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PAGE 4 Today and Tomorrow By Prank Parker Stockbrtdge V. / BIRDS a study Of all of the forms of animal life which I see around my country home, birds always interest me most. There is somtliing fascinating in the facility with which they do what humans can do only with the aid of costly machines?that is to fly- And even the best airplane! ever built can't light on the limb of a tree I The trees around my house are populated by a great variety of birds, varying according to season Just now the blue-jays are the prin- ] cipal tenants- They are not only beautiful to look at, but alone among the Oiras i Know iney seem to have a sense of humor. At least, they always seem to be laughing, as if at a good joke. I have a friend, Dr. Casey Wood. a famous oculist now retired from practice, whose hobby is the study of bird vision. He tells me the bluejay has keener sight than anyother American bird except hawks HAWKS and owls Wild-life experts are saying now that farmers make a mistake when they shoot hawks. The occasional chicken which a hawk may snatch when there is no other food in sight is small pay for his services in keeping down the field mice and other pests which fatten on crops The popular notion that owls are especially wise birds is also false, according to Col. H. P. Sheldon of the U- S- Biological Survey. Owls are actually rather stupid, he says They sit still and say nothing because they don't know enough to do anything else. "The owl is a fool, and you can quote me as saying so," says Col. Sheldon. I don't imagine that owls are any more foolish than most other birds, however, in the presence of unfamiliar surroundings. A swallow flew in the open window of my bedroom not long ago and didn't have sense enough to go out the same way- He broke his neck trying to fly through the glass of a closed window* PESTS two named There are two kinds of birds I don't like?nor does anyone else, that I know of. They are the English sparrows and the starlings, I! ^ _ IIC Sei We w and c ing us We w will I best ] der o: w I Mi Pros] Cerr Warren ton. North Carolb also an importation from EnglandumiKe most of our American mrds, neitner starlings nor English sparrows ungrate in winter, and perI naps hecause their ancestors have lived lor a thousand generations in a denseiy populated country, they seem to like to stay close to houses| 11 they were musical, that nnght not be so bad, but tiie only bird j noise 1 know which is more annoyI nig than the chattering of English ! sparrows is the loud, raucous squawking of a Hock of starlings. The worst thing about these imported birds, however, is not so much their noise as the fact that they drive our native birds away wherever they decide to congregate. SWANS .... fresh water if not the most beautiful of all birds, the swan comes pretty close to being the most graceful when afloat- On land a swan waddles like a duck, and I have never seen one in flight, but I like to watch them swimming. One of my Pennsylvania neighbors has a swan farm at Yardley, where he not only raises swans but takes them to board in the winterA curious fact about swans is that they are such strictly fresh-watei birds that even a few minutes oi swimming in salt water makes then ill, and sometimes kills them. A theatrical producer who did not know that put on a show on a raft off Jones' Beach on Long Island last summer. He borrowed or rented a number of swans, for scenic effect, including some of the rare and valuable black swans. He had to pay the owner from $50 to $200 each for the dead and disabled swans which he had tethered tc the raft out in the ocean. SQUIRRELS * * . winter Next to the birds, the most friendly and interesting tenants oi the trees around my house are the gray squirrels. They are fat and thick-furred just now, which some of my country friends say is a forecast of a hard, cold winter. I have been watching squirrels for a good many years, and it is my belief that their fur depends entirely on whether they get enough to eat or not. Since moving from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania I have not seen any of our familiar New England red squirrels. I dont miss them much; they are noisy and quarrelsome I do, however, miss the little striped ground squirrels, or chipmunks, who have to have stonepiles and sandy soil to live in, anc which do not flourish in the smooth I111P .1STMAS GB.?E7 >bacco lline; G ish to thank our man^ ustomers for their hel] > a very Successful Sea ill be open after Christ >e prepared to get for possible prices for the f your crop. E KNOW H wishing you a irry Christ and a most perous Nei tre War< Warrenton, N. C. * THE} MEN OF MILLIONS i 1 - : nrrinnwyK^+J.M"u: ^ ^ . ... v >>r^ ' PyWff :-^vi^^ipiMBSOBgBS?yOr3Sh??'Hfc8-1jSSyf'-Ti jff i KIpw York (Special)?The Board the New York World's Fair Corpor ; headquarters in the Empire State buil : hear Grover Whalen, President, out 1 being made toward the 1939 Fair as i table model prepared by the Board < The directors' names form an. imp the table, left to