Bellefonte, Pa. November 28, 1924.
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- Recompense for Age.
The world is young today,
Forget the gods are old;
Forget the years of gold,
When all the months were May.
A little “flower of Love”
Is ours—without a root;
Without the end of fruit,
Yet take the scent thereof
There may be hope above
There may be rest beneath;
We see them not—but Death
Is palpable—and Love.
WHAT THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS HAS DONE.
The American Red Cross, represent-
ing the American people, carries out
the purposes for which it was organ-
ized and chartered by Congress
through a group of unified service.
* Since the Armistice it has expended
$50,000,000 for services to men of the
army and navy and world war veter-
ans. It is now assisting more than
100,000 disabled veterans, and their
families, each month. To 180,000 sol-
diers, sailors and marines on active
duty it is giving the same help it gave
during the war. It has 41,000 nurses
enrolled for emergency—war, disas-
ter, epidemic. :
In the past forty-three years it has
expended $33,000,000 for disaster re-
lief; it has directed or participated in
relief work in 220 disasters the past
year.
Abroad it represents the American
people in works of mercy when great
catastrophes cause abnormal suffer-
ing.
SVithin the year 974 Red Cross pub-
lic health nurses have aided in the
care of the sick, guarded the health of
children and fostered understanding
of personal and community hygiene.
Sixty-five thousand women and
girls have taken courses in home hy-
giene and care of the sick; 135,000
children and 10,000 women have been
taught the importance of proper use
of foods.
More than 49,000 men, women and
youths have been trained to rescue
and revive the drowning; 14,500 com-
pleted the course in first aid during
the year and 150,000 were reached
with demonstrations by the Red Cross
first aid car.
Volunteer workers have produced
in the past year 150,000 garments, 1,-
000,000 surgical dressings and 87,000
pages of Braille; have made 15,000
motor calls and fed 22,000 persons in
canteen service.
In the Junior Red Cross 5,452,745
enrolled school children are learning
the value of service. With the chil-
dren of forty other countries they are
creating bonds of mutual friendshi
and understanding.
In 500 communities the Red Cross
chapter is the only family welfare
agency.
This is your Red Cross—these are
your services. Give your confidence
and support through membership.
Trial List for December Court.
While the December term of court,
which will convene on the 8th, will
not be nearly so large nor exciting as
the September term, there already is
a fair sized list of criminal cases on
the docket, as well as the following
civil list:
H. L. Orr vs. Mrs. Julia Peters and Ed-
ward Peters, her husband. Ejectment.
Margaret Ellen Baumgardner vs. Cathe-
rine Baumgardner with notice to George L.
Baumgardner, John S. Baumgardner, C. C.
Baumgardner and Alice Herman, terre
tenants. Sci fa sur judgment.
James H. Cullen vs. Charles H. Row-
land. Trespass. !
L. E. Kidder vs. George H. Raines.
sumpsit.
Samantha A. Resides vs. Johnson War-
ner. Trespass.
Kassab Bros. vs. H. A. Mark Motor Co.
Trespass.
P. R. Rupp vs.
sit.
John Watkins
Assumpsit.
J. H. Rockefeller and Trustee of the
Bird Coal and Iron Co. vs. David Cham-
bers. Assumpsit.
Anna W. Keichline vs. Thomas J. Deck-
er and Colonel G. Decker, trading and do-
ing business as Decker Bros. Assumpsit.
The Beckley-Ralston Co. vs. the H. A.
Mark Motor Co. Assumpsit.
John C. Marks vs. The Penn Mutual Fire
Ins. Co. Assumpsit.
As-
J. V. Foster. Assump-
vs, James L. Leathers.
AARONSBURG.
Mrs. Jacob Meyer is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Lee Brooks, near
Spring Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Sinie Hoy, of Belle-
fonte, spent Wednesday with the for-
mer’s mother, Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy, at
the Lutheran parsonage.
On Tuesday Roland Young and
family moved from the “little brick,”
on Main street to the house recently
vacated by Samuel Roberts.
