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Safe Place for Potatoes, Carrots, Should Letter Published 1 Her Permission. Beets, Turnips, Etc, When Dried They Can Be Fed to ; Poultry Fiock With Other Feeds During Winter. Well Drained Location Should Be 8*> lected—Straw, Leaves or Similar Material May Be Used for Lining—Cover With Dirt. (Prepared by the United States Depart*? - ment of Agricultural Outdoor banka or pits are used very' generally for keeping vegetables. The conical pit is used commonly for such vegetables a& potatoes, carrots, Beets, turnips, salsify, parsnips and heads of 'olsoned Balt Recommended Consists of Bran or Sawdust Made Tasty and Attractive by Additional-— Molasses and Fruit. Pulp Mills Eat Up Many Millions of. Spruce Every Year — Scientific business to the railroads. The -pulp mills eat up so many millions of. feet of spruce that speculative and stntis- tieiif persoQTr^vonder' where tt—ntt comes from and how long the supply will last. So far as Maine*_ls_con cerned there need be no fear of a wood famine very - soon, but at the pres ent - rate of cutting there ts Wub4 to l>e a scarcity fn the United States with in a faw years that will send prices kiting. - The present nnnunl consumption of Forestry Has Not Caught Up to Tree Slaughter. . cabbage and is constructed as follows A well-drained - location should he chosen and the product piled on the surface of the ground; or a shallow excavation inay be made of suitable size and’ six or eight Inches deep, which-may he lined with straw, leave* or similar material and the vegetables placed on the litter in a conical pll®. never bad i much good. ” Mitchell,. Ind ►out -7.000.000 cords, or 3,500.- * . . _. 7-. . . „ git outdoor exercise has et. That Is using wood at a, ate, even with n b'.g supply j <mer y- __ But there is a greater dralp I;— — wood, resources. Fire takes > the spring of 1017. were $30 n the mills. The eastern j month and boirnrt: Tn HH8 and the Rockies Is 73 per cent | ra te Jumped to $00 to $65 a me id. ami the • timber ‘ mafl^ts 1 in some Instances as high a wlfh great black patches all $95 has |>een paid. Just now, from Puget sound to the ! Maine Is pretty well stocked Medicine (So., Lynn, Maas., telling of health-restored during this trying period by the use of Lydia E. Pink ham'■Vega- table Compound. In amae part a of Mfiiw j nmml fur lalwh* and* the psjaa aboara 'Pmebncnf J. W. Olover, shoemaker, Ilf N. Main St., Ballo- oury, N. C.. says: “I have- suffered at tlmee from spells of • back ache. The P«ia was so severe at tlmee I could**! get out of baa wltbont beta. Klna'ily a Mte4 I , _i advised »n* te Doan a jsJdaay P , B» ead a few A of Duan e Kidnay Ptn* ■*■•••< ba «»rf« and tbea erbaa I I any trouble a S' orr usa ev fbeaa a always aide sat w*t> u>o OF WOOD OUTDOOR EXERCISFRELPS. FAMINE IS SEEK Trees in Forests Must Be Re- placed or Great Scarcity Will Result. - s~ •• Logging used to begin In November and end In March. Now- It goes on at all seasons. r , . „ j Saw Mills Small Factor. The saw mill Is n small factor in the great game of turning Maine for ests^ into money. The Ipng log ger," that is, he who cuts for sawmills. La almost extinct. The_ big sawmill drives are seen no more. This Is the day of the "four-foot stufF’ which makes tip'most of the drives and give* Bangor, Me.—When "The world gets thi4ugh with its nrguuieqjts about war, peace, thq~(*>r ».)