GRAVITY BOWS TO NEW TRICK Scientist Shows How It Is Done With Magnetized Steel Atlanta —Cable dispatches telling ot a demonstration given by a young London scientist of ills discovery of a method of overcoming gravity were read with added interest here after a similar demonstration had been g.ven by Dr. Sergius P. Grace, vice president of the Bell Telephone Labui atories, Inc., New York. The experiment was given in the office of Evelyn P. Harris public relations representative of the Southern Bell Telephone company. Dr. Grace made it clear he did cot wish in any manner to detract from the claims of ths English scientist, but merely called atten tion to the fact he could duplicate the experiment—as described in the dispatches—with apparatus brought here lor demonstration in his ad dress before the regional convention of the Am Tican Institute of Elec trical Engineers. Dr. Grace used in hi? private demonstration a piece of cobalt ■teel cbout four inches long and about one-fourth of an inch square. This he held above a aim1 Ur piece of metal encased in a w'ooden block. He then released his hold on ths heavy metal and. believe it or not, It remained suspended in the air. The scientist smiled at the amazement of his audience of two. ‘‘You see,” he explained, gravity humbled before science. Cobalt steel is capable of supermagn$tiz,ation, The. e supermagnetlzed pieces of co balt steel have been placed with the positive pole of one over the posi tive pole of the other. The natural repulsion causes the upper bar to remain suspended.” Reversing the ends of the upper bar, Dr. Grace caused it to adhere closely to the wooden bloc!: encasing the lower bar, showing how great was the attraction with ths poles rever.-ed. "Of course," lie said, "I don’t know, from what I have rend in the newspapers, what principle the vounp Britisher is using in hi; tests i would under no circumstances from this far distant point, say one word derogatory to his claims." The scientists asserted that science, for all its advancement, has not yet determined what cau ed ' .19 historic apple to fall from Lh'1 tree and bump Sir Isaac Newton on this heed. "We frankly do not know what gravity Is," he said. ■—- ♦ ♦ —•— Naval Bugaboos. Professor William Starr Myers professor of politics at Princeton, is one oi our ablest and bpst informed expounders of history. His views cn public questions always command and deserve attention and are usually light. In a recent address lie spoke strongly In favor of the P'teen-cruissr bill, and herein he followed too easily, we tear, the bland persuasiveness of the sena tors and of men of even lows;’ than senatorial calibre. Professor Myers thinks the bill would be an asset valuable for trading purposes, and regards the president’s truculent Armistice day speech as a great state paper. If holding a grant of authority to build fifteen cruisers puts the ad ministration in a good position to make a horse trade, why stop at fifteen? Think of the fist we could shake if there were a law author izing the building of a hundred cruisers! The kaiser with his justly famous shining armor, in which he proclaimed himself to be standing side by side with his great and good friend Franz Josef, could hardly have been more persuasive. Nor would authority to build fifteen or a hundred cruisers be as effective a "trading argument” as fifteen cruisers actually on the ways, and these in turn would not be so ef fective a trading argument as lif tecn cruisers in commission, nor these as fifteen battleships, nor these rs twenty-five battleships, and so ad mflnitum. Thr ‘ trading argument" might be and is used to justify any and every increase in naval construction, no matter how ill-advised or use less or even silly the proposed in crease may be. Whatever worth authority to build more cruisers might have as a trading argument Is insignificant in view of the as sured activities of a restless and ns: ute lobby to make the authority fructify in action; a lobby wherein contractors, manufacturers, navy leaguers and vocal patriots would all be adequately represented. We have certain naval needs. A nation of the extent, possessions and responsibilities of the United States needs at the least something wav a floating police force. \\ hen it geU be,vend that we come imo a region whose most striking I characteristic is its swiftly chang ing aspect The submarine, aero- 1 nautics and modern chemistry are revolutionizing everything we knew about the sale carriage of men goeds and munitions at sea and about exposure to foreign attack. It **. *'° .JJ** rapid developments rat iei than to the tonnage of for eign cruisers and battleships that we should give concern The weakness of the cruiser bill lx .hat its fundamental thesis is childish and archaic. That funda mental thesis Is that the United Stales must maintain a fleet of naval vessels equal In strength to that of Great Britain As a ma*ter of fact the strength of the British navy Is not of the slightest concern to us. Its strength Is determined by ltx government's views of ‘.he needs of a