Mrs. Harry Kuhn and = daughter
Margaret returned to their home in
Williamsport on Sunday, after visit-
ing at the Rowe and Kuhn homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gimberling
and son Francis, of Selinsgrove, spent
the week-end at the Reitz home and,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Reitz, motored to Petersburg on Sun-
day. .
George Fisher opened the butcher-
ing season on Monday by killing six
large porkers. Mrs. Ellen Stuart,
Miss Margaret Lytle and Mrs, H. B.
Shattuck, of State College, and Miss
Anna Sweeney were guests at the fine
dinner served.
——An earthquake travels at the
rate of between 470 and 530 feet per
second.
——The “Watchman” gives all the
news all. the time... iri, tein
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Perfume’s Many Uses
3’hroughout the Ages
Perfuine, which we define as a sweet
fragrance, was one of the most useful
and interesting of ancient commodi-
ties. It was used for innumerable
things, but mostly for religious and
medicinal purposJs. :
The queen of Sheba is said to have
given to King Solomon an abundance
of spices and wood of which perfume
was made. These were reported us
weing of very high value.
In the ruins of Pompeii were found
large, costly bottles of perfume.
Oriental ladies also used great quan-
tities of costly perfume to preserve
their personal charm. When the
knights came home from the crusades.
they brought their sweethearts expen-
sive bottles of perfume from the East.
During the reign of Charles II the
“merry monarch,” hair powder was Iin-
troduced and continued to be fashion
able for over 200 years.
Perfume was so popular during the
reign of Louis XV that a different per-
fume was used each day in certajr
Y“ouseholds.
Alcoholic perfumes were first intro-
duced during the Fourteenth century
when Elizabeth, queen of Hungary, in-
vented the celebrated Hungary water.
with which she is said to have retained
her beauty until she was past seventv
vears of age.
Perfumes were often used for other
than their sweet. fragrant odor. Spicy
perfumes were used by the ancient
Hebrews for fumigating their beds and
embalming dead hodies. People were
executed on piles of hurning aromatic
wood. In India perfumes were used
in the form of incense. They were of-
fered as sacrifices in their temples and
upon their altars. It was the custom
for priests to color their faces witk
sintment of saffron. L
The use of perfume for medicinal
purposes was very widely practiced.
Rose water formed the basis for many
remedies, while during plagues per-
fume was used extensively as a pre
ventive. .
The savage and barbarous nations,
as well as the civilized and refined,
used perfume extravagantly. African
chiefs anointed their bodies with It—
nerhaps as a sunburn protection. :
Oldest Known Pen
Among the recent discoveries at
Kish is a great treasure in the shape
of the oldest known pen. Professor
Langdon, the director of the Weld-
Blundell and Field museum archeologi-
cal expedition, who was delighted at
finding this bone stylus for writing
cuneiform, says that many scholars
had vainly tried to reconstruct the in-
strument. This styius is a triumph of
simplicity. It is a bone, six Inches
long, with a triangular. cross section
and pared ends. After a little prac-
tice Professor Langdon was able to.
mgke cuneiform inscriptions on clay
with fair rapidity. Professor Lang-
don considers that the mound 20 miles
southeast of Nippur may be identified
as the site of the city of Isin. Isin was
the capital of a dynasty which ruled
over a great part of Babylonia after
that of Ur from about 2280 B. C. to
about 2050 B. C. ’ Pant
Improves Value of Pelts
Going contrariwise to manufacturers
of preparations that make human hair
lie close and sleekly to the head, a
chemical concern which makes a spe-
cialty of things for the fur trade has
brought out a preparation to make the
hair of certain short-haired pelts stand
up. It is meant for use particularly on
natural muskrat, marmot and Hudson
seal. In addition to making the hair
stand up, the preparation is said to
add to the luster of the pelt without
affecting the color. The same concern
has brought out a preparation for
glossing such furs as Persian lamb.
caracul and broadtail. It is claimed
for this preparation that it imparts a
fine gloss to the pelt without disturb-
ing the curl, and also that it dries
quickly,
‘Appropriate
“What a sublime scene!” rhapsodized
4 feminine tourist from the North.
“The frowning grandeur of yonder for-
est-clad hills stretching away for
miles fills me with reverential awe.
