Belletonte, Pa., May 18, 1917. THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS. The Kid has gone to the colors And we don’t know what to say; The Kid we have loved and cuddled Stepped out for the Flag today. ‘We thought him a child, a baby, With never a care at all, But his country called him man-size And the Kid has heard the call. He paused to watch the recruiting, Where, fired by the fife and drum, He bowed his head to Old Glory And thought that it whispered “Come!” The Kid, not being a slacker, Stood forth with patriot-joy To add his name to the roster— And God, we're proud of the bey! The Kid has gone to the colors; It seems but a little while Since he drilled a schoolboy army In a truly martial style. But now he’s a man, a soldier, And we lend him listening ear, For his heart is a heart all loyal, Unscourged by the curse of fear. His dad, when he told him, shuddered, His mother—God bless her !—cried ; Yes, blest with a mother-nature, She wept with a mother-pride. But he whose old shoulders straightened Was Grandad—for memory ran To years when he, too, a youngster, Was changed by the Flag to a man!” —W. M. Herschell, in Indianapelis News. Pe — HOW WE TRIFLE WITH ‘SPRING- TIME DISEASES’ OF CHIL. DREN. The Chautauqua Reading Hour WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH. D. EDITOR The time of the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the whooping cough is heard in our land. In other words, this is the season that is “Sa- cred” to children’s diseases. It is about time to stamp out two popular fatal heresies. One of these is that measles, whether German or American, whooping-cough and chick- €n-pox are obligatory in the spring- time. The other is the belief that it is safe to “let the children have them and get them over with.” When we remember that more children die from measles than from scarlet fever, we can hardly classify this as a house- hold pet. GERMS ARE NOT ATHLETES, The first elementary truth we need to master. is as to the life-habits of a germ. Germs do not “evolve” out of darkness or sewer gas. The source of germs is neither dirt nor bad smells. A garbage pail is no more dangerous than a handkerchief, A “dirty” child is no more likely to “give” disease or to “take” it than a clean one. A disease-germ is an organism whose original source, so far as infection is concerned, is always in some human body. It does not crawl, hop or fly; it is always carried. Its only means of exit from an infected body is by way of the discharges from some one of the body’s orifices, From these discharges, including the sputum and the mouth spray, and from the hands that carry these discharges, all germs travel that carry contagion to others. The most common channels of these Yischorges are water, milk, food and ies. But the essential method of conta- gion is contact. If we should success- fully purify all the water, milk and food in the world and destroy all the flies, our children would still be sick so long as contact were possible, by hands, handkerchiefs or any other means by which germs could be car- ried from the sickroom and left on the persons of outsiders. On the other hand, if we could successfully block the passage of germs from the sick bed to the outside world, it is conceiv- able that milk might be unsupervised and flies flourish, and yet the world of children keep well. KILL THE WOLVES. : The old public health tried to clean up the general environment. The new public health hunts down the specific center of infection and tries to isolate it. In our homes we strove to “build the children up” and “fortify” them against disease. But now we know that a strong child is just as likely to come down with disease if infected as a weak one. We think it wiser now, not to teach the sheep to fight, but to kill the wolves. Under the old way every home en- deavored to protect its own children from other children, Under the new way the few homes where there is infection protect every other child from their own. The old way did not work. It closed the schools and sent the children to infect each other on the playground and street. The new plan is to dis- cover by careful examination the few children who are incubating disease and send these infective ones to home- isolation. Then the others who are not infected and who cannot be in- fected if the sick ones are kept close may continue safely together in school. The old method attempted .the im- possible task of perfecting the sur- roundings of 100,000,000 people. The new attempts the difficult, but perfect- ly feasible, task of hunting out and enclosing from danger to the rest only 200,000 who are developing disease. MRS. ANYBODY AND “SCARLET RASH” A Canadian public health officer, Dr. Hibbert W. Hill, shows us how far the ordinary household is from taking on- ly the sensible, unselfish and consci- entious course that will eradicate the children’s spring diseases. Mrs. Any- body, he says, tells her husband that she thinks Tommy has scarlet fever. “Call Dr. A.,” he suggests. But the mother is overwhelmed to think of having her husband and al] the chil- dren quarantined with her in the house for a month. “Ill call Dr. B.; they say he never reports anything. I'll tell the neighbors it is scarlet rash, I'll let the children go to school, but xX 1 