, It is and has always been one
of the most accurate aids possible to
the right sort of agriculture. Here
Is the opinion, in the language of
the Department's science:
"Properly recorded and, correctly
Interpreted, there is nothing perhaps
to equal the records of the dates of
periodical events in plants as Indices
to the hio-cllmatic character of a
place or local area, because such
events are in direct response, not to
one or a few, but to all the complex
elements and factors of the environ
ment which no artificial instrument
or set of instruments yet available
will record."
What that means, in plain lan
guage, is that there is a best time
for every farm and garden operation,
and that some tree or shrub or plant
Indicates that best time more accu
rately than all the scientific Instru
ments can possibly register it.
The only restriction Is that till
nature lore with relation to crops bo
"properly recorded and correctly in
terpreted.' The "superstitions" that
you smiled at were all the while the
basis of a very useful, and very ex
act science only nobody had ever
systematized it.
Currants and gooseberries com
monly do better, especially in tht
southern limits of their range, if
grown where there is partial shaded
This sometimes can be provided by
planting them between fruit trees.
Raspberries and bladkberirl'es are
sometimes planted between trees, but
the practice is not advisable unless
the soli Is naturally moist and fer
tile. . . .
Iftlfl tl llA lll.r flni-ilon Your
Home gardenlngj Is starting oft
this year In every section of the coun
try with the momentum gained dur
ing the two gardening soasons in
which the United States was at war.
This is the conclusion drawn from
reports to the garden specialists of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture from garden It'aders In most
of the states. According to these re
ports gardening has spread to every
element of the people and has be
come a fixed factor la city and sub
urban as well as rural life. With
experience gained by amateur gard
eners in past seasons and with gar
dens assuming a permanent rather
than a temporary character, this
year is expected to be the greatest
year ever recorded in making waste
land produce food.
States Help Tuberculosis Work.
Legislatures in 23 states that have
convened recently are expected to
appropriate nearly $2,000,000 for
eradication of tuberculosis from live
stock, according to reports to tho
Bureau of Animal Industry. Much of
this money Is expected to be appro
priated for indemnifying owenrs for
cattle destroyed because of tubercu
losis, and in most cases carries the
understanding tliat ' partlajl indem
nity will be made by the Federal
Government, according to a recent
act of Congress. In states where it
is necessary to change the laws re
lating to tuberculosis eradication In
order to cooperate with the Federal
Government and receive Federal as
sistance in indemnification, necessary
changes are expected to be made.
Dr. J. A. Klerman, In charge of tu1er
culosls eradication work of the Bu
reau of Animal Industry, says that
the great interest being shown by
state legislatures is good evidence
that the importance of tuberculosis
eradication Is realized and that Fed
eral cooperation is appreciated.
Little Demand for American Seed.
Letters and cablegrams from the
representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture who have
been in Europe for two months do
not Indicate that there will be an
early active demand In England for
any of the 'seeds commonly exported
by the United States, except meadow
fescue seed. It Is possible that Rus
sia and a faw of the other countries
might need a considerable quantity
of our seeds, hut by the time trans
portation, monetary, and other dif
ficulties clear up It Is thought that
European surpluses of various kinds
of seeds gradually will filter into
Russia and elsewhere", thereby leav
ing no appreciable opening for the
American seed.
Compulsory Forestry Advocated.
Compjulatory practice of Mresry
on private tlmberlands, coupled with
' USE
Land Plaster"
NOW
Ashland Lumber Co.
Phone 20
a liberal policy of public cooperation
and assistance, was advocated by
Henry S. Graves, Chief of the Forest
Service, in a recent address before
the New England Forestry Congress.
Killing Cattle Ticks Early.
Reports to the Bureau of Animal
Industry from all states infested by
the cattle fever tick tell of excellent
responses to the slogan, "Dip that
tick In March." Many dipping vats
were in active operation 'early in
the month, while others were being
prepared for dipping work not later
(han March 15, By dipping In
March the Federal and State tick
eradicators hope to kill millions of
the parasites before they can multi
ply. Karly dipping is one of the fea
tures of the 1919 campaign, which
alms to break all records in amount
of territory made tick-free.
Stimulating I'w of Dairy Products.
