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MAKING leather
Of; JALL SCALE
There Are Times When Farmer
Finds It Profitable to Do
His Own Tanning.
detailed directions given
Suggestions as to Usual Practices,
Rates and Methods of Payment Are
Made In Circular of Department
of Agriculture.
/Pr.nared by the United States Department
v 0 f Agriculture.)
Tanneries are equipped to make all
the leather the country needs and can
make better leather more economically
than the farmer can, but there are
times when the producer of hides finds
that the margin between the price paid
for the raw material and the price
asked for finished leather Is so great
that he determines to do his own tun
ning. For example in certain large
sections of the country a farmer can
hardly give away the hides he has,
jet leather in small pieces costs him
from $1 to $1.50 a pound. To help
him in such emergencies the United
States Department of Agriculture has
just issued Department Circular 230,
Home Tanning, which gives detailed
directions for making leather for vari
ous purposes.
Best Way of Handling.
With the issuance of this publica
tion the department now has for dis
tribution, information on the handling
of hides from the skinning of the
animal to the care of the leather in
the finished article, such as harness,
belts, boots and shoes. Farmers’
Bulletin 1055, Country Hides and
Skins: Skinning, Curing and Market
ing, recently revised and reprinted for
the third time, tells how to perform
these operations in the most efficient
manner. In Farmers’ Bulletin 11S3,
The Care of Leather, also recently
revised and reprinted, are directions
for making leather last longer. Any,
or all, of these bulletins, including
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Removing the Flesh That Was Left
On in improper Skinning.
the new circular, may be obtained
free by writing to the Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Suggestions as to Rates.
In the circular just issued the farmer
who wishes to do tanning on a small
scale may find explicit directions for
STATES GETTING WAR
MATERIAL FOR ROADS
Texas and New York Lead With Near
ly $8,000,000 Worth and Other
States Go Over Million Dollar
Mark—Lots Left.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Surplus war material valued at
A' i3,c*Bo was delivered to the states
f " use in road construction up to
Ju ‘y 1, reports the bureau of public
roads, United States Department of
- -riculture. The material, which con
-ted of all sorts of supplies and
suitable for road building
* r which the War department had
* further need, was distributed on
same basis as monetary federal
aid.
in value of material delivered, Texas
York lead with nearly SB,-
"000 worth of material, and every
the exception of five of
’-e smaller ones received supplies
valued at over $1,000,000
making bark-tanned solo ami harness
leather, chrome-tanned leuther, and
alum-tanned lace leather. But in case
lie \\ ishes to have the tanning done
for him he will find suggestions a3 to
the usual practices, rates, and meth
ods of payment. It is the custom
among some tanners who do work for
farmers having only a few hides to
tan a hide for half the leather. That
is, the farmer sends in a hide and gets
back one-half of it made into leather,
usually paying the shipping charges
both ways.
A list of tanneries that will tan one
or more hides for farmers may bo
obtained from the bureau of chemistry,
United States Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C.
When high prices nre charged for
leather in small quantities it is usually
possible to buy at a comparatively
low price by taking more at a time. If
a side of leather is bought, Instead
of a couple of pounds at a time says
the circular, It Is often possible to
buy It at only 10 to 20 per cent above
wholesale prices.
NEED PERMITS FOR BANDING
Biological Survey Is Anxious to Have
as Many Collaborators as Possible
for Success.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Federal permits are necessary in all
cases for bird-banding work, says the
Bird With Band on Leg.
biological survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The survey
is nnxious to have as many collabora
tors as possible, but success depends
largely on complete co-operation be
tween officials and collaborators.
State permits also, are required in
many cases. Some states issue them
without charge to collaborators, when
notified by the biological survey that
the applicant has a federal permit.
Others have taken the position that
the federal permit Is sufficient authori
ty. Each operator should be informed
as to the attitude of his state game
officials and be prepared to co-operate
with them at all times.
NEW TYPE OF MILK BOTTLES
Department of Agriculture Has Not
Approved or Disapproved Any
Specific Container.
A number of Inquiries recently re
celved by the United Stutes Depart
ment of Agriculture seem to be based
upon newspaper reports that the gov
ernment bad approved anew kind of
milk container made of paper. So
far as the department Is concerned,
no statement of either approval or
disapproval has been made regarding
any specific type of milk container,
from either the sanitary or the eco
nomic standpoint.
Facilitates Fall Plowing.
Gathering beet tops from the field
and siloing them without undue delay
allows fall plowing to be done before
freezing weather interferes. Fall plow
ing is important for the beet crop.
This material has been of great
value In road construction, and there
is hardly a county in the United States
in which some of it has not been
used.
Probably of greatest value has been
the 29,325 motor vehicles distributed,
consisting of 24,752 trucks and 4,573
automobiles, and in addition a large
number of tractors.
