mn Eid " p—— n a. ON mm—————————e———————— A RR ——— TT ad BA da , ¥s, > ts o = Be jk tai a ~ ' i ¢ is friends, d then he turned | -DON"ES FOR.THE HUNTERS ~~ FARM N From time to time he impatiently | peeling off a five-dollar bill and two with his friends, and then he 1 S THE E : wiped away with the back of his | ones. SE ~~ to “the "old man. “We will be back Don't £ X license rn — Sergeant Brown inside of twenty minutes,” he n't forget your hunting license = —Cut a poor tree when it is young hand tears which persisted in trick- ling down his face and into his cious. a = : beard. “Carline 'ill be turrible dis- | “Step right up, gentlemen, and buy Bellefonte, Pa., November 22, 1929 app’inted;” and he" choked. “She your : ving turkeys,” - cried ————— worked tremenjous hard raisin’ ‘em. | Sturgis. “Forty cents a pound, and THANKSGIVING EVE 1—I guess we won't have very much worth fifty!” : to be thankful for this Thanksgiv- in’.” . E The time came when Ephriam thought himself of the expedient of disposing of the turkeys at retail The thought cheered him up some- how. his horse about, he drove out to the main street of the city. Knowing nothingof city reg- ulations, he did not secure a peddler’s license as required by law. not ‘long before an officer who chanced that way asked to see his license. “1.1 ain't got no license, Mister,” replied Ephriam. “All I've got is these few turkeys. I won't bother nobody.” Then he told the police- man of the trouble he had run into. The officer was human, very hu- man. a kindly hand upon the old man’s shoulder, he told him to proceed with his . “If any officer asks you about a license, tell ‘Hand in hand through the city street, .As the chilly November twilight fell, Two childish figures walk up and down— ‘The bootblack Teddie and his sister Nell. With wistiful eyes they peer in the shops, “Where dazzling lights from the windows shine «On golden products from farm and field And luscious fruits from every clime. “0, Teddie,” said Nell, ‘let's play for tomorrow “These things are ours, and let's suppose ‘We can choose whatever we want to eat, dt might come true, perhaps, who knows?" ‘Two pinched little faces press the pane, And eagerly plan for the morrow feast Of dainties their lips will never touch, Fergetting their hunger, awhile at least. The pavement was cold for shoeless feet, Ted's jacket was thin; he shivered and said, him that Sergeant Brown told you “Let's go to a place and choose some | it was all right for this once” he clothes.” said in parting. “Agreed!” said Nell, and away they sped. To a furrier's shop, ablaze with light, In whose fancied warmth they place their “Nice tender turkeys!” called Eph- riam as the officer went on his way. “Fresh-kiled turkeys only thutty hands, cents a pound! They're all weighed And played their scanty garments are | an’ marked! Good, honest weight. chagged Only thutty cents a pound!” For softest fur from far-off lands. The passers-by occasionally paus- ed, but with a toss of the head or an “A grand Thanksgiving we'll have!” cried | jn3ylgent smile passed on. The while Nell; i "Thess make-believe things seem almost Jd Bp igs oy eallsout a thes, e; broke a bit. The time came when he dropped the price to twenty-five cents, which was about half the market retail figure for prime birds. The low price coupled with the dis- colored skins militated against the sale of the turkeys. The public in general was suspicious of the birds. For more than three heart-breaking hours did poor Ephriam stand at his post, but it was all to no purpose. Ashamed of the tears which finally began to trickle down his cheeks, he left his wagon and walked down a side street, hoping to master his emotions. “I—I guess I'm beat,” he faltered. “Might jest as well push on toward home.” Down the street from the adjacent I've most forget bow hungry I was, And, Teddie, I'm almost warm, aren't you?” O happy hearts, that rejoice today In all the bounty the season brings, Have pity on those who vainly strive To be warmed and fed with imaginings! —— Gr ————— “THE KING-PIN OF ALL.” There was a broad smile on Eph- riam Pooler’'s face as he drove into the yard. That smile expanded as his wife came from the house to wel- come him. “Mr. Reed’ll take the hull on ‘em, Car’-line,” explained Ephriam as he tossed the reins across the horse's back. “Thutty-five cents a pound | college strode half a dozen seniors. dressed. I call that purty good, | They were in none too cheerful a Car’line,” mood, for Thanksgiving away from their respective homes was upper- most in their minds. “I feel like bit- ing somebody's ear