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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1908)
Qanllty of Grass Seed. Flectric Farming. Although agricultural machinery Ia»s«o«»<l M»««bl>»ard. highly approved finish j» that hand- ers in tjje sheath fitting effect of the originated in the United States and the n endeavor to provide some embroidered collars are not cast-iron, hipfl. There is a deep belt that extenjls American fanner used patent mowers, fi eaiM of h««»»-ui>ig tlw back-breaking and pins that »ill not tear a tautly- the entire depth of the hi[>s and from reapers and threshing machines long labor every woman undergoes when streteh- <1 anti starched collar have not tills there falls a flat flounce trimmed before their Euro[>ean contemporaries with Innumerable lflsertions or rows of in the same field of labor had put aside washing clothes, a been invented. »'pon removing ■ new collar and per ribbons. The bottom is finished with scythe, rs-ke and flail, the possibility \'i-br;*sk.i woman has »lislgned and ceiving it pierced with- holes, shV but little frills and. ruches-. Such a skirt, of lntroifucing electric power in farm patented » . new tonholed tls-se rents Into ornamental takes up little ehough room and adds work was first recognized In the Old World. • irran'gement of the eyelets. Now. she avers that her collar Imperceptible bulk. This .has probably been due to the im longer tears, and. tttoreover, that It a ashboartf. Til* B»ain <ftrr Fifty. fact that the farmers of America, is pinned strajght with much- less vex Woiueu never The brain usually stops growing at thrifty and far-seeing, recognizing the it*- a waahlsKird ation of soul than hitlferto. about .TO, and from '¡0 to 79 it is more .economy and reliability of the small except on an In . likely to decrease, It 1 has been related oil engine, failed to perceive how any -line, not realizing liy Cation MacColl, , says.the London saving 'could be effected by generating hat every Inch Spectator, that Mr. Gladstone’s head electric current and distributing to Its «oai/amiTAi. wash loser the rubbing was constantly outgrowing his hats» motors In outlying positions. (io«ai>. surf.-tee is.brought As late as the Midlothian campaign. When, however, the luains from some «•> tie- iqienttor .make* a groat »liffer when he was nearly 79, he was obliged large electric power company pass with «-it-r in flit- labor re»)Ulr«‘d. In the to have his heail remeasured for this in reach of a. farm or estate the condi iilustf.-itlou tiie mishlxtard . in plaeed Canon .Maj-Coll's conclusion . tions ar5 much more favorable, and reason. horizontally ai-rons tin- lop of III»- fui».' that this 'continued' growth of brain this state of tilings must already exist Mlnmt tlitee ini-ins In-low thi- e»fg»*. ami contributed to Mr. Gladstone's peren in a measure .which will be largely ex pot mi art Im-line Th»* usual [sisition v great deal of colored embroidery nial youthfulness ap[»ears Hot unwar tended in the future. Current German »if a woman tiemHng over tin* tub fo' newspapers contain an interesting ac on-white ground and of colored hems ranted. rea.-ii fi.,, rubbing surface is thus avoid count of the application of electricity to striking on white pattern robes are < ItHl Witfeoat Hongt. H»4 »»1. as tiie tub can In- ralwl upon a If you want to look very pretty and a group of farms in Saxony. The elec •»ipport bigi» enough for tlu- operator features of new pattern robfs. of < re have red cheeks for a dance, you can tric current is brought from an adja Jaunty little Frenchy coats, to move the arti les I»-Ing washed in a horizontal to-and fr»> manmr wltlmut tonne and a parasol to match will be do this, says the Delineator: Rub cobi cent town by overhead wires carried »«* mi mg the ba<*b Tiie washlsiar»! i» «een with -white or colored linen and ereatn into the face, always with an on wooden pole« Two receiving sta Hupl«»rte»l across ttir »vnter <»f tin-» tub' pique skirts ou rieit season'» summer upward rotary movement.’ Wipe that tion» are »«ranged, from which tiie »lee- off. rub in more and wipe it off again. tricity 1» distributed to the farm build by hi»ng»-rs at «etch end. If desirable - girl. f«»rig sleeve« sec seen again In simp Then wash the face with hot water. ings and to convenient positions in the to incline the washbtKird. hwblers «re I field» for the purpose of driving thresh- •ng and other machinery. SOME OF THE NEW STYLES IN BATS. Sixteen fil’d eleetrlc motors are in stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat crushing, pumping and for ojierating machinery used in the manufacture of potato spirit. In addition to this pow er equipment, six portable motors are provided, which may be used for driv* ing pump», circular saws, threshing ma chinery, and so forth, at any point where their services are required. The houses and buildings on the farms are all lit by electricity. 