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April 12, 1019 
Things to Think About 
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A Navy or Good Roads 
The “Scientific American” recently 
. intetl a comparative statement, showing 
the cost of the three-year naval program 
outlined by the Navy Department. It 
states that the estimated cost of the pro¬ 
gram started on August. 29, 1916, is 
$761,000,000. The annual cost of main¬ 
taining our enlarged navy will be about 
$709,000,000 per year. In 1913 the an¬ 
nual cost of maintaining the navy was 
$138,000,000. Today the threat of the 
German navy has disappeared, and at 
this time every great naval power is a 
friend and ally of America, yet the Navy 
Department, asks for the authority to 
build a navy which will cost for main¬ 
tenance alone over $709,000,000. The 
■ ost of maintaining the navy in 1913 is 
figured at $6.90 for each family per year. 
The cost of building the proposed new 
navy, aside from its maintenance, is 
$1,674,000,000. This means that every 
family in the United States will have to 
contribute $83.70 to build these ships, 
and when this has been done each family 
will contribute $35.45 each year to keep 
the fleet in commission. The “Scientific 
American" prints the map shown at Fig. 
Plan for a Sy.sl< in of Xnlioiwl Highways. Fly. Kid 
and streaks of pink, crisp, tender, juicy, 
sprightly sub-acid, with a satisfying flavor 
all its own. Among the late Winter ap¬ 
ples it ranks high in quality. 
Last Spring I thought these trees had 
wholly escaped injury from the severe 
Winter of 191 f-lS. but later I found 
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strips and patches of bark wholly killed; 
but Northern Spy and even Wealthy have 
similar injuries. I believe these injuries 
will be wholly healed in the course of two 
or three years. My < xperience with Oliver 
has been such that 1 am planning to set 
more, as I consider it superior to Bald¬ 
win in hardiness, in productiveness and 
in quality. Very few nurseries are grow¬ 
ing this variety under the name of Oliver, 
and I believe it would be easier and safer 
to buy it under the name of Senator. Its 
keeping qualities in common storage ap¬ 
pear to be superior to Baldwin. It may 
prove disappointing, as the trees grow 
older, but I have decided to run a chance 
on a few of them. It we carry our trials 
to the extreme, it will be left to our 
grandchildren to profit from them ; but 
they may take to flying or insurance. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y geo. k. sciiaubku. 
R. N.-Y.—We are having good reports 
166 to indicate what could be done with 
this money. As we see, eleven great high¬ 
ways running North, South. East and West 
could be built with the money demanded 
for this naval program. These transcon¬ 
tinental highways would be of concrete IS 
feet wide. They would girdle the coun¬ 
try in every direction, wonderfully de- 
reuse the cost of assembling and dis¬ 
tributing food, and provide profitable 
labor for millions of our people. The 
question seems to be. which we need most 
—a big navy at a time when universal 
peace is being worked out, or a system 
of roads to develop our own country. 
Should we not develop our pathways on 
land before we put our money into the 
pathways of the ocean? 
The Oliver or Senator Apple 
Oliver, while not widely known in the 
East, is not a new apple, being propagat¬ 
ed in Northwestern Arkansas since 1873, 
it having originated in that section prior 
to that date. About 20 years ago a West¬ 
ern nursery introduced it under the trade¬ 
mark name of Senator. At least Beach 
says these apples arc identical, and gives 
the name Oliver the preference. My ex¬ 
perience with this variety covers three 
trees only, purchased under the name of 
Senator and set in the Spring of 1907. 
These trees came into bearing seven or 
eight years after setting, and have not 
failed to bear some apples every year 
since, the crop being heavier every other 
year. The fruit is medium to large, in- 
clined to medium or slightly below when 
crop is heavy, (’oloi is a brilliant deep 
red. and usually red all over with an oc¬ 
casional blotch or stripe of yellow where 
shaded by a leaf or twig. Dots quite con¬ 
spicuous; large, light russet in color, and 
often taking a triangular form. A charac¬ 
teristic feature is the broad shallow basin, 
with very abrupt sides, which are usually 
wrinkled. Fruit, grows very uniform and 
there are very few culls. Its appearance 
alone will create a demand for it. Flesh 
is j> creamy white'with occasional touches 
of Senator or Oliver. The apples are re¬ 
garded as identical by the Geneva Ex¬ 
periment Station. The Oliver is evidently 
hardier than Baldwin, and we think it 
will make a good substitute for planting 
in localities where Baldwins were- killed 
or injured in the terrible Winter of 1917- ; 
1918. 
Looking Over tho Pet Stock 
The rabbits shown in the picture, Fig. | 
165. page 639, are a litter of eight, two 
mouths old; they weighed together 35 
pounds and each one ought to tip the 
scale at six pounds when five months old. 
Each one will give then enough meat for 
my family of four for at least two days. 
These rabbits are raised on oats, hay, 
carrots, turnips, potatoes and potato peel¬ 
ings mixed with bran, stale bread, cooked | 
oatmeal, every other day, and plenty of 
green during the Summer. The rural 
family can raise all the food themselves, 
and with two or three does and one buck 
giving four litters (averaging seven young 
at a litter) a year the family would be 
assured of a line meat, almost equal to 
chicken, twice a week. 
The does might be bred live times a 
year, but it is better policy to keep to 
four litters, to insure healthier stock; 
never raise more than eight per litter; it 
is even better to raise only seven. If kept 
in draft-proof outdoor hutches, the south 
side open, there is little danger of sick¬ 
ness or disease, if cared for properly. 
Always keep hay and water before them. 
The Agricultural Department at Wash¬ 
ington. D. (’., issues a free booklet ou 
the care of rabbits. F. D. o. 
New York. 
The lirsi barrage was too much for 
ltastus, colored doughboy, and he took to 
his heels. Some distance back of the 
lines he was intercepted by an officer who 
inquired why he was running. “I saw 
de shells a-com in’ at me, Gunnel, an’ 1 
jes’ had to run.” “You saw the shells?” 
“Yes, sah: 1 saw one big .shell twice— 
first when it passed just over my head 
and second when 1 passed under it.”— 
Gredit Lost. 
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Dissatisfaction in the 
Quality or Price 
of Coffee 
is easily remedied by changing your fable 
drink to 
THE ORIGINAL 
Postum Cereal 
Boiled just like coffee— 15 minutes after boiling 
begins — you are certain of uniform quality. 
The price doesn’t fluctuate from one month to 
the next. 
And besides there’s only one grade—the best. 
You get it in every package. 
There’s a greater reason however why you should 
drink Postum — HEALTH. 
No upset to stomach, heart or nerves—the pen¬ 
alty many pay for coffee drinking — follows the 
use of Postum. It’s a rich, healthful, invigorating 
drink, and — 
“ There’s a Reason ” 
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