E ileen Burdette
OLD FOX’S. REVENGE
GRANDPA FOX, as he was
O LD called
by all the young wood ani-
n
#mals, had been bothered so much by
the youngsters that he was at his wits’
2nd to know how to punish them.
One day he w a s. sitting outside his
door dozing in the sun when Billy
Squirrel and his brother climbed’ into
the tree over - Grandpa Fox and let
down on "a string a wiggly turtle,
which scared old Grandpa so he tum­
bled out of his chair.
Another day he fell asleep in his
chair and when he awoke and picked
BETTER PRODUCTION AND BIGGER
PROFITS FOR GROWERS OF WOOL
or. two that will pay them off in good
shape.”
For a long time after that Grandpa
Fox was very busy every evening, and
if the Squirrel brothers and Tommie
Rabbit had watched they might have
noticed the light burning late In
Grandpa’s cabin.
He chuckled as he worked, and
though it was very delicate work
Grandpa felt it would be well worth
all the trouble and care he was taking.
A basket of big nuts stood on one
side of his chair and from these Grand­
pa Fox was very carefully taking all
the meat, leaving the shells in two
pieces, which fitted perfectly together
when empty.
These he filled with pepper—red
pepper, too—and then glued the shells
so nicely that even an expert could
One of the wlnsomf * aces on the
not have told they had been opened.
These, o f course, were being pre­ “movie” screen is that’ Eileen Bur­
pared especially for the Squirrel dette, the charming lilt actress who
has been admired b, housands In
brothers.
some of the large prod ions.
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Keeping the Fleece Intact Is One of the Things Graders for Co-Operative
Pools Have Emphasized With the Growers.
(Prepared by the United States Depart­
ment of Agriculture.)
them by the grader, consequently some
of the lots of wool brought into the
warehouses were done up in ways
that would have been amusing had it
not meant considerable financial loss
to the uninformed growers.
Some
used binder twine and sisal, others
bark, smooth wire, and barbed wire,
and still others cotton rags torn in
strips. The majority, of course, had
their fleeces tied with the proper
materials.
Incidentally the bureau of markets
explains that Missouri is not alone In
the matter of being “ shown,” since
wool growers in all sections of the
country have discovered that they
have been following practices that
often seriously penalized them.
“NovMore Wet Wool for Me.”
But the use of proper wrapping ma­
terial is not the only thing which the
co-operative Wool growers are learn­
ing. “ Shear the sheep when the wool
is absolutely dry,” say the Department
of Agriculture and wool experts every­
where. But many growers apparently
do not know of this requirement. One
gradei in Missouri was amazed to find
all of the wool in /a certain lot thor­
oughly soaked, pressed for an ex-
difference In the v si
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that moisture added to the weight.
When asked how he could account for
the condition of his fleece, he admit­
ted that he had allowed his load of
wool to stand in the creek all night.
When he discovered that t’ -is was re­
sponsible for his wool being rejected
he took the decision smilingly and
with a “ Never again I” drove aWay.
Burs Cause Trouble. '
One class of “ rejects” in wool grad­
ing is known as “ burry.” Many farm­
ers have become indignant when some
of their fleeces were thrown into the
burry class. But in each case the
grader has been able to show them
by careful examination that the con­
demned fleeces contained large num­
bers of burs—sometimes 50 or 60.
Every such experience has sent the
grower back to his farm resolved to
“ clean up those burs.” “ Next year
you’ll see an improvement in my
wool,” more than one man has told
the grader.
The bureau of markets is prepared
to furnish information to any person
interested in learning more about co­
operative wool marketing as well as
co-operative marketing in numerous
other fields in which success has been
equally pronounced.
They are beipg “ shown” down in
Missouri—and
they like it.
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By MILDRED MARSHALL
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For the first time the wool growers
■ A V W .V V .W A V .V A \ W .W A U V .W M W W A V W W V y V * of that state have been marketing
their wool co-operatively, and the plan
LUCRETIA
midnight lamp,” the fan Jus old Roman Is proving a great success. At 70
centralization points the wool has
HOUGH Lucretia was the name tale, inspired Shakespeare to write one been brought in from the country for
of
his
earliest
poems,
despite
her
no­
borne by the notorious daughter
pooling. All told, several thousand
of Borgia, it is one of the quaintest toriety, Lucretia Borglal probably es­ growers have shared in the big co­
and most old-fashioned of names in tablished the name o ff Lucretia in operative movement and wool amount­
this country.
It is a far cry from Italy, and in early Qo|ern times it
ing to millions of pounds has been
ancient Rome to'modern New England, was one of the few c issieal names to handled. In each case i t . has been
be
revived.
but the name has completed the transi­
France has a Lucre >e, which is pop­ graded as the growers brought it in,
tion with very few changes to mark
an expert grader supplied to the bu­
the successful stages of\its evolution. ular, and England ir ported Lucretia reau of markets, United States De­
ih
the
eighteenth
cen
ury.