For ages that great mount over there
has stood indifferent to tempest and
sunshine alike. Ah, how weak is man;
how mighty nature! But language
fails me. Cannot you think of some-
thing appropriate to say, Mr. John-
son?”
“Well, I reckon ‘You bet! ig just
about the proper remark, mom,” re-
plied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge,
who was showing off the region.—
Kansas City Star.
Oil From Locusts
A plague of locusts brought a new
dustry to Bocholt, Germany, The
insects have been gathered by the ton
and oil extracted from thelr bodies.
The oil is intended for alrplane mo-
tors and is said to be particularly
adapted for winter flying because it
does not congeal in low temperatures.
Good, fat locusts retailed at about
one-fourth of a cent for a pound.
After the insects passed through’ the
oil extraction process the refuse was
used for fertilizer. . -
Coconut Just Missed
My narrowest escape, as far as 1
know, occurred last winter when I
was at West Palm Beach, Fla. I was
passing under a coconut palm tree,
when one of the nuts fell immediately
behind me. Coconuts weigh about
seven pounds and one falling from a
height ‘of 25 feet and striking ome on
the top of the head might mean seri-
ous intury.—Chicago Journal
ARG FLA ay inn
SAYS NOTHING CAN.
SUPPLANT THE FARM
Synthetic F. vods. Not Practi-
cable, Chemist Declares
Predictions often are made that some
day we shall have all our food made
in chemical factories, out of air and
.water and carbonic-acid gas; that even
farming soon is to be a thing of the
past, and that chemically prepared
food will come to us In tablets that we
shall nibble.
These notions are mere guesses, un-
sound economically. The farm is not
to be supplanted by the chemical fac-
tory, writes Dr. Ellwood Hendrick,
noted chemist, in the Popular Science
Monthly, althouga the farm already is
beginning to draft the chemical and
biological laboratories for its own pur
poses.
Even if we chemists could make
tasty and nutritious foods of inani-
mate matter, instead of ¢hings that
have been through the process of life,
of things that have grown on the farm
—and its a fact that we don't know
how to do it—there isn’t power enough
available to make the food for the
world In factories. We should require
coal or water power or fuel oil, while
the plants and trees use the power of
light direct from the sun for their
growth. We cannot use light for pow-
er. Every green leaf has us beaten ir
this respect.
Again, our internal organs are so
constructed that if we undertook to
live on tablets without the necessary
rougnage or coarseness of food they
would collapse and the whole world
soon would come down with an inter-
national bowel complaint. Let's keep
our feet on the ground. Men of sci-
ence have to do so. But don’t be dis-
appointed. Science, working along
practical lines. already is accomplish-
ing amazing things in solving our food
problems. It has learned to extract
elements necessary to plant growth
from the air, from the sewage of
cities, from the smoke of factory
chimneys. It is conserving our crops
through the development of the can-
ning industry. It has taugnt the bak-
ers to produce better and cheaper
bread. It has helped crops by destroy-
ing insect pests. It has studied foods
in the laboratory and taught us how
to balance our diet according to the
requirements of our bodies. '
Science does not move ahead with
a brass band, with trumpets and
drums; its progress results from
hard, slow work, with here and there
1 a happy reward.
Absent-Mindedness Plus
A Beech Grove merchant was laugao:
ing over the absent-minded customer,
whe recently sent her little girl to the
store with instruction to stay there
until her mother telephoned an or-
der. After the child had been there
an hour or so, the mother called and
said she had forgotten all about send-
ing ner.
“It reminds me,” said the merchant,
“of the time when I was a boy. We
lived about a quarter of a mile from
the town. It was our custom to walk
to the village in the evening to get
the mail and loaf a while at the gen-
eral store. One evening dad was very
tired and instead of walking, hitched
up the old mare and drove into town.
About nine o'clock just as I had taken
off my shoes to go to bed, dad came
whistling up the front walk. .
“Why, dad.” I said, “didn’t you drive
to town this evening?” :
A queer expression came over his
(ace and in a tone of great authority
he said, ‘Go right down there and get
that horse.’ Then I wished I had
kept still.”—Indianapolis News.
