6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 7, 1956 Remote St. Croix Produces Link (Continued from page 1) mongoose to end the rat. In no time at all, the islands were free of one rodent, but over run with another who con tinued to clean up the snakes, and according to some local residents, took to the trees and robbed the nests of birds. There are lizards, from the tiny two-, three- or four-inch variety, to the more fearsome iguana, which can reach a length of five or six feet. On Puerto Rico, the lizards of one foot to 18 inches was more common The iguana, natives siay, makes excellent stew, while the smaller lizards are the best insect catchers the isfiands can offer. ’transportation from the days of Bluebeard has made these islands famous as trading centers Old slave blocks in the market place today carry a supply of fruit and vegetables grown by the natives carried to market atop their heads. But still the smooth surface of the stones is worn deep from the shuffling of chains and bare feet Today, there has been an economic upset by this change. Where ships once came to port loaded with building material as ballast and cargo, to depart Boost Laying Flock Performance feed Red Rose POULTRY BOOSTER PELLETS Five pounds daily per 100 hens of Red Rose Poultry Booster PeClets (25% protein) provide high protein levels for laying flocks during periods of high production and step up protein intake when production slumps. Red Rose Poultry Booster Pellets provide increased anti biotics to promote intestinal health. Ideal for feeding when pullets are housed to help them adjust to a new environment and provide extra protein with heavy grain feeding. Five pounds daily per 100 hens provide 10 grams of antibiotics per ton of totail feed. Red Rose Poultry Booster Pellets help to reduce absenteeism on the nest and boost your profits through getting more eggs when prices are high . . . supply concentrated antibiotics to individual birds temporarily off feed and help speed their yeturrrto profitable egg production. Boost your profits bv boosting laying flock performance .Feed RED ROSE POULTRY BOOSTER PELLETS. MUSSEK F ' ’IMS. INC, R. W, BOLLINGER & SONS, R. D- 2. Columbia, Pa. DAVID B. HURST Bowmansville, Pa WEST WILLOW FARMERS ASSOC. A. L. HERR & BRO. West Willow, Pa. Quarryville, Pa. with a load of refined sugar, today on St. Croix one sees the empty shells of hundreds of Dutch-type windmills, their in sides and windows rotted away by wind and weather. Only one or two sugar refineries are in operation on St. Croix, one native told, expressing the wish that industry such as concrete block plants could move in to furnish a labor source. Hence today there is a deep cordiaMy and respect for the tourist. Restrictions on building are severe; zoning ordinance on the Virgin Islands strict. As a result, only a few new hotels have been constructed and prac tically all beach property has been sold. Take Bnk for example, a na tive of St John’s who drove four of us over six torturous nules of mountains in 45 minutes. He knew the best views; he would ■stop to identify trees and shrubs, blooms and birds. (His name, of Danish origin, reflects the Pier res, Tonies and other common names of other races. First stop from San Juan, a 35-minute flight, was St. Thomas at Truman Airport. Tiny islands, rock bound with cliffs, are framed in foam of a sea whose blues and greens show accurately the depths. There is one sweeping curve of beach where the airport to your flock INC. Manheim, Pa. BROWN & REA Atglen, Pa. Acreage Reserve Payments To Nov. 9 Total $202,959,759 WASHINGTON (USDA) Payments to farmers participat ing in the 1956 Acreage Reserve program of the Soil Bank totaled $202,959,759.75 in 45 States and Puerto Rico reporting through Nov. 9, 1956, the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture announced today. This is the seventh report on payments (negotiable certifi cates) issued under the 1956 Acreage Reserve program. The sixth report, covering payments through 2, showed a total of $181,147,696 39 disbursed in the 45 States from which reports were received. In the report on participation m the 1956 Acreage Reserve pro gram (USDA 2464-56), the maxi mum amount of payments farm ers could earn by remaining in compliance with the program was placed at nearly $261 million. rests between Brewer’s and Lindbergh Bays; Water Island standing gcard at the entrance to St. Thomas Harbor where Charlotte Amalie lies in thou sands of soft-toned colors. Only 42 inches of ram falls each year here, within a short season 'The balance of the year the island is dry. Huge catch ments of concrete are constructed along hillsides, funneling pre cious ' rainwater into mammoth storage tanks where water is first chi ol mated then dechlor inated for human consumption Homes m the many new hous ing projects, attractive residents, each carry their own water tanks and gutter spouting is carefully maintained. Several of these catchments each cover several acres One by the airport is dull red. Others are plain concrete, all on hill sides. In the bays and just off the islands the sea water is clear. With Mitch Cubberley of Belle ville, N J, under the experi enced tutelage of Harry Harman, former Georgia football captain, several dives were made into clear waters that housed thou sands of colorful