The Bureau of Markets of the De
partment of Agriculture announces
that it is prepared to furnish local
organizations complete plans for
campaigns to stimulate the consump
tion of dairy -products in cities. A
campaign at Sedalla, Mo., was con
ducted In February thru the cooper
ation of .the chamber of commerce,
the Women's Division of the Council
of National Dofense, the State col
lege of agriculture and other local;
organizations. Last year campaigns
conducted by the department to en
courage the use of dairy products
were held lu Boston, Detroit, Des
Moines, Minneapolis, and St. Paul
At Des Moines after a week's cam
paign the demand for milk became
greater than dealers were able to
meet. At another city a dealer who
was marketing about 850 pounds of
cottage cheese each week increase!
his sales to 850 pounds a day, and
in other cases much skimmed milk
that had been going to waste was
converted into cottage cheese and
found a ready market.
'
Reports Milk Prices la 43 States.
Monthly reports are now issued by
the Bureau of Markets sliowlng
wholesale and retail prices of milk
In oyer 100 cities in 43 states. The
report for February shows retail
prices for standard bottle milk deliv
ered ranging between 11 and 20 cts.
o quart with the most usual prices 14
and 15 cts. a quart. Prices paid pro
ducers per quart f. o. b. city varied
from 6.4 to 12.7 cts. a quart with
the bulk of milk ranging between 7
and 8 cts. a quart. The February
report carries a column showing the
"dealers spread" in cents per quart
on 3.5 per cent milk delivered to
retail trade. It ranges from 4.4 cts.
to 11.5 cts.
Thin "Tick" Cotitly, Too.
"One of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry slogans," declares an Idaho
editor, "is a 'tick-free South."
Whether it Is the kind of a tick that
Infests cattle in warm countries and
whose ravages cost up to $40,000,-
000 a year, or the still more expen
slve 'tick which consists of buylnc
things for which you have not the
cash In sight to pay, it is a good thing
for the whole country to be free
from."
According to specialists of the Bu
reau of Animal Industry, the passing
of the cattle tick is followed closely
by the introduction of improved live
Btock and other sources of prosperi
ty. Thus it appears that with the
eradication of the cattle tick, south
ern states will enjoy Increasing free
dom from the burdensome "tick" of
time buying. Especially the dairy
Industry, which has been developing
In the tick-free areas of the South.
Is recognized as a cash industry since
the products of the dairy herd are
produced and marketed thruout the
year.
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"Thrift Kitchens" Continue Work.
Many thrift kitchens organized
during war times to help war condi
tions have proved so valuable that
their continued existence now seems
assured. Thrift In the home Is taught
under the direction of the home dem
onstration agents of the Department
of Agriculture and the State colleges
In the "salvage shops," as the kitch
ens are sometimes called. These
kitchens were originally established
to teach people thrift in using their
own material. It soon developed,
however, that many people who wish
ed to be thrifty had little to be thrif
ty with. -This led to the kitchens
being used as clearing houses for
material still possessing much wear
discarded in the homes of the well
to do and much needed where re
sources are more limited. In the
Bourbon County, Kans., thrift kitch
en this work has been especially suc
cessful. The kitchen is open from
9 until 5, and the home demonstra
tion agent or the visiting nurse plans
to be there during these hours. To
prevent any possibility of contagious
diseases being desseminated, gar
ments are thoroly fumigated or ster
ilized before being given out or re
made. If soiled garments are re
ceived, they are laundered b'y needy
women, who, by giving their work,
feel they are thus paying for the as
sistance they may have received,
When it Is practicable . those who
have been helped are urged to come
to the kitchen to sew, mend, or do
other work in return for gifts of
clothing. By this method pauperism
Is discouraged and the women have
on opportunity to profit by the In
struction given in garment making
and remodeling under experts in
charge of the work. Many volunteer
workers help in this ork, and the
plan followed has been for the vol
unteers to work every afternoon ex
cept Saturday and have the other
workers come forenoons and Satur
days. In one month in the Fort
Scott, Kans., kitchen 619 garments
were given out which did not need
remodeling and 52 others, either new
or entirely made over .from old gar
ments.
' The City of
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Akron, OhiosiA
No More
Days Of Less
Meatless, beatles9, wheat,
less are days of the past;
but the thrift bornof them
is with us to stay,
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To demand the utmost for
' a dollar is one great les
son the world has learned.
Along with other days of
less, it has cancelled days
of les9 service.
Service has always been
the Goodrich measure 'of
the value of tires; that is,
what a tire proves itself
worth you in service on
your car, and on the road.
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You see promise of service
in the burly, full rounded
bodies of Goodrich Serv
ice Value Tires; and
their thicker SAFETY
TREADS, extra wide
to fortify the sidewall
ngainst rut grinding'
You get fulfillment of prom
ised service value in
their dependability and
durability wherever you
take them. .
Buy Goodrich T'res
from q Dealer .
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