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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. FARM NOTES.
DAILY THOUGHT. —Raise calves from only the very
Bellefonte, Pa., April 24, 1925.
Why Cream Tests Vary.
Ever since the farmers of Centre
county began to devote attention to
the production of milk and cream
there has been more or less discussion
of and misunderstanding: as to why
their checks for dairy products, de-
Hivered to the several creamery plants
they supply, vary from time to time.
After the establishment of the
Western Maryland plant in this place
‘we came in contact intimately with
its management and casually with
many of ifs patrons. The former im-
pressed us as having but one object in
view; that was to secure a maximum
supply of milk of the highest grade
and to do this it bent every effort in
advising its patrons as to the kind
of dairy cattle to keep and the manner
of handling the milk on the farm so
that it would meet the tests when
delivered and command the highest
market price.
We recall the sincere efforts of Mr.
Collins, the traveling manager of the
company, to personally impress his
patrons with the fact that milk had
to stand up to certain State require-
ments else it could not be shipped to
‘the most profitable markets. You
will recall, that the Western Maryland
was denied a New York city market
because it could not make its patrons
see that this condition had to be met.
On the other hand we heard num-
bers of patrons. complain because.
their monthly checks varied. They
«couldn’t understand why this should
be and in consequence some of them
were convinced that they were not
being fairly treated, in other words
that there was and is chicanery at
the receiving stations. A number of
‘producers jumped about from one
market to another and the unrest and
understanding still exists to a certain
extent. Fx Ane
While we felt all the time that no
intentional injustice was being done
anyone at any of the several stations
in the county, for we knew that no
reputable business concern would re-
sort to sharp practice, we could not
convince those to whom we talked
that all was right.
Now county farm agent Blaney
comes out with an explanation that
should set at rest a lot of the mis-
giving. He says:
The farmer who sells cream some-
times is surprised at the variation of
the test reported by the creamery, In
the early part of the summer the
tests tend downward. The farmer
should not assume that a variation in
the tests means either carelessness or
dishonesty on the part of the cream
buyer.
First of all the richness of the
Tream varies with the richness of the
milk. In early spring” and summer
there are more fresh cows which re-
sults in a lower testing milk, and as
2 result of this the cream goes down
mn proportion. A herd of cows may
Preduce milk averaging 4 per cent in
the fall and in the early spring and
the summer the average will run as
dow as 3-6 per cent. This much dif-
ference in the richness of the milk
will cause a variation of five to eight
‘per cent. in the cream test.
The next most important cause for
“variation is the speed of the separator.
The faster the separator is run the
larger the proportion of skim milk and
the smaller the proportion of cream.
Consequently the high speed yields a
micher cream. If a machine that is
supposed to be turned 60 revolutions
:a minute is reduced to 40 the cream
‘will be considerably lower in test.
Amother important cause of varia-
‘tion iim cream tests and sometimes the
most impertant,
‘water or skim milk in use in flushing
out the bowl. The difference of a
pint used will make a noticeable dif-
ference in the test of the cream. A
«difference in the temperature of the
milk separated will also have some
effect. Some separators are more
sensitive to temperature than others.
With some a difference of 20 degrees
in the temperature of the milk when
separated will make a difference of
:several per cent in the test without
affecting the thoroughness of the
separation to any marked extent. It
should be understood that those varia-
tions occur not only as a result of
more or less loss of fat in the skim-
milk but as a result of a larger pro-
portion being taken out in the form of
L£ream,
Passengers by Weight.
‘More or less inequity has been sens-
ed from the start in the practice of
estimating passenger fares on rail-
roads and other conveyances by per-
son instead of avoirdupois. Fat peo-
ple can ride for the same price charg-
ed lean people—a principle that would
be obviously unjust in the freight end
of the business. Air transportation
for the first time challenges this non-
sensical rule. The flying machine ca-
‘pacities and costs are calculated on a
strict pound-and-ounce basis. Hence
the announcement that the air people
are working up a fare system by
weights and measures to take the place
of the old per-capita rule. It may not
seem equitable that a fat man should
have to pay more for transportation
than a lean one, but that is because
‘we have not been used to thinking of
fhese matters in terms of equal and
exact justice. If it costs more to eat
a great deal than just a little, why
shouldn’t it cost more to carry a big
man than a little woman, for exam-
ple? If there is a good deal to a man,
it takes just that much more power to
transport him than if he amounted to
little. At all events, the air transport
is going to mollify the small folks
‘who have smarted under the injustice
of full-weight fares long enough.
