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Mistaken Flattery
The master of the house rang the
bell to summon his maid.
The girl was in the act of cleaning
the pots and pans, and before she
could clean herself the master en
tered the kitchen to see what was
delaying her.
He looked at the maid’s dirty
hands and face.
"My word, Mary,” he said, "but
you’re pretty dirty, aren’t you?”
Mary smiled coyly.
"Yes, sir,” she replied, "but I’m
prettier clean.”
THAT’S THE TROUBLE
"When the cat’s away the mice
will play.”
"Yes. but I can’t get the old cat
to go away.”
Matched Copies
The book canvasser knocked at
the door of Mr. Jones’s house.
“Nothing today,” said the woman.
“But, madam,” he insisted. “1
have something here that is bound
to interest you. The ’Husband’s
Friend, or 500 Reasons for Staying
Out Late.’ ”
"What makes you think that book
would interest me?” asked Mrs.
Jones, angrily.
'Well, said the canvasser, “1
sold a copy to your husband on the
way to the station this morning.”
Gentlemen—The Navy!
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The United States Navy is
now 165 years old. When the *
current defense program %
achieves its goal, the U. S. |
Navy will be more powerful l
than any navy, or combina- j
tion of navies, afloat!
The “mother” of the U. S.
Navy was the “Hannah”
(right), a Massachusetts
schooner owned by Capt. John
Glover, commissioned as a
man-o’-war in 1775. The
schooner scored A merica's first
naval victory by capturing a
British ship on Sept. 5, 1775.
GREAT WHITE FLEET . . . The world sat up and took notice
of the growing power of the V. S. Navy when Theodore Roosevelt
sent the Great White Fleet around the world in 1907. Above are
five units of the White Squadron.
Yarn-Spinner, Ancient . . .
“Shot” of an old salt spinning
his salty yarn to shipmates
aboard the old V. S. S. Rich
mond, In this respect the Navy
has not changed much.
Yarn-Spinner, Modern . . . Be
neath the wing of one of the
ship's fighting planes, the boys
lend willing ears to the tall tales
of a shipmate aboard the ultra
modern IJ. S. S. Saratoga.
GROWN VP . . . And here is a view of a few of the mighty
floating fortresses of the modern United States Navy—our first
line of defense. Compare it with the tiny “Hannah.”
WINGS OF THE NAVY . . , From the deck of the aircraft
carrier, “Ranger,” we see the V. S. S. Saratoga and the U. S. S.
I^exington, each with their coves of fighting planes on flight deck,
gliding majestically through calm waters.
The launching of the frigate, “Fulton the First” at New York,
October 29, 1814, the first steam-driven warship in the world.
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Farm
Topics |
WILLOWS SAVE
STREAM BANKS
Dense Growth Protects Soil
On Curves.
An improved labor-saving method
of protecting stream banks with a
mat of growing willow shoots has
been worked out by the soil con
servation service. It is particularly
effective where small streams are
cutting into their banks at the out
side of curves or where streams
that normally flow gently rise to de
structive heights in rainy seasons.
The willows throw up a dense growth
that furnishes first-class protection.
The first step is to grade steep
banks to about a 45-degree angle.
Then cut willow poles and prune
them roughly. The poles should be
long enough to extend from below
low water in the stream to the top
of the sloped bank and should be
laid about two feet apart the day
they are cut to prevent drying. Cover
the poles with a 6 to 12-inch layer of
brush—using the willow prunings
and other brush if needed.
Anchor the brush mat with old
woven wire laced together with
smooth wire. Set stout posts in the
bank and tie the mat down with
wires from the posts to heavy stones
sunk in the stream below the mat.
Provide occasional vertical anchors
of logs laid up and down the slope
and held by stout stakes.
Poles cut in fall and winter when
the willow are dormant will live
and in spring will root in the bank
and send up growing shoots that
form a living mat.
Willows have long been popular as
bank protectors, but the new method
economizes labor, gets a dense
growth with minimum effort, and
the work can be done in winter when
farm work is slack.
Use Abundance of Nails
When Erecting Buildings
In the erection of farm buildings,
poor nailing of joints is often the
cause of later damage to these build
ings by windstorms. Skimping of
the number of nails often means in
creased upkeep costs. A poor job
of nailing in the construction or re
pair of farm buildings and the use of
too few or too small nails result in
weaknesses at the joints. Many farm
buildings are blown down or sag be
cause not enough or too small nails
were used in their construction and
while small nails do not crack the
lumber so much as larger ones, they
are not so effective in holding the
building rigid.
Good nailing practice consists
mainly in using the proper kind,
size, and number of nails for each
particular part of a wooden struc
ture. In order to get the full
strength of the common wire nail
under a side-ways pull, it must be
driven at least two-thirds of its
length into the piece receiving the
point if light-weight wood is being
nailed. When it is not possible to
get this much penetration, more
nails should be used because the
strength increases directly with the
number of nails.
For wall sheathing and roof boards
of the ordinary kind, two eight-penny
nails at each nailing point are usu
ally enough. In assembling rafters
it is well to consider that a severe
storm may lift the roof as a whole.
Therefore at least three or four nails
of the proper length should be used
I to fasten each rafter to the top of the
i side walls. The proper number of
nails in such places sometimes seem
I to be more than necessary but they
may mean the difference between a
wrecked roof or one in place after
a storm.
| Farmers Prepared
For U. S. Defense
Agriculture is prepared for na
tionai defense better than any
other industry, according to N. E.
Dodd, western regional director
of the AAA.
Farmers are better trained to
produce all the nation needs with
out damaging the land as was
done during the World war, and
there is enough food and fiber for
every use.
There is enough wheat stored
on farms and in elevators to feed
the people next year if no more
wheat is grown. We have enough
cotton in storage for a two-years'
supply if we don't raise another
bale. And there is a half bil
lion bushels of corn in storage
so there will be plenty of grain
for live-stock feed.
Figuring Acreage
An acre contains 43,560 square
feet or, what is more commonly
used, 160 square rods. A square
acre measures 208 feet, 8Vi inches
on each side. A strip of land V4 rod
j wide; 1 mile in length equals an
acre. To find the number of acres
in a rectangular field, multiply the
length by the width in feet and di
vide by 43,560 or, multiply the length
and width in yards and divide by
4,840 or, the length by the width in
j rods and divide by 160.
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