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years to reach a conclusion and ad-
just their see-saw differences while
Italy and the unknown revolutionary
: Russia now advance to the fore. The
: former seems secure under good gov-
In a sentence, nothing should be done
except “when the moon is right.” .
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Darwin wrote that the Gauchos of
the Argentine think that “nothing can
succeed without it be begun when the
moon is on the increase.” Before the
Revolution the French government di-
rected its foresters to cut timber only
ernment but what the future holds in 1 the wane of the moon,” on the
store for experimental Russian ‘is un- | theory that wood cut during that phase
evident to us all. It remains only too would not rot so quickly. Belief in
true that we should not hazard her the moon's influence over such activi-
‘too lightly, what with her human ties dates back thousands of years and
millions, her great store of resources, |iS Probably a survival of moon worship
natural and otherwise and her fierce, |2M0ng the ancients. Two centuries
‘red enthusiasm. Nor can we with | 280 it was still widely believed that
any degree of safety ignore the chil- the lunar orb controlled even human
dren of the Orient or the drowning 2ffairs. Scientists sought in vain for
masses in the Sea of India. - a relation between the phases of the
France and the United States hold Moon and activities on the earth.
‘the world’s gold but fate holds their | AMoon-farming, says the Department
destinies and that of all nations so, Of Agriculture, has no support from
' that none may be so bold to say, | 2BY scientific point of view. Repeated
“This one shall take that path,” “That €XPeriments indicate that the phases
one will falter by the way.” of the earth’s germination of seeds,
: A Reader. the warping of shingles, the weight of
i Wool, or the shrinkage of pork. Most
of the beliefs associated with moon-
farming are not based on the assump-
tion that direct moon-light is especially
potent, but rather that the moon ex-
ercises some mysterious and occult
power over mundane activities. Even
the light and heat from the moon are
not sufficient to affect plant growth
materially. The moon has no appre-
ciable influence on any of the major
conditions affecting the growth of
plants and consequently does not gov-
ern agriculture. Moonlight is merely
reflected sunlight.
Experiments show that full daylight
is about 600,000 times brighter than
full moonlight, and plants so shadow-
ed that they receive only 1-100th of
normal daylight, grow little better
than they do in toal darkness. But
1-100th of daylight, already too feeble
to stimulate plant activity appreciab-
ly, is still 6,000 times brighter than
full moonlight. Therefore the stimu-
lus of moonlight on plant growth must
be negligible. From time to tims
some pseudo-scientist revives the the-
ory that moonlight, being reflected
light, is “polarized” and therefore
particularly potent in affecting plants.
There is no evidence that such is the
case.
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SCIENTIST CLAIM MOON
USELESS AS FARM GUIDE’
Many rural people practice what is
known. as moon farming says “The
Pathfinder.” That is, they plant seeds,
shear sheep, prune trees, butcher ani-
mals, lay shingles and do other farm
work according to the phases of the
moon. They believe:
- Pork from hogs killed in the dark of
the moon will shrink when cooked.
Animals born during the new moon
thrive better.
Fleeces sheared in the wane of the
moon weigh more.
The seeds of corn and other crops
that grow above the ground rot when
planted in the light of the moon.
Crops that grow under the ground
like potatoes and beets, grow near the
surface and produce a light yield when
planted in the dark of the moon.
Shingles laid during the new moon
curl up and pull the nails out.
2 —
When In Luzerne Visit
THOMAS
apples show injury first.
|usually occurs: during early July.
| survey in the infested regions shows
fac folks
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BOOST BETTER BUTTER Kitner, Mehoopany; Gordon Shook,
| stunt; George Clark, Beaumont; A. L.
By Prof. W. B. Krueck | Major, Centermoreland and E. O.
When you go into a restaurant or | Wright, Marsh Creek.
barbecue stand today and ask for a |
sandwich you are likely to receive al
piece of bread—or a roll and a piece i
of meat. ’ : | By Prof. H. D. Munroe
‘When we were children at home and Many flocks of early hatched pullets
went into our mother’s kitchen and |gre now in a fall molt. This condi-
asked for a sandwich we got a Diecs bio was brought about by the very
of bread, well buttered, and a piece of
! warm fall weather; by forced produc-
meet,
There are probably 500,000 restaur- tion caused by using lights; by feeding
too heavy with milk and by over-feed-
ants and hamburger stands in the } ’ oh f i he pied
United States. A great many of these ing.with sorateh feed causing the Ar s
to develop a dull appetite for some
are getting by witrout putting any buti- | : 3
ter into a sandwich. Do you realize | gramng and finally to lose Weight.
as a producer that if you would “de- | To, bring the birds out OF this mol
mand a buttered sandwi¢h you would jos soon as possible it is hecessary to
encourage the operator to serve all |lnCcrease the laying Mash. consumption,
his sandwiches in that way? One Feed 2, Moist laying mash once: .oF
pound more butter used per day in | twice each day. For a while decrease
each restaurant or hamburger ‘stand | the amount of scratch feed. Feed ex-
would increase the demand for butter tra milk in the moist mash or in tne
and dairy products. | condensed form. Increase the day to
Are you a booster of butter 'don- jahout thirteen hours by use of lights.
| Egg mash will develop feathers faster
[than any other feed.
