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Bellefonte, Pa., July 10, 1981.
THE TOWN OF DON'T YOU
WORRY.
There is a town called Don't-You-Worry,
On the banks of the River Smile,
‘Where the Cheer-up and Be-Happy
Blossoms sweetly all the while,
Where the Never-Grumble flower
Blooms beside the fragrant Try,
And the Never-Give-Up and Patience
Point their faces to the sky.
In the valley of Contentment,
In the province of I-Will,
You will find this lovely city,
At the foot of No-Fret hill.
Named the Very-Seldom-Frown.
Rustic benches, quite enticing,
You'll find scattered here and there;
And to each a vine is clinging
Called the Frequent-Earnest-Prayer,
Everybody there is happy
And is singing al! the while,
In the town of Don’t-You-Worry,
On the banks of the River Smile.
BEHIND THE BULKHEAD
It is entirely safe to say that at
least five million men in America
today would understand the feeling
of horror that came over Sid Barney
at 6:10 A. M. on the morning of
August 21, 1918.
Barney's horror come from no
physical danger. The weather was
warm and clear. On the eastern
edge of the ocean toward Europe
(which was only about one hundred
miles away) a rosy glow told of the
rising sun. A vagrant gull circled
smooth
over head. The sea was
and very blue.
There was nothing to unnerve a
healthy young man of twenty-two,
a crack baseball player and some-
thing of a boxer, in merely standing
on a vessel's deck and drinking in
fresh, crisp air of a high-sea dawn.
And yet Barney's face was ashen,
his eyes were staring, his knees felt
weak beneath him, and his stomach
had that sick, “gone” sort of feeling
which a fellow feels just before the
referee blows the whistle for the
kickoff.
Briefly the situation was this:
When war was declared in 1917, Sid-
ney Barney had just been about to
graduate from the University of
Chicago. He to enter his
father's law firm, the well known
Barney & Birdsell. Instead
chose to serve his country by join-
ing the Great Lakes Naval Training
school at Chicago. He soon got a
commission as ensign and took com-
mand of an armed on an
American merchant ship plying be-
tween Boston and Liverpool. For
a year this ship successfully beat off
German submarines and made her
regular voyages. Not until August
19, 1918, was she torpedoed off -the
coast of Ireland. The commander
of the U-boat, Lieutenant the Baron
Gerlach, chose to set all hands adrift
in their lifeboats, to be picked up by
the first destroyer patrol that pass-
ed that way.
To Barney he said at the time in
perfect English: “I think I will take
you with me. I have never known
an American. It will be a pleasure
to find out what they are like.”
It was not a new idea. In the
World war, U-boat commanders of-
ten took a prisoner or two along
with them, either for entertainment
or for purpose of pumping them for
information.
“All right, Captain,” said Barney,
because it wouldn't have done him
a bit of good to say an else.
Two days later the U-boat had th
luck to fall in with a derelict, the
half submerged huil of a tramp
steamer that had apparently been
to and had failed to sink.
Behind this bulk Baron Gedlach put
his U-boat with its decks just awash.
“We now have a blind such as one
uses in shooting ducks,” he explain-
ed to Barney.
There was a sinister assurance in
his remark that made Barney ask:
“Will the ducks soon come?”
The Baron waved a yellow raido
dispatch blank on which a message
was written in German.
“This morning, Herr Barney,
orders tell me.”
And now, just as the Baron kad
predicted a few moments before,
Barney saw on the western horizon
a wide black smudge which as he
watched rapidly spread and reform-
ed into a score of smaller black
smudges.
It was so terrible that it sickened
Barney. At the same time it was
so pleasing to the commander of
the U-boat that he touched Barney
on the shoulder and exclaimed:
“You see, Herr Barney, it is part
luck and part efficiency! It is luck
we can hide behind this bit of
wreckage right in the path of the
convoy: but it is efficiency that my
radio dispatch tells me the night
before to be ready.”
“You're really going--to sink one
of them without warning?” Bar-
ney’s breath was short as if he had
been running.
The Baron spread both hands
paim up and shrugged his bony
shoulders. “It is the only way.”
Suddenly his tall figure stiffened.
Over his shoulders he snapped an
my
order. At once the wireless mast
was folded. All hatches but one
secured. Everything was made
ready for submoarging.
