USE OF MULES ON
FARMS INCREASES
Washington Was the First
to Breed Them in U. S.
Washington.—The ability of the
mole to endure hardship and perform
stealing service under adverse condi
tions has established him as a reul
asset In American agriculture. While
the mule is essentially a draft animal.
It Is used widely for utility purposes,
especially In the .South. A smart, alert
mule, with a long, free stride at the
walk and a snappy, balanced trot Is
highly desired. Mules vary In height
from 21 hands to 174 hands and In
weight from 600 to 1,600 pounds.
The Importance and popularity of
the mule as a work animal are attest
ed by the greatly Increased use of the
animal in our farm operations. In 1910,
the number of mules on farms and
ranches was 4,209,769. The number
on January 1,1920, was 5,432,391. an In
crease, during the decade, of 1,222,622,
or nearly 30 per cent. Of the 5,432,391
mules on farms In 1920 3,172,797, or
nearly three-tlfths, are in the nine cot
ton belt states. The only states outside
the cotton belt having more than 175,
000 head of mules are Missouri, with
389,045; Tennessee, 352,510: Kansas,
243,332, and Kentucky, 292,857. The
total number of horses In the cotton
belt states on January 1, 1920, was
2355,257. or about 90 per cent as many
horses as mules. The only cotton belt
states having more horses than mules
are Texas and Oklahoma.
Can Endure Hardships.
“The mule Is a hardy work animal,"
■ays J. O. Williams in a bulletin of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. “While this humble creature re
sponds to good treatment and gives
best service under favorable conditions
of feeding and management, It Is his
ability to endure hardship and to per
form sterling service under adverse
conditions that has established him
so firmly In American agriculture.
Those who are stanch supporters of
the mule say that, in comparison with
the horse, he will live longer, endure
more work and hardship, require less
attention and feed, is less liable to di
gestive disorders, lameness and dis
ease. Is more easily handled in large
numbers, is less Irritable and Is more
capable of performing work In the
hands of a mediocre or po«r horseman
Whether or not all these claims may
be substantiated. It Is a fact that the
mule U well established as a work ani
mal In those sections where climatic
conditions are most severe, feed less
abundant and horsemanship Is not a
prevailing art.
His Eccentricities.
“The mule is an animal with possibly
more eccentricities and undeniable vlr
tues than any other domestic animal.
One would naturally expect from his
heritage a rather unusual temperament
requiring the most thoughtful treat
ment. The difficulty is to know how to
handle the mule in order to keep the
desirable qualities of his maternal an
cestry in the foreground and to keep
subservient the latent donkey charac
teristics. To treat consistently a con
glomeration of stubborness and willing
ness, temper and sullenness, content
ment and restlessness, slyness and do
cility, faithfulness and waywardness,
with no knowledge of which virtue or
vice is going to assert Itself next, is a
problem which may well tux the quali
ties of the best horseman.
Must Be Treated Gently
"There are some peculiarities which
belong to the mule alone. He does not
like to be hurried, worried or cuffed
about; to try to force him to 1o things
against his will Is practically impossi
ble and only makes matter worse. The
mule must he understood and gently
but firmly persuaded to do things out
of the ordinary. He Is naturally sus
picious of everybody who comes around
him, and It can be readily observed
that he never takes his »ye off a per
son near by. and when the ears begin
to wag a little the person watched had
better be on th lookout. There seems
to be a code system of ear signaling
among mules that all understand. A
mean mule can deftly handle his hind
legs, and his forelegs are not be Ig
nored. He has been known to handle
his *mltts’ In a clever fashion.
Wrong and Right Way
"There Is a wrong and a right way
to lead a mule. A man who looks at
a mule and lugs at his head will never
make any progress. The>mule will not
be pulled. He will usually follow,
however. If a man will walk away In
tbe direction he desires to go. Neither
(tan you ‘bully’ mutes In going through
tight places; they are somewhat like
sheep, and If the leader can be Induced
to go the rest will follow
"The Importation of Jacks, and con
sequently the production of mules,
dates back to colonial times About
1787 George Washington was presented
with a Jack by the king of Spain
which was used In the stud at Mount
Vernon. Many good mules were pro
duced In those days, and the value of
the mule as a work animal was soon
recognized by intelligent planters. It
has been within the last forty years,
however, that the production of mates
has been an extensive enterprise and
that muc-b attention has been given to
the rearing and selection of tbe bee*
Jack stock.