9 ar* lamps and about 1,000 glow lamps being used for ’he pur|«>»e. It must be pointed out', however, that this example could only lie followed In the United States oa a very large e* .its or s group of adj.-i-’cnt brins-. and it is doubtful whether such .« scheme could be made a commercial «meces» for the operation, of farming machinery pure and simple. It woul l H[>|>ear that .wood sawing, pumping and other oiierations rivjulring [«>wer must be in -luded If tiie results are to compare favorably with those nt present obtained by the use of oil or steam engines. But the Saxon etjwrlment I’ full of Interest, and displays a curiously progressive spirit in a country where 'arm fences are almost unknown, ¡ittd shepherds and cowherds are still living amid pictur esque realities. 7] Food ■JVKKlKc; HAT . Tiie old-time, list of twenty years ago the one that resembhsl an invert- ••»! kettle with » cockade Which stuck Up in the air »everak feet -is to .la- tile latest ctaze this spring. Tiie new cre ation is called “Tiie Campaign Hat" and will cost all the way from $51» to $!.<■■» .tills in order that tiie common [>eople may not wear them and render them ordinary. Among the most popu- lar Imts this year are the Campaign hat, the Merry Widow sailor, the black leghorn, and a new evening hat»- The one thing that is barred in hats is th'e big. wide headpiece so fashionable a yi‘ar ago. Also there will bo no rib bons worn on stylish hats. There will he. howevyr, abundant quantities of flowers and much tine lace worn. provided by >»W. *ne end. can Is* low of the hamlannrot .weddjng gowns and ered so as to su[>port tiie «1 si)boa rd at a r<» ent w<slding not only tiie bride wore Jong sleeves but the bridesmaids «t in angle ms-essary. also.’ Is Ik* Sick R«om. Of ¡ill the »‘oilers offered at the ne»*k Tkni't tell long stories. wea’r coupters Just pow mi other is so 1 a>n't rehash oilier p»»»ple's trials, generally popular as the strl[>t*»l on»« 1 »»n't tliitik up miserable possibili- i embroidered w ith »-olor»*d dots or ».-ol tie.*'. , ore»l pattern. < rood cheer Is better than medicine, Some of the most effective litth* file Jest ha an important part tp play blouse« art* ma'dt* of stri|ie»l voile anti %s a renusly for irritability. Order, observation and obedience arc have a »■''»Tni,| nt living them’ blond lace three cardinal virtues in a nurse ., j Jaltots e»lged narrowly with batiste in Add to tbies* tact, the want of which j tiie color of the stripe. Then dash cold water over it and dry it thoroughly w’ith a soft towel. To adil the final touch take a small piece of ice. caver »vitti a towel and rub gently, three or' four times over I ho »•liAek. bones. This gives a color which will last for hours, and is really a mild form <>f T»irklsh bath for tjie fn,r. Many ladies before going to dinner use leather sponges, rubbing the cheeks first with wurtn water, then ho’ water. an»J dry thoroughly. This gives a love ly color. (XlifrAIG'K Sleeves of this smsoii *« gowns *hlch are to *»■»* tt«e during the spring ami 1 summer will have to be cut down. There HSnilh«*»eklrt < ■». I is little fullness gathered Into tlie ami Take a large handkerchief With a hole, sometimes none at all. pretty bonier and fold in the ndddl»* Skirts are plaited, clroulnr nn<l Sew together at one end Ind roM-r-e gored, many of them wlth front pn nel Titke the point where the seftui ami • -ffe -ts. A wide band at thè hem. fold meet and bring It forward to th»* which tips upward at the back. Is one front and ■ itch. Fold tit-* I obw ebr of the latest fad«. It has been eonsplc- tiers at th»* bottom over for alsait two nous on th»* other side all winter. inches, and then put several, plaits In T ie h»'U fa»l of tin* rnomont Is a plain tlis ba» to it the geek. This will ft» ike «trap of leather to a»*»*rd with the a well fitting, dainty “dii*ting cap." I «own an»l■ Listen» with a monogram and one licit Will slways look bright rnSJe The*- ¡ire gold or silver, quite ami m at. ami can lx* easily launder» I I rquFtd. tlir w»-Arer « initials being set i • itHift j tine rint. The clasp 1« pr»*- It»-e follnr» !