Washing Wheat
to Remove Smut
Sms p——
Single or Double Cylinde=
Device Is Favored for
Treatment.
(Prepared by the United Btates Department
of Agriculture.)
Washing smutty wheat with a
single or a double cylinder wheat
washer, is recommended for removing
smut from wheat for commercial pur-
poses, domestic shipments, and export,
by the United States Department
of Agriculture following experiments
made by grain marketing specialists
of the bureau of agricultural eco-
nomics,
Advantages of Removing Smut.
Removing smut from wheat at an
early stage in the handling of the
wheat after threshing, the specialists
say, avoids the complications that fre.
quently arise In connection with dock-
ing and discounting for presence of
smut, eliminates at the earliest possi.
ble moment the extra handling and
special binning required for smutty
wheat, prevents clean wheat from be-
coming contaminated at places where
smutty wheat is handied, and prevents
an increase in the smut dockage re-
sulting from the handling that smutty
wheat receives in transportation and
in elevators.
Stinking smut is found to some ex-
tent wherever wheat is grown in the
United States, but iz especially prev-
alent in the wheat-producing sections
of the Pacific coast, where dry farm-
ing is practiced. Wheat must be thor
oughly cleaned of all smut before It is
milled into flour, inasmuch as any at-
tempt to mill smutty wheat without
removing the smut results in disagree-
able odor and poor color in the flour
produced.
Unsafe to Blend.
It is usually considered unsafe to
blend even slightly smutty wheat with
clean wheat in an attempt to “work
off” some smutty wheat without clean.
ing it, because there is danger that the
smutty wheat so blended will cause
the whole mixture to be classified and
graded as “smutty.” The only safe
procedure is to clean the wheat re-
gardless of the quantity of smut it
contains, and whether it is to be used
directly for milling or is to be sold as
wheat.
A publication on this subject, Circu-
lar No. 81-C, “Removing Smut from
Pacific Northwest Wheat by Washing,”
has just been Issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
While the supply lasts, copies may be
obtained free by making request of
the office of information, the depart.
ment, Washington, D, C.
Low Temperatures Cause
Low temperatures cause nearly as
great losses to the winter wheat crop
as all wheat diseases combined, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture,
department over a six-year period on
the hardiness of 11 varieties of winter
wheat as compared with the standard
variety Kharkof. The department
found that Minhardi, Buffum No. 17,
Minturki, and Odessa are considerably
more cold resistent than Kharkof.
Buffum No. 17, Minhardl, and
Odessa are soft wheat and are not
commercially grown, but are useful
to breeders. Minturkl is a hard wheat
and is grown commercially, particu-
larly in Minnesota. Turkey {Minn.
No. 1488), Beloglina, Kanred, and Ne-
braska No, 60 also were found to be
somewhat more hardy, and Nebraska
No. 28 and Blackhull much less hardy
than Kharkof,
Right Floor Space for
Best Results of Flock
For best results, the flock should be
limited to 20 or 30 birds, with two
square feet of floor space allowed for
each fowl. To prevent dirt and waste,
feed troughs should be so built that
the birds cannot walk in them,
Attention should be called to the
fact that birds “off condition” or of
low vitality cannot be fattened profit-
ably. Before the birds are placed in
the erates, they should be treated for
lice, Clean, mite-free quarters are nec.
essary to insure keen appetites, the
keynote of successful fattening.
Well fattened birds are worth more
a pound than range stock, due to the
improved quality of their flesh. This
increase in price, together with the
increase In weight, makes it profitable
to fatten surplus stock before selling.
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Farm Notes
SPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPIPPPIPON4
Nearly every garden crop may be
advanced by the use of frames,
. & »
After a little practice in frame gar-
dening you will see many combinations
that will exactly sult your conditions,
. * »
On good land the catalpa Is recom.
mended for the production of posts,
while on thin land the black locust is
best.
