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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1928)
WILL HICKMAN DODGE DEATH LIKE OTHER BOYS? Indications are that 'William Edward Hickman (main photo) will resort to a plea of Juvenile abnormality when brought to trial in Los Angeles for the murder and mutilation of little Marian Parker. Hickman’s defense will be laid along the lines of Richard Loeb <left) who, with young Leopold, side-stopped the death sentence for a similar slaying in Chicago. Tern pora.ry aberration, the plea that saved Harrison Nm (right) from cap.Ual punishment in New Jersey In • third crime of the vtme nature, may also be utilized in Hickman’s behalf. (International Newireell MODERN SAFE-CRACKER USES AUTOMOBILE Ifciry tiwitS ivii - ...&»$&. Stanley Giffen, with policeman, was caught In Boston While cracking a Bate. He Is stone deaf, but not dumb. His outfit for his work Is one of the most •cmplete that has been seen In these parts for many a day. He used the auto shown In the photo an4 carried his acetylene tanks, blowpipe and long rubba* hose to the Job. (International Naw*r««l) 4 TWINS BORN IN DIFFERENT YEARS • •• . . .. . . ,i Mere's one for the book! Mrs Maurice Kretber* of Hrooklrn, H, Y.. we* presented *IIJi twine that were born In different year*. The twin bof on her left arrived In lilt, white hie brother earn* a few etieuue Uier ta lit*. Yon cm figure It out for youmv.'f. (leieieeilooei Mrwtreel) Anti-Saiccn Czar rv RtiimI II. nimlnilon of Waul* •r villa, Ohio (above) will carry on ail publicity, edticbllonai an.l Icgla latlva work of t.la Anti--In—1 Lnanua. taking over Ih# poaltton laft open by th* leant of Waynn ttj % heeler. Nobody Loves Her! mm * nr Marlon Harris made herself a vaudeville star by warbling “I Ain’t Got Nobody," and she’ll sing the same old song when she goes before Chicago judge and asks him to rid her of legal ties to Rush Bissel Hughes, adopted son of Rupert Hughes, well known novelist. (International Illustrated News) For Evening Wear 7 Billie Dove, one of the movie’s most beautiful charmers, ap pears in this gorgeous evening urap of heazy brocade, trimmed with gold lace and glycerined ostrich plumes. (International Illustrated^ Newe) Hears Missing Plane * Raymond H. mark, radio operator of Iho strum trawler Tldo. r«t>ortod at lloaton, whero tho Tldo doekod. that ho had held a radio "ooorar •atIon1* with tho “Dawa.* whi-h haa heon missing with Mro Ur*jr> •oa aineo l)e-»ol)*r JSrd. (loin notiooot Kmmll | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | RAISING GUINEAS , A poultry raiser who caters to tha high-priced and luxury-loving •trado comments as follows on the guinea: While from five to seven females may be mated to one male guinea, there will be seme difficulty oi them laying in one nest. If the nest is not discovered and the eggs gthered, when the hens begin to sit they will have such a nestful of eggs that they cannot be covered and most of them will bo spoiled. Therelore it has been my experi ence. that unless they are confined ta difficult an inadvisable thing to do) it Is betler to pair them off. The male guinea can easily be told from the hen because his head wattles are mucli larger. His cry is also different and he never uses the peaceful and con tented cry of “buckwheat" or "come back.” The guinea begins to lay the last of April or the first of May. At this time the grass is not tall enough to furnish a successful hiding place, hence they are apt to lay In the barns or poultry houses in the same nest with the hens. Howevertheir eggs can easily be told from those of the chicken hen, being smaller and pointed at one end and rather flat on the other. The shell, which is light prown in color is also much harder than that of the chicken hen, and it appears, when one.looks at it, to be rough. This, however, is not the case. Although some bleeders believeth?i the nest of the guinea must not be touched by the human hands, the eggs may safely be gathered without fear that the birds will desert the nest. They are then treated the same as an ordinary egg until ready to set. When the grass and weeds begin to get tall, the guinea will seek a nest in these. If possible these must be found unless it Is desired that they brood the young themselves. If they are not allowed to set, they will lay an egg a day until September. In the event that they are allowed to brood the young they will begin again in September, and lay a clutch of eggs. These may safely be hatched for the young guinea will reach a marketable