Beworra Wain
Bellefonte, Pa., August 13, 1926.
TH SI SES ST.
THE ISLE OF BOREDOM.
As you sail through life take pains and
steer
Away from the island that lies too near—
The isle of boredom, which all men fear.
The island sets up like a shelf of rock,
But woe to the sailor who lands at the
dock
And offers the people a chance to talk.
For they talk all night, and they talk all
day,
And try as you will to get away
They pin you down, and they make you
stay.
They talk of things they have done and
said ;
They talk you awake and they talk you to
bed
Till you almost wish they would talk you
dead.
And the queerest thing and the one to de-
plore
About the dwellers upon that shore—
Not one of them knows that he is a bore.
So steer away from that island shelf
That is governed, they say, by a wicked
elf,
Lest you be a bore and know it yourself.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Youth’s Com-
panion.
BUSINESS WOMEN IN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
“Where women render as efficient
service as men they should receive a
man’s wages,” declared John Ham-
mill, Governor of Iowa, before the
eighth annual meeting -of the Nation-
al Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s Clubs, held at Des
Moines, Iowa, recently, as reported in
the Christian Science Monitor. “Re-
sults obtained, not sex should be the
determining factor in fixing the com-
pensation for services performed,” he
contended. He believed that since
women have become men’s competi-
tors in such a varied field of human
endeavor, their equality should be bas-
ed solely upon achievements.
In her address, “Help Wanted—
Fémale,” Miss Ida Clyde Clarke, of
New York city, declared the best re-
sults follow united endeavor by men
and women rather than sex diserim-
ination. Civic clubs that appeal to
men only are devoid of the broad con-
cept that would result if men and
women met together to consider great
problems. She added:
“Every war is an evidence of man’s
inefficiency, for man is in control of
all the machinery for preventing and
for making war. Women should not
be forced to suffer for man’s incapac-
ity to find some other way out of dif-
ficulties. The genius, the resourceful-
ness, the imagination of the other half
of the human race should be applied
before the entire race is dragged down
into the wreckage of war. ;
“Such things as taxes and the tar-
iff are just as much the concern of
women as they are the concern of
men. At present I consider that the
organization that has the greatest op-
portunity to be the leading organiza-
tion in America within the next de-
cade, if it lives up to its name and its
opportunities, is the Parent-Teachers’
Association, because it is composed of
both men and women and because it
has a concrete purpose and a funda-
mental one. So long as we contine
to work in sex groups—men here,
women there—so long are we going to
perpetuate and emphasize sex antag-
onism.
“Men are just as kind-hearted as
women are and just as much interest-
ed in helping humanity. Women have
no corner on tenderness. I find noth-
ing on the programs of woman’s clubs
that is not the concern of men, too.
So let us get together in the interest
of efficiency, and put the world on the
same basis of co-operation that the
home is on.
“No real progress is going to be
possible so long as half the race is on
the inside looking out. Business and
professional women have come to be a
very important element in the busi-
ness of the world and they should-as-
sume their rightful place in the equa-
tion and stay there.”
Over 5,000 representative business
women attended this convention.
Has Car for Each 8
Clea field Co.,
: Persons.
There were 13,448 automobiles or
one for every 8 persons in Clearfield
county, owned in this county last year,
according to the first official report of
the State Highway Department, show-
ing the number of automobiles in the
State and in various divisions, which
has just been made public. No rec-
ords for 1926 have yet been compiled.
Clearfield county ranks twenty-
ninth on the list with its 13,448 cars
in 1925. The owners paid $208,908
for registration and other fees dur-
ing the year, this county also ranks
twenty-ninth in the amount of cash
- turned over to the State Highway De-
partment.
Philadelphia county led the State in
number of motor cars with 214,972
and $3,339,569 paid in registeration
and other fees. Allegheny county
ranked second with 180,049 cars and
$2,798,419 in receipts.
Clearfield county as usual leads the
cluster of which it is the center. Cam-
eron county is last in the list with
676 cars and $10,402 receipts. Jeffer-
son county had 8777 cars registered
and paid in $136,214, Indiana county
surpassed that with 12,896 cars and
$200,274 paid in. Elk county had 4,-
519 cars for which registration and
other fees amounted to $70,105. Cen-
ter county’s record was 8,226 cars
and $127,456, while Clarion county
had just one car less 8,225 and fees
$127,443.—From the Houtzdale Citi- |' Wh
zen.