There are two theories among ety­
Lucretia’s talismanfjv stone is the partment of Agriculture, classifying
mologists in regard to the original
the fleeces. The work of the grader
source of Lucretia.
Some contend red-hearted ruby. It | ¡as the power is part of an investigation being car­
to
bring
her
strength
|,f
body,
an
in­
that it comes from the Latin word Lu­
ried on by tlip bureau in connection
crum, meaning “gain,” and for that vincible spirit and sued ss In every un­
with a study of the tentative wool
dertaking.
Tuesday
Is
her
lucky
day,
reason Lucretia is said to signify gain.
•grades which the Department of Agri­
and
6
her
lucky
numbe»*®;.*
On the other hand, there is much evi­
culture has recently established.
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dence to prove that its real Source was
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It isn’t so much the immediate in­
in the Latiri word for light, lux. Many
crease in money returns resulting from
feminine names have been derived
co-operative marketing that interests
from this root and the sajae^ord^hai«!
these growers—although they promise
-m
n r-
Common
U j» «
to fare «as well or better than the aver­
noted
old
gens
Lucretius
from
which
Grandpa, as lie sat smoking by the
H ow to A m
age In this yearns market, which is far
Lucretia!
is
directly
descended,
was
fire that night. “ I may be getting old,
y e m sFforiowTng Trbm~ "their eaqftii
but I think I can scrape up a thought only another of the derivatives of lux.'
of this season.
“WH/ERE AM I AT?”
The “ showing” in Missouri—and
I
elsewhere—has
consisted in demon­
T IS not I correct to use the word
“ at” or tme word “ to” after the word strating the value of grading as car­
“where,” as in the sentences, “ Where ried on under the co-operative plan.
Were you at last Sunday?” and “ Where The growers have been quick to see
were you going to?”
Say, instead, their mistakes and propose not to re­
“Where were you last Sunday?” and peat them. As a result, the entire
“Where were you going?”
This is wool industry is to profit by a gen­
one
example
of
many
in
English
in eral raising of standards among the
By M AR Y M ARSHALL DUFFEE
w h i c h the speaker or writer uses too growers.
Amazing Variety of Wrappers.
many words to express his meaning.
The
seemingly incidental—but real­
The
sentence,
“
Where
am
I
at?”
at­
of poultry or game, raw meat or well
AT THE TABLE
done you prefer will thank you for a tracted much attention about 20 years ly very important—matter of wrapping
ago when it was used by a speaker the fleece illustrates the benefits of co­
111 can rule the great that cannot reach definite answer. If you really have no
preference say so definitely. Do not in the house of representatives. The operative wool marketing. One of the
the small.—Spenser.
regulations which must be observed, if
VOID any little mannerism that enumerate various cuts that appeal to member was making a long speech, the wool grower is to suffer no penal­
filled
with
long
sentences.
Not
much
you.
indicates extreme fussiness or
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attention was being paid to him, and ty when his wool is graded, is that
finicalness of taste. The person who
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he “ lost his place” while uttering one each fleece shall be wrapped in pa­
appears to be examining, minutely
Wick W ill Clean .Greasy Hands.
of hlS Jong- sentences. So he turned per twine or a hard-glazed twine. If
every morsel that hé takes on his fork
That did round w ick . from the oil
other twine is used fibers from it are
makes one feel that he is suâpicious stove that your wife usually throws to the speaker add asked: “ Mr. Speak­
almost sure to become mixed into the
er,
wlJre
am
I
at?”
The
reporters
that the food is not entirely what it
away when it burns too short, if slit took aflvantage of the opportunity to wool and may cause serious trouble
ought to be. So, too, the person who
in half and laid flat, makes an excel­
an at him, and the phrase was in the spinning machinery, or if these
samples every viand very carefully
lent scrubber for the motorist
use
id and laughed at all over the fibers are woven into fabric they be­
before beginning in earnest to eat is
n working the grease and grime out
come conspicuous owing to the fact
States.
too finical to be a pleasant table com­
that they take the dye differently than
of his hands, asserts Motor Life.
(C o p y r ig h t.)
panion.
the wool fibers. This often results in
Large pieces of bread are broken
the cloth having such defects as to be
into smaller pieces before being but­
hlmost worthless.
tered and carried to the mouth.
Many wool growers had never un­
A LINE 0' CHEER
Cake may be broken and eaten like
derstood this until it was explained to
bread or crackers or it may be eaten
By John Kendrick Bangs.
with a fork.
