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RUSSET POTATOES STAND BEST
TEST FOR CENTRE COUNY.
Tried Out at Spring Mills.
The Russet potato has been crown-
ed “King of Spuds” in Centre county.
Housewives and farmers put the
five leading potato varieties of the
county to all possible cooking tests at
a farm and community meeting last
Thursday night, at the Spring Mills
vocational school, and the Russett
came out on top with colors flying
and with the unanimous vote of ten
men and women judges elected by
the gathering of one hundred and fifty
people, most of whom expected to see
entirely different results. «
Farmers and other potato consum-
ers for miles around went to the
Spring Mills meeting for a pre-ar-
ranged test of the county spud varie-
ties. A “set-up” of ice cream for the
entire gathering was the “stakes” in
a unique wager arranged for the test
on baking, boiling, mashing and chip-
ping qualities of the Russett potato
against all other county varieties.
Professor E. L. Nixon, extension
plant disease specialist at State Col-
lege and county agent R. C. Blaney
had agreed to supply the ice cream
for everyone attending the meeting
should a “jury” fail to find the Rus-
sett inferior in any way to any other
variety of the home grown sort.
The Nixon-Blaney combination
evidently knew its “oats” or rather,
its “spuds,” for they still have in
their pockets the price of 150 plates
of ice cream, and the good losers of
the friendly contest are out just that
much.
Here is how it happened and why
Centre county spud consumers will in
the future insist upon Russetts for
table use:
At a potato field demonstration at
"Cappie” Kepler's farm, near Pine
Grove Mills, last summer, some farm-
ers agreed that disease-free Russetts
were good yielders and all that, but
consumers demanded Blue Victors and
others varieties used for years as bet-
ter cooking potatoes.
“All right,” said Nixon and Blaney,
“we’ll bet the ice cream that we know
what we're talking about in recom-
mending Russetts for grower and
consumer alike.” The farmers agreed,
with the result that Thursday’s farm
community meeting in the Spring
Mills auditorium was turned into a
potato cooking demonstration. Home
economies extension and vocational
school workers baked, boiled, mashed
and chipped five varieties of potatoes,
Russett, Sir Walter Raleigh, Blue
Victor, Spencer and Early Rose. They
were given numbers in each form and
arranged so that the school superin-
tendent, who was in charge, was the
only person who knew which variety
each little dish contained.
Four women and six men were
elected as judges by the audience.
Each judge received a score card,
tasted of the various dishes and
scored each one on its quality. There
were two dishes of Russetts run in as
a check.
The result was a unanimous “walk-
away” for the Russett on all around
cooking qualities.. Scored on percen-
tage rating, this variety. was high on
the cards of each and every one of the
ten judged. In addition it was the
quickest to boil, taking 30 minutes
when other varieties took up to 34
minutes, and was the quickest to bake,
taking 54 minutes when others took
as high as 68 minutes.
“These results,” said Professor
Nixon, “are closely in line with cul-
linary tests at State College in which
the one conspicuous thing was
brought out forcefully, that Russetts
on a heavy limestone soil are the out-
standing cooking potato.” So it is
seen that the “Pennsylvania potato
wizard” knew what he was about
when he undertook his bet on Rus-
setts. The judges for the contest in-
cluded F. L. Jamison, Mrs. S. G.
Walker, R. P. Campbell, F. S. Musser,
M. T. Zubler, C. L. Eungard and W.
F. Rishel. Miss Emma Watts, teach-
er at the school and a niece of Dean
Watts, gave a talk on the results of
the demonstration.
Real Estate Transfers.
Margaret Bierley, et bar, to Clart T.
Bateson, tract in State College; $1.
Clara T. Bateson to Ellis H. Bier-
ley, et ux, tract in State College; $1.
Josephine Alexander to William H.
Clark, tract in College township; $225.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to Cath-
erine E. Kemmerer, tract in State
College; $1.
David O. Jackson, et ux, to Eva R.
Gross; tract in College township; $1,-
500.
George L. Febiger, et ux, to J. Or-
vis Keller, tract in State College;
$8,000.
George E. Campbell to Marcella
Beals, et bar, tract in Huston town-
ship; $3,500. :
Penn Milk company to Breyer Ice
Seen Co., tract in Gregg township;
1.
Keystone Power Corporation to
John A. Confer, tract in Milesburg;
$1,200.
Eleanor A. Campbell, et al, to Ar-
thur S. Wasson, et ux, tract in Miles-
burg; $2,500.
J. M. Cunningham, et ux, to George
Cunningham, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
Pennsylvania State College to the
Association of the Sigma Nu Frater-
nity, tract in State College; $1.
Nellie L. Love, et al, to John G.
Love, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
J. T. Leathers, et ux, to Joseph
Corge, tract in Spring township; $200.
Roy Held to S. W. Gramley tract in
Millheim; $300.
Anna T. H. Henszey, et bar, to Mi-
nerva G. Rosevear, tract in State Col-
lege; $800.