As the flocks begin to come back to
normal production (50 per cent), grad-
nally increase the scratch feed until
| you are giving them all they will
| “clean up” daily. Reduce the amount
‘of moist laying mash fed daily and
when production reaches 40 per cent
‘change to a moist fattening mash. Dis-
{continue the use of extra milk when
production reaches 50 per cent.
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Keystone Poultrymen
O-
FALL MOLTS
sumption? If so, why not demand a
complete sandwich? 5
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Apple Maggot.
This insect is closely related to the
Mediterranean fruit fly. During _the
month of July the fly lays its eggs
in the fruit but makes no visible open-
ing through the skin. The maggot
which hatches from the egg matures
as the fruit ripens and early sweet
The flesh
of the apple is tunnelled by the wina-
ing burrows of the maggot and these
assist in the breakdown of the fruit
while in storage. Where infestations A PotineyIvanis poultryman won
are heavy, winter varities are often
| first prize in a national chick growing
attacked. Arsenate of lead is used | contest sponsored by Poultry Tribune,
as a poison for control of the fly but
, Mount Morris, Illinois.
will not harm the maggot in the fruit, | George Baggott, Wryalusing, won
For that reason it is necessary to $500 by raising 98.27 per cent of his
poison the fly before the eggs 8re 11035 chicks, keeping an excellent re-
laid. Spraying is done at the ‘time I cor, and writing a good letter tell-
of the emergence of the fly ' which ling of his experience.
Al Samuel Roxberry Jr., Slatington
| won $5 and honorable mention with
his entry. Thirty-five other Pennsyl-
where the arsenate sprays were omit-
RESTAURANT
. \} Y ~ fy 77 MAIN STREET
No hi gh hat heat Srey Werte Lym
Home Cooking
[sary in accurately timing the sprays,
1
ted at this time that severe infesta-
tion resulted.
Emergence cages, which are neces- | hit
TROUT SPAWN IN
| MOUNTAIN STREAMS
(vania poultrymen . were included
|
among the prize winners.
are being arranged at several loca-
Wins Chick Contest
Second Thoughs
By Meditator
the tale, the physician observes none
of the conventions of the _ordinar;
M.D. Frequently - he interrupts a
treatment to .take time to milk his
Once he dropped his sy-
he
‘I pet cow.
fished for his equipment.
SMART ADVERTISING
It takes a clever person to keep up
with the cigarette advertising these
days. At an expenditure of severar
million dollars, the big cigarette man-
ufacturers are copying each
arguments. Now, they are all toasted,
they have all got cellophane wrappers
and they are all helpful to your
throat. As we figure it, they've all
worked themselves right back to
where they started and probably will
have to begin all over again taking
customers from each other. Person-
ally, we've started smoking a pipe.
HICKS
Trying to pass through a
‘that was gaping at a string of fire
l engines racing over 42nd street, New
lyons, last Saturday night we were
| reminded that the allegedly hard-
1
{ boiled New Yorkers are much more
crowd
| eurious than such countrified persons
|
jas this correspondent. Certainly all
| the people in the mob through which
|
| we tried to pass were not visitors to
town.
|
{ONE HICK
Nevertheless, there are sage indivi-
duals who can spot visitors in New
Jv in the wink of an eyelash. We
Friave had squint-eyed fellows sidle up
to us with all sorts of propositions.
We try earnestly to put on a metro-
politan front but these sour-faced
chaps size us up as hicks with little
difficulty.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
As residents of a district in which
the representatives of many nations
are neighbors, people in this region
should find Edna Ferber's new novel,
| American Beauty, particularly interes-
ting.
Miss Ferber has based her story on
| the traditions of an old New England
| family, from the time of Captain
|
|ringe in a spittoon in which there was
an accumulation of months and the Ay PN
long line of patients who invariably world’s goods, But "praise God, They
are waiting in his office all day killed gznnot. take away the joy of our Sal-
time while the venerable old man took
the cuspidor into the back vard and
otherm
ADVERTISEMENT
MOUNT ECHO TABERNACLE
Did vou ever read in that most won-
derful of all books, the Bible, some-
thing about “What shall it profit a
man if he shall gain the whole world
and lose his soul 2” Some times we
may lose the things we have of this
vation something that the worle
not give nor take
Lord for that.