Celery, olives, radishes, salted nuts,
PLANTING CORN FOR SILAGE
bon bons, preserved ginger and other
NORTH AND SOUTH.
trifles are eaten from the fingers, but
T H E ADDING MACHINE.
Some Farmers Prefer to Grow Crop
berries, melons, and grape-fruit must
Thicker Than for Grain Claim,
E E K out ;the;! Southland • if you
HE Babylonians had the first re-J
be eaten with a spoon. Bananas are
ing Higher Yields.
will,
1 corded mechanical aid to addi­
generally eaten with a fork, peaches,
Where flowers deck your win­
apples and pears are peeled, quartered tion, a “ pebble-board” with smal]
dow-sill, C :•
While some men prefer to grow
and cut into small pieces and then stones which were shifted about. Thj
And tuneful birds are singing;
corn
for the silo thicker than for
Where soft as silk the morning
picked, up with the fingers.
Chinese abacus, with’ its beads
grain, claiming that in so doing they
breeze
Grapes and small plums are eaten wires, is also very ancient. Pascal
N Confides its secrets to the trees,
get more tons of forage per acre, the
from the fingers, and the stones or 1641, invented the first adding
And Springtime's bells are ring-
majority of farmers"'plant their silage
skins taken into the hand and carried chine with dials. In 1820 C. X. Thon]
log.
com the same as field corn and in
to thé plate, never dropped from the brought out the first successful
I
still
shall
hold
to
Winter’s
ways,
bills.
lips. Prune seeds are best pressed round calculating machine.
Despite the;roughage o f her days
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outt with the spoon before the fruit is
When arctic blasts are blowing,
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ACCOUNT OF FARM BUSINESS
eaten, and then laid to one side on
The blasts that, though they thrill
with strife,
the plate.
Impart new vigor to m y life,
Memorandum of Various Items Will
Bones of fowl, game or chops must
And keep, my Soul a-growing.
Prove Valuable When Calculating
not be taken in the finger, but green
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Profit and Loss.
corn may be eaten that way.
=0
Artichokes, source of much grief to
-o -
In making a record of the farm
the inexperienced diner, if served hot
Island- Has Disappeared.
or cold with sauce must be broken
business, the item of labor income
^One of the most lftoous of disap­ cannot be determined accurately with­
apart, leaf by leaf, and the tip dipped
pearing
islands is Expedition island, out some system of accounting. Somè
in the sauce, and èaten from the
situated off the northwest corner of farmers will require accounts showing
fingers. The heart is cut up and eaten
SELF-SERVICE PROHIS
Australia, and which was visited as tne amounts expended for labor, oth­
with a fork.
How dared you kiss melj
lately as 3$93.. Today' it has disap­ ers on the amount paid for feed, and
Finger bowls are provided merely to
You look sweet enough
peared, and; is now fifty feet below still others on the amount received for
iber
moisten the finger tips, not for a gen­
)Vell, in future please
eral handwashing.
Pm no cafeteria where yo^ help Water. The island was thirteen miles crops sold. A memorandum of such‘
^long, and famous for its beauty.
Tour host who inquires what portion yourself.
up his pipe, which had fallen on the
ground, what had Tommie Rabbit and
the Squirrel boys done but filled the
pipe with black pepper, so poor Grand­
pa Fox almost sneezed his head off.
Another time they stole his specta­
cles and put in a- magnifying glass, so
that everything looked so big to him
that he was afraid to move.
But the limit of his patience was
reached when they tied strings to all
the sticks of wood and when Grandpa
Fox went out to get his wood in for
the night as fast as he picked it up
those bad youngsters would tug at the
string and down it would fall.
Grandpa Fox could not see real well
in the half-light and it took him a
long time to find out what was hap­
pening, but when he did he snapped
off the string from the sticks in a hur­
ry » you may r be sure, looking very
, angry. He knew better than to talk
for that was just what the youngsters
wanted, and Grandpa Fox, having been
young himself,,: had not forgotten his
youthful tricks.
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T
HÜYÏ.D0 YOU m
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
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H dw lti§iijrted
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items will prove valuable when the
time comes to calculate the year’s
business. The matter of farm ac­
counting, according to the specialists
who have studied the problem for the
United States Department of Agricul­
ture, is not dependent upon any par­
ticular form or blank book—the real
secret of success lies in knowing what
accounts to keep and how to make
use of them. Farmer’s Bulletin 661
suggests the sort of accounts most
needed.
Cause Digestive Troubles.
Overfeeding the sow Is certain to
cause digestive troubles with the
small pigs. For the first few days a
slop of wheat shorts with a little
tankage or linseed meal is the best
feed.
Turkeys Relish Grasshoppers.
Farmers troubled with grasshoppers
can make no better investment than a
nice flock of turkeys.
Greatest Enemy of Farmer.
The greatest enemy of the farmer is
WASTE.