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ter my answer depends on your finan
cial position.
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financial position depends on your
answer !
KNEW BETTER
Book Ageut ? "1 nave a little book,
inaduiii. that will tell you how to save
money." Lady ? "Well, I know how
to save it better than to buy the book."
Museum Gets Odd Creatum
Uncle Torn, an old negro fisherman
at Covington, La., fa exhibiting a
strange amphibian which has been
unofficially named variously as a
"newt." "proteus," "hell-bender" and
"wampus." Caught In the Tchefunc
ta, the amphibian possesses gills, is
xhuped like a salamander, has a head
like a lizard, and a wide tail. It will
be sent to a New Orleans museum.
Safer Method
"Mother," asked the recent bride,
"do you always cook by the cook
book ?"
"No, indeed,'* sighed the mother,
"mostly I cook by the pot-ketbook." ?
James A. Sanaker.
Pa Tells Him
"Pa," said the kid. '"what Is a faip
weatner friend?"
"One who's keeping dry under your
umbrella while you are setting we?,
son," replied his dad.
Medium
Blinks ? I hear you went to a seance
last night. How was the medium,
good or bad?
Jinks ? Oh, Just medium.
Con of GoreAonaeat
The national industrial conference
board says: "Gross expenditures of
all governmental divisions in the
United States, including payments for
interest and debt redemption, amount
ed to more than $12,GO?.OUO.OO<) for the
fiscal year e rule, I in IStlttS. TI1I3 was
an increase of $J:!0,<N)0,000, 0r about 3.5
per cent over the preceding year and
of $9.tXH>.<XXM)00, or mitre than 300 per
cent for the 13-year period from 1013
to 1S>2S."
MONEY CHANGED HIM
Grace ? But people used to say he
was ill-bred and vulgar.
Maggie? But he's inherited a million
and they only call him eccentric now.
A|? of Jus
"What Is kuuwn us modern Jazz was
played by prehistoric races 7.0U0 years
ago," says a music critic. This will
cfcuae many of us to long for the good
old days of 7,001 years ago. ? Life.
Fewer Varieties
of Apples Help
Tlr*ro are more than Son standard
tarieties of ?ppb*s in orchards in the
United Smtes. In the Cumberland
Shenandoah sta:?-s there are or
more varieties. Only a few of thes^
hun(!rc<ls of varieties* are. or probably
ever will l>e. of real commercial Itnper
t;ince. according to United Slates De
partment of Agriculture anil stJite
economists, who emphasize that pro*
dm?*rs need to satisfy 'he exacting
demand^ of consumers for high qual*
Sty fruit.
A survey of apple marketing from
th?* Cumberland-Shenandoah states,
made by departn - tit economists in co
operation with the agricultural col
leges in Virginia. \V?st Virginia, an I
Pennsylvania, shows th:it in some
years 00 per cent of the commercial
crop from this region goes to Kit rope,
principally to England. The export
market is the mainstay of the Cumber
land-Shenandoah producers, but they
jire encountering increasing competi
tion from northwestern apple growers.
To satisfy both domestic and foreign
markets the growers in t h*- Cumber
land-Shenandoah region are urged to
improvo orchard practices so as to pro
duce a larger volume of unblemisiied
frr.it. and to practice strict and uni
form grading and packing methods.
If is suggested, also, that extension of
l^c marketing, season through storage,
and the development of home markets
by catering to the customary prefer
ences of i he trade, promise some en
hancement in net returns t.> growers.
The investigators report that :i large
part of the apple production of the
Cumberland-Shenandoah region is of
varieties that are of generally recog
nized worth. More than ~?0 per cent
of the trees in commercial orchards in
the region ore of the varieties: York
Imperial. St ay man Winesap. Winesap,
and Delicious. Ten varieties consti
tute 70 per cent of the trees. The
York Imperial is the variety most com
monly grown, and approximately 50
per cent of the trees are less than
nineteen years old and only about T
per cent are less than nine years old,
so that there is no present indication.
In the opinion of the economists, of
any increase in the market supplies
of this variety.
If plantings of the last eight to ten
years can he taken as a guide, there
Is every indication, thev point out. that
market supplies of the Delicious will
increase markedly as the trees of this
variety, which are planted in the re
gion and in nearly every other major
apple sr;,N. frnm coast to coast, come
into bearing and approach full hearing
capacity. In 1028 probably 00 per cent
of the Delicious trees of the country
were less than nineteen years old. and
more than no per cent were less than
Growers to Improve
Practices for Better
Fruit.
Crop Goes to Europe.
Supplies of Delicious.
nine years old.
Hen Should Be Sold
When She Quits Laying
Every month in the year Is the
best time to cull the flock because a
hen should ho sold whenever she quits
laying, says 0. 13. Annin, poultry spe
cialist at the University of Wisconsin.