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The cross-word puzzle put the
quietus on Mah Jong.
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Exhaustive observation is an element of
every great achievement.—Spencer.
Fastidious housewives are more and
more coming to realize the advantages
of linoleum floors in the home. The
smooth, unbroken surface of linoleum
when properly installed offers no lodg-
ing places for dust. There are no un-
sightly cracks, as in floors of wood.
The rules for caring for linoleum
floors cre few and simple. Plain and
inlaid linoleum, after it has been in-
stalled, should be waxed carefully and
thoroughly. Do this before the floor
has been soiled, and use a good grade
of floor wax, either liquid or paste.
Do not smear this paste on too gen-
erously, but use a small quantity and
rub it in well. This wax rubbed into
the surface of the linoleum prevents
effectually the penetration of dirt.
Dust will not adhere readily to waxed
linoleum, so that an occasional dust-
ing with a dry mop is almost all the
care that is required.
Of course, near doorways and other
places where the traffic is heavy the
wax is apt to wear away, but the re-
waxing of these small areas is the
work of only a few moments. Scrub-
bing is seldom necessary.
One of the easiest ways of apply-
ing the wax is to place a small quan-
tity inside a piece of cheesecloth fold-
ed several times. By rubbing the
cloth evenly over the floor the wax is
distributed. Use care not to apply
too much wax. An excessive amount
is apt to collect dirt and may darken
the linoleum slightly. It has a ten-
dency also to make the floor slippery.
After the wax has been applied it
should be rubbed into the surface of
the linoleum thoroughly with a
weighted brush or with a heavy brick
wrapped in a soft cloth. When it be-
comes necessary to wash the floor the
wax removed should be immediately
renewed.
Printed linoleum, as the name im-
plies, has a pattern printed on the sur-
face. This pattern must be protected
where the traffic is heavy. ~ Varnish is
one of the best preventives obtainable.
Use a high-grade varnish, even though
it costs a few cents more. The var-
nish you select should not turn white
when water is spilled on it. It should
be elastic and quick-drying and as
clear as possible. Some women have
been able to keep the pattern of their
printed linoleum like new by varnish-
Ing once every six or eight months.
Before you varnish it, your linoleum
must be perfectly clean and dry. The
first coat should be applied evenly and
allowed to dry at least fourteen hours.
It is usually well to apply two coats
when the linoleum is new and one
coat whenever it is necessary.
In washing linoleum, whether print-
ed, plain or inlaid, use a soap that dis-
solves the dirt rather than one that
cuts it. In other words, use a mild
soap with luke-warm, sudsy water.
Do not flood the surface or allow" wa-
ter to stand around the edges and
seams. It is best to wash and dry
only about a square yard at a time.
Rinse the linoleum with clean water
and dry it carefully. But avoid harsh
scrubbing powders, strong alkali soaps
and abrasive compounds. Most of the
reputable linoleum manufacturers
have taken considerable pains in mak-
ing the surface of linoleum smooth
and beautiful. Try to keep your lino-
leum as pretty as the day you bought
it. By following the directions above
you can do it." r
Household Linen for the Bride.—
Supposing three beds are to be fur-
nished, nine pairs of sheets and twelve
pillow-slips will be sufficient.
Three pairs of blankets are needed,
and the best selection in these are of
mixed cotton and wool. >
About six white spreads should be
provided.
At least one dozen bed-room towe's
and half a dozen bath-room towels are
required. :
The bed-room towels are hem-stitch-.
ed and should be about 21 by 40 inches
in size.
The bath towels will measure 22 by
Shams should match the bureau
scarf.
The cream dice patterned cloths
make an excellent selection for every-
day tablecloths. -
They are much to be preferred to
the showy imitation damask, which
show up badly after one washing.
Two yards will make a tablecloth
and four are enough to start with.
One dozen napkins in 22-inch size
must accompany the tablecloths.
Six yards of brown crash will make
half a dozen kitchen towels.
Little caps made of heavy cloth and
fitted over the ends of rockers save
much scratching on base-boards and
other furniture from having rocking
chairs pushed against them.
Candy, fruit and nuts are used on
the table as decoration and passed at
the close of the meal.
Nuts are passed during the meal
and olives with the soup.
Cheese and crackers for salad are
served from a side table.
In place of grape fruit for the first
course at luncheon serve the pulp of
orange, ice cold, in sherbet glasses.
