THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE THREE
TOMATO PLANTS
DEMAND WARMTH
Early Ripening Can Be Secured
in Most Sections Only by
Starting Indoors.
KEEP MODERATELY WATERED
Just Such Bolt Will Grow Crop of
Corn or Potatoea la Recom
mendedLittle Wall-Rottad
Manure Will Help.
OTrpared by hs United Blatas Depart
ment of AcrltuKura.)
There U petiiaps no product of the
garden tluit la ao refreshing or pulut
utile a well-ripened, fresh tomatoes,
; Mini they cun be used In audi a va
riety of ways. While fresh tomatoes
aro preferable to canned ones they
loo very little flavor or quality In the
rn tilling ami good canned toniatKa
mid very materially to the food auiily
of tho winter mouths.
To Qat Early Tomatoes.
ICnrly ripening add greatly to tho
value of the toiuuto crop and early to
luutoea run he aecurcd In moat see-
Hardy Tomato Plant Started In Pot
tlona only by starting the plants In
door. (iarden specialist of the
United States I M-part tm-rit of Agrleul
ture any It la easy to grow plants In
door a by Mowing n atuull packet of to
mato need In a cigar box filled with
mellow noil ill. out six or eight weeks
before Die usual time of the last kill
ing frost In spring. The seeds should
be covered about one-jtiurter Inch und
the soil kept moderately wutercd and
the plnnta will generally ronio up In
less tliiin a week after plan tine the
si-eds. Keep the box near a window
where It will got plenty of sunlight,
nnd turn It around encli day to make
the pluna crow straight.
When the plnnta begin to crowd
each other, which will be In about 15
days after they come up, aecure a
large, Ant box, any three Inches deep
and Just long enough to fit Into the
window, All It with rich, Rifted aoll
and transplant, giving each plant
about two Inchon of space. With
proper care to turn the box from time
to time and also to keep the Boll mod
erately watered the plnnta will be
about four Indie high, strong, nnd
atocky when tho weather tins wanned
enough to miike It Rnfe to Bet theta
in the garden.
Warmth la Required.
Tomatoes naturally grow In n wnrtn
climate nnd require plenty of warmth
from the Mnrt. The plants should bed
kept nt nbout a living-room tempera
ture until n few days before they nre
to he net In the garden; then they
rhould be grnduully exposed to out
door conditions to harden them. After
Ihey nre net In the gnrden It mny be
necessary to cover them for n few
nights with several thicknesses of
CHUTE FOR HANDLING STOCK
Comparatively Easy Matter to Con.
struct Device as Illustrated Old
Wheels Useful.
Farmers who ship many hogs, sheep
nnd culves during the year know the
vuluo of a movable chute for loading
Loading Chute on Wheels.
nnd unloading live stock. Muke the
chute na biiown. A pulr of old buggy
r ctiltivutur wheels umko It eusy to
bundle.
newspaper to protect them from the
cold.
Tornntoea require moderately rich
aoll, not too rich, but Just such aoll
as will grow a good crop of corn or
polatoea. A little well rotted manure
can be worked Into the apot where
each plant la to be aet and a table-
spoonful of hlgh-grndn fertilizer aprln
kled over a space about one foot In
diameter and mixed with the aoll will
aid In giving the plant a good start
Planting distances will depend Un
whether the plnnta are to be pruned
to a single atem and trained to stakes
or aro to be allowed to grow accord
ing to their natural linblt of spread
Ing over the ground. If the plants
are to be trained they may be set In
rowa as close as three feet, and spaced
18 Inches In the row. If they are not
to be trained the plants should be set
three to four feet apnrt In encli dlrec
tlon.
TO WAGE HARD FIGHT
AGAINST CORN BORER
Steps Taken to Prevent Spread
of Insect Pest.
Sptclalista In Charga of Work Have
Completed Plana for Carrying on
Work Infaatad Area Borders
on Lake Erie.