He clapped his hands in kind of
glee. “Only six destroyers!” he ex-
claimed. “And the ships are well
behind them. We shall sink three,
I think! Oh, easily three!”
Three ship loads of Americans to
drown and suffocate!
At this moment a kind of mad-
ness seized Barney.
Near the Baron's feet on the little
connecting tower deck layed a roll-
ed-up signal flag. Before the Ge:
man could stop him, Barney seized
he Officer saluted smartly and made
‘ning feet
shouts.
| When he reached
on the derelict's
westward foamed an
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attack he felt the German would
make. If the Baron tried to kill
him for having thwarted the torpe-
doing of the troop ships he would
not be surprised.
a low folding chair near the
bulkhead and closed the door d
The Baron then bowed deeply.
“First, let me apologize,” he said
to Barney's wonderment, “for hav-
ing struck you. I do not usually
treat you prisoners that way.”
“Don't mention it, Captain,” said
Barney, trying to smile. “I'd have
‘swung on you if I'd seen you first.”
The Baron bowed solemnly agai.
“What has gone on is the fortune
of war. 1 expect we may all be
dead in a few minutes.’
“A shot-hole in our tow-
er,” the Baron continued coolly.
“The destroyer you signaled opened
fire before we got our hatches clos-
ed. It was long range, but she
'got in one three-inch just aft the
periscope before we went under.”
Before the Baron could continue,
the door opened and a German petty
al
report in his own e. Alnwst
at the same instant a terrific con-
cussion shook the U-boat from end
‘to end. Her lights went out. The
deck under Barney's feet hove up-
ward and then listed several de-
grees to starboard.
When at last the light came on
again, Lieutenant the Baron Gerlach
was standing exactly where he had
i
'been before. The petty officer had
reco.
The Baron went on as if nothing
had happened. “Our pumps are
taking care of the shot-hole. But
there is worse danger. Apparently
the same projectile nicked our oil
tanks just under the skin further
aft. So as we sit here below and
pump we are leaving a good trail
for the destroyer to follow. When
she is in position she drops a depth
bomb and we fall to pieces.”
“Then you are lost,” declared
Barney bravely. It was not a
pleasant thought to feel he must go
to the bottom. But he knew that
his sacrifice might mean saving the
lives of thousands of other Ameri-
CARS.
“Ah-ah, Herr Barney, you do not
know the trade. When the last
depth bomb came down I let go a
lot of oil and a little wreckage. The
wreckage I have kept lashed for
weeks near our conning tower for
just that pu . When those
abroad the destroyer see the oil
and wreckage appear immediately
after the explosion of their bomb
they will conclude they had sunk
me."
“But don't they still hear
pumps and engines through
listening devices?”
The Baron swung the compartment
door wide. The U-boat's interior
was a silent tomb.
“We have plugged the shot-hole
now. Every piece of machinery is
stopped. The crew have orders to
sit and play cards until further
orders, and in the morning we shall
be at our post for another troop
convoy which is coming on the same
course.”
Four hours later the U-boat came
‘to the surface. She came very
slowly. And before she “broke
water’ her “asparagus,” as German
U-boat sailors called a periscope in
1918, was cautiously raised and the
sea scrutinized. No other craft
was in sight. Not a smoke or a
sail was visible to show that men
ever used the sea for traffic. Oniy
about a mile away was the queer
lifeless bit of wreckage that had
been there before.
The U-boat emerged until not only
her bridge above the conning tow-
er was out of the water but her
long steel-plated deck. The lid of
her main hatch opened, and out
stepped the tall Baron Gerlach.
When Barney joined him the Baron
pointed abeam and said: “There
Herr American, is our blind for
hunting some more ducks.” |
Barney was too surprised to an-
swer. Yes, there was the same
derelict that had been floating by
the submarine in the morning. One
end of her was still nearly submerg-
ed, but the other projected high
enough to make a perfect screen for
| the U-boat to lurk behind.
“But why didn't the destroyer
stick around?” was his puzzled
query.
| ‘The Baron gave a short laugh. “I |
told you, Herr Barney, that
|sank us with their depth
least they had good reason to be- |
your
their
a distance of about ten feet.
made him angry to be treated this
way. Yet he could not blame the
He crawled out over the derelict's
rusted bridge and dropped down to
her well deck, whick was awash.
At least he would get Heine's feet
wet.