Dust Used as Evidence
fhe French police’ are making a
microscopic examination of dirt found
upon the clothing of suspected crimi-
nals. After cross-examination the sus-
pects are stripped of their clothing,
whose surface dust is first examined
under a strong miscroscope. A vacuum
cleaner is next applied to draw out
other dirt into a pan. In some in-
stances heating 1s used to separate
foreign matter. From the dirt thus se-
cured the detectives determine whether
the suspect has been telling the truth.
One murderer tried to prove an alibi
by saying that he had slept in an open
field the night of the crime. Micro-
scopic examination of his clothing
showed that he had slept in a quarry.
A carpenter was connected with a mur-
der by means of sawdust found on a
plece of overall which the victim had
tern from his assailant and which was
found at the scene of the crime. The
value of the plan has been in breaking
down the bravado of criminals, They
frequently confess when shown that
their first stories were lies.
Origin of Paved Roads
dur modern dustless concrete roads
may be sald to have originated in a
dusty limestone highway of England,
says Popular Sclence Monthly. Just
100 years ago Joseph Aspdin, a mason
of Leeds, England, discovered that If
the dust.of limestone roads was mixed |
with” clay ‘and burned ‘at a high tem-
pérgture the resulting mass when
ground would produce 'a material that
hardened when mixed with mortar.
This substance looked like building
stone quarried at Portland, so he called
it Portland cement. | ) i
Riches for University
fhe Tuiversity of Texas may be-
come one of the wealthiest institutions
of learning in the world asa result of
the recent discovery of oll on its
lands. . Under- contract “with the oll
companies ‘the university will receive
‘a ‘one-eighth royalty.
Beginning of Empire
in Great Northwest
Large looms the Columbia river in
the history: of our country. It was the
key that unlocked the great Northwest
and added three states to the Union—
the only portion of the United States
acquired by right of discovery, posses-
glon and settlement, says the Nation's
Business.
It was in the mouth of the Columbia
that Captain Gray of Boston sailed his
ship Columbia in 1792 and raising the
Stars and Stripes, took possession of
the Northwest in the name of the
United States.
Here, where the mighty Columbia
tumbles its waters into the Pacific,
Lewis and Clark, first to carry our flag
across the continent, reached their
western destinati>n in the winter of
1805-06.
Another six years saw the Astor-
Hunt expedition, traveling by land and
sea, establish at the mouth of the Co-
lumbia the first permanent American
settlement on the Pacific coast.
Then followed the outriders of em-
pire—the missionary, the trapper, the
adventurer. >
Came 1843! Thrilled by the story of
the paradise beyond the mountains
and fired ‘by the militant cry of “54-40
or fight!” of Senator Thomas Hart
Benton, the ox-drawn covered wagon
trains started moving westward on the
greatest migration of all history, bring-
ing within a little more than a decade
200,000 settlers who established homes,
schools and churches, founded an em-
| pire, and saved the great Northwest
‘or the Union,
Key Is One of Oldest
of Religious Symbols
When you next unlock the door of
your home or office, reflect a moment
upon the ancient and historic symbol-
ism of the key. If you ever have the
opportunity to examine the images of
the Egyptian deities you will notice in
the hands of some of them a cross
with a circular handle. It represents
the Ankh, or key of life, one of the
oldest of all religious symbols, denot-
ing the power to open and close the
doors of heaven. The key had a magi-
cal meaning for the Greeks and Ro-
mans. Their gods were often given
the title of key-bearer, as, for example,
Janus, the god of gates, who was sup-
posed to unlock the doors of war and
peace. In early Christian history the
symbol of the key was associated with
St. Peter, with his two keys of gold
and iron. In the Middle ages the key
was used to assist in the identification
of guilty persons. If, for instance, a
theft had been committed, a key was
laid on the open page of a Bible, when
it was supposed to move towards the
culprit. Wedding rings had their
origin in the key presented to the Ro-
' man bride by her husband, as a sign of
her authority in his household.