off,” growled Bartholomew Sturgis, one of the aforesaid seniors. “I thought for sure I would eat my Thanksgiving ' dinner at home.” “Well don’t bite mine off, Bart,” | laughingly said Jim Perkins, one of ‘his chums. “I might want to use it some day.” Presently they neared Ephriam’s , wagon, to which the old man had ' just returned. | “Turkeys, nice fat turkeys!” Only and his wife. There were twenty twenty cents a pound! Nice fat—" turkeys to be killed and dressed, | Ephriam’s voice broke again and which was no small number consid- his cry ended in a sob. ering that the old couple were nov- “Look at the old hayseed crying.” vices at the work. True, Mr. Pool- , exclaimed Perkins. “Something has er during his lifetime had killed and gone wrong with him, evidently.” dressed considerable poultry; but it = “TI guess he is out of luck, boy,” had been almost entirely for home whispered Sturgis. “Those are pret- use, and he knew nothing about the ty rock-looking turks.’ ’ fing art of killing and dressing for “Nice turkeys! Only twenty cents the market. He went at it in the a pound. They'll eat fust-rate. old-fashioned way—chopped the tur- Twenty cents a—a pound!” key’s heads off, and dipped the birds | Sturgis suddenly strode forward, in scalding hot water. The feathers and took a sharp look at the birds. came off very easily, of course, and Ephriam turned to him, the corners for a time, a few hours, the tur- of his mouth twitching. “I killed keys looked very handsome; but the 'em yesterday,” he said with pathetic ensuing morning told a far different eagerness. They'll eat fust rate.” “That is just splendid, Eph,” cried Mrs. Pooler, “All that I have been counting on was about thirty cents a pound for the turkeys. When does he want them?” “He told me I might as well fetch ’em in the day before Thanksgivin'. Said he had quite a lot ordered for the fust o’ the week. We'll dress ’em on Tuesday, an’ I'll start for the city with ’em bright an’ early Wednesday mornin’. Ought to be home by ear- ly afternoon.” The ensuing Tuesday proved to be a busy day with both Mr. Pooler * Jack Whipple arrived on the scene, and promptly purchased a big he sai be- | bird, seven dollars and ten ‘Sturgis askance. “Guess yeou know sompin’ ’bout sellin’ turkeys, young man,” chuck- led Ephriam in Sturgis’s ear. “Guess I wasn’t goin’ at it right.” Little by little a crowd gathered close to the wagon. About every-. body was grinning, but there was no buying, save the college hoys. There were those who joshed Sturgis; and be it said that he was quick with his replies, good-natured shots which kept the on-lookers laughing. When the time came when Perkins returned and purchased a second turkey, Sergeant Brown dropped in- to step with him as he was hasten- ing away toward the Salvation Army barracks. “What's the idea?” he questioned. “We're not stealing them,” swered Perkins with a laugh. “No, it is very plain that you are paying for them,” replied the officer; “put it is a bit hazy what you boys are up to.” “A case of helping the old man out,” said Perkins seriously. “Bart Sturgis, the whitest boy in college, = out the scheme; and we're helping it along. These turkeys are being landed down to the Salvation Army barracks. I guess those who get them tomorrow will not mind if the birds are as spotted asa coach- og.” z “Ill say they won't, young man,” exclaimed the officer. “The old man was certainly up against a stiff prop- osition until you boys showed up. I felt sorry for him.” Meanwhile Sturgis was doing a lively business for it was not far to the Salvation Army barracks, and the boys were making fast trips be- tween the wagon and the said bar- racks. The while did Ephriam look on with bulging eyes. A grin had developed on his lined face, a grin which expanded with each sale. He stood there rubbing his hands to- gether, almost beside himself with excitement. Finally the last turkey was dis. posed of, and then Sturgis made a cents for it. Sergeant Brown still eyed ‘was still _* here t 1 | | | hasty settlement with the old mat. “I—I can’t eyes, young man,” skeecely believe my exclaimed Eph- riam as he smoothed out the big pile “I—I don’t know just what : of bills. to say to ye. amiss, lars?” “Shucks!” laughed Sturgis. W-would ye take it it. am glad that I happened along. Put the money in your pocket. I was I to pay you ten dol- { | “We will ride outwith urgis who ph | “I—I'm wonder- red. you.” Half-way out to Westfield Eph- riam turned to St seated beside him. in’ what ye did with them turkeys,” d. “Well, I'll tell you,” replied Stur- | s. “We boys make it a point to help