tiny but rich and powerful Island for whose people it Is of vital necen.ty to protect their foreign trade, a trado wi'hout which thrv would perish. No such measure exists for us. — - - »»-—• — Quite Impossible. From Ladies' Home Journal. The teacher waa telling a story to the kindergarten and interest wax intense "So that night the wicked red fox came and stole a chicken. The wxt night he came and '.tnle an other And the next night he came and at<>ie another chicken And dramatic pause.."what do you suppose happened the next nlghtr* "<">h teacher'" panted Peter "'Did he git another chicken*" OF INTEREST TO FARMERS FEEDING MILCH COWS Anything that has to do with con verting the feeds grown on dairy farms and those purchased into higher values and greater net re turns strikes at the heart of the business side of dairying. All dairy men are looking lor higher vaiues and greater net returns for the things they sell. Not ail dairymen, however, have equal skill in feeding cows. This is another way of say ing that some dairymen convert feeds into higher values than others, I They do this partly because of their better knowledge of feeding. It l costs money to grow feeds lor cows, j On inosi dairy farms quite a large pait of the crops grown are market ed through cows. The kind of crops j grown and the way these are fed j have a lot to do with their ultimate value when marketed as dairy prod ucts. It is true, of course, that she ! kind of cow fed has much to do with establishing the value of the feeds used but the right kind of skill in feeding cows avoids the sending of good crops to market through poor cows. The dairyman is there fore responsible, to no little extent, for the way In which he markets his crops. The cost oi maintaining cows is best shown bv example. A dry cow weighing 1,000 pounds, if maintained on corn silage and clov er hay, would require dally 20 pounds of sila>e and 8 pounds of clover hay. This does not appear to be much, but a herd of 12 cows of similar weight would require in a year 43.8 tons of silage and 17.5 tons of hay If fed throughout the year on these two roughages. If no more than this was fed there would be very little milk produced if the cows were kept in good condition. A cow weighing 1.200 pounds pro ducing 30 pounds of 3.5 per cent, milk daily would require daily 38 pounds of corn silage. 12 pounds of clover hay, 3 pounds of ground corn, 2 pounds of ground oats, 1 pound of wheat bran, 1 pound of linseed meal, and one pound of gluten feed to supply the required nutrients for maintaining her body for produc ing the 30 pounds of milk where the feeds named are used. Of the total nutrients required, 52.C per cent, would be used to maintain the cow’s body and 47.4 per cent, would be available for making milk. It costs money to maintain cows whether they produce little or much milk. Because of this fact It is important that some attention be given to weeding out the cows not worthy to bo maintained in a herd Quite often it is not the fault, of the cow that she fails to increase the values of the feeds given her. Sometimes jhe is underfed, even 'hough the feeds used are of desirable kind and proportion. A ccw weighing 1,000 pounds, capable of produc'ng 50 pounds of 4.5 per cent, milk daily, if fed to produce not more than 15 pounds of milk daily, would make the following percentage division of the nutrients supplied. For main taining her body she would use 59 6 per cent, of the nutrients supplied and only 40.4 per cent, would be used for making milk. This same cow adequately fed to produce up to her ability would use 30.7 per cent, for maintenance and 69.3 per cent, for making milk. This startling comparison Indi cates clearly one of the ways of in creasing the value of the feeds used. Cows must be adequately fed. May it be said that this should be done before any cows are eliminated from the herd because it is clearly unfair to any cow to place upon her the indictment of “poor producer" until she has had a fair chance, and this means an adequate ration. It Is not enough to feed cows plenty of feed in quantity without giving some consideration to the kinds of feeds used. A cow produeng 10,000 pounds of average milk a year produces 350 pounds of protein, 300 pounds of fat, 480 pounds of milk sugar, and 70 pounds of mineral matter. She not only must have enough nutri ents to make the quantities of pro ducts above indicated but she must also have them in the right propor tion required in milk making. Neith er cow nor man has the ability to change the composition of milk very materially and if it is made at all 'it must be made according to nature's formula. Let us feed to a 1,200 pound ccw. capable cf giving 30 pounds of 3 5 per cent, milk daily, a ration composed of 36 pounds cf corn silage. 