Proof of Smoked Ham
That the proof of the smoked ham
18 in the smell is the conclusion
reached by the wholesale meat pack-
ers, as a result of years of experience,
according to a story recently pub-
lished. This ham-smelling business,
moreover, as might be expected, is of
a nature that, to become an expert at
it, requires years of training. A map
experienced in this line of work, how-
ever, is able to test 2,000 or 3,000 hams
a day, and in some of the large houses,
where many thousands are turned out
daily, there may be a regular corps
of them employed. Upen the infalli-
bility of the judgment of these men,
indeed, the reputation of such con-
cerns largely depends. Certainly there
are more ways of making a living than
the average individual realizes!—
Christian Science Monitor.
The South Sea Bubble
Speculation at its wildest was shown
in the “South Sea Bubble,” a $50,000,
000 project launched by Robert Hart-
ley, earl of Oxford, England, to de-
velop trade monopoly with Spain
about 1711. When Spain, after the
treaty of Utrecht, refused to epen her
commerce to England, the privileges
which the South Sea boasted of getting
became worthless. In spite of that
stock rose to $1,000 a share, largely
through speculation, until Sir John
Blunt, one of the leaders, sold out,
and thousands were beggared with
the drop of the stock. Fraud was dis-
closed and tne company paid emly 33
per cent.
Origin of Name “Canada”
According to Father Hennepin, the
name Canada was derived from a cor-
ruption of the Spanish words Capo de
Nada, or Cape of Nothing, which the
early voyagers gave to the scene of
their discoveries when, under a convic-
tion of its utter barrenness and inutil-
ity, they were about abandoning it in
disgust, says the Detroit News.
It has been conjectured by late his
¢orians, with greater appearance of
probability, that Canada is a modifica-
tion of the Spanish werd signifying “a
passage” because the Spaniards
thought they could find a passage to
India through Canada.
Explaining Bishop’s Garb
That the modern bishep weirs the
Zarb he does only because it is the
relic of the days long ago when a
bishop had to ride about his dio.ese
in all manner of weather in order '
make the regular visits to his ver)
large flock is a theory advanced- in
Englang. The apron is a relic of the
riding apron, it is maintained, sud the
cords on the hut were once hat cords
‘to protect aghinst high winds, wud
the breeches aud leggings are still
fatniliar In thé garb of the eqfiestrian
Great French Dictator
“Typical of His Race |
Napoleon's character and personal-
ity are still under the microscope. One’
of the best of recent analysis of the
great commander is “Napoleon,” by
Herbert A. L. Fisher, at one time Brit-
ish minister of education. Mr. Fisher
has made the French dictator luminous
by his phrases. Here, for instance, is
a passage on Napoleon as a young
man, portraying him as a turbulent
example of the people from which he
sprang:
“The Corsican bore a character for
sobriety, courage and hardihood. Hate
was for him a virtue, vengeance a
duty, pardon ap infamy. He felt the
call of the clan like a Highlander, an
Albanian or a Zulu, and was full of
the pride and self-assurance common
to gallant men who have never me*
a superior.
“Vigilant and astute in his judgment
of character, he was a master of dis-
simulation save where passion broke
in and spoiled the reckoning. :
“His standard of honor forbade
theft, enjoyed hospitality and tolerated
woman as the drudge of the household
and field. In general his deportment
was noted as grave and social. He
was sparing of amusement, would sit
at cards without a word and suffer
torture without a cry; but when the
seal of silence was once broken, lan-
guage would stream from him like a
torrent, an index of that uneasy, impa-
tient, quarrelsome energy which wus
* common attribute of the race.”
Probably Girl Never
Forgot That Lesson
- Stories have a way of accumulating
about the memory of famous wits, and
Dean Swift was no exception to this
general rule, according to the San
Francisco Argonaut. A hoard of Swift
anecdotes recently unearthed in-
cludes the illustration of the dean's
mania for closed doors. Swift's house-
keeper hired his servants, but when
they came into his employ he always
told them there were only:two rules
to observe. One was always to shut
the door after entering a room, the
other, always to close the door after
‘leaving the room.
