's) oe First National Bank Bellefonte, Pa. A properly managed bank is not a mere place to keep money. While its chief purpose is to facilitate exchange and to furnish credit, this is but one of the many business helps it affords. Often the banker has a wealth of business exper- fences, a knowledge of affairs which, when joined with a sincere desire to help, proves of great value. It is 2 good thing, when one is in doubt, to get a new point of view. The banker may be able to fur- nish this. First National Bank 01-46 Bellefonte, Pa. f Pockel for Saving |: wr our small change will soon grow to = 6 dollars by having a saving pocket in “1 National Bank. ie" ’ . ie 3% Interest Paid on Savings Accounts THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK SAAN ——f FATT J \ STATE COLLEGE, PA. py MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 4 INS ESE an ES OR CIS ao) Special Sale Mens Overcoats 50 Overcoats--- Robt. Louis Stevenson’s Samoan Home In Vailima there was always a sense of spaciousness; of a big and Bellefonte, Pa., February 6, 1925. Many Forms of Lime Used to Satis- fy Alfalfa Needs: “For the Land’s sake” apply lime, intend to do so by all means treat the land with lime if it needs it. 5 Field tests of different forms of lime fail to show any material differ- ence in the crops produced where equivalent amounts of actual lime are used, states J. B. R. Dickey, legume extension specialist of the Penna. State College. This is he explains a ton of high analysis, hydrated lime has approximately the same crop producing power as one and one-half tons of finely ground limestone, marl, ground oyster shells or “Plant Lime.” “On account of the core and ash commonly contained in much of the lump lime commonly sold to farmers, and on account of its lumpiness and consequent poor distribution, it has probably about the same practical value, ton for ton, as hydrated lime,” he declares. “Ground burned lime, if well burned and not air slaked, will » | have somewhat higher efficiency.” Corsely ground limestone contain- ing some particles as large as bird- shot should be applied at about double the rate of hydrated lime. This courser material, however, is cheaper and easier to handle and will keep the soil sweet for a longer period since the coarser particles dissolve slowly and neutralize acidity as it develops. Heavy applications of very fine lime or limestone probably involve loss and waste much from leaching, Dickey explains. The reason alfalfa has grown so rapidly in the limestone valley and on adjoining shale soils is partly be- cause these soils do not ordinarily tend to become extremely sour, but primarily because lime was cheap and was used liberally on these soils in the past. “Where liberal applications are to be made,” this specialist says, “econ- omy should by all means be practiced in securing the cheaper forms of lime, such as forkings, home-burned lime, Weeding, breeding and feeding are essential to greater economy in dairy productions, says E. B. Fitts, dairy extension specialist of the Penna. State College. Under present conditions, weeding i out the poor cows in the herd becomes | imperative. A good pure-bred sire at | ! the head of the herd will breed milk- | ing ability into the future herd, he | declares. A balanced ration based {upon home grown legumes and corn : silage _ aids greatly in cutting pro- duction costs. is tiie adi | “The present situation in the dairy | industry emphasizes the importance of the need for economy in produc- { tion” Fitts points out. “The produc- tion side of the industry taken as a i whole is not operated at a very high degree of efficiency. Handicaps of “inferior cow, improper feeding and ‘poor management exist on every hand. The situation therefore, is acute for the margin of profit has “always been small. Cost of production records based on {cow testing association reports show i that the cost of producing milk in ‘herds where the average production is 10,000 pounds annually is but one- half of that in herds where the aver- age per head is 4,000 pounds he says. “Dairy farming is a business,” says Fitts. “There is real competi- i tion. Efficiency in cattle, economy in | operation and quality in products i must be watchwords for dairymen in lthe face of the present conditions. | The future holds much of promise for the business dairyman.” Giant Mail Plane to Cut Postal Cost. An air mail plane with a capacity ' seven times that of those