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Request Treating
Christmas Trees To
Reduce fire Hazard
Precaution to Prevent
Fires Good Business
At Any Time
The Forest Products Laboratory,
after trying various chemical treat
ments suggested for making Christ
mas trees less inflammable, has con
cluded that keeping the tree stand
ing in water is about the most prac
tical, satisfactory and convenient
method, says C. W. Overman, county
agent for the State College Extension
Service.
The procedure recommended is as
follows: (1) Buy a tree that has
been cut recently. (2) Cut off the
end of the trunk diagonally at least
one inch above the original cut end,
and stand the tree at once in a con
tainer of water, keeping the water
level above the cut surface during
the entire time the tree is in the
house. If the tree is not to be set
up for several days, it should be kept
standing in water in a cool place.
If started in time this treatment
not only prevents the needles from
drying out and becoming inflammable,
but it will also keep them fresh and
green and retard the fall of the
needles, Mr. Overman points out.
Regardless of treatment, all pos
sible precautions against fire should
be in effect around the Christmas
tree, he warns. Defective electrical
connections should be eliminated and
an accumulation of combustible deco
rations should not be put on or be
neath the tree. The tree should be
placed so that its accidental burning
will not ignite curtains or other
combustible furnishings nor trap the
occupants of a room or building.
Precaution to prevent fires is good
business at any time, but especially .
at Christmas with so many extra
visitors and with the addition of
lights and decorations adding to nor
mal fire hazards, Mr. Overman says.
Booklet Published
On Farm Finances
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Modem farming requires more and
greater skills than almost any other
occupation, and this applies to the
financial as well as other phases of
farming, says C. W. Overman, county
agent for the State College Extension
Service, in announcing publication of
a new U. S. Department of Agricul
ture booklet on “Managing Farm
Finances.”
Farmers must not only be expert
at growing crops and raising live- :
stock, but must also know how to ;
handle the complexities of the busi- .
ness side of farming, the county
agent points out. The major points •
of good financial management on :
farms, he says, are set out in the ,
new publication, which was prepared .
by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- 1
nomics. 1
Copies of “managing Farm Fi- ■
nances” may be obtained from the .
Superintendent of Documents, U. S.
Government Printing Office, Wash
ington 25, D. C., for 20 cents each.
IN TEXAS FOR CHRISTMAS
Mr. and Mrs. Fedral Taylor left
Saturday, December 18, for Crystal
City, Texas, where they will spend
Christmas with Mrs. Taylor’s mother,
Mrs. T. Judson Peake and Mr. Peake.
They will be accompanied on the re- ;
turn trip by little Miss Milly Price,
who has been there since early in '
November.
WISDOM
OF THE AGES
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“Life is my college. May
I graduate well and earn
some honors
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In this age of science our
profession stands high in its
adoption of modern methods.
Yet nothing takes the place of
personal sincerity.
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’Twas the night after Christmas, and boy, what a house! ,
I felt like the devil, and so did the Spouse.
The eggnog and turkey and candy were swell,
But ten hours later, they sure gave me hell.
The stockings weren’t hung by the chimney with care—
The dam things were sprawled on the back of a chair.
The children were nestled all snug in their bed,
And I had a large cake of ice on my head.
And when I finally dozed off for a nap,
The ice woke me up when it fell in my lap.
Then for some unknown reason, I wanted a drink,
So I started in feeling my way to the sink.
I got along fine 'til I stepped on the cat ,
I don’t recall just what occurred after that.
When I came to, the house was flooded with light, ,
Altho’ under the table, I was high as a kite.
While visions of sugar plums danced in my head,
I somehow got up and then went back to bed.
Then what to my wandering mind would appear
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
Then the sleigh seemed to change to a fire truck,
And each reindeer turned into a bleary-eyed buck.
I knew in a minute it must be Old Nick—
I tried to cry out, but my tongue was too thick.
Then the old devil whistled and shouted with glee
While the bucks pawed the earth and looked daggers at me.
Then he called them by name and the names made me shudder.
When I heard them I felt like a ship minus rudder.
Now Eggnog, Bacardi, Four Roses and Brandy,
Now Fruit Cake, Cold Turkey, Gin Ricky and Candy,
To the top of his dome, to the top of his skull,
Now whack away, crack away with thumps that are dull.
Then in a twinkling I felt on my roof
The prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof.
Tho’ it seemed an eternity, plus a long day,
How long this went on, I’m sure I can’t say.
But finally the night after Christmas passed
And I found that I could really think straight at last,
So I thought of the New Year a few days away,
And I’ve made a vow that no tempster can sway.
I’m sticking to water, don’t even want ice,
For there’s nothing as tasty or nothing as nice.
The night after New Year may bother some guys,
But I’ve learned my lesson, and brother, I’m wise!
—Author Unknown.
Miss Betsy Shepard Two New Bulletins
In College Pageant On Poultry Issued
Miss Betsy Shepard, daughter of A new bulletin on “Equipment For
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shepard, took Poultry” and a revised edition of an
part in the annual Christmas pageant other on “Chick Raising and Range
of the senior class qf Saint Mary’s Management” have just been publish- ,
School and Junior College, Raleigh, ed by the State College Extension .
which was presented Sunday after- Service and are available on request, j
noon at 5:30 o’clock in the school Persons desiring a copy of either ;
chapel. or both publications should see their
The title of the pageant was “Peace local county agent, or write to Agri- •
On Earth,” with Miss Shepard taking cultural Editor, State College Station, 1
the part of one of the pages. Raleigh. Ask for Extension Circu- j
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Author* of the bulletin on poultry i
equipment are C. F. Parrish and C. ;
J. Maupin, Extension poultry special- ,
ists, and R. S. Dearstyne, head of the ■
State College Poultry Department. :
They state that there is no real rea- !
son for having poor poultry equip- ;
ment on the farm, since most of the ;
equipment needed can be made at j
home. <
Instructions for making homemade I
brooders, feed hoppers, summer range j
shelters, roosting racks and other ;
pieces of equipment are included in '
the publication. ■
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