Bellefonte, Pa., April 11, 1924.
EE ATI
MAH JONGG.
By Edgar A. Guest.
Perhaps its a game; I don’t say that it’s
not;
For friends I like well seem to play it a
let;
And they seem to attack with a heathen-
ish glee
That wall-building game of the heathen
Chinee.
But I'll swear I grow weary and pallid of
brow,
Awaiting the tile that permits me to
“chow 3
And I don’t see much sport sitting all the
night through,
Building my hopes on the seven bamboo.
“A good game! A great game,” its pa-
trons declare;
But I've not discovered the thrill that is
there,
I've played it; I've watched it; I've stud-
ied it o’er—
Paid East Wind his doubles and doubted
the score,
Paid West Wind his trifle and South Wind
his fee,
And never been sure what was coming
to me.
The Chinese may like it, but I'm no Wung
Foo—
I can’t sit and wait for the seven bamboo.
Pedro and euchre and bridge whist and
rhum,
Cribbage and hearts I will play as they
come;
Any old game that you fancy I'll try,
But love for the Chinaman’s sport I deny
Perhaps I'm too old, or perhaps I'm too
young,
But I can’t sit all night waiting chances
to “pung,” :
And I haven’t the patience of Minister Wu.
With that tedious wait for the seven bam-
boo.
BROODERS ADVISED FOR 200 OR
MORE CHICKS.
With thousands of little chicks
hatching out in Centre county during
the next month, farmers are busy in
preparing suitable housing facilities.
oultry authorities are agreed that
every man rearing 200 or more chicks
should have some kind of a brooder
house. It need not be an expensive
structure but should be tight, have
sufficient sunlight and ventilation, and
be free from draughts.
Hard coal brooder stoves have giv-
en good satisfaction. With such a
stove and hover about 50 inches in di-
ameter, 300 to, 400 chicks can be kept
very comfortable. Poultry men ad-
vise running the brooder stove two
days or more before the chicks are
placed under the hover to determine
whether an even temperature is being
maintained. The temperature at the
outer edge of the hover near the floor
should be about 100 degrees. This
can be reduced about five degrees each
week until 85 degrees is reached. The
chicks are a good thermometer. When
they are comfortable, they make a
neat ring under the outer edge of the
hover. If they are a foot or more
away from the hover, it is an indica-
tion that the temperature is too high.
If they are crowding up under the
hover the temperature is too low.
. To prevent the chicks from wander-
ing too far away from the heat the
first few days, some men place a wire
six to twelve inches high around the
hover, moving it out a little each day.
After about three days the wire can
be removed and the chicks allowed to
run over the entire house. It is ad-
visable to prevent the chicks from
crowding in the corner of the house.
A poultry netting nailed at an angle
in the corner has proved satisfactory
and permits the chicks to get air from
below. At the end of the first week
many poultrymen allow the flock of
little ones to run outside providing a
small run surrounded by a fence and
covered with burlap or old carpet to
ward off the wind from the chicks.
Reveals How Nicknames of History
Originated.
Nicknames arose out of an attempt
to stigmatize unpopular parties and
so bring ridicule and contempt upon
them.
The long parliament of the time of
Cromwell was called the “Rump” be-
cause the leader was a man named
Barebones.
One of the most historic religious
nicknames is that of Huguenot, which
was given to the French Protestants
of the Sixteenth century. These peo-
ple were persecuted, and the nick-
name suggests that they were hiders,
as no doubt they often had to be.
. The Puritans of Queen Elizabeth’s
time were given that name in deri-
sion, but both Puritan and Huguenot
have risen to be names of great his-
toric significance.
Among other religious nicknames,
Quaker and Shaker may be mention-
ed. Quaker is a nickname given to a
member of the Society of Friends. It
had its origin in a famous remark
made by the founder of the society,
George Fox, who began to preach in
1647. Shakers was the name given to
an American sect, because their re-
ligious ferver produced a trembling
movement.
