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(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C.)
UMANIA, the latest of the
R world’s monarchies to change
kings, has undergone such
great changes in the past dozen
years that it has in effect had a blood-
less revolution. This period has seen
the distribution of 8,500,000 acres of
land to more than 1,400,000 peasants.
Before the war Rumania was a coun-
try of the landed rich and the land-
less poor. Today the maximum hold-
ing permitted to one individual is
1,985 acres. King and nobles gave up
their estates to fulfill the demands of
the agrarian reform. What Russia,
Mexico and other countries have done
ga the matter of land distribution at
the cost of many lives and much
Jponpey, Rumania accomplished without
a shot.
»_But reform was pot without cost.
Oncertainties, lack of organization te
meet new conditions, and lack of
transportation facilities increased the
cost of borrowed money to 12 and 14
cent. Credit is tight in a country
where all {he money in circulation
must pass through the national treas-
wry as taxes three times per year.
Greater Rumania is nearly three
times as large as pre-war Rumania.
#he new nation took in Transylvania,
the Banat, Bucovina and Bessarabia,
and has yet to digest them. Old Ru-
mania was the size of England. Great-
er Rumania is larger than England
adding to itself Wales, Scotland and
Ireland. Like the units of Great
Britain, each is different ; Bessarabia
is an extension of the Russian black
earth prairie; Bucovina, a forested re-
gion; Transylvania an upland notable
for industries as well as agriculture;
the Banat a lowland.
Farming Comes First.
After the war Rumania saw visions
of an industrial future. The country
has ample resources: oll, water power,
wood, ore, and a good labor supply.
Ten years have dimmed the vision but
yve not wiped it out. Bight out of
ten Rumanians still are farmers 80
the nation has decided to make a good
job of farming before turning to in-
dustry. Co-operatives have been or-
ganized. Groups of peasants find they
‘can afford to buy American farm ma-
“chinery. A grain grading law was
passed in 1028. Silk culture starting
from nothing has increased to an en-
terprise enlisting 4,000 workers and
$18,000,000 capital. er
. Since the World war Rumanians
have turned definitely from wheat to
American corn. Greater acreage is
planted in corn than wheat. Corn
mush displaces bread as a national
food. Bessarabia looks like Kansas.
But in 1928 a second drought hit the
country. The corn crop was a failure
and Rumania, a country which has ex-
ported cereals for years, had to import
corn. The government acted to fore-
stall famine in some regions.
The similarity of parts of Rumania
to Kansas extends to sunflowers for
which both regions are famous. In
Rumania sunflowers are a standard
crop; 894,355 acres were planted in
sunflowers last year. Oil pressed from
sunflower seeds serves as a constituent
of butter substitutes.
Four fcindation stones support life
in Rumania; cereals, oil, lumber, and
live stock. Production of oil and lum-
ber has progressed vigorously, not
enough, however, to offset losses in
cereals and live stock.
Companies of many nations includ-
ing the United States are working Ru-
manian oil wells near Ploesti, north-
west of Bucharest (Bucuresti). They
have increased production to 4,265,194
metric tons of oil per year. Rumania
stands sixth, supplying 2.4 of the
world production, although Rumanian
ofl represents 18 per cent of the in-
crease in world production.
Buys American Automobiles.
Despite the depression, and lack of
roads, sales of automobiles, most of
them American, continue to increase.
In 1928 12,000 were sold—a record.
Many of them go to the oil fields
where they permit the engineers in
charge of outlying wells to get to
Ploesti occasionally for the enjoyment
of companionship in the International
club.
Automobiles are the biggest item
of American Imports which include
accessories, films, oil field equipment,
radios, phonographs and records, en-
gines, tnsecticides and electric refrig-
erators to the amount of $12,000,000.
Walnuts and fur gking are Rumania’s
chief exports to the United States.
Among the improvements to which
Rumania looks forward is the reclam-
ation of vast areas of swamp land.