out the Salvation Army each’ Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the thought occurred to us that those birds would work in mighty ' handily. Just for a joke I took it into my head to sell them to my friends.” “It—it wasn’t no joke to me,” re- marked Ephriam rather huskily. “I was feelin’ purty bad ’bout the time ye-ou showed up. My wife raised them turkeys, an’ I knew jest how bad she'd feel if I came back with em. They didn’t look very good, an’ nobody seemed to want to buy.” “I knew they were excellent birdy the moment I saw them,” declared Sturgis. “As I said before, I am glad that we chanced along; and now that we are to have a real Thanksgiving dinner I am doubly glad.” It was about three o'clock the fol- lowing day that Ephriam, his wife, and their guests stood about the Thanksgiving dinner-table, the same graced by a wonderful turkey which was cooked to a turn, a turkey din- ner with “all the fixin’s.”” Ephriam bowed his head, and stood with clos- ed eyes. “Dear Lord,” he said, “I— I feel that I have—genuwine cause for thankfulness.” He could not go on. For a moment he stood there, his chin wabbling. “Amen,” he murmur- ed huskily. That proved to be the most en- joyable occasion, but perhaps the most joyous part of all was the ride that evening back to college. It was very warm for the season, and Mrs. Pooler rode on the seat beside her husband. On improvised seats in the body of the wagon were the stu- dents. From the itme they left the farm unitl the college campus was reached the young men sang innum- erable college songs, to the great de- light of the old couple. Homeward bound, Ephriam drove with the reins in his right hand the greater part of the distance; his left arm encircled his wife’s waist even as it had unduobtedly in the old court- ing-days. Away from the glare of the city’s lights he bent over and kissed her. “Car'line,” he said, ‘“Car’line, this Thanksgivin’ has been the king-pin o’all.”—The Reformatory Record. A MEMORIAL TO GORGAS By an article in the current issue of the Red Cross Courier discussing “I've | the late William Crawford Gorgas, had ten dollar's worth of fun out of | the famous army surgeon and health expert, it is pointed out the fact that Gorgas will never lack a mon- “Wall, all I can say, then, young | yment as long as the Panama Canal man is God bless ye!” cried the old | continues in operation. man fervently. And, when “I jest hope that yoy stop to think about it, what finer ye'll have as happy a Thanksgivin' memorial could a man want? as me. I'm that happy I could shout for joy.” Night was fast approaching; Ephriam shortly mounted to seat of his wagon, and clucked to the old horse. “An’ I was plumb | beat,” he murmured as he started for eryone. home. “Thet was the smartest young man I ever see. Maybe it was ‘cause he got ’em to laffin” thet he done so well,” The time came when Ephriam be- gan to cogitate that the buying seemed to be confined to a coterie of young men. In his excitement he | | i i and ! wealth to men whose services are the | highly insubstantial. i had paid little attention to the fact | that they had returned to the wagon and purchased a second, and, indeed, story: + “7 don’t doubt it, sir,” replied “They ain't quite so purty, Car'- | Sturgis. “I will be back in a few line, as they was yesterday after-, minutes.” Then he hastened back to noon; byt I guess maybe Mr. Reed | where his chums had halted. won't mind 'hout them tein’ so spot. | IIs hand steadying his chin, Eph.q ted,” remarked Ephriam as he pack- riam watched his first promising cus- | ed the turkeys away in two g | tomer, ‘ 1d boxes which he had placed in t o| thody of his light wagon that Wed-' ‘Boys, that's a mighty tough case,” | nesday morning. “He can easily A whispered Sturgis. “I know some- tell that they're nice an’ tender thing about turkeys. My father has birds; that’s the main p’int, I guess.” j raised a good many of them, andl Ephriam shortly got under way, have helped dress them a good many and in due time he reached the city. times. Those turkeys are all right, He drove at once to Reed’s market. bad as they look. He evidently made When he arrived there, he found the mistake of scalding them instead Mr. Reed very busy; but after a of dry picking them. He is stuck. half hour or so of waiting Mr. Reed His heart is just about broken. I came out to the wagon, and took a am going to sell those turkeys for look at the turkeys. him.” “Sorry, but I can’t handle any «You, Bart!” ejaculated Jack such stock as that,” exclaimed the Whiple. storekeeper after having taken one “That's what I