...League; of. Nntlons and all that is expressed in the Short and ugly word "rum,” it should turn its most serious and intelligent attention to tree farming. Positively, there must he many more trees, or rt constant and liberal replenishment of the existing supply, or presently we pn tp- Wnnri east of the Mississippi shall suffer great inconvenience from the scarcity of- many useful and some ornamental things. . In the simple and Innocent old times a tree was. Jun-so-mueh standing lum ber. and lumber was cheap. Within the m.emorv of men ] uL, inbWte age first-class spruce-logs sold In Ilangor nt $11 to $ 1 -I per thousand feel. The men who cut the logs were paid $18 ■fo $i>» u end bowed, the honed consisting chiefly of n hunk to sleep In and "beans twenty-one times n week." The men who “drove” the •ame logs, that Is, personally eon- GRASSHOPPER IS HOOD FOR FEED OUTDOOR BANKS FOR VEGETABLE STORAGE ' . ' ^ the burnt area greatly exceeds the green. In the South the pine and the cypress are being cut away at an alarming rate, and In the Pacific stages the Ikiuglas fir and other growths are being turned into money a* rapidly labors nnd Tin $■*’> n dnv, net ilr-r: •ord il'ilng rKk't. $2.23 to ntlilerlc 1 ns |m. 1® M slide. lug to their in; die •kill Mini ,th*d r f:l me «n "sW f.- M t 1 a * [k 1.4,1*1 e lllrn.** nn>l *»f Ct<| line nil hnr ids were | * *v I is lilt • *v I lisa iking fed. althouxli the tnetiti wns c hn meter- 1 1 efTort s fn tli ll<t| by inor Hitm ItMIS sltllpll 1 i*lty nnd : i Cfitjlp a riil the Inrttles •ante lo ort miner pent f*>r bet H ••• n trmru Tbes* Is It I’em nd |m»«i |Minemeuts. were sawed In m <1 the hunks of tha Hflv milt** op iimrtv vfNfi Milford ttvtri ILiii-or, ■e of nlMMit fifteen miles. T its a rut to work, very early in tbs long aiul kept ut it until torts .if* «* err one else had quit for the iM-ltig rewarded to the etr.«UT of it Wn a in«*nth ami all the corned rnhhnge. ete., they could eat In ■ y to thirty minutes, three or times a duv. according to sea- up for all the emitting. Itt- : done. RelefttWc forestry **onie progress, hut as yet •at direction are a* nothing with tree slaughter. Ite- l» Mm «-j|rriv«l on In suine •n a small scale. In Maine. do<*su*t crow* In a .day. A Profit to Manufacturer. The sweet-snielllnc spruce thnl •Heed >.ff bv the saws was $14 to L’l per thousand feet. a< lug to i|imllty ami dimensions ’ was vorth eord- Tlds would seem to allow of slight profit to the naunifnetiirer. “twit there are various ways of measuring logs and lumber—w«nm!s scale, boom scale and mill scn|«»—and during the golden era of Re rigor’s spruce trade the Jugglery of figure* was such that 1.000 f*-et of fogs, boom nettle would "«aw* out" anywhere from 1.150 to feet of lumber. 1.200 feet taking a fair- aver- «ge. So. eCtm in-tin gloomiest On^ when heavy spruce dimensions were •elllng at $21 to *23 and the Rnngor mill men would sit In their offices chewing tobacco and cussing the hard times, they were .n fact making a pretty good thing—especially If they happen«*d to own the land the logs were cut from. m -.. \ Then, Inst of nil, the ennsters who carried the lumber to Roston, the Sound and New York got $1.73. $2.25 nnd $2.30 per thousand feet for de livery at Those several destinations— that Is. the rates quoted prevailed during fairly good times. In dull times lumber was earrled from Rnn gor to Roston ns cheaply ns $1.23.to $1.30 per ■'■thousand, to I.otTc Island sound ports at $1.73 to $2. and to New York at $2 to $2.25. Now everything Is changed. 