i i Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County —— A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democraf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 61. I JELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942. NUMBER 46. 2 Random Items | VERY MUCH ALIVE When Mrs. Elizabeth Me- Keague, of McElhattan, went to the polls in Wayne Township, Clinton County, to vote Tuesday, she found out she was recorded as dead. Determined to cast her ballot, Mrs. McKeague consulted her husband and they went to the court house at Lock Haven for further information on her demise. There it was revealed that a card had been returned from the postoffice in the quad- rennial checkup, with the state- ment that Mrs. Elizabeth Me- Keague was dead, clearly a case of mistaken identity, MANPOWER RESERVOIR K. D. Hancock of Dallas, Tex., received this answer to his ad for a painter and paperhanger: “Gentlemen: I wish to apply for a job as a paperhanger. Am hunting bears at present, but am about out of ammunition. Any- way, I am a better paperhanger than I am a bear hunter—Sign- ed, Adolph Hitler.” “P. 8.—~Rush answer as this job is playing out and may have to move soon.” NEXT ONE FREE The stork made his 19th call at the home of James Roy Hil, 48, paper mill worker, and Mrs. Hill, 42, of Lock Haven, bringing a boy. The attending physician Dr. T. E. Teah, who has deliver- ed most of the Hills’ 19 children announced there will be no bill for medical services if he Is call- ed on to deliver No. 20. “Next one,” he told the beaming fath er, “is on me.” A BIG ORDER A farmer of Stourbridge, Eng- land, received a letter from the War Agricultural Committee which read: “The Committee wishes to notify you that four land girls are being sent to you for threshing. If they do not prove suitable, please ‘nform-— WAC” THAT SONG AGAIN A church bell donated to the metal drive by St. Mary's Catho- lice parish at Phoenix, Arizona, has been placed on a downtown sidewalk. It has this sign: “I've praised the Lord, now I go to make some ammunition. > Million for Hitler, Dead or Alive, Is Offered Air Corps “Wanted Adolph Hitler alive—reward $1,000,000.” That offer was made to 150 newly inducted Air Corps cadets Monday night at ceremonies in the Pranklin Institute, Philadelphia. Col. Frederick Schoenfeld, head of the army recruiting service at Phil- adelphia, said the offer, in the form of 4 document, duly notorized., was made by a well known Philadelphia business man. His identity will be revealed after the showing of a film entitled “Hitler Dead or Alive _—— dead or Gels Pheasants Easily William B. Royer, retired 1 of Watsontown, did to use a gun or go out of last Saturday to get a pheasant was sitting in his home heard a noise in the yard out to find a ringneck flopping about in the grass, the bird having been crippled by a hunter. Mr. Royer picked up the pheasant, which ap- parently had been hit a few mom- ents before, and “glided” into the toyer yard as it died. mr WP ———— Keep ‘em firing—with junk! airoaa er not have yard Wi when he He He went | Death Reveals Girl Posed As Male Farmhand for 3 | Years on Bald Eagle Farm Victim, Injured From Fall in Barn, Dies In | Altoona Hospital; Undertaker Dis- covers Mistake In Sex | | | | | | | that the not SNESS removed to imply of the ward mar of her patient wa wriou not The strange circumstance of a girl posing as a “man” while working for | three years on a farm near Tyrone, was revealed by the death of "Rob- rt Moore,” which occurred in the Altoona hospital Sunday morning, | November 1st. The death attracted { little more attention than the fact that “he” had been injured in a fall | while wor the G. R. Stone- | braker far upper Bald Ea | Valley Death njurie: | ti { on October lowing to the con- taltion w He WHS an- other ward, being creened off from other part No publicity Moore hospital in 1 y overy of given the patient to their dis by exX- Robert SCX respecting Of I Who came essed wishes the at » Ling he frien to the hospits m in jie th the patient the the 1 8 death, Stonebraker that { fi Following : ¢ ribut hk % 3 wa attributed to family Ix ts body directo directed worl r f “he while the Stonebraks , alter which Altoona ho pital man” was admitted to he” wa the ined ained turned over to a ner rm, wa we barn on f is | . be prepared for interment, and yi wi funeral director wn when th th taken to the When the preparin for burial that