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Notiee is hereby gtvee to the de iinqaeat tax payors of the TOWN of MILTON, that beginning May i, 1929, I shall advertise and soil at public anc tion such properties as are needed to taxes tiAt are in arrears. 0U8 LILLYDALH. Tax Coiiector. the Commissioners 4 i3 2t. Mingled Sanitation Doctor—"Have you taken every precaution to prevent the spread of contagion in your family?" : Rastus We've done bought a sanitary t an' w. ail drink. -TUTTING ONE OVER' ON PLANTS ' ... (By Louis E. Reichard, in Our Youngs People.) Plants that observe union hours, plants that "doover-time," plants that are as temperamental as a prima donna, these and many others whose peculiarities and characteristics vary as widely as do those of human beings are the subjects of experiment and study by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Just recently an experiment was in progress at the Academy of Sci ence and Nationa! Research Coun cil, Washington, DC., conducted with a view to learning the extent to which plants may be made to dower and bear fruit as man wills, by increasing or decreasing the time of their exposure to light. In an effort to add another to the already long list of secrets that science has wrested from nature, Dr. W. W. Garner, of the Bureau 'ofPiant Industry, arranged some plants in a case divided into four compartments ini which each group received identica! treat ment, except the hours of !ighting ranged from eight to twenty-four per day. Each compartment was equipped with a time-recording device, which automaticaHy eon troiied the number of hours tq which the plants were exposed to !ight. This was* done by cutting off the "juice" and thus extin guishing the !,ooo-watt electric lamps at the expiration of eight, twelve, and sixteen hours each day for the first three compart ments, whiie the fourth one ran the fui! twenty-four hours. Above the plants and between them and the artihcia! lights was a sheet of cold running water.three inches deep to prevent excessive heat. Dr. Garner is authority for the somewhat startling statement that an eiectric !amp sends out 97 per cent H&at and only 3 per cent light. Tests having shown that tem perature alone is not responsible for the fruiting and dowering of plants at certain seasons of the year, the experts of the Bureau adopted a simple plan to de termine whether the length of the day is a cause contributing materi ally to that well-known tendency or habit. They built a "dark house, so constructed as to adroit air freely at the bottom and allow its escape at the top, without the admission of daylight. For convenience, a sma!i series of steci tracks lead ing into the "dark house" was provided, and on these tracks were mounted a number of trucks with steei wheei^capabie of supporting containers in which the piants were grown. With this equipment it was a simple matter to transfer the plants into and out of the "dark house" at regular interval^ each day. For example, if it was desir ed to give a particular lot of plants eight hours of light each day, their "cars" would be waiting for them for their daily outing at eight o'clock in the morning. Then, the regulation union day over, they would be rolled back into the "dark house'.at four in the after noon. The results oi this simple ex periment were rather starring. For instance, the chrysanthemum, which is always associated in our minds with fall weather, showed a -marked preference for compara tively short hours. However, it is barred from joining the union, since it Mars Rowers oh a ten hour-day basis. On the other hand, the soy bean known as Peking proved itself eligible for admission, as it indicated a readi ness to call a seven or eight-hour trick of duty a full day. The tests made showed com dusively that a large number of plants, including most of the so called summer annuals, regularly dower after mid-summer as the result of t8e decrease in the length of the day: and that while relative ly short days favor the flowering and fruiting of these plants, long days are more favorable to rapid and extensive vegetative develop ment. Some of the plants, there ^ *S<- ' t upon by a designing scientist, might And some bright morning that his wonderful rose bed had been turned overnight into a pumpkin patch; or a yictimized farther, pianting his seed wheat in good faith, might be startled and dismayed at producing acres of ragweed. Nature's iaws can be iearned and may be co-operated [with, but rarely, if ever, are they actuary transcended. White it !S possmte to detude the unsuspecting chrysanthemum and other faH-floweripg plants in to beiieving that the autumn days have come by shortening the !ight period, thus coaxing them to Sow er prematurely, they show a tend ency to become as temperamental as movie "stars" if their hours are too greatly interfered with. For instance, it was found that if certain short-day flowers, in stead of being given a single ex posure to light each day, were transferred to a dark house at tep o'clock in the morning and return ed to light at two o'clock in the afternoon the mid day siesta was almost without effect in hastening flowering, although the two daily light periods aggregated consider ably less than twelve hours in duration. Thus plants like human beings, have to be pampered and humored if we wish them to do their best, " ' In strtkmg contrast wtth the group of plants discussed is a sec ond group regularly dowering in the late spring and summer. These plants, it is quite obvious, do not require short days to reach the fiowering stage. On the contrary, it has been found that short days prevent, or at ieast greatiy deiay, dowering and fruiting. The conclusions that have been reached are that white short-day plants are diverted toward dow ering and