Political nicknames have also be-
come historic: Roundhead and cava-
lier were nicknames given to the two
parties during the Civil war in this
country. Such names as whig and
tory were given, in the first place, in
derision.—London Tit-Bits.
Discounting Notes.
“Yes, my daughter’s musical ecdu-
cation was a profitable venture.”
“Really 7”
“Yes; 1 managed to buy the houses
on either side of my own for about
half their value.”—The Passing Show,
London.
Evening Up.
He—Is she progressive or conserva-
tive?
She—I don’t know. She wears a
last year’s hat, drives a this year’s
car and lives on next year’s income.
—Modern Grocer.
| drunken into public places, and the
RESPECT THE FLAG.
When you see the Stars and Stripes
displayed, son, stand up and take off
your hat. Somebody may titter: It
is in the blood of some to deride all
expression of noble sentiment. You
may blaspheme in the street, stagger
bystanders will not pay much atten-
tion to you, but should you get down
on your knees to pray to Almighty
God or if you should stand barehead-
ed while a company of old soldiers
pass by with flags flying in the breeze
most people will think you are show-
ing off.
But don’t mind. When Old Glory
comes along, salute and let them think
what they please. When the band
plays the Star Spangled Banner in a
restaurant or hotel dining room, get
up, even if you rise alone, stand there
and don’t be ashamed of it either.
Don’t be ashamed when your throat
chokes and the tears come when you
see the flag flying from the masts of
our ships on the great sea or floating
from every flag staff in the Republic. !
You will never have a worthier emo-
tion. For of all the signs and sym-
bols since the world began there is
none so full of meaning as the flag of
this country.
Your flag stands for humanity, for
an equal opportunity to all the sons
of men. .
Of course we have not yet arrived
at that goal; injustice still dwells
among us; senseless, cruel customs of
the past still cling to us, but the flag
leads the way to righting the wrongs |
of men.
Our flag is the symbol of liberty. |
That piece of red, white and blue
bunting means five thousand years of |
struggle upwards. It is the full grown |
flower of generations fighting for lib-
erty. It is the century plant of hu-
man hope in bloom.—Col. Alvin M. !
Owsley, National Commander of the
American Legion.
Largest Engineering School at Penn
State. :
One-third of all the engineering
graduates of Pennsylvania colleges
and universities last year were turned
out at the school of engineering at the
Pennsylvania State College. In mak- |
ing a survey of engineering graduate
lists of the larger institutions of the
State, W. S. Hoffman, the Penn State
registrar, found that they had sent
785 young men into the industrial
field, 258 of them from Penn State.
Penn State also led other colleges
in the number of graduates in elec-
trical engineering, in industrial or
commercial engineering and in me-
chanical engineering. In addition,
there are four courses found at Penn
State that were not taught at other
Pennsylvania institutions, architectur-
al engineering, milling engineering
and electrochemical engineering.
For the year 1922-23 Penn State
graduated 258 engineering students;
Carnegie Tech ranked second in num-
bers with 120; Lehigh University third
with 108, closely followed by the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania with 107; the
University of Pittsburgh had 91 en-
gineering graduates and Bucknell
University 62; Lafayette College had
39. Penn State graduated almost as
many engineers last year as did Pitt,
Penn and Bucknell combined.
Spraying Old Orchards Yields Big
Returns.
The possibilities of the old orchard
as an income producer is brought out
in the report just issued by H. E.
Hodgkiss, extension specialist in in-
sect control work at The Pennsylva-
nia State College.
An old orchard in Lawrence county
containing 80 bearing trees has been
yielding about 400 bushels of fruit for
the past ten years. Only about half
of these apples were marketable, the
remainder being culls. The average
annual income from the orchard has
been about $250.
Last year this orchard was sprayed
under the supervision of the county
agent and the college extension de-
partment. The trees yielded 700 bush- '
els of apples, 595 of which were good,
marketable fruit. The total income
was $595 and the cost of spraying was
only $152. This left the grower an
income of $469. The old orchard
yielded an income of $219 above the -
average of the ten previous years.
By-Product Potash.