——The secret of radio howling has
been discovered. Not by a scientist,
either, but by a plain father. Radio,
he explains, is in its infancy.
—
Lowly Attic, “Orphan of the House,”
Comes to the Front.
The lowly attic, most abused spot
in the home, is about to take on a new
dignity, says the Celotechnic Institute
of America. Advanced building meth-
ods forecast a bright future for this
“orphan of the house.” .
The attic of tomorrow, according to
the Institute, will go far beyond to-
day’s attic in the variety of uses of
which it will be adapted. The pres-
ent-day attic, if utilized at all for
other purposes than storage, contains
a little used room or two, and the dis-
comfort of summer heat and winter
cold is accepted by most people as a
matter of course. The perfection by
science of a new insulating lumber
gives promise of changing all this.
Heretofore, roofs built of ordinary
materials served as a point of attack
for the sun’s rays in hot weather and
allowed furnace heat to leak out in
cold weather, making it almost impos-
sible to keep the attic rooms comfort-
able. Now the same attics can be
lined with the new insulating lumber
which sheds the heat of summer and
the cold of winter, and opens the at-
tic for sleeping rooms, play rooms,
workshop and a myriad of other uses.
Thus a new dignity is brought to a
much-maligned spot in the home, and
opens for every-day use space other-
wise useless. This new development
also brings a very material saving in
fuel.
Bagasse or crushed sugar cane fibre
from the mills of the South is the ma-
terial that goes
this man-made lumber, according to
the Institute. Previous to the discov-
ery of its insulating qualities in
walls, floors, ceiling and roof, tons of
this waste material were to be found
piled around the mills waiting for dis-
posal, as a poor grade of fuel.
Holding the Japanese Beetle.
In far away Japan the “Popillia ja-
ponica’ may be just a common, every-
day beetle, but when this creature in
1916 traveled 7,000 miles from its na-
tive haunts to New Jersey, the “Jap-
anese Beetle” suddenly found its im-
portance in a strange land. Safe from
its native parasitic enemies, the ori-
ental insect increased in numbers
from a few to billions—spread into
three States, broke into page one
headlines in metropolitan newspapers,
alarmed farmers and aroused scien-
tists. Now the pest is featured on the
motion picture screen by the United
States Department of Agriculture in
its new educational film, “Holding the
Japanese Beetle.” .
Scenes in the new film depict the in-
troduction of the pest into the United
States, visualize its life history, show
examples of the damage it has done
to fruit trees, various plants and turf
—and emphasize measures of control
developed by Federal and State De-
partments of Agriculture. Among
the various features are close-ups
showing three hundred beetles attack-
ing a single apple hanging from the
tree; animated drawings tracing the
progress of the beetle grubs during
the ten months they live in the soil;
the Dexiid fly, a parasite imported
from Japan to help man fight the bee-
tle; the spraying of orchards with
coated arsenate of lead to prevent
beetle damage; the treatment of turf
with carbon bisulphide solution to kill
grubs, and the enforcement of crop
quarantine laws to help prevent the
spread of the beetle.
“Holding the Japanese Beetle” was
photographed in New Jersey, Penn-
sylvania and Delaware in co-operation
with the departments of agriculture
of those States. It is one reel in
length. Copies may be borrowed for
short periods, or may be purchased at
the laboratory charge.
Henry Shoemaker Heads Alpinists.
McElhattan, Pa.—The Pennsylvania
Alpine club met at Shoemaker’s Park
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July
23, 24 and 25, with two hundred Al-
pinists and friends present from Al-
toona, State College, Hollidaysburg,
Lock Haven, Jersey Shore, Woolrich,
Williamsport, Chambersburg, Potts-
town, Loganton and Mifflinburg.
Delightful camp fire gatherings
were enjoyed Friday and Saturday
nights. On Friday night the Alpinists
were the guests of Col. Henry W.
Shoemaker, around the fire. Delicious
refreshments were served.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Col.