fruiting by shortening the dayiight period, in the case of the long-day piants that stage of deveiopments may be induced by the tengthening of the daiiy period of illumination. So in the summer the daiiy iight period is readiiy shortened by use of dark chambers into which the piants arc placed for a portion of the day. On the other hand. in order to initiate dowering out of season in iong-day plants during the short days of winter or to pre vent its occurrence in short-day plants, it wouid he necessary to lengthen the daily period of illumi nation. * * With thts exerctse of controt at ready possible, scientists tell us that within suitable limits of tem perature and other factors in plant growths there seems to be no rea son why almost any plant may not be made to flower and fruit at any season of the year in any region. This does not mean that w< can or may trifle with, violate, or up set nature's laws at will. How ever, if we wish our chrysan themums in the summer instead of in the fall, our violets in the winter rather than in the spring, our poppies in the autumn in pre ference to the summer, we need but ask the Bureau of Plant In dustry, Department of Agricul ture, to tell us how to wave the magic wand of science over our favorite flowers in order that our wishes may be speedily gratified. HOME or T A. mrpHBACK DESTROYED BY !TRA (Continued from Page t) John Brandon, together with four or 6ve colored men. whose names were not secured, were attracted either by the aiarm or by the light of the burning house, and came running to give any aid that was humanly possible. When alt frrrther eCorts at say fx ))())]< nt it h— httd. Naturafiy^ with *M atoe information avaiiabie, your invetttnent ia iuteiy aafe See the neateat Authorized Ford Deaier today. CroweH Auto Co., YanceyviHe, N. C. AUTHORBOm FORD DRALMt ing the furniture had to be aban doned the men carried out the meat and !ard from the dairy and smoke house which, being so near the residence, was seen to be doomed. Since the air was quiet and no wind Mowing the house burned for an hour or more before being consumed. This enabled the workers to save more furniture than wouid otherwise have been possible. As it was, quite a iot of household effects from the down stairs rooms were saved, and some from the rooms upstairs. On Sunday fottowing the night of the Are the neighbors catted to express their sympathy for Mr. Pinchback and Miss Bianche, and to oAer their services. The front yard, enctosed try its white picket fence, was intact, except for the two targe oaks and the ivy-ctad tree, which had been fatatty scorched and shrivetted by the in tense heat. There stood the rose bushes, the titacs and the box wood as if nothing had happened The garage, wett-house and tobac co barn were standing not far away, uninjured. In the Aetds nearby coufd be seen the btoom ing orchard and the treUises of grape vines. Against this background of a nome tn asnes, surrounaeu oy every evidence of industry, thrift and good taste, stood Mr. Pinch back. Before him fay the wreck of fifty years of devoted fabor. For him and his chifdren that home had been the center of haffowed memories and cherished hopes. Under the reaction from the ex citement of the night before, Mr. Pinchback stood before the ruins in something of a dazed and reminiscent mood. He received his neighbors courteoufsy, and re counted for them the events of the Are and the story of how he and his wife had worked, through the nearly fifty years of their married fife, to accumufate what they had Mr. Pinchback has passed the three score and ten years mife "post But in his ta)f and vigorous form and in the unconquerabfe fight of his eyes one coufd read the signs of a reserve of strength that had manfuHy met the disaster which had overtaken him. He is the type of man who stands four square to every wind that bfows, and his friends who know him say that they are confident Mr. Pinch back wif! ere long recover from this heavy bfow and wit! buifd again, either on the ofd home pface or efsewhere. It ts thought that the hre originated behind the mantiepiece in the sitting room downstairs. A heater was kept in that room. And it is supposed that the mortar may have worked out from be tween the bricks and aMowed the Are to reach the wood work. It is understood that Mr. Pinchback carried some insurance on his resi dence, which, his friends say is a source of great satisfaction ?o them. Obey that ini put se and swb scribe to The Messenger. If you want The Messenger for a weekly visitor, subscribe today. High Grade Photographs Dunford's Studto 317 MAIM 8TRBBT Telephone 382 DANVILLE, VA. We Would Appreciate Any Business From Caswell County. U. S. STREET Tailoring and Alterations Fxpert French Dry Cleaning, Steam Pressing, Dyeing, Hat Renovating DANVILLE. Va. 124 8. MoAet 8t. Phons 1532 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES I om pubiishors' tgent for nowspopers ond mogorinsa. I wiii opprsciots tbs foyor if yon wiU plot# your subscrip Mon through ms. I will moot curront pries quote tions on ony dub offer mode by toy responsible ogency or publisher. T. J. HENDERSON YANCEYVILLE. N. 0. GAMMON Book & Stationery Co. "Won-Dor from Masonic Bldg. DANVILLE, VA. WANTED—Fresh milk cow. Al so vea! calves. T. J. Henderson, Yancey ville, N. C. THE SONG QF THE BLUE BIRD What is the bluebird singing to you From the branch of the old apple tree? What is the message he's bringing to you That makes you laugh with glee? Is he your good fairy that tells to you Secrets that we cannot share? Singing his songs to the heart of you. Sweet on the clear morning air. How can we share this joy with you We who are weary and worn? Can't we go hack to the dawn with you And join you in life's glad morn?
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