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ALONG
LIFE’S TRAIL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of Illinois.
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(@. 1935, Western Newapuper Union.)
LONG HAIR
HYSICAL beauty Is relative, of
course, and the standards of
seauty vary at different periods and
in different countries. Perhaps the
time will come, as masculine baldness
ncereases, when a heavy growth of hair
on a man's head will seem as grotesque
and unbecoming as a flowing beard
doen today. Whiskers have had their
vogue, and long hair has been the pre.
vailing style even for men. In proof of
which statement witness the [llustra-
tions extant of Moses and Sampson.
Whenever a woman adopts a style,
whether it be short skirts or low
heeled shoes or bobbed hair, for the
alleged reason that it is cheaper or
more comfortable or jess trouble or
more sanitary, it is for everyone to
laugh. It Is always easy to find an
excuse for the most extreme styles.
Long skirts are far more graceful, high
heels give height and therefore sien
derness 10 a figure, long hair requires
no more attention than short If the
iatter must be kept curled and ton
sured up. Women, and men, too, fol
low styles because at the thine they are
thought to be stylish though not nec
essarily beautiful.
There was a picture in the paper this
morning of a French actress who has
gotten the care of her halr down to
fundamentals. She's used the clippers
on It, and It's as short as a jail-bird's
She looks like an escaped conviet, but
possibly she will be able to introduce
R new style
Litersiure has almost invariably
given the beautiful woman long balr,
trongly pronounced shades being
preferable. Red has always been con.
sidered a good color and the longer
the hetter.
Queen Rsther telling Persian tales
to Haroun al Raschid a thousand years
ago gives her idea of feminine beauty.
She Is describing Gulnare the wife of
Shahzeman, who was looked upon as
something of a winner in those far off
days.
“She is perfect In beauty,” the queen
asserts, “and perfect also, In gravity
and dignity” —two qualities which are
pot characteristic of all of our beauties
today.
“Her balr reacheth to her ankles and
i black as night, but her face 18 even
ike the day.”
the thing In those gond old days. Most
men even now, 1 think, prefer long
hair in women and = fresh healthy
*ace “that Is even like the day.”
SILENCE
T IS true that when | was a boy we
did pot have a doctor often, and
for that reason, possibly, his coming
eas the more Impressive. He had to
rome some distance, and the rouds
were none foo good in those days so
that he was not sent for until things
were critical,
man, carefully dressed. fastidiously
groomed, a slow dignified man who
who eame into the room without bus
tie or noise. His eve seemed to take
in every detall, but he asked few ques-
tions. and when he had looked the
patient over, he said little; only he sat
quietly for & time as If In deep
thought before writing the prescrip
tion. His very silence awed and Im
pressed us. I myself thought him
very wise—too wise, indeed. to waste
speech on so insignificant Individuals
as ourselves, Saying nothing, he
never had anything to explain or to
take back.
In fact, ax 1 have learned since, he
was not over-well trained; he was, In
deed. quite ordinary. It was his
sphinx-like silence that gave him pres.
tige.
I sat through a play not long ago
beautifully acted, the leading role be
ing taken hy one of the best known
actors on the present day stage. He
has a wonderful volce—clear, well
modulated, every word he utters well
enunciated. It is a pleasure to listen
to him. and yet his greatest charm
and his moments of greatest effective
pegs, are his moments of silence.
In the most tragic incident of the
play he did not wring his hands, and
smite his bosom. and tear his hair be-
tween sobs and broken sentences; he
stood quietly, uttering ne sonnd, his
slient grief far more impressive than
words,
It is 80 In nature. As a child I lived
on the prairie where an unbroken view
stretched out until objects were lost
in the haze of distance, There was
pothing to shut out the view of the
union of the earth and the sky. Noth
ing terrified me more than an ap
proaching storm. [1 could see It miles
away, the great black clouds rolling
up most menacingly. The lightning
flashed, followed by reverberating
thunder, but always before the storm
struck. the wind died down, the clouds
rolled on and there was a period of
silence that struck a chill to my very
marrow. 1 can feel the horror of It
yet.