It appears, from a statement made
by an expert in the manufacture of |
cement, that potash may be recovered '
as a by-product from that material.
It is thought that, under normal con-
dition of operation, it may be possi-
ble to reduce the rather high cost per
ton; therefore it would seem that we
have here a source of potash which
can compete with the German article
under most marked conditions. While
the present production of potash from
this source is not very great, the po-
tential possibilities are enormous, es-
pecially when the use of high potash
materials for the manufacture of ce-
ment is taken into consideration. For
some time plants have been installing
apparatus for the recovery of by-pro-
duct potash.—Washington Star.
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Ships in Canal.
Merchant ships to the number of
5,046 passed through the Panama ca-
nal during the year 1928. They paid
approximately $22,961,000 in tolls.
The record in both number of ships
and aggregate tolls for the fiscal year,
which ended July 1, already had been
broken, and new marks now have been
set for the calendar year’s traffic.
During 1922 the vessels using the wa-
terway totaled 2,997 and the tolls ag-
gregated $12,573,407.
Black and White for the Summer.
We will see much black and white
for the summer. One of the newest
models is a little tailor-made with a
white paletot sac in “Grain de Pou-
dre” (a sort of poplin), bordered in
three rows of black and white check
designs, worn over a skirt of the same
material and giving a rather amusing
effect. Many black dresses have white
lingerie collars or ermine trimmings.
I expect also to see many black and
! still is ticking away, in Omaha, and
_to her oldest surviving male descend-
' were, with the character of the city.
. with loose coal dumped around the
Clock Built in 1711
Still Runs in Omaha
A clock which was 21 years old
when George Washington first saw the
light of day, and from which the
Father of His Country on several occa-
sions later took the time, it is said,
recording the seconds, minutes and
hours, the days of the month, the
phases of the moor and the rise and
fall of the tides.
It is the property of Mrs. Carrie M.
Peters. At her death it will descend
ant, or in case none survives, to her
daughter, Miss Hester H. Peters.
The clock, which was built by Felix
Owen in Pork, England, in 1711, was
purchased by Newton Peters, who
seven years later came to America and
settled at Jamestown, Va. A few years
later, he, with William Byrd, founded
the town of Petersburg, Va. At his
death in 1725, the clock descended to
his son, Absalom, and on his death in
1760 to Zachariah Peters, later an offi- |
cer in the American navy.
The clock was on exhibition at the |!
Centennial exposition at Philadelphia
in 1876 as the oldest of the grandfa-
ther type, of authentic record, with
none to dispute its precedence for age.
It was keeping time when Lexington
and Concord were fought and within
sound of the cannons’ roar when the
Revolution closed at Yorktown Octo- |
ber, 19, 1781. [It still keeps perfect
time.—Omaha Bee.
New York Song Birds
Now Keep Jazz Hours
“In New York even the birds are so-
phisticated,” remarked a visitor from
out of town, according to the New
York Times. “If any one lives here
long enough he becomes stamped, as it
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“In the hotel where I am stopping
one of the dining rooms has a variety
of song birds. It is a pretty idea, but
see how it works in New York. Up my |
way the birds are the first awake in
the morning. The poets have had a'
lot to say about the habit and a moral
lesson has been drawn, something |
about getting the first worm.
“Now, in my hotel, one of the largest |
and most fashionable in town, the |
birds sing all night. The music sets
the pace. All evening and late into the
night you hear their voices. The music
and the crowd are there until the small
hours of the morning, and sometimes
till nearly daylight, and the birds ac-
commodate. When the music stops and |
the crowd leaves the birds get to sleep.
“The dining room is not used until
about three in the afternoon and the
birds sleep undisturbed. But at the
first note of the jazz orchestra they all
begin to pipe up. In other words, the
early bird has been corrupted in New
York so that it sleeps every doy till
late afternoon. What kind of a worm
does he expect to get at that hour?”
Coal Curiosities
A block of coal intact, weighing
dve and one-half tons, nine feet high
and four feet square, was shipped
from Eckhart, Md. to Baltimore,
whence it goes to Milan, Italy, to be
displayed at an industrial exposition.