Seven thousand square miles of marsh
will afford ample land for the remain-
Modern Public Buildings.
ing landless peasants, numbering
about 600,000. |
The nation has its own national |
|
‘ church, the Orthodox Eastern chureh. |
Other churches have numerous mem- |
bers, however, among them the Uni- |
tarian church.
Bucharest (Bucuresti), capital of |
Rumania, has long been known Aas
“The Little Paris of the Balkans.” It
has many earmarks of the French
capital. One of its wide tree-lined |
thoroughfares is called the “Little!
Champs Elysee” and there is an Are
de Triomphe, both of which suggest
the atmosphere of Paris. The bridle
paths flanking the thoroughfare con- |
stantly resound with the thud of hoofs
of blooded horses, mounted by smart
looking men and women; and the
seemingly endless mass of pedestrians ;
strolls in a gay mood with no apparent '
destination.
Here and on other fine thorough
fares lined with palatial residences
and fine church and government
buildings a sad countenance is out
of place. However, this portion of
the city has no corner on smiles for ;
the doorways of the humblest Bucha-
rest homes in the cobbled byways of
the poorer section of the city are
filled with smiling, chattering parents
‘while their children boisterously run
here and there while playing native
games. The meat vendor with whole
slaughtered animals swinging on the
end of a long pole, vendors of sweet
meats, and even some of the multitude
of beggars are cheerful lot.
Bucharest Has Fine Shops.
Bucharest impresses the traveler
from the time he emerges from one of |
its modern hotels downtown. Shops
as fine as can be found in most cap-
itals of the world line the business
streets. Behind large plate glass win-
dows the American traveler finds such
familiar articles as American-made
flashlights, radios and phonographs. |
It is not necessary to find an auto-
mobile salesman to see American au-
tomobiles on display. The streets are
full of them. In front of a hotel or
business building six to eight of 8
dosen automobiles are popular Amerl-
can makes and across the street a
billboard is plastered with an adver-
tisement of a popular car made in
Michigan. The doorways of the-large
movie or cinema houses display bright
colored advertisements with the names
of American actresses emblazoned in
large letters. i
Bucharest is a walled town, without
the wall. Crowded, as was the cus-
tom when city walls were the main
defense, Bucharest drops away from
the glitter of the Calea Victoriei and
the boulevards to the run-down Orien-
talism of the outer sections and then
abruptly to the empty, dusty plain.
Its population has more than doubled
in the last decade and houses, as else-
where in eastern HEurope, are at a
premium. It requires influence, per-
sistence and bribery to get into one
of the few hotels, the main attractions
of which are the dining rooms, often
open to the sky. y
Surrounded as it is by rich farmiug
country, Bucharest has not lacked for
food, and the restaurants are well
filled at all times. The Rumanian
loves the uniform, and high heels on
soft laced boots like those of the
French aviators suit the fancy of the
young dandies whose perfumed mus-
taches preserve their dignity by reach-
ing straight out instead of turning up
at the ends. The women are chic.
Some Striking Contrasts.
The few fine buildings are mirea
1
in with unassuming structures which
would never be at home in Paris or
Berlin, and opposite the imposing War
College Tzigane women may be work-
ing at a noisy power saw which is re-
ducing crooked poles to firewood. "Che
few main streets are lined with mod-
ern buildings and new residence ave-
pues are stretching out
periphery of the circular city; but in
the crowded center of the town the
confusing litter of tiny streets and
alleys reminds one of a rabbit warren.
In the market place, the traveler
gets a glimpse of the rural folk who
cluster about stands of vegetables
which they bring to the city from the
rolling farm land nearby. Here the
men seem to display no particular type
of costume, most of them wearing
European coats and trousers and theave
are as many derbies as there are caps
and soft hats and fez-shaped woolen
head coverings. On the other hand
the women folk blaze forth in bright-
colored shawls which cover the head
and shoulders, and aprons with stripes
of a half dozen unblending colors.
Their dresses are just short enough
to reveal in the summer time that all
feet are not shod.