“On one occasion a maid asked the
dean’s permission to attend her sis-
ter’s wedding, when he not only gave
his permission, but lent her a horse
upon which to make the journey, and
another servant to accompany her. In
the excitement of the moment the un-
fortunate girl forgot to close the door
after her, and Swift, allowing time
for her to get well away upon her
journey, sent another servant post-
haste to bring her back. In fear and
trembling the poor girl presented her-
self before the dean, asking him what
he wanted her for. ‘Only to shut the
door,” was the reply, ‘after which you
can resume your journey.'”
The Lasso
Our word lasso is from the Spanish
1azo, meaning a snare. The lasso is
a rope from 60 to 100 feet in length
with a slip-noose at one end. It is
used in the Spanish and Portuguese
parts of America and in the United
States and Canadian West for catch-
ing wild horses and cattle. When not
in use the lasso, called “rope” in the
West, is coiled at the right of the sad-
dle. in front of the rider. When an
animal is to be caught the rider, gal-
loping after it, swings the coiled lasso
round his head and. casts it straight
forward in such a manner that the
noose settles over the head or round
the legs of the pursued animal, which
is speedily brought down. In order to
become skillful at throwing the lasso
great practice is required, and, if pos-
sible, instruction by an expert.
Concerning Parrots
Of the 20 commonly known va
rieties of parrots, the most talkative
ones, according to George Bruce Chap-
man, head of a London house that
has imported and sold the birds for
more than a hundred years, are the
Brazilian Amazon and the African
Gray. The former has bright blue
and yellow feathers and red tips to
the shoulders and flight wings. The
African Gray has a red tail. In Bra-
zil natives watch the nesting places
and’ when the fledglings are a few
days old, the feathers of one of the
wings are trimmed. Later these birds
are easily captured, placed on perches
and taken to the nearest village. Fan-
clers say that the birds should be fed
twice a day, and with proper care
will live 30 years.
Silk Worms Weave Dyes
A French scientist ‘has succeeded
in making silkworms weave dress dyes
into their own output. He is re-
ported to have injected dyes into the
cocoon and the result was colored
toreads being spun. Not only the or-
dinary shades, but the tones and hues
that are made from combining various
tints, are produced by the little work-
ers receiving treatment by this proe-
ess. Silk is usually dyed after it has
been wound and twisted into floss.
but the new method is expected to
grow fit in colors that will not fade.
A Conundrum
In moving and settling’ down the
Dodge family had subsisted on short
rations, and one morning Mrs. Dodge
found herself facing’ an unknewn
defieit.
“Mary,” she said to the maid-of-all.
~vork., “what is there in the store-
room?”
' “Every blessed thing is given ow
out the tea an’ éoffee,” Mary informed
her, “an’ ‘sure they avill, if they last
long enough.”— Everybody's” Magazine,
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FARM NOTES.
—Delicate experiments by goven
ment scientists have shown that frui’
| breathe,” and ‘that cold- storage delay
ripening by causing them to breat}
more slowly than normally.
—There has been so much ridicu
attached to the goat, for some w
known reason, that people have bee
slow to take up the breeding of th
valuable animal. In the far wester
States they are better understood ar
great success is being made in tt
milk goat dairy business.
—Too great a heat while smokin
cured pork will cause it to lose ii
color which salt peter imparted j
curing. It will also cause a loss i
weight and a dull, dark appearance 1
the product. To avoid this, use gree
wood, in a fire outside of the smoke
house and allow smoke to ent
through a pipe.
—DMuch old dried fruit will be foun
hanging on the trees at this season «
the year. This is especially true
peach and plum trees. In nearly a
orchards almost every tree contair
from a dozen to a hundred or more «¢
these fruit “mummies.” They are fu
of the spheres of fruit disease germ
and will spoil next year’s fruit if n¢
removed this winter.
—A sample of white lead paint of
tained from a Philadelphia hardwa:
company was recently analyzed by th
State Bureau of Foods and Chemistr
and found to be adulterated with pig
ments not lead to the extent of aj
proximately 85 per cent.