Cutting the coal represented seven
days’ work by four men. It was crated
sides. |
The Chinese lily bulb gayly blos-
somed in the window of a coal office.
But it was not resting its bulby roots
on a few pebbles, in the manner of
most Chinese lilies. Instead, it sprang
from a bed of coals—small bits of pea
coal. And It was fiourishing as smil-
ingly as if it had clean white stones -
beneath it.
A coal mine planted in soil where
there has never been coal before will
be one of the many wonders of the
British Empire exhibition to be held
near London this summer. This at-|
traction alone will cost half a million
dollars.
Woman’s Answer Ready
When a wife of a London solicitor |
was brought into court not long ago |
for allowing her auto to obstruct traf-
fic in a fashionable shopping thorough- |
fare for more than the allotted time,
she informed the bench that she did
not think the time was unreasonable
in view of what she accomplished in
that time, for she had bougitt four
dresses and three pairs of shoes, and
tried all of them on during the period
complained of. The chairman of the
magistrates laughingly agreed with !
her and made her fine only 20 shillings
and costs.
People Like Aquariums
visitors to the New York aquarium
n the last year numbered 2,121,896, a
monthly average of 176,825. Boston,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Venice, Cal., and
San Francisco are the only other
American cities that maintain similar
institutions. The Steinhart aquarium,
lately opened in Golden Gate park, San
Francisco, attracted 282,947 persons ir
its first month.
Strange Coincidence
A remarkable case is that of a
woman in Paris who has been twice
married, and on each occasion het
husband has been killed while mo
toring home from the church whert
the ceremony of marriage was per
formed.
Saving Bird Lives
By equipping a lighthouse witl
perches, the British Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds has reduced
the destruction of birds confused by
“the light from nearly a thousand a
night to: less than that number a sea:
son,
white hats.
Freak Shadows Appear
in Crude Oil Pools
In the great oil regions of California
pools of crude petroleum are quite
commonly seen, says S. Leonard Bas-
tin in St. Nicholas. Here the oll is
allowed to remain until it is stored
away In barrels. One of the curiosities
of the district is the freak shadow
which these ponds of crude oil pro-
duce. If, when the sun is shining
brightly, a person stands so that his
shadow falls across the surface of the
petrcleum, a very remarkable thing
happens. Should the individual change
his place, strange to say, the first sha-
dow remains on the oil, while the per-
son casts a second shadow from his
new position. The longer the individ-
ual has been standing by the oil pond,
the longer will the original shadow re-
main.
The explanation of the mystery Is
simple:
Under the influence of the hot sun,
gas is freely produced in the erude
oil. This rises to the surface in the
form of millions of bubbles far too
minute to be noticed by the human
eye. When a shadow Is cast over the
, surface of the petroleum the tempera-
ture is reduced, and this has the ef-
' fect of checking the production of bub-
bles. The result is that the shaded
area looks different from the part
which is exposed to the sun.
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Now, !
when the person moves, the tempera- '
ture of the oil which has been shielded
from the sun does not at once get back
to its former warmth.
time to heat and, until this actually
happens, the shadow effect persists,
giving the curious appearance which
has been described.
Chromium’s Great Value
As an Alloy of Steel
40 years ago, is now declared to be one
of the indispensable elements in mod-
ern industry by Clifford B. Bellis in a
report on the present uses of the metal
published in Chemical and Metallurgi-
cal Engineering. Stainless steel and
high-speed: steel are two of its many
useful applications.
For chromium is a sociable sort of
element. It is of little value alone,
while as an alloy or companion of
other metals it does indispensable
work. Alloyed with iron it makes a
steel that is both hard and tough, and
so has made possible the development
of many characteristic modern appli-
ances.
It is estimated that without chrom-
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“Richest Woman” Lies
in an Unmarked Grave
The boldest and ablest woman finan-
cier of her time, Hetty Green, who died
in 1916, stil} remains a unique charac-
ter in the annals of the New England
village of Bellows Falls, Vt.
