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New Poke Bonmefc
Plainest Faces Become Al
luring Under Winsome
Drooped Brim.
Tie poke bonnet of today bas tbs
right of way in sports wear and dress
hats, observes a fashion correspond
ent in the Kansas City Star. One sel
dom sees any other shape except a
few larger sized mushrooms, which
are shown for summer wear, and the
cloche shape. The Watteau type hat
with the upturned back brim Is seen
now and then among the dress hats,
but one does not use it on the streets.
Trimming decides to which class the
poke hat belongs. For sports wear
the usual trimming is gilded or sil
vered quills, ribbon cocardes or huge
ribbon velvet bows. Lately one no
tices a great many of the smartly
gowned young girls with small poke
bats, almost brimless In the rear,
trimmed with large velvet bows which
fall over the side of the hat.
The modified poke k**-ws no limit
when it comes to trimming and the
plainest face becomes alluring under
its flattering little drooped brim. Un
derbrim trimming is perhaps one of
the most attractive trims, especially
when crushed roses are used or row-s
of valenciennes lace dyed to match
the color of the hat. Often Just a band
of single rosebuds is placed about the
head size to emphasize the underbrim
trim.
Citron, soft greens and purples are
colors that are show’n among the
smartest hats. There Is a tendency,
however, for neutral colored hats,
owing to the popularity of the bril
liantly colored gowns of today. Putty,
ecru, cocoa, brown and cork shades
can be worn with almost any colored
gown nnd are accepted among fashion
able women.
Whatever else milady has, a silk hat
she must have, bright in color, taffeta,
faille or similar weaves, close or large,
but silk It must be.
Milan straw is without doubt the
most fashionable straw for the sea
son. Leghorns will be popular with
Dainty Veil May Be Worn With the
Poke Bonnet.
i he younger set and arc embroidered
on crown and brim In vividly colored
chenilie flowers. Timbo straws, hair
straws and fancy varicolored straws
are Popular. Where the varicolored
*yaw Is used the trimming usually
carries out the varicolored Idea with
'e\et grapes of colors harmonizing
''ith the hat or with hops dyed In
shaded tones.
Bolero Jacket.
The short bolero will bfe seen in the
taree-piece summer costume. It Is
charming on tall women and small
cues, but rather unkind to the woman
accumulating pounds.
Variations in Dresses Showing Draped Lines
The draped and slender lines of the
m °^ e are Interpreted in dresses of wide
variation. Front draperies and decora
s that have been an important
’,‘‘ ;jre of spring styles are incorporat
in several most wearable flat crepe
yodels. One of these has a navy flat
■ i’e skirt mounted on a bodice of
printed silk whose design harmonizes
surprisingly with the lines of the gar
“eLt - The front drape is handled in
• horizontal tucks which drop on
'••ther side in graceful folds. The
is simple and has very short
‘ es, while the back of the entire
,s a straight unbroken line,
.another sample of the same styling
1 in a black flat crepe gown that
; :”;OM np the back. The front of the
-s simple and a group of knife
1, 3 are centered In the front of the
siiirt,
• cut steel ornament extending
.’. v ' s the fastens In buckle
;* is decorative. Ecru
1 ‘ , n * the collar and cuffs gives a soft
to the whole.
Bride's Dance Frock of
Blue Georgette Crepe
This dance frock for the bride Is of
turquoise blue georgette crepe, dain
tily trimmed with ecru “val." French
flowers are used for decoration.
Use Ribbon Girdle to
Replace Sweater Belt
The newest note in sweaters is a
ribbon girdle to replace the belt of
the self-material. In one of the New
York shops where sweaters of rare
beauty are frequently on display four
different kinds of ribbon bows were
shown.
The first ribbon belt nnd tie was
made of four rows of narrow plcot
edged ribbon of the shades of the
sweater. The ribbon was caught five
times around the waist with a design
of colored beads to hold the strands.
The second ribbon belt was of gros
grain ribbon with tailored bows at in
tervals of eight Inches. The bows raD
up and dow giving a very natty ap
pearance to the sweater.
The third belt was of ombre ribbon
In tone with the sweater. The ribbon
was made as a straight tailored belt
and caught on one side wit* bow.