size before the cold weather sets in. It takes four weeks for guinea eggs to hatch. They may either be hatched in an incubator or under a chicken hen, or, as previously men tioned, by the guinea. When hatched under the guinea hen one should al low them to run at large. They will be amply taken care of as the male also helps in this. When brooded artificially, or with a hen, they should be penned for a while. Be sure the pen is very tight, for they are so small that they can squeeze through a tiny hole, and once out, possess the wild trait of hiding quietly in the grass when one is hunting for them. They should be fed as one would feed a chicken. When the wing feathers start to grow the chicks may safely be let out to range. They will pick up many bugs and provide much of their own living if allowed to do so. When they begin to change their brown feathers for the pearl covering fit is assumed that the pearl guinea is raised, as they are by far the most common) it is time to market them. At this time they will weigh from one to twov pounds and be very plump, and at the most delicate stage for eating. There is always a ready market for them at the better hotels, restaurants or road houses and they bring a very fancy price. It would be rather diffi cult to receive a maximum price from an ordinary butcher or dealer as they do not, as a rule, supply the high priced and luxury-loving trade. For guinea fowl is indeed a luxury. A GOOD HOG HOUSE With the livestock industry holding up its head once more, breeders will probably build quite a few new hog houses during the coming fall and winter months. Many good materials are available, wood, hollow tile, brick, concrete, hollow cement blocks, all of which are good and will give excellent service and it makes little difference which is used. But 't does make a difference how the house is constructed with reference to light, ventilation and sanitation. We have seen many well-built hog houses— well-built so far as material and workmanship were concerned—that were far from ideal in respect to providing the essentials of hog com fort. It is a waste of money to erect a hog house that does not provide ade quate light and ventilation for hogs. It is worse than that, in fact. Too often it brings about disease in the herd and turns what might have been a big income into a tremendous loss. Many a hog raiser has lost the price of a good hog house in a single year .|U3»# KVdUdC lie litLM'U 5UUUUIJ, WCU* lighted quarters. We shall not attempt to give de tailed directions for the building of hog houses. A plan that might nreve very popular on some farms might not be the most suitable for others. What we should like to have every prospective builder of a hog house or any other farm building do. Is to write the extension department of the agriculture college for his respective state and ask for its circular of plans for farm buildings. After having ex amined them carefully, pick out a plan and ask the rollege to send blue prints of same, which it will do for a nominal sum. These plans provide for all Important features that every i l IRMI i 8 Uj farmers In the country, as the seasons go and come, is purty much like other folks—we re apt to grumble some! The spring's too backward fer us, er too for-ard—ary one—Well jaw about It anyhow, and have our way er none! The thaw's set in too sudden; er the frost's stayed in the soil too long to give the wheat a chance, and crops u bound to spoil' The weather s either most too mild, er too outrageous rough. And alto ge’her too much nun. er not half enough! *hst I'd like and what jrou‘4 hog house should have, many of which the local carpentar might not consid er of enough importance to incorpor ate in his plans. The extension department of prac tically every agriculture college are in a position to furnish blue prints of plans for farm buildings at a nom inal charge for printing them, and v;c feel confident that every prospective builder should Investigate, especially since the cost is so small. The planning and erection of cv?ry farm building should be looked upon as a matter of very great import ance. The mere information con cerning different ways of planning and building them one can gather, the more nearly one is going to build the best available for the money one desires to spend. A hog house, or any other building on the farm, if properly built, will last a lifetime, and mistakes made in planning it with reference to convenience of ar rangement. Jight, ventilation and other similar factors, prove exceed ingly