Deworeaic Wald
Bellefonte, Pa., March 28, 1924.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS IN
MID YEAR CONFERENCE.
When a choice lot of Sunday school
leaders, from all parts of the State,
as were gathered in a two day’s ses-
sicn at Sunbury recently, come to-
gether as did these to study the prob-
Jems from all phases of church work,
and when it is known that this is
only one of many similar State gath-
erings held each year in Pennsylva-
nia, it is easily understood why Penn-
sylvania Sunday schools lead the
world.
The first part of the gathering at
Sunbury was with the new denomina-
tional committee. This committee
came into being at the State’s annu-
al convention at Williamsport last
October, and seventeen of the leading
denominations of the State have al-
ready sent their officially appointed
leaders. This is the second meeting
of this committee during the year.
This committee checks up the pol-
icies of education of the State’s work
and at this meeting, with a few slight
changes, gave their approval to the
State association’s plans and meth-
ods.
This is hy all odds the most import-
ant steps taken by the State Sunday
school association, for now all denom-
inations know that they have a real
part in forming the policies of the
State association’s plans.
Thirty-four county Sabbath school
associations sent their leaders to the
Sunbury gathering. They entered most
freely into the discussion of construc-
tive plans for building efficiency, coun-
ty programs, of organization, county
efficiency conferences, counfy conven-
tions, county efficiency tours and pub-
licity and went on record by unani-
mously adopting a resolution express-
ing appreciation and thanks to the
press of the State for the increased
interest they are taking in giving
larger space to the work of the
church, the Sunday school and all
news that stands out for the upbuild-
ing and betterment of the community.
The group was composed of mem-
bers of the board of directors of the
State Sabbath School association, the
association’s field staff, and presidents
and secretaries of county organiza-
tions from thirty-four counties, and
also the officially appointed represen-
tatives from denominational boards.
Pennsylvania is Accident Leader.
More persons were killed and injured
as a result of train accidents in Penn-
sylvania last year than in any other
State of the Union, it was revealed
recently when the Inter-State Com-
merce Commission published an in-
complete casualty report. :
In 1,477 accidents occurring during
the months of April, May and June,
the commission reports, 190 persons
lost their lives and 1,730 were more or
less seriously injured.
Seven of these deaths and seventy-
four injuries resulted from train ac-
cidents; 183 were killed and 1,656
were injured in train service acci-
dents.
Forty-six persons were killed and
103 were injured in grade crossing ac-
cidents, thirty-six of the deaths and
eighty-four of the injuries occurring
in accidents in which automobiles
were involved.
For the entire country during these
three months 1,615 persons were Kill-
od and 13,357 were injured. These
~asualties involved 365 railroad work-
ars killed and 9,590 hurt. :
In addition, 113 persons were killed
and 30,329 were injured in non-train
accidents. .
The numbe. of killed increased 327
and the number of injured increased
12,800 over the comparable months
for 1922, the inter-state commerce
:ommission asserts.
Says North Pole Has Nice Summer
Climate.
The airship Shenandoah, on the
United States navy’s expedition to
‘he North Pole next summer, will not
ind temperatures as low as those of
‘his winter on the Atlantic seaboard.
This is the belief of M. B. Summers,
veather observer at Seattle, Wash,
who established the government met-
srological station at Point Barrow,
~here Alaska juts north into the Arc-
ic ocean.
Mr. Summers said that the coldest
June day recorded at Point Barrow,
which is 1,117 feet from the pole, was
|2 degrees above zero and the coldest
uly day 26 above. The range last
fune was 23 degrees above to 56
ibove.
The Shenandoah is more likely to
mecounter rain than snow, in the opin-
on of Mr. Summers.
“Toward the pole, it will naturally
se colder than at Barrow,” he said;
‘considerably so, if there is no large
yody of land between Alaska and the
sole. If there is an Arctic continent
yr a large island, radiation from the
un’s rays will make it warmer and
nore nearly the temperature of Bar-
ow. But, in any event, I do not be-
ieve there will be zero temperatures
it the Pole in July or late June.”
denn State Student Writes “Thes-
pian” Play.
A complete musical comedy written
yy an undergraduate student at The
‘ennsylvania State College, R. B.