To the pulp add a little lemon juice,
sugar to tastes and a bit of chopped
mint. It will be found exceedingly
tasty.
In the treatment of premature gray-
ness an iron tonic is often prescribed.
At the same time the general system
must be built up by means of nourish-
ing diet, plenty of milk and outdoor
exercise every day.
Sleep in a well-ventilated room.
Rise as soon as you wake, and get
out into the fresh air as soon as pos-
sible, if only for a few minutes.
As for the cause, it may be over-
study, weakness of constitution or a
sudden shock to the nerves.
Walnut Wafers.—Beat two eggs
light, without separating; add gradu-
ally one cupful of brown sugar, beat-
ing all the while, and a pinch of salt.
Mix with two tablespoonfuls of flour
and one cupful of walnuts chopped
fine. If not stiff enough add more
flour, but the batter should drop easi-
ly from a spoon. Drop by spoonfuls
on greased tins, and bake for five min-
utes in a quick oven.
best cows. Milking ability is inher-
ited, and inferior cows can produce
only their kind.
—Care of the woodland means pro-
tection from fire and grazing stock as
well as the application of good com-
mon sense in cuttings.
—How do you know your seed corn
will grow and give a good stand?
Testing it will tell the story of the
possibility of getting a stand with the
seed on hand.
—Be sure to rake the mulch off
shrubbery borders and flower beds be-
fore active growth starts. If this is
left on too long it softens the plants.
Do not remove the mulch on a bright
sunny day. :
—In Pennsylvania, shrub planting
may be safely done during all of April
and most of May. If nursery orders
have not been placed for ornamental
shrubs, do it now so they can be set
out before it is too late.
—Demonstrations staged by The
Pennsylvania State College extension
service show that a mixture of barley
and oats produces more pounds of
feeding material than either did alone.
More grain per acre for feed is al-
ways appreciated,
—Keep pig pens clean, dry and well
ventilated. As soon as possible get
the pigs out on clean ground zo that
they can take a lot of exercise. If
pastures are available the sow and lit-
ter should be placed in them when the
pigs are about two weeks of age.
—The delayed dormant is the first
spray on apples, pears and cherries.
Use a rather coarse, drenching spray
aimed to wet the ends of the buds as
the lice are in those places. Peaches
must be sprayed while the buds are
fully dormant to control leaf curl.
—Spring is the only time in which
to set out = strawberry plants, fruit
specialists of The Pennsylvania State
College say. Choose a time prefera-
bly just before a rain if possible. Set
the plants 18 inches apart in the row
and have the rows three feet apart.
—Proteins are important in dairy
feeding. These are best provided in
legume hay. Clover and alfalfa can
be seeded with oats this spring; thus
providing for the hay crop. next year.
Soy beans sown. this spring will pro-
de a supply of excellent hay next
fall.
—In applying pre-pink spray there
is no need of putting in arsenate of
lead except in those cases where it
was omitted in the. delayed dormant
spray or where the delayed dormant
was applied early. Arsenate of lead
should be put in the pink spray but
this application.
—Three Seniors in. the school of ag-
riculture at The Pennsylvania State
College have been selected by the For-
eign Service committee of the Ameri-
can Friends to assist Dr. C. T. Erick-
son in the organization of the Alba-
nian-American School of Agriculture
in Albania.
The young men are Charles L. Me-
Vaugh, George School; Geo. Rhoads,
Philadelphia. They will leave for Al-
bania following their graduation in
June, it is expected.”
been pruned too severely in the past
and bearing trees have been pruned
too lightly or too infrequently, Paul
Thayer, fruit extension specialist of
Pennsylvania State. College, says.
Every orchard grower should aim
to secure three things in hig young
orchard at the. earliest date possible.
These are strength, growth and pro-
ductiveness. Pruning, especially head-
ing back, interferes with fruit bear-
ing, but after fruit trees are mature
and fruit bearing established, the
trees should receive a careful and in-
creasingly thorough annual pruning.
—A butcher in Bradford county was
‘recently fined $100 and costs for oper-
ating... an. unclean and ' unsanitary
slaughter house. State officials found
him using an old shed located on the
edge of a swamp for the butchering.
The only water supply was a shallow
well which was contaminated by seep-
age from the surface.
In passing sentence, the Judge ex-
pressed his surprise that such filthy
conditions could exist in his commu-
nity and stated that the court was in
through sympathy with the work of
Dr. W. S. Gimper and his assistants
in safeguarding the public’s meat sup-
ply by inspection of slaughter houses
and meat shops.
