The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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OILING PUBLIC ROADS
ATTRACTS ALL OTHER ODORS
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GUARD AGAINST FALLING TONGUE
Good Way to Provont a Freqeunt
Causa of Troublo
" To preTent the wagon tongue that la
not bolted to the neck yoke from fall
Ing down when the tuga come un-
hitched or the doubletrees or single-
trees break causing runaways or other
trouble simply drill boles through the
end of the tongue Irons and bore out
the wood Have a narrow piece of Iron
one-half Inch thick made to fit on the
lower side of the tongue with holes
to correspond with the boles In the
tongue Irons
- The front end of the Iron should be
Guard for Neck Yoke
tapering while the end In front of the
neck yoke abouid have a shoulder one
Inch long ao the neck yoke ring can
paas under In case of the tugs becom-
ing unfastened
Thla safety Iron will catch the ring
every time yet the neck yoke can be
put on or taken off over It In ordinary
cases where rings are of the usual
slse We consider this a better ar-
rangement says the Prairie Farmer
than springs or a loose bolt through
the tongue that will get bent and
make trouble
MAKING CEMENT BRICK
Farmer Who Has Mado Thom Tolls of
His Methods
I bought two second-hand brick
molds and used them to mold cement
bricks They
worked well and
I experienced no
trouble but found
mixing the sand
and cement the
hardest part I
had an old vinegar
barrel put to use
by placing a
grindstone crank on one end and a
pinion on the other Two strong posts
were set In the ground and the barrel
bung over two pieces of round Iron
driven Into the posts says Farm and
Home A square hole was cut on side
of barrel and covered with a piece of
sheet Iron hinged and a button to
fasten
The sand and cement were damp-
ened shoveled Into the barrel and a
boy turned the crank The mixing
was done as fast as two men could
mold with a boy to sprinkle the
brick to prevent drying too fasL
Enough brick were made In two days
to build a shed 16x16 feet The cost
was not half that of lumber The
bricklayer who laid the brick said
they were the best he ever laid
8avlng Choice Seed
I have found It a good plan to save
my own vegetable seed One not only
saves many pennies but knows just
what he la planting The finest choice
tomatoes cucumbers etc are saved
for seed Seed cucumbers growing
near the roots produce better and shed
less of their blossoms I never pick
a bean to use off of bills kept for
seed and those beans growing farthest
from the main vines are rejected The
result Is beans from the roots to the tip
ends of the vines Cabbage beets
radishes turnips etc are planted out
early In spring to produce seed and
the tops are staked to prevent falling
to the ground
By the Light Within
The world Is a comedy to those who
think a tragedy to those who fee!—
Horace Walpole
Treat Smutty 8eed Wheat
If It Is necessary to sow seed wheat
from a crop which has been attacked
by stinking smut the seed should first
be treated with formalin One pint
of formalin In 40 gallons water will
treat50 bushels of wheat Spread It
out on a clean tight floor previously
sterilised with the formalin solution
Sprinkle thoroughly until every ker-
nel Is wet Sprinkling should be re-
peated until at least three quarts of
solution per bushel of grain have been
absorbed Cover the pile with cloth
or canvas for two hours then shovel
tbe grain over at intervals to dry It
and sow at once All bags and shovels
used In handling the grain must be
carefully disinfected
A Fulcrum
“We got our new safe in to-day"
“Tes but It Is not just where we
want It I’ll take a fulcrum this morn-
ing and Inch It along a little”
“So far as I am concerned dear I
don’t mind but be sure and eat a
clove so ma won’t smell It on your
breath to-night when you come borne”
Houston PosL
Proving One of tho Best Means el
Producing a Dustloss Highway
The application of crude oil to dirt
roads has been experimented with In
several states and It is now agreed
that it affords one of the best means
of producing a solid dustless highway
that Will not break through in wet
weather Where the roads are very
sandy an application of heavy loam
or clay Is necessary
The road Is graded and well firmed
being first plowed and pulverised to a
depth of four or five Inches OH Is
applied with a sprinkler and a harrow
follows the sprinkler to mix the soli
and oil In tests In Kansas says the
Farm and Home heavy oiling was
given about October 1 to the amount
of about one gallon for each square