Shoemaker; Vice-President, Col.
Lloyd, Williamsport; Second Vice-
President, Harry McGraw, Altoona,
Secretary-Treasurer, Phil Crouse, Al-
toona. E
Miss Madaline Wright and Mrs.
Marie Phillips, of State College, were
among the Alpinists at Shoemaker
Park over the week end.
Woeodlots in Demand as Picnic
Grounds.
During August the picnic season is
on in full swing and the farmer own-
ing a splendid grove of big trees
should think twice before consigning
it to the possible ravages of picnic
crowds, say State College forestry ex-
tension specialists.
The handsome groves of years ago
where most of the community was ac-
customed to gather for outings are
rapidly disappearing, and the farmer
now owning one in a good location is
indeed fortunate. Then they could
be used for the asking, but today just
ordinary second growth woodlots have
a price tag fixed on them for a day’s
picnic use, and engagements must be
made months in advance.
There is opportunity for satisfac-
tion and pride in the ownership of a
grove of real old trees, and besides, a
very satisfactory annual return may
be obtained which will compensate the
owner well for his foresightedness.
She—1 heard some one yell “fowl.”
ere are the feathers?
He—Oh, this game is between two
picked teams.
“How do these love triangles usu~-
ally end?”
“They usually turn into triangles.”
into the making of
Changes in Thought
Aids to Progression
Most" men are like a book. They
constantly give expression to the same
thoughts. They add no new chapters
to their lives. Read them backward
or forward, they say the same thing.
They wonder why it is that their
progress is so slow. It rarely occurs
to them that they have allowed them-
selves to become as books. They have
been diligent in their efforts to ad-
vance, but it has been along the same
old beaten paths, the lines of least
resistance.
A wise man abhors the idea of be-
coming a book. He has no. vainglori-
ous desire to go on record. He has
no wish to be bound by precedent.
His resolve is to maintain an un-
biased mind in order that he may de-
cide upon each new issue according
to the complexities of the occasion.
Many believe it to be a mark of
weakness to forsake a long-established
opinion. They hold some opinions so
long that they eventually come to
look upon them as facts. But a fact
today often becomes obsolete tomor-
row. Absolute truth alone is un-
changeable, but no man is ever likely
to attain this goal.—J. H. Barringer.
in Forbes Magazine.
Add One Thing More
to Wonders of Radio
‘R. M. sends us the ‘story of a young
bride ‘who asked her husband to copy
off a radio ‘recipe she wanted, says
the Boston Transcript. He did his
best but got two stations at once, one
of which was broadcasting the morn-
ing exercises and the other the recipe.
This is what he took down:
“Hands on hips, place one cup ot
flour on the shoulders, raise knees
and depress toes and mix thoroughly
in ont-half cupful of milk. Repeat six
times. Inhale quickly one-half tea-
spoonful of baking powder, lower the
legs and mash two hard-boiled eggs in
a sieve. Exhale, breathe naturally
and sift into a bowl.
“Attention! Lie flat on the floor
and roll the white of an egg backward
and forward until it comes to a boil.
In ten minutes remove from the fire
and rub smartly with a rough towel.
Breathe naturally, dress in warm
flannels and serve with fish soup.”
. Accidents of Nature
Great voices are rare and undoubt:
edly owe thelr wonderful purity : of
tone to an accidental combination of
those physical characteristics which
lead to the production of song. The
human musical instrument, though
built of living tissues, resembles in
structure the reed organ pipe fitted
with a vox humana stop. In both
cases the note depends on the vibra-.
tions of a column of air produced in
the organ by a reed and in the vdice
by the vocal cords. The human ‘air
chamber corresponding to the organ
pipe is composed of the larynx and the
bronchial system beneath it. The
throat, mouth and nasal cavities form
the resonators which, by alternation
in shape and size, are able to pick
out and emphasize component parts of
the fundamental tones produced in
the larynx. The lungs form the bel-
lows which produce the upward blast
of air, and upon their gpality depends
the loudness of the voice.