Curiosity led a correspondent to
visit her grave in the churchyard of
Imnianuel Episcopal church. A sex-
ton’s helper who was working among
the graves was glad to point out the
desired spot, writes the correspondent.
His help was surely needed, for the
“richest woman” in the world lies in
an unmarked grave! The lot in which
there had been five interments, bore in
its center one modest granite stone, on
which were cut only the names of Ed-
ward H. Green, Hetty’s husband, and
his father. Between the graves of the
two men, “buried north and south,” in
acccrdance with the custom of the
Quakers, in whose falth Mrs. Green
had been reared, lies all that is mortal
of the woman whose grasp during her
lifetime was upon nearly every large
corporation and enterprise of any mag-
nitude all over the world.
Here in the summer come visitors by
the scores. Sometimes there is one
from Texas, who claims to be a neigh-
bor of “Ned”—Col. Edward H.
Green, Mrs. Green's son—sometimes
one who, like the New Jersey woman
last summer, vents her disappointment
in the words, “And have I come Ji
~ miles just to see that?”
It takes a little ,
French Urged to Wash
Their Hands Oftener
It appears that we do not wash our
hands enough. In spite of all modern
conveniences—faucets in the kitchen
sink, bathrooms and things like that—
we are neglecting ourselves. It is real-
i lv unpardonable and we deserve the
Chromium, a metal almost unknown
: solemnity.
fum high-speed steel tools, the works
of the Ford company at Detroit would
have to be seven times their present
size, and it is certain that without the
use of chrome steel in automobile en-
gines the motorcar would be a very
heavy and cumbersome contrivance.
Airplanes such as we know them
would be impossible,
Stainless steel is produced by alloy-
ing steel with about 15 per cent of
: chromium ; and rustproof iron contains
about the same proportion, although
with a less amount of carbon.
Damage by Porcupines
Many of the trees on the sample
plots in the Coconino National forest
which have been studied for a number
of years by the Fort Valley forest ex-
periment station have been entirely
destroyed by porcupines and many !
more are reported injured, announces
the forest service, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. It is be-
lieved that porcupines are making the
establishment of Western yellow pine
| throughout the forests of the South-
west considerably more difficult.
Because of the moisture content of
the bark, porcupines are very fond
of this succulent growth and appear to
take great delight in stripping the
bark from young trees in their search |
for food and moisture.
Radio on Delivery Trucsk
A Philadelphia bakery haz Installed
receiving sets on its delivery trucks.
The driver wears his phones at stated
intervals and picks up instructions
from his manager, and thus makes
calls that he otherwise would not be
able to make without telephoning and
taking extra time. Each truck owned
by the company is outfitted with an
aerial and receiving set and with a
little knowledge of conditions in the
city and routes of the various trucks
the manager has no difficulty in get-
ting into constant touch with his
drivers.
New Aerial Bomb Powerful
Capable of making a crater 150 feet
in diameter where it strikes, a new
aerial bomb, ten times as large as any
used in the World war, has been per-
fected by the United States ordnance
department and was recently placed
on exhibition as showing the aerial
war devices used in 1917 and 1918 are
already obsolete. It weighs 4,000
pounds and is designed to be carried
in a bombing plane.
Millions of Coins Defaced
Millions of 1-cent and 5-cent pieces
are defaced in the United States an-
nually, and the number of nickels and
pennies returned to be remclited at the
Philadelphia mint in five yeors would
fill five trains of 56 cars each. holding
50,000 pounds to the car. This esti-
mate is made by H. D. Coleman. su-
perintendent of melting and refining
at this particular mint.
Salmon Grow Scarce
Three years more; under present
conditions, and there will be no more
salmon for the canneries. Ruthless
competition and piratic methods of
canners and fishermen have caused
this condition.
ills caused by our failure to take hygi-
enic precautions.
What would we say and what mala.
dies would we not suffer if we were
without modern comforts? In the
Middle Ages the ceremony of washing
the hands at midday in the casties was
always performed with a touch of
It was announced by the
blowing of trumpets preceding dinner.
