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l i ! ’ [ I m McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. TFrTTRsnAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1941 Hospitality for Our Over-Night Guests By RUTH WYETH SPEARS COME people have a talent for ^ making guests comfortable and they are not always the people with big houses and what used to be called a “spare room’* for, company. I thought of this one morning as I sat propped up on a perfectly comfortable folding cot eating breakfast from a tray. When not in use my cot was stored in the hall under the in* genious frame sketched here. This rWITH MIRROR >OR SITS ON TOP CUT TOP COYERl THttf ADD BAND AND SKIRT ._WE WITH SHELF FOR | BEDDING FITS OVER COT J frame had a full skirted cover of blue denim trimmed in red and blue flowered chintz. The medi cine closet on top stood on feet made of spools glued in place; and was painted red inside and •ut. On the cabinet shelves were cleansing tissue and other useful tilings. • • • . MOTE: In Mrs. Spears’ Books 5 and 8 you will find directions for streamlining •Id-fashioned couches and chairs, as well as many dther suggestions for bringing your home up-to-date. Also directions for designing and making rugs; hooked, braided and crocheted; each book has 32 pages of pictures and directions. Send srder to: MBS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New Yerk Enclose 20c for Books 5 and 6. Name Address Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels, and Comfort Stomach, too When constipation brings on acid in digestion. stomach upset, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste and bad breath, your stomach is probably “crying the blues’* because your bowels don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels, combined with Syrup Pepsin to save your touchy stomach from further dis tress. For years, many Doctors have used pepsin compounds as vehicles, or car riers to make other medicines agreeable to your stomach. So be sure your laxa tive contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully the Laxative Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your intestines to bring welcome relief from constipation. And the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so comfortable and easy on your stomach. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative Soma at your druggist today. Try one laxative that comforts your stomach, too. Magic in Home j There is magic in that little word “home”; it is a mystic circle |that surrounds comforts and vir- itues never known beyond its hal- iowed limits.—Southey. FOR HEAD COLDS JSSSS&S |clo M io0 miseries —rush hi vitalizing healing air. you on the "open nose” way out of cold-stuffed misery. Remember, free and easy breath- a ; takes the kick out of head colds— ps cut down the time these colds hang •o. So, for extra, added freedom from colds mis winter-head off head colds’ misery with geouine Penetro Nose Drops. Youth Through Spirit If spirit wills, the heart need not grow old; we live by thought and feeling, not by days.—L. Mitchell Hodges. AT eooD oauo stobes • tAftGf •OTTLB f week's Stso B/ims 'CessedRetie/L RHEUMATISM LUMBAGO BEACONS of SAFETY— •Like a beacon light on the height—the advertise ments in newspapers direct you to newer, better and easier ways of providing the things needed or desired. It shines, this beacon of newspaper advertising—and it will be to your advantage to fol low it whenever you make a purchase. American Agriculture Indebted To Abraham Lincoln More Than To Any Other of Our Presidents By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) A TALL man in rusty black arose from his chair on a flag- draped platform and made his way awkwardly to the speaker’s stand. He seemed ill at ease as he gazed on the weathered faces of the crowd before him. Then he began to speak. Almost at once his self-conscious ness vanished. His sorrowful, deep-set eyes lighted up. His voice warmed. His hearers continued to be a student of farm ing and farm improvement. When Lincoln entered the White House, farming was being carried on much the same as it had been in the past half-century. Man and horse power were still the main reliance on the average farm, although an impressive start had been made toward mechanization and improvement of farm implements. It took about as long to plow a field, plant a crop and cultivate it as it had taken in Revolutionary war days. This was particularly true of the newer areas of settlement. The reaper had been invented about 30 years before, but its use was by no means universal. The steel plow had been introduced in the late 1830s and had helped speed the opening of the newly settled West. The science of soil chemistry was even more recent. Although experiments in plant feeding^ in« Europe led to the es tablishment of the modem ferti lizer in this country in 1850, pro duction amounted to only 20,000 tons in 1860. Today American farmers use nearly 8,000,000 tons annually. | Aids to Agriculture. Soon after his inauguration, Lincoln began throwing the weight of his influence behind measures that would strengthen leaned forward to catch each word. “No other human occupa tion,” he said, “opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of la bor with cultivated thought as agriculture... Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two where there was but one is both a profit and a pleasure. And not grass alone, but soils, seeds and seasons; saving crops, ■ dis eases of crops and what will prevent and cure them; hogs, horses and cattle; trees, shrubs, fruits, plants and flowers—each is a world of study within itself.” The speaker was Abraham Lin coln.. The time was September 30, 1859. The place was the agri- cultural fair held by the Wiscon sin State Agricultural society at Milwaukee. Most Americans remember Lin coln as our first martyred Presi dent, as the Great Emancipator, as the statesman whpse principles have stirred men everywhefe. Few, perhaps, realize what a pro found influence Lincoln and his administration left on the agri culture of the United States. Yet all his life he was a close student of farming. He knew its needs and foresaw the possibilities of its advancement as few men have done before or since. And it was as a nationally recognized repre sentative of the farmer and the small town democracy he knew so well that he was invited to address that meeting in Mil waukee. These things considered, it is not surprising that in the anguish of the Civil war that threatened the nation’s existence, Lincoln found time to promote the cause of agriculture and give it an im petus that is felt down to this day. Boyhood on a Farm. Abe’s early boyhood was spent on a farm of 30 acres near Knob creek, about 10 miles northeast of his birthplace at Hodgenville, Ky. Because of the hills and gullies only 14 acres could be cultivated. In the fall of 1816 the Lincoln family moved again—this time across the Ohio river into the heavily timbered wilderness of southern Indiana. Here they es tablished themselves op a knoll surrounded by marshy, malaria- ridden fields. There was no drink ing water within a mile. Although Thomas Lincoln acquired an op tion on 160 acres to be paid for in installments at $2 an acre, he completed payments on only half of this land. The elder Lincoln continued to vary his farming and hunting by doing occasional jobs of carpentry. In 1824, after the family had been in Indiana seven years, the cultivated area of the farm totaled only 17 acres. Thus young Lincoln as a boy of 15 was hired out to the neighbors to plow, hoe corn, split rails and make fences. He also worked as a ferryman on the Ohio river. For this work his father received $6 a month. During the hog-packing season, however, he received an additional 31 cents a day. Once more the Lincolns pushed westward. This time it was early in the spring of 1830 and the fam ily trekked to the bluffs along the Sangamon river in Macon county, Illinois. Reaching ma jority soon afterward, Abraham Lincoln bade farewell to his family and began life for himself. Although he left farm work be hind as a career, Lincoln never ceased to interest himself in ag riculture. A/< a surveyor, as post master and storekeeper at New Salem, as a lawyer riding the court circuit around Illinois, as a congressman and as President he JUSTIN S. MORRILL the position of agriculture and promote its future growth. This was sound strategy in view of the impending Civil war. Within a year three bills of outstanding significance had been passed. These were the Act Establishing the United States Department of Agriculture, the Homestead act, and the Land Grant College act. Agriculture today owes a debt to the administration which spon sored these acts. The progress it has achieved in the past 75 years would never have been possible without them. As early as his first message to congress in December, 1861, Lin coln pointed out the necessity for a department of agriculture. “Agriculture, confessedly the largest interest of the nation,’’ he declared, “has not a department, nor a bureau, but a clerkship only assigned to it in this government. “While it is fortunate that this great interest is so independent in its nature as not to have de manded or extorted more from the government, I respectfully ask congress to consider whether something more cannot be volun tarily given with general advan tage.” The Act Establishing the De partment of Agriculture was the result, and in his second annual message the President was able to report: “To carry out the provisions of the Act of Congress of May 15th last, I have caused the Depart ment of Agriculture of the United States to be organized. The Com missioner informs me that within the period of a few months, this department has established an ex tensive system of correspondence and exchanges both at home and abroad which promise to effect highly beneficial results in the de velopment of a current knowledge of recent improvements of agri culture, in the introduction of new products, and in the collection of the agricultural statistics of the different states. Also it will be prepared to distribute, largely, seeds, cereals, plants and cut tings, and has already published and liberally diffused much valu able information in anticipation of a more elaborate report which will in due time be furnished, em bracing some valuable tests in chemical science now in progress in the laboratory.” Lincoln closed his statement with the hope that the department would “realize at not too distant a day all