World’s Pipe Smokers
In the Far East pipe decoration con:
stitutes an honored branch of art and
the most eminent of designers, of carv-
ers, of etchers, of lacquerers, enamel-
ers and metal workers may contribute
their quota to the embellishment not
alone of pipes, but also of the tinder
boxes, tobacco boxes and pipe cases
that are associated with them. The
predilection of these races for delicate
shape and size has had its influence on
the pipe-forms of other nations with
whom they have been brought into
contact, as, for example, on those of
the imos and Red Indians. In
northern Siberia, where the Tungus
race have made a home, the native
pipe shows marked Chinese character-
istics, including the small bore, which
contributes to the slow: consumption
of the scarce weed.
Fern’s Long History
The fern is one of the oldest of land
plants and its fossil remains are
known in abundance from the Paleo-
zoic era of geologic time, 100,000,000
years ago. Ferns were especially nu-
merous during the Carboniferous pe-
riod when hundreds of feet of thelr
solidified remains were deposited to
form the present-day coal beds,
around which the industrial progress
of modern civilization largely centers.
Among the few living representatives
of these very old types are the flower-
ing ferns, a small but widespread
group, and the Maratticeae, which is
now confined to a small number of
species found only in tropical regions.
In addition to these very old types
there are today about 8,000 species of
ferns known.
Think of That
“Wow! Of all the trouble” ex
claimed an exasperated clerk at a
cigar stand In a downtown office build-
ing. “A full-grown man just came up
to use the pay telephone. When he
came out of the booth he wanted me
to refund his nickel. He said he called
the number of some folks who had
lived at a certain address a year ago
and found they had moved away. He
said the party that answered the tele-
phone told him so. And he demanded
his money back. He was mad because
1 wouldn't give it to him. Highway
robbery, he sald. Can you imagine
that I”"—Detroit News.
’
Convict Colony Like
Abode of the Damned
Mother Mary's island, the largest of
three small islands about 200 miles off
the coast of Mexico, appears to the
voyager like an ideal spot, a tropic
paradise blessed by nature with un-
bounded fruitfulness, where life
should be easy, untroubled and luxuri-
ous. But instead it is the Devil's
Island of Mexico, a penal colony, and
all of its 2,000 inhabitants except the
governor and his 80 guards and sol-
diers, are convicted criminals, des-
perate men, lost souls, chafing against
captivity fron which there is no er
cape.
Most of the men have criminal rec-
ords which, in other lands, would
have sent them to the gallows or elec-
tric chair, and these are without hope
of release save that of death, for none
has managed to get away, though
many have tried, says the Los Angeles
Times.
A life sentence on the island is
dreaded even more than the death sen-
tence. This is because escape is im-
possible, for man-eating sharks
abound in the surrounding waters
and make the work of the guards com-
paratively easy. Those who have at-
tempted to get away by swimming to
freedom have served only to whet the
appetites of the lurking monsters,
Good Rules on Which
to Base Conversation
Every: one desires to be well liked
by his friends and associates. Almost
a hundred years ago the Youth’s Com-
panion printed some advice to its
young readers on that subject, which
is just as much to the point today o-
it was then.
Be not always speaking of yourself.
Be not forward. Listen when spoken
to. Avoid old sayings and vulgarisms.
Be choice in your compliments. Com-
mand your temper and your counte-
nance. Never acknowledge an enemy
or see an affront if you can help it.
Doubt him who swears to the truth of
a thing. Dare be singular in a right
cause; be not ashamed to refuse.
Never appear to be in a hurry. Neg-
lect not an old acquaintance. Make
no one in company feel his inferiority.
Talk not long at a time. Tell no long
or doubtful stories. Hold no one by
the button when speaking. Forestall
not a slow speaker. Say not all you
think. Give not your advice unasked.
Remember few jokes will bear repeat-
ing. Learn the character of the com-
pany before you say much.
Old Bill of Exchange
The oldest copy of a formal bill ot
exchange known to be in existence, at
present, according to the periodical
the Market for Exchange, is one dated
“at Milan on March 9, 1825, and runs in
the original as follows :
“Pagate per questa prima litera (let.
era) a di IX. Ottobre*a Luca de Goro
Lib. XLV. Sono per la valute qui da
Marco Reno, al tempo 11 pagate e
ponete a mio conto e R. che Christo vi
guarde Bonromeo de Bonromei de Mi-
lano IX. de’ Marzo, 1325.” Or, in Eng-
lish:
“Pay for this first bill of exchange,
on the 9th day of October. to Luca
Goro 45 livres; they are for value re-
ceived here from Marco Reno; at the
time of maturity pay the same to my
account, thanking you, may Christ pro-
tect you. Bonromeo de Bonromei of
Milan, the 9th of March, 13825.”