right, are: Louis W. dent, Chamber; of Commerce of S1 Franklyn Paris, United States Com Paris Exposition; Bayard F. Pope, ( Midland Corporation; Matthew Wol ; American Federation of Labor; Tin ' President of the Board of Alderme City; John R. Burton, President an [ ' ; clay-loam soil of Bucks county. Cotner To Describe Tobacco Course i 1 The Tobacco Short Course, which will be held at State College January 18-22, is expected to attract ; hundreds of North Carolina growers to Raleigh. Dr. J. B. Cotner, professor of plant breeding at the college, will ! give a full description of the course and its purposes and aims on the Carolina Farm Features radio pro1 gram Saturday, December 12. , Farm leaders, knowing that toI i 1NGS | I Is ood | yp* m r friends w P in giv- 2 ison. m mas and 3 you the $} remain- fl OW 1 'mas I v Year | ihouse I I i a iVARREN RECORD I BEHIND NEW YORK &> ^ ... vS':''':*:*?> .. " CvX*.*\^ * ' -* \ . y.V.V.VrtWrtWVMVMVAVW'^ ' <^%l | ^ v^^^^^RbBSH ^ * HL ^ fljSML _ of Directors of tional Bank of Fai ation, meeting at President, Title Gua Iding, Manhattan, Whalen (standing); line the progress troller; Harvey D. ' i envisioned by a Trust Company; M af Design. New York Trust G losing list. About dent, Marine Midla Kaufmann, Presi- O'Brien, of. Conboy :aten Island; W. Cornelius F. Kelley, imissioner to the ing Company; Geoi Chairman, Marine Wardwell, Gardiner 1, Vice President, ground, left to right lothy J. Sullivan, drews, General Man :n of New York Green, Secretary; C d Chairman, Na- Administrative Assis bacco Is the State's leading cash r crop, have stamped their approval on this short course which will instruct farmers in the growing of a better quality of leaf. ' Specialists from the State College School of Agriculture, the Extension Service, and the Experiment Station will lead group discussions in all phases of tobacco growing 1 and marketing, from the time the 1 seed are set out in plant beds io ( the time the weed is sold on warehouse floors. : Those in charge of the course \ are confident that farmers will wel- [ \ come such a meeting and that im-1; I provements in the crop will be seen I Buy Tb COI "THERE IS NO < $5 m CHAINS RONSON LIGHTERS W GLADSTONE BAGS mff BELT SETS I For The Horn PIPKI] Jewelers and Engravers Warranted, : WORLD'S FAIR I ? t? " il^^H k ? ^ j I w. ~ aL ' | Rockaway; George McAneny, , rantee & Trust Company; urover i Frank J. Taylor, City Comp?, j Gibson, President, Manufacturers , lortimer N. Buckner, Chairman.1 ! ampany; James G. Blaine, Presi-: j nd Trust. Company; Morgan J.I j , Hewitt,' O'Brien & Boardman;] ' President, Anaconda Copper Min?l ! ge A. Brownell, of Davis, Polk,' j and Reed. Seated toward back-' , are Fair officials: W. Earle An?| ager; Harold Thorne; Charles C.1 .'ommander Howard A. Flanigan,| >tant to the Presidentf lext year and in future years as a esult of the instruction. Care Needed In Handling Bees Careless management of bees in .vinter often costs apiarists haif ;he honey producing value of their :olonies. Colonies which barely manage to survive the winter are so weak ;hey can produce only small quantities of honey in the spring and summer. Successful wintering depends lat GIFT NFI1 COMPROMISE WITIFITTED TRAVELING CAS] I m/ CIGARETTE LIGHTERS Sill T^ATTVTTV VANITIES HI SSgftStiKfeSftStite' ) # /9 . %gs TRAVEL SETS I TIE AND COLLAR SETS ZIPPER CASES FINE LEATHER NOVELTIES WE HAVE SILV] ie FINE GLASS Af /Tfc PWe invite you to vi beautiful display and to serve you. CONSIDERING QUALI' \'S JEW Opposi North Carolina FRII ,rgely on the condition of the jlonies as they enter the winter, lid C. L- Sams, State College ex:nsion apiarist. The colonist should have good ueens, a large number of bees, and bundant stores of honey. If good queens are introduced to le colonies in time to start laying Ix to eight weeks before the first illing frost, and if the hives have lenty of honey, there will be a trong bee population at the start f the honey flow next spring, Sams ontinued. When the honey is taken from be hives for the last time in the all, care should be exercised not o take too much. Single story colonies should have he combs three-fourths full of loney, and two-story colonies hould have the food chambers illed completely. In case the bees run short of heir natural food, feed them a yrup made up of two parts granilated sugar to one part of waterEach colony should be fed enough o bring the food stores up to 40 or 0 pounds, Sams pointed out. SEE U! For GHR Fruits & We have just rec< Christmas Fruits?A] and Grapes?We also Y SEE US BEF Carroli WT n f/\n TT ail Viivvii^ With . DEN I QUALITY AT PIP! *-mr w 5 1 DRESSER SETS In sterling and ivory COMPACTS ggffiferg g ERWARE, CHINA, JD NOVELTIES. isit Our Friendly Sto of gifts. It is a pic rY YOU WILL FIND OUR ELRY ite Court Square - )AY, DECEMBER 11, 1936 I: Notice the date on your label and renew your subscription. I E\N INVENTOR CLAIMS HI5 i I ' MEW SKV ROCKET WILL GO I 7O0 HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR-WHAT'S YOUR HURRY? 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