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FARM NOTES. |
__ Late hatched chicks should not
be forgotten. It is worthwhile to
place them ona separate range away
from the older chicks.
__Take @ look at the heifers out
on pasture. They may be short of
water or feed or both. It pays to
keep the young stock growing.
To be effective against quack
grass, cultivation must be thorough,
frequent, persistent, and properly
timed. |
—Requeening should be done to-
ward the end of the last honey flow
of the season, The operation pref-
erably should be performed before
the middle of September. New
queens may be reared by the house-
keeper Or purchased from a reliable
breeder. ‘
— In locating the rose bed, keep
the plants away from tree roots.
Trees and hedges on the north and
west sides of the garden are advan-
tageous. Full sunshine is needed
part of the day. |
Every farmer has a chance to
win some of the prize money of-
fered by his county fair county |
farm products show, or state farm |
products show. Better specimens |
kept at home never win from those
not quite so good which are entered
in the competition.
__Before putting the orchard or
potato spray machine away for the
season, it is a good plan to clean the
tank and working parts, oil the
pump, and oil and loosen all threaded
parts.
__Oriental poppies should be mov.
ed now. The roots are dormant at
this time of year, but when the fall
rains commence they will start to
row. The plants cannot be safely
moved at any other time of the
year,
In olden times the weathervane
above a man’s house was apt to
designate his occupation. The fish-
erman would show a dolphin, the sail-
or a sailboat, the hunter a bow and
arrow. But now that knowledge of
wind and weather are scientifically
given by newspaper and radio,
weathervanes are less serious things,
and usually point out as the house-
holder's avocation his favorite past-
time.
So the golfer chooses to put a
miniature silhouette of himself above
his house; the painter places a
palette and brushes; the aviator
may choose an airplane.
—Pigs wallow in the mud because
they like to be cool on hot, summer
days. Providing water in a trough
will give the comfort-seeking ani-
mals a cleaner, better place for the
daily plunge. :
—_Plans for preparations for vege-
table storage should be made before
harvesting time. HEssentials for a
good vegetable storage are air cir.
culation, good drainage, cleanliness,
and good racks and bins.
— Let the calf suck the fingers
and gradually draw its nose into the
milk when the fingers should be re--
moved gradually as soon as the calf
gets a taste of the milk. This
method may have ito be repeated
several times before the calf will
drink alone.
__Chicks should be encouraged. to
roost as soon as well feathered, ac-
cording to Stephen M, Walford, Pur-
due University.
i Barly roosting will do much to
prevent smothering and crowding in
the corners of the house, which also
stunts the growth of birds that do
not die in the huddle.
take quickly to the new custom
they may be compelled to use roosts
which have chicken netting, prevent-
ing their getting on the floor of the
corners.
After chicks have become accus-
tomed to roosting they canbe raised
to the customary height or a couple
of feet above the floor.
If heavy breeds of chicks do not !
REAL ESTATE TRANFERS.
Earl Houck, et ux, to John Galaida,
et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $1. |
Arthur L. Wright, et ux, to Preston
a Frost, et ux, tract in State College;
Henry N. Hoy, et ux, to C. C.
Rhoads, tract in Benner Twp.; $25.
Irvin E. Robinson to Nancy R.|
Leathers, tract in Howard, $1.
Fortney E. Butler, Adm., to Dan-
iel G. Butler, tract in Howard Twp.;
$5,300.
Mary A. Beal, et bar, to Emma
A. Martin, tract in Walker Twp.; $1.
Roxanna O. Smith, et bar, to Har.
ry A. Smith, et ux, tract in Belle-
fonte; $1.
Matthew Ivicia, et al, to Matthew
Ivicia, et al, tract in Spring Twp.;
$1.
James Bavarr, et al,
Smith, et ux, tract
$1,000.
Logan M. Kelley, et ux, to J. H.
France Refining Co., tract in Snow
Shoe, $1.
