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CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY. N. i.

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ULDNTTOOLHIM ployer Had Read Detective Stories to Advantage.

BEST RESULTS ATTAINED WITH POTATOES

? Mr . Petty. With Other Member* ,1 -he Office Force. Reflretted Their Cho.ce of Birthd«y Preecnt for the Bot*. - I’rtt/ borried Into the office an j- uirr than usual and *a* relieved ind that his n: pteyer was Ute alao. .>tty good!" langbed Mr. IVtty i s assistant- “He will never know 1 late." .Tiro the bead of the firm came In • rrntlDlzrd Mr. Petty hmg and ly. then leaned caanally against ih-sk. Tour session at the bowling alley - imunnagd last night." be begaa. How do yon knowT" aaked Mr. PetufiealBK bla eyes very wide. 1 infer It from your stiff manner of .illlng the Itslger thU morning," re1 the bead of the firm severely, on exerted yourself more than usual the alley*. At breakfast this morn<re no drowsy from want of -i thnt yon dosed over yonr morn-

BY DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-6RA0E SEED Wherv Sailor

5iaq food-bye

o I did." admitted Mr. Petty, nn-

fortaMy.

too* It was at breakfast, became (Prepared bT the Unite* Stale. lie panv Is egg and coffee on the itaper." »»mt of Agrtrolturr > ined the bead of the firm. ‘ And If the N-st results are to be attained le you wen* asleep your little six- In l>otato production, greater cure must r-oi'd son climb Into yonr lap." ( he given to the development of high Y-yes, be did." gasped Mr. Petty, grade seed potatoes than Is the pn-sent u( - : practice. Wherever the climatic und How do I know?" Interrupted the ! conditions are such a* to make It d «rf the firm. I know because your Possible to produce a good qunllty of ■lar U written over In a child's seed potatoes, each grower should have itri. It la done in the peculiar shade hit own seed plat. In the selection of lead that you had in your gold lead ' «'«» poln»oe* l« should be borne In .ril which U nasally In yonr left- “In'! that the hill rather than the indl el vest pocket. It U not then.* now. tuU-r is ibe unit. The method «pe that the Iwy has not lost It." '“‘Ich Is most certain - ' •» •—

Mr. Petty felt for his lend pencU. pnivement li

Seed Should Be Selected From Hills Containing Tubera of Uni-

form Shape and Size.

•'ll la gone." gasped Mr. Petty.

There are various ways of procedure

"You were late to work this morn- ‘he practice of hill selection, but ent on the head of the firm. «be one most likely to give the best re--I do not hare to be told so. “<'* that of marking the Iwst plants use you bought an evening edition ln the field or the K.*ed t>la» In for* the the paper at the snbway station and f“»‘“K'' *«* *1** ““d digging is am edition that does not come out «hem by hand Just before harvesting

til a late hour. I am very particular the main crop.

the hoars of work observed | Examine Each Plant.

. „ The product of each Individual plant

As the head of the firm wma finally (baaM u . OVIim i nc< i ac-parately. and -appearing Into hi. private ^Ice only , hos< . tUat Aow uniformity ln r. Petty wiped the peraplrattcn from ^ aD(] , nd that hav( . produced brow and remarked to tne assist- n maximum numlier of merchantable

, w. > tutierv should be aelected. Esch select-

“We were aC against giving him a ^ h ,|| ^i^id be i.lvrn a number. i for hi* Wrihday because be U racked Mparately. and a careful recway* watching the time, but wa onl m||dl . following season the 'de a great mistake to give him the tubrT1( of ncb grlectlon should be tective stories Inatead. planted separately In order that their