In other words, the biggest business
on earth is not making money.
not gaining material things. It is
Keeping men from losing their own
soul. The world is in a bad fix. |
don’t mean financially. Our spiritual
problem. There is lots of wheat, more
cotton than we need to clothe the
world. Yet, we are going into a win-
ter when people will suffer from cold
and hunger. .Man has failed. God
has done his part. The season has
been glorious. The harvest bountiful.
Man has got the world in an awful
mess. Man cannot put the world
right. Our hope is in God. Man is
beginning to realize that he has fail-
ed, that is the only hopeful sign.
This is the day of opportunity for the
Christian leaders. So few seem to
realize that now is the time to do real
revival. That is our only hope. God
wants your heart. If he can get your
heart he will comb out the kinks in
your head. John 14:6 “And I will
pray the Father and he shall send
business for God. What we need isa
you another comforter that he may
abide with -you forever.”
away
What a wonderful sromise. And
that promise is fulfilled. You say If
a man dies shall he live again? Yes.
{for the body falls and the spirit rises
to the one who cave it. For death is
only a change of residence from this
old world to a better '=d above
where there is peace, ioy and happi-
ness, where the trees are always in
bloom and the roses never fade. Deo
you want such a home? If you do
get on the ship of Zign. Jesus is the
captain, he will take vou safely
through.
asked what she thouaht of death, she
said: If | die | ‘will be with Jesus,
and if 1 live, Jesus will be with me.
Did vou ever hear tell of a better
salvation? You know when man came
from the hand of God in Creation’s
moun he was pronounced every good.
But before he cot out of the garden
he ran off the track, and dragged the
whole human race down with him.
And since that time God has made a
way that men mizht be redeemed and
the only way is through Jesus’ blood.
Noah built an ark that saved eight.
Jesus built a bridae from earth to
heaven, that can save the whole hu-
man race. John 3:16—For God so
loved the world that he gave his only
begotten son that whosoever believ-
eth on him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. .
| Don’t foraet, be sure vour sins will
[find vou out, thinas are not now as
|
It is
A scotch woman, while dying, was :
Oakes, who settled in Connecticut and {they should be but sooner or later the
| tions in the country to capture the flies
for ME!" a
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ITZY heat contrap-
tions may be all right
for the fellow who don’t
care what his heat costs.
Give me coal for real econ-
omy and constant winter
comfort.
Clarence Shupp
Center Moreland 50-R-16
CT 1 30s TO NT SATE 3 7 VIER EH 27 te
Special Dinners
Home Made Pies |
Just Like Home |
Phil and Letha Will Be §
Glad To See You :
Phone Kingston 7-9422
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;mature they will burrow down into
‘barrel to capture the flies as they |
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placing about a bushel of infested |!¥» Benjamin Kane, of Susquehanna,
apples in a barrel which has had the hooked a mammoth bass. The big fel-
bottom removed. As the maggots |10W tipped the scales at five and one-
| hait pounds, and is said to have been
ione of the largest bass landed in that
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as they emerge. These are made by |
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the soil to purpate. Early next sum- Hh : :
mer a screen will be placed over the |Vicinity in a long time.
emerge. Mr. Dill, Entomologist at | na River has yielded fine catches of
ge. Mr. s % |
State College at or- | bass and wall-eyed pike this fall, re- |
S ge, i
chards of N. O. Fassett,
placed traps
Forkston; | ports indicate.
[ Anglers fishing the rivers are find-
ing riffle chubs exceptional bait at this!
§ time of the year. Some of the finest
|small mouth bass and wall eyed pike |
landed have struck at this active bait. {
| Shiners, run chubs, and crawfish also
Quick License Service lare favorites with live bait fishermen. |
Lake Street | Bait casters are finding spinners and |
DALLAS, PA ‘plugs effective lures for pickerel in|
y . : |
James F. Besecker
Notary Public
jmany instances. |
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TI-O.GA FEED SERVICE
THE QUESTION OF COST is probably very
much in your mind as the Fall and Winter feeding
season approaches:
INVESTIGATE TI-O-GA FEED SERVICE before
you make a decision. You will be surprised at
what savings you will make by using this method
as compared with any other.
TALK THIS OVER WITH YOUR TIOGA-EM-
PIRE DEALER who can give you full details and
feeding instructions.
DEVENS MILLING CO.
DALLAS, PENNA. KUNKLE, PENNA.
Feeds Manufactured by
TIOGA-EMPIRE FEED MILLS, Inc.