(Prepared by tha United Btates Depart
.Mttl f A tfrlfMll tufa 1
KntinrcKKlvM mi'UHiires against the
European corn borer are to be applied
vigorously thla spring lu the western
part of New York state to test the pos
sibility of ureveutlug the natural
apreud of this peat. Specialists of the
Lulled States Department ol Agncui
ture in charge of the work have coin
nleted their nluna. which will be car
rled out In co-operatlou with atate
agencies.
Tho Infested urea where the experi
ment la to be tried out borders on Lake
!! nnd imrilv on that ttectlou of Can
ada w here the corn borer made Its ap-iM-aranco
last year. The tight la to be
carried ngulnst the Insect while In Its
winter oinirters. The corn Stubble
mid rffiixt flint luive been Ivlng In the
fields since lust year's hurvest will be
cleaned up und burned.
Meunwhlle, as another method or at
tack, thousands of cocoons of a small,
MtMNiellka Insect whoso eruu has been
found to be a purasltlc enemy of the
corn borer are being aeut to the Uni
ted States by a representative of the
department who Is In aouthern France
studying the enemies of the peat. Thus
fur about 5,000 cocoons hove been re
ceived at the r.oston office of the de
partment, where they are hatched out
and the winged Insects liberated In
hundreds lu lufeated fields. The Eu
ropean corn borer, which has been
known in this country but a few
years, Is looked upon as oue of the
most dangerous Insect pests Uiat have
mude their appeurauce In the United
States. Some fears are entertained
that It will eventually make Its way
to the corn belt. Infestations of the
pest occur in sections of New York
und Massachusetts, where federal
quarantine to check the spread of the
insect are lu force.
CATER TO MARKET DEMANDS
Shipment of Unsatisfactory Stock by
Growers Seriously Affects
Prices Offered.
Shippers of potatoes would profit by
heeding market demands and prefer
ences, say specialists of fie bureau of
markets, Uulted States Department of
Agriculture. Dealers and consumers,
they find, do not desire badly cut,
mushed, frosted, or decayed potatoes,
or those damaged by sunburn, blight,
dry rot, or an excess of scab or second
growth. Markets frequently are over
loaded, It Is said, prices seriously af
fected, and unnecessary losses suffered
by growers because of the shipment of
such unsatisfactory stock.
CARE OF LAWN IS IMPORTANT
Mowing, Rolling, Fertilizing and
Watering Have Tendency to Ex.
cludo Noxloua Plants. (
The general enre of the luwn la Im
portant In controlling ell lawn weeds.
Including crub grass, Uulted States
Department of Agriculture experts
say. Mowing, rolling, fertilizing, und
wuterlng, In other words, everything
which contributes to the- growth of
the desired grasses, will tend to ex
clude weeds. Purchased manure, be
cause of the seeds contained, Is a
frequent source of weed Infestation In
lawns. In sowing, the seed used
should be as pure as can be obtained.
Arranging Garden Plants.
Garden plants which grow high and
shade the ground should not be plant
ed where they will Interfere with sun
loving small plants.
More Corn on Rich Soils.
On rich soils you get more
with the Miuie labor.
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Wlmci !vf?p! 18 ;! I l iflP W ill W
tiii: HAUGV CLOUDS.
ON 12 night as Mr. Moon-man looked
over the tops of the trees and
mountains lie anw a Dumber of fleecy
little clouds scudding about.
"O dear!" alghwl Mr. Moomnn. "I
am afraid I shall have trouble tonight
with those saucy little clouds. I was
hoping as I came up that they would
be In another part of the sky Instead
of right In the place where I want to
shine."
Mr. Moon-man was tight; he was to
have trouble with the anucy, fleecy lit
the clouds, and Just as his bright face
peeped over the treetops all the little
fleecy clouds scudded right Into bis
face.
Mr. Moon-man ducked nnd dodged
until at lost he found a space between
the saucy little clouda to shine upon
the earth below, but no sooner had he
done ao than the little clouds danced
end frolicked In front of him until he
was quite hidden ngnln.
Mr. Moon-man is a very nice old fel
low, ao he snld very pleasantly: "Oo
along with you and play In another
part of the sky. There Is plenty of
room without getting right In front of
me so the Earth folk can't see my
light."