>• Nof Te«S is»ly fl«» jvldth of fl»»' bolt ami so aff- One bright w -man has solved th it problem which vbxes every feminine ,Ju«* d ib itx it n»iy be put on dlfferrtit who pins her linen collar across thef I »and«. , all otb it»e ««test p»i:i »ut front. The objection ta thia trim and^ I Is the base of nearly every sin .1 1111 rm* may commit. « » ' leniti»« (linen Silk, It is advisable white glace silk is drying to shake It rej>eatedly and get It smooth by this process, so that ft niav not require Ironing, as the application of hot metal removes the natural crlsp- ne»s from the silk and entirely spoils its apfiearance. All -ott silk«, howisfr. look better it ironed, but this should not be attempt ed until till the iH-nzine Inis passed off. as the beat of the iron might ¡.,-nite tin- spirit ¡uni tin- silk I»- destroyed. Worth Knon-lnw, Here are some of th« things which will tend to keep colors from fading: For blue use a handful of salt, for green a lump of alum. <>x gnll wjJI keep gray or brown from fading. When washing tail, brown or linen color use hay water, which Is made by pouring boiling water over bay. An English Journal, The .I.¡meet, in discussing the comparative food value of roast beef and turkey, says that it .may I* said that, weight for weight, ' the flesh of the turkey is more nourish ing than that of beef;'lnit the hitter is. generally speaking, cheaper than the former. The moisture in beef, how ever, exceeds the amount present in the flesh of the .turkey, anil the latter contains a better-¡»ereentage of prott'id or flesh-forming substance. In either case the percentage of moisture is sel» dom less than 70 per cent.'. . In lean bt'ef the amount of fat Is much the same as In a not too well-fpd •turkey, but it- must be pointed out that the flesh of poultry differs froip that of beef and mutton in not liaving its muscular fibers permeated by fat, and. moreover, the fibers in the flesh of the fowl uire short and rarely yield to the disintegrating action of the digestive ¡irocesses. A large amount of fat in either case is apt to interfere with the digestibility of the meat. The fat of beef is more digestible tliiin the fat of the turkey. The fat of birds, in fact, is harder, and owing to its tendency to become rancid, it unsuitable for the dyspsptic patient. The Lancet believes- that the most Important difference from a dietetic point of view between beef and turkey Is that, whereas beef contains a high percentage of extractive matters, tur key contaiirs hardly any at all. The ex tractive matters in beef account largely fob its peculiar and marked flavor, and 'owing t« their absence in poultry gen erally, and In the pheasant and part I ridge. the flavor of the*» meats ,1s deli cate. But there is no doubt that the extractives of beef, as well as mutton, are valuable, fo'r not only are they flavoring agents, 'but they also act as •perhaps the most powerful stimulant to gastric digestion. ■ .earned by * □ a • » the grain. He can now dispense ■ with one saw, hs -it is possible to put the two blades having different teeth on two rnor«. the one saw, a* shown In the Illustration. The smooth top edge always Seen on saws is changed to a cutting edge, simi lar tq the regular cutting edge, the saw thus having t<-eth on the two longi tudinal opposite edges. The handle is hinged to the blade instead .of being rigid and can be reversed as it becomes necessary to use either blade., This saw is also an economical saw. as It saves the expense of purchasing two saws. <■?••• B»lo» than lira»«, A famous veterinary surgeon <1< clares that grass Ix-ats all drugs in' creation as a Cure for sick horses atid mules. Horses should have a few quarts of cut grass daily, from spring until1 fall Tin* prevalent notion that it is harmful is without foundation. Grass is to horses what fresh veget-i hies'and fruit ¡ire to the human family hih I Fnrin .Wotea.. The profitable J ¡ tip of product ion Is to maintain good health with early ma turity. More than half a million emigrants from Russia have passed into Siberia the past year to engage in wheat rais ing, A fanner near McEwap. Tenn., is dis playing an ear of corn twelve inches long, weighing three pounds and con taining 1,380. grains. . A grain farm at Murray. Iowa, ship ped twenty-seven carloads of timothy seed 'last fall, for which the farmer» received from $1.50 to $1.75 a bushel. A Kansas man claims to have.Invent- e«l a fence-weaving machine, run by a two-horse power gasoline engine, which will weave and set a m-ile of fence a day. , . ’ . ’ • • The United States produced 14.000.