am, Jack. Iwant look at the top layer of turkeys. I you fellows to back me up—to dig wouldn’ give you ten cents a pound down in your jeans and buy. for them. Poultry should be dry- We'll kill two birds with one stone— picked.” help the old man out, and cheer “They—they’ll taste jest as good them up down at the Salvation Mr. Reed,” faltered the old man. I Army barracks. Get the idea fel- alays scald ’em. It don’t hurt ‘em lows? No twenty cents a pound, none. They may not be jest as either: forty cents a pound is what han’some, but—" goes. Are you with me?” “I don’t want them at any price,” “We never have deserted you yet, snapped Mr. Reed; and as he spoke Bart, old pal,” exclaimed Perkins. he turned on his heel and started to “Get onto your job, Bart.” his store. | Sturgis returned to the wagon, Mechanically did Ephriam cover and placed a friendly hand on the up the boxes, and a moment later he old man’s arm. “Mister, I want you mounted the seat of the wagon. to do me a favor,” he said in a low «Seems to me he’s purty short with voice. “Let me take the helm here. me,” he muttered as he gathered up I'll have these turkeys sold inside of the reins. “They's nice turkeys as half an hour. You look tired out.” ever was. All thet’s agin ’em is the «11 don’t car’ what ye do young: looks.” | man,” answered Ephriam choking. Ephriam started up his horse, and “I be purty nigh tuckered out.” it was but a few minutes ere he While Sturgis was talking with drew rein in front of another mar- the old man, the rest of the college ket. Tossing the reins across his boys had scattered. It was about horse’s back, he jumped down and this time that Sergeant Brown ap- made his way into the store. Find- peared on the scene. A puzzled look ing the proprietor, he stated hiser- | came into his eyes as he noticed rand; and a moment later the buyer Sturgis in action.’ came out to the wagon with kim. ! “Here we have them gentlemen," “I guess you don’t know but pre- bawled Sturgis, “fat young turkeys! cious little about killing and dressing | Fresh killed. Only forty cents a for the market,” remarked the store- | pound! Step right up gentlemen.” keeper. I've got no usefor those| Sergeant Brown tarried, wonder- birds. I doubt if I could give them ing the while what was about to away.’ Then he turned and made his ! come to pass. He had more or less way back into the store. experience with college boys, and he Ephriam once more mounted the was a trifle suspicious. His wonder seat and drove on. He made a half grew when a second college boy a dozen or more calls during the en- | stepped briskly up to the wagon. suing three hours and he met with «I want one which will weigh absolutely no success. He scaled the | about fifteen pounds,” said Perkins, price of turkeys down from thirty- | who was the first customer to show five cents to twenty cents but it was | up. As he spoke, he pulled a wad of all to no purpose. The time came | bills from: his pocket. when he called a halt. Down on a “Here is one that weighs sixteen gide street he drew rein, and for a | pounds and a half” said Sturgis, few moments he sat there on the | looking at the t if his eyes had not deceived him, a third time. He recalled the fact that most of the young men had one or more books tucked under their arms. He called to mind their smart clothes and also that they all wore | D8 caps of the same style. Suddenly ‘Wrhriam exploded. “My foresight is always hind- sight!” he snorted. “I'll bet them young men was from the college! What in the world did they want o’ them turkeys: Thet’s what I'd like to know. Mm. If they ain't got no place to go to-morrow, jest love to have ‘em out home Mm. The chances be, a good share of ’em is a long ways from home.” Ephriam shortly drew rein, and sat there undecided, while the gloom of the night gathered. ‘“Tain’t fur back to the college,” he presently muttered. “I might run agin one or more on ‘em. I'm going back.” It was about twenty minutes later that Ephriam pulled in his horse near the college campus. “It’s purty nigh like trying to find a needle in a stack o' hay,” he muttered as he looked hopelessly about. “I dunno jest whar to go.” . As luck would have it, Bart Stur- gis and his chums had not as yet returned to the college; and while Ephriam sat there undecided just what move to make, they neared the spot. “Aren’t you lost up this way?” questioned Sturgis, as he recognized the old man, who had stopped be- neath an incandescent light. “Purty nigh,” replied Ephriam. “I declar’ if ye-ou ain’t jest the young men I'm lookin’ for!" “What's the trouble?” queried Sturgis, placing