Joscamp, of Pittsburgh, is to be stag-
d this spring by the “Thespians,”
nale student theatrical organization
it the college. This will be the first
ime since 1917 that a student has
ome forward with a play for presen-
pian in which men take the feminine
oles.
“The Magazine Cover Girl” is the
itle of the production. The leading
eminine parts will be taken by J. H.
ance, of Greensburg, and W. C. Hes-
er, of Philadelphia. Music for the
roduction was composed by D. L.
\uchenbach, of Lebanon, and Hummel
‘ishburn, assistant to the dean of men
t the college. The play will have its
nitial performance at State College
n April 5th and will be seen in sev-
ral western Pennsylvania cities be-
ore the commencement production.
FARM NOTES.
—Fruit and vegetable growers who
are forehanded will take stock of their
supplies of fertilizers and spray ma-
terials and will make up their orders
for the amount they need.
—Baby chicks should not be fed un-
til at least 48 hours after hatching.
The little chick has nothing in its giz- |
zard with which to grind food so a
little grit should be added to the first
feed of scratch grain.
—Greenhouse men are starting the
early cabbage plants. They can reg-
ulate their sowings better if they re-
ceive your order now. In this way,
there will be fewer disappointments
next spring when some people usually
have to be turned away.
—Butter making begins with the
production of good, clean-flavored
cream. To obtain practically all the
cream from the milk and have it in
the best condition requires the use of
the cream separator. The thorough
cleaning and sterilizing of all dairy
utensils is essential to the production
of butter of good flavor.
—Now is a good time to overhaul
the spray rig. Clean it thoroughly,
take the pump apart and see if the !
valves are working properly. Re-
place any broken parts and cil the
whole machine. The engine and pump
should be started and run dry to see
if they are working properly and the
hose and spray gun inspected for re-
pairs.
—During the past three years, the
State College bacteriological depart-
ment has been supplying bacteria cul-
tures for legumes. The cultures are
supplied at cost but several days’ no-
tice must be given. Supplying the
necessary bacteria is required for
growing legumes but inoculation does
not take the place of lime. The bac-
teria will not grow in an acid soil.
—1In order to obtain the best possi-
ble results during the coming hatch-
ing season, it is necessary that the
breeders be in the best physical con-
dition. Exercise is essential to good
health. Scatter the scratch grain in |
six or eight inches of good clean straw
and force the birds to work for it. A
good mash mixture should be fed in
open hoppers and plenty of green food !
given at noon.
—Ropy or stringy milk is a com-
mon occurrence during early spring
and late autumn. This type of fer- |
mentation in milk is due to a harm- !
less variety of bacteria. Although
ropy milk has an unappetizing ap- |
pearance, it is not dangerous to the
health. Milk that is stringy as it
comes from the udder is different and
should not be confused with ropiness
that developes on standing. Milk
from diseased udders should be dis- |
carded.
—1It is not too early in most sections
of Pennsylvania to start the hot bed.
Make sure that the frame and sash
are tight. Secure good quality horse
manure and place in a square pile, al-
lowing it to ferment about eight to
ten days. Rearrange the pile every
three days to prevent burning. Then
place the manure in the hot bed pit,
tramping, it. well. Cover this with a
layer of straw and then place four to
six inches of rich, loose soil on top.
Then sow the seed in this soil. Watch
the ventilation and watering care-
ully.
—Poultry manure contains fertil-
izing constituents which would cost
20 to 25 cents as commercial fertiliz-
ers. The average night droppings of
a hen are 30 to 40 pounds annually. A
flock of 100 hens at this rate would
produce $20 to $25 worth per year.
To prevent loss of the fertilizing con-
stituents, sifted coal ashes may be
used on the dropping boards as an ab-
sorbent. Wood ashes or lime should
not be mixed with the manure. As
poultry manure is particularly adapt-
ed to gardening, poultry raisers can
often dispose of it at a good price.
Such management will add a little to
the profits from the flock.
—The white, dusty coating of mil-
dew on the clover leaves of red clo-
ver has been very plentiful in Penn-
sylvania during the last three years,
and it has given rise to numerous
questions from all parts of the State.
What is this disease? How can it
be controlled? Will it lessen the hay
crop? Will clover hay with this mil-
dew injure stock to which it is fed?