now in use has just completed successful night- ‘flight tests under the auspices of the ' post-office department. Clarence D. | Chamberlain, president of an aerial express service at Hasbrouck Heights, ! N. J.,testified before the congressional lordly house set in a park; of wide vistas open to the sea and the breeze. About it all was a rich, glowing, and indescribable = beauty, which never failed to cause a stranger to exclaim aloud; and being six hundred feet | above the sea it had a delightfully and if, You ‘afte growing: alfalfa or | fresh climate for so hot a country. The nights were usually cold, espe- cially in the early hours of the morn- ing, and a blanket was essential. Our simple thermometer—a bottle of co- coanut-oil—seldom failed to = solidi- ‘fy nightly, which implied fifty-six de- i grees Fahrenheit. Within the house the visitor's as- tonishment grew. Not only was the 1main hall extremely large, where a | hundred people could dance with ease, but, as Robert Louis Stevenson had | imported ‘all his Bournemouth furni- ture, and much from his father’s house in Edinburgh, one might have thought one’s self in civilization, and not a thousands of miles away on a remote island of the South Pacific. Pictures, napery, silver—all were in keeping, and except for the rack of rifles and the half-naked servants the illusion was complete; and to realize "it to the full it must be remembered that all the other white people, even -the highest officials, lived in a rather ‘makeshift way, with the odds and ends they had picked up at an auec- ' tion, and very comfortlessly. Every | official term ended in an auction; often I would mark some attractive glass- ‘es or coffee-cups, or whatever it was, and say to myself, “I must buy those in when they are sold.” | In contrast, the dignity, solidity, and air of permanence of Vailima was 'impressive. It dominated the country ilike a castle. Chiefs came from the farthest parts of Samoa just to gaze at it, and to be led in a hushed and 'awe-stricken tour of its wonders. When a Samoan said, “Like the house ‘of Tusitala,” he had reached the su- ! perlative; and in this setting, and soon familiar with the language, | Stevenson gradually grew into a great feudal chieftain whose word carried weight in a great part of Samoa. —————— Qe t————— Plan New “Largest Building.” A group of bankers, manufactur- hotel of 3500 rooms. Fronting on the Chicago river, the building will also have docks and warehouse facilities. In addition, there is to be a tower de- signed primarily for radio broadcast- ing that will rival the famous Eifel | tower in Paris, now the highest i structure in the world. The great project would mean an outlay of at least $30,000,000. According to the plans as announec- . ed by former Gov. Lowden, of Il, the contemplated American Agricultural Society building will serye as national center for farm activities. The idea was developed at the recent conven- tion of the American farm Bureau Federation. Also interested in the enterprise are William Wrigley, Jr., Stewart, Lawrence Whiting and ‘others. Efforts will be made to have the building completed May 1, 1927. Electric Service Needed on Farm. | Electric service for at least half the farms in Pennsylvania within ten years is a goal relatively easy of at- tainment, Morris L. Cook, derector of the Pennsylvania Giant Power Sur- vey declared in an address at the opening meeting of the ninth annual state farm products show at Harris- burg. Mr. Cooks, L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange and Governor Pinchot were the speakers on the program, with Frank P. Willits, state secretary of agriculture presiding. Asserting 100,000 farms can utilize the service on a self-supporting basis, Mr. Cooks said the annual capital out- lay required of the companies to reach these farms will be less than three per cent. of the capital expended last vear in Pennsylvania for electrical development. “The Pennsylvania farmer” he said, “is without electrical service now, first, because the electric service com- panies have been absorbed in provid- ing the large volume of current de- manded by industry.”