Guard Against Fire
More than 15,000 lives are lost an-
aually by fire in the United States,
the statisticians declare. At least
that number of persons are seriously
injured. It has been estimated that
65 per cent of these fires occur in
homes, and the greatest percentage of
the victims are women and children.
The majority of fires could be pre-
sented in their inciplency if proper
methods of extinguishing them were
at hand. There is a growing need for
every household to be equipped with
some form of fire extinguishers.
There should be one at hand on each
floor. While the fire department is
rushing to the scene there are always
a few minutes in which the occupants
can do something to put out the blaze.
City Financially Easy
fez. the “Holy City of Islam in Af
rica,” boasts of being a city which
owes nobody, has no municipal or
other debts, and has never raised a
loan either at home or abroad. Its
budget in 1925 amounted to 5,500,000
francs entirely covered by revenues,
from taxation and the sale of conces-
sions. Si Mohammed Tazy, pasha of
the region of Fez, is also mayor of the
city and every city document must
bear his signature. The city govern-
ment is composed of three distinct ma-
nicipal commissions—Moslem, Jewish
and French.
Aa and Zythos Enrolled
Though the name Aaron Aarons
asually is the first name on any al-
phabetical list in which it appears, the
roster of the Australian forces which
went overseas during the World war
started off with the leader of all lists.
It was the name of a half-caste is-
lander who had enlisted with the ‘Dig-
gers’ and bore the simple name of Aa.
The last name on the same list was
Zythos.
World Really All Right
The boy who everybody said a few
years ago was going to the dogs is
today the man who says other boys
are going there. Too many men forget
which way they were once headed be-
fore they came tc their senses and
started anew.—Grit.
| FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
| DAILY THOUGHT.
The man who does not at least propose
to himself to be better this year than he
was last, must be either very good or very
bad indeed! And only to propose to be
better is something; if nothing else it is
‘an acknowledgement of our need to be so,
which is the first step toward amendment.
' —Charles Lamb.
The hat which made such a sensa-
tion at the Auteuil races is a debonair
model of supreme Austrian velours,
soft as a summer breeze and silky of
texture and in flattering colorings.
This exquisite felt is made up in the
i French fashion, right on the head, or
i one may see it in finished form. It’s
the hat Paris is wearing right now.
The fact of it is that this is a sweat-
er year and in it the golf sweater oc-
cupies an exceedingly limited, though
rarefied, area. The sweater which has
really taken is the slip-on and among
such slip-ons none occupies a more ex-
alted position than the striped ones
often associated with Patou’s sweat-
er-like jumpers of wool jersey. These
latter, by the way, are still worn by
even the most fashionable spirits.
They have, however, relinquished
some of their former authority in fa-
vor of the plain ordinary slip-on.
I have dwelt lovingly upon the har-
mony which exists between the pres-
ent day sweater and its skirt. Once
. more, however, I shall mention that
“no longer is this garment a foundling
upon the doorstep of a wardrobe. It
has come in with a flourish of attend-
ants. Nowadays the former waif has
not only a skirt which echoes it in col-
or and often in trimming but occa-
sionally a knotted silk kerchief that is
equally obsequious.
Here, in fact, is one of the latest
notes in the sweater world. Comes a
white sweater banded in pencil blue.
i Then comes also a white silk handker-
' chief banded in the same blue and
knotted carelessly around the throat.
Oh yes, we are certainly whole-heart-
ed in our matching these days.
This has been a summer of sleeves,
collars and superlatives. Everything
is very this or very that. Sleeves, as
every one knows, are very important
this year, and one further learns that
, they are very soft, very short or very
i long, sometimes very full, occasional-
ly very close, many times very much
embroidered—in any case very inter-
esting. When collars are discussed,
which is practically all the time in
style centers, one hears that they are
, very original, very flattering, very
much given to ends and bows. Speak-
ing of bows, it is their summer too.
