Bellefonte, Pa., October 30, 1925.
FARM NOTES.
—Watch those fall pigs and get
them well started before cold weather
comes. If a pig is not growing nicely
before winter he will not flourish dur-
ing the cold weather.
—It is advantageous for the fruit
grower to provide insectitudes and
other ammunition needed in the sea-
son’s war on destructive insects be-
fore the time they are needed.
—It is time to dig and dry gladioli
bulbs if these flowers are wanted next
year. Dry them in the open during
warm days but take them inside at
night to prevent freezing or molding.
—Do not pile apples under the trees.
Sort them as soon as picked and store
in a cool place off the ground. Handle
carefully so as not to bruise the fruit.
Every injury gives an opportunity for
the entrance of rots and diseases,
mortal enemies of the apple as far as
keeping qualities are concerned.
—With the scarcity of barnyard
manure, vegetable growers are turn-
ing to the use of green crops, such as
clovers, and rye to maintain the
organic matter in their soils. Rye
may now be seeded in all vacant spots
2d even between the rows of growing
crops, say Pennsylvania State College
agronomists.
—What are sometimes taken to be red
spiders are really red spider eggs.
These will stay on the trees all winter
and hatch as soon as the buds open in
the spring. It pays to get busy then
hefore the damage begins to show on
the leaves. The early delayed dor-
mant spray is the first treatment and
this is followed by the regular sprays
throughout the summer.
—The principle aims in buying
breeding stock are to get animals of
good type and breeding, to get them
as cheaply as possible and to get
healthy and prepotent animals from a
breeding standpoint. Bulls should be
purebred, thick fleshed and blocky,
with plenty of constitution, vitality
and strength. Two or three-year-old
bulls in medium condition, strong and
active, and raised under conditions
similiar to where they are to be used
will give best results. There is no
need to buy show bulls to go on the
range. Valuable bulls should be put
with picked herds of pure bred
females, not put on the range with
grades.
An inferior should not be used be-
cause he is cheap. The bull does not
sire steers alone, but also sires the
heifers that make the future herd.
Consequently the bull should always
be an improvement over the cows. A
good rule is to get bulls worth at
least three to five average cows in the
herd.
The sire should be selected to cor-
rect any general faults or deficiencies
of the herd. If cows are lacking in
size, select a bull that is a good all-
around individual, but of especially
good size. If the cows are coarse
~and lack quality or natural flesh, se-
lect bulls that are strong in fleshing
and quality. The bulls should be of |
similiar type and breeding so as to
produce a uniform lot of calves.
The main thing in buying grade
cows is to get fertile, healthy, young
stock of good size and showing at
least two or three crosses of pure beef
blood. Better results can be obtained
if the females are similar in type and
breeding. Fertility is or great im-
portance. As beef cows produce only
their calves each year to pay for care,
feed and depreciation, it is necessary
that as many calves be raised as
possible—Charles I. Bray, Colorado
Agricultural College.
About 62 per cent of pure-bred live
stock is marketed directly for meat
purposes.
Pure-bred meat animals cost slight-
ly less than scrubs to raise to matur-
ity; pure-bred dairy cattle cost slight-
ly more.
Only about one-half of the pure-
bred animals in the country eligible
to registration are actually registered.
Pure breds are much more prof-
itable to raise than scrubs, and some-
what more so than grades, the degree
depending on the proportion of pure
blood the grades possess.
About 96 per cent of persons who
give the use of pure-bred sires a fair
trial stick to the general principle of
using them for all classes of stock.
Improving the quality of pure-bred
live stock by rigid culling and by sell-
ing only worthy animals for breeding
purposes is urged and also is being
practiced by progressive farmers.
These statements are based on the
results of a questionnaire inquiry, cov-
ering 45 States, conducted by the
bureau of animal industry, United
States Department of Agriculture.
The purpose was to obtain directly
from farmers information on the cur-
rent trend of the live-stock industry
with respect to the quality of stock.