12 pounds cf timothy hay, 4 pounds of ground corn, and 4 pounds of ground barley. In quan tity. succulence, bulk, variety, and total nutrients this ration meets the requirements of this cow to produce 30 pounds of milk daily. But she can onlv produce about 10 peurds of milk daily. Why? Became there is too much of one kind of nutrient and not enough of another kind. The limiting factor in this case is a kind of nutrient called protpin. Of the total amount of digestible that vhich the cow can use> protein in the above ration, the cow uses: 0 34 round for maintaining her body and has remaining for milk mak nsr 0.53 round The queston now comes as to how much milk testing 3.5 per :ent. fat will this 058 pound of di {estible protein make It will make a little ovev 10 pounds. Whaf does It cost to make 100 pound' of milk rn this basis? With silage at $0 per ton. hav at *15 per ton. corn at St per bushel, and barley at 80 cents ;rer bushel, the feed cast will be 13.26 to make the 100 pounds of milk Let us take the same cow. feed her the same quantity of feed at the same cast, and see what happens. Let us make only one change in the ration bv substituting 12 pounds of red clover hav for the timothy. Prom this ration the cow will have sufficient nutrients to produce 20 (rounds of m'lk and *he feed cost per ion trounds will be t\ 63. Again taking the same cow. the rune quantity of feed at the same cost, and substituting ‘he red clover with alfalfa hay. what is thp result? Thr Ml< It INK M HOIS l S POP1 l \lt Electric motors and gas engines to operate hay carriers when unload ing into the barn ©r a hay rick are becoming popular In hav growing area* A man or boy U eliminated from the haying crew in this way, as the man on the load operates the *! hoist, doing awav with the necessity of a team and driver un the hav rope Small motors and engines are •**° used to operate elevators for unloading baled hay. PROVIDE \V\K M lit U SES It Is much Ch. iper u» pro-lie warm hog houses than to attend the money for extra feed to keep up heat in the hn»» cow will produce 27 pounds o. miiic dally at a feed cost of $1.21 per 10J pounds. But this cow U capable oi pro ducing 30 pounds of milk daily. By .substituting one pound of wheat bran for one pound of corn and by substituting one pound of the ltn seed meal for one pound of the bar ley, the cow has sufficient nutrients to produce 31 rounds of railk daily. Wi'h bran at $30 and linseed meal at $15 and the silage, hay, corn, and barley priced the same as !n the other cases cited, the feed coat of 100 pounds of mi^k is *1.13. The milk from the firs* ration given, if sold lor S3.20 per 100 pounds, would Jus* pay the feed cos*, at the prices given. The milk produced from the ration in wh'ch alfalfa was substituted for timothy, if sold for $3.26 per 100 pounds, would re turn $10.20 per ton for silage. $40 50 per ton fo" hay, $2.70 per bushel for corn, and $2.16 per bushel for barley. Remember tha* the same number of pounds of silage, hay, and grain were fed in each of the ra*lons lust discussed. What made th“ differ ence? One ration contained 142 pounds of total d gestible nu'rients: tlie other ration contained 2 34 pounds of digestible protein and 19.17 pounds of to al diges !ble nu trients. It is seen from this if our cows are to return good prices for the feeds they consume, a wage for our labor, something wl*h which to pay the other costs and a profit be sides, they must have the right kinds of materials to work wi'h. CORN CULTIVATION During the last 15 years or sp, the majority of farmers have come to the conclusion that deep culti vation of corn is harmful rather than beneficial. The id-:a of shallow cultivation was first advocated bv some of our experiment stations that carried on tests for several years comparing deep with shallow stirring of the soil. Some years ago a growers’ bulletin stat:d: ”A.? an average of 16 tests in eight years, killing weeds without cultivation porduceJ a gain of 17.1 per cent, or 6.7 bushels per acre, over ordinary cultivation.” Prior to that time the theory was that maintaining a dust mulch on tlie surface prevented evaprration and ther fore conserved the soil moisture. This theory was undoubt edly correct and still it, but as a matter of fact, by the time corn iu five weeks old the root system has spread through a space two and a half feet on all sides of the corn plant but only to n depth of six cr eight inches from the ton end by the time corn has reached maturity the roots have spread over a radi us of four feet and to a rhpth of seven or eight fed,, depending upon the consistency of the soil. In a . oil that is so full of roots comparatively little moisture pets a chance to evaporate from tiro surface. Mi ft more Is taken up bv the roots and is then pumperl out trough th” leaves The main ob'ect in cultivating corn, therefore, is not to conserve moisture but to b p down the we^ds and prevent them frsm pumping water out of the soil and of ap propriating plant feed. Weeds also shade the corn thereby preventing it from getting the full benefit of the sunlight, which Is the active agent in converting into plant sub stance the elements absorbed from the air through the leaves and the mineral matter taken up by the roots from the soil. In a nine-year test- conducted at on? experiment station, corn cultivated to a depth of one