- 000 bushels of rice last year on a half million acres. The culture of rice is gradually creeping north ami some very good grain is reported In Arkansas. Holland has set engineers to work to pump' tije water out of the fajnous Zuyder Zee and turn it into dry land. Wheh this work .is accomplished there will rise where 4.000 fishermen now sink their eels fafms and homes for 50,000 .Hollanders. A Washington dispatch says ».genius has Invented a do[>e which when used as [stint for farm machinery will pre vent rust and decay. This might be goo«l news for those farmers who ,11 se the fen<-e corners as storehouses for their farm machinery, but the primu blllty la they are too lazy to apply the dope. It. W. Crouse, a graduate of Iowa agricultural college, has been appointed State lecturer on animal husbandry for Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gone to the Massachusetts agricultural col lege as assistant In nnimal husbandry. The demand for college graduates in the high class agricultural lines at sat arles ranging ironi $1.090 to $2,000 s rear la larger than the supply. < Chin**« Oplvm D*n. An opium den usually takes up one I floor of ¡i building. Ag.-iinst the walls is- a continuous wooden [flatform, per- . haps two feet high ami extending out j seven or eight feet into the room. This , platform is divided at intervals of five or six fis-t by low |i.a rt It ions, sometimes but a few inches in height, into com partment's. each of w hi h m-i-onnmslates two smokers, with one him,» lietween them. Sometimes a rug or a bit of nnitting is laid on thia lull'd couch, somi-times not: for tiie Chinaman, ac- i-ustoim-d to sleeping on bricks, prefers his »-ouches hard. A man always Iles »low ti to smoke opium; for the porous [till, which is pressed into the tiny orl- I lice of the pipe, cannot be ignited. but Is held direi-tl.v over tin- liinq'» and I lie •lame drawn through It. The first den we entered was on the ‘»«•olid floor of a rickety building. We » limbed tin* sti*ep. infinitely dirty stair- w.av. crossed a narrow hall and opcmsl it door. At first I foilml it difficult to sen distinctly in the dim light and lliroirgh the tliiik blue luize; and the ovci | h > w ering, slckish fumes of the drug got into my nose and throat and made breathing a -noticeable effort. There was a desk by the door, behind which sat the keejier of the den, with n lifter of pipes and thimble-like caps before hiu'i. In a corner of the desk was a Jar of opium, a thick, sticky substance, dark brown in color. In appearance not unlike molasses in January. There were twenty smokers on the corn-lies, some preparing the pellet of opium by knead ing it and pressing It on the pipe bowl, some dozing off the fumes, and a few smoking. An attendant moved about tiie room with fresh supplies of the drug. For each thimbleful, enough for one or two smokes, the price was fifteen cents (Mexican). Samuel Merwin, tn Success Magazine. Only One. “At- the unveiling of Rodin's bust of Hehley in Westminster Abbey," said a New York editor, “a number of good stories were told nbotlt the groat poet. II. G. Wells praised Henley's conduct of tiie New Review. Of course tbit periodical failed, yet undoubtedly It was the best-edited magazine of the last century. In It Henley "introduced to .the world new writers of such dis tinction as Joseph Conrad, Kqnneth Grahame. W. B. Yeats, Mr. Wells him self. and so on. One day as Mr. Wells and Henley sto»si In the office of th»» magazine, dlscussitig rather sadly its gloomy projq>ects, a funeral wont by •titIt slow [Mice. “Henley loaned out of the window and looked nt the funeral anxiously.. Then he turned to his companion ami said with a worried frown: “‘Can that l»e our subscriber?”’ ' T 1 Mnn's 1.1 in 11 n 11 o n s. Mnn can drive wild horses, gofern a nation, settle mountain [»eaks and win a war. bitt when he tries to rule a woman be known that be will meet defeat e 4 • «5 ' J i>s«»is-r.a*«4 ■**. To make one saw take the place of two, and at the same time preserve .Its recent Invention of durability, an Indiana man. Every carpenter includes two saws A Miracle *»( Medicine. Colonel William C. Gorgas, chief san itary officer of the isthmian canal zone, lias lately told the Inspiring story of , how his department has ronverted one of the most deadly regions of the world into a place of habitation as healthful as any American city. The story really begins with the re markable work of the army board in Havana In 1901, by which It was aliso- tutely established that the mosquito Is not only a means, but the sole means, .by which yellow fever and malaria are transmitted to human beings. By vir tue of tills knowledge, Havana was rid of txith these tropical scourges. The task at Panama, although simi lar, was much greater, but it lias been accomplished almost as completely. Colonel Gorgas. w ho. was at the head of sanitation in Cuba, has lieen In charge of the task of making the canal zone habitable since the beginning of American occupation, and to him more than to any other man is due the credit of making the construction of the <wil pissible without a terrible sacrifice of human life. Yellow fever lias tieen absolutely eradicated, and malaria has been so thoroughly brought under control that the sick rate among the 32,000 laborers is less than that of similar itodles of- workmen In the United States. Pur Ing the last year it was only twenty nine In the thousand. The result has been acrvimplished by the simple exjiedfents of screening the sleeping, rooms Of the men and oiling the surface, of breeding places of the mosquitoes for a space of 200 yards from the barracks. The anopheles, which transmit malaria, can fly only about 100 yards. Tb the person who views these achievements with the scientific Imag- • Inatlon there is an outlook far beyond the conquering of malaria and yellow* fever. He gains a new' conception of the growing dominion of medical sci ence. It seems almost as if ttie world stood u|H>n the very threshold of that temple of knowledge In which disease shall be stripped of power and the af flicted of all the earth shall find sanctu- a ry.—Youth’s Companion.- C •f» a O Hard Knncka. So long as the home market »s not fully supplied there 's no gain In ship- ptng away. As a rule the offspring of Immature and psmpered animals are predisposed to disease. A proper rotation and wise tillage will do much to keep the soil supplied with available fertility. Hotter methods, better stock and bet ter tools hnv« don >’ed tin productions of more Utan one farm. Oats contain largely the mineral properties requisite to fbnn and grow bone and ths protein that makes mus de «nd v -tsr lHwiwa The Maine la* regulating the sale of agricultural sml* requires that grass see»l shall be sold under a guarantee as to purity. Bulletin 138 of the Maine agricultural exi>erimeiit station, which, doubtless, many of your readers have received, gives analysis of the sedila which were collected by tiie inspector and those sent to the exp»-riw'-nt sia- tiou by corre*«mdenee in lissl. l'b>* dealers are very generally conforming to the law and the purity of most seeds is now guaranteed. The question nat urally arises In the mind of a farmer, should a seed be strh-tly pure, and, if not, how nearly pure should it be? The purity of seeds varies greatly with their kind. It •* liossible to grow timothy seed so clean that It shall car ry practically no foreign weed seeds. It Is not as eady to grow any of the other grasses on clovers so clean. There is no need for the sower to ever buy timothy seed that Is much less than 99.5 per cent pure. Samples have been e'xamlned by tiie station the present year .which contained not a single for eign harmful seed. , The ' best red elov.ér -seed will-fre quently carry as much as 1 per cent of foreign matter, although these im purities are usually comparatively harmless. It Is, however, poor, policy for the sower to buy a red-clover seed tiiat is less' than 98 per cent pur'e. The best grades of alsike clover will run about 98.5 per cent pure on the average. I't Is doubtful 'if the purchaser should buy an alsike whose purity is less than 97.5 [»er cent, RtAltup Is the most difficult seed of all. It will, of course, contain more or. less chaff. It Is difficult to grow red- top free from timothy, and the seed cleaners find It difficult to separate tim othy seed from redtop after It has once been introduced. Samples of redtop carrying ms high a» 12 or even 15 per cent of timothy are not unusual. If one could be sure that ths Impuri ties were harmless like chaff and timothy It might be safe to buy a redtop even as low ns 85 per cent pure. Unless one is assured of the character of the im purities, it Is unwise to buy a redtop less than 95 per cent pure. • ••»• • • .’•« • • 9 * • • • .» •• •• • • I o o