the fondest anticipations of its most sanguine friends and become the fruitful source of ad vantages to all our people.” How prophetic was this hope is a matter of history. Although the department was not represented in the cabinet with a secretary until 1889, it proved its worth im mediately. Today every farm home feels its benefits. County agents everywhere assist farmers in improving their farm methods, testing their soil to determine its plant food needs, advising them on how to increase the productiv ity of their holdings. The Homestead Act. Another milestone in agricul tural development was the Home stead act, signed by President Lincoln on May 20, 1862. During the course of its operation nearly 250,000,000 acres of public domain have been thrown open to private farm ownership. Instead of requiring the pay ment of $1.25 or more per acre, the Homestead act gave 160 acres free to every settler who would live on it for five years. Set tlers rushed into the new lands, and while the Civil war was still in progress 2,500,000 acres were thus given away. This created more than 15,000 farms of 160 acres each. New railroads were built to link the western farm lands with the eastern markets. . The new crops helped feed the Union armies, furnish fibers and raw materials to factories, and provided an exportable surplus which built a profitable trade with Europe. Most important step in aiding the cause of scientific agriculture was the Morrill act, or Land Grant College act, named for Justin S. Morrill, representative in congress and afterwards sena tor from Vermont. Signed by President Lincoln on July 2, 1862, this law gave to each state as many times 30,000 acres of public land as it had senators and rep resentatives. This land was to provide funds for the establish ment and support of a “college of agriculture and mechanical arts.” The far-flung system of agricul tural colleges in every state of the Union today owes its exist ence to this act. These colleges are a powerful factor irv discover ing new facts concerning the soil, its needs, crop and live stock im provement and better farming methods. Not only do these col leges educate young men to apply these facts and methods in actual farm work, but agronomists and soil scientists are continually car rying on experiments with crops, soils and fertilizers in their states. As a result of their work, the average farmer can have the benefit of expert and practical ad vice in preparing his soil for prof itable crop production. Many of these colleges provide recom mendations for fertilizer grades best adapted to the needs of a farmer’s soils and crops after a test has established the necessity for nitrogen, phosphorus and pot ash. “Lincoln’s contributions to the development of agriculture,” said an official of the Middle West Soil Improvement committee recent ly, “stand as much a monument to his greatness as any of his oth er achievements during his presi dency. It was astounding that under the stress of war and de struction he could have sponsored and supported measures that would have such epochal conse quences to our development.” \/fAKE up this smart tailored dress in a refreshing Spring print, or bright-colored wool, or dark flat crepe with bright buttons. It will give a real lift to your spirits and look gay as a holly berry under your winter coat. There’s no better way to start the year right than with a really smart new everyday dress, and a crisp shirtwaister is smartest of all! This easy-to-make design (No. 8853) is exceptionally becoming to AROUND THE HOUSE To thread a needle easily, cut the end of the thread on the bias. • • • Parsley washed with hot water keeps its flavor better and is eas ier to chop. < • ' * • If milk boils over on the stove, sprinkle the spot with salt. This will at once remove the disagree able odor. • • • Baking powder biscuits and cookies rise better and brown more evenly on baking sheets than they do in pans. * • • Keep cheese in a well-covered dish or it will become dry and tasteless. • • • An old piece of velvet makes an ideal polishing cloth for silver or furniture. • • • Iron rust may be removed from white goods with sour milk. • * * Steamed leftover fruit cake served with a lemon sauce makes a delicious dessert. * * • Creaky stairs, like creaky floors, are an unnecessary annoyance. If your stairway gets too noisy, here’s the way to go about silenc ing the offending treads. Simply nail a few extra finishing nails through the treads into the risers below. The finishing nails used should be three inches long, and they should slant alternately to the right and to the left as they are driven in. And after counter sinking the nails, the nail-holes may be filled with plastic wood and painted. those who take woman’s sizes, and exceptionally useful, whether you’re a suburban wife or a city business woman! It will be pretty for home wear, too, made up in tubfast cottons, and the trio of en velope pockets may be omitted if you prefer. A very easy style to make. • * • Pattern No. 8853 is designed for sizes 34. 36, 38. 40. 42, 44. 46 and 48. Size 36 requires 4% yards of 39-inch material without nap. Detailed sew chart included. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 211 W. 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