'Of Maine's normal log cut of 1,000,000,- 000 feet, at least GO per cent goes in to pulp hud paper. The native log ger, who swujig a sharp ax skillfully at $18 to $20 'a x month and was con- togcUier itht-r. A* ill VHHlO*. all Industry will suf fer of trey pretyr hoard. Advance in Pulp Wood Value*. The advance In pulp wood value* within months lm« been remark able. even for the time*. Itefore the entronce of (Ms country Into the war, I»*«led wimmI delivered In the mill yard In Malm* wns worth $0 a cord. N« w the price |* *18 In Maine and In New York stale $20 a cord. This ad vance l« ilue In part to higher wage* am! In part to n little profiteering or a turn of thrift by the land owner*. I declining tendency." ■Hnt4tt-4U«* Lulled States ns a whole the supply of wood j Is short of the demand, and there [ *"ems to he no prosjavt .of lower ‘ prices either of lulmr «£ product. One o|*cmtor In Maine, a Massa chusetts man. who got Into the luin- 1 !»er business through hi* love of nn- l-«re. e»| ln*t venr nn Molunceu* and the east branch of the P»*nohsc«it ' ;Kt.iwfl c«>rds. or 15.t**VOttO feet, nt pulp I wtnh( and 5.ts>«Hssi feet of long logs. UnyR pill i*if ihis year wykrt anlfllilL ff ‘jit.niHHMHl f«*et of pulp w«mmI. employ ing 0UU men ttt'$tl2 a month nnd 1 Imnrd or f«»r piece work. $3.50 to $3.73 neesfir # Xlie fstmmon Iniftresshtn Is that *fl i w«mm| pulp *ls made Into |tn|w*r and I that the increased deman*l f**r new*- I* resi**>u aide fur lh_ de nudation a question ' the f.H*est4 | aNHleefMWep* j|rrtnt ah»*H* h» r**s|*»i if uur forest lands. It l* re mu<t l»e a tot I true that most of the pulp c • - t* this country, etsej^ti^fy the np|>etlte of the printing devel- pn sew, but there have been ojwd In recent years mnnv ami vari ous other uses for the fiber of the spruce * and poplar. Jnnumeraide article* are now made of wood pulp door*. dt«lw*. buttons, hoard*, boxes, pie plate* by the tnillhm, trunks and Itr wheels, and milady who I Hi rude* the avenue, proud of her gown of trlcolette. may he surprised to learn tlint In that silken fabric Is woven the filler of the spruce—that she owe* notnetlilng of (lie luster *nd durable texture of her finery to the frngrunt .Pr*pared by the United Stata* Depart- ■ " meat of Agriculture.) a* When grasshoppers make their ap pearance they can be destroyed by the ^io»w»ou_piitsofi£<j_ bait method. But there Is another way of getting rid of grasshoppers' That fit akesThe pests pay for-the trouble of killing or catching them. This method consists of driv ing a grasshopper catcher through an Infested field, catching all the grass- hoppers that hop, nnd then feeding the Insects to chickens. They can be dumped Into sacks and hung up to dry and fed as dry grasshoppers, or If It Is preferred to feed the grasshoppers alive, the machine can he hauled to the poultry yard and placed so that the front will face the light. The Insects will find their way out.but not too fast for an ordinary flock of chickens. Thus the grasshopper catcher becomes a poultry §wr-r?Mer7“ An analysis of grasshopper* show* them to be htgtr In protein and there fore flood chicken feed. It I* known that chickens are more productive When Insect* are a part of their ra- . tlon. and grasshopper* when .dried can be used with other feeds during the . winter. % Make-Up of Poitcned Bait. The poisoned halt recommended con sists of bran or sawdust made tasty . and attractive by the addition of mo- ; lasses arid fruit and treated with an arsenical poison. The following form ula I* recommended: Bran (half and half bran and finrd- wood sawdust, or sawdusf alone), 23 pounds; pari* green or crude at-senlou* oxide, 1 pound, or white arsenic. 14 1 pounds; molasse* (cheap feeding irr;idi-), 2 quarts; lemon*, bananas or orange*. 