The accent this season is on soft-
ness. Curved lines, blousing, shir-
rings, tiny tucks, plaits, loose panels,
flares, and things of that sort all ca-
ter to this effect until the frock is a
soft and feminine thing. Light and
airy it makes the most of motion,
blowing easily about, flying ribbon
ends, fluttering full skirts and color-
ing the landscape with prints, plaids
and polka dots. :
i Red is doing its best and brightest
' to make this a gay sedson along with
black and white, navy blue and white,
a new yellow called “sunni,” crayon-
blue, mint-green, June rose, chart-
reuse and orchid. Tangerine is chic
with a white, canary and jade print;
violet and geranium colors are used !
on sand, and peacock and Nile green
make a print that is unusually lovely.
—From The Delineator.
The Craze for Reducing.— Women
who use weight tables blindly, reduc-
ing, without the advice of their phy-
sicians, to weights which may be way
below the healthy weights for them,
are taking grave liberties with them-
selves.
There are of course hundreds,
thousands of women who ought to re-
. duce. They should find out the pr¢p-
er weight for them by having a doc-
tor’'s examination, and then they
should follow whatever diet the doc-
tor recommends until that weight is |
reached. :
i After all, it is not the woman of
mature years with whom we are prin-
_cipally concerned. It is the growing
girl. A girl who because she is re- |
ducing, gives her candy to her mother
instead of eating it herself, may
be a Spartan, but she is almost sure
to be underweight, and in her case
that means undernourished, because
she is probably cutting out not only
"candy but other body-building foods,
which means that she is more liable
to disease. She has definitely lowered
her powers of resistance. She will be
lacking in the quality of endurance.
i The girl of today is more apt to fall
: back on her “nerve” and put her task
| over by sheer force of will, but nerve
is very apt to become “nerves” when
overworked, and “nerves” punish like
"a relentless fate.
The girl who by wrong postures
and insufficient food has managed to
reach the fashionable goal, where her
hips measure less than her bent shoul-
ders, may accomplish motherhood;
but it will be a hard and perilous bus-
iness for her, and her children are not
mean to suggest that the girl of to-
day is the heartless and shallow crea-
| ture that her detractors portray, but
' medical science, educators, parents,
even employers, must join in getting
over to young women the knowledge
that by extreme reducing, or reducing
by unscientific methods, they are do-
ing themselves an irreparable injury.
When reliable figures and advice to
accompany them are available, as an
outcome of the researches started by
the recent Adult Weight Conference,
every possible effort should be made
to bring such facts to the attention of
these slender daughters, so lovable
and so beloved.—From The Delinea-
tor.
Chicken Gumbo.—One chicken, half
cupful of saltpork fat, two sliced on-
ions, three cupfuls of strained toma-
toes, one teaspoonful of sassafras
powder, 14 okra pods sliced, a little
salt and red pepper. Dress the fowl
and cut in pieces for serving. Put the
pork fat into a frying pan; when hot
!‘add onion, seasoned chicken and cook
| until fowl is brown and tender; add
, remaining ingredients and cook for
one and a half hours.
to be envied. Not for a moment do I |
FARM NOTES.
—During warm weather cans of
milk should be stirred or shaken just
before loading on truck or car to
avoid churning on the road.
—Next year’s strawberry crop de-
pends upon the care the bed receives
this summer and fall. Keep the
plants growing vigorously by thor-
ough cultivation.
—Growing pullets need plenty of
room and fresh air if they are to con-
tinue to develop normally. Opening
the colony houses and putting in plen-
ty of perches will give plenty of fresh
air and sufficient room for the grow-
ing pullets.
—A cover crop should be sown in
the cultivated orchard, say Pennsyl-
vania State College fruit specialists.
This may consist of oats and crimson
clover, buckwheat, rye and vetch, mil-
let or whatever cover crop does best
in your particular section.
—Cows in milk should be well fed
at this time of year to guard against
a rapid decline in production. A good
grain mixture for cows on short pas-
ture is 200 pounds corn meal, 200
pounds bran, 100 pounds linseed oil
meal, 100 pounds cottonseed meal.