The system of distribution lias been
so arranged that the states requisition
only mnterial useful to them. In
some cases they fall behind in allot
ments In order to wait for material
particularly desired. Many of the
states have shown great Ingenuity in
conditioning worn equipment, using
war material to equip shops In which
other war material is made suitable
for use.
There is still a large quantity of ma
terial in this country for distribution.
This will be further increased by ma
terial used by the army of occupation
in Germany soon to be brought back.
Deserve Rough Treatment.
Weeds are robbers. Trc*t ’em
rnmrh.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
BP Daddy's
Fairy Tale
GRAHAM BQMNET
■ I COfYUOHT It VISTUN NtWAPft UNICN '*
FAIR TIGER
“Listen, Tigers," said the Tiger
known as Frlnce, “I have something
to say. “You, Mr. Siberian Tiger, and
you, Mrs. Siberian Tiger, you, Mr. Ben
gal Tiger, and you Mrs. Bengal Tiger,
hear me, for I wish to speak. Of course,
I don’t mean that you must just hear
the sound of my voice, but you must
listen to what I have to say. I have
something most Important to say, and
It is not right to let Important matters
go by without giving them proper at
tention. It Is true that we are wild,
Tigers."
“It Is true, we are very wild,” agreed
the tigers.
“We are cross here in the zoo and It
Is well for creatures not to bother
about us."
“It is well for them not to unless
they don’t care what happens to
them,’’ said the other tigers.
“We are often cross to each other,
and we only like our food,” Prince con
tinued.
“That is all, and what you say about
crossness is true, too,” said the other
tigers. “Ah, it is fine to be wild,” said
Prince. “I look out over the heads of
the people who come to the zoo, and I
say to myself: “I can see way be
yond you. I can see back into the life
I have known. I can think of the wild
days and of the great and wonderful
adventures I used to have. None of
bit of food. And we never kill more
than we can eat. We arv careful and
fair that way. But we kill the game
that is wild. We obey the laws of
the jungle and are fair. We don’t go
killing for the sake of killing. We
stand by the laws of the jungle—nev
er forget that we do that. Tigers. Of
course there are different kinds of
tigers, and some of our ways are dif
ferent. I, and my family of ‘game
killing tigers’ have always gone after
wild game and never after deer and
such animals which so easily we could
kill. Old Prince Tiger had his own
sense of honor, oh yes, and lie never
went hack on It!”
Be Careful!
Bobby—Daddy, look! There’s an
airplane.
Dad (absently)—Yes, dear, don’t
touch 1L -
"I Look Out.”
you know anything of the life I have
known. I have lived In the jungle. I
have walked quietly and majestically
about the great thick forests. 1 have
hunted and I have always looked my
best.
‘“I have never gone out into the
world looking untidy. I have always
seen to It that I looked neat, and f
course I am naturally beautiful, wluta
is a great, great help.
“ ‘No one can help but suy that,
even if they are afraid of me!’
“So I talk to myself,” Prince said.
“And the people wonder what I am
thinking of with that far-away look
in my eyes.
“Oh, how I dream of the jungle. Oh,
how I dream of the low, thick forests.
How I dream of the wild life and
roaming and roving and walking and
hurrying and moving along so quietly
and so majestically.
“I dream of those days, those days
that have gone. And sometimes when
I am fed raw meat I pretend to myself
that it is meat I have caught and cap
tured myself.
“But what I want to tell all the
wild-game-killing tigers is this: Do
not let people make you forget that
though you were alwayr wild and dan
gerous, and though you may be ene
mies of man, still you have always
been fair.
“Yes, the tiger of the wild jungles
is a fair creature. I do not simply
mean fair in looks, for that wouldn’t
describe us, anyway.
“We aren’t merely fair in our looks,
but we are beautiful. And we are fair
in our ways. We do not kill and raid
for ‘sport.’ There are people who kill
for sport, but we do not do that. We
kill for our food. We only kill as
much as we can eat. We never waste a
New Paris Modes
Dressmakers of France Concen
trating on Novelties.
All Eyes Are Centered on Apparel for
the Important Events Where
Fashion Reigns.
Faris dressmakers for some time
past have concentrated all their ef
forts on novelties for the season at
Deauville, known to be the most chic
resort in Europe, writes a Paris cor
respondent in the New York Tribune.
Not one of them but Is thinking of
beautiful dresses for the seashore,
smart restaurant gowns, startling
toilettes for the races and casino
dances, which will make the wearers
a cynosure of nil eyes. For all their
beauty and novelty there Is a refine
ment about these summer toilettes
which cannot fail to win approval
among women of taste. They are not
so simple ns lust year’s little black
dresses, but they nre discreetly or
nate.