The fourth sweater was displayed
with soft satin ribbons in contrasting
color to the garment Four up-and
down loops, five Inches In length, were
caught at each side.
To Say It With Color.
Hat bands for the straw hat season
will show a great deal more variation
this year than for some time past,
according to the National Association
of Straw Hat Manufacturers. For
business wear, grosgrain and taffeta
bands will be most widely used, prin
cipally In dark green, brown, blue and
black. But for the sports hats with
turned-down brims the Egyptian in
fluence will be felt In the draped
bands of shantung and other Oriental
silks.
Sport frocks favor printed silks, and
in this group a nice use is made of the
kerchief collar. Another dress of style
distinction is a bokhara print made
with a shawl collar of plain brown flat
crepe that ties in sash effect over one
hip and drops in a panel effect over
the skirt.
Gowns of more formal conception nre
fashioned in crepe romaine, and one
very striking number in Lanvin green
is lavishly embroidered In beads with
jewel centers of amber.
In addition to their showing of smart
silk dresses, one manufacturer is mak
ing an interesting line of Swiss voiles
to sell at nominal prices.
Jade Still Popular.
Jade, though crowded a bit to the
background by crystal and amber, is
still among the popular precious stones
today. Its latest variant is the brace
let, not in a smooth, stiff circlet, but
in flexible armlet of small bright
beads. These are sometimes varied
with an occasional bead and crystal.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
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COW’S HOME
“Moo, moo,” said Madam Cow to
Miss Nanny Goat, “I have something
quite funny to tell you.”
“Tell It to me,” said Miss Nanny
Goat. “I will probibly think It Is fun
ny for they say I'm a silly goat and
so I will be willing to laugh at any
thing.”
“N v ot much of a compliment,” said
Madam Cow, “but still I am not going
to be annoyed.
“Well, some people passed by the
other day. You see we are but a lit
tle way out of the city and people are
surprised to see us here.
“It’s not a real farm and yet our
master likes to have a cow and he
likes to have a goat and there are
some other pets about, too.
“But the people seem surprised al
ways to see a cow so near the city.
“These people who passed the other
day had been this w’ay once before.
“When thej saw us the other day
as they passed by they said:
“ ‘lsn’t that strange? We saw that
cow and goat here last year—in just
this very spot.’
“Well, I thought that was quite
funny.
“I was amused to think that they
were surprised to see us in the same
place. Why should they have thought
we would have moved since they had
seen usl
“I’m not one to go from place to
place. Some creatures are always Ilk*
“Willing to Laugh at Anything.”
ing to change their homes. They
move their furniture and their bed
ding and their clothes and their dishes
and so forth.
“But that is not my way. To be
sure if I did have to move I wouldn’t
have to take any furniture, nor any
bedding, nor any clothes, nor sets of
dishes.
“That is where a cow is so sen
sible. A cow doesn’t have to go to a
lot of trouble to start in with house
keeping In the first place.
“A pleasant field, a good barn in the
winter, a brook or stream perhaps—
those things are a cow’s furniture.
“So If I did Intend to move I would
not get all worn out packing up every
thing and making sure that I had not
forgotten some of the things.
. “Dear me, I wouldn’t have to say:
“ ‘Now I wonder if I have forgotten
anything. It would be dreadful If I
left anything behind.
" ‘Oh, dear, I wonder If I remem
bered to put the pillows at the top of
the trunk where I can get them out
the first thing.
‘“And I do hope I didn’t forget to
put my heavy coat toward the top so
I can have it if I get cold.’
“No, Mrs. Cow would not have to
say any of these things. Nor would
you, Nanny Goat”
“Ma-a-a,” said Nanny Goat. “You
speak the truth.”
“And so, as I say, If I had to move,
I could move with ease and I would
not get tired out or cross In the hard
work of getting ready.
“But I don’t move. I like to stay In
the same place. I am contented. I’m
not always thinking that some day I’d
like a little place by the sea or a big
place In town.
“I’m satisfied with the home I have
and I don’t want to move.
“Oh, a cow Is a contented creature.
“And it did seem such a joke to
think that the people knew so little
about cows that they were surprised
to think I hadn’t moved.