DOAY it the deceased wa placed In it there was found Burns Prove Fatal To Tyrone Woman Coroner Reports Notes Left Behind Indicated Planned Suicide BLE anda in wle in the Bald Eagle cem rothy (Continsed on Page Six) Now To Strike A Balance 4, il —— MAY BE ASKED TO SIGN PLEDGE 27.000 00 mot weed Show Entertainers’ Car Crashes Pole Near Mill Hall While Enroute Here Other Accidents In Clinton County Involve Injuries to Mrs. Epley White of Bellefonte R. D. 3; $100 Damages to Car In to five ulted | after midnight r which owned and operated by Haven of cor telephone ries person re Saturday they sometime were AW trol along when the ca riding in K oot a pole at the t east ir ar a Lock treatment of the wpital receiving ture of one of the bones no Lio of the lacera ns follows and then Albright f Of were al ais- Mill the hospit Mins re Betty laceration the fir th il rations ol £ ger i q he left knee Michae cratic { ‘ ( of Lhe MoeGlynu of ing of Pittsburgh pant to escape unhurt x sacha {f $100 Show Entertainers McGlynn been a 110 Goddard who have shows at cal appea i clubs in show at Haven or on admitie she was suffering from mid degree bums of the f 1 - that learned that f first and sec tire body Mrs. Cowher | from the explosion of a gas stove In the kitchen of her home. T of the blast caused considerable | damage to the home, kitchen i being charred and windows through- {out the house being blown out. A part of the woodwork caught fire but was quickly extinguished by neigh- injuries resulted force Noinat ry The Centre Democrat) (Special to There's th 4 WNg out gangling son of yours staring you from yous morning newspaper. That sop of yours who was forever strewing his things all over your living room bors who heard the explosion [floor, and cluttering up his own | Coroner Chester C. Rothrotk.. ini foom with the strgngest objects and | investigating the cause of the acci- | Wierdest collections He was forever] dent, reported that neighbors stated spilling ink and clgaretie shes upon | Mrs. Cowher left notes behind say-| Your immaculate carpets. He littered | ine sh suicide 1p your cholee furnishings with at. rc ter disvegard for order or yo the § at f Was panning F on Februar y married to John her s born In Lancas- 17. 1804. She Cowher. 8he ~ f: ir habe Mr Fas itual precision in house-keeping. He | poked into the icebox and made! and one sister huge is on your appetizers for Ciba air” wre ine | FAW dinner or the important Paul Singer, Kath- bridge hao Worse leavin niso two children, or eke wpb . Moby Cowhes the door ajar that ruinatio John whet YOUr « ulinary fi i: E . ‘ ns ft compicte A CRIME THAT CHALLENGED He Ww Ye AMERICA'S BEST SLUETHS rks 4 fz wir iS SA He vived by tv fa {5 William 8i too N ¢ N “ey t arts was nal ys late for appoint-| by t& sed you mome” cted Of ana ra The Clue of the Hand of Glory” 5 the title of a mystifying story re- g a famous murder case which the making. Don't 5 in the Novem- rr 24 1S Ie American Week the big magazine distributed with the Baltimore Sunday American. On all newsstand latin centuries is Lory in was ss ti ue r : " ue of I ILayor, Le ilo tanding ar social prestig Arrest Three | : Series of Crimes Union County Youths Face Charges of Burglarizing 26 Cabins ale at eta I s — Treated For Burns William Sweitzer, young son Of I Mr. and Mrs. George Sweitzer, of | Mill Hall, was treated at the Lock | Haven Hospital last Thursday eve- | ning for burns of the face, hands The injuries were suf-| | fered when he got too close to dy-| namite with which some boys were playing, he told the hospital author- tie and right eye glaries of 28 cabing, hunting! Burg WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM NOW? but brought battie.n« were min machine his own f ' but sale ship down, His wounds wrist where terror was he ever going wi often ask yours a satising bobbing up like the proverbs and death, He seemed to I» aused with Now there's hig face looking olf the luk of a Charmer, survis ing all st you; that play JdAvil glean 300 1! the oddly sgalnst hidh, sid tow his eyes. He is wearing a distinguish (smiling, «a little grimer perhiape, ed medal of honor and there there was in his eyes that familiar aimost tory about vor that light Pearl Harbor during that ag att 1 how later Iw had gone off more Japs In the Java Seas and win additional honors. It tells how be brought down fighter 1 the Coral Sea, en- 44 ships th threatened the Allie d Foroes at