"Culling is very simple." he states,
"and with a fVw pointers anyone can
do the work satisfactorily. The first
point in culling is the yellow color in
the shanks, skin, ear lobe, and beaks
of the bird. There are a few varie
ties such as Minorcas and Orpingtons
which do not have the typical yellow
color."
As so,jn as the pullet starts to lay,
all the yellow coloring material she
eats goes to the yolk of the egg and
this makes the yellow parts of the |
body bleach and turn white, sji
Annin. The eye ring Is the first t"
turn white. then the ear lobes, then
the beak and thick scales on the
shank. Hens that have lost their yel
lew color usually are very good layers.
Anin point out.
Make Power Sprayer Do
More Work Around Farm ,
Too many farmers use their power j
sprayer only six or eight days per
year, thus making the interest and
depreciation costs per day quite high.
By a little study and ingenuity Its i
use can be increased several times |
over. It can be used for potatoes and
for fruits and berries: for white-wash
ing and disinfecting sprays for poultry
houses, hog houses, and stables; for
pumping water for garden and truck
Irrigation and for poultry and for
hogs under the McLean system. Now
If the owner will work up some cus
tom work along each of these lines,
either for hire or for exchange, he can
greatly Increase Lis season's total
days.
immunize All Pi?rs
to Prevent Cholera
Advisable to Apply Treat
ment Before Weaning.
(Preoar"d *>v th? United States
of ArH culture.) ? WNIl
Swine growers In localit . where
there is danger of hog choi,.? i may
prevent future losses in tlinr herds
by Immunizing the spring pijs stim-nst
the disease, says Dr. T. p. wi vet
erinarian of the bureau ot animal in
dustry. United States Depart m-w of
Agriculture. Even it hog cholera tins
never occurred on the imuiediiM" prem
ises. there Is always a possibility that
infection tnay he introduced in'n -hp
herd through various channels when
the disease exists anywhere In the
neighborhood.
Pigs from immune sows have a de
gree of natural immunity against ehol.
i era, but tills protection lasts only
while they obtain all their nourish,
ment from the sow. It gradually dimin
ishes as the pigs crow and hy the
time hey are weaned the irmp mity
has entirely disappeared. it hore
! fore advisable to apply the treatment
! before the piss are weaned in order
I to insure protection against the dis
j ease. The pics are more en-'. \ han
| die<i at that age and the co?t ? >? im
! munizntion is considerably !e>-=; thai
when they are older and larger.
Guard Against Injury
Done by Common Worms
Corn ear worms are so common :u
this country that most farmer:, do not
consider tt worth while to make <? Torts
to fight them, but tests conducted h?
the United States Department of Agri
culture show that ears with long,
tight husks suffer less than hi'f as
much Injury as ears having short,
loose husks.
Kara with long, tight husks a: char
acteristic in some varieties. 1 1 io de
partment says, but ther ? is enmi^i w
riation >n all varieties for a f.-ir-.-r ti
select f??r seed only ears with long,
tight husks. In this way he ean huihi
up a strain having better husk >har
acteristics.
Long, tight husks are also good pro
jection from other insect pests of corn,
such as the corn weevil, in sections
where corn Is stored in the husks.
This is an additional reason f->r fann
ers to select their corn in the field,
where they can give proper consider*
tion to the type of husk.
Avoid Beetle Injury to
Young Asparagus Plant3
Rootle injury to young asparagus
shoots may he avoided hy cuttir.c the
crop clean every three to live days.
In this way all the eggs deposited on
the shoots will ho removed before they
hatch or soon afterwards. All volun
teer plants should he destroyed r.nd it
will often pay to have a row here and
there uncut to serve as a trap on
which the beetles will congregate,
feed, and lay their eggs. Here they
may be poisoned with calcium arsenate
or lead arsenate. After the cutting
season, plants may be protected from
beetle injury by two or three applica
tions of calciuin-arsenate or lead ar
senate dust, 5 pounds mixed with S3
pounds of hydrated lime.
The use of poultry for the destruc
tion of the beetle Is practiced \vit!?
good results in some localities.
Control of Weeds Most
Important With Flax
The control of weeds Is probably
one of the most important things to
consider in growing flax, says the
Iowa State college. That Is also one
reason why newly broken soil free
from weeds has generally been used.
Now ;hat wilt-resistant varieties
have been developed, wilt-free s.-.J la
only essential from the standpoint of
weed control. In the last few years
I several large-seeded, wilt-resistant va
rieties have been Isolated ? Bison,
Buda and Rio. Last year the Bison
| variety surpassed all other largo seod
| ed varieties in the Iowa experiments.
The Bison variety appeared particu
larly well adapted to early planting,
the April 30 seeding yielding highest
Agriculture is the foundation of all
business.
Keep each colony queen rtsht contln*
ously throughout the breeding season.
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Experiments show rape to have
j about the same value as a hog pasture
as red clover.
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Haphazard exchange of seed fre
quently leads to a wider spread of dis
ease. weeds and Insects.
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There Is no substitute In farm prod
ucts for quality and the American buy
ing public Is willing to pay well for tt