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LINING AND HEATING CARS TO
PROTECT POTATOES IN WINTER
E/lae floor stringers correctly built in box car for protection of potatoes
from cold. Circulation is not blocked, as would be the case if string
ers were run across the car instead of lengthwise.
(Prepared by th. United Staten Department
of Agriculture.)
Warm nlr weigh* less tlmn cool air
■—mid here lies the Imslr principle of
properly hen ting box cars In winter
to protect potato shipments against
frosts that nip Into the farmer's prof
its as well as Into the potatoes. Next
to providing heat, the matter of get
ting it to elreulate so that It reaches
practically all the potatoes In the car
Is of greatest Importance,
Til* dlreetlons for preparing a box
car for potato shipments given here
with are In accord with recommenda
tions of the Pulled States I 'epurtnient
of Agriculture, and apply to winter
shipments of sweet potatoes destined
for northern points, as well as to the
white variety.
Suitable Lining Is Important. 1
A stove will warm enough air to
protect a ear of potatoes from freez
ing even In severe weather, providing
the car lining Is built and kept In such
a condition that the worm air can get
down to the floor and sides where It
Is needed. To accomplish tills a com
plete air passage must be formed en
tirely around the load.
Whan potatoes are loaded In bulk.
It ta necessary to construct what are
In effect two bins, one on either side
of the contra! area where the stove
Is placed, If till- shipment Is likely
to puss through severe weather. 11l
many liistnnees, of course, ft Is en
tlrply wife to ship without artificial
limit In the car.
Before constructing the bins, the
walls and celling of the car Itself must
In- covered with building paper. Fol
lowing this it false floor Is laid oil
■uplKirts running lengthwise, thereby
creating nlr channels four to six
Inches deep, extending beneath the
false floor from the center of the car
to either end where they connect with
▼optionl nlr passages formed by false
walls built four to six Inches from
the enr ends. Likewise, false walls
are built a few Inches from the sides
and n false door Is erected at one side
for a stovepipe to go through.
Bulkheads are put across the enr
at either side of the door to form u
well for the stove. These walls, as
well as the center bulkheads, rise well
tottnl the celling. The.blns are lined
with (wiper, the same ns the ear walls.
Th«> false tioor supports permit the
cool air to settle below the false floor
and to move toward the base of the
Wove, where It rises as It Is heated
and circulates toward the ends of the
car, between the load and the celling.
A rough estimate of the lumber and
paper required to line an Sby R l 4 by
3f. foot car, with doors 5 feet wide,
la as follows;
IS plet-on » hv 4 Inches by 14 feet.
t nieces 2 t>\ 6 Inches by lit feel.
1 WO square feel of l-lnch lumber, 16 feet.
1.250 square feet of building paper.
The 15 I’by Ts should be sawed In
half, making 2(1 pieces 7 feet long.
Six Inches should be sawed uIT the
length of each of the eight 2-by-tt
pieces. Knougli of the ltl-font hoards
should tie sawed Into S-foot lengths
to make a total width of ST feet of
8 foot boards and other of these boards
saw ml Into (1-foot lengths to make a
total width of 1 feet. This will ‘cave
a few 4-foot lengths. One foot should
he sawed off the remaining Id foot
hoards, leaving them 15 feet long.
This lumber Is all that is required
by an experienced loader to complete
ly equip a ear with false walls and
hulk beads. I lot a lied directions for
putting up the lining, easily under
stood. are contained In Farmers' Bul
letin 10P1 Issued by the United States I
Department of Agriculture.
The shipper Is cautioned not to load
potatoes so close to the celling that |
they block (circulation. There must he
a lucre unobstructed opening for the
warm air to pass down to the floor
sftcr It has spread the length of the 1
▼t iling from the heater. The olrcu- i
lation is slow and labored, and to limit I
It tty tilling the sacks so that they ex |
teuil leyoml the false walls causes
serums interference. In placing pota
toes in sacks' on the false floor next
to the walls care should he taken to j
set them a few Inches from these par- j
tltions, since they are In the region
where the frost first becomes effective
If tb* ear is not properly heated.
Lmed Cars Returned to Shippers.
It Is recognised that preparation of
the car In the manner indicated In- |
▼ol\es a considerable Initial expense
Usually, however, shippers plun to use
both the stove and the lumber for re
pented shipments. In Maine cars are
equipped substantially In the way de
arribed and used by shippers repeated
ly the curs being returned to the
starting points free of charge to the
shipper.