* ee
Make yourself a present of a farm
account book and in your New Year's
resolutions Include a plan to run the
farm on business principles, 5
. * »
Our most expensive job of field ter.
racing cost the swner less than $3 per
acre. Many fields can be adequately
Protest ed for a like amount or even
hall.
ROAD BUILDING TO
GET NEW IMPETUS
Highway Officials Make
Plans in Line With Pres-
ident’s Program.
(By James W. Brooks-Director, Ameri
can Highway Educationdl Bureau.)
Impelied by forces now getting be-
hind public work of every character,
and espeeially under the leadership of
President Hoover, plans are in the
making for increased activity in road
building as one of the most far-reach.
ing and constructive agencies in na-
tional progress.
In preparation for this objective,
and for the consideration of other mat-
ters concerning highway improvement,
members of the American Association
of State Highway Officials have just
held their regular annual meeting at
San Antonie, Texss. This body Is
composed exclusively of highway offi-
cials who represent every state in the
Union, and who also co-operate closely
with the federal government in the ad-
ministration of federal aid. At this
meeting, legislative and financial needs
In highway work for the immediate fu.
ture were discussed and a resolution
wag passed recommending to congress
that the federal ald appropriation be
Increased to $125,000 .06x),
Federal Aid Project.
In carrying on their part of the na-
tion's work, highway
stressing the importance
Ing the main federal ald project as
originally planned, This plan, it will
be recalled, was to complete state and
interstate routes first in order to save
motor vehicle revenues from the drain
of excessive repalr costs where roads
are not buflt sufficiently strong in the
first instance to sustain heavy traffic.
As to the wisdom of proceeding wit
increased activity on the original pro-
gram, those in highway leadership as-
sert that they are in line with Presi-
dent Hoover's engineering views on
such matters. These views were ex-
pressed in one of his pre-election
speeches at St. Louls and again on his
recent visit te Cincinnati and Louis.
ville in connection with waterway Im-
provement. Tersely stated, it was the
President's expressed judgment that
trunk line waterways should be Im-
proved first, and highway officials In
their recent conferences at San Antonio
have again attested to the soundness
of that principle gs a means. of con-
serving and making the safest possible
use of highway construction eapital.
Use of Highways.
Taking the country as a whole, the
use of public highways fs increasing
at an amazing rate, likewise motor ve-
hicle operating waste is increasing
where highways have not yet been
brought up to modern standards In
construction. This situation may be
taken ag a lesson that not only should
there be no let up in road building, es-
pecially on routes that are heavily
traveled, but that public work of this
character should be intensified. It may
be taken also as a reminder that there
should be no evasion of the obligation
due to motorists who have acquiesced
in gasoline tax levies in the various
states upon the assurance that the
main traffic channels of the country
would be pressed to completion as
early as possible and thus take care
of between 75 and 85 per cent of the
country’s traffic before attempting to
stretch the federal ald principle be-
yond its present scope.
With the initiative which President
Hoover is taking in all internal im-
provement matters, it is expected that
highway building soon will be greatly
increased and thereafter maintained at
a speed that will insure not only sus-
tained employment in that particular
field, but great profit to the country.
officials
of complet.
Carbon May Be Present
Use of high volatility, antiknocking
gas may remove the noise traditional
ly associated with the presence of car
bon in the engine, but it does not al-
ways mean that carbon is absent, Par.
ticularly after a winter of frequent
choke use, there Is likely to be carbon
even If it Is not causing the familiar
old knock. It should be removed If
Inspection reveals an excess. Why not
test the valve springs at the same
time? ’
FHA RA SH RK
The Motor Quiz
How Many Can You Answer?
Q. Why should tires be
changed from one wheel to an-
other?
Ans. More mileage can be ob
tained from them If this Is
done. Tires that are run in the
same position continuously de-
velop wear peculiar to that po-
sition and If changed about wear
is distributed.
Q. Why should the dust that
collects on the headlight lenses
be removed?
Ans, To improve illumination.