A ewer and napkin were presented to
the guests hy a maidservant.
In those days the fork had not been
invented and one ate with one’s fin-
gers. And even today we do not think
that drumsticks, fried apples, or the
like, taste good unless held in the fin-
gers. The more reason that the fingers
should be clean,
Let us wash our hands. The Koran
says we should wash them five times a
day; and France is the greatest Mo-
hammedan power. Let her therefore
obey in this particular the precepts of
the Koran.—Le Petit Parisien.
Chateaus Now City Parks
“Many French chateaus, with won-
derful old gardens with sun dials,
were partially destroyed in the war.
Their fire-scarred ruins still stand. In
many cases their parks have been
taken over, just as they stood, for
city gardens, says the Kansas City
Star.
The artificial water makes the vil-
lage pond. The flower beds, without
much trouble, have been converted
into part of the public gardens. The
former owners, dead or dispersed,
would hardly know their own houses
and grounds if they could see them to-
day.
This work of transformation is like
a sort of object lesson and a very
crude one in France. The same proc-
ess, more slowly evolving and less ap-
parent, is going on elsewhere, too.
Great estates are being broken up and
sold in Belgium as well as France,
and what served for the amusement
of a single family is now the part
property of perhaps a hundred.
Need Water Wagons
Water wagons are a real necessity
in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, E. M.
Newman told members of the National
Geographic society. There is no run-
ning water in any of the houses of
the 400-year-old town, he declared, and
peddlers of water do a thriving busi-
ness from door to door. The Indian
women of Asuncion smoke not ciga-
rettes, but “whackin’ big cheroots,”
like their sisters across the world In
Burma.
The lecture covered a trip to Iguazu
falls, the South American Niagara, be-
tween Argentina and Brazil, on the
upper Parana river. Pictures showed
the great volume of water that flows
over these cataracts, which are greater
than either Niagara or the Victoria
falls of Africa.—Detroit News.
Few Old-Time Seamen
‘With yards braced sharply to star
poard an old-time barkentine lay in
the harbor at Baltimore while her
skipper scoured the waterfront for old:
time seamen capable of handling a
ship of her type.
younger generation can handle g
schooner, but a barkentine is different.
Protect Purchases
More than 38 per cent of the peopl
of the United States are now protect:
ed by state supervision in the pur
chase and sale of real estate, accord:
ing to a survey of real estate license
laws made by the National Associa-
tion of Real Estate Boards.—American
Lumberman.
Poisoned Fish
The theory by which English chan
nel fishermen explain their poor
catches, is that the fish have been
poisoned by the dumping in the sea of
unused munitions. Small quantities
of arsenic have been found in oysters
on the east and south coast.
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FARM NOTES.
—Milk is one of the best feeds for
baby chicks. . It can be fed in the
' form of whole milk, buttermilk, sour
i milk, condensed or powdered milk.
| . —Garden specialists recommend do-
ing away with the old fashioned gar-
| den with beds and paths. Throw it
‘all into one bed. Plant and sow in
long rows and use a modern wheel
! hoe to cultivate. This method insures
greater returns with less work.
| —The blood of new. born calves
‘ contains no immune bodies to protect
. against infectious diseases. The first
milk of the cow is rich in immune
| bodies and should be fed to calves as
| soon as possible after birth to afford
protection against infectious diseases.
—All machines are held together
with bolts which wear, break, come
: loose and fall out. Keep a supply of
extra bolts, nuts, and washers on hand
to safeguard your machine equipment
against delay. Now is a good time to
give the machinery a thorough in-
spection.
—Are your garden tools in shape?
This is the time of the year to repair
and sharpen them. Are you using
the best labor saving hand tools? You
have a large assortment to choose
from. There is a tool for every need
and good tools make gardening a
pleasure.
—This is a good time of the year to
plan for a supplement of green feed
or silage for the pasture when it be-
gins to get short and dry in August.
Oats and peas, alfalfa, millet, second
crop clover, and early corn are some
of the crops which can be grown for
green feed for these months. .