Anna Bavarr, et al, to Anna
Bavarr, et ux, tract in Boggs and
Union Twps.; $2,100.
Emma A. Martin, et bar, to Ruth
Martin, tract in State College; $1.
Ruth Martin to J. B. Martin, et
ux, tract in State College; $1.
Kate Dougherty to Lynn R. Dough-
erty, tract in State College; $7,000,
Bessie Ekdahl to Josiah Pritchard,
tract in Philipsburg; $1.
Lloyd A. Stover, et ux, to A. C.
STs et ux, tract in Milesburg;
H.:’A. Holter, et al, to Cc. E. Ficca,
tract in Gregg Twp.; $1,000.
Katherin I. Korman, et bar, to
Philip H. Johnston, tract in Howard
Twp.; $1.
Philip H. Johnston to David C.
Korman, tract in Howard Twp.; $1.
Federick Vogt, et al, to J. H.
France Refining Company, tract in
Snow Shoe; $4,500.
Katherine J. Strouse, et al
Erma A. Ziegler, et ux, tract
State College; $1,000.
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THE TOWER CLOCK IS BACK
AGAIN AT STATE COLLEGE.
The clock for Old Main is once
again on the campus at the Penn-
sylvania State College. Old Main,
the central building which is being
rebuilt in connection with the build-
ing program of the college, is ex-
pected to be occupied within a few
The Grange Encampment
\ A HEN an institution has lived for fifty-sev-
en years there must be merit in it. The
Grange Encampment at Centre Hall, which
begins August 23rd, has this proud record.
Aside from its valuable educational fea-
tures, the occasion makes a human appeal
in the opportunity it affords farmers and
their families for a wider social life. So-
cial contact is on of the joys of life and the
Encampment helps to supply this need.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BELLEFONTE, PA.
weeks. The clock kept the time for
generations of students until it is al-
most as honored as the old building
jtself. The college has been oOpe-
rating without “Old Main Time” for
more than a year. The clock was
returned last week by the clock
company which overhauled it, and
is expected to be placed in the new
tower shortly. Old Main will be
dedicated by the alumni on October
25 in connection with the 75th an.
niversary of the college.
The clock was a gift to the col-
lege by one of the graduating classes
years ago.
cause the flesh has a compact tex-
ture, which the heat penetrates
slowly, a high temperature is nec-
essary, and most authorities agree
that meat should be canned only un-
der pressure. The length of time for
processing is the same whether the
chicken is roasted, fried, or fricas-
seed before putting it in jars or
whether it is packed uncooked. Many
prefer to can the chicken raw to
avoid the warmed flavor of can-
ned cooked chicken.
When chicken is packed in the
jars it may be left on the bone, or
the meat alone may be used, cut in
pieces to fit. Pack the jar as tight-
ly as possible after it has been ster-
ilized, Wide-mouth jars are easiest
for packing. Pieces containing a
great deal of gelatin, as the back
| and neck, are placed in the center of
the jar and the other pieces around
them. Holding the jar in a slanting
| position and using a small wooden
| —During culling seasons when
poultry is selling at a low price,
poultry may be disposed of profit-
ably by canning, according to the
New York State college of home
economics at Cornell University.
| The quality of canned poultry de-
pends on the condition of the fresh
| meat and the method of canning.
| As soon as the animal heat has dis-
| appeared, usually six to eight hours
! after killing, the fowl is ready for
| the canner, to turn it into a whole-
| some product properly sterilized. Be-
spoon or spatula makes it easier to
| insert the pieces. By placing the
| skin next to the outside of the jar
ia tighter pack is obtained because
| the skin sticks to the hot jar. The
| more tender pieces may be placed
on top,
| ning;
if the poultry
packed there is no
to each quart of packed chicken.
—Lime ‘should be purchased and’
‘kept in air-tight containers.
CE
AAIRRERT
so they will not break when.
| removed. No water is used in can-'
is carefully |
room for water
| and one teaspoonful of salt is used |
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