Q. What other effect, aside
from safety, results from the
brakes being kept in good con-
dition?
Ans. Conservation of the driv.
er's energy.
Q What will be the result
it spark plugs are insecurely in
stalled in the cylinder?
Ans. Leakage of hot gases
between the plug and eylinder
threads will occur, eanusing the
plug to rum too hot, resulting
in loss of power,
hainiabubahubid bubba bol FU 3 3 0 2 IE 0
FERRER RAHN REE ERRRR RRR
Spar Time Yadicator
It Is difficult to locate the
point at which the contacts In the
timer break and thereby « the
spark In the cylinder,
ever, wire
exact
You ean, how
shown, to pet an absolute
of the exact moment when the contact
breaks. One terminal of the bulb Is
wired directly to th ittery and the
other to the terminal of the coll that
is connected to the timer.
e be
contacts are closed the bulb will light
|
aa
A
When the Timer Contacts Are Closed,
the Bulb Lights; When They Break,
the Light Goes Out,
When the contacts break, the bulb will
go out.
This method of timing or checking
the ignition system is one which will
be found helpful not only to the
garage mechanic but to the motorist
time, It does away with guesswork,
and because of its simplicity of opera-
tion saves considerable time on the
Job Popular Science Monthly,
AUTCMOBILE HINTS
More autos are abused out than
worn out.
* - *
The international automobile classic
is scheduled for Daytona Beach March
1 to 15, 1030,
. - *
He who never looks at his tires
when they are inflated wonders what
caused the blowout.
. * »
There are enough autos In the
United States for everybody to ride
at once. and the pedestrians would be
safer If they did
. - *
Fire prevention beats fire protec.
tion. Tire inspection beats changing
the darn things on a cold day on the
highway.
..® »
Fairy Story: “Oh, fudge!” sald the
pettish driver of the tenon sand
truck as its rear axle collapsed and
dropped to the pavement with a bang.
- * »
The stop light should be in good
working order at all times. The op
erator in the car In the rear watches
this more than he does arm signals,
. 0»
Whon your auto is traveling 40
miles an hour it covers about 60 feet
in a second. This means that If it
hits something, something is going to
be smashed,
BHR WN RENN NN BN TR EN NE NNN NNER
3 a,
Builder Must Remember
Land is sald to be developed to its
highest
ture on fit produces a
than any other bullding would
duce, but it should be noted that
return must have a reasonable
ence, In other words,
a home site,
himself that the house
on it will return the satisfaction
enjoyment described above
long period of time,
Land that ig developed today w
home of exactly the right type
pro
this
ith a
this
the
progress, and, as
closes around It, home
plot and its value as a homesite de
creases. At the same time, with the
change in the character of the
borhood, the amount of satisfn
and enjoyment secured from the
neige
home
when all satisfac
disappears, Of
becomes unbearable,
tion and enjoyment
course, the loss of
property
eventually by
an Industrial or commercial
this rise in value does not
come nhout at once,
of transition, when the neighborhood
is declining as a residential site
yet has not yet ripened to maturity as
a commercial area, Moreover many
people who establish permanent homes
dn not ch ngs even
if they nor
stricts
value
nw
an increase in value for
site,
usually
like to see such
bring
like
about higher values,
to move out of
ve become home to them,
that he
. Maryland “Model City”
Davison
on a site emi
its plant at
by the Chemical
‘entral heating
be operated
; residents to have m
MICes, i
Davison. A
architecture is to he
it groups of houses wil
iv unlike and yet not
lity
wield
angle is to
and a moving
It will
be surr
Encourage Tree Planting
Property owners are to be
aged to plant more sha
garden direc
anting by
appearance of property m en
encour
and
outlined
the
de trees,
club tors have
manner of pl
anced, and by which
% as betw
ay be p
ion as to trees especi
t een adioining
erties m reserved.
menda
ed for t}
be valuable,
The
we local climate and soil shoul
indeed.