—Dairy farmers of Pennsylvania
will again’ have an opportunity to
show their prowess as dairy cattle
judges.: The second National farmers”
dairy cattle judgirg contest at the
National Dairy Exposition at Indian-
apolis, Indiana, October 10 to 17 will
be the occasion. ;
According to the rules sent to dairy
specialists at The Pennsylvania State
College, only amateur individuals and
teams are eligible for competition.
Those who have officiated as judges at
fairs and shows, county agents, col-
lege instructors, agricultural teachers,
and representatives of colleges in in-
terstate and national contests are ex-
cluded. Amateur teams must have
the same qualifications as amateur in-
dividuals.
The teams may be chosen by farm
bureaus, granges, farmer’s clubs,
State, district, or county breed or dai-
ry associations, cow testing associa-
tions, or county agents. Members of
the teams will be eligible for individ-
ual amateur honors.
Each contestant may be required to
judge three classes of animals of the
same breed, consisting of 4 cows, 4
heifers, and 4 bulls. Classes will be
chosen from the Ayrshire, Brown
Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey
breeds.
Prizes for first, second, and third
places in each class will be gold, sil-
ver and bronze medals respectively.
To all who score 90 or over, but who
do not get a medal, a diploma will be
awarded.
Applications by individuals or
teams for admission to ‘the judging
contest must be made on blanks sup-
plied by the National Dairy Exposi-
tion. They should be filed with the
manager of the exposition on or be-
fore October 3.
there is no need of using nicotine in| §
Oakbourne; and Henry W. Ridgway, |
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New Postal Rates Went Into Effect
Wednesday.
Reminding the public that Congress
has decreed that the users of the
postal service must help pay the in-
creased salaries of postal employees,
which became effective January 1, for each parcel, except those collected
issued
a statement setting forth the new |
Postmaster General New’ has
postage ratees which went into effect
Wednesday, April 15.
“So far as the rates on first-class
mail are concerned,” the Postmaster
General said, “there are no changes
whatever except in the case of private
mailing cards, including souvenir post
cards. The rates on second, third and
fourth-class mail have been increased
in certain contingencies, but this in-
crease is very slight and will not work
any hardship on the mailing public.
The excess revenue derived from
such sources will enable the Post
Office Department to méet its obliga-
tions, and at the same time provide
increased compensation for its army
of faithful employees.”
Some of the changes in rates which
went into effect April 15 follow:
First-class mail: Private mailing
cards, including souvenir post cards,
whether bearing written or printed
matter, increased from one cent each
to two cents each. The present one-
cant postal cards will continue in use,
the new rate applying only to post
cards other than those issued by the
Government.
No other changes in the first-class!
rates of postage have been made.
_Fourth-Class (Parcel Post) Mail:
“The same inatter, weighing more
than eight ounces, as Sagi in third-
class mail. Limit of weight 70 pounds
KEEPING WELL —— An NR Tablet
(a vegetable aperient) taken at
night will help keep you well, by
toning and strengthening your di-
gestion and elimination, :
NR JUNIORS-Little IRs
One-third the regular dose. Made
of the same ingredients, then candy
coated, For children and adults,
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
The kitchen is the place for nve
On this my family all agree.
—Young Mother Hubbard
A. woman can make a hit
with every member of the
family via—the dining room.
Carefully selected meats are
her one great standby. We
deliver—and promptly.
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pound rates in the various zones have
not been changed.
Service charge of two cents in
stamps to be affixed to packages in
addition to postage has been imposed
on rural delivery routes.
- Special handling charge of 25 cents
in stamps, with the words “Special
Handling” written or printed on the
wrapper, or by use of the new special
handling charge 25-cents in addition
to postage and 2-cent service charge,
secures the same expeditious hand-
ling, transportation and delivery for
parcels as though handled rs first-
class mail.
Registered Mail: Minimum registry
fee increased from 10 cents to 15 cents
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Incubate Six Eggs for Every Pulle
Wanted.
For every pullet desired next fal
six eggs should be incubated. Thi:
number of eggs allows a 50 per cent
hatch, for a 20 per cent. mortality anc
for pullets culling in the fall.
It is advisable to hatch early as the
chicks live better, grow faster and ma
ture more quickly than the late hatch:
ed ones. On the other hand, it is use
less to have early hatches if the lay
ing houses are not going to be avail
able when the pullets begin to lay.
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2 pairs pants, as low as
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