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GOWNS for brides are in limelight More Conventional Attire, Free of Extravagance, Is Favored. It Is a fortunate day in which we live and enjoy such a wealth of art £D d beauty and comfort in things de eped for women’s wear. There are, notes a fashion writer in the New York Times, more than ever before, di ess creations of every sort, meeting the desire and need for every possible oc casion, and this season these are of fered in attractive forms at prices wiiich are considerate of the woman of slender income as well as of her that holds the strings of a long purse. This becomes more gratifyingiy ap parent as tiie days pass, and obviously fjie response to tfil's opportunity is spontaneous, so that one who is moved by common sense will not delay, but will' avail herself of the first offerings and the best selections In models. They are, this season, a notable achievement for the artists in Paris who direct our ways in dress; the de signs are original and artistic, the ma terials are beautiful and the colors en chanting. First In the thought of everyone are the spring wedding and the brides’ trousseau tiiat provide a thrill to women of every age and station. Wed ding gowns have never been lovelier or more picturesque than they are now. There is a feeling for the more con ventional wedding dress, free of the extravagances and eccentricities that are expressed in gowns for other occa sions. A few years ago there was evident In some of the most Important models a tendency toward the ultra modern, the extreme, the theatrical In the cos tume of a bride. But the best design Green and White Used in This Sports Outfit mk. ln<? 6en ' lannel features this charm- J°" e - piece sports dress. It Is worn at and scarf of green and white. 1 Some Suggestions on Adjustment of Skirta Many people still prefer their skirts ‘ a belt at the regulation waist line. “ en ,a ia Is done, writes a clothing midlist la the Colorado Agricultural a piece of belting about two wide Is prepared to fit the u ‘ st ’ and fastened with hooks and ( .’p S ' I!ie skirt Is pinned to this with , u [ ,per ® of the skirt extending f n ; !' J a * >ove tfie *°P of the belt. In — j .iiig the skirt may be turned over or ! aJd fl!Ce<l down with bias tope, l 16 raw a dge may be turned under (i * aen tlie belt und the skirt with •‘folded edge extending slightly cf 1 e ttie l>elt ’ an d stitched by ma- A tber method of adjusting a skirt hI wal Is to fit the belt at the I v ne or below the regulation waist fin > 31 ? <i then as above. Skirts tm. v ln tllls "’ay look well with OrM 3 ' oases of the sports or tall urea type. f -J ■ ''ear with overblouses skirts * 9la ;' J ' e attached to a long under* ‘ or nnderbody. It Is not nee to shape this nnderbody. In ers now keep close to custom, with de ference toward the dignity and beauty possible to express with wedding satin, orange blossoms and tulle, and they created this season costumes of great art value for the bride and her brides maids. A few couturieres have gone In for revivals in the styles of wedding gowns, using the quaint models of ear lier days, when skirts were wide and bodices tight, and when rare old lace was much In evidence. This type of dress is definitely suited to some brides, and when it Is well Gay Silk Frock Chic for Young Girls’ Wear ✓ \ .v**’> v *Vv Just as sweet as a stick of candy is this “peppermint stripe" silk frock de signed for misses’ summer wear. done and worn it is a charming and engaging variant of the formally con ventional wedding gown. One delightful feature that prevails is an entire absence of fussy detail and of complexity in composition. The straight-line, one-piece dress is most popular and gives the most felicitous opportunity for arrangement of the veil. Next to tills, the princess gown, en train, with a slight suggestion of drap ery, Is much liked, and is illustrated in some very successful models — notably from the house of Worth. A trousseau Is necessarily a Joy to select. There must be gowns and wraps, negligees and exquisite lingerie, and all the intriguing accessories. Unique Accessories Silver, ivory and rare enamels all have a place In the fittings of the dressing table, hut the woman who wishes to be a bit unique will choose instead a set made of Venetian glass i a color. They come In shades of ap ple green, bright blue and pink and the stoppers of the perfume bottles and handles of the powder boxes are flower-shaped. stead take an easy hip measure, also the measure from the underarm to the hips, allowing for a hem or casing for ribbon at the top. Cut a straight piece of material according to tills measure and Join the ends. If the material Is narrow it may he fully ns easy to have a seam on each side, or o lengthwise strip of the material with one seam may be used, but tills will be more apt to stretch as the weight of the skirt will then come on the crosswise or filling threads Finish the seams with n French seam and make a hem and casing at the top and also shoulder straps. Turn under the lower edge and pin over the top edge of the skirt. Try on, then baste a.id stitch to poDtlon, overcast ing the raw edge of the skirt under neath or facing with a thin straight strip of the waist material. Moire hats are newer than felts satin or straws and are capably oi being worn with almost any type of frock. THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA, “So here you are, Bloodroot,” said jiille Brownie to the Bloodroot flow ers. ''' "Here we are," they whispered, lr their flower fash