BOALSBURG.
Jerry Dunklebarger is visiting at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry
Reitz.
Miss Hilda Lonebarger, of State
College, visited friends in town over
Sunday.
Fred Klinefelter and family moved
to Colyer, last week, and Mr. Harris
and family, of Tyrone, are tenants on
the Hillside farm.
’Squire J. F. Zechman. E. W. Hess
and George Fisher are attending
court as jurors this week.
Elmer Houtz purchased a home in
Bellefonte and in the near future will
move his family to that place.
Rev. Kirkpatrick has been conduct-
ing evangelistic services in the Pres-
byterian church every evening except
Saturday, during this week.
Miss Mary Hazel was home from
Bucknell over Sunday, and Miss Glad-
ys Hazel, of Petersburg High school,
also spent Sunday at home.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OTICE IN DIVORCE.—Alma Victoria
Pakenham, Libellant, versus Thom-
t as Compton Pakenham, Respond-
ent.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Centre
County. No. 108 September Term 1924.
To Thomas Compton Pakenham:
You are hereby notified that the under-
signed has been appointed Master in the
action in absolute divorce brought by Al-
ma Victoria Pakenham, your wife, against
you, on the grounds of desertion. Hearing
to take testimony of witnesses will be held
at my office No. 6 Temple Court, south Al-
legheny street, Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday,
the 30th day of March, 1925, at 10 o'clock
a. m., at which meeting you are notified to
appear in person or by counsel and pro-
duce such witnesses as you desire to have
testify.
JOHN M. KEICHLINE,
70-9-3t Master.
URSE LOST.—A small purse lost on
P Saturday between Coleville and the
City Bakery. Reward if returned
to City Bakery. 79-9-1t
OR SALE.—House and lot No. 102 east
Logan St., Bellefonte. Inquire of
Miss K. M. BROWNE, 752 W. Lex-
ington St., Baltimore, Md. 70-9-3t
TENOGRAPHER WANTED.—Exper-
S ienced in short-hand and type-
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Manager Bell Tel. Co., Bellefonte. 70-9-1¢
OTICE OF. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
APPEALS, 1925.—Notice is hereby
given to taxpayers of Centre Coun-
ty that the County Commissioners will be
at the following places for the purpose of
hearing appeals for the annual assessment
of 1925:
March 20th, 1
fonte, Pa., for ‘South Ward, Bellefonte
borough; Milesburg borough, Boggs town-
ship.
March 21st, 1925.—Court House, Belle-
fonte, Pa., for North Ward, Bellefonte
borough; Marion township, Walker town-
ship.
March 23rd, 1925.—Court House, Belle-
fonte, Pa., for West Ward, Bellefonte bor-
ough; Benner township, Spring township,
Patton township.
March 24th, 1925.—Court House,
fonte, Pa., for Bellefonte borough.
March 25th, 1925.—Hotel, Port Matilda,
Pa, for Halfmoon township, Worth town-
ship, Taylor township.
March 26, 1925.—Hotel,
for Huston township,
Unionville borough.
March 27th, '1925.—Hotel, Howard, Pa.,
for Howard township, Curtin township,
Liberty township, Howard borough.
March 28th, 1925.—Hotel, Centre Hall,
Pa., for Harris township, Potter town-
ship, Centre Hall borough.
March 30th, 1925.—Alpha Fire Co. hall,
State College, Pa., for Ferguson township,
College township and State College bor-
ough.
March 31st, 1925.—Hotel,
Pa., for Gregg township.
April 1st, 1925.—Hotel, Millheim, Pa., for
Millheim borough, Haines township, Miles
township, Penn township.
April 2nd, 1925.—Public hall, Philips-
burg, Pa., for Philipsburg borough, South
Philipsburg borough.
April 3rd, 1925.—Public hall, Philips-
burg, Pa., for Philipsburg borough, Rush
township.
April 4th, 1925.—Mountain House, Snow
Shoe, Pa., for Snow Shoe borough, Snow
Shoe township, Burnside township.
April 27th, 1925.—Court House, Belle-
fonte, Pa., General Appeal.
April 28th, 1925.——Court
fonte, Pa., General Appeal.
April 29th, 1925.—Court House, Belle-
fonte, Pa., General Appeal.
JOHN S. SPEARLY,
‘ JAMES W. SWABB.
HARRY P. AUSTIN,
S. Claude Herm:
1925.—Court House,
Belle-
Unionville Pa.,
Union township,
Spring Mills,
House, Belle-
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DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—Letters
of administration upon the estate
of Boyd A. Noll, late of the town-
ship of Walker, Centre County, Penn-
sylvania, deceased, having been grant-
ed to the undersigned, all persons know-
ing themselves indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make prompt pay-
ment, and those having claims against the
same must present them, duly authenticat-
ed, for payment.
Mrs. EMMA L. NOLL,
KERMIT L. NOLL,
Administrators,
70-6-6t. Zion, Pa.
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