Callot Is making many beautiful em
broidered dresses. The Intricate, In
teresting patterns of embroidery are
done on n background of white satin.
These highly ornate robes are built
on the simplest possible lines.
The all-white dress is nlmost with
out rival as a summer dependence.
Women do not hesitate to have from
six to a dozen all-white dresses. An
exquisite model In white satin shows
lovely embroideries In crystal beads
and silver thread. As an afternoon
casino toilette this Is worn with a lit
tle cloche of white horsehair braid
draped with an ornamental masque
veil.
With their simple cotton and crepe
georgette dresses young women with
a love for the picturesque are using
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New Girdle and Hat of Braided Straw
and Red Popples, Worn With Sim
pie Cotton Crepe Frock.
flower girdles nnd flower toques. One
of Judith Barbler’s latest sets of this
kind consists of a plaited straw girdle,
on which are mounted big red popples,
and n toque made of an open straw
brnld with a band of popples.
HATS FOR MIDSUMMER WEAR
Contrast Is the Watchword in Mil
linery That Makes Charming
Frames for Pretty Faces.
For the moment, the hats of mid
summer are making charming frames
for charming faee3, and they must
give to a summer fete the hlrdseye
view of a great flower garden of mov
ing blossoms, with a play of delicate
THE CORSET IS BACK IN FAVOR
Adjunct to Milady’s Wardrobe Return*
After Several Years of Doubt
and Hesitation.
It requires a careful analysis this
season to reconcile several apparently
diverse fashion tendencies In Paris,
asserts n New York fashion authority.
Athletics have become u routine part
of the French woman’s program.
Much of tlils Is doutbless due to pure
love of sports, but when we reflect
that those unable to compete In nth
letics nevertheless do physical exer
cises at home, we must seek a deeper
reason.
Contrasted with the vogue for ath
letics, which makes for a complete
freedom of motion, there has come a
gradual but certain return of the cor
net. After several years of wavering
hesitation, the balance has swung
completely In its favor. It would be
opening a time-worn subject to detail
the many arguments In Its favor, but
not even Its most enthusiastic adher
ent can claim that the corset Is any-
IN THE NEW AUTUMN STYLES
This is among the very latest draped
skirts. It has long tight sleeves, pat
terned in fine gold thread, with the
new long skirt of soft black satin for
early autumn wear.
color such as some giant kaleidoscope
might give. It Is the more de’toatov
flower-like shades which nre chosen
for these picturesque lints, the mauve*,
the roses, the cyclamen and filch!*
tones, the clear bright yellows, with
almond green, pale beige and biscuit
tints, or dainty gray, with plenty of
white and here and there a note of
black for contrast. There is even as
occasional note of clear light blue,
always a dangerous color for anyone
over sixteen and even now, more often
seen in the milliners’ salons' than' bo
the heads of their clients. The whole
range of golden 1) row ns is. also, seen,
for these shades are irresistibly be
coming.
In great vogue Is the light lint made
of horsehair, with the transparent
brim which is so fragile that'the trim
ming which Is placed upon It can be
plainly seen through It from the un
derside. This effect is particularly
charming when the sunlight filter*
through.
JEWELRY STILL HAS CALL
Bracelets, Bangles, Earrings, Beaded
Belts, Among Decorations Wom
en Must Have.
Jewelry still is extensively worn,
both during the day and with evening
attire. Jeweled bracelets In color uuti
in black-and-white effects are very
fashionable, und are worn, six or mom
at a time.
Wide, jeweled bangles, half tft
three-quarters Inch in width, again are
In vogue, and heavy carved gold
bangles, copies of the empire and the
ancient Roman period, ure shown.
Earrings In long pendant effects, of
jewels, Jet and cut steel, are fushlon
able, says Dry Goods Economist
Those In cut steel are frequently worn
with steel-beaded leather belts and
purses to match.
Homespun and Silk.
Homespun dresses, notubly whit*
with brightly embroidered sleeves, are
worn as well as wldte and colored'
striped summer silks.
thing but superfluous as an athletic
adjunct.
It Is apparent that the new corsets
tend to give an Insinuating slender-;
ness to a figure clothed even in the
most bouffant dress. It Is equally
clear that exercise, be it
as in tennis or golf, or merely health*
ful, as when done at home, also tends
to the acquisition and retention of the 1
sllm-llne silhouette. So East meets
West, and the apparent caprices of
fashion are merely surface mirages
of an underlying consistency.
To Freshen Satin Slippers.
When the dancing slippers begin to
look shabby at the toes an application
of wood alcohol rubbed the same way
as the satin will make them look like
new.
Buttons Are Liked.
Buttons are again gaining favor an,
dress trimmings. Ball buttons are
used on crepe de chines, and tiny gilt
and fabric ones are used on heavier