Enlists at 53; Says He*# 39. American Magazine has an artida >o! “Foghorn" Macdonald, who en- : private In the Canadian revs tt fifty-three and Is now a mar at fifty-seven. The author of die dele says; "'By canoe for S> days through the , by an old tub of a leaky , by whatever means of vel be could find. Including his own eet. be made his way hack to Winnlonly to find that the troops had All right! A machine gun eompsny was being formed and hr applied * r that. “The recruiting officer was a friend of hi*, had helped celebrate Foghorn's '•y-third birthday the previous Janaary. But when in making out the pent be came to the question. ‘How 1 are youT and Foghorn whipped «ut: Thirty-nine r he never betted an

behavior may be noted throughout the growing season. It will be found that many of them poeai iis no superiority over the general run of field stock, but a few will be decidedly good. A large

these progeny can be

marked fi»r discard before they are harvested. At harvesting time the progeny of each promising selection

should again be studied carefully and only those which sietn to possess superior merits retained. If It Is possible to reduce these to one or two. It Is desirable to do so. Further progress along this line consists In increasing the progeny of the selection or selections a« rapidly as posslbls. At the end of the third season a sufficient quantity should be available to plant the field crop. It Is dostrahle to molnmln a seed pilt each year and to continue the praceue of hill selection and development of pure strains. In ordtr to practice potato selection Intelligently It Is necessary to have a conception of the type of the variety or varieties being used.

Immature Seed.

Relatively few growers In the United States really maintain a «*<■<! plat, ard Mill fewer practice planting the plat at n considerably later date than the main crop In order to secure small :o medium-sized immature tubers. as la the custom with many English and Scotch seedsmen. In planting the se**d plat designed for the production of seed for the main crop the following season, tt 1. desirable to plant two or thre*-ounce whole tuber*. The use of whole tuber* Insures a perfect eland and a minimum percentage of diseased plant*. At the same time, as a result of late planting and the heavy set produced by whole seed, the tubers do not attain a large alzt and are thus Ideal for seed purpose*. The date of planting the seed plat should 1m- governed by the locality in which the potatoes are to be grown. In general. H might be said that the wed plat should be planted as Isle as tt I* possible to insure a good tuber d< vel••piiHut before the plants are killed by the frost In the autumn.

I T WAS not n place to expect thrills, the Fall River Line pier at Newport. R. I. And especially not on a dismal evening. The dingy, low buildings and sheds were wrapped In the raw murk swept In from the wa. The fog almost hid the lights of the torpedo station across a stretch of Mack water from .he pier. Cp the bay n red llghthon*-- eye winked dimly through th« ralxt. A cold drizzle kept the few early arrivals for the New York l>ont In the waiting room. Outside a dozen lounger* hugged sheltering walls, coat collars

turned up agnlnst the wet.

It was getting along toward 8:30. A few more passenger* appeared, growling at the weather. Then, down Long whsrf from the city, came swinging a long line of blue. They were new-made sailors from the training

Tori; 0 *nd^thenco^To'sea"^off on their ! Mill with the long swing around the | Ing. all-day work; personal leadership Jm^vlro %»e n.en broke ranks Islands before she wou.d reach the | In roug. leadership Into which mart . •..Kwi the wharf and pier. They sang “Nancy Lee," “Pack go Just the amount of energy, of iasrattered about with pea-coat collar* Up Your Trouble* In Your Old Kit thustasm. that Is to be got out of the

around their ear*, laughing, skylark- ] Bag." “Keep the Home Fires Burning." :

Ing their vonthful exuberance proof “Indiana." and In lighter vein, with | The man In khaki was one of the for a time’ against a night like this. ; ranch enthusiasm, that funny, choppy song leaders of the war and navy tl«Rchool was done—and their work lay ! Niagara soni.. the burden of which partment commission* on ttaln ny .1“ seem* to the bearer to he "My hair- ramp activities. Under the direction Here and there a luckv hov had rut Is as short as yours." "f Lee F. Hanmer. a member of tha aMMtodyto teUhlm good-by—a friend 1 The boat slid out of the fog and : commission, these caraest. .-xgcr men

made In town, perhaps: sometimes a mother or a father who lived near enough to be on hand for the parting.

