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Feelinjr that my readers will be Interested in my recent trip to the Mttle fronts, I will each week des¬ cribe my trip as it was taken.
The party, con.-i«tinjr of ten Con- trressmen, nil paying their own ex¬ penses, left New York on October IBth, 1917. It wrs dark when we left our pier and the last view we had of land was the brilliantly illummat<-d Statue of Liberty emblematic of the forest strupTKle in which our boys were taking part.
Every precaution was taken on hoard to safe-guard the ship from fiubmarinc attack. No lifrhts were carried by the ship and no ont was allowed to smoke on deck for fear a tifjrhted match might disclose, the whereabouts of the vessel. The port¬ holes were kept closed the entire nlirht. A fw hours of each day were devoted to tarjjet practice, our ship mounting flve large guns. The ac¬ curacy of this gun fire was most gratifying. A few days before we reached Liverpool, two American des¬ troyers met us and convoyed us to port, and they w«r6 a iiioBt weicume
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We had f n board a unit of Red Crocf Nurses att.;irhed to the Navy and a number of offlcers of difTerent branches of the service. We found the harbor of Liverpool fiUed with ships, some of which had just dis- chargwl American troops. In Ix)n- flon our AmhaRsador met us and I wish to testify to the rourtesy of Mr. Page, and the hifrh esteem in whieh he is held hy the British p<«ople. In f/ondon on ¦ realizes that the Nation is at war ff>r the streets at night are almost in complete darkness. It ia ao dark fhat one ran hnrdly find hir, way ahout for no lights are permitted in the store windows, or allowed to shine out of any room, and the few street lamps have reflectors which prevent any f^Iare. I will continue this next week.
With a Happy New Year to you, I am,
Cordially yours. FREDERICK C. HICK.S
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It is serving 3,423 military hospitals and supplying and distributing 15,000 tons of hospitnl and ceneral relief supplies montiily. It has organized 45 ambulance com¬ panies run by 5,580 people, all of whom have been taken into the Army Medical Corps. It has enrolled 14,000 Red Cross nurses of whom 2,000 are already serving in France. A million women are working on Red Cross sur¬ gical dressings, hospital garments, refugee clothing and knitted garments. The value of their v^ork for twelve months is estimated at ^40,000,000. In many counties throughout the United States 15^0 25^^, 40^(', and even 50% of the inhabitants are members of the Red Cross. In iSfassau County only 7% (less than 9,000) are members. Donit let your home county be a "slacker county"! Help the Christmas Drive Campaign Committee get 50,000 members of the Red Cross in Nassau County as your Christmas gift to the soldiers and sailors who are giving the greatest gift in their possession—their own lives. You surely can give your money—at least ^i for each member of your household. This is the most beau¬ tiful Christmas gift. Show your children that you want them all to be, like yourself, a good soldier in the Army of Mercy. Cut out, sign and send to-day the following "Application for Mcmbershiti" to your town Christmas Campaign Manager whose name appears belov\.
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Well-Pruned Apple Tree and Peach Tree Pruned After It Wat Set In Field.
Propor priinliiK of fruit trooH Is nb- solutcly oKMontlnl to tlii! prndiK'tlon of good fruit. And yet thorc Is no other necessnry work nbout a fnrm orchard so constantly neRlocted.
And when It is <lone, In the mnjorlty ot cnses, It Is only hnlf done. As n result of er(i\v(l(>d limbs, nnd thirk foUnRe, hnlf nf the fruit produced Ls of smnll size und bnd color.
Now, nil of this Inferior fruit Is un- ncccs.sury, for It la entirely possible to have every apple on" the tree, of good full size, nnd color fully up to the stiindnrd of Its vnrlety.