The general rule west of the Missis
sippi Is to permit the return of linings
and stoves by freight free of charge.
In other regions the regular freight
rate usually Is charged. Efforts ure
being made to have an arrangement,
similar to that existing In Maine, ap
plicable throughout the country, and
where the car lining and stove are r«-
inoved It has been recommended that
the railroads return them to the ship
per at one-half fourth-class rate.
DISEASED CONDITION
OF SEED SWEET CORN
Much Damage Done by Ear
Worm and Rot Molds.
Growers Urged to Exercise Greatest
Care to Insure Quality of Next
Year’s Supply—Test
Rag-Doll Germinator.
Because of the damage which has
been done to sweet corn throughout
tin 1 Middle West this season by the
enr worm, followed by root and ear
rot molds, corn growers are urged by
the United States Department of
Agriculture to exercise every possible
care to Insure the quality of their
seed for next year’s crop. These
molds have In many cases rendered
a considerable percentage of the ears
wholly unfit for any purpose. Other
cars, but partly overrun with molds,
are unlit for seed but should be used
for feed only after the moldy part of
the ear Is shelled off. This applies
especially to the corn which has been
grown for seed. In certain fields In
the corn belt the damage has been so
great that the coni was rendered unfit
for harvesting as seed, practically no
ears being found which were not In
jured.
These observations and reports to
the department are all based on the
evident and conspicuous defects that
have been found In sweet corn and
dent varieties. It Is known, more
over, that many of the apparently
good ears In these damaged fields are
diseased and unless special precau
tions art' taken, for example testing
with the rag-doll germinator, tliey
may puss ns good seed corn.
During the past three years It has
been found that much of the sweet
corn seed which has been purchased In
the open market has been badly In
fected with mold and ear-rot organ
isms. The quality of seed obtainable
for use next spring depends, then,
upon bow the seed grown last year
has been cared for, and upou the at
tention given the selection of seed
from this season’s crop. •
INCREASE OF HESSIAN FLY
Parasitic Enemies and Unfavorable
Weather Tend to Keep Pest With
in Bounds.
If It were not for Us parasitic
enemies and unfavorable weather, the
Ib ssian fly would Increase In such vast
numbers that wheat growing in this
count ry would be practically Im
possible Inside of two years. The
United States Department of Agricul
ture, as a result of recent studies,
now published In Department Bulletin
I 1008, Hate of Multiplication of the
lli'sslnn Fly, by \V. It McDonnell, found
; rhnt the Increase In breeding of the
I Insect was much higher than had been
before realized. The data collected
afford an explanation for the very
sudden development of a Hessian tly
I outbreak and furnish a basis for pre
j dieting miin' accurately the approach
I of a dangerous Infestation.
TOO MANY POULTRY LOAFERS
Best Plan to Weed Out Nonproducert
and Keep Only Goad Laying and
Breeding Fowls.
One reason some folks complain that
I “chickens don't, pay" Is because they
I compel one or two good hens to sup
: port a dozen lazy ones. There are
i some deadbeats In every flock, just as
there are also some excellent laying
and breeding hens.
The thing to do is always to weed
' out the least desirable Jowls, then keep
only the best ones and keep them well
i —in a good house, well managed and
! cared for.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
ACROSS the qardens of Life theq
A stranqe, ill-mated pair;
Bq paths where nauqht but bloiSS^
Bq paths neqlected where qaunt mjeeds
But hand in hand, throuqh joi|,
J of Life
f 'p' The one is old, and qnm, and qraq,
His eqes stare off, like one in dreams; "S.J
Across his breast his white locks straq; ipy
P * The sands in his glass fall daq bq daq;
Over his shoulder his scqthe-blade gl jams,
jpc) And he is old, 'and
And otie is qoung, and briqht, and
The curls about his head
Shine as a halo; his red lips dare
The birds in song; he knows no care,
Joq in his heart is never dead,— '
lie lives to love and he; is fair,
Hoar-headed Time was never qoung.
f/y/ And Love on earth can not grow old;
gL / And qet, since first to that hand he clung—
sjk( Since first his tender sonq he sung,
Since first his love-tale he had told,
And to a dart his bow had pj
Together, throuqh waqs of joq, of
Thouqh one is old and one is fair, 'Zp
Bq paths where nauqht but blossoms blow,
Bq paths neqlected where gaunt weeds
Toqether, a stranqe, ill-mated pair,
Across the qardens of Life theq ' y \
Dottunil Uotfd in InduupolU Hw.