6 fruits, or 1 op nee «f cheap lemon extract; water, about 2 to 4 gal lon*. The poisoo should be thoroughly mixed with the bran. The water, mol*sse* and finely chopped fruit or extract are then mixed and .added. The mixture should he wet so that It tiiolds In th<\ bunds hut la not "soppy.” The bait should he scattered broadcast at the rate of seven to ten pound* to the acre, applications being made in the early morning. In clover or alfalfa much materlsl and labor can he saved by first cut ting around the field until there re- Mltchell, IndL—“ Lvdia E. Plnlcham'g Vegetable Compound helped me so modi during the time 1 was lookingforwari to the coming of mj tittle one that I am recommending it to jother expectant mothers. Be fori takingfl£ someday* 4 1 suffered with neu ralgia so badly that I thought I could not live, but after taking three bottles «f-X#Uia E. P i n k- ham s V e ge table Compound I was en tirely relieved of ' neuralgia, 1 had gained in strength and was aWwtogo around aqd do all my housework. My baby when serea months old weighed 19 pound* and I fed better than I nave for a long time. I _ medicine do me a© rs. Pearl Monyhan, Good health during maternity is o most important factor to both mother and child, and many letters have bees received bv the Lydia EL Pink ham Medicine Co., " Bad Sickness Cau6ed by Acid-Stomach Safe Way to Keep Potatoea, Carrots, Etc. Wages before th.* war, that I*, up to k forest* of Matne. NEW EYELIDS MADE FROM LEG Operation Restores Sight of Maine Man Injured Forty-Seven *— * Years Ago. Vermin Adds to Cost of Producing Pork tent to live onXbaked . beans and salted fish, has been x .succeeded hy a polyglot mob that usha snws lan guidly at $50 to $60 a Yuonth, de mands hotel fare, frequent payments, polite treatment and every few weeks a vacation. The logs for the mdat^ part, are cut Into four-,foot lengths," - and they go to the big pulp nnd paper mi 11s owned hy Corporations that long Rangin’ Me.—Forty-seven years • without closing his eyes, then a period of total hlly$(ness, followed by com plete restoration of sight, this Is the experience of John Randolph Watson | of the town of Standlsh. Mr. Watson was a photographer in Indlanoln. and In 1850 an explosion of chemicals burned-away his eyelids, al- , 'though the sight was not affected. Rut with unprotected eyes he continued for nearly half 0 century, three years of the period being spent in Alaska, where the severity of the climate j caused cataracts to form on both eyes ; hnd results In loss of sight. He went to Philadelphia later, where heTorinerly lived for a time, nnd was -nt the- .Hahnemann hospital, nnd by grafting flesh from his leg he got a new set of eyelids. The success of the operation is now assured. The cata racts were removed and the sight has been restored. _ ~ * - ago bought*up hundreds of thousands of acres of the best timber in Maine. “Income Unsettled.” Amsterdam.—“Income Unsettled” vyns the /eturn made by ex-Crown made PHqce William, of Germany, in re- si»onsie to the Dutch’collector's request 1 asking them for de.nihi. The collector is asking the government; "How about it?" TESTING DOCK FOR-SUBMARINES Washington. D. CV— Lice add a cent n pound to the cost of producing pork. This Ipis been found in tests Just completed at the experiment farm of the United States ; department of agriculture at Beltsvllle, Md. Twenty-four lousy hogs were secured, nnd divided Into two lots as nearly equal ns to quality of animals us possible. The two lots were managed ami fed" rtri* same way with the exception that one lot wns treat ed to prevent lice. The animals were weighed at regular Inter vals and at The "end of the fi tening period it was found that the hogs infested with lice cost a Cent a pound Wore to fatten ?1 1 than-those which were free of the troublesome pest. The officials of the depart ment who hod charge of this ex periment give nn Interesting side light in -connection with securing the lousy animals, They communicated with some of the department’s field men, to locate hogs. It was some time before a reply was received^, to tids surprising" order. After the lousy hogs were purchased the owner learned why, and he hn- med'ately built a dipping - vat and began to treat the animals to’prevent lice.. Coming Fast for Fideie. New York.