There Is no sufllelent excuse for the pri'valllnR neglect of pruning, for It nmy be done in the winter time, thnt senson of comparative leisure in tho country. The months of November, r^eccmber nud Jnnuary makt- uii the riKht trlmminR season, suys lown Homestead. If done at thut time tho wounds dry up, so that loss of sap later liecoini'S unnecessary. Hut If tbts work Is done In February and March, It Is so near tjjo period of tho tlow of sap that bleeding becomes In¬ evitable.
Much Depends on Age.
Tn pruniinr a tree to secure pood fruit, the amount of work t;: \'.-ci -".•;"¦? deix'iids upon the nue of the tree, and tbe previous work which bas been done upon It to keep it lu shape.
A tree which has been entirely neg¬ lected until It Is ten years obi pre¬ sents a hard problem wheu you wish to brinn it into shape.
Tbn-e-fourtlis of the top .should be removed, but as to take thut amount ofT at once would be n serious shock to the tree. It Is customary to tnke two years for the work, cutting out half of the sui)erfluous !)runelu'S one winter—and as muny more the next year.
The wise way Is. never to let trees get into thut crowded, overgrown con¬ dition.
Avoid All Crotches.
When three-year-old trees nre first planted, all crotches should bo avoid-
VAlBTofsPRAYiNG IN APPLE ORCHARDS
Demonstration Experiments Have Been Carried on at the Mis¬ souri University.
During recent years the University of Mi^.s.niri ('oilcKe of Agi-lcultiire at Cobiinliia in c<i-oin!-nti(Mi \y\\\\ u nnin- bor of practical (.ndiai'dlsts lias been carrying on (lennuisirnllon experi¬ ments in tbe valu<^ of spraying, iinin- Ing !irnl the general r<>nov!il.liig of neg-.. lected orchards in Mis.sourl.
The results of these deinonstrationa slidw that apple «ireh;ir(l'< well uian- aged i'!Ui bo mn<le to yield lln' hirgest prolits of auy Mi^.-^oiirl farm crop. On tlie other hand nejileeted orchards in tlu- .same neighborhood hardly yltdded Interest on tho vuluathm of the or¬ chard.
During 1!>17 the r(>sults of i^roper spraying and pruning have shown larger protit thaa In any previous year. Duriug the last year neglected orchards have set very littlo or no fruit. The little fruit which whs set hor>> and there was for the most purt small, wormy aud of low market tinal- ity. Orchards properly uprayed ami pruned during tbe last two or three yours have set unywhere from a fair up to a heavy crop of fruit. The qual¬ ity of apples on well-nmuaptKj or- (Jiurds this year has boon Ihe best produ<-ed In Missouri lu ro<'ont jffurs.
Orchards properly spruyou and Well nutnuged have yielded unywlure fnuu $100 up 10 several humlred dol¬ lars p*fr acre, net. Neglected orchards In the name neighborhood have yielded j uuy where from QotbluK up tu |18 tu
ed, nnd for the next two yenrs trees should he examined occasionally nnd so cut us to secure a well-balanced top. For nmny reasons high toiis nre the be.st—high enough so as to admit a full-grown man walking about tbem upright.
As the trees get larger, nnturnlly more nnd more work will be needed In pruning. Thrifty eight to ten-year-old trees will make nn astonishing growth of wood In ono senson.
Boar In mind that the tops should be kept thin enough so that tbe sun¬ light cnn penetrate to all parts. It Is light -which makes perfect fruit—other conditions being fnvornbie.
Remove Weak Limbs.
In generul, remove tho weakest limbs, and where two Interfere' cut one. Then shorten In ull branches which show an abnormal growth, thus preserving the symmetry of tho tree.
Water sprouts—those sappy shoots which have started since last prun¬ ing, should be cut without morey, ex¬ cept Inp in cases where one Is needed to till a vaciint place.
If you have followed the ruU's for prniiliiL', you will have a spre.-idin.i:, open-tupped tree—so scatteroii in foli-
for u hot day, but i'xactly adapted t* tho growing of large, showy aiiples.