yard The road was harrowed after
the sprinkler and a week later a 12-ton
steam roller was run over the road
several times making It thoroughly
firm
After being closed one week the
road was opened to all kinds of heavy
traffic and proved to be firm but not
dusty Fast horses did not tear up
the soil with their shoes This road
was not affected by winter freeslng
the coating of oil keeping the road dry
and preventing heaving by frost
The following June the surface on
becoming dry carried a light coat of
dust which required one-half gallon of
oil per square yard to thoroughly set-
tle The road stood heavy traffio dur-
ing the entire season and was prac-
tically free from dust Light applica-
tions of oil after merely grading up a
road with the scraper and later roll-
ing it down heavily have given ex-
cellent results the most satisfactory
features being that these roads were
almost entirely dustless
The oil used on the tests in Kansas
cost one and one-half cents per gallon
at the refinery or three cents when ap-
plied The cost of grading and oiling
the road varied from $500 to $1300
per mile according to distance from
shipping point cost of labor etc
HANDY LOW TRUCK
Mado from Front Part of an Ordinary
Wagon
Here Is a handy low truck mads
from the front part of an ordinary
wagon A strong oak reach about a
foot long replaces the longer one To
the rear end of this is bolted an iron
clevis that holds' a crosspiece as
The Low-Down Wagon
shown For the platform explains
Farm Journal two poles 15 feet long
are used At two feet from the upper
end holes are bored and the poles are
pinned to the crosspiece the ends rest-
ing on the bolster about two Inches
from the standards The rear wheels
are 15 Inches In diameter put on an
Iron axle
FARM NOTES
See that no one disturbs the birds
on your farm They are your best
friends
Sell off a few of the common rams If
you are raising sheep and Invest the
money In one good animal
Flies In daytime and mosquitoes at
night make stock lose flesh Stables
can easily be screened and at nominal
cosL
Sunlight and air and cleanliness are
the cheapest of all disinfectants
Black knot In plums and apple can-
ker can be cured by judicious pruning
and spraying
Keep the garden free from weeds
until after frost
For the protection of the weaker
members of the flock grain should be
well scattered when feeding fowls
Clean up the poultry be uses and
whitewash them before frost
Handling ths 8traw 8tack
Have tbe stacking yard as near the
barn as possible and fence It off from
the barnyard Clean up around the
bottom of the straw stack so the stock
will begin to eat there Do not allow
any stock to sleep In the stack yard
at night By keeping It clean around
the stack the cattle will lick up all
the chaff and grain and at night you
will have about enough loose straw
to bed down the stock which will
leave the stack yard clean for the
next morning There is no waste of
straw by this method and It la con-
verted Into feed and manure with no
extra labor
Every apple grower should be pro
pared for extensive spraying In 1909
Burn all trash around the orchard
The scab has been unusually preva
lent throughout the country and ths
spores and seeds will have to be burn-
ed In 1909
Imaginative Irish
The quality which distinguishes our
selves (the Irish) from our EngUst
brethren Is the divine possession w
Imagination— Dublin Irish Homestead
Onlen Can Be Used to Get Rid of DIs
agreeable Smells
Everyone knows that an onion has s
distinct and unpleasant odor whether
cooked or raw But everyone doe not
know that this odor of ah onion will
draw to It every other - disagreeable
odor and clear the bouse atmosphere
In day
The onion can then be thrown away
and with It goes tbe disagreeable
smells that come about In a bouse that
has been closed for tbe summer
And this Is also a good thing to
know: That It will absorb all the odor
from fresh paint and turpentine It
the house has been freshly painted
and cleaned for the winter’s occu-
pancy the people moving Into it will
be miserable with the smells that
come from walls and floors
After the fresh country these odors
will be unendurable
One onion should be cut Into small
pieces and placed about tbe room In
two or three saucers Allow an onion
to each room ano let tbe saucers re-
main there over day and nlghL
If every bit of odor basn’t gone In that
time put a few fresh pieces In for the
next day
TO MAKE ORANGE MARMALADJE
Old Scotch Recipe Which Can Be Fol-
lowed by Any Housewife
The Americans have adopted the
British plan of eating marmalade at
breakfasL It 18 put on dry or but-