—Within the space of six hours, the stork left triplets—three hoys—at the home of Fideie Cntaldo, hi*, rabbit presented Mm with ten new bunnies and Jhe .family-cat announced two n-w arrivals. Cntaldo. whfi wa* 1 already the father of eight children «*n | $4.2t) -per day. I* looking for extra | ihartL * j Grasshoppers Can Be Captured in This Portable Cage. mains a small central uncut area wher6 ♦he grasshoppers will have gathered and may be quickly and cheaply de stroyed by the poisoned halt. If tKe grasshoppers are feeding In corm or young trees more water, or better, more * molasses and water, should be add ed, and the mixture thrown forcefully ; so that the particles will adhere to the , crops to he protected. How to Make Grasshopper Catcher. Tl\e grasshopper catcher, which has an arlvuntage over the old-style hop- perdozer, In that the insects can be The vegetables should then be covered with straw or .similar material and finally with earth to a depth of two or three Inches. As winter approaches, the dirt covering should he increased until It Is several inches thick. The depth of the earth covering la deter mined hy the severity of the winters In the particular locality. It la well to cover the pits wtt h sfya w, corn fod» J der or manure during severely cold* weather. The umount of ventilation necessary will depend upon the size of the pit Small pits containing hut a few bush els of vegetables will receive sufficient ventilation if tha straw between tha vegetables and dirt Is allowed to ex- tend through the dirt at the apex of the pile. This should be covered with a hoard or piece of tin held la place bf a stone to protect It from rain. In larger pits ventilation may be secured by placing two or three pieces of board nailed together at right angles. Vegetables keep very well In such pits, but It Is difficult to get them out In cold weather, so that when a pit Is opened it is desirable to remove the entire contents at once. For this rea son It Is advisable to construct sev eral small pits rather than one large oner, and Instead ISTstorlng each crop lfTa pit by Itself It Is better to place a small quantity of several kinds of veg etables In the same pit, so that It will he hecesftafy to opeh ohTy one hank to get a supply of all of them. In stor ing several crops In the same bffnk lt If p*opl« only r**ltM4 th* h**lth-4*«tr*a- In* powtr of an icM ilamtrh—of tl)* many 1 kindt of ilrkn-M ml ml**nr it e*u*»o of • th* Uru U morally «r*ck*—th«jr «o*14 guard ■■•ln*t It •• rarafully they do •**ln«t * •1**4ly placa* Ton know. I* na Instant th* Rrot symptom* of irld-Montck— pain* of in'll***! Ion. dl*tr»*otn*. p«tlnf*d bi>'*t. Mr. (naoy stomach, balrhln*. flaw* | nnmi' iMitisn. tta. vimfw iw • t m«rh f-»l» this way yo« should too* M • Urn* In pnttln* It to rl*hta If you don't. ' o*rto«* rons*t*u*n4 *■ oV* almost iur* to fol low, *urh no mtootlnal f-rm-ut•tlon. •*(*- Intoilcntlo*. Impalrmant of th* oattr* n*n • ua h-a'larh* htllouan*ao. rlrrhoolo ' of th* ll**r. •om*tlm*« *v*n ratarrh of tho at on. , r h and lnt*atinal ulc*r* nnd can* or. If yo« nr* mot f**lin* rt*ht. aoo If H towt arid atomarh that la th* ratio* of roar M h-alih Tak* EATONIC, th* w*nd*rfml mod •rn otomoefc r*tn*dy. BATONIC TaMotm ' uulrkly ■ n'i *ur*{y ,-«»**• th* ooHk. h*irbiri*. nnd h*nrth«rn that" tadicot* ot.mtrk Molt* th* atomnch Mr***. • nd • w»*t Hy hvnpln* th* Mtmuk h**ithy condition *o that you can **t | •tr*n*th from yomr food, yomr **m*rnl h*nMh *t**'1ily I m pro too Result* nr* moryln—tr qulrM Juot try BAToN'IC and you wUI k* na *nthu«i**tic a* th* thomanad* who harm m**d U nnd who any th*y ***** dr**m*4 anythin* eonld hrtn* such mirtalow rtlht So **t n hi* Id-coat hot of BATOMIO . from yomr dru**t*t today If not *at lot no tary rot urn it nnd h* will r*f«ad yomr ihmm* Eczema ll MONEY BACK Won If Bui Without «* fall* In Cfc Tottor, Bn hocumo dl S^SsS’dSs rollTod haodr-i. uf iuoh rn**m, ■ can't to** on *mr Mo mum tk O norwmt**. Try It at our rt*B DAY PHe* !