“Tbe American Jack of today la a
composite of the bloods of some of the
best foreign breeds, and In attaining
the highest standards of excellence pre
vailing In tbe Jack stock of America the
breeders have emphasized the valnabh
utility points so much desired In th.
beat Jacks, such as size, weight, bone
style quality and action."
Th* Omaha Post Office handles ap
proximataly 168,000,000 letters, sell
$2300,000 worth of stamps and for
Omaha has ao shims or tenements
Omaha's population, as shows bj
the Federal census of 1220. was 181,
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SCIENTIST FINDS i
LARGE SUN SPOT
Theoriea as to Why They Af
fect Earth’s Temperature. |
New York.—A new sun spot having
■ diameter of more than 50,000 miles,
a length large enough to stretch twice
around the eurtli was observed recently
from an observatory at West Chester,
Ha., by Dr. David Todd, former director
of Amherst college observatory. Tills
great sun spot Is situated on the east
ern edge of the sun.
Sun spots have been observed by as
tronomers since the remotest times, [
und muny have attributed some of the
abnormal weather phenomena of the
earth to Influences exerted by them.
Many years ago the Australian astron
omers, who had analyzed the observa '
tory records of weather covering more
than a century, found tlint droughts
and periods of heavy rains followed
each other regularly in periods averag
ing about 18 years. And during these
cycles numerous sun spots phenomena
were noted. In recent years astron
omers have given much study to the In
fluences of the appearances of sun
spots upon our weather and while there
Is not at present a general agreement
on the theory, little grounds are left
for believing that other factors than
sun spots are responsible for many of
the more violent terrestrial weather
and climatic disturbances, magnetic
and electrical storms, hurricanes and
droughts are Intimately connected with
sun spots.
Affects Earth’s Temperature.
Notwithstanding the large amount
of study that has been devoted to sun
spots during the Inst 100 years, they
are not at present fully understood.
Two theories are advanced to explain
them. The one most generally held Is
that sun spots are vortex of cyclonic
phenomena within the sun's external
envelope, which are, In many respects,
analogous to tornadoes and hurricanes
on the earth. „
Every sun spot has a magnetic field,
the polarity of which Is secured by
noting the direction of rotation of the
electrons In the vortex of the spot.
This Is done by spectroscopic measure
ments.
A sun spot rarely occurs alone.
There Is usually a group of them, al
though the smaller members may not
always be visible to us. The spotl
often exhibit opposite magnetic polar
ity. and smaller spots of either polarity
often follow the members of a pair
of spots. This electrical phenomenon
Is believed to be reflected on earth by
changes in the atmosphere. A great
part of solar radiation of heat and
electric power Is absorbed In the higher
Layers of our atmosphere. About 40
per cent Is lost by reflection. 40 per
cent by absorption, leaving only 20
per cent to penetrate down to the
earth’s surface. The 40 per cent which
Is absorbed In the upper air Is believed
to exert the greatest effects in chang
ing the earth’s temperature. It acts
by modifying the circulation of the!
whole atmospheric mass. When this |
Is violently put In motion radiation is
allowed to reach the earth's surface,
but when circulation Is stagnant rad
iation is deflected and absorbed. Both
i the thermal and electrical radiation ol
the sun vary together, and electrical
I storms within the sun are reflected In
! some climatic changes on the earth.
Cause Magnetic Storm.
About 10 or 14 days usually are re
quired to notice changes in our atmos
phere after solar disturbances have
been observed. The center of the sun's
disk Is the Important part regarding its
thermal radiation; but the marginal
i areas of the disk are the chief elec
trical centers, because the sun’s mag
netic field changes the paths of the
charged particles emitted from the
sun spots and other areas of dis
turbance.
The second sun spot hypothesis holds
that they are due to large areas of
heated gases projecting np through the
disk, in many cases for thousands of
miles, which radiate heat and mag
netic waves Into space, end when they
exhaust themselves fall back Into the
chromosphere to become reheated and
recharged. Dr. H. H. Clayton has sug
gested that when clouds of hot gases
are ejected In the form of sun spots
they do not Increase the radiation from
the central portions. The cooling of
the projected gases, In some cases hun
dreds of thousands of miles beyond the
eon’s disk, causes them to act as t
■creen, which hinders the_ radiation
from M'«* sun’s mass Immediately be
low Should thl* hypothesis be true It
will follow 'hat the sun's Influence*
upon the earth will be controlled by
phenomena on Ita margins rather than
hy radiations from It* central masse*
The British astronomer Maunder and
Camille Flammarion both believe that
streams of electrical particles ejected
Into space hy sun spots are the causes
of magnetic storms on the earth
through creating dlsturhrnces In the
atmosphere.