keep every one away from Tom- my. : ’ Mrs, Anybody’s plans do not work. While she "has to run over to the 1 neighbor’s the other children inspect the rash that Tommy proudly exhib- its. She doesn’t kiss them good-bye, that is, only the youngest, who looks nearest to cry. She has to call a neighbor in the next morning while she goes out to telephone the doctor. e neighbor innocently brings her baby on her arm. Father keeps con- scientiously away most of the time, but when Tommy, feverish and heavy- eyed, calls “Daddy, my daddy,” before he goes to business, he pats his head and kisses him. Tommy, let us say, soon gets out. His mother oils his scales so they don’t show, but wher- ever Tommy goes his red sore throat shoots out spray every time he speaks or sings. Well, there may be only a few pronounced “cases,” only a ve few deaths, but the community is full of scattered contagion, which we all regard as “most mysterious.” A few lifeless bodies are picked up at the foot of the precipice, but no fence is ever built at the top. THE INNOCENT SIN OF WOMEN. Dr. Hill quietly utters the terrible indictment, that seems to be true: “The infectious diseases in general radiate from and are kept going by women.” Loving, self-sacrificing, well meaning mothers scatter disease, be- cause they do not block the routes by which it leaves the home. “The way is clear,” he adds; “what remains is to follow it. Each genera- tion of America pays now for the infectious diseases ten: billion dollars, and has. the diseases, too! Why not pay one-tenth this sum and rid our- selves of all of them forever.” —_—r——— BIRTHS. Smith—On April 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, of Pleasant Gap, a daughter. Weaver—On April 1, to Mr. Mrs. Mac Weaver, son. } Stover—On April 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Joel Stover, of Zion, a son. Hartle—On April 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Al Hartle, of Spring Creek, a son. Moerschbacher—On April 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Moerschbacher, of Bellefonte, a daughter. Noll—On April 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Dare Noll, of Pleasant Gap, a son. Stine—On April 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Stine, of Bellefonte, a son. Hoy—On April 7, to Mr. and Mrs, John H. Hoy, of Nittany, a daughter. Harter—On April 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Harter, of Nittany, a daughter. Dunzik—On April 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Dunzik,, of Pleasant Gap, a son, William Freder- ick Dunzik Jr. Weaver—On April 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Clark Weaver, of Mill Hall, a daughter, Anna Weaver. Hoy—On April 20, to Mr. and Mrs, Henry Harrison Hoy, of Pleasant Gap, a daughter, Beatrice Evelyn Hoy. Lyons—On April 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Lyons, of Bellefonte, a daugh- , ’ Martin—On April 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Martin, of Spring township, a son, Chas. W. Martin, Jr. Houtz—On April 2, to Mr. and Mrs. and of Axe Mann, a John Oscar Houtz, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Margaret Louise Houtz. McThair—On April 4, to Mr and Mrs. Samuel McThair, of Bellefonte, a son, Harold Wilson McThair. - Switzer—On April 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Switzer, of Bellefonte, a son, John Franklin Switzer, Spicer—On April 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tobias Spicer, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Beatrice Elizabeth Spicer. Rossman—On April 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Rossman, of Bellefonte, a son, Harold Rossman. . Beck—On April 9, to Mr. and Mus. John E. Beck, of Spring township, a daughter, Cleda Aldine Beck. Rhoades—On April 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E Rhoades, of Spring township, a daughter, Sara Marie Rhoades. Jessop—On April 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jessop, of Spring town- ship, a son and daughter, Samuel S. and Grace F. J essop. Hartsock—On April 18, to Mr. Mrs. John L. Hartsock, of Benner township, a son, Jackson C. Hartsock. Shutt—On April 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Bloomard W. Shutt, of Spring town- ship, a son, Randolph Eugene Shutt. Sager—On April 23, to Mr. and Mrs. George H. Sager, of Spring township, a son, Charles Robert Sa- ger. Tibbens—On April 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Tibbens, of Spring town- ship, a son, George W. Tibbens. Kerk—On May 2, to Mr. and Mrs, Paul Kerk, of Bellefonte, a son. and Flies Dislike of Blue. The following is a clipping from the New York World, and goes to prove that Our Dumb Animals was quite right in advising its readers that blue wash for cow sheds was worth trying. The Arabs have long known that flies fear or hate the color blue. That is why the houses in many of their towns are calcomined in light blue. Before the French Academy of Scien- ces recently, Galaine and Houlbeert described the results of their observa- tions on the eyesight of flies. The only light that these insects see well is white; their eyes do not see violet and indigo at all; the vibrations of the blue and green rays are disagree- able to them and red has the effect of darkness. Yellow alone