to his life red re wed YY answer He kept Among Your worries lal problem child Pe | [| . blazing slashed him tors had ™ wa an 4 unbelievable hi loved bravery at that sii Darmer fatal sme Wk an between to figint fveness on your heart all ¥ lay R pian i ie. une of the and ex- reme risk own fresh glory could cats he was again He joined that rescued in Burma { enem) this off to You raed India ng command fy We in i om Th soul thin stood « etire AgainstSupervisor Case Against Clinton County Roadmaster Will Not Be Tried Former New York Track Walker Meets Death in Clinton County Roadmaster B. B. Lorschbaugh, of A retired New York Central track d Railroad |S Employee Killed In Clinton County DRAW JURORS FOR REGULAR DECEMBER TERM OF COURT Julian | Millheim Philipsburg Millheim Boyer, Paul Burrell, A. J Crust, Thomas Decker, Grace M The Centre County Jury Commis-! sioners last week completed the task of drawing the names of men and] women who will serve as jurors for the regular December term of court. Twenty-four Grand Jurors were drawn to convene here on Monday, Wovember 30, while 50 traverse jur- ors for Criminal Court, beginning Monday, December 14, and 50 for Civil Court, which opens Monday, December 21, also were chosen. The lists follow: GRAND JURY {Meets Monday, Nov. 30) Bradley, Florence Clarence Crawford, Geo A... Centre Hail R. D. | Dickson, Donald 8. Bellefonte | Dunlap, Toner K. State College | Fulton, John C Philipsburg | Gardner, Pear] Howard | Grove, Wildam L. Lemont | Harvey, William T Philipsburg | Haynes, Agnes .... .Bnow Shoe | Hutchinson, Clair State College | Kachik, John A.. we Clarence | Keester, Frank W. Aaronsburg | Kinkead, Lawrence Philipsburg R. D. | Korman, Warren T. Lupton, Gladys A. Maurer, Mabel Orwig, Howard . Passmore, Austin E. Peters, Edward Rogus, Mary .. Rutter, John Harvey. Soith, Bar oman Woodward | Weaver, Elmer FF... .Aaronsburg | yarnell, Melvin C....Bellefonte R. D.| CRIMINAL COURT JURORS (Mect Monday, Dee. 14) i Almond, James .......... Philipsburg] Askey, J. EB... .. Howard R. D.| Barnhart, Grace V.. Bellefonte R, D.| Blaney, Dorothea _.... . Bellefonte Bloom, Edna... Warriors Mark | Philipsburg | ...Bo. Phillipsburg Aaronsburg State College | ; Bellefonte | larence | Bellefonte | { Gryctko, Ben. J. Sr. State College Julian Pleasant Gap State College Bellefonte Philipsburg ! Julian Bellefonte | Bellefonte | Spring Mills DeVeny, Kenneth J Dubbs, Theodore Eby, Ruth Emerick, Ralph Fritchman, Harold Jordon, Ada Goss, James D Hampton, Wm. M Heckman, Eugéne A Hemsley, Harry Munson Hockman, Austin F Mingoville | Hogentogler, Allen B.. State College | Holderman, Arthur W. Hollis, Martin J Kelley, George A Lyon. F M Mann, Lester Minning., Charles W Moore, James Musser. Geo. C Nolan, Ray E. Noll, Edna Oswalt, Aina A. Owens, Carrie R. Pearce, Robert D. Poorman, Clayton H Ray, David Rimmy, Wm. H. Rossman, Allen R Runkle, Edith Schiow, Frank RH. State College Schreffler, W. W. Pleasant Gap Shawley, Harry L.. Bellefonte R. D. | Shoemaker, Philip Bellefonte | Shunk, Guy T Smith, J. Frank Smith, Rufus H. Smith, Charles M Spicer, Wilbur L. Stauffer, Robert B Philipsburg | Stevens, Betty L..Port Matilda R. D. | (Continued on Page Bia) Osceola Mills Bellefonte R. D State College Clarence | Rebersburg | Philipgburg | State College R. D Howard R. D. Pleasant Gap Clarence | Millheim | Oak Hall Sta. {in the burglary investigaticn. {| H, Shannon, district land manager | , Centre Hall R. D.| Ernest Keister, deputy game warden Bellefonte R. D.! Moshannon | Pleasant Gap! in a flock of five, swimming in the of America reports that Bellefonte | swollen waters of the West Branch | Wert of Centre Hall, has recorded cubs were seen. Old logs and stamps State College | near the Winfield island. The Cane {his first investment Warriors Mark | gdian goose is extremely wild, heavy. | Holatein-Priesians, the purchase of mals in their search for food Bellefonte | fly feathered, and difficult to bring [One bull, lodges and homes in Union, Mifflin and Snyder counties were reported wlved last week with the arrest of three teen-age hoys, State Motor Police Melvin L. Woodring and Wil- lam G. Fink announced, | Being detained in the Unlon coun- | ty jail at Lewisburg are Harry Pur-| sley, 18, Elwood Pursley, 16, and | Ammon Shaffer, 16, a cousin of the | other two, all of Hartley township, Union county. William Pursley, 54, father of two of the boys, and Elwood, also face | charges of shooting deer out of sea- son and were given a hearing Friday before Justice of the Peace Walter | Hurr, Mifflinburg, They were arrest. | ed by Fred Fisher, district game protector, Mifflinburg, who assisted Participating in the extensive in-| vestigation in addition to the Motor | Police and Mr. Fisher were Charles | i . A. 8. Snyder, fish warden, and Un- fon County Sheriff A. Paul Kline. a a Bag Rare Geese | William Hogendobler, 8r., retired | railroad employe, and his son, Rus- | sell, of Bunbury, each shot a Can-! adian goose, and six mallards, Of | the geese, one weighed 15 and the | other 18 pounds, the two being | among the finest ever bagged by lo- | cal hunters, They came upon them | | ! i i down. Successful Hunters John and Don Miller, Ronald Mo-! Spring Mills R. D.| Clure and Jim Rupert, employes of | owners of registered Holstein-Fries- Bellefonte | the Beech Creek plant of the Gen-|lan cattle for the first time in 1941 Millheim | eral Refractories Company, each had | an average of about 275 a week. a wild turkey 15 minutes after the | small game season opened Saturday | morning. Don Miller got a 20-pound | turkey and the other three each brought down 15-pound birds, | Pine Creek township, Clinton county. was relieved of paying a fine of $50 and $33 costs, imposed by a magis- { trate, when Judge Henry Hipple in | Clinton county court quashed the appeal case last week The case is reported to have been | originally brought by one of the township supervisors, Anson Greene, | {who was deaf, had not noticed the [guilty but asked charging that Mr. Lorschbaugh fail- ed to perform his duties. It is said worker, August Gustafson, about 75, was instantly killed Monday morning at 11:55 o'clock when he was struck (by a New York Central engine and dit 1n« social graces of his be 44 MLL wondered why Ws qd ¢ obedien his You wish that he was here in your own kitchen this very mine ule 10 get [your hair thousands the shiny od C8 asp his hand, se] his Lreall Upon fall Ane vel more Bae y now sll over again of thoes, track mud over linoleum. If only you could look Into his ¢yes cheek! The the INARI You isl i Lhe That prec you took pride in making } urn cake cake MOUS for father's ang battle |, A hero be Like a life oat of an this is happen. + SON fronts fore You } ads knight of old come adventure tale. Only ' i your care off- r jov wells uj (Continged on Pope Five) entenced to Jail Central Charles Farrington of Lamar, hit Mr. Rice. He Must Serve 3 Months For Liquor Violation Al a special session of Clinton | FARM QUESTION BOX county court last Wednesday morn. ing, Judge Henry Hipple sentenced Charles Farrington of lamar to serve three months in the county { tanea, Clinton county. caboose in charge of Engineer Gun- | jail and pay a fine of $300, the min- | { sallus of Jersey Shore, as he crossed | imum sentence provided by law for! the Logan Avenue crossing In Cas- | violation of the liquor laws a second | { time ! It is thought that Mr. Gustafson, | Parrington had entered a plea of | | to be placed on! signal lights and had not heard the | probation due to his being employ- Miss Albright plano accompanist they went to call a back to Mill Hall who 0 qo” Oils Saturday acting thelr After the show taxi to take them when Mr be the group in retun \ night, with ar a eTed nappeneaq [ i Albright was 1 ciub red to take e US Car home a WM Ls ! Mi ung women in sop ¢ three planned ’ get wi 10 at the ww some of their pos il d to Bellefonte ther car 1 SL ’ Linn tld the State Motor 1 + Police since na Ww Very heavy Mill Hall Sylvania Electric Com- highway a nl workers 4 vf it Ol quitting the plar the pany were ing home on the He says atlemptled © Wanting EWery return- approach- turn treet A Tr ur hi oid 0 u stopped pole Injured Hel pge Fiz, Mrs. Epley Epley 1 Hel White A {4 wid f wl Mr i« murd Wins First Honors In Milking Contest | example ox HOSS TRADING: be « at Even though horse oming a thing of iL mean around the deligh ion concluded between Fideuty Lt Company Pittsburgh and Bellefonte School District. When Academy banking botler Academy {f $6 The tu PropoOs - d leave the trading the sen anymore tt wi li is pa ¥ there al there t any Take trans rad traders for act just the Lhe of Lhe the the schools vacated property the board wid it conid have the file » tall . ’ ard instalied in the Pay i ofl the hos: swung the CARVER: Th ¢ calast Sixteen-Year-Old Penn State © Co-ed Best