“That did amuse me, and I really
had to swish my tail very hard and
pretend that I was busy getting the
flies to call elsewhere besides on my
back so the people would not know I
was really anxious to laugh at them.
“I suppose they wouldn’t have been
surprised if they had seen a moving
van with lots of grass and hay upon It
with Madarn Cow giving moo orders
about everything.
“How strange people are!”
“I think it was a good Joke to think
they were surprised to see us here,”
said Nanny Goat. “Truly, I think that
was something very funny.”
“I thought you would agree with
me.” said Madam Cow. “I thought so,”
Manure Pits Are
Most Desirable
* L .
To Retain Fertilizing Value
to Greatest Extent It Is
Best to Exclude Air.
Manure pits or boxes are desirable
for the temporary storage of manure,
especially in towns and cities. These
have been widely advocated, but the
difficulty has been that manure often
becomes infested before It Is put into
them, and Hies frequently breed out
before the boxes are emptied and.
often escape through the cracks. To
obviate these difficulties a manure box
or pit, with a cone trap, attached, is
desirable.
In order to retain the fertilizing
value of manure to the greatest extent
it is advisable to exclude the air
from It as much as possible and to
protect It from the leaching action of
rains. It is not necessary, therefore,
to cover a large part of the top of the
box with a trap, but merely to have
holes large enough to attract ffie3 to
the light, and to cover these holes
with ordinary conical traps, with the
legs cut off, so the bottom of the
trap will fit closely to the box. The
same arrangement can be made where
manure is kept In a pit In large
bins two or more holes covered with
traps should be provided for the es
cape of the flies.
Make Bin of Concrete.
Munure boxes should be used by all
stock owners In towns and cities;
they are also adapted to farms. The
size of the manure bin should be gov
erned by Individual needs, but for use
on the farm It is desirable to make it
large enough to hold all the manure
produced during the busiest season
of the year. A box 14 feet long, 10
feet wide, and 4 feet deep will hold
the manure produced by two horses
during about five months. About 2
cubic feet of box space should be al
lowed for each horse per day. The
bln should be made of concrete. The
bln may have a floor or It may be
set in the ground several Inches, and
the dirt closely banked around the
outside. For the admission of the
manure a good-sized door should be
provided In either end of a large bln.
A part of the top should be easily re
movable for emptying the box, or one
entire end may be hinged. On ac
count of the danger of tbo door be
ing left open through carelessness. It
Id advisable to arrange a lift door
which can be opened by placing the
foot on a treadle as the manure Is
shoveled In. The door should be
heavy enough to close itself when the
treadle is released.
Maggot Trap Described.
Attention Is directed to a maggot
trap as described In Farmers’ Bulletin
851 of the Department of Agriculture.'
Where large quantities of manure are
produced on a farm this method of
storing the manure on a platform and
trapping the maggots which breed out
may be more convenient than the
manure bin. , ti ,
Many of Food and Feed
Necessities Profitable
A plan that is suitable to many
farmers who succeed Is to raise a*
many of the food and feed necessities
as may be profitable, estimating cost
of production, and then grow a crop
or two, or a few animals for cash.
Such a plan will enable the farm man
ager to meet his obligations for both
present • and future, better than di
versifying merely to live or for money
without considering cash as well as
food and feed.
The money crop Is very Important
and care should be taken to plan wise
ly for the cash. Farmers must have
cash as well as food for their families
and feed for stock.
Most Michigan Soils to
Be Tested for Acidity
In accordance with the plans of the
soils department of the Michigan Agri
cultural college, most of the soils In
the state will be tested for acidity dur
ing the next few years. Prof. C. JJ.
Spurway, of the department, has de
veloped a process of testing by which
a few drops of a special solution on a
small quantity of soil placed on a
piece of waxed paper vsrjll reveal ef
fectively the acidity of the soli and
Its lime requirements. As the proper
amount of lime in the soil Is the key
note of profitable farming this simpli
fied test will have far-reaching effect
Sterilize Milk Machines.
Milking machines can be sterilized
better by the use of water heated to
160 or 170 degrees F. than with solu
tions of salt and chlorine or salt alone.