expensive in the end. Those who expect to build for next spring's use will do well to look about and talk with neighbors and others own efficient heg houses with a view of learning the good an well as the bad points of each. After a person has owned a hog house for 4 or 5 years he usually discovers that if he were to build again the old plan would be modified to meet the requirements which experience has taught him would be desirable. - ♦♦ — -— ACRE YIELD INCREASING A generally rising trend in yields per acre of leading crops over the last 40 years in the United States is indicated by a survey concluded re cently by the department of agricul ture. The average yield per acre o( corn ima uiiica&cu 10 uciil. aim.tr ion.), wheat 17 per cent., cats 14 per cent., and potatoes 39 per cent- The total area of the four crops expanded about 52 per cent., but the total production has Increased 77 per cent. Increased production due to higher acre yelds alone amounts lo 440,000, 000 bushels of coni, 120.090.000 bushels of wheat, 165,000,000 bushels of oats, and 115,000,000 bushels cf potatoes, a total of over 800,000,000 bushels of the four crops. The outstanding Increases In yields have been in the North Atlantic and the northern portion of the South Atlantic states, with somewhat lesser Increases in the East North Central states. Similar changes have occurred in many portions of the West North Central states where pioneer agri cultural methods have disappeared. Corn yields in the North Atlantic states have increased from 6 to 10 bushels per acre during the 40 years, in the East North Central group from 6 to 12 bushels, and in the northern section of the South Atlantic states from 9 to 14 bushels. Yields average about 8 bushels per acre higher in Iowa, and 6 bushels in Minnesota. - ♦♦ -• LEARNING ABOUT BUGS It is reported that the bureau ot entomology of the United States de partment of agriculture has developed a machine called an “insect olfacto meter," by means of which the pow ers of smell possessed by bugs may be determined. It is expected that by finding out what insects do and do not like in the way of odors, they may be either lured to death or by some aroma irresistible, or repelled from fields by something not pleas ing to their olfactory organs. We know that insects have eyes, for we have destroyed them by the bright lights. We know they have taste, for we have had to disguise the flavor of insecticides. After we figure out their sense of smell, we may proceed to produce sounds harsh and unpleasing to the insect ear. And after turning their senses to their own defeat, perhaps we may go a step farther and have courses iu bug psychology, in which we will learn how to produce Inhibitions and in feriority complexes in insects until a potato bug will be ashamed to look a potato In the eye. But that is still in the future. At present the bureau is concerned with the insect nose- What we must do now is to prepare some substance which smells so bad that it will make the pink boll weevil turn purple with disgust, something that will cause the corn berer to start in on weeds or something else—anything to get away from the com—something to make a citrophilus mealybug sneeze its head off. From observation it woulff seem that what insects like in the way of odors is not always wbat we care for. Their ideas of sweet smells are not the same as ours. The worse it smells A __ At_T_«- * rtf >v« VU UOf VIU. Ul. seem to like it- And yet many appear to approve of smells pleasant to us We have a suspicion that many In sects at least have neither pleasure nor disgust in an odor—that the ar oma merely tells them what the ob ject is. A GOOD FARM AID Newspapers are devoting twice as much space to agricultural news as they did five years ago. ——— ♦♦.— If a man lives a conscientious Christian Ufa It does not mutter to what church he belongs. The de nominational walls between the vari cua religious creeds are so thin that wo all seem to be in one great room. like is plain enough to me: It's jest to have old Providence drop around on you and me and ast us what our views Is first, regardin' shine er ram. And post 'em when to shet her off, er let her on again! And yit l ruth er, after all -consldenn other chores I got on tlands, a-trndln both to my affairs and yours—Id rather muta the blame I'd git. a-runtn things up there. And -pind my ex try time Ip praise and gratitude and prayer. • • CIOVKE.H AH ITkTIUZn* For plowing down, sweet clover t» better than red er mammoth. Trv Use biennial white sweet clover.