tered toast and taken with the coffee
The following Is an old Scotch recipe
which Is used In British homes:
Seville oranges are tbe best for this
marmalade If one can get them The
juice Is pressed out and the rinds put
Into a preserving kettle with plenty of
water to cover them This Is cooked
until soft adding more water as It
boils away When very soft it Is
turned Into a jelly bag and the juice
squeesed ouL
This is mixed with the ' uncooked
juice and to every pint a pound and a
half of sugar Is allowed It Is cooked
20 minutes The best way to test it Is
to drop a little on a cold plate If It
curls up at the touch of a Unger It Is
ready to take from tbe fire It should
be put Into glasses or small stone jars
It should stand uncovered for a night
and after this the jars may be cov-
ered with paraffin
Bay 8tate Crullers
Break three eggs into a bowl add
1 teacupfuls of sugar and one tea-
cupful of fresh milk Stir all together
thoroughly then add live even tea-
spoonfuls of lard and drop or two of
extract of lemon To one cupful of
flour add l)i teaspoonfuls of cream
of tartar and one of soda Stir in the
bowl and add sufficient flour to make
a Arm dough Roll the dough out to a
quarter of an Inch In thickness — flour
the rolling board of course Out with
a “cooky cutter" which has the cen-
ter ring and drop carefully Into
smoking hot faL They should puff at
once and turn slightly brown Turn
with a stiver fork and when done re-
move by lifting with the fork Inserted
In the hole center Lay them on a
waiter covered with a sheet of white
paper and sprinkle sparingly with cin-
namon and pulverised sugar When
cool pack them In a stone crock and
cover This recipe makes a goodly
number but they will keep fresh for
ten days if put away as advised But
remember the dough must be smooth
and firm the lard smoking hot and
the cook thoroughly Interested
8plced Grapes
Spiced grapes are a splendid relish
for cold meats and easily made Wash
ten pounds grapes cover with cold
water and cook until tender Press
through a sieve to remove stones and
skins Add live pounds granulated
sugar two quarts vinegar one table-
spoon cinnamon one tablespoon all-
spice and one whole nutmeg grated
Boil down to consistency of thick cat-
sup seal while hoL -
Sandpaper Cakes
To remove the burned edges of lay-
er or loaf cake use fine sandpaper as
soon as the cake Is “set” but before
It gets cold A piece of paraffin pa-
per cut the shape of the cake will
prevent the cake sticking to the plate
on which It Is to be set away
Peanut Salad '
One teacup peanuts shelled and
soaked In olive oil a few minutes two
teacups celery in small pieces one
dosen pitted ripe olives serve on let-
tuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing
To Clean Bottles
When one Is not the possessor of a
bottle washer take a piece of twine
about a quarter of an Inch thick and
two yards long Insert enough of this
in bottle to be able to shake well
after pouring In A suds with soda In
1L Then remove twine and rinse In
clear water This will clean any
soiled bottle
Mock Cream for Coffee
To one pint of milk bake the yolk
of one egg put over the Are and let
come to ascald
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ATAKI
Atamt! The name calls np one of
the strangest and loveliest spots In
Japan a place where the orange trees
seem to be In perpetual fruit where
warm winds blow almc3t all the year
round yet where the sea rolls In with
unceasing th underings loud as on any
Atlantic coast to be drowned In their
turn by tbe terrific roar of the geyser
which bursts forth thrice In the 24
hours clouding the air with Its fierce
white steam
On either side of the smooth curves
of tbe bay the rocks run far out Into
the sea— black forbidding rocks
honey-combed with deep caves where
you can row through arched water-
ways rough and crested by tbe ever-
lasting breakers beyond and come out
Into the sunshine again accompanied
by huge sea-birds startled from their
eyries by the passage of your boat
Tour boatman must steer carefully
for tbe depths are spiky with sub-
merged crags running up to the day-
light here and there In Island spires
where scarlet lilies have taken root
and are waving their flaming banners
in the midday sun That Is in high
summer but If It be winter tbe land
may be clothed In snow the sea Is
one stretch of frosty diamond and
sapphire softened In- the foreground
by clouds of surf that breaks over the
rocks In pearly spray bluish In the
shade and rosy gold where It leaps
high against the sun And behind you
through the foot-hills one road to the