1 have never found it dificult to
understand why Moses was Impressed
more by the “still small volee” than
by all the earthquakes and thunder
bolts that rent the earth,
Silence Is far more Impressive than
speech often In the expression of emo
tion. It Is more subtle, more difficult
to meet, more disconcerting in a quar
rel or an argument, more delicate io
love Most of us talk too much,
Meat Is Chief Use
for Pure Breds
Animals Marketed Directly
Cost Slightly Less to
Raise Than Scrubs,
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
About 62 per cent of purebred live
stock Is marketed directly for meat
purposes,
Pure-bred meat animals cost slight-
ly less than scrubs to raise to watur-
ity ; purebred dairy cattle cost slight
ly more,
Only about one-half of the purebred
animals in the country eligible to reg-
istration are actually registered.
Pure breds are much more profitable
to raise than scrubs, and somewhat
more so than grades, the degree de
pending on the proportion of pure
blood the grades possess.
About 08 per cent of persons who
give the use of purebred sires a fair
trial stick to the general principle of
using them for all clusses of stock.
Improving the quality of purebred
live stock by rigid culling and by sell-
Ing only worthy animals for breeding
purposes Is urged and also is being
practiced by progressive farmers.
Results of Questionnaire.
These statements are based on the
results of a questionnaire Inquiry. cov.
ering 45 stutes, conducted by the bu
reau of animal industry, United States
Department of Agriculture. The pur
pose was to obtain directly from farm-
ers information on the eurrent trend of
the live-stock Industry with respect to
the quality of stock. An analysis of
the detailed replies on 653 report forms
of three pages each, supplemented by
nRumerous letters and explanatory com.
wenis, shows an unmistekable trend
toward the ralsing of purebred ani
mals for utility purposes
Marketing Pure Brede as Meat Animals.
The extent to which pure breds are
sold as meet animals is seen In the
following figures: Swine. 75.1 per
rent | sheep, 62.2 per cent: cattle, 41.8
per cent. The foregoing figures rep
resent the records or estimates of pure
bred livestock owners who sell & con-
&lderable proportion of their purebred
animals for slaughter, The weighted
eversge for alli classes of these ani
mals Is 62.0 per cent.
The remainder were sold chiefly for
breeding purposes. In this connection
it may be explained that the majority
of persons answering the questionnaire
Were average progressive farmers
rather than professional or especially
skilled breeders. Some told of their
preference for selling thelr surplus
Judging from numerous comments
the reasons for using the market out-
let 80 extensively, as well as selling
stock for breeding purposes, were the
factory returns.
Grass Seed Comes From
Many Different States
Where does the grass seed come
from?
Ilinais steps out with practically
dewnand In this country and Earope,
It is produced down In the southrn
end of the state, with southen Jowa
contributing a small
quentity. Illinois is the big red top
center,
Kentucky bluegrass doesn't peces-
sarily come from old Kentucky. This
seed, main constituent for lawn-grass
mixtures in the northern two-thirds
of the country, Is produced by north
ern Kentucky, northwestern Missouri
and southwestern Iowa for the most
part. special machinery having been
introduced into the last-named sec
tion for harvesting the seed. Meadow
fescue or English bluegrass seed is
produced In surplus quantities In east.
ern Kansas and to 8 much less ex-
fent in Missouri,
Kentucky and southern Indiana con-
tribute most of the orchard grass seed.
Other much-less-used varieties of
grasses are furnished by scattering
sections of various states, so that a
well-balanced lawn-grass mixture rep
resents considerable territory when It
is asscrahied.
Arizona and Callfornia fornish most
of the Bermuda grass seed for south-
orn consumption.
Spraying Potato Vines
for Control of Beetle
Spraying of potato vines Is very
necessary If Insect damage Is to be
avolded. Any of the arsenleal In
secticides will control the striped Col.
orado potato beetle and the gray
blister beetle. The usual spray ls 50
gallons of water with 1.5 pounds of
paris green, 2 pounds of calcium ar
senate or 8 pounds of lead arsenate.
If paris green or calcium arsenate is
used, an equal quantity of lime should
be used, to prevent burning. These
poisons are freyuently applied In the
form of a dust, mixing 1 part of
poison with 20 parts of hydrated lime.
In a home garden paris green and flour
is sometimes used.