plan to encourage tree planting
parking strips of vacant lots
out a program which
mean much in adding to the city’s nat-
ural beauty.—Bend (Ore.) Tribune,
Consider Improvements
Now
your home,
convenient,
things that make life sweeter?
ment is needed,
the home modernizing movement,
You should devote your thought and
efforts toward making the
There is no need to delay. You ean
start now as well as later.
will enjoy the delights of a
well-appointed home,
Trees Along Highway
The new state highway department
should make some arrangements with
the land owners along the many high-
ways of the state to beautify these
driveways by planting roses and other
beautifying flowers, and pecan trees
along its edge. Let these trees over
lap the highway and the public can
gather the nuts that fall in the road.
The land owners could donate the
land and the state the trees. Let's
have the beautiful as we go along.
It is just as easy as having things
that are not pleasing to the eye.
Centerville (Ore) Press,
ar you
modern,
Careful Lawn Planting
Great care should be taken that one
does not overdo the planting on his
lawn In his zeal to make it attractive,
potty lawn planting should always be
avolded. Shrubbery should be massed
effectively as border, screen and dis
vision and foundation planting; some
evergreens should always be included;
they are beautiful in themselves, and
add a zest to the winter landscape
that nothing else can equal.
And the Eugiisor Said?
Six truckloads of garbage were halt-
the city Incinerator at Suacra-
Calif, and the contents spread
upon the floor, workers searched
potato peelings and whatnot
wrist watch that a housewife
while
lost
garbage ean, After an
searching, the city
woman about the
to find the watch
family
engi-
mind,” she sald, 1 found it on
sill”
Not Unusual
“Yesterday 1 saw a pianis
music hall who played with his toes.”
“That Ig nothing My six-month-old
baby does that in his sleep.” —XNebels
palter, Zurich,
the
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WHEN IT LOOKS DARK to any
weak, nervous or
ailing woman, Dr,
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription
comes to her aid.
Women in every
walk of life today
say Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scription is a re-
liable medicine. It
1smade fromroots
and herbs, sold by
druggists, in both fluid and tablets,
Read this: Hagerstown, Md.-
care of a sick relative, and thre
and loss of sleep 1 had a nervol
was not able to sleep. wo
restless the whole night thre
weak that 1 could scarcely
floor, could not do anvthing
taking the "Prescription’ and it rest
nerves and completely built me vp in health,
Dr. Plerce’'s medicines are reliable and good."
Mrs. Lulu Boward, #i4 5, Powomac St
Send 10c for trial pkg. tablets to Dr.
Pierce's Invalids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
“1 was taking
CTT AT THE
ENTS FROM Teg taggion
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Have you
RHEUMATISM
Lumbago or Gout?
Take RHEUMA CIDE to remove tbecause
and drive the piso fro Lhe sete
REEURACIDE OF THE ITEIDR
PUTS CBRHETRATIAN OF THE OUTEIDE
At All Druggists
Jas. Baily & Son, Wholesale Distributors
Baltimore, Md.
Married Woman's Name
Actually the
far as we
IR fy € «1 ¥
necertain,
vhich arbitrarily compels 8 wot
war her husband's surname unless she
wishes to do = Recently the United
States contro issued an order that
narried women in wernment em
ploy should =ign . husband's su
name when =
Washington Star.
So There You Are
i pit § ne cake unde
pillow you'll hs i 1
“And if x i
you'll also have
“If vo
Was Your
Grandmother's Remcdy
For every stomach
end intestinal {lL
This good old fash-
ioned herb home
remedy 1
pation, stomach lls
and other derange-
ments of the rys-
tem so prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as a family wedicine
then in your grandmother's day,
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model — not an imitation. The bull is
carved from solid wood and ckilllully
painted by band. The sails are mode
of genuine heavy canvas ard the
shields ond Rags fully decorated in
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for £5.00. F.O. 8. Phila. Send your
money order or check todey orf this
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ng to
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If suffering
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