I!ut the saucy little clouds were bent
on having fun, and fun they Intended
to have, and all at poor Mr. Mooa
nian's discomfort.
He had Just found a nice big place
to shine through when all those snucy
little clouds began to dance right In
front of him agnln. First, they would
hide his bright face completely, and
HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
By C N. LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
"TO ENJOY POOR HEALTH."
THIS Is one of the Incorrect phrases
which have somehow crept Into
common usage In the English language,
although a moment's thought will
bhow the speaker or writer that It Is
absurd to say that a person "enjoys"
poor health. "To enjoy" means "to
experience Joy or pleasure In; receive
pleasure from the possession or use
of or participation In; delight In"
(Standard Dictionary). Why, then,
should a person say, "I have enjoyed
poor health during the past year?"
You cun enjoy only that which brings
you pleasure or profit; and surely 111
health brings neither.
Of course, It Is quite proper to say,
"I have enjoyed good henlth," since
good health, being the greatest of
human Llesslngs, Is to be appreciated
and enjoyed.
A similar error It to be "agreeably"
disappointed. If you are disappointed,
the experience cannot be agreeable.
(Copyright)
"What's in a Name?"
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Fact! about your namr; ItihUtory; mean-'
ing; whence It wn derived; tlgnificancci
your lutlcy dar and lucky IcweL
ALICIA.
THIS name Is derived from the
same root as Alice, and repre
sents an attempt at greater euphony.
The curious part of It Is that the
name, in Its orlglual form, Is really
not that of a woman at all, but of a
man. It Is derived from the Anglo-
Saxon Adelgls of which the feminine
form was Adelglsa, but was not fre
quently given to women. Instead It
was sacred to the sons of the house,
principally among the nobility. The
name Itself means noble, In both Its
masculine and femlolue forms.
The name Is purely English, having,
however, a slight Teutonic flavor. An
argument Is put forward by some ex
perts tliut the name Is derived from
the Franklsh Adalbert on Adelchen,
meaning daughter." Allx or Allsa In
Loiuburdy was naturalized la Euglund 1
then they would scud away and let
him shine a minute, only to scud In
front of him agnln.
At Inst the old man lost his patience
and sent a message by a star for the
old Sky Witch. "Tell her to hurry,"
he told the little messenger, "for I
have lost a great deal of time now."
Old Sky Witch came hurrying along
on her broomstick, her long black cape
floating behind her like a big cloud.
"Well, here I am," she said, "what
can I do for you?"
"Hurry as fast as ever yon can to
the four comers of the Earth and tell
the winds to come here quickly; or I
shall not be able to shine at all to
night," said Mr. Moon-man.
Old Sky Witch did not stop even to
ask what was tho matter, but off she
flew and was soon out of sight, and all
the' time the aaucy little clouds kept
on bothering Mr. Moon-man.
He did not have to wait long, for aa
soon as the winds got the message
from the Witch they blew quickly to
help Mr. Moon-roan out of bis trou
ble." "Away with you, you little tor
ments I" called the winds, as they blew
from north, south, east and west, and
scudding away as fast as they could
the saucy little clouds were soon In a
fnroff part of the sky and old Moon,
man sent his bright beams on the
earth without being disturbed.
"Thank you," said Mr. Moon-man;
"sorry to call on you at this time In
the night, but those saucy clouds were
pestering me beyond endurance."
"Oh. that'a all right," answered the
winds; "we are always glad to help a
friend," and away they blew and left
the night all still, but the big Earth
was bright with the happy smile of
Mr. Moon-man.
(Copyright)
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
IN A STRANGE TOWN.
"I am not a Virginian but aa Amerl
can." Patrick Henry.
IT IS always a bad Idea to knock the
other man's home town. Especially
poor policy Is It when you are making
your living there. Yet there are al
ways young men and women, too
who seem to take peculiar satisfaction
In passing uncomplimentary comments
on the city or town of their adoption.