An analysis of the detailed replies on
653 report forms of three pages each,
supplemented by numerous letters and
Ds comments, shows an un-
mistakable trend toward the raising
of pure-bred animals for utility pur-
poses.
The extent to which pure-breds are
sold as meat animals is seen in the
following figures: Swine, 75.1 per
cent; sheep, 62.2 per cent; cattle, 41.8
per cent. The foregoing figures rep-
resent the records or estimates of |
pure-bred live-stock owners who sell
a considerable proportion of their
pure-bred animals for slaughter. The
weighted average for all classes of
these animals is 62.0 per cent.
The remainder were sold chiefly for
breeding purposes. In this connection
it may be explained that the majority
of persons answering the question-
naire were average progressive farm-
ers rather than professional or es-
pecially skilled breeders. Some told
of their preference for selling their
surplus pure breds only as breeding |
stock, but such owners were in the
minority.
Judging from numerous comments,
the reason for using the market out-
let so extensively, as well as selling
stock for breeding purposes, were the
greater convenience and equally satis-
y | tess’ two initials.
factory returns.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN,
DAILY THOUGHT.
There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had
ears;
Their earth is but an echo. of the spheres.
To keep olicloth from breaking at
the corner over tables, use adhesive
cloth, or paste squares of heavy mus-
lin on wrong side of oilcloth at the
corners.
When pressing wool dresses or
men’s suits the pressing cloth should
be of wool or part wool, for the use of
a woolen pressing cloth will ward off
that shiny look.
A speck of melted butter and a drop
of vanilla added to each cup of cocoa
greatly improves the flavor.
All the leading decorators are again
strongly sponsoring the use of wall
paper, instead of the cold, unfeeling
painted walls that have been in vogue
for several years past. So the ama-
teur decorator has only to pause and
consider her decorating problems, and
she may be sure of finding just what
she wants, in any color, design and
texture.
A few hints to the inexperienced
are in order, however. First, avoid
large patterns for small rooms, as
they tend to make the rooms seem
smaller. In like manner, avoid a very
tiny pattern for a very large room, as
it would appear insignificant.
Avoid grays, greens and blues for
north rooms, or dark rooms, as they
are all cold colors and should be used
only in bright, sunny rooms. In north
rooms they are gloomy, whereas warm
tans, soft yellows and gay flowered
designs with rose, orange or even red
in discreet pattern and amount, make
even dark north rooms seem cheerful.
For living rooms, tan, yellow and
combinations of these are always in-
viting and cheerful. If you have many
pictures to be hung upon the walls,
avoid a distinct design and select in-
stead one of the soft, misty effects
which form such a lovely background.
Bedrooms seem almost to demand
flowers and good cheer, and there is a
wealth of design to select from.
Stripes make a low-ceilinged room
seem higher, but avoid them in a tall
room, for they will only make it seem
taller.
Scenic wall papers demand large
rooms, and it goes without saying that
no pictures are to be hung over such
a paper.
No home-maker, no matter how
modest her dwelling and how small
her income, need pine for a lovely til-
ed bathroom and light, clean-walled
i kitchen, since the glazed tile-effect
| Wall paper so perfectly and so very
i inexpensively reproduces the best tile
| qaulities of light beauty and an easily
| cleanable surface.
{ Do not be afraid that these wall pa-
pers will not stand washing. They
will, not only once, but many times, if
| care is taken not to get them too wet,
! nor to allow any water to get under
ithe seams. Wash them with warm
! soapy water and wipe dry at once.
i Glazed wall paper is really easier to
. wash than a painted wall, on which
the brush strokes always leave tiny
: ridges which hold the dirt and make
washing difficult. The wall paper is
smooth and flat.
Election.—Your idea of a mock elec-
tion as an entertainment for your
guests is a very original one and I
think practical also. It will be espe-
cially appropriate if it takes place in
November. You should have a regis-
tration first when the guests enter the
room, appointing two men who will be
able to do it cleverly. Each person
as he signs his name, should be asked
all sorts of questions—funny ques-
tions, of course—about his personal
history. This will begin the evening
with fun. After the registration, the
electioneering must begin. You
should have an electioneer for each
side—possibly the same two men who
have presided at the registration. Dur-
ing the electioneering there can be
much original fun-making. You can
have some white candles supplied,
with which the two sides can have
torch-light processions, and some of
the members can make speeches, ete.
