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Jewelry Making Is a
New Utility Art
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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(Special to the Farm Magazine.)
JEWELRY-MA KING is a new utility
art at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege under the direction of the art
department, and the craft baa proved
popular among both students end faculty.
Brass, copper, silver and gold are the
materials used. Native stones particu
larly the agate and stones from Eastern
lapidaries, are used for settings.
The students originate the designs
used and work out their own ideas as to
stones and colorings, although they may
get their inspiration from any source,
and emphasis is placed upon the design.
The first problem for the student is
that of sawing and soldering copper, since
this Is the most easily handled, and most
inexpensive material and gives the stu
dent practice in handling tools. Watch
fobs, brooches and hatpins are some of
the- first arttrles made.
After a problem in .stonesetting, sheet
silver is used for such problems as the
making of rings, buckles, chains, neck
laces, pendants and bracelets. Ball mak
ing, etching casting, repoussennt and fili
gree are other problems used In the fash
ioning of such articles as rings, bracelets,
pendants, etc. After some skill Is ac
quired, the student is allowed to work
with gold, which presents its own peculiar
problems.
Work in pounded metal In the making
of larger articles, such aa bowls, caudle
sticks and ornaments in various mate
rials, will be introduced with the expan
sion of the. department.
Liver bf sulfur and mercuric chloride
besides other agents are used for color
ing silver.
The better the equipment' the more
skilled the work will be, but with: just
snch simple tools as needle, files, mal
lets, hammers a small piercing saw No.
0-4, 0-5, and coarspr, and saw, frame,
drills, tongs, vise, pliers, blowpipe, alco
hol lamp or Bunsen gas-burner aud a sol
dering outfit, much fine work Is done.
The reference books used In- the- course
are "Silver Work and Jewelry," by H.
Wilson; "Jewelry," by H. Clifford Smith;
"Copper Work," by Augustus F. Rose,
and "Metal Work and Etching," by John
Adams. New books are constantly being
added that afford inspiration for the stu
dents. Jewelry making is a one-year course,
elective for seniors of the domestic science
course, but Is open to other students.
As this craft is being introduced more
and more into the public school it is
hoped that jewelry making will be made
a part of the. Industrial arts course now
taught In the college.
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"Why," replied the child, " 1 was born
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When Is Time to Plant the Garden?
soldiers on active service are even now
wearing paper shirts.
WHEN is the proper time for pre
paring to plant one's garden?
The United States Department
of Agricultural specialist says that in
the Spring as soon as the soil has drted
so that a-handful when grasped in the
hand and gripped by the fingers will
slowly fall apart upon being released, it
is in a fit mechanical condition to pre
pare for planting. Clas or heavy soils
should never be worked while wot, More
Injury may be done by doing this than
can be overcome Ju several years of care
ful culture.
When the soil is found dry, as de
scribed above, the upper throe inches
should be made flnc-by the use of the
hoe aud steel-tooth rake; all rubbish,
stones and clods should he removed aud
the surface made even, somewhat com
pact, and as level as the countour of tho
area will permit. It may then be marked
off for planting In conformity to the gen
eral plan, of the garden.
Much of the soil in the average back
yard is not only poor in plant, food and
deficient in decaying vegetable matter,
but It is hard and unyielding. - However,
such is the basis which many a housewife
or child has to use for the making of a
garden. Teachers who plan, school gar
dens for their pupils also have similar
conditions to meet. Therefore, in order
to get good results, careful attention
muse be given to the preparation of the
soil.
Testing Soil.
Soils which are naturally moist are
likely to be sour and so not in the best
condition for the crop. Whether sour
or not it will be well to have the pupils
test them, which can be done as follows:
Secure from a drugstore a piece of
blue litmus paper then take a handful ot
the soil slightly molsteued and. place the
paper on It, If sour the paper will turn
red. To correct such a condition lime
should be used. Cover the ground with
a thin coat of air-slaked lime, which can
probably be secured nearby at small cost,
and work this in well. The use of the
ttrae, while not a plant food, will correct,
the acidity and will improve the physical
condition of the soil.
If the soil is clayey or a stiff clay loam
and tb,o location is lna section where
severe freezing occurs, it will be found a
decided advantage to give the area a
heavy dressing of decomposed manure in
the Autumn, and before freezing weather
sets la spade the land so as to turn the
manure under and leave the soil in a
rough, lumpy condition so as to secure
the benefit of the digestive action of tho
Winter freezes in reducing the soils.
This should be repeated annually at
tho North. If the soil is light and sandy,
a mulch of manure may bo spread over
it in the Fall and the spading delayed
until Spring.
Ia localities where the soil does not
freeae, the manure may be applied in the
Autumn and the soil repeatedly spaded
during, the Winter whenever it is dry
euougii to be worked.
The value of freezing at the North can
to an extent be attained by repeated
spadings at the South. The one general
precaution which should always be ob
served Is never to stir the soil while it
is wet. o
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Itiper as Protection AgHiii.st Cold.
M. Gaston Darboux, the secretary of
the French Institute of Science, draws
the attention ot doctors to the value of
paper undergarments as a protection
against the coming Winter weather. The
French army in 1870 kept themselves
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