New Year’s
Ghost Party
"*HEHE Is a pleasant old su
perstition that jollity in a
■ house during the first week
of the New Year brings
pleasure and happiness to
that household during the
entire year. There are many interest
ing ways of entertaining a New Year’s
party, but the favorite of all is the
masked dance or party, and the most
interesting way of having this sort of
entertainment is to give a ghost party.
The Invitations read in this manner:
Our good old Father Time
Has promised to convene
The shades of many notables
To meet you New Year's e'en.
We'll "look for you. you know,
To help to make things gn,
And incidentally to meet
Some ghosts you're sure to know.
There should lie 20 or more guests,
and after the invitations have gone
out, the hostess has a little private
chat with her guests over the tele
phone. She requests them to come
dressed to represent some famous per
son now dead, pantomime, words, ges
tures and costume being used to carry
out tlit* impersonation.
Pressed in a misty black robe cov
ered with stars cut from gold paper,
the hostess will receive her guests in
a room drnped all in white. Sheets or
cheesecloth can be used for this. No
word is spoken until a little red imp
distributes cards and pencils to the j
assembled guests. Then each in turn
speaks some word or does some stunt |
to suit his or her character. The j
person guessing the greatest number ;
correctly receives a pretty copy of the i
book, "flhosts I Have Met."
flames, contests and dancing will
follow, and the supper or refresh
ment talde will be tilled with things
tempting enough to attract even the
most ghostly appetite. .The table dec
■ orations should correspond with the
I festivities of the season. A Now
j Year's pie made of crepe paper over a
deep pan is tilled with dainty little
i lavors for the guests or cards upon
which some funny rhyme is written
for each Individual guest. Part of the
entertainment for the evening may
be the telling of fortunes, informing
each guest of their fate for the com
ing year.
Whatever you do, 'don’t let anyone i
shutter your faith in New Year's reso- I
imions. They are the best things ever j
if you know how to handle them, and ;
the most discouraging things if you
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j; Resolutions ij
Let’s us girls form little clubs an'
boycott th' mop top hair cut.
Let’s break tip th’ practice o’ wearin’
cloth top shoes with broken arches.
Let's all resolve t’ spend our money
at home.
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Jko> '
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Mothers, keep a closer surveillance
| on your daughters in IP22.—Abe Martin
lodine Stains.
lodine stains will disappear over
night if left In water to which has
I been added common dry mustard.
EVEN CAREFUL
CALOMEL USERS
ARE SALIVATED
Next Dose of Treacherous Drug
May Start Misery
for You.
——————
Calomel Is dangerous. It may salivate
you and make you suffer fearfully from
soreness of gums, tenderness of jaws
and teeth, swollen tongue and exces
sive saliva dribbling from the mouth.
Don’t trust calomel. It is mercury;
quicksilver.
If you feel bilious, headachy, consti
pated and all knocked out, just go to
your druggist and get a bottle of Dod
son’s Liver Tone for a few cents which
is a harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and if it doesn’t start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without making
you sick, you just go back and get your
money.
If you take calomel today you’ll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if you take
Dodson’s Liver Tone you will wake up
feeling great. No salts necessary. Give
it to the children because it is per
fectly harmless and can not salivate.
—Advertisement.
DICE LONG KNOWN TO WORLD
Amusement Is Probably the Most An
cient Game, According to Records
of Old Writers.
The oldest amusement in the world
Is dice-throwing.
In some form or another, dice have j
existed in every period of history, j
They are shown -tn: early Egyptian
laomTinents, and some dug up at
Thebes recently are exactly similar to
those In use- today. They are men
tioned in laws regulating games
played in ancient Greece and Rome
and most other countries In Europe.
The invention of dice is attributed
to Palamedes, one of the heroes who
sailed against Troy, about the year
1214 B. C., but the use of cubes with
numbered sides for gambling purposes
is probably much earlier.
Frequent passages in the w r orks of
ancient writers and numerous repre
sentations in marble and paintings
show how popular dice-playing was
among them.