his foot upon the hub of the wheel. “Thar ain’t any trouble. I just driv back here, hopin’ I could find ye. I thought maybe some or all on ye was 'way from home, an’ would like to come out to my place an’ have a real old-fashioned Thanks- givin' dinner. I live out to Westfield. The best way ‘ould be for ye to come right 'long with me, though 1 resume ye could come out in the Shy come mornin’.” “We would like to first-rate,” re- plied Sturgis, speaking for all; “but I am afraid your wife would think we were imposing on her.” “Don’t ye-ou worry "bout thet, young man,” said Ephriam. “My wife an’ me is broke well to double harness. She’d be jest tickled 'nmough to have the hull on ye out over night ’an to dinner to-morow. It— it’s purty lonesome with us folks late years, for our children is scat- tered here and thar in different States.” ag. wagon seat, utterly cast down. “That’s all right,” replied Perkins, “Sturgis held a brief consultation wouldn't I | | i { { 1 i What Gorgas did is worth review- ing. Too often we give fame and Gorgas was a genuine benefactor of the race, and his work should be familiar to ev- After the Spanish American war, during which he served as a major in the medical corps, Gorgas was | sent to Havana as chief sanitary of- ficer. By 1902 his studies of yellow fever and his fight against it had practically rid the Cuban capital of that dreaded scourge. His work was so spectacular that he was promot- ed and, in 1904, sent to the Panama Canal Zone as chief health officer. Yellow fever had prevented the French from completing their canal there, It was estimated that at least 4 per cent. of the workers must die of this disease annually. Consider- the size of the industrial army | that Uncle Sa:a mobilized there, this would have meant an annual death list of around 1400. So Gorgas who had discovered at Havana that yel- low fever was carried by the mos- quito, got busy. So well and so thoroughly did he work that a scant year after his ar- rival he was offering $50 to any per- son not a member of the health de- partment notifying him of a case of yellow fever in the canal zone. And there is no record that that offer was ever claimed. Gorgas’ triumph was complete. : So the canal was built; and it stands today as a great monument to the medical genius who made it possible. It insures his fame forever. BUYER OF LIQUOR TO BE GUILTY MAN Offering a bill to make buyers of liquor equally ty with manufac- turers and sellers, Senator Shep-. pard (Dem., Tex.) initiated what ke called the “last step” for prohibition enforcement. : “This will make prohibition com- plete,” observed the Texan, who ten years ago sponsored and obtained the Eighteenth amendment to the constitution, prohibiting the sale or manufacture of liquor. “It is the last step in the national legislative movement which began | in December, 1913,” he said. Chairman Norris, of the judiciary committee, a dry, said he did not! “look with favor” on the Sheppard | proposal. | e contended it would “block” prosecutions in a “great many cases” where district attorneys would have to “depend on the buyer who might refuse to testify because what he said would be incriminating.” HUMANE KILLING IS UPHELD IN FRANCE Once again the courts of France have replied in the affirmative on the question whether a man has the right to kill a fellow human in order to end the suffering of illness. Richard Corbett, 30, an English- man, was acquitted of a charge of first degree murder growing out of his slaying his mother last May. Corbett testified his mother was in- curably afflicted with cancer and that her suffering was unbearable. “when “you leave .1793—which, incidentally, ome, and be sure it’s countersigned. Don’t forget to wear your license tag in the middle of the back on the outer garment while hunting. Don’t hunt on someone else's li- cense. It'll cost you both $20.00. Don’t hunt in crowds, and thereby avoid accidents. Don’t forget to keep your eye on the other fellow. He may not be as careful as you. Don’t take a loaded shotgun :nto an automobile or other vehicle. Re- move the shells first. ‘Don’t climb over a fence witn a loaded shotgun. Remove the shells, or “break” the gun first. Don’t pull a loaded gun through a fence after you. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Don’t shoot promiscuously while in the fields or woods; and never use a live tree as a target. Target prac- tice, unless you have a substantial barrier contructed, is a menace to human life. Don’t throw away lighted matches, cigars, or Sigareties. n't empty your pipe on a pile of dried leaves. y P pe P Don’t hunt on posted lands with- out permission. Respect the farm- er's rights. Don’t carry off personal property on land where you are privileged to hunt. Hunters who fill their pockets with apples, turnips, corn and nuts, without permission, do not help the farmer-hunter problem. Don’t forget to secure the license number of the hunter who violates the game laws, destroys personal propery, or one who commits lar- ceny of the farmer’s crops. Turn this number into your nearest Game Protector. Be sure to get the county number at the top as well asthe li- cense number at the bottom of the tag. If you can’t secure either, then if the hunter has an automo- Dit; get his automobile license num- r. Don’t shoot within 150 yards of occupied buildings. It's a violation of the game laws. Don’t enter the Primary or Auxil- iary Game Refuges with dog or gun. These sanctuaries belong to the sportsmen and are used to propa- gate large and small game. Land adjacent to the refuges, however, is open to legalized hunters in season. Don’t exceed the bag limits. Don’t forget the season for Wild Turkeys and male Ring-necked Pheasants ended November 15th. Don’t shoot a female Ring-necked Pheasant. It'll cost you $25.00. Don’t forget the season for squir- rels, rabbits, and bob-white quail ends November 30th. Don’t forget the wood ducks, eider ducks, swans, loons, grebes, and bob- olinks or reed-birds are protected. Don’t forget the season on Ruffed Grouse and Hungarian Partridges is closed this year. : Don’t forget the hunting and trap- ping season for raccoons begins No- vember 1 intead of October 1 and ends on January 15. Raccoons may be hunted only between one hour be- fore sunset and one after sun- rise except when taken in traps. Don’t shoot a baby bear; they're protected. The bear season open No- vember 1 and ends December 15. Don’t shoot doe this year—only bucks with two or more points to the antler are in season. son is December 1 to December 15. Don’t forget to take some feed for the game along with you and place it in likely places in the woods. Don’t forget the bounty Goshawk began November 1 and ends May 1. Specimens must be for- warded to the Commission within 36 hours after killing. Don’t forget that there is a heavy penalty for shooting at, wounding or killing a human being in mistake for any wild creature. Don't forget that it is unlawful to deface, cover up, or destroy posters or any signs put up by the Com- monwealth. Don't forget that a sportsman is: One who is always fair and gen- erous; One who has recourse to noth. ing illegitimate; One who is a good loser and a graceful winner.—Board of Game Commissioners, Harrisburg. MANY PENNIES ARE SAVED BY DOCTOR Dr. Robert R. Gillis, of Hammond, is the owner of perhaps the most valuable collection of one-cent pieces in this country. Beginning with the first copper cent minted by the United States. in was the first money coined in the country— the collection includes every type of penny produced by the treasury de- partment except two. Half-cent- pieces of yore also are included. “The word, ‘cent’ was proposed by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by Congress, the cent being 1-100 of a dollar,” Dr. Gillis said. “The copper cent was the first money minted by the United States mint, March 1, 1793. The first cents weighed 168 grams (about the size of our present half-dollar pieces.) ‘ There have been ten changes in de- sign of the cent. “Few pennies older than 1885 are now in circulation. The rarest cent coins are those of 1793, 1799, 1804 and 1835.” WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ADDS AVIATION COURSE | With the completion of a $290,000 building, funds for which were giv- en by the Daniel Gugge for the Promotion of Aeronautics, the University of Washington will launch a course in aviation. Courses to be taught include airplane per- | formance, aerial design, propulsion, aerial transportation, aerial naviga- tion and airships. Advanced courses will be offered in all subjects. The Guggenheim foundation award- ed the building fund to the Univer- sity of Washington because of a be- lief that the growth of aviation in the Northwest will require such a school and because one of he largest airplane manufacturing plants in the United States is located there. Work already acomplished by the Univer- —Subscribe for the Watchman. sity also was taken into considera- | tion. The sea- on the nheim Fund | to permit a good one to replace it. —A good draft horse is a ready and willing worker and is neither irritable nor nervous. ; —Pullets and cockerels should be kept in