There should be some funny political
songs and national songs sung by both
sides. At the end the election should
take place, and you should have little
booths made with screens where the
votes may be written.
So beautifully do we provide for the
“stranger within our gates” that a
special brand of towels has been in-
vented for his—or her—special use
and dignified by the name of guest-
room towels.
These are smaller than the usual
variety, intended only for face and
hands and to be supplied fresh every
day. A man guest may consider them
“fingle-fangles,” as one man puts it,
but the woman guest will appreciate
their daintiness and utility.
The special point about them, how-
ever, is the embroidery which decks
their end. Sometimes, to begin with,
they are fringed; but more frequently
they are scalloped with large, deep
scallops and buttonholed. Above this
edging, whichever it may be—and !
even crochet lace is not unknown—ap- |
pears the initial of the mistress of the |
house, or perhaps her monogram.
Owing to the heavy fabric of which |
the towel is made—damask, usually— |
the embroidery, too, is itself solid and
rather heavy. Long, slender letters,
or squat, fat ones, are best—what are
known technically as Venetian or Chi- |
nese - lettering. Solid over-and-over
stitch is in order, outline being rather
out of place, unless, as is sometimes
done, color is employed, in which case
the initial looks rather well in a dou-
; ble outline of red or blue. Where the
guestroom shows in general some
characteristic color the towel embroi-
dery should be in the same shade.
Often these initials are inclosed in
a wreath or inclosure of some sort;
nothing very delicate, of course, so
that it would be out of harmony with
' the lettering. The simple square or
, oblong or the outlined maltese cross is
best. One very pretty towel is edged
with a wall-of-Troy or Greek key de-
sign in heavy buttonholing, and in the
center there is an extra row for a
block or two, which contains the hos-
The World Court---How It Came About.
Written for the Watchman by Mary A. Willcox, Ph. D., Prof. emeritus Wellesley
College.
The ideal of some such means of solving international difficulties as
is afforded by the World Court has been stirring in the minds and hearts
of men since its first recorded proposal in 1305. Gradually gathering
strength and support, it has now become the goal of statesmen and the
hope of the world.
We may perhaps date the modern development of the idea from the
"forties and ‘fifties of the last century. Elibu Burritt, the “learned black-
smith,” in those years made successive trips to Europe—not so easy a
matter as now—interviewing various governments and visiting every
peace conference. The burden of his message was that America had in-
troduced a new element into law. As heretofore one man had been able
to sue another man, so now through the United States Supreme Court,
one independent State could sue another. And if Massachusetts could on
occasion sue Pennsylvania in our Supreme Court surely a court might be
established in which England might be able, if need were, to sue France
or Germany instead of going to war to settle differences. The ideas thus
sown took root and spread more and more widely.
Most quarrels between nations grow out of different beliefs as to
their supposed rights and the suspicions and hatreds due to supposed
wrongs. Wars often begin because neither party quite knows how with-
out humiliation to give up in a controversy.
Some thirty years ago people who had been thinking of the subject
came to the conclusion that if an international tribunal could be estab-
lished made up of able and impartial judges drawn from many different
countries with authority to decide such questions nations would often set-
tle their disputes through its means instead of going to war. If such a
court were once established and commended itself by its conduct to the
people of the world, after a time a universal public opinion would grow
up which would discredit any nation that refused to submit its case to the
court. People would not have to argue out the rights and wrongs of the
dispute; they would agree that the nation which was willing to appeal to
the court was pretty sure to be in the right. :
Such a court after most painstaking discussions and investigations
has now been established. The task was a very difficult one because there
were so many nations differently situated which had to be brought into
agreement in approving the plan. A treaty creating the court was con-
cluded in 1920 and forty-eight nations have now signed it thus becoming
members of the Court.