of all the colored rays are tolerable, The spec- trum as seen by the eyes of a fly be- gins at green and ends at bright or- ange. The practical conclusion to be drawn from this is that when a room has blue window panes the flies therein become as inactive as if it were dark. If a slat of a window blind be opened to let in a ray of white light the flies will rush toward it and go out through the blind. Blue is a good color for summer, as it keeps out a large part of the heat rays and makes a room cool. .In Japan they hang curtains of blue glass beads mixed with tubes of painted bamboo at the entrances to In many of the western pecially in winter when trains layed by heavy snows, the have been known to burn corn warm. This is an expensive able. We would consider a man candidate for a place in the winter, instead of coal, but in scheme just as extravagant. classes: First, Repair foods; ond, Heat and Power foods. to furnish raw materials for mation of new flesh substanc growing body. The “heat and power” foods your automobile. gives the power that allows fireman in a locomotive mus entary occupation. new tissus, “repair” foods or proteins, as if there is any left after all is done and repairs are made, used for heat at the expense 0 for power, and, if our gasolin and appurtenances for fuel. these things well, and because more expensive than the heat fats. They are the gasoline meal in the’ dietary. which, when taken in excess, to eliminate the heat and pow The excess for future use. processes to fat, and this, rainy day. weight reduction based upon of repair foods or proteins Fats, sugars and starches health. Guy C. Given, Ph. D., Associate Pr The Pennsylvania State College. be exhausted, we could use the Health and “Mens sana in corpore sano” RRR Happiness Number 18, BALANCED RATIONS prairie States, in time of fuel scarcity, es- are de- natives in their heaters and stoves in order to keep custom, and one certainly not followed where other sources of heat supply are avail- to be a famous Danville institution if, while living in the coal districts of Pennsylvania, he would burn corn in his stoves in our eat- ing, we, almost to a man, follow a Foods are divided into two great and sec- The “repair” foods are selected and used by the body to build up torn down muscles and other tissues, and the for- e in the have no more part in repairing wasted por- tions of the body than gasoline has in mending the broken crank-shaft of They furnish the heat that gets up the “steam” that you to work, move about, and keep warm. Just as the auto must be given more “gas” in ascending a hill, and as the t shovel more coal in going up a stiff grade, so must one eat more of the “heat and power” foods when doing heavy man- ual labor, than when following a sed- While the “heat and power” foods cannot be used in the building up of or for repair work, the they are called, can be used as a “heat” food building and, in- deed, if they are needed, they will be f the re- pairs made. It is just as if, after we had mended our broken crank-shaft or axle, we could put the pieces left into our gasoline tank and use them e should tank The up-to-date dairy-man knows the “re- pair” foods, or proteins, are absolute- ly essential, and because they are produc- ing foods, he arranges ,carefully to From this table it may be seen that of the ordinary foods which form sta- ple articles of diet, bread, flesh foods such as meat, poultry ‘and fish, eggs, beans, and cheese are the great fur- nishers of protein or repair material. The heat and power producing foods are the starches, sugars, and and coal which must be burned in our furnaces to give warmth and strength. An With potatoes at their present high prices, one glance at this table will show what a saving may be made by substituting rice, hominy, and oat In contrast to the “repair” foods, call for greater work on the part of the body er foods, when taken in excess, are stored up sugars and starches are changed by the body together with the excess of fat we eat, is laid away in some convenient place for a It may readily he seen how it is that one fond of starches, sugars, oils and fats, will probably be troubled with obesity. There are ra- tional and. successful methods of the use for fuel instead of sugars, fats, and starches. all are heat and power producing foods, but, for the best results, one should not confine his diet to any one of them, Some recent very valuable investiga- tions by McCollum, have brought to light that there are certain substances present in our ordinary foods, which are necessary to proper growth and These materials have not ofessor of Experimental Agricultural Chemistry feed his cattle just enough of them to furnish the necessary repair and growth requirements, and tries not to give a great excess of this expensive food to be used simply as fuel. These “repair” foods or proteins, are the ones which we Americans or- dinarily think should form the major portion of our diet, but, as a matter of fact, we require a much smaller amount of thém than of the heat pro- ducing foods, from one-fourth to one- or much heavy muscular work be done. A meal that most American men ry,—for example, a juicy, broiled, por- food to two parts of heat producing foods. We enjoy ourselves while eat- ing it, but are using