separate flocks if they are to develop as they should. —When raspberries and black- berries have been harvested, cut out and burn the old fruiting canes. This will help hold disease and insect in- jury in check. —Good pasture for wing pigs, brood sows, and all Ba of swine is so valuable that it often the difference between profit and loss in the hog business. —Fifteen hundred green worms, each contained in a strawberry leaf, were imported here by train from Mooretown, N. J., in the State’s fight against the Oriental peach moth. The worms are known as “straw- berry leaf rollers” and will be used this winter to develop parasites of the peach moth that will be set free in Connecticut orchards in April. —In sections where the frost has not killed the tomatoes, pick the green fruits and store them in a dark, cool place. They will keep for several weeks or months and may be ripened at any time by bringing them into the heat and light. —Pullets need ample ventilation in the laying house after roosting in open brooder houses and in trees. Fall colds are the result of faulty ventilation. . —One cow often eats the profits made by another. Feed each cow ac. cording to her production. A high producing cow needs much more grain than a low producer. —Assist stored apples to breathe correctly by furnishing plenty of air. Proper ventilation will aid in keep. ing the fruit longer in storage. If the humidity is not right, the floors should be sprinkled. —Feeding one-half pound of whole oats and shelled corn to each ew: daily will insure good breeding con: ditions and a better and more uni form lamb crop. The grains shoul¢ be fed in equal proportions. —Vegetable specialists at Stat¢ College recommend seeding the gar den to rye or some other cover crop The growth will prevent erosion anc the green material will improve the physical condition of the soil. —Cleanliness is important in pre paring milk for exhibition just the , Same as in producing milk for sale i Clean cows, clean milkers, and clea: utensils and contamners keep dowi bacterial content and prevent spoil ng. —Parsnips and salsify are ofte; left in the garden over the winte ‘and used in the early spring. Wh; not dig these vegetables in the fal store them in shallow pits, and hav them available during the winter al S07 —If ewes are to have good lamb next spring, they must have prope ‘esd and plenty of exercise this win er. —A good farm record book accur ately kept will enable a farmer t know every angle of his business. ! —Using the long winter evening to learn more about agriculture an homemaking is a profitable practic The Pennsylvania State College ha free correspondence courses on 4 different subjects. Write to the d , rector of ‘correspondence courses i agriculture’ and home economics ¢ State College for a free catalogue. i —In cutting the annual supply ¢ firewood the poor trees in the BY lot should be taken first, foresters ¢ State College recommend. Thinnin out the undesirable trees will allo room for the good specimens to d: | velop into more valuable timber. | —The amount of protein nece sary in a grain mixture for dai cows depends to a great extent the kind of hay fed. With alfall hay use a grain mixture containir ‘about 16 per cent. of crude diges ible protein. If clover hay is fi about 20 per cent. of protein is ne essary. Timothy hay requires abo 24 per cent. of protein to balance t} mixture pioperly. i | —Give free range to the bir which are to be used as breede next spring. They should also be fi an abundance of whole yellow cor —Timber now is in prime cont tion for cutting. When harvest between now and early spring keeps in good shape longer than any other time. Markets for timb i also improve as winter comes. Fir : wood, mine timbers, chemical woc | and saw logs are needed. —Weigh and test the milk of ea cow in the herd at least once month. In no other way can y tell the differences between cows | their money-making ability, and t variations always exist. . —BExperience proves that go | soil is important in early plant gro ing. Soil or manure composts pi vide excellent material for this pm pose. | —Artificial lighting of layers beneficial only as a means of brir , ing about greater feed consumpti With artificial lighting the amou of grain should be increased two i four pounds per 100 birds daily. | — | —Farm crop specialists of St: { College report that there is a g¢ | supply of seed corn collected for? | next spring. With proper protect! i the seed should be in good condit: for planting. | |" _Subscribe for the Watchman.
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