of Five Contestants Verna Rothermel ! yomics i milking champilor State College f Rother 18 hotne o the . of OF) vania Miss mel, of Klingerstown the competition with atl the exposi tic won the title in fin ¢ other co-eds 20th annual college dairy In two min she milked three and one-half quarts while her near- est competitor drew little more than {two quarts { Donald 110s M. Biddle of Bellefonte - — Abandon Road if the old Bufiak Rail up First Fork { 13 ‘ ¥ DUN) Ning { | May 1 ook Busquehianng . P tier This such havoe with this have to be Sinnamal } BN aa of the playe woud a A | past flood § road it ually and Aus » Inter iy Officials tate Com- merce { Samue] wnshis We { vamping Hunter Injured Rice was accidentally with a Danie] shot while 1 H1imitine uniang party killed a rabbit it a stone some shot i i ial Hospital for the injuries into your cookie jer, muss | Won the Drive for judging milk, but- | without priorities as he diditer, cheese and other dalry products. | bright light they make lz caused by rebuilt between are capable | Hitler We got the correct g while Guy was taking photo the scene of the Kadash murcer- suicide attempt st Osceola Mills Did you ever grab hc of a flash bulb just after taking re? Guy asked In response 10 our qQuUes- tion. “They heal up to more than 3.000 degrees.” he further explained PRIORITY : | Speaking of flash bulbs—beiore jong you won't be sble to get them The intense day WC wctu a pi “ur magnesia foll or just now is and other | the burning of wire—gnd magnesiun badly needled for bombs implements of war WORTHWHILE: It does all of us good to find oul that the United Nations, after al of united action on never before attempted fe 8 1 of the north anc west coasts of Africa is a maneuver that staggers the imagination and ilius- trates to us and to the Axis that A has no corner on military equipment, and ability A scale Te rains OT aiiid, LIGHTS: different Bl at night Power Com- of its re- 4 notioegd street app» the West Penn has completed part of nung notorious places brightened HUNTER: Mike Hoover, well known hunter of {1308 system? have lig k the Aa Some | been ar a “ ” Pp - party at Reynolds avenue, went turkey hunt- Hornsby Hollow. When one of the ing near Julian one day last week. : of the He hid behind a large stump glanced off and eventually heard a received treatment |The bird came closer and closer, and at the Soldiers and Sailors Memor- | Mike peered around one and turkey calling side of the {Continued on Pape Four) " by ED W. MITCHELL Farm Advisor J General Electric Station WGY train. His body was badly mangled by the impact. A native of Sweden, he had no that Mr. Greene wanted the super- visors to dig deeper a ditch which | overflowed its banks over part of | his farm and turn the water in an- other course, basing his information on this incident, Morris Ohl of Woolrich is the third member of the board of supervisors of that town- ship. The case was brought to the at- tention of the court when Mr Lorschbaugh appealed from the | curred. magistrate’s decision. Judge Hipple| Dr. W. J. Shoemaker, stated he was quashing the case be- | County Coroner, pronounced death cause the information drawn against | the result of an accident, Mr. lorschbaugh wag too general and not in proper form in that it| failed to cite any specific violation | of the Act of Assembly. Also, the | 4; court pointed out, the information |, failed to give the defendant notice | of the specific charge brought! against him. Straubtown where he lived alone. | He apparently was paying one of his Black Bears Numerous Black bears are reported as par- we vicinity of Bark Shanty, near Coudersport. Near the Lloyd Taylor {farm an old mother and three cubs i {were recently seen in an open field. | The youngsters romped and played Buys Registered Ball jabout the mother much as pups The Holstein-Friesian Association might play about a mother dog. On Kenneth another oceasion a mother and two in registered | have been torn apart hy the anl- Dogs Hunt Alene | When the hunting dog of Sgt. {Glenn Shuman, | Who Is now in army service in Aus | tralia, saws hunters leaving their ‘homes with their guns, he got busy. {He left the house and a short time later returned with a big pheasant Every generation is entitled to live rooster In his mouth. The bird, its own way, which Is a principle) which did not have a shot in it, that old people find it hard to ac- was evidently caught