But the German sailor was too
Ta a to To
craw! up
the slippery plating that led to the
main deckhouse the seaman merely
grinned and waited for him. He
was sure he had the American
prisoner in a safe place.
By this time the sun had dip,
ped
below the horizon, and the twilight Ing
of an early evening was shifting
down upon the sea. stood
Barney
by the deckhouse door and gazed SPrang
despairingly westward, the direction
from
which the doomed convoy Of
would come in the morning.
‘“pgs-t!"
The first he heard the little hiss
he thought it was the whis-
per of the water along the broken
deck seam. ‘Then came a distant
low spoken call: “Hey, buddy!
He dared not seem to hear. Be-
sid,
ti mind.
He glanced back to where the
was standing. Luckily at that
moment the German was staring at
a school of porpoises which were
: Quickly Barney stepped close “$0
the door, gl inside the gloomy
interior as he did so. Despite the
darkness his eyes could make out
two shadowy forms in American
Naval uniform. He leaned up
against the door frame in a position
that made it seem that he, too, was
watching the porpoises; yet one ear
was cocked clear.
“Say,” said alow voice from with-
in, “we know your face, but we've
forgotten your name; any way you
are an American. Heaven only
knows why you are on an enemy
sub! But we figure you wouldn't
have a guard if you were one of
‘em.”
“That's right,” replied Barney in
an undertone.
“Well,” went on the voice, “we're
here to signal in the morning when
the sub pulls out and submerges.
Our boats are coming back early
enough to be on hand when the
convoy passes. Guess it was you
that gave us the high sign this
morning.”
“It was,” whispered Barney. “But
didn't you report having sunk us,”
‘““Sure. But that was just to fool
the enemy into coming back here
again. The skipper let us drop off
here and hide behind a loose bulk-
head and keep watch. Now you
better go back and not give 'em any
idea we're here.”
With beating heart Barney obey-
ed. The thought that two of his
own kind were right there aboard the
derelict filled him with new hope.
The knowledge that the enemy was
to be outwitted elated him. The
assurance that the convoy was to
be saved delighted him.
Then, suddenly, Barney realized
that his own death warrant was
sealed.
If the U-boat went down, he must
sink to his death with her.
Grimly, he rejoined his guard. The
seaman turned to follow him to the
U-boat. When Barney sauntered
around the derelict’s deck to
stall for time the seaman grunted
impatiently. In a flash of anger
Barney turned on the man. He was
going to give him a piece of his
mind. Instinctively the German
reached for his cultlass.
By chance at that moment Bar-
ney noted that they were hidden from
the U-boat by the body of a ventilat-
ing cowl which rose from the dére-
lict’s tilted deck ‘This fact and his
impulsive resentment spurred him to
rebellious action. He stepped for-
ward and sent a smashing blow to
the German's chin. Down the sea-
man thudded. Then in a flash Bar-
ney had a great idea.
He leaned down and snatched off
the sailor's cap. In five more sec-
onds he had unbuttoned the jacket
and rolled the limp body out of it.
With the cutlass strap he hobbled
the man's legs. With his own hand-
kerchief torn into two pieces he
tied the wrists behind their owner
and tightly his mouth.
Then, ga cap, blouse and
cutlass into his arms, he causuall
bomb-—dt made his way aft to the doors |
where the two American Navy men
it might be a delusion of his
it was a ghastly thought.
|
‘were secreted. He thrust the ar-
ticles in and called out softly:
“Here's our chance. It's nearly
One of you dress up like my
"m
: idea?”
from within.
“Hurry up, you ham! hissed Bar-
Re iext morning, just as the Baron
predicted, there came to be seen
on the western horizon a wide black
ya
i
came
along a main seam aft.
Three figures on the U-boat's lit-
° tle bridge struggled frantically with
some line and what appeared to be
a piece of torn underwear. At the
same moment the U-boat began to
circle. Then she hoisted the white
underwear—a signal of surrender.
“Submarine there!” hailed the
American destroyer. “Do you sur-
render?
“Of course we do!” came the as-
tounding answer back-—shouted with
,a good old Yankee 4
The destroyer came alongside just
as the main hatch of the submarine
opened. One by one the crew of
the captured enemy came on deck.
Their faces were blank with amaze-
ment.
“Yes, this fellow Barney happened Deige
to be aboard her,” one of the dere-
lict's “socuts” said later to the com-
officer of the destroyer.