Since 1921 this mildew has been
prevalent all over the country each |
year. Previous to that time mildew
on clover, while it was to be found
each year, rarely became epidemic,
and it has been suggested that we
have now a new strain of this mildew
more virulent and vigorous than be-
fore. Others explain the widespread
and persistent attacks on the basis of
peculiar weather conditions during the
last three years.
In any case the clover mildew seems
to be with us early now and we must |
treat it as a settler rather than a’
tourist.
It is fortunate that this mildew is
rather restricted in its choice of hosts.
White clover, alsike clover, crimson
clover, sweet clover or alfalfa are
quite resistant, and even among the
red clover varieties there is great va- :
riation in susceptibility, American va-
rieties being much more susceptible
than European. There are many re- !
sistant plants to be found in an ordi-
nary susceptible field, however, so
there is every hope of controlling this
disease finally by resistant varieties
or strains.
As to the damage done to the hay
crop by mildew there seems to be con-
siderable difference of opinion, the
general view being that the injury is
not very large, unless the disease
starts early in the season. It is not-
ed that a mildewed clover field is un-
likely to produce good seed.
Damage to stock from mildewed hay
is not proven as yet, though the dusty
condition of such feed is a decided dis-
advantage. Cattle in pastures are
known to eat mildewed clover less
readily than healthy clover plants.
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There is no practical method of field
control according to plant specialists
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture. At present not enough
is known as to varietal resistance to
allow of recommendations of varie-
ties or strains though these will un-
doubtedly be used extensively if this
mildew retains permanently its pres-
ent annual epidemic nature.
Planning Garden
for 10 by 20 Space
Very Small Patch of Ground
Will Yield Vegetables
in Abundance.
A surprising amount and variety of
vegetables can be grown in a city
backyard garden provided it be well
planned. The plan illustrated for a
space of 10 by 20 feet Is just a sug-
gestion, to be built upon in making
your own layout, if this is the space
you have. If more space is available
a much greater variety can be grown.
Let us consider the possibilities of a
space 30 by 50 feet quite a commor
size.
For instance, planted the 50-foot
way of the garden, put in the first
row to early peas. A pint will plant
the 50-foot row in a double row 6
inches apart ; or, as some deem a better
system, the peas spaced 2 or 3 inches
apart in a wide row 6 inches across
the bottom. The second row, 2 feet
from the first, could be put in to sec-
end early peas, and a third row, 2 feet
farther on, into a third pea planting.
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Plan for 10 by 20 Vegetable Garden.
One pint for each row is sufficient.
For this third row it might be well
to allow 2% or 3 feet of space and
plant some of the finer quality, heav
ier-vining peas.
The fourth row might be devoted to
three plantings of radishes from a
week to ten days apart, a third to each
planting, the spaces to be filled in with
« dozen peppers, six eggplants and,
say, half a dozen late cabbage plants,
after the radishes have been used.
The fifth row, 3 feet from the pep-
per-eggplant row, would accommodate
80 tomato plants. Before the toma-
toes are put in it could be planted te
the earliest crop of spinach.
The next two rows, 2 feet apart,
could be planted one row to string
beans and the other to bush lima
beans. The next row would accomo-
date 25 cabbage plants, or half cab-
page and half caulifiower, of the early
types. Then, allowing 2% feet be-
tween the rows, a later broadcasting
of spinach would be available, to be
followed later with tomatoes or string
beans. Two feet farther along a row
of onions from seed, for 25 feet, half
the length of the garden, would go in.
An ounce of seed would be necessary.
The same extent of carrots and beets
could be placed in the next two rows,
1 foot apart, with a row of onion sets.
For the outside beds, two to accom-
modate a first and second planting of
lettuce, each 8 feet by 314 feet, and a
bed of equal size for parsley, woul?
be available.
This arrangement leaves & rectangle
of aboat 25 by 9, which may be divid-
ed Into three beds, the first for early
sweet corn, accommodating nine hills
21, feet each way, a second to eight
poles of Kentucky Wonder beans in a
space 6 by 9, and the final corner, 10
by 9, for nine poles of lima beans.—
Wational Garden Bureau.
Grass Cuttings May
Be Left on the Lawn
For the best lawn, care should begin
by raking the litter off early in the
spring either with a wooden-toothed
rake or with an iron rake with a small
potato on each end so the teeth will
not remove the dry grass clippings
‘ about the roots of the plants, advises
the United States Department of Agri-
culture.