Examine the Bees.
Do not fall to give the bees an early
examination. Weak colonies will re
quire feeding on a syrup made of one
part granulated sugar to two parts of
water.
Call White Diarrhea
Most Serious Disease
Ailment of Baby Chicks
Cannot Be Cured.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
According to the United States De
partment of Agriculture, the disease
of baby chicks known as bacillary
white diarrhea cannot be cured by
any known method of medical treat
ment, but It can be stamped out of
a flock by other means.
This disease Is the most serious
confronting most poultrymen during
the spring months becuuse most ‘
deaths caused by it occur within two
weeks after the infected brood has
been hatched: Usually only a few of
an infected brood are left alive, and
these are unfit for future breeding
purposes, ns they serve as carriers
and sources of future outbreaks. The
malady is so prevnlent and destruc
tive In many Sections of the country
that various states are taking active
measures for its control.
Incubators and brooders which have
held an Infected brood should be thor
oughly cleaned nnd disinfected with
a 5 per cent solution of cnrboltc acid
before they are again used. If a
flock of hens is found to carry the
disease, the entire flock should be dis
posed of so that It will not again be
used for breeding purposes, and re
placed with birds from a healthy
flock'. . ♦
Several state agricultural experi
ment stations are conducting an ag
glutination test for the detection of
chickens which carry the germ of
bacillary white diarrhea. Becnuse of
the expense this method of eradica
tion Is warranted only In cnse of very
valuable stock.
Poultry raisers who maintain
flocks free from disease carriers, ot
who obtain eggs for hatching, or day
old chicks, derived from Buch flocks,
are practically assured of freedom
from the scourge of the disease.
Angora Goats Efficient
for Killing Out Brush
Angora goats are the most efficient
means for clearing cut-over land that
can be found. They not only keep
down uli undergrowth but kill out brier
patches and peel large brush. Goats
can be fenced with 39-lnch wire with
12-lnch stnys stretched tight. They
get their horns caught In 0-Inch netting.
I have fenced them with rulls built 80
they cannot Jump on the lower rail*
and was not bothered with them get
ting out, writes G. H. Foster of Indi
ana, In Farmers’ Guide. Any good
sheep fence will turn goats if they
have salt, water, weeds, briers and
brush in their Held.
Spring and summer is the best time
for them In the brush. The more
goats the quicker the field will be
cleared. Twenty-five or thirty will be
enough for ten acres and will do a fine
Job In one season. Goats need very
little feed In vtrlnter, If you have shel
ter for them. They Bhould bo sheared,
though their wool brings, 2 or 3 cent*
less than sheep wool per pound.
There are several breeds of Angora
goats In Indiana, but the supply Is not
as great as the demand, as there are
hundreds of acres of land in southern
Indiana that need them. Fat goat*
bring about the same price on the mar*
ket as fat sheep. /
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To Prevent Flies From
Annoying Farm Animals!
To prevent flies annoying cattla
spray the animals with a solution of!
laundry soap one pound, warm water
four gallons, crude petroleum one gal
lon. powdered naphthnlin four ounce*.
Shave soap Into water and stir until
dissolved. Stir naphthalin into crudU
petroleum likewise. Mix the two a*)
lotion* thoroughly and apply as a|
spray before milking time. /
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Rat Viruses Unreliable
and Also Quite Costlyj
“Generally unreliable and costly, *
the United States Department of Agiij
culture says of rat viruses. The depart
ment has vigorously urged the destruo
tlon of rats and co-operated with local*
rat-killing campaigns. Farmers’ BuK
letins 806 and 932, Issued by the de
partment, describe methods of destroy*
lng rats. j
Control Cankerworm.
Spring cankerworm can be controlled
by simply spraying with lead arsenate,
using one pound dry lead arsenate In
a barrel of water. Apply when the
first leaves are ont
Legumes Bave Fertilizer.
The farmer who plants every a era
possible In some leguminous crop for
soli improvement this year, will most
surely have a smaller fertilizer blit
in 1024. ,
Vermin Kill Poults.
Lice will kill young turkeys as quick
ly as cold, rainy weathss, or wrong
feed.