outer world runs low between groves
of greenest trees covered with the
tiny fiery globes r' the Mandarin or-
ange which will cnly grow In warm
and sheltered spots
Directly behind the town the other
road winds through the rice fields
up to the ruined temple in whose
grove stands the oldest tree Iq Japan
the great camphor tree reputed to
have lived for a thousand years Still
It flings out tent above tent of radiant
verdure though its base Is so worn
and hollow that a little chapel has
been made in the trunk with a seat
where travelers can rest and meditate
on the superiority of trees to men
No wonder that earth clothes grate-
fully the venerable roots of this patri-
arch tree! Ages ago the local wise
men say when the geyser tore Its way
up from the heart of the world It
belched Its boiling flood into Atamt
bay and killed all the fish so that the
people were desperate seeing their
livelihood destroyed before their eyes
Then the good priest of the temple
praying earnestly for his flock threw
a branch of tbe sacred tree on the sea
commanding the boiling spring to re-
turn to earth and do no more damage
Instantly It obeyed and I am sure
that the priest like a practical Japa-
nese took advantage of Its submission
to set reasonable hours for its bub-
bllngs up for since the memory of
man It returns every eight hours fill-
ing the hundreds of water-pipes that
are laid to carry It away and provide
hot water for the Inhabitants of Atamt
Dropping from here and wandering
a - v
through a hundred aspects of tbe ever-
varying Japanese scenery there Is a
footpath to Mlyanosblta but one must
leave Ataml at daybreak to reach
that little warm-bath paradise before
dark and then one will be very health-
ily tired! The Ataml fishermen are
rough rather saturnine fellows accus-
tomed to the hardest work and tbe
most constant risks They have to
beat out a considerable distance for
their catch and the sea round those
coasts is as capricious as a spoilt
child smiling at ene moment and
going Into rages at the next The
boats keep pretty close together and
run to harbor (with an alacrity that is
Instructive as to the strength of the
storms) at the first symptoms of 'a
squall So many have never come
borne at an!
Although Ataml Is but a short dis-
tance down the coast from Tokyo
change and progress have made but
little way there Tbe old beliefs hold
tenaciously perhaps because they are
really the oldest beliefs of all and the
men who wrest a living from the sea
are those who come Closest to the un-
tamed elements In nature and there-
fore have more of the primeval man
in their composition than any Inland
folk can retain What can representa-
tive government and higher education-
do for the tollers of the sea? Their
business Is with an element that laws
cannot bind nor armies terrorise that-
will smile or frown at Its own mysteri-
ous will as It has smiled and frowned
since the world began So they let
the new Instruction preach to those-
who lead easier lives than theirs and
they cling to the old observances
which give them lope and incidental-
ly bring some gaiety into their own
hard lives
Very different from the deep-sea
fisherman’s life is that of the river and
canal boatman With its one sail set
to catch the softly constant breese his
little craft winds In and out of the
endless waterways that are never
ruffled by off-shore storms and draws
Into snug shelter when the steady
Japanese rain pours down The In-
land boatman sees perhaps more of
the country than any of his fellow-inhabitants
and he has less trouble than
most of them In providing for his
wants The river fish are rather poor
In flavor compared with those of the
great “Black Salt” as the local gulf
stream is called but they are readily
caught and furnish many a good meal
The Japanese are all fond of fish-
ing it suits their patient phllosophlo
temperaments I have heard prim el-
derly court ladles acknowledge that it
was the one relaxation which gave
them real pleasure I am sure they
envied as I often did the life of the
river boatman who never hurried In
the delivery of his cargo of rice or
straw stones or earthenware can cast
his netted stone down for an anchor
under the shade of a spreading tre
throw a Une and wait for the gladden
Ing nibble that Is sure to come 1
time
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Watkins, W. H. The Ringwood Leader. (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1908, newspaper, October 29, 1908; Ringwood, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1719222/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.