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Turkeys for the Poor !!
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11 George W. Fowle, Detroit mil <>
11 lionaire, w as filed for probate. ! I
* ‘ Mr. Fowle s first bequest Is of ‘ ’
! I $20,000 to supply the poor of
g Geneva. N. Y., his old home J||
<i town, with turkeys every Christ <•;
J J mas as a memorial to his moth ] | j
<> er, Mrs. Charlotte Fowle. Al <> !
11 bert Fowle, a brother, and Mrs
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Army Airmen to Take
Photographs of Crater
Honolulu, T. H.—Attempts to take
aerial photographs and observations
of gas and heat directly above the
continuously active Are pit of Hale
maumau In the volcano of Kllauea on
the Island of Hawaii, will he made by
army aviators In the near future. It
ha* been announced by headquarters
of the Hawaiian department.
This, It Is believed, will he the Arat
time In history that airplanes will he
used for the purpose The photograph*
and observations will be used by
scientists.
Work will he started Immediately
on a landing field and airdrome at the
Hawaii National park, which Includes
the volcano The air survey of the j
volcano will consume several months
The aviators also will photograph Hilo I
harbor and other strategical points on
'he Island
Pay $17,000 for Book
London.—At a ns ent auction a Wil
liam Blake ‘‘Milton.’' 1WM brought
*17,000 The volume Is believed to be
superior tc the one Ir. the British mu
seum a« no other ropy has 50 leaves.
Twr others are In the T’nlted States
Has Twentieth Child
.saskatoon Saak. — Mrs peter Thau
berger, wife of a Dllke (Sask.) farm
er. gave birth to her twentieth child
Nine of her children are living.
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Women A*k Equality
in Barber Shops • ■
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• • en of New Orleans have demand- ’ |
! I ed of the New Orleans Associa- ..
• ’ lion of Commerce equal barber ] j
'! stop rights with men. and the • •
•) commercial organization has ] *
.. passed the buck to the locals of • •
\ \ tbe barbers' union and the Master | )
■ • Barbers' association. The com- ■ •
‘ ‘j mittee which called upon officials !
■ • of the association of commerce • [ i
1 explained that the women want . ■
• • snappy service and barber shop * j ;
prices, not the customary tax •■
■ ■ of the beauty parlors. ; j I
.. They also want free access to •• !
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for Shattered Nerves 2
York, l*a.—Mary Keister, a 3
trained nurse, who said her X
nerves were shattered by the 3 j
blasting of stone while workmen X j
were Improving a road near her V
home, has asked $15,000,000 X
damages from the county. It Is 2
the largest claim ever made 5 j
against York county, Comptrol- 2
ler Bartenschlager said.
In her bill for damages Miss 2
Keister said her nerves had p
been so shattered by the blast- 2 j
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(Lincoln News Service.)
.—
A building and loan association is
being organized in Galveston, Tex.
One of Chicago’s leading colored
democrats is taking the “Salt River’’
trip.
Aeronautics don’t seem to appeal
strongly to the “high flyers” of the
race.
There are several Japanese truck
farmers in New Jersey, and more to
follow.
No hogs are raised on 32,920 of the
205.124 farms in Indiana
In Richmond, Va., the young col- j
ored ladies have formed a “Business
and Professional Girls’ Club’.’
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One authority claims that there are
50,000 Negroes engaged in businesses
having a volume of $1,500,000,000.
In the Imperial Valley, Ca!., the Su
preme Court’s crop-sharing decision
took Jf.punege from 50,000 acres of
cotton land.
Fred D. McCracken, of St. Paul,
Minn., is being strongly urged to be
come a candidate for delegate to the
Cleveland convention.
The production of $12,500 worth of
spinach on twenty acres of New Jer
sey land was accomplished by a col
ored truck farmer last year.
Our delegates to the National Con
vention will find in Cleveland almost
as many widows as single girls, fifteen
years or age and over.
Buffalo is to have a colored theatre
and a five-story building with stores
and offices to be occupied by business
and professional people of the race.
At the next meeting of the National
Negro Business League, President Mo
Ion should entertain a motion to per
manently establish and endow an “an
xious seat” at Tuskegee.
Omaha’s new Technical High
School, valued at $3,000,000, has an
enrollment of 3,500 pupils anil is one
of the leading schools of its kind in
the United States.
More than 1,700 new homes were
built in Omaha in 1923.
Vocational training was established
in Omaha’s high schools in 1920.
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