| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | PRODUCE “QUALITY" EGGS Eggs of good quality can be pro duced in summer’ if only a few points are followed on the farm. These points may be briefly listed as follow's: Remove males from the flock, so onlv eggs are produced that are infertile. There can be no chick development in infertile eggs. Plenty of nests—one nest to every five hens will help to prevent eggs from being laid on the floor and becoming dirty, and clean nesting material wdll also help to prevent dirty eggs. Frequent collections—3 or 4 times a day—in hot weather will also maintain quality. There is bound to be some deterioration when eggs are left for the greater part of a day in a hot poultry house. Continuous feeding of a good laying ration it a big factor in the production of good quality eggs. If layers are not fed as well in the summer as in the winter, they can not be expected to produce eggs that are as full and of the same quality as in the late winter and early suring when they are usually fed well. Holding eggs in as cool a room as the farm will provide. A temperature of from 50 to 55 de grees is a good temperature at which to hold eggs prior to market ing Eggs should also be kept away from materials that have a strong odor, as the flavor is apt to be im paired if they come in contact with such substances. Candling eggs be fore marketing will aid tremend dously in detecting blood spots, slightly checked or cracked eggs watery eggs, etc. Sell the eggs ai soon as possible. Twice or three times per week is none too often to sell them in the summer. The longer they are held, the more they deteriorate in quality and there fore in value. Pack them in clean cartons or cases when sending them to market. WHEAT AS STOCK FEED While it isn’t often that wheat sells at a price that makes it avail able lor feeding purposes, there are times when the crop may be of such a quality as not to bring a satisfactory price on the market. Under such conditions it is worth while to know what its feeding value is as compared with corn. Re cently, an experiment station con cluded a feeding test in which wheat and a protein concentrate was fed to hogs weighing 100 pounds at the start Another lot of the same weight and quality was fed corn and the same protein con centrate. The corn lot made slightly more rapid gains, but it required a little more corn and protein sup- ; plement ped 100 pounds of gain 1 than it did of wheat and protein supplement. In fact, it took only 400 pounds of wreat and 40 pounds of Drotein supplement per 100 pounds i of gain to bring the hogs from 100 to 225 pounds in weight. Wheat should not be ground fine for hogs, because in that condition it makes a j pasty mass which is rather unpalat able. It should, however, be coarsely ground. Or if not ground in that manner it should be soaked. Whole wheat does not give as good returns as a hog feed as whole corn. At other experiment stations wheat has also been used as a cattle feed in combinations of 50 per cent corn i and 50 per cent coarsely ground wheat together with a protein sup plement. This combination has given as good returns, pound for pound as corn alone with a supple ment. SheeD can also handle wheat to good advantage when fed with corn on a 50-50 basis. HOME MADE “SHOWER” There is nothing that tones a fellow upor makes him feel so good, as a good shower bath. And just because your home happens to be in the country is no reason at all why you should be denied this Jux ury. A home I visited recently, says an uptodate farmer . had the nicest homemade shower in the basement ft was simply a 12 quart galvanized bucket, which had the bottom punched full of holes. They had taken a sharp nail and had gone round and round in circles, making the holes an even distance apart, ft was suspended from the rafter by a stout wire, such as we use for clothes lines. A large shallow tub was placed on the floor- under neath it to catch the water as it fell. A common kitchen towel rack was in convenient distance with plenty of fresh, clean towels on it. When anyone was ready to take a shower, all they had to do was to fill the bucket up with warm wa ter and step under it, the holes in the bottom of the bucket allowing it to do the rest.Of course if one does not have a basement such a shower as this may be placed in the s noke house or any other out building. BUSINESS AND PLEASURE We often hear the expression "combining business and pleasure.” Sometimes it is nothing more than an expression, for often neither one ds accomplished at the expense of the other. However, the summer conventions that are held each year for poultrymen that attend them successfully combine business and pleasure. These conventions are planned for that very purpose, and the measure of their success can be seen in the larger number of interested poultrymen that at tend them year after y?ar. Most of us appreciate the fact that a change is good for everyone, and when this change can be combined with the opportunity to meet men and women in our own line of work, discuss mutual problems, get new : ideas, make new friends, meet the leaders in our industry and have a good time in the bargain, we should be quick to snap it up. All this is what is offered by the sev eral conventions that are held by each summer. The summer is the best time for poultry keepers to get away: it is at this season that the poultry can be most easily left in charge of someone else for a short period, the strenuous season has only recently closed and there is a natural desire to get away for some sort of recreation, and the weather is at its best for traveling. WILT IN ALFALFA If the foliage in your alfalfa field looks pale gTeen or if it has a ye1 low cast, look for wilt. Dig up a few of those pale looking plants and observe their roots. Cut the root a short distance below the crown and if you see a yellow ring just under the bark, you may know that bacteria is at work and that the plant is infected with wilt. On many farms where alfalfa has been grown for a considerable length of time there is danger of the pres ence of this wilt. Watch your fields, therefore, and if the disease is dis covered, prepare to plow up the old field at the end of the season and For those who have never taken ad vantage of the opportunities of fered by these meetings, *ve urge them to attend at least one of thi conventions mentioned elsewhere in this issue. It is not necessary tc be a member of any of these organ izations: you will be welcomed whether you are or not. There is another form of combining recrea tion with business that has be come popular in recent years, and that is the various poultry tours that are run in nrany sections comprising trips to many farms within a county. Furthermore, ont gets a new perspective of his own larm after visiting others: he sees it in a different light than he did before. All this is a good thing; it is one of the essentials of progress Progressively minded people don’t let themselves stay in a rut. Why hot take advantage of at least one of these opportunties this rummer? — - - .. — .1—- ■ ■ - -- INSECTS AND DISEASE How about your equipment to fight insects and diseases? A few years ago, spraying outfits were employed almost altogether. They still do good work. For the small garden, a knapsack or a compressed air outfit will answer the purpose, but for commercial plantings, you will want a stronger outfit. In re cent years, dusting has been coming to the front. Hand dusters are now available at very reasonable cost that will answer both lot home and ordinary commercial plantings. These dusters are a val uable addition to any garden equip ment. For plant diseases, consist ing of rots, leaf spots, etc., the best all-around material is Bordeaux mixture. This can be made accord ing to standard formulas, or it can be purchased' in prepared dry form and simply mixed with water or ap plied in dust form. Sulfur-lead arsenate mixtures may also be pur chased in dust form. These prepared forms are usually better mixed than they can be mixed under average farm conditions. A large number ol diseases can be controlled with the above materials. Lime sulfur which is commonly used for fruits, seems to cause much foliage damage to some vegetables. As for chewing oi eating insects, calcium arsenate does very well with vegetables. Although it injures fruits, it does not seem to damage vegetables. It is cheaper than arsenate of lead and prob ably more effective. For sucking in sects, or aphids, a stomach poison will not answer. These pests do not eat. They stick their beaks into the tissues of the plants and suck out the juices. Fortunately, their bodies are tender. The best method is to use a spray that kills bv contact. Black leaf «, used at the rate of one part in 1,000 of W'ater. will give , results. An angle nozzle should be used and high pressure should be employed to drive the material to the entire surfaces of the leaves. In recent vears. it has been found that nicotine dust will also destroy the aphids. The fumes appear to be effective. LATE HATCHED DUCKLINGS The late hatched ducklings have a number of advantages over their earlier hatched brothers and sis ters. In the first place, summer and early fall hatched ducklings, if pushed for rapid and cheap gains, will go on the late fall and early winter markets in time for the Jew ish and Christian holidays. They are naturally very profitable for at this time the highest prices can be realized and in addition, the weath er during the growing season for late hatched ducks is more favor able for rapid growth. Another ad vantage in favor of the late hatched duckling is the matter of shipping the ducks to market. In the cool weather of fall the shrinkage and mortality losses in shipping are greatly reduced and the cost of shipping is materially lowered by placing more birds to a coop than could be done during hot weather Of course, not all of the advant ages are in favor of the late hatched ducklings. In the first place, ducklings or duck eggs can usually be secured at less cost earlier in the season. Then for breeding purposes, the earlier hatched ducks have some advantage in that mat ings can be made