“It was an idea for one of us to
dress up in the uniform of his guard
and get aboard. We had quite a
scrap in capturing the skipper and
two deck hands.”
A cry came from the destroyer's
bridge.
“Hey Come aboard! She's going
under!"
True. The enemy was at least
going to save his vessel from fall-
into the hands of the Americans.
A watchful engineer had opened the
sea cocks. As the last captive
to the destroyer’s deck the
doomed U-boat went down in a swirl
green.
“Well, old man,” said the destroy-
er's skipper to Barney, if you could
do that every day we'd end this
blistering war!" Industrial
School News.
THE 1981 WORLD'S MOST
BEAUTIFUL GIRL
Last summer the Watchman pub-
lished a cut and description with
measurements of Miss Dorothy Dell
Goff, 17-year old girl of New Orleans,
‘who was chosen at Galveston, 1930,
“the most beautiful girl in the
d:” A pink-and-white blonde, 5%
eet tall, weight 122 , bust
measure 34 inches, waist 26 inches,
hips 36 inches, ankles 8 inches, wore
2 AA slippers.
Miss Netta Duchateau, a Belgian
girl has just been declared winner of
the Galveston pageant for 1931.
Chosen by “La Patrie,” Belgian
magazine, to represent her country,
Miss Duchateau started on thelong
trip to America. About $1,500 was
spent for clothes in Paris and she
was ready to conquer the assembled
beauties of the world—and she did.
Her bust measures 331% inches;
her waist, 27 inches; her hips, 37%
inches.
She has had what would amount
to a Junior College aducation here—
six years of school work after her
graduation from the gymnasium,
which corresponds to our primary
grades.
Omelets prepared in every con-
ceivable way and cantaloupes which
are plentiful in Belgium, chiefly
compose Miss Duchateau's diet. Lit-
tle or no meat appear on her menu.
For all of her slim 20 years, Miss
Universe has done more than win a
beauty contest. She has the brains
and nerve to qualify as a licensed
pilot. She has been flying since she
was 18 and loves it.
‘great for the eyes. For the
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FOR
DAILY THOUGHT
Every man in the brags band thinks
his instrument makes the best music.
ms
-—Good color combinations are
too. Doesn't it pep you up to know
you're looking smart and jaunty?
Color, rightly chosen, makes you
look that way.
What color combinations are in
fashion. White-and-something is one
of summer's best. And the “some-
thing” can be most anything, since
all colors look fine with white.
w hite-and-bright red, whit e-and-
bright green, white-and-yellow—
these are some of the most effective.
With brown as a starter, put with
it white, yellow or beige, and your
costume is a pleasant harmony.
With navy blue, the smartest ac-
cent is white and yellow is next. But
a newer note is the green accent on
navy, while lighter blue is always a
safe choice.
A very new idea is a beige cos-
‘ tume with deep red accessories. But
to be really effective, the red must
be almost a burgundy and used with
discretion. A hat, handbag and
flower of this red would be quite
sufficient with a beige dress.
If you wear gray, try with it
handbag and shoes.
It's different looking. More diffi-
cult to wear—but individual if it's
—is gray with a yellow
scarf, bag and belt.
Three color costumes are harder
to put together, of course. But if
your second accent color is white,
then it's easier. A brown costume
with vellow and white accessories,
for instance. Or a na costume
with lighter blue and
Navy can be smartly combined
with lighter blue and lighter brown;
with dark brown and just a
y red.
Er am
es is one wa pu or
the costume. With a brown coat
you could smartly wear an all white
dress, an apple green dress with
white trimming, or a printed dress
touch of deep bu
A dark coat
that combined brown and beige yel-
Miss Duchateau has a $2,500 prize
award and a $1,000 silver
as spoils of her victory.
plaque
BANK MAKES PHOTO OF
ALL CHECKS CASHED
When a housewife loses the can-
celed check that shows she has paid
her gorcery bill, and the grocer in-
sists she hasn't paid it, she needn't
worry under a new scheme of check
photography recently instituted bya
large bank with offices throughout
the country. She has merely to
take her supposed creditor to the
bank, where a photograph of the
canceled check will be flashed on a
screen at her request. The photo-
graph is acceptable legal evidence
that the bill is paid.
Every check drawn by one of the
bank's depositors is photographed
upon a strip of motion picture film
when it returns through the regular
collect on channels, with a machine
invented by a New York banker
and perfected by the Eastman Ko-
dak Company. The device ends
disputes over unpaid bills and guards
against forgery.