WAVERLY, N. Y.
make easy work of chore time.
You can clean your barn with
less work and in less time
Jamesway.
The Big Jamesway
; Carrier can be lowered to the
floor which makes it easy for boys. No more
pushing of heavily loaded wheelbarsows or
carrying of heavy feed. Jamesway Carriers
cut barn work in half,
Come in and see
these carriers. We are your Jamesway Deal-
er and will be glad to show you the James~
way Equipment — carriers — water cups —
stalls—stanchions—that cut work, increase
milk yield and dairy profits, _ 7
J. R. OLIVER HARDWARE
Dallas, Pa
INT LLL 31, 7 RE
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Conowingo Lake on the Susquehan- | i
| home, which he remembers as an ag- |
|FARMERS STATE BANK OF SHICK-
established the estate, to his great-
grandson, son of aristocrat and im-
{ migrant, holding tightly and proudly
[to the remnants of tradition and pro-
i perty.
| And old man returns to his boyhoad
ricultural section, farmed by goo
| New England stock. He finds, in 1930,
the section is controlled. by Poles, |
whose women work in the fields and |
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|wrong will be richted, the wicked shall
(fall, the dark will be lizchted up, and
the cood will prevail. Death does not
‘end it all, only a starting point, when
|you have an opportunity to witness
(for Christ tell them there is pardon
[through Jesus’s ..blood. ..Salvation
| means something saved from the
/wrath of God to come.
| A snow flake is a tiny thina, it will
melt on an infant’s hand. but enough
of them piled up on a railroad track
will ston a locomotive. And enough
neglects of individuals will block a re-
vival, or nut a church on a standstill,
Jesus has nromised you another com-
forter, and he will abide with you
whose broken English is a startling | forever, Nellie left home, she told her
sound for the old man who was lonely
for the clipped accents of the Yan-
kees.
to
decide if the union of races has been |
Miss Ferber leaves the reader
damaging or beneficial. The book is |
thoroughly worth reading.
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Wise Spending
Careful ‘and wise spending will help |
solve our economic problems and ‘will
be of untold benefit to the farmer. Our l
troubles are not caused by the spend- |
ing of money, but because it was spent i
unwisely. |
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NOTICE OF LIQUIDATION
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned is closing up its affairs, and
creditors are notified to present claims
for payment on or before February 1,
1932. Petition for dissolution will be
presented to the Court of Common
Pleas of Luzerne Co., on February 1,
1932 at 10 o'clock a. m,
SHINNY
BY: O. S. GREGORY, PRESIDENT
BEACH SHOEMAKER,
SECRETARY
C. W. Dickson, Attorney,
Trust Company Building,
Berwick, Pa.
October 16, 1931.
° 2-1-32
JOHN T. JETER
REGISTERED ENGINEER
Surveying Maps
Estimating
Center Hill Road
Phone Dallas 174-R-3
Mother that she wanted to no out into
the world, away from home, and she
packed up her clothing and went, and
after a long time in the world of sin
by herself. she said | wonder if Moth-
er is still livinz? | believe I will get
ready and ago back home, so she star-
ted, and after a long journey she
reached the old homestead, she took
hold of the latch of the nate and
opened it. She said the click of the
old latch sounded dood to her, if
Mother is only livina? It was dark
and as ‘she found her way up to the
door, ‘she reached for the latch and 1%
was hot there, for the door was open.
It was a bitter cold winter night, she
looked around and saw a dim light
burning on the table and she called,
“Mother, Oh, Mother are you here.
An old grey haired lady started down
stairs with a light in her hand and
said: “Yes Nellie your Mother is
here.” And when she came into the
kitchen, Nellie said: Oh, Mother “I
have come back” and kissed her.
What does all this mean: the door
open on a cold winter night like this,
Nellie, that door has not been closed
day or night since you went away, I
thought if vou ever came back, you
would find the door open and a wel-
come home for you, and if any of you
are out in the world of sin, Jesus Is
ready to welcome you. For he says
any one that will come unto me
will in no wise cast out, and if your
Mother or Father is living don’t wait
until they are gone and then say, “I
wish 1 had my life to live over again
I would of done better by them. If
you want to give them roses, do it
while they are living, they can enjoy
them then for after they are dead it
will not do any good, for they cannot
see them, nor can they smell them.
I am alad | can say “Praise God if
my parents were to live over again, |
did the best | could for them while
they were living.” Revelation 3:20—
Behold | stand at the door and knock,
if any man hear my voice and wilt
open the door, I will come into him,
and sup with him and he with me.
H. 8S. LEEK,
Shavertown, Pa.
Advt.
Have you bought your No-Tresspas.
sing signs? We are selling lots of
them.
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