earlier and lay ing will start sooner, thus giving a longer period of production. For one who wishes to raise and feed ducks for market purposes, however, the possibilities In late hatched ducklings should not be overlooked. --♦♦ VENTILATION PROBLEM For satisfactory and efficient ventilation of farm buildings, three important points must not be over looked, says a ventilation engineer. First it is essential that the barn be well built and the walls reason ably tight. The flow of incoming and outgoing air cannot be kept under control in a barn which is drafty and full of cracks. The sec ond essential is that the barn be kept full of cows. If the ventilation system Is designed for 25 cows and only 15 are kept in the barn, the smaller number will very likely be unable to heat the air around them to an optimum temperature. A herd of 30 cows supplies enough units of heat energy to heat an ordinary five roomed house. As the third item of importance, he pointed out that the ventilation system must be complete to do satisfactory work. A recent survey in one of the leading dairy states revealed that only 20 per cent of the barns were equipped with outtake flues and only 30 per cent had intakes. Many of the failures of natural draft ven tilation systems occur for this very reason—because they are not com plete. Both wooden and masonry walls in dairy barns should be in sulated in coo) climates for the sake of warmth and to prevent moisture condensation. For sufficient warmth it would be necessary to build an uninsulated stone wall from 20 to 24 inches thick, a width too great to be practical from the standpoint j of expense. get ground ready for a new field. It is evident that as the alfalfa acreage increases w-e must not keep our fields in this crop too many years in succession. We must pay more attention to rotation. Fortun ately a year or two in other crops will eliminate the wilt disease. The dragging of implements over a field of alfalfa not only spreads the wilt disease, but they also injure the al falfa plants themselves, thus giving the wilt bacteria an opportunity to get a foothold. Feed chicks four or five times a day, and allow only one person to feed and care for them. Unfolds His Plan Several opinions pro and con have followed the message of George W. Wickersham, top, chairman of President Hoov er’s law enforcement commis sion, to the annual governors’ convention at. New London, Conn. Mr. Wickersham ad vances the theory that the en forcement of the prohibition law in particular and all law in general be divided between the Federal and local state agen cies. Governor C. H. Dern of Utah was chairman of the con vention. Untarnatlonmi Nmiwl) t Heads Women’s Clubs L. . . KM ! Miss Marion McClench of Ann Arbor, Mich., is the new presi dent of the National Federa tion of Business and Profes sional Women’s Clubs, having been elected at the convention on Mackinac Island, Mich. She was one of 200 women who or ganized the Federation in 1910. (International Ncwireei) 111 in Pari* I C. Bascom Slemp, former sec retary to President Coolidge, is “under observation” in the American Hospital in Paris for intestinal trouble. Physicians say that his condition is satis factory and that he will return to work within a few days. 'lataroatlonai Mowsr««l> Stillman Yacht Burned in Explosion After a tremendous explosion in Hempstead Harbor, off Glen Cove, L. I., the yacht of Tames A. Stillman, the "Wenonah,” was burned to the water’s edge, as shown above, left. The banker and his wife, Anne U. Still man, above, were not aboard when the acci dent occurred, having just returned ham a cruise and gone to New York. BeSs* ia a view of the Wenonah, formerly kma a* “The Modesty." Chief Mate Charles flam Fen was lost and another member at Cbm crew was injured. Reinstated in Favor in November, 1927, following publication of articles by Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, above, in which he criticized the handling of naval affairs by the department, the officer was relieved of his duties as com mandant of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia. Magruder has been recalled for duty and is ordered to report August 1 as rommander of the fleet base iorce on the Pacific coast. (lultil litttiuzaj Shades of Leander m I ^ ■ .. t ' OHWWWWH Famed for its heavy cross tides and treacherous currents, the Hellespont defied swimmers up to the time of the mythical 1 Leander of Greece. Then came Lord Byron and latter Richard Halliburton. Several college students performed the feat last year. Now three college girls have beaten the channel, Lucy Hancock, of University, Va., from Vassar, and two Smith College girls, Eleanor Stutley of Wellesley, Mass., and Eugenie Paterson, above, also of Wellesley, Mass. The three girl* are on an Aegean cruise. UaOrutlcui M«wmtm| The ‘Mystery Wmw* pm. a. hi in ma— “Teeps" Lucille, oar «t fee two Lucille sisters of cnuveiie* and vaudeville fame, mm*** fan ward to say that dhr * dean .woman who was with ESwne£\ II. “Boston Lome* Urn* shortly after the Marins nsn»~ der in Flushing. L- L Sfaefarifwt his case greatly by