very expensive beefsteak for fuel. If we should spread the beefsteak around among about three people, and eat three or four baked potatoes, our meal would be “balanced” as they say and we would benefit in normal times both in our pocket books and probably in our general health. These proteins, when they are burned for fuel instead of being used for building blocks, are likely to give off a great many unpleasant substan- ces. A piece of wood or coal will burn merrily in a grate and, if it re- ceive plenty of air, will not produce unpleasant odors. On the contrary, dried beef, wool, hair, hoof and other substances belonging to the group of proteins do not burn so readily with- out the production of compounds of suffocating odors. Just so in the use of “repair” foods for fuel in the body. They are likely to produce foetid breath, rheumatic troubles and other unpleasant effects, and always call for a great deal more effort on the part of the kidneys, liver, ete., to eliminate the undesirable products. It is not wise to adhere to any hard and fast rule concerning the amounts te be eaten, as a great deal depends upon the peculiarity of the individual. The amount of protein required for the average adult in twenty-four hours, for repair work, will be about four and one-half ounces. Many can do with two and one-half or three, and few require more than six. The common foods that we eat have approximately the following amounts of protein as purchased: 1 ib. white bread contains 1% ounces of protein 1 1b. meat contains 214 ounces of protein Y4 dozen eggs contain 2 ounces of protein 1 1b. fish contains 1% ounces of protein 1 1b. poultry contains 2 ounces of protein 1 1b. dried beans contains 31% ounces of protein 1 Ib. cheese contains 415 ounces of protein 1 pt. milk contains 14 ounce of protein 1 1b. potatoes contains 14 ounce of protein. ounce of fat will furnish about two and one-fourth times as much heat or power as an ounce of starch or sugar, and is therefore to be considered as a concentrated food. Ordinary granulated sugar is one hundred per cent sugar, and will be a convenient substance with which to compare other heat furnishing ma- terials. 1: been definitely identified but their dis. coverer calls them “Fat soluble un- known A,” and “Water soluble un- known B,” respectively. Butter con- tains this necessary ingredient “Fat soluble unknown A” in comparative- ly large amounts, but a highly refined, rendered fat like lard, does not. The “Water soluble unknown B” is con- tained in leaves, fresh vegetables, wheat, etc., but not in the highly re- fined granulated sugar or starch. A varied diet of the natural products of the earth is the most healthful. Concerning the balancing of the ra- tion, it is, in the light of our present knowledge, impossible to draw any hard and fast line. With reference to human feeding, individuals differ too much one from the other, food habits are so dissimilar, and likes and dis- likes of certaiti foods are so strong, that the mental attitude toward the diet offered will often play havoc with any attempt at a rational system of rationing. If, however, we limit our- selves to our normal protein require- ment, and then satisfy our appetites with a diversity of the less expensive non-protein foods, we shall have bet- ter health, a clearer mind, and a big- ger balance in the bank at the end of the year. These let the air in while the out through the interstices the beads, but do not re-enter. butchers’ and pastry cooks’ shops. flies go between ——Although the United States raises more cattle than any country in the world except’ India, it is never- theless the world’s greatest importer of hides and skins. i i t | I i i i | i i | ! 1 | of living, but how can you help it? One | FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. | DAILY THOUGHT Solitude is as needful to the imagina- tion as society is whelesome for the char- acter.—Lowell. It is depressing to talk, think and | write incessantly about the high cost must live, though sometimes one may feel inclined to say “Je ne vois pas la necessite”—and so the ever-soaring | tendencies of every imaginable com- modity are of considerable personal interest. At first the world at large seemed mainly excited about the cost of food and we were inclined to for- get that since mankind departed out | of Eden clothes also have been desira- i | | sixth, depending upon whether little | . to disappear from the would look upon as the acme of luxu- : ter house steak with a couple of crisp . baked potatoes—would have a ratio’ of about one part of protein or repair ! ble, but of late we have been driven to the realization that they are going to be proportionately “out of sight,” and that, “Wherewith shall we be clothed ?” is becoming a serious ques- tion. : Almost everything we wear comes under the head of wool, linen, or cot- ton, so listen to the future prospects for these fabrics. Wool, we are told, virtually is going stores, at least the “all-wool” fabric, for worsteds with an admixture of cotton still will be on sale, though at much advanced prices. You see, Australia has ceas- ed sending any wool to this country and England has forbidden its sale unless with the sanction of the Direc- tor of Government Contracts, while our own domestic supply is terribly curtailed