WILL CREATES SANCTUARY
FOR BIRDS AND BEASTS
Hopkington, N. H.—A paradise for
bird and beast will be created in a
forest preserve here at a cost of half
a million dollars. The sanctuary,
to eventually cover 1,000 acres, has
been made possible under the will of
Samuel Myron Chase of that town
and Chicago, who died recently.
Mr. Wats: “Where shall I hide
Tommy's birthday present?”
Mrs. Wats: “It will be perfectly
| safe in the bathroom.”
low, with maybe a spot of green or
red here and there.
Scarf, short jacket, belt, handbag,
gloves, hat, jewelry and boutonniere
are the best places to put your sharp
color accents. And not in all of
those places at once, either.
With a bright navy suit, for ex-
ample, smartly proportioned colors
would be navy blue shoes, navy
handbag, white-and-yeliow scarf,
white gloves, yellow bracelet.
With a white dress, your belt,
handbag and necklace could
bright red. But your gloves, hat
and shoes would better be white.
When darker colors are used as ac-
cents on white it's possible to use
more of them.
It is sheer nonsense not to have
something of the openwork variety
in wool in the wardrobe these days,
with everyone wearing them and
looking so nonchalantly comfortable
and cool in them
Contrasting jumper or jacket isa
smart thing these days. You have
no idea how you will meet the con-
trasting theme everywhere you go.
-—Greens are gold mines for vita-
mins. You know, the closer a
plant is to the sun, the more vita-
mins it will gather unto itself. And
since the sun beats down on the
greens in the growing all day long,
it is only logical to reason that they
embody in themselves the life-pro-
longing vitamins.
Spinach was for a long, long time
the ugly duckling of the vegetable
family. And it was left severely
alone, as the ugly duckling prover-
bially is. But now, thanks to the
scientists, who declare spinach vita-
min-filled food, spinach has become
almost as necessary to the daily
diet as the potato. And there are
other greens, just as valuable, just
as healthful.
The markets are filled with them
these days. Kale, for example; it
is a sort of understudy to spinach.
The leaves are a trifle coarser, but
they are just that much easier to
clean, and kale is prepared exactly
as you would prepare and cook spin-
ach. You may have it boiled or
creamed, or with a butter sauce;
season it nicely, and it will prove
as appetizing as it is good.
And, speaking of cleaning greens
thoroughly, let me give you a few
simple suggestions:
Immerse head vegetables in cold
salted water to which a teaspoon of
vinegar is added. Before washing,
soak for a few minutes to remove
any impurities which may cling to
the leaves.
In washing greens, lift the leaves
from the water. This method cleans
the leaves thoroughly. In simply
draining the water off, the grit is
washed back into the leaves.
Avoid any prolonged cooking of
greens or the vitamins are destroyed.
When the leaves begin to darken in
color you lmow they are being over-
cooked.
If you have a prejudice against
the flavor associated with
spinach, try chard instead. Chard,
too, is easier to clean, and it com-
bines the best features of spinach
and celery. Cut off the root end of
the chard to se te the leaves.
Beet tops e an excellent ad-
dition to the “greens” family. The
leaves must be green and crisp and
devoid of any holes. Both the
leaves and the stems may be used.
Cook beet tops in a few tablespoons
of hot water to keep them from
scorching. Cook them rapidly for
fiteen minutes, then serve seasoned
with salt and pepper and melied
butter.
Dandelion greens are a delicacy. |
You'll find they have attained quite
a dignified status in the city mar-
kets. Wash the dandelion and re-
move the coarse, outside leaves.
place the greens in a cheesecloth
bag and plunge them in boiling wa-
ter for five minutes. To remove any
bitter taste place them in another
ketle with fresh boiling water and
cook for about twenty minutes. Sea-
son and serve with melted butter.
white-and-navy,
be boxes and
FARM NOTES.
—As soon as the picking season
is over, work should be started in
rejuvenating the strawberry bed. The
first step is to remove the straw
mulch by raking. Cultivation should
follow immediately. An application of
nitrogenous fertilizer then will stim-
ulate new growth.
—To prevent damage by wind the
‘taller flowers should be staked, say
‘Penn State ornamental horticultur-
ists. These stakes should be as in-
conspicuous as possible.