and one half inches yielded an average of four bushels more per acre than that cultivated to a depth of four inches. In a three-year test, at the same station, ordinary culti vation brought a crop of 94 bush els per acre, while shallow cultiva tion produced an average of 93 bushels p:r acre. During the last few years the rotary hoe, which merely cultivates the soil at the surface, thus insur ing shallow cultivation, has become very pomilar in some sections. No doubt its popularity is due to the fact that there is no danger cf in juring the root sjb.em of the corn with this machine, vet it destroys the weeds while they are small Then, too, one can cover_ more ground in a given time w.th the rotary hoc tfcon with a two-rew cul tivator and do it with much less work. Shallow or two-inch cultiva tion gives the roots of the corn a lot more feeding space and leaves them undisturbed to do their ut most in absorbing moisture and plant food. One cannot cultivate all soils alike, of course, a stiff clayey soil that tends to form a crust ever the surface after rains must neces sarily be cultivated deeper than a loose, triable soil that does not form a crust. The aim should be not to culti vate deeper than is neeessa-y to de stroy the we ds and to keep the soil’in a friable condition so that air may circulate t'reilv between tne soil particles. When rrots are cut and broken the corn ; injured to that extent. The practice of work ing corn with a cultivator time or four times is a well c«t9b’i*hed cus tom ar.d one that, she aid net be abandoned without the most carc.ul consideration. MATING RATIO The proportion of malis to fe males depends on the activity of tlie breed, the siz»> o. the fleck, the season, the vitality of the niale, the age of the breeding stock, and whther the birds are penned or on range. With small, active breeds such as Leghorns. 20 femiles when on range and 15 females when oenred may b* mated to one male. With the heav.er breeds. 15 females on range and 8 or 10 females when penned mav be mated to one male. When mating out of season, or with old stock, fewer temaies can b- mated wth one male. More females can b* mat ed with one male in large flocks than in small ficcks. ♦ • A PRE-NATAL INFLl ESl'E One way to Insure a heal hv litter of pigs ta to feed alfalfa hay *.o the brood sows up until farrowing time. Let the sows eat hay directly frem the rack, or add frtm five or ten pounds of chopped alt vita or al falfa leaves to 100 poin ds o! grain mixture. • • HARD FOOD FOR Tl KKEVA Soft food, bv wh.-h we mean ground grains nn^d wl*h ;n ik or water, should never tie fed to tur» key* because th*y cau*» d.gtstlve troubles, which will aoonar or later lower the vitality of the birds and caii'e keavv losses “Sunny Spain” Country of the Imagination We ore always hearing of “sunny Spain.” Southern cop.srnl Spain is nat urally sunny and semi tropical. but a large part of Spain is n high table land. flanked by lofty mountains, and the people know what it Is to suffer from cold—especially slucc fuel is ex ceedingly scarce. It is difficult to write of Spain In ' goijornl terms because not nil Spain j Is nlike. There is scarcely a state ment tlint can be made about south ! ern Spain which would also hold true | for northern Spain. The Spain of the mountains is one Spain and the Spain of the coasts another. The Spain of the stage nnd the movies is a wholly fictitious Spain. All Spain la rapidly changing—trying to snap out Its old | lethargy, trying to live down Its ropu- | tntion for laziness, etc.— Pathfinder Magazine. uLucile is the Happiest Girl** I So many mothers nowaday* talk about giving their children fruit Juices, ns If this were a new discov ery. As a matter of fact, for over fifty years, mothers have been accomplishing results fnr surpassing nnytliing you can secure from home prepared fruit juices, by using pure, wholesome Cali fornia Fig Syrup, which is prepared under the most exacting laboratory supervision from ripe California Figs, richest of all fruits in laxative and nourishing properties. It's marvelous to see how bilious, weak, feverish, sallow, constipated, under-nourished children respond to Its gentle Intlueree; how their breath clears up, color flames in their cheeks, and they become sturdy, playful, e-n ergetlc again. A Western mother, Mrs. H. ,T. Stoll, Valley 1*. O., Ne braska, says: “My little daughter, Itoma Luelle, was constipated from babyhood. I became worried about her and decided to give tier some California Fig Syrup. It stopped her constipation quick; and the way it improved her color and made her pick up made me realize how run-down she had been. Site is so sturdy and well now, and always in such good humor that neighbors say she’s the happiest girl in the West.” Like all good things, California Fig Syrup is Imitated, hut you can always get the genuine by looking for the name “California” on the carton. When Henjnmin Franklin recom mended a plan for daylight saving, more than 1 T*0 years ago, the Idea was ridiculed. 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