Cuttings should begin early with the
lawn mower set as high as possible
| and should be repeated frequently. The
clippings should all remain upon the
lawn. The more of these clippings
that can be retained about the roots of
the grass the better the chances for a
good lawn,
Watering should be delayed as long
as possible but when it hecomes neces-
“sary it should be applied in a spray in
one place for four to six hours and
then in another place. Six hours after
watering the ground should be wet four
inches deep in heavy soil and six inches
in lighter ones. Another watering
should not be needed for a week.
As growth begins to slacken in early
summer it may be stimulated by the
application of one pound of nitrate of
soda or sulphate of ammonia te each
1,000 square feet of lawn at intervals
{ of a month. The former in particular
should only be applied when the soll
is wet after a rain or a heavy watering
or else should be applied in solution.
BEBBELDOER 2}
Spend $2,000,000 a Year to Study at |
Penn State.
State College, Pa.—The 3300 stu-
dents at the college each year spend
more than $2,000,000 in obtaining
their education, according to estimates
made by one in a calculating frame of
mind. At least one-third of this
amount is earned by students in va-
cation periods. It is figured that the
average cost of a year at Penn State,
from railroad fare to incidentals, is
between $700 and $800, and an eco-
nomical estimate might be placed as
low as $600. There is no tuition
charge, as such, for residents of Penn-
sylvania, and many students by work-
ing in spare hours are able to meet
part or all of their expenses.
The largest item in a student’s ex-
pense account is boarding, which av-
erages about $250 a year. Room rent,
clothes, incidentals and college fees
average a little more than $100 for
each item. Railroad fare for three
round trips home each year will aver-
age $75 a student.
More than 200 students cut down
their boarding expenses by acting as
waiters or stewards in fraternities and
boarding houses. Getting “lifts” on
hiking trips to and from home reduc-
es railroad budgets to a great extent.
Real Estate ransfers.
R. H. Kreamer, et ux, to H. C. Rob-
ison, tract in Milesburg; $100.
W. C. Kreamer, et ux, to H. C. Rob-
ison, tract in Milesburg; $1.
J. P. Leathers, et ux, to Richard
Yost, tract in Spring township; $200.
John A. Hogan, et ux, to Ira Ha-
gan, tract in Howard township; $700.
Elsie E. Heilhecker, et al, to Aman-
da T. Miller, et al, tract in Bellefonte;
$1.
Carrie B. Rowan, et bar, to John P.
Rowan, tract in Unionville; $1.
Joseph W. Reifsnyder to L. E. Bart-
ges, tract in Millheim; $325.
Andrew Lytle, et ux, to Catherine
J. Gotchall, tract in College township;
$300.
Anna T. Henszey, et bar, to Adam
Dutche, et ux, tract in State College;
$1,250.
Curtis E. Beichtel to George W.
Gardner, tract in Liberty township;
$20.
Dora E. Fye, et bar, to Gregg C.
Watson, tract in Snow Shoe township;
$1,000.
John L. Munvoe to Alexander E.
Duncan, tract in Philipsburg; $5,500.
Lawrence F. Woomer, et ux, to
Charles F. Parsons, tract in State
College; $4,500.
Minnie B. Clifford, et bar, to How-
ard A. Vail, tract in Philipsburg; $43,-
000.
MEDICAL.
A Talk With
a Bellefonte Man
Mr. Nighthart Tells Something of In-
terest to Bellefonte Folks.
There's nothing more convincing
than the statement of some one you
know and have confidence in. That's
why this talk with Mr. Nighthart,
of east Bishop street, should be
mighty helpful here in Bellefonte.
Charles Nighthart, 331 E. Bishop
St., says: “I became run down with
kidney trouble and felt tired and worn
out mornings. I could hardly get to
work. There was a steady, dull ache
across my back and when I stooped or
lifted, sharp catches took me. I also
had dizzy spells and my kidneys act-
ed irregularly. I used Doan’s Pills
from the Mott Drug Co. and they
strengthened my back and kidneys.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mr.
Nighthart had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 69-13
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Mr. Wilbur Baney, our clerk, has had twen-
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The Next Time you are in Need
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