Setting Out Raspberry
Raspberry plants may be set out
In either fall or spring. spring pre
ferred. Keep them free from weeds
by cultivation until late in June, then
cease cultivation and let the late
weeds grow untill the next spring. and
cultivate again. The tops should he
cut back In early spring before any
growth has started, to hip or waist
eight
Power for the Farm
From Small Stream
Neglected Sources May Be
Put to Good Uses.
(Prepared by the United States Department
wl Agriculture.)
Small streams frequently are neg-
lected sources of power that may be
utilized in generating electricity to
light buildings and grounds and pos
sibly to operate a number of small
muchines, says the bureau of public
roads, United States Department of
Agriculture, In Farmers’ Bulletin 1480,
“Power for the Farm From Small
Streams,” just published. Eleetrical
equipment on the farm saves time and
labor In the household and farm work.
To be a sound investment, however,
the cost of installation should not be
greater than the benefits obtained
would justify. In this respect, the bu-
resu points out by way of caution,
furm water-power electric outfits have
their limitations,
In the new bulletin an attempt is
made to acquaint farmers with the
possibilities of developing the power of
small streams by converting It Into
electrical energy. It discusses the
uses 10 which the power can be put,
‘The bulletin gives Information that
will enable prospective water-power
users to avold unnecessary expense,
and explains how to determine the
power & stream will supply.
Coples of the bulletin may be had
free, as long as the supply lasts, hy
writing to the Department of Agricul
ture, Washington.
Toad of Great Value on
Farms and in Orchards
We say that life Is made up of the
littie things, yet we are not aware of
the value that many little animals are
to us. How many of us ever stop to
consider the toad? In most instances
he is considered just a little nuisance,
put bere to be In the way just as other
harmful animals are But the next
toad you see hopplug along, stop and
walch him perform. By studsing the
tond the student will learn that he Is
of great value to the farmer and or
chardist, writes J. W. Recknor, Jr. In
the Farm and Ranch
The tongue of the toad Is half an
inch long or longer, and he ean vse It
to perfection, too, when It comes to
catching filles. | admit that the toad
seems to be a very lazy creature hop
ping about, but that is the very time
he is doing his duty. The toad hops
about, and when a fly comes near
enough, out goes his long tongue In
an Instant. Mr. Fly Is caught and his
career, carrying typhold germs to well
people's dining rooms, is stopped.
It Is estimated that the toad Is worth
$18 per year to the farmer. If he Is
worth only half this much. then the
toad is a valuable little fellow to us
rural people. Toads should be given
all the protection possible so thelr
oumber will increase. Some people
allow their children to kill toads, but
this should not be. Protect the toad
for be ia our good little friend,
Cutworms Cause Serious
Damage to Many Crees
Cutworms often cause serious dam-
age to some small fruits. vegetables
and other crops. Because of reports
of serious damage to strawberries and
biackberries In 1024, the entomologists
of the New York State agricultural
experiment station at Geneva gave
the following directions for control
ling this Insect.
For quick results an Inexpensive
poison bait is recommended, either
broadcast In the field or, In the case
of small fruits, sprinkled about the
bases of the plants. The following
formula will provide enough material
for five acres:
Bran, 20 pounds; paris green, one
pound ; cheap sirup. two quarts: three
lemons and three and one-half gallons
of water. The bran and paris green
are mixed dry. The julce of the
lemons Is squeezed into the water and
the peel and pulp chopped to fine bits
and added to the wate. The sirup
is then dissolved in the water and
fruit mixture and the liguid stirred
into the bran thoroughly in order to
dampen It evenly. If a smaller quan.
tity Is wanted, the amounts of the
different ingredients may be reduced
proportionately. It Is recommended
that the polson bait be applied in the
evening, because the cutworms are
night feeders and the bat will thus
be in a fresher condition than If ap
plied earlier In the day.
Think of sifaifa. Then plant It
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The first step toward securing poor
yields Is buying cheap seed.
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The best way to hit stumps is not
with your plow but with dynamite.
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"Tis a long way to harvest, but there
Is no escaping the results of using
poor seed
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Certified potato seed Is the kind
that best growers buy, plant, and de
pend upon.
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It costs no more to feed a good cow
than a poor one; the difference all
comes In the returns.
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Rape stimulates gaing In pigs and
saves feed. especially the purchased
supnlements, such us laukage,
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