•*, *t dr * a m*h*rn* oo^ih CUTS )dlve AB.’SORBTlON NO SALVE \JtrnF ** AT DRUG STORU 0« 1100 IT HM. SAM E. RICHARDSON usbannavk. DRUCCIST THE Atoll** pr*pnmti H*l|« to*mdl«n For Raatorio* Boouty to Gray or FnJod Hi Mo. nod f LM at Dru**l*tn utilized for chicken feed. I* about 16 ! ls a »® eepomte them with feet long with an upright but curved ’""T' '"T or " ,h, ' r piece of tin In from .nd so nrranged vegetables fr „,^ the small pk may he that the grasshoppers will strike It as Cruel but Practical Limit. Mistress—Are J^ou willing to serv* humanity? ■--Bridget—Only two In the family, mum. . ' - they hop up, falling to the bottom and hack through a narrow trap opening Into a box behind. The tlit front does not extend quite to the bottom, where, Just In front of the tin shield, Is a strip of tin so placed that there Is an opening about Ior 2 inches wide. This front strip or lip may be made by using a 36-foot length of gutter, one side of which is flattened outward. The back and top of the box In the rear Is covered with wire screen and the top should be so hinged that It can easily be opened nnd the accumulated grasshoppers shorrh'd- out as needed. A horse is hitched to an extended beam at each end and the catcher placed temporarily In the storage room In the bnsement. DEAD VEGETATION IS USEFUL Grass, Straw, Stalks and Leaves Should Be Plowed Under for Humus-Making Material. ~ According to the Ohio experiment station, vegetable matter,' such as grass, straw, stalks and leaves, loses In six months fully 50 per cent of its carbon or humus-making material. In other words, these materials plowed under In the fall are-twleoss valuable for humus as when plowed under In the spring... Here Is an excellent rea- drngged throngh the Infested area,, be- s °n wh y «Tery day. when the grouirtP ginning at the sides and working to ward the center of the field. ls dry enough, should be utilized In plowing under the dead'vegetation on our fields. ENSILAGE IS VALUABLE FEED IMPROVE FERTILITY OF SOIL It Is Excellent Feed for Cows, Sheep, •nd Beef Cattle—Silo Is Good •- - Investment Girl's Steer Gained. Gmhffi, lad—SlMmeitss. a tbor 'tngtorH ««sr. fattened by If us Rev sic* Gallop, remitting east of fiadns d* stars A gat» of While you are canning frfilts and vegetables for your home, as yoo sure ly will, why sortan (enslie) feed for your live stock? EnsHsgr may be tailed canned feed, and It la a very valuable feed far earns, sharp and *«ef*cattfcL The dis will be u to tt fmm bare mgr ikmIs In To Maks It Posstbla to Raisa Good Crops Next Year Land Must w’ Have Good Culture Every farmer Is Interested In ting large craps and ample profits this year. This Is laudable and highly de- arable. Rot goud crops will be _ ed next year and the years that fi tow. Ta make this possible to na lam I a- - « a Orsnulnted Eyelid*. St I**, Inflamed relieved over nl*bt by Roman Eye Balsaaa. One trial prove* It* merit. Adv. If men were compelled to eat their ^vords there would he wr-epidemic of Indigestion. Back Giving Out? That "bad back” ia probably due to wesk kidney*. It shows in s dull, throbbing backache, or ahara twinges when stopping. You have headaches, too. dizzy spells, a tired, nervous feeling and irregular kidney action. Don’t neg- lect.it—tnere is danger of dropsy, grava or Bright’s disease! Use Doan’i Kid ney Pills. Thousands have saved them* selves more serious ailments by tbs timely use of Doan't. A North Carolina Cate Tsig^to 1 *ac i 1* i. ft.--**** DOAN'S Vi