now and we fee.’ like putting out white heads forth and seeing the “When we first came our leaves saw that we did They wound them selves around us, for the only over coats we have are “Here We Are,- leaves. T ANARUS, ..... ’ “You know we They Whispered. m orange . red sap in our stems and in olden times the Indians used this for war paint and for decorating themselves for great festivals. “That is why we have the name of Bloodroot." “Oh, I’m so glad to know,” said Bil lie Brownie. “We come out during the day, but by night we’re all tired out.” Billie Brownie called on some Bluets next. “You seem to be white to me," said Billie Brownie, “and yet you tell me your name is Bluet.” “Yes,” the little Bluets said, “we have the family name of Bluet. “Seeing us as you do now It is no wonder you are surprised at our name. You see us all over this field and not one of us seems to be blue. “But much earlier we were blue. “Yes, when first we peep about to look at the springtime we are of a light shade of blue, but after we’ve been out for a while our color changes to white and the later ones you see ara always white.’’ “Well, I’m glad to know that,’’ said Billie Brownie, “for it is something that has always puzzled me.” Then he called on the Rue Anemone (lowers and they talked to him in their sweet, gentle way, and as they talked (hey moved their heads about and their perfume and sweetness seemed to fill the whole air. He called on the Heputiea flowers, but most of the family were gone. It was late for them, as they.had arrived early. “We have to come early,” said a few flowers still blooming where the spring was very late. "We can t keep from getting started when there is the slightest thought of springtime being near. That is why we come when spring is scarcely her “We notice you are going all about, Billie Brownie." “Yes,” said Billie Brownie, “for in many places all of the spring flowers l iave gone. I’ve come where the season is a good deal later so I could see you all around here." The Hepatlca flowers smiled at Bil lie Brownie. He loved their beautiful blue faces and he loved them, too, for their devotion to the woods and their loyalty to the brown leaves about them. The brown leaves had kept the plants warm all through the winter and had given the heputiea flowers good nourishment and the hepatlca flowers had not forgotten their first friends. They did not look down upon them now that they were all dressed In their beautiful blue frocks, and looked so much better. No, they were loyal and true. lie called on the Wild Ginger flow ers, with their funny little brown faces so close to the earth and their leaves shaped like hearts and dark green in "l He goo^' went through l/Jjk some rocky parts of the woods and lie waved his hand ■> jyjfll Marsh Marigold ||M|f X, flowers, so bright, bright a yellow. Xhe Hepatlca And as he went Flowers Smiled by Jack - in - the - at B j||| e , Pulpit, Jack tried to stop him and preach his little ser mon, but Billie Brownie said: “Not today, Jack; another time. I've still promised to call on the Yellow Violets and the Purple Violets and the Star flowers.” Fairij Tate jy -TAARY • GRAHAM. • BONNER ... y u ... ■■ , vrgsrUN Ntvtfunion ~ CALLS ON FLOWERS Wide Variance in Cost of Potatoes Study Carried on by Depart ment of Agriculture in Big Producing States! (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.* Yield per acre Is the principal cause of variation in the cost of producing potatoes, the United States Depart ment of Agriculture points out in a cost study lu Important potato pro ducing sections of Minnesota, Wis consin, Michigan, New York, and Maine. The survey dealt with costs lu 1919, but (lie conclusions drawn are generally applicable to other years. Farmers who received better thun 130 bushels of potatoes per acre pro duced them at an average of 72 cents while those who lind a yield of less than 70 bushels had an average cost per bushel of $1.49. The cost per bushel of potatoes grown on 401 farms ranged from 80 cents tc $2.45, with most farms producing at a cost of $1 or less per bushel. Important Cost Items. Man and horse labor were the most important items of cost In areas studied in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York, whereas commercial fertilizer was the largest item of cost in Aroostook county, Maine. In Aroostook county the fertilizer cost was larger per acre tliau the combined cost of man and horse labor. The cost per acre was lowest In Clay county, Minnesota, being $78.- 09, and higher in Aroostook county, Maine, where the acre cost was $219.- 60. The yield per ucre in Clay coun ty, Minnesota, was 103 bushels, muk ing the cost per bushel 76 cents, while n yield of 278 bushels in Aroostook, Maine, resulted in an average cost per bushel of 79 cents. Potatoes fitted Into n fairly definite crop rotation In nil areas except in Clay county, Minnesota, where wheat and oats were not grown in any definite rotation with potatoes. In the other areas hay, potatoes, corn, (where corn is grown) and n small grain seeded to grass constituted the rotation. The per cent of fnrm re ceipts coming through the sale of po tatoes varied from 41.5 per cent in Barron county, Wisconsin, to 04.5 per cent in Aroostook, Maine. Man and Horse Labor. In areas where none of the picking labor was contracted for nnd as a result the hours of picking up po tatoes were Included, the total hours Most Farm Cooperatives in North Central West More than 45 per cent of the 10,1*10 farmers’ business organizations report ing to the United States Department of Agriculture up to April 1 are In the seven west North Central states including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, lowa, Missouri, Ne braska, and Kansas. Over 25 per cent of the associations are in the five east North Central states, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon sin, and more than 8 pey cent are in the three Pacific Coast states. Minnesota leads in number of asso ciations, 1,330 organizations being re ported from that state. Other states with numerous farmers’ business or ganizations are lowa with 1,030; Wis consin, 871); Illinois, flit), and Nebras ka. 477. Seven hundred and seventeen co-operatives are engaged in retailing. These are mostly stores and a large percentage of them are located In the following states: Minnesota, 80; Ne braska, 80; lowa, 84; Kansas, 08; Wis consin. 