on account of the mortality among the sheep on the western ranches last winter. It is estimated that 20 per cent died then, and when thereto is added the usual death rate at the lambing season, the outlook is anything but brilliant. : Then linens, as you doubtless know, are not made here, and so we are de- pendent on Ireland, Scotland and France for our main supply. Some are still coming from Belfast but the quantity is diminishing, while the pric- es are advancing steadily because the flax for the mills is running out. Very little flax is grown in Ireland and vir. tually none in Scotland, so the mills of both countries must depend on Rus- sia for their supply. Even at the best of times this is a long journey, for most of the flax is grown more than 1,000 miles from Archangel and then must be brought by ship from that port; but now, with the shipping clos- ed to all intents by war conditions, the dificulty of obtaining flax is in- creased a hundredfold. When it does arrive in England it cannot now be sold in the public’ markets. Instead, it is commandeered by the government and held until examined by an expert, all that comes up to a certain stand- ard being held for government use. The rest is then handed on to the spinners, and when the yarn is ready, it is againg examined and the govern- ment again takes all that it requires, the small remainder being all that can be used for commercial purposes. Un- der these conditions it is not hard to see why linens should be increasingly expensive. When it comes to cotton, we find that, now we are in the war ourselves, a very large proportion of our cotton products is required for our own army and navy. Duck, denim and drills are of course wanted as well as ticking, sheets, pillowcases and bedspreads, and naturally a great quantity is need- ed for special surgical dressings. Late- ly, too, marquisette is being used for screening hospital cots, and so we must not only expect to pay more, but also to have less than. in former years. Naturally, with nothing but war in the air, clothes are showing a decid- edly military trend, especially in coats and capes; in fact, one store is show- ing a three-quarter length coat in na- vy blue with stand-up military collar embroidered with crossed rifles, the left sleeve decorated with a chevron consisting of two flags crossed. To accentuate further the military char- acter of this wrap, itis supplied with a scarlet-lined cape which falls from the shoulders, but cannot be detached if desired. However, this is an ex- treme example shown more for adver- tising than in the belief that it will be worn by well-bred women, Really attractive navy blue capes with a sort of loose jacket effect in front are like- ly to be very popular for sport wear, and they also have a distinctly milita- ry character, as they have gilt buttons, belt, buttoned patch pockets and high turn-over collars. : Life in the great centres of the United States has gained such an im- petus that it makes few pauses in its rush toward its own destruction. It hurries us along in its current of ex- citement, battering us against jagged rocks that jut across it from all an- gles, poisoning us, polluting our blood with emotions that eat up red corpus- cles, draining our sensibilities of their natural responsiveness. Waste of physical energy is scarce- ly worse than waste of mental forces. Life ceases to be enjoyable that mo- ment in which we leave off wondering at it, when it no longer surprises us; when it no longer has unexplored vis- tas, unexpected romances and adven- tures, when our jaded palates are cal- loused beyond the possibility of antic- ipation. A happy compromise is the collar that lies up snugly against the back of the neck, but is rounded in the back and of uniform width all around, cling- ing to the shoulder line, instead of dis- guising it. This type is supplanting the wider sailor shapes upon many of the tailored blouses, and one finds it conspicuous among the separate col- lars, too. Narrowed and shortened, it fits in well with the square neck cut that is prominently featured among the new frocks and blouses, framing back and sides of such a neck, but leaving the straight or curved front lines uncol- lared. Some very delectable little collars of lace, embroidered net and embroi- dered linen seem to have been design- ed particularly for such association and are hardly usable on any other sort of frock neck.—New York Sun. More than thirty thousand English women have volunteered to form an auxiliary army corps for service in France. ‘795, “Th FARM NOTES. —It is estimated that seven per cent more of the 1916 wheat crop was shipped out of the counties where it was grown than in 1915. This repre- sents almost two million bushels. —Currant bushes are very bad neighbors for white-pine trees, as the currant bush may act as host for the fungus which causes white-pine blis- ter rust. This disease can be spread by nursery stock of white pine, and those who wish to protect their pine Ices should not plant currants near them. —Silver foxes a few years ago brought as high as $15,000 a pair in the open market. The enormous prices obtained at that time were due largely to speculative operations, ac- cording to a new publication of the United States Department of Agri- culture, and