But rooM of them had notiody.

t M/ia/es*r/)a*>nxA'//*vr rAfosmo

Aurc/sreAs ~t<m

VELVET BEANS GOOD FOR MARKET STEERS Compare Favorably With Cottonseed Meal for Fattening.

Results Cl* c acted a<

in of Experiment* ConGcvernment Farm—

Beans Thar to Grind Them.

“Before h!s official rronlre at Ot- b T U» Uni lad But## Deporttaw* knew tt, Macdonald was on Ms mrci of Axitralture > to England—a private at fifty- Corn alia re and velvM bean* are three! Two years later be waa a ma- (onB , satisfactory ration for J-r: the only man tn the force# of the fBttrnia|t .terra for markrt. This I*

.11*. w» >r Mr* I>—#?._■?*» ,b. ^.1. ..I ..I. .r 1J» . b-d. In h# present war. rompleted at the United State# depart ^ ,, . tit iu •>

i mrai of agriculture farm

ixit II consumed an average dully ration of ~S« pound* of dry. whole velvet beans. 2CBf> pounds of corn silage, and 4.15 pound* of dry roughage. This lot made an average dally gain of 1.73 pound* a bead, at a cost of about 14 cents a pound, or $14.12 a

hundred.

Lot HI ate each day an average of 5j!7 pound* of vel ret-bean meal. IXUC jxiunds of corn silage, and 4.10 pound* of dry roughage. The animal* made an average dally gain of 1.54 ponnd*. at a com of about 14 cents a pound

or 314.04 a hundred.

Lot IV consumed an average dally ration of 9.82 pounds of aoaked. whole velvet brans. 21.40 pounds of corn silage, and 3.72 pounds of dry rough This lot made an average dallr

while the laughter died, though a few irrepressibles kept up their horseplay. They were very Joung. these boys. And they were going somewhere very far away. It was the big adventure really beginning, nnd hardly one failed to be touched a little by

the seriousnes* of IL

Into the crowd on the wharf there raror a khakl-clad figure. He was

dressed like an officer, except that ( (q,. made faM. In another bis cap bore no insignia, nor hi* sleeve U|W1 lbey would be on tbrir way—to any braid. From group to group he : sjjpa, to life at sea. to the varied went, with a cheery "Hello, boys!” chances of the ocean and war. The and "the men. with about* and calls I maQ | n khaki raised his hand, j po* to another, flocked after him a* | "One more song." he called. "What

If following some new sort of military i *tall It her

alongside the pier, blotting out the —trained singers and leaders of singtorpedo Motion lights, as the sailor* Ing-Ubor In cantonment* and naval shouted In lusty chorus: “Where do | stations, in forte and encampment*. we go from here. boy*, where do we : And like the man who gave up a

go from lie re r and returned without fnrtnhle evening s a atop the tuneful reply: ' “ , ~

“Over there! Over there!

Send the word. #end the word. ‘ Over there “ j —

winding up with a tremendous shout BADLY NEEDED THOSE CARS

“And we won't come BACK! |

Frenchmen Overjoyed at Generous Of-

fer, but Alas! Red Cross Didn't

Have Them to Give.

home to stand In

the rain and give a few of his boy* lust song, they live for the work

Their hearts are In It

TUI If# over, over there!"

Ensued a little pc use. the singers rather breathless. The boat wa* be-

Undoubtedly one of the most acute of the early Irritation# suffered by our Ucd Cross was the hick of com-p.-tent stenographer* who uaderstooG i...th French and English. One morning the chief of the transportatioa