They don't seem to remember that the
man or woman who Is at home In that
town Is In a position of host and that
to make scathing., remarks about the
town Is almost as rude as to make
scathing remarks about the house of
the man whose guest you are. Especial
ly Is this so when the town Is small.
The stranger In a town like New
York or Chicago really harms no one
but himself when he continues to pour
forth his dlsgruntlement over the city
of his temporary sojourn. No one
takes offense. At most they are bored
or amused. But when a stranger In
a email town assures the natives-that
It Is away behind the times, that the
buildings are atrocious, the streets the
worst paved In the country, the res
tnurunts and hotels the worst run, the
women the plainest and the movies
the oldest lie Is giving real offense,
besides, of course, making himself
very unpopular.
It really Indicates nothing more than
when Allx la Belle married Henry L
The name, originally masculine, ac
cording to the best authorities, how
ever, represents Adelgls and not Adel
glsa, making the proper feminine form
'Allzn. Some believe that Eliza, gen
erally believed to be a derivative of
Elizabeth Is this missing form. For
proof of Allza as the representative of
Adelglsa, tho Liber Vitas of Durham
records the changes In Adelglsa from
the first noble lady of that name, who
laid her gifts upon the altar. By con
traction It became Adeliza and Allza.
The tullsmanic stone of Alicia Is the
Alexandrite, a Russian Jem. It Is found
In the emerald mines of that nation,
being of a beautiful green shade
which changes to columbine red. The
Russians believe It brings great good
fortune. When the subject of Its fav
orite's dream It signifies hope. Monday
Is Alicia's lucky day and seven her
lucky number. Her flower Is the white
huwthorne, a beautiful bud.
(Copyright).
0
1 Metamorphosis.
"This Is a fine picture. It was paint
ed as 'Still Life,' exhibited as a land
scape und sold as a portrait." Froui
Die MusUete, Vieuuu.
Mary Miles Minter
This Is charming foary Miles Minter,
tha winsome and famous film favorite,
photographed aa she sailed for Eu
rope. Miss Minter goes abroad to rest
and see the sights.
O
THE WORD "RUBBER."
THE material which we now know
as "rubber" was formerly called
elastic gum. One of the earliest uses
of this gum bad been to erase marks
on paper, and the chemist. Priestly, In
about 1770, suggested that the material
which erased or "rubbed" so effectively
should be called "India rubber." Hla
suggestion was adopted, and the name
soon became universal.
(Copyright).
a person's own narrowness to "knock"
another town In this way. If the man
from a large city goes to a small one
he should take It for granted that
things would be different If a North
erner goes South he should bear In
mind that Southern climates make
people more Indolent and he should re
member that If he remains there long
enough he, too, will possess something
of that Indolence. And if a South,
erner goes North he should remember
that the natives of the northern cities
have really nothing to do with the raw
climate and that the very progressive
ness which has brought him North to
do business robs dally Intercourse
of some of the charming courtesy
that makes Southern life so different.
The real man of the world soon for
gets any local prejudices he may have,
or rather be Is wise and well bred
enough to forget them. He realizes
that It Is through no fault of the na
tives of the town where he sojourns
that he has to remain among them and
that theoretically at least he Is free
to leave the town If he does not like
it. Just at present there are a good
many shifts In business and Industry.
The end of the war and demobilization
of the soldiers and the closing of ,
certain war industries and the be
ginning of other peace industries have
made It inevitable that a good many
young men should flud themselves In
a new environment. City men find
themselves in the country or village,
and country and village men find
themselves for the first time in the big
cities; Easterners find themselves in
the West, Westerners find themselves
East, Northerners awake to the fact
that great opportunities await In the
land of cotton and Southerners on dis
embarking in the northern ports dis
cover that there are opportunities for
them there that they have not at
home. If you are one of these young
men In a new environment show your
good sense and good breeding by not
knocking the town of your sojourn
ing. (copyright).
SOMETHING
IN THAT
Why da you
always buy your
clothes on the
Installment
plan?
They try to
give me stuff
that will last un
til the Install
ments are all
paid.
How lt5brt Ed