The United States has always been the foremost advocate of substi-
tuting judicial decision for war. The consent of the Senate is necessary
before this nation can become a member of the Court. This consent was
first asked by President Harding in February, 1923, and though President
Coolidge has since repeated the request, no action has been taken by the
Senate.
Sixteen nations have not yet joined the World Court. They are Abys-
sinia, Afghanistan, Argentines, the Dominican Republic, Equador, Egypt,
Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Irish Free State, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Peru, Russia, Turkey, the United States of America.
COAL SAVING DISCUSSED
BY COLLEGE RESEARCH MAN.
Local owners of coal piles that al-
ready have big holes on the side near-
est the furnace door will welcome re-
sults of observations on the economic
use of fuel soon to be published by
the engineering experiment station at
The Pennsylvania State College. F. G.
Hechler, professor of engineering re-
search, has completed experiments
with fuel savers and for several years
has studied the economic use of hard
and soft coal, coke and oil for house
heating. His results and recommen-
dations are now being printed in bulle-
tin form and when finished copies will
be mailed free upon request to resi-
dents of Pennsylvania. SEE ms
Professor Hechler points out that
less than a quarter of an inch of soot
on the heating surface of a furnace
will reduce the efficiency of that sur-
face seventy per cent.
step in economy he urges clean flues
and heating surfaces, and chimneys | weak 2
clear of obstructing soot. Ability to
keep the heater under control by the !
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use of dampers alone and to keep the |
fire door closed are also important
measures in the saving of fuel. Heat
pipes in the cellar should be entirely
covered with asbestos insulation, for
a square foot of uncovered heat pipe
is capable of robbing the coal pile of
150 pounds during the heating season.
Soft coal gives results only ten or
fifteen per cent. lower than hard coal
and coke, which have about the same ,
‘ ney trouble caused many miserable
-hours and backache was very annoy-
heating value per ton, according to
Professor Hechler. His experience
has shown that any of the fuels gen-
erally obtainable can be burned suc-
cessfully with existing equipment
without alterations, and that with in-
telligent operation the heating values
will not differ greatly. Very deep
fuel beds are necessary with soft coal
and coke.
—Vote for William Groh Runkle for
District Attorney and secure to the
county an experienced man for that
important office.
Centre County the Leader.
Allegheny county has been displac-
ed this year by Centre county as the
leader in the number of students sent
to The Pennsylvania State College.
Allegheny has led the list for nine
years but this fall sent only 831 young
men and women to Penn State, 28 less
than last year. Centre sent 18 more
eae at nate
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this year than last, a total of 364.
Philadelphia county once more stands
third with 253 of its sons and daugh-
ters included in the total of 3,685 stu-
dents in all schools and departments.
The next seven largest representa-
tions are Luzerne, with 171; Lacka-
wanna, 134; Montgomery, 126; Dau-
and Delaware, 90.
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MEDICAL.
Backache is a Warning!
Bellefonte Folks are Learning How to
Heed It.
Are you miserable with an aching
ack? Do you get up lame and stiff;
drag through the day feeling tired,
nd depressed? you
should help your kidneys. Backache
is often the first sign of failing kid-
neys. Urinary troubles quickly fol-
low. Neglected, there’s danger of
gravel, dropsy or fatal Bright's dis-
ease. Don’t wait for serious kidney
sickness! Use Doan’s Pills, a stimu-
lant diuretic to the kidneys, before it
is too late. This Bellefonte resident
tells an experience:
Clyde G. Swartz, Prop. of machine
shop, 242 E. Logan St., says: “Kid-
ing. It became so intense sometimes,
it was hard for me to straighten from
a stooped position. My kidneys were
sluggish, too, and the secretions were
scanty. A languid feeling took away
my energy. Doan’s Pills from Run-
kle’s drug store, straightened me up
in fine shape.”
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Now I'm starting for the store
And I know what I'm sent for.
—Young Mother Hubbard
I can remember two
pounds of round. Mamma
said the butcher man would
know just the cut she want-
ed. He’s thoughtful that way
—and remembers things.
Beezer’s Meat Market
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