—Ex. Lyon & Co. ONAN At the special request of many of eur customers We are Continuing our Clearance Sale FOR ANOTHER WEEK This Sale will Positively End on Saturday Feb'y ¥5 New Remnants and Bargains Being Displayed Daily ....... In addition, we are Closing Out. All our Ladies, Misses wiChildrens ..COATS.... : 0 by-product limes, fine limestone ers and agriculturists in the Middle your vest or coat and putting therein screenings, home ground limestone or | West have launched a project to erect oe . . marl from local deposits. at Chicago a temple to agriculture every day a nickel or a dime. Start ; that will be the largest building In the : i . . | world. e plans call for a mammoth an account! now with the First Asserts Need of More Economy In g4etyre containing a convention hall ) i i = - G] Dairying. that will seat 20,000 persons and a Don t Miss the Last Opportunity .....to Buy at this Sale Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co. Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. Lyon & Ce. subcommittee investigating the na- tion’s military and commercial air Forests are Being Damaged by In- resources. e i The new craft, he said, used a sects and Diseases, standard Liberty motor and, with an| The white pine blister rust in the improved body and wing structure, | Northeast and Northwest, the chest- | promises to cut the cost of air mail | nut blight in the East and South, and transport from $2.63 per ton-mile, as | the bark beetle infestations in the compared with an estimated cost of | Southwest and Pacific Coast regions about 25 cents for similar service by | were the principal tree diseases and land truck. pests fought by the Forest Service He described the improved mail | during the past year, according to ship as a combination of features |the annual report made by Chief For- which enabled it to descend at low |ester Greeley to the Secretary of | speeds and by steep angles to glide | Agriculture. Sh] | great distances in case of motor fail-| The white pine blister rust threat- Uo | Is Hi Fa ] i These Hose are guaranteed == LLL {rd not to develop a “runner” in the leg nor a hole in the heel If they do this you SRnans or toe. Values up to $30.00 ALL AT ONE PRICE---- $18. will be given a new pair free. I ‘ure, and to maintain a speed of 135 | ens to take a heavy toll in the val- i miles an hour. uable white pine forests of Idaho |[If Monday’s session of the subcom- [and eventually throughout the white | gli mittee concluded its hearing and it|pine region of other States, the re- | HE will resume at Washington next Mon- | port states. Added damage has come day, and a report probably will be |to the white pine stands in the West, | Fi ready for congress by February 13. |largely because of the rapid spread |Sn Augustus M. Herring, of Freeport, | of the blister rust disease. LU L. I, who said he had flown a glider I] : at Croton, N. Y., in 1884 declared it ‘os : ER We Have them 1 All C l was a waste of money for the gov- Chestnut Blight Spreading. r n 0 Ors ernment to experiment with full-size | The scientists of the Department |} i craft. Models could be built for a fof Agriculture are deeply con- few dollars which would demonstrate | cerned over the blight that has within 1 or 2 per cent the merits of | spread among chestnut trees of the | gif] newly designed machines he said. —Ex | East and South. No practical means of controlling the chestnut blight has One Week Only ik Urges Beekeeping for Farm Boys. | Yet been devised and the Forest Ser- af 8 3 tk . yide 150 ing oe Aya ge Ja 9 Sh ‘Bees can be made a factor of |chestnut timber in the Southern Na- | [fi Y keeping farm boys on the farm,” |tional Forests before it is ruined for =f €ager S 0€ Store declared Professor Willis R. Skillman, | commercial purposes. State Department of Bducation, in an| Bark beetles continue to be a |[l address before the State Beekeepers’ | menace to timber stands within the |g THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN Association at Harrisburg. National Forests, says Chief Fores- ji : : He stressed the value of beekeeping | ter Greeley. Under the technical di- ie as a vocational farm project, saying: | rection of the Bureau of Entomology i “Boys conducting bee projcets have | the fight against the bark beetles and | 31 an opportunity to start a remunera- | other tree insects is being waged in LE Hive Dusingss which will Son) wn Jeveral Telos, especially in the yel- | Ff evelope through a great period of {low pine belts of Ari alifornia | En pee fron ren ron ron ro Eon son Eon rn en Ee re on re ope Urges and Oregon, on CO | EAR RR A Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA. LEE JUESUT TUE TUES Ea. wT yy = PE rE
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