0^\"lng to the prevalence of strong southwest winds. It Is best to i)l;int trees with a little inclination to tho two-o'clock sun, and in pruning en- courge tli(> heaviest top on tlio saiiie side of tree.
It is customary to say: Make a smooth cut; and a very littlo thouuht will sbow the necessity ot tills. Na¬ ture will roimir tlie damage, by heal¬ ing over the woiliul as soon as p<issl- ble. Hut If a rough, uneven surface Is left. It Is difflcult, or perhaps Im- posslhle for tho burk to cover It.
All cuts above an inch in diameter should be painted wltb a soft griiftlug wax. This is needed, because the hot sua will check the wound and wuter will penetrate.
!f20 per acre, hardly enough to pay in¬ terest on the valuation of the land and the exiiense of growing tho or¬ chard.
Some orcbardists have hesitated to asHunie the expense of eciuipping iov .¦-liriiyiiig, and of iinpbjyiiig the labor neit'.'iKai-y to properly priiiu> the or- ihnrd. There is a tear that .should the ciMi) fail tho orebnrdist would aot bo in iMisition to pay for his spraying outllt and his sra'aying nuitorhil.
•Abiiiy Miss(airi orcbardists lust spriii;,' complained lliat the rainy woatlier and cold ' nigiiis daring the blossoming period luvventcd the bloom from setting fnilt. or killnl set fruit on frosty nights. Tbe killing wns dne almost entirely to tlie fact that In neg¬ lected tu'chards the blossoms were weak. In most of tbe proporly nuui- agod or<'liards, at least a fair crntt of fruit set and matured to lino coiuli- tiou, Uue to tho fuel that trooH kept liealtijy can u.suully set fruit oven dur¬ ing trying wouthcr.
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Second Season of Nassau County's Finest Resort
Cuisine Uficxcelled. Best of Service. Auto Parties will find this a most delightful place for Lunch. ^..^
PARKING SPACE FOR lOO CARS
Remodeled Dining Room has Accommodations for 400 Guests
Open Air Skating. Make Your Reservation Now for New Year's Eve
Merrick Road,Lpbrook
18 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY
COMB SAGE TEA IH 10
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Grandmother's Recipe
keep her Locks Dark,
Clossy, Beautiful.
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SUCCESS WITH SHEEP FLOCK
Future Lamb Crop Depends Great Deal
on Feeding and Breeding and
Care of Ewe*.
A jtreut ileal (loi)eii«ls on tho future lamb tT«)p, not ko much for mutton U8 tor the production of wool aud tht- lu¬ orease of furin flocks. And tho future laiul) crop depends a great deal ou the feedluK "Hd breeding and eare of the ewes during the next few uioiitlm. tsays a writer In uu exchange. Tlio liiipres- slou that u (shoep eun sulwUt mu «»y- thiug luuy bo purtlully true, but lu uur mauy y**ars of expt-rlenee with them 1 found that It pays, iu the thrifty eyn- dltiuu uf buth ewos aud luiuba, tu c've the ab^ep careful atteutlou.
The old-time niixluro of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked and faded hair U grand¬ mother's recipe, and folks aro aRairi , uaing It to keep their hair a good, j even color, which Is ciulte sensible, aa | we are living In an age when a youth- i ful appearance is of the greateat a.d- : vantage. |
Nowadays, though, we don't have \ the troubleaome task of gathering tht sage and the niuaay mixing at home. All druer Btorea sell the ready-to-ust I product. Improved by the addition of other Ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." It Is very popular because nobody can discover It has been applied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at atlrne; by morning the gray hair disappears, but what de¬ lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, Is that, be¬ sides bL:autifully darkening the hair aftct a few uppllcatluna, it also pro duces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which ts so attractive ThU ready-to-uae preparation Is a do- Ughtful toilet requisite for those who deaire a mure youthful appearance It Is not Intended fur the cure, nUUsa- UoB or provootloo of dlaeaaa.
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