The product from which this samp]
was taken, was manufactured by th
Senora Paint Works, Long Islan
city, New York, and labelled “Stanc
ard White Lead Ground in Refine
Linseed Oil.” Users of paint shoul
be cautious about purchasing an
white lead put out by this compan)
states Dr. J. W. Kellogg. Any on
suspecting adulteration of this prc
duct should ask the State Bureau c
Foods and Chemistry to have an off
cial sample taken by one of its 18 fiel
agents.
—Food cheaters in Pennsylvani
paid the State $2,045 during Octobe
for their illegal acts. Director Jame
Foust, Bureau of Foods and Chemis
try, reports that the heaviest fine
came from retailers who sold stal
eggs for fresh ones and milk low i
butter fat. The prosecutions are th
results of vigorous steps taken b
food law officials to eradicate cheater
and defrauders.
At this time of the year, there i
great temptation to sell cold storag
and stale eggs for strictly fresh ones
The State is determined that, whe
consumers pay 70 cents a dozen fo
fresh eggs, they shall get strietl
fresh eggs and not stale ones. ;
Forty-nine cases were found dur
ing October in Allegheny, Beave:
Chester, Delaware and Philadelphi
counties where stale eggs were bein;
i sold for fresh ones. In every case, th
| guilty party was prosecuted.
| —Several years of wheat market
ling investigation made by the Stat
| Department of Agriculture show tha
iin some Pennsylvania counties a
{ much as 90 per cent. of the grain i
| discounted in the terminal market
| because it contains garlic. During th
i past few years approximately one
half of Pennsylvania-grown wheat ha
graded garlicky which means tha
growers do not get ‘as much fron
their crop as they would if it did no
contain garlic.
Dr. E. M. Gress, State botanist, be
lieves that November is a good mont!
in which to fight garlic on the farm
He advises plowing ground late in th
fall, preferably after November 1f
deep enough to cover completely th:
top of the garlic plants. This plow
ing destroys the plants which hav
grown from the soft bulbs and th
aerial bulblets. If the plowing is don
late, the strength of the bulbs are i:
the plant and the turning of the plan
under will destroy both the plant an
the bulb. If the plowing is done to:
early in the fall, the strength of th:
bulb has not yet ascended into th:
plant and consequently, the plant ma;
continue to grow after the plowing i.
done, thus defeating the purpose o
fall plowing. :
If the tips of the garlic plants ar
not completely covered, they may con
tinue to grow after the plowing ha:
been done which, of course, does no
make the eradication effective. Fal
plowing is a very essential part, Dr
Gress concludes, in a system of garlic
eradication and the plowing should be
done with special care. . :
Crib Corn Carefully.—When crib
bing ear corn this fall itis a goo
plan to sort out the Boft ears for im
mediate feeding. ’ Ventilating by
means of tile placed diagonally acros:
the crib will also help to keep tht
cribbed corn from spoiling. 3
Get Some Soil Now.—Before the
ground freezes, tak@ to some protect
ed place the soil to be used for plan’
growing flats next spring. Clean uj
‘all refuse in the garden and plow thi:
fall if practicable.
Mulch Shrubs Later.—Do not make
the mistake of mulching shrubs anc
perennial borders too early. It is bet
ter to allow frost to get into the
ground and then mulch during Decem.
r.
Order Chicks Early.—The poultry
man who desires chicks for nex
spring delivery should be looking
around for a ough breeder who sells
chicks of good qu@lity. Many a mar
is forced to go without chicks or tc
accept later hatched chicks than de
sired because he has been too slow ir
placing his order... Place your orde:
early and you will receive what you
want. i pe
Feed Hogs Tankage.—Tankage i:
not a substitute for corn but shoulc
be used to supplement it in hog feed:
ing. It replaces a large part of corr
and insures satisfactory and econom-
ical gains which the farmer with ¢
short ‘crop of corn cannot afford tc
neglect. = At the present price of
grain, tankage is probably the cheap-
est feed considering results obtained
Spraying Peas.—Checking up or
sprayed and unsprayed potatoes shows
the former yielded more and are not
affected with late blight rot. These
are two points to remember in grow:
ing the 1925 potato crops.
ena reas fp lim se iret
. —Get your job work done here.