by the dog in cept. the nearby fleids. He purchased this bull, | Prilly Bessie Lochabar Prince 856488, | from Henry W. Zerby, Centre Hall 14292 dairymen were recorded by the national association as becoming cularly numerous just at present in | of McEwensvilie,' ied on the government project at | White Deer, when he appeared for {sentence on October 24. The Court relatives living in this country. He Was willing to consider the matter | | was best known in Castanea where |favorably in case such a disposition ing are the best means to control 'he other grains, he had resided up until about two would be satisfactory to the Liquor [your weeds. months ago, when he moved to Control Board, and their agent, R | 1C. Day of Williamsport, was in- istructed to contact the board mem- usual visits to the business section bers and place any leniency in the! {of Castanea when the accident oc- matter in writing for the court rec- Plant is allowed to get as mature as carrier to feed calf meal or ground {ord. Sentence wos deferred to per- | possible because the sugar content is feed to your calves and pigs. Clinton | mit the board to be contacted and [highest in the mature plant, but it milk is too high priced to feed it must be harvested before frost. The alone in the dry form, although it sorghum cane is crushed, pressed.!is used as an ingredient in [thet wishes in the matter consider- Led. { In imposing the sentence Judge | Hipple told the defendant that he is {also actually guilty of contempt of leourt in violating the injunction is- sued after the first offense restrain ling him from further sales of beer land liquor, and said his previous [record would not permit his being placed on probation, STATE COLLEGE DENTIST COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT | Dr. IL. W. Nieman, State College identist, has been commissioned a first Heutenant in the Army Air Corps and will report at the Air Force Officers’ Training School In Miami Beach, Fla, on November 26. He plans to close his office Novem | ber 21. Mrs. Nieman and their daughter, Diana Jane, will stay in State College until Dr. Nieman gets jocated. We hope our friends plant good ™ Q-—How can we destroy wkwheat in our garden? Q~How should sorghum be pro- | pessed to get the syrup? | wild | A. ~In sorghum growing areas, the of warm water and use this | Q-—~When feeding dried skimmed jor whole milk to calves and pigs, A Plowing, cultivation and hoe- should it be fed in dry form with or dissolved In water and fed in liquid form for best results? A ~For best results, dissolve one pound of powdered milk in a gallon a8 A The ocom- and the juice boiled down tll it be- mercial feeds when it can be spared lone needs suitable equipment press and boil, i ! Q~~What is the value of [manure as a fertilizer? A Hen manure is better than we cent nitrogen and almost 2 per cent phosphoric acid and 1 per cent pot- ash, Add about 50 pounds of acid of potash to 100 pounds of poultry manure, and you will have a good fertiliser for any use. It would be about a 2-10-6, Q~When putting on a paper roof taken off? A~Take them off because you cannot get composition roof to lay and nail well on any surface other than a smooth, solid one, Paper roofing chafes, cuts and comes loose in a short time if it Is laid over vegetable gardens next year because we would not like to starve, | thought, and containg about 2 per borers, and plow under all shingles. comes syrup. Northern grown sor- for that use. {ghum has a low sugar content, and to] Q ~My corn was ruined by borers this year. Is there anything I can do to the soil so thet I can raise a good hen crop next year? A~Put the corn stalks in a silo or through a chopper to kill all the stubble and large weeds that might harbor a borer over winter. In addition to this thorough sanitation, one can phosphate and 10 pounds of muriate | spray with nicotine four or five times and get fair control. If you want to undertake such a project, work if out with your own loos county farm bureau agent. Q-~1s it true that foresters are should the old shingles be left on or | taking out all currant bushes? A.. State foresters are removing currant bushes within three miles of any siseable stand of white pine or as many as time and labor per- mit, This is done because the our. rant is the alternate host of the white pine blister rust fungus tha kills white pine. a
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