WOULD HAND LORD DOLLAR
But Some People Will Doubt Whether
Such a Man Will Ever Get
Close Enough.
A young man in Missouri was col
lecting funds for a benevolent institu
tion. He tried hard to get a dollar
from an old gentleman who was noted
for his closeness.
When the young man had stated his
mission and asked for the dollar, the
elderly person asked:
“Well, young man, how old are
you?”
“I am twenty-five,” said the youth.
“Well,” continued the old gentle
man, "I am seventy-five years old, and
as you are only twenty-five years, I
think that I will get to see the Lord
sooner than you. I will hand him the
dollar myself.”—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Then the Fun Began.
Voice (at the other end) —Is that
you, darling?
Gouty Father—Er —yes.
Voice —Oh, good! How’s the old
boy’s gout, my pet? I mean to say,
If he still lias it I’ll come round to
night, but if he hasn’t we’ll go out to
some show.
Not So Catching.
“I hear your father is ill.’
“Yes, quite ill.”
“Contagious disease?”
“I hope not; the doctor says it’s
overwork.” —Carnegie Puppet.
AsWri n
Never say “Aspirin” without saying “Bayer.”
WARNING! Unless you see name “Bayer” on tablets,
you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians over 21 years and proved safe by millions for
Colds Headache Rheumatism
Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain
Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proper directions.
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets —Bottles of 24 and 100—All druggists.
S, f irin is (Be Bade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetlcacidester of SallcjUcacld
TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY “BAYER”
“Bayer” Introduced Aspirin to this
Physicians Over 21
Years Ago.
To get quick relief follow carefully
; the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package of “Bayer Tablets of
! Aspirin.” This package is plainly
stamped with the safety “Bayer Cross.”
The “Bayer Cross” means the gen
uine, world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-ons.
years.—Advertisement.
—
EXPLAINING LACK OF DETAIL
Youthful Artist Had Excellent Reason
for Leaving Out Characters in
Her Illustration.
A primary class in one of the grade
schools was asked to Illustrate a
story that had been read to the little
ones by the teacher. The story told
of three children going to a wood in
a goat wagon, and staying until the
sun went down. Most of the pictures
showed the goat with big horns pulling
the wagon containing the children,
and a sun going down behind a hill.
One of the small girls in the class
handed in a picture showing merely
a hill and some grass.
“Why, what does your picture
mean?” inquired the teacher. “Where
are the goat and the children?"
“They have all gone home,” replied
Opal.
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHILD’S BOWELS
Even a sick child loves the “fruity”
| taste of “California Fig Syrup.” If the
little tongue is coated, or if your cMltl
j is listless, cross, f.ev-eFt3fir’fuli of cold,
- -6-r-dutS colic, a teaspoonful will never
fail to open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the constipa
tion poison, sour bile and waste from
the tender, little bowels and gives you
a well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep “California
Fig Syrup” handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine
“California Fig Syrup” which has di
rections for babies and children of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother! You
must say “California" or you may get
an Imitation fig syrup.—Advertisement
History as She Is Quoted. >
The Woman was shopping in a State
street department store. She wanted
a hat. There were two others at the
counter, shopping, without wanting
anything. The tall, thin one lifted a
brown velvet tricornered shape to the
light.
“Pretty, ain’t it?” she asked her
portly friend, who carried u book un
der her arm.
“Yes, very,” answered the friend;
“reminds me of Napoleon.”
“Napoleon?” queried the tall one,
whose fluffy hair covered a vacuum.
“How and when Napoleon?”
“Oh,” answered she of the book, ■with
superior disdain. “Don’t you knowl
Napoleon crossing the Delaware!”—
Chicago Journal.
Shaw and the Tourist.
George Bernard Shaw recently con
vulsed an audience by relating a story
of a tourist who asked a rustic
whether he was on the right track for
Stratford-on-Avon. The yokel re
mained silent. “Come, come.” said the
tourist encouragingly. “Stratford —
Shakespeare’s town —Shakespeare, the
famous poet, you know. Surely you
know Shakespeare?” “Yus,” replied
the rustic, brightening. “Be you he?”
Quick Decision.
Father —Young man, I saw you kiss
my daughter. What are your inten
tions?
Nervous Young Man —Never to do it
again, sir.—Answers.
Sometimes the man who tvas bom
a fool gets bravely over it.