—Next month Chinese or celery
cabbage can be planted for fall use.
The last planting of corn can be
‘made July 1 to 5. Sow late lettuce
‘and endive. Beets and carrots for
' winter can be sown July 1.
Beans for the fall crop can also be
planted.
—Hens may be broken of broodi-
ness by removing them from the
flock, placing them in a broody coop,
and feeding a balanced ration.
Very often old coatings of paint
fail to give adequate protection
against weathering long before they
'flake noticeably. This is es y
true of flat-grained boards of light
ht, fine textured species that
hold paint well.
—Sod orchards which were plowed
this spring should be reseeded now
to a cover crop. Legumes, such as
alfalfa, sweet clover, common clovers,
soybeans, and vetches are preferable.
— apples and peaches in-
creases size
of fruit, improves color,
eliminates breakage, and reduces
harvesting costs.
| —To control Colorado potato beetle
spray with 4 pounds of lead arsenate
or 3 pounds of calcium arsenate in
1100 gallons of bordeaux.
Any properly prepared garden
soil is suitable for endive. Sow in
rows 18 inches to 2 feet apart, to
allow for cultivation and thin the
‘plants to 1 foot apart in the rows.
The leaves are blanched either by
tying together with some soft ma-
terial, or by standing boards on each
side of the row, bringing them to-
‘gether in an inverted V. In two
|weeks to a month the heart of the
plant will be nicely blanched. If the
inner leaves are wet they are likely
‘to rot. Endive will not endure hard
frost, and it is usual to lift the plants
in the fall, and set in a frame where
they may be blanched under mats.
The plants may also be set in shallow
t into the cellar
for storage and blanching.
~-It should be kept in mind that
any four-horse abreast hitch for a
ky plow with no horse on the
plowed ground is bound to cause in-
creased draft because of the tenden-
cy of the plow to run sideways. The
tandem hitch, two horses in front
and two behind, is the only really
satisfactory four-horse sulky plow
hitch. One can secure a leaflet
the Horse Association of America,
Union Stock yards, Chicago, for
Uliion. Stock yards, Chicago, forth
—Poultry raisers who can spare
a little time should study up the art
of caponizing. Capons demand a
good price upon the market, and are
always in good demand. The opera-
tion process is easily learned and is
so profitable that it pays any poultry-
man to try his hand at it. The slips
are not lost, and if you kill a few by
practicing you can sell the carcass
on the market or use it for home
consumption. Of course is is neces-
sary that you have proper tools to
do this work, but these can be pur-
chased at poultry supply stores any-
where.
—Some farmers make the mistake
of turning young calves, those under
six months old, on pasture, expecting
them to get most, if not all, of their
feed from grass alone. The most
successful dairyman, those who have
well grown heifers for herd replace-
ments, continue their calves on grain,
skim milk, and hay until they are
well on to nine months old before
they depend entirely on pasture to
supply all the feed. This plan saves
the needed pasture.
—Cows as well as people need va-
cations if they are to do their best
work, says Prof. H. A. Hooper, of
the New York State College of Agri-
culture. Six weeks is the minimum
and cows in poor condition should
have a rest of two months between
lactation periods.
It is not generally understood, says
Professor Hooper, that when a cow
is producing milk she uses the min-
erals from her body faster than they
can be replaced. A cow producing
6,000 pounds of milk a year must
manufacture 750 pounds of dry mat-
ter, or more than is contained in the
carcass of a 1,250 pound steer. If a
cows is given little or no rest, she
enters the next lactation period in a
weakened and run-down condition
with the result that she can produce
less milk than she could have had
she been dried off a few weeks be-
fore she freshened. It is false ec¢on-
omy, according to Professor Hooper,
to try to keep cows in nearly con-
stant production.
To allow them to replace the min-
erals which have gone into the pro-
duction of milk, cows that are dry
| during the pasture season shouldre-
| ceive legume hays and pasture or be
‘allowed to graze on a legume pas-
ture. At other times legume hays
| and silage should be fed to dry cows
| if possible.
—Get after the red mites in the
hen-house before they cause a drop
in egg production. Before the poultry
mites become too numerous is the
time to treat the roosts and other
parts of the house.
Hot weather is most favorable to
the reproduction of the mites and
they multiply very rapidly, soon
causing a falling off in egg produc-
tion. ‘These mites are much more
{harmful than the lice that live on
| the body of the hen all the time.