fish atop the wreckage of a 300-foot gram ship that sunk m a storm several years ago In shallow water, Han ry introduced the novices to the use of goggles, snorkel tubes, flippers. In deeper waters, it was every man for himself. Some tried spear fishing, but none with the results of 'Mr. Birch who speared a 33-pound sea bass that provided tasty caviar with sour cream as well as huge fillets for later use. At a meeting in St. Croix of the Virgin Islands Chamber of Commerce, the Hon. Walter A. Gordon, appointed in August 1955 as first native governor, spoke on proposed revisions in the Organic Act as they affect the islands economically. The Organic Act, .passed in 1936, granted universal sufferage to all who could read and write the English language. Schools are excellent, and some educational plants surpass those of United States neighborhoods. One-room schools in the out country prevail, and education is •offered to all. Two events Wighhghted the week in the Virgin Islands, the arrival of the Stockholm, and dedication Saturday of the Vir gin Islands National Park on St. John at the Cruz Bay baseball field. Some 5000 acres of land were presented to the federal government by Laurance S. Rockefeller, president of the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. On hand were the governor, U S. Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton and Conrad L. Wirth, National Bark Service Director- There’s more to come from the West Indies, rich in the lore of yesterday, undoubtedly an ele ment of rank tomorrow. Job total sets October record in nation. '‘jjjF'Mtjfj'yjftrjfjrjX. Ifs The Law ‘Tt’» the Law” with simple an* 1 swers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Associa tion* General Interest questions are welcomed, and will be an swered as soon as possible. Let ters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a speci fied, requested day. Questions cannot be answered by mail, and LANCASTER FARMING will reject any inquiry which is not of general public interest- Ad dress Mil Inquiries to “It* the Law.” LANCASTER FARMING Quarryville, Pa. (Fictitious ini tials will bet used to protect the identity of the questions). ' Q. Is' a husband responsible for debts acquired by his wife before they are married? A. Generally not, unless he made some agreement to be re sponsible, or unless he led the creditor to believe that he would assume such responsibility. Q My mother is 82 years old and has five children. She keeps her money in a safe deposit box in a bank. My oldest sister, who drinks very heavily, is the only one who can get control of the key. When mother dies, we are afraid this sister will take the money and go on one of her long drunks. Is there any way we can prevent this? A. The only possible solution would be to have the mother draw a will, which would dis pose of her entire estate, specifi cally mentioning the contents of the safety deposit box Some per son other than the oldest sister should be named executor of the estate m the will After the mother’s death, the box could be opened and the contents disposed of only by the executor of the estate after he has been duly qualified by the Orphans’ Court. sic i Q. I live in an apartment on the second floor above a doctor’s office. In the rear yard there is a small fish pond where I have had fish for 7 years A neighbor has asked the landlord to have the pond filled because her granddaughter, 5 years old, might come into the yard and fall in. The landlord thinks he would be ♦♦ I a ft Is Best For Control of CHICK WEED in ALFALFA in STRAWBERRIES in OATS, BARLEY & WHEAT and it is economical, too These dealers and applicators will supply you and assist you with practical advice: Bareville Manheim Dick Harry & Chet Nolt Farm Bureau Buck ' N <J Hershey & Son Musser’s Feed, Mill MilWcviiu De ” ver - , „ Millersville Supply Co. Denver Supply Co. .. „ Elizabethtown - Ne " HoUan * „ . c Kaylor Bros, R. D. I Clarence H Rutt & Son Messick Farm Equip- Paradise roent, R. D. No. 2 Victor J Denlinger Ben B. Landis, R. D. X Hess Bros, S. Market St. Peach Bottom Gap „ C E. Wiley & Son Summers Bros. Quarryville - - Kirkwood Ross H Rohrer & Sons L. H. Jackson Lancaster Ste J ei * f „ _ . Farm Bureau Herbert F. Gehr L. H. Brubaker, R. D. 4 Leroy K Pfautz * R - D - 1 Letort West Willow Aument’s Hardware West Willow Farmers Lititz Assn., Inc. Eby’s MiH. Inc. Willow Street Sunshine Farm Supply Cope & Weaver Co. PKEMERGE is a product of DOW- CHEMICAL CO- Florin J. C. EHRLICH CO. 736 E. Chestnut St. EX 3-2489 *** > *4J - responsible. -Would be be? ■lt seems to me that when an adult or a child enters someone else’s property, they are the ones to worry. ♦ * ♦ A. The landlord’s fears are quite justifiable, and once he is on no tice of the possibility of children trespassing on his land, he is re sponsible if an attractive condi tion which he maintains on the land, such as the pond, results in injury to children. The rule is different regarding adult tres passers, but m some instances even adults have recovered against landowners for injunes sustained by them while they were technical trespassers. Ac cordingly, it would be wise for the landlord to erect a “child proof” fence around his property, or around the pond, or else re move the pond. K. F. 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