Wartime Economy

Mr Henson went to New Tort tn ; tuber point* trough, out by the teM* txten-s. but lived in Brooklyn. Often ; velvet Iman# romparr , *v not able to get bomr In Urn* raToraMr with rottottered meal, pro- ** dinner at night. He told Ms wtfa tKVlUmhtr g, w abra the iM-atte »htt h. would phone her every day as tbr mwvitraf- of the ration; '• BhMher he could laave tbe office « (hat „ ,, n,,,^ profitable to feed “•J; ' soaked beaas than tt 1# to grind them: Mrs. Benson sras at a very thrifty . thlt ni , >rr tw eaten If •''Tt-tth*. .nd the following wa* bet >o<ikrd (irfor% . , brT are f)<J tbau If they

rotation of tbe problem: are fed dry.

tod that you ran t be h<*nr for dinner. , ^ of , br r , 1KTlmr nt were

lo comj>arr » elvri b«-*n« la three forms —whole, ground, and *oak«d—with eot-

r exactly *lx o’clock. If tbs

teh-phone ring* at that himr. I'll know it U you and that you are not coming for dinner. 1 won't answer It and

1 get y„ur nickel back.”—Ladles'

Ho

Gtovaa From Whsla Intestine*. The Norwegian state whaling stabte*# bate laughtBUOU whale*, but exhrot to eateh In all SMU during 'be

allege end dry roughage*, ah" *" ^ I ermine the ro—t economical forms In wtilrb velvet brans might be fed In fattening rattle for market. Incidentally it wa* h-ped that the trot* would shdw poaolldllllro of grain conservation in the production of beef a* a wartime

rare of the Inteotinea and wall dov.u. wa It la the Intention te r gtovea ..f them. The tuaterial 1* It. every reopen, pllshle ooft and Idtonally Mrong The loanufar >4 gloves win probably be com

Tbe rattle I

40 goad 1

In the teal* t

>ld steers in which

IiIium! predo«nlnHl>-.l They wen 1-ought I»*I February In the

Ft Usd* market, where they were ae lerfad out ,4 shipment# from IIIUn.I.

BritsviUr. I "f 18 • P ouo<1 - M tl 5 -!®

hundred.

The dry roughage was tbe same for all Me and rouMMed of corn Mover for the first 2»day period, and wheat raw for the la*t three ZK-day period* The feed* were at current Mandnrd price* and the rhargr agalnM each kind included the artual eoM of laying It down at tbe farm. Tbe examination of the carra»«cs In the cooler al Baltimore allowed that l»t* I and IV were nearly alike as i-> quality. However, meat expert* th'-ro of tbe opinion that If any diff-T-rxlatt-d 11 was In favor of the rarrassro In lot IT. Lot II waa better than lot HI. berauae of the grrat. r rotering of fat. The average drraavd weight*, according to tbe Baltimore trnsl*. gave the following per-euter** of Pressed to live wrtghl*: Lot L M.lfi; lot II. MAT; lot HI. 54XH; M IV. fifi-IY. The steer* were sold on the farm by farm wetghte at 244 centa a l#>und more than they ro*t in East

St. Louis.

rourt. and w

exisri-

n*d Piper. The man In khaki climbed itemember these were happy-go- j burecu had occasion to dictate s on a baggage truck. He raised bis j ] arb y youngsters: remember they ,.. r b i, secretary asking the band srfd silence came upon tbe Woe- nnI „n parade nor allowing off: Frooch government to give him a clad throng gathered before him. ^ „ j;,,, they were doing waa out «>f the thousand numbers for the tnntricula- “ The lying. Ixmg Trail." he called fanneos of hearts that groped for | Uon of his cars. After the letter tiad -Heady " some outlet for the feelings within— been turned Into French he glanced And then the thrill! Out Into the | rough hearta. untutored heart*, many through II casually, noted that the flgthlrk night, out over the old harbor. of them. But at the leader'* quo*- urr* were correct tool pains lo hava floated tbe stralna of that wistful cho- , lon a Kb ou: went up. a concerted U duly countersigned at American ro*. borne by those earnest, boyish ^hout *« If K had been rehrareed: military headquarter*, and »»-nt it off.