40. CANDLE EGGS CAREFULLY BEFORE SHIPMENT, IS URGED Plan Will Eliminate Bad Ones or Those Dirty. (Prepared by lh United States Department of Agriculture.) Eggs shipped in interstate commerce should be carefmly candled by ship pers, in order to eliminate those that are had or that may spoil en route, soy officials of the bureau of chemistry, United States Department of Agricul ture, who are charged with the en forcement of the federal food and drugs act. Shipments containing eggs which have yolks stuck to the shell, moldy eggs, black spots, addled eggs, any any other eggs which are filthy, decomposed or putrid are in violation of the law. Federal food inspectors have been Instructed to give particular attention to shipments of eggs during the warm months of spring and summer to see that the channels of Interstate com of man lnbor expended In raising an acre of potatoes varied from 63.7 hours In Anoka county, Minnesota, to 92.7 hours per acre In Barron coun ty, Wisconsin. The hours of horse work used per acre were the lowest or 65.7 In Clny county, Minnesota, nnd highest in Monroe county, New York, where 116.0 hours were used. Commercial fertilizer was applied at the rate of 1,980 pounds per acre upon potato land In Aroostook county, Maine. None of the other areas studied approached this quantity of commercial fertilizer application. The amount of man labor and horse work, together with the cultural prac tices for each area, are given in de tail in Department Bulletin 1188, Cost and Farm Practices in Producing Po tatoes, copies of which may he ob tained free upon request to the De partment of Agriculture, Washington. and. a Materials and Methods for Efficient Spraying In “Some Sidelights on Dusting and Spraying Practices,'’ Prot. P. J. Par rott, entomologist at the Geneva ex periment station, snld: “The past summer was notable for the destructive work of the codling moth. Worm holes In apples were sec ond In Importance to apple scab, both being chiefly responsible for the large numbers of Inferior apples produced in many orchards. Unusual abundance of side-wormy npples In carefully sprayed orchards proved that methods and materials which have been reason ably efficient in the past did not give us good control ns usual.” Speaking of the double benefits, Professor Parrott said It was well te keep In mind the fuct thnt customary treatment given to prevent wormy ap ples serve two objects, thnt of keeping the npples free from worms and of re ducing the extent of the carry-over of the pest In the orchard which largely determines the degree of Infestatloa during the following year. Cattle-Tick Eradication Now Possible Anywhere Experience shows that It Is possible to eradicate cattle-fever ticks any where, even on swampy, brushy, free range land, asserts tlie United States Department of Agriculture in an ex hibit panel recently prepared for dis play in tick-infested localities. To convince the skeptical observer, the department shows n picture of such land, where eradication was ac complished and which has been free from ticks ever since. The average observer might think it futile to at tempt tick eradication In a region such as pictured. The grass often swarms with young ticks. Dipping cuttle, however, kills the ticks before they develop to the repro ductive stage, and ticks that do not get on cattle die In a few months. Tlius the onttle-fever tick becomes ex tinct In one senson in localities that conduct thorough systematic dipping. New Crop of Chicks Practical poultry raisers and farm ers are relying upon the large hntch cries more and more each year as a source of supply for their new crop of chicks. In other words, each year sees fewer and fewer chicks hatched under hens, and the mammoth hatch eries are taking the place, to a cer tain extent, of the smaller incubators which are commonly operated ou farms. Mow weeds off of pastures every two weeks. merce are kept ns free ns possible from eggs that do not comply with the law. Shipments of eggs that are la violation of the law may be seized and the Individuals responsible for tie In terstate shipment prosecuted under the federal food and drugg act, say the officials. Careful candling before shipment will enable deulers to eliminate the bad eggs. The elimination of the spoiled eggs before shipment not only removes the hazard of violating fed eral and state food laws, but It is eco nomical in that it saves shipping charges on eggs likely to be rejected at place of receipt. The United States Department of Agriculture has a bulletin on the best methods and equipment for candling eggs. This bulletin may he obtained without cost upon application to the department at Washington. Ask tor Department Bulletin WIG, “How to Candle Eggs.”