—Lack of humus in the soil is al-
ways an indication of poor soil. With-
out a liberal amount of humus, crops
cannot be grown, no matter how much
plant food the soil may contain. It is
a waste of time and money to use
commercial fertilizers on soil that is
deficient in vegetable matter.
—When a concrete walk or floor is
laid, cover it with dirt or manure and
keep it moist several days. This pre-
vents rapid evaporation of water and
results in a better piece of work. Use
a wood float instead of a steel trowel
to smooth down the concrete surface.
A steel trowel makes the surface too
smooth and slippery.
—Asparagus is the earliest green
vegetable the garden can produce.
Every home garden should have an
asparagus bed. Fifty roots will pro-
vide sufficient for a small family and
100 roots for a large family. A new
circular on how to grow asparagus
can be secured by writing to W. B.
Nissley, vegetable garden specialist
at State College.
—Farm labor is hard to get and
high priced in many localities. Every
large and small gardener or truck
grower should study closely the field
of labor-saving machinery and tools.
Profits at the close of this year will
largely be determined by the cost of
production and not by the markei
price alone. Labor saving tools will
help to lower the cost of production.
—It is estimated that an ordinar
dairy cow gives off from her skin anc
lungs, ten pounds of wate each day
In order that a dairy barn housing 2(
cows may not have mcisture condens:
ed on its walls, there must be a con
tinuous air movement through it t:
remove 200 pounds of water daily. 2
ventilating flue 24 inches squai
should be large enough for a herd ©
this size.
—For hay, a medium season, larg:
growing bean, such as the Wiison
Virginia or Ohio 9035, is recommend
ed. Early varieties such as Ito Sa:
Manchu will not give large yields
For the northern half of Pennsylva
nia, Elton is a good variety and is :
little earlier than the Wilson. Th
large, late varieties such as the Mam
moth Yellow are too coarse and lat
in maturing for best results.
—If your birds become thin or los
control of their legs, it may be cause
by the presence of round worms o
tape worms in the intestines. Hold
post-mortem examination and if th
parasites are present, treat the floc
with nicotine sulphate capsules. Trea
each bird individually by fitting a cap
sule into the end of a piece of rubbe
tubing, pushing the tubing down int
the bird’s crop, and then ejecting th
capsule by means of a wire plunge
Follow this treatment the next day b
dosing the flock with Epsom salts a
Be rate of one pound per hundre
irds.
~ —Lack of lime is one of the chie
causes of failures with alfalfa an
clover. Both require a sweet soi
Send a sample of soil from the fiel
you intend to seed with alfalfa or cl¢
ver to your county agent for a lim
| requirement test.
—Have yau arranged to supp!
your “porkers” with plenty of forag
this summer? For a unit of 20 to ¢
spring pigs, one acre of alfalfa or or
acre of clover, with one acre of raj
for July and August grazing, or tw
one-acre plots of Dwarf Essex rap
make a good forage combination. Tl
j first rape plot is for early sprin
i grazing and plot two gives fresh fo
| age after number one gives out. Pl
{ number one can then be sown aga
: for late pasture.
—While the lamb crop on mo
farms in Pennsylvania is just arri
, ing, the “hot-house” lambs produce
at The Pennsylvania State College e:
perimental station have been sold ar
consumed. The last consignment
this mutton delicacy has just be:
shipped.
Sixty five of these winter lam’
were produced by the animal hu
bandry department at the college ti:
year. The lambs were born betwe:
November 14 and January 1st. Fo
ty-five of them, weighing about
pounds each, were marketed at an a
erage price of $12 a head. The 1
maining 20 were kept for breedi
stock.
The production of lambs at tI
rather unusual season is a part of
experiment being conducted at t
college to determine the best coml
nation of breeds to use in hot-hou
lamb production. The cross used t!
past year was Delaine Merino ew
with Southern and Dorset rams. T
experiment will be continued for se
eral years comparing Dorset: Meri
ewes for this specialized type of lax
production.