•“The Star-Spangled Banner!" I In due course there arrived at his ofOff came their hat* They straight- j fire three distinguished French offientd to etteatlon. The lender gave rials, who smilingly said: them the first line, and they sang! ~UV hate rou.e to thunk the Ameri* How they sang' Reverently, solemnly, can Bed Crooa for tbe thousand car* 11 rang through the murky night, the , it has Ju»t presented to the French hymn of the land they loved. government. It's very handsome ot

' ' ' We're badly In need of cars right

The «ong ended, •ueeeeded by hu«h The man In khaki apoke:

"What!" ga*|»ed the dumfoundeG puflalluu head. "We we illdn't

thousand car*. W#

i produced

INCREASE OF KAFIR GRAINS Prospect for 1*1* I# Crop al 110.005.000 Bushel#—Twice a# Big a#

Tts» Yoara Ago.

(Prepared by th# VMted Btete* Dejwrt-

mrat e" Agrt. ultur* )

Kafir grains are 1 terracing In pr«e ■tm-tiim In ihl* country with aatonl'h-

“Tberv'« a long, long trail unwinding

Into the land of my dream*:

Where the nightingales are singing

And the while moon beam*:

Th.-re's a long, long night of waiting

Until my dreams all come t

Till the day when Ull be going down

The long, long trail with you.”

And after that, tbe old. simple tnelo- . -Gond-hy. bojw" he raid.^"Keep up J die* of 'he South nnd the swinging rour singing, flood lurk."

tune* of another, and a different, war That was all. But to the boy* the give you —“Suwane: River." “Old Rlnek Joe." words rang truer than any opiveh. haven't got '. "Tramp. Tramp. Tramp, the Boy* Are j And they cheered him—three cheer*. ; The vUiti.

Marching." and the Mining, meao- nnd three more, nnd a Mger. A* he , The yucumprehetidlng. on.-. iwi.llepov*. Brrd . Meppol from hi# truck he wn* laM tn er little French olAoographer ha<l uo“Mine eve# have c-en the glory of the ] a mob of rallora. each striving to wittingly turned the whole l-u-inraB eomlng of the Lord, ; traap hi* hand. UI>Mde down and had prvwented a IhouHe Is traropilng out the vintage where I The aailara crowded toward the . M.1,.1 cor* to the Fretii'L g> >enunoaL the grape# of wrath are i gangptstik. Tbe man In khaki atieri and her employer had clinched Uw gift atored—" I one side, wiping bla *«row tt take, tt | by an official vise from th. AmericaB .. • ....JHnrlr t.v the full vol- out of a man to p such singing a* army headquarter#! Arridet.u Ilka «* n1 ~ tb rae frroh v^row. that. that were multifold. Elizabeth Fraasa

"'rhe' man in khaki. Iwatlng time | Boon the boat ratted away Into thejtu Saturday Evening Bom.

from hla truck, under tbe dim light* ' fog nnd the man In khaki turned ba--k |

of the frelcht »b<d. rang too. And toward Newport and bed. Thl* waa Bu#y With HI# Bug#, the mass of f#ce#. turned up to hi* I no part of ht* Job: be did It boraase Maid (to professor in study) Mad* beneath the flat blue caps, shone with | he liked to ray one last word to hi# am has returned from her weak . tn*

the fervor be «n#plrad In them. Imyn. For at the training station hr Mr. Through the fog up the bay loomed hod thousand* more like them, nnd 1 the white, lighted bulk of tbe boat. . there hi- “ * *"

il task lay —etrrooous. t#

gathered facts . Ameriran rail works In »

I Under normal condition* Italy'* perfume manufa■Hirer* annually consume | l.hOO ion* of orange hloaaumv and l.(#lt>

) *11 the nit u—d

INTERESTING ITEMS

i ter of the genuine

lu»ura. -Ilkding uj at lid# In iffY. < ■ figure* l.s.t lle-rraaed t-. |h ninefold In E* yi

rate foe 'rid prop-

d for Ajwartraa