—During hot weather watch the
dairy calves and keep them growing.
They are quite susceptible to changes
in feed and weather. Better not turn
them on pasture under four months
of age, and see that they have plenty
of good feed, fresh water, and shade.
—Proper grooming, especially in
the evenings, is often overlooked in
the care of the work horse. Frequent
watering assists the horse to endure
the hot weather. Give the horses a
drink the last thing before going to
bed as the night is long and hot in
many stables.
—Poultrymen who are raising a
large number of pullets can reduce
the labor and time needed in taking
care of the growing stock by locating
the colony houses 100 feet apart in
the form of a square. This shortens
the distance to be traveled in caring
for the pullets.
—Don’t forget to take good care of
old Dobbin’s shoulders as the hot
weather grows hotter. Be sure the
collar fits without being “bushed’”
with a series of pads. Keep the face
of the collar free from dirt and hair.
Wipe it off at night with a cloth.
Scraping with a knife will roughen it.
—Many hogs suffer from lack of
water during the hot, dry days of
summer. If the swine are watered in
open troughs, these should be filled
with fresh water several times daily.
A -cheap and efficient watering device
may be made by attaching an iron
trough, with float valve, costing about
three dollars, to an old vinegar barrel.
—Possibility of great losses to the
potato crop of Pennsylvania is seen
in the increasing numbers of potato
aphis found in many sections of the
State. They are green, soft bodied,
sucking insects which at certain
stages are also pink in color. They
are showing in sufficient number as to
indicate a possible general out-break.
Watch for them. . If they appear add
one pint of nicotine sulphate to 100
gallons of Bordeaux spray. The
spray must be applied thoroughly,
making sure that the tips and under
sides of the leaves are covered.
! —In addition to the question of vi-
. tamins, there is still another recent
discovery in the science of animal
| feeding which promises to bring about
just as radical changes in our feed
practices. It has been known for
many years that the feeding of cereal
grains and other substances low in
mineral matter or ash was not only
uneconomical but in many cases was
dangerous. Very little thought was
given to this question, but of late
years the conclusion has been reached
by the leading nutrition experts that
this was due to the low mineral mat-
ter as ash content of such feeds.
i Practically all grains and carbohy-
| drate feeds are low in mineral matter
{ or ash, while the protein feeds are un-
usually rich in them. This accounts
for the fact that protein feeds have
, met with such universal success in the
usual. feeding rations.
—Cottonseed meal may be used
' profitably in the fattening of beef
. cattle for market, and only fat cattle
will pay returns to the feeder.
“In feeding beef cattle, we must
take advantage of certain facts, then
give attention to the details,” says
| Prof. R. S. Curtis of the animal hus-
| bandry department at the North Car-
olina State College. “One of these
facts is that the staple fattening food
for beef cattle is a nitrogenous one
which normally produces growth rath-
er than fat. But this cottonseed meal
is a good fat producer if fed properly,
and from 75 to 85 per cent. of its fer-
tilizing value is incorporated in the
manure. The other fact is that to sell
beef cattle profitably, they must be
fat”
Professor Curtis states that people
do not like fat beef and - sometimes
compel the butcher to trim off part of
the fat; yet, the fact remains that to
properly condition a beef animal, he
must be fat, and naturally there is
some surplus deposited in certain
places, as over the back, the loins,
ribs and intestines.
A steer may be put in condition by
using cottonseed meal as the concen-
trate. The steer must never be al-
lowed to get off feed but should be
started off on one pound of cottonseed
meal per day, supplemented by all the
roughage he will consume. Professor
Curtis points out that cattle have four
stomachs, and if they are to get
everything out of their feed, there
must be a sufficient amount of rough-
age to fill the paunch reasonably full
each day.
Professor Curtis suggests that one
pound of cottonseed meal be used with
five pouncs of hulls or more to start
with. Gradually increase this amount
of cottonseed meal during a 30-day
period until each animal is getting
one pound of the meal to each 100
pounds of live weight. This can eas-
ily be figured out and the increase
made gradually about two or three
times each week until the full amount
is being fed. Steers should be fed
twice each day and the troughs kept
clean and sweet.