ranch-bred silver foxes have recently been advertised for sale at from $500 to $1,000 a pair. With a comparatively large number of sil- ver foxes in domestication, with a clearer understanding of their suc- cessful management, and with a re- turn of moderate prices for breeders, a steady, healthy, and general devel- opment of silver fox farming is pre- dicted. How and where fox farming may be undertaken with the promise of any degree of success in the publi- cation mentioned, Farmers’ Bulletin e Domesticated Silver Fox,” which may be had on application to the United States Department of Ag- riculture, Washington, D. C. —Cabbage stands in the front rank as a food crop. It is available not on- ly as summer food, but also, because of its exceptional storage qualities, may be kept for winter use. It is a good yielder also, producing as high as fifteen to twenty tons to the acre. The prices of cabbage during the past winter have put it in the class of del- ‘icacies. : The first requisite in the profitable production of a crop of cabbage is good seed. To insure good seed a sup- ply should be purchased a year in ad- vance of the time it is wanted for the main crop, so that a small test of it can be made to determine its vitality, purity and relative value with respect to yield. In case seed has not been se- cured and tested in this way it should be purchased from the most reliable source available, The variety best suited for winter storage is Danish Ballhead. Other valuable varietis are Enkhuizen Glory and Succession. It takes about six months from the time the seed is sown for Danish Ballhead to mature. Enkhuizen Glory and Succession will mature about two weeks earlier. Seed should be sown in a prepared seedbed in the open ground about the middle of May. When the plants are from six to eight inches high, which will be from six to eight weeks after the seed is sown, they should be trans- planted to the field in rows set thirty- two inches apart, the plants being set eighteen inches apart in the row. While the cabbage can be grown successfully on'a wide range of soils, the best results are obtained on a soil which is well drained vet retentive of moisture, and which possesses an abundance of readily available plant food, of which nitrogen is the most es- sential element. Plant food may be supplied by liberal applications of ma- nure and nitrate of soda. The cabbage plant is approximately ninety-eight per cent. water and when growing transpires about 400 pounds of water for each pound of dry matter produced. For this reason frequent cultivation is necessary to conserve the moisture supply. Further information concerning the culture of cabbage may be obtained by addressing The Pennsylvania State College school of agriculture and ex- periment station. —The evaporation of sweet corn is an industry that has been gaining ground rapidly in Lancaster county and during the past year it is esti- mated that between $60,000 and $70,- 000 worth of corn was harvested and used in the new farming enterprise. During the past year there were ten persons or plants engaged in the evaporation of sweet corn in the county and much of the product was sold direct to consumers while large orders were received for commission sales. There has been a steady de- mand for the evaporated corn which I said to be of an especially fine qual- ity. While the industry is rather a new one it has been developed rapidly and the experiments have brought about a system of sweet corn culture that is especially interesting. There is con- siderable difference in the various types of sweet corn, as some contain more saccharine than “others and oth- ers yield more corn to the acre. By careful fertilizing and selection of seed the Lancaster county growers have developed a prolific type that is said to be far superior to any sweet corn on the market. The develop- ment has led to the production of ears of corn that are so large and the grains so fine in shape and size that many persons unacquainted with the new industry say that the corn is not true to type. . Most of the persons engaged in the evaporation of sweet corn grow a great portion of what is used, but during the past season many farmers grew corn for the evaporation plants on contract price. The business is an exacting one and requires the closest attention to details if it is to be made a success. The corn must be planted in succession, one following the other sufficiently close so as to mature in time to keep the plant busy while evap- orating. The best condition for the corn before being pulled, lasts but a few days, or the corn becomes too hard and does not produce as good a quality of the finished product as it otherwise would. Both time and help have been at a premium during the evaporating season which lasts about two and a half months, The corn is pulled and thrown on a wagon and delivered to the plants with the husks on. It ig borat by weight in most cases at a certain price for a ton. In the evaporating plant the corn is husked and prepared for the different processes. The husks are saved and fed to the cattle and prove a beneficial and nutritious feed. A good average yield of corn per acre when evaporated and ready for mar- ket is twenty-two bushels, (=
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