New Seadrome to Be Launched Soon
The model seadrome, designed by Edward R. Arm
strong for use in trans-Atlantic air flights, is nearing
completion in the Chester, Pa., shops. It will be
bunched at Cambridge, Maryland, after which it will
be taken to sea and given severe tests to determine
whether or not the same principle can be employed in
building a larger unit for a mid-ocean resting place.
International Newsreel
World’s Largest Plane Passes Test
Ui2
The huge Fokker thirty passenger F-32 takes off at Hasbrouck Heights,
New Jersey, and passes every test it is put to. The Fokker, which is the
largest land plane in the world, has a wing span of 99 feet and an overall
length of 70 feet. It is equipped with four motors and has a maximum
speed of 160 miles per hour. Sleeping accommodations for passengers
permit night ftying in comfort.
International Newtreel
Friend Husband Pulls a Fast One
When Mrs. Katheryn Wilson ot New York inadventently came across an
announcement of her husband’s wedding to Miss Gladys Beatty she fait
that it was high time that she gave her philandering spouse “the gate.”
She immediately brought suit for a separation.
International Newsreel
Slays Aged Employer
v f. Furnas jv /
Michael Ditierro, gardener on the
estate of Mrs. Barbara Irr, the
■ixty-two-year-old Cleveland, Ohio,
heiress to the Diebolt fortune, shot
and killed his wealthy employer
when she refused to re-hire him
after he had spent seventeen years
in her service. He gave himself up
to the police without making any
•Sort to escape.
^ulcruaUunikJ Newtrtoi
Highly Honored
Announcement from Paris made
.hrough L’Information, indicates
that the governors of the Central
Banks of Europe have agreed upon
two Americans to aid in drafting
statutes for the proposed new bank
of international settlements. Mel
vin A. Traylor (above) of the First
National Bank of Chicago and
Jackson E. Reynolds, president of
the First National Bank of New
York are the two Americans men
tioned.
ialernaticma] Newnr#**
Gets High Govt. Post
Miss Mae A. Schnurr, ap
pointed to fill the new post o(
Assistant to the Commissionej
of Reclamation as a reward fof
many years of admirable Civil
Service work, is the firsi
woman to be gpven so high a 1
administrative post in the De
part of the Interior.
(International Newsreel)
Urges Britain Quit
Viscount Rothermere, English presa
magnate, recently published a signed
article in which he advised Britain’s
withdrawal from Palestine and the
abandonment ^>f its mandates. H«
further stated that the United
States is much more attractive to
■Jews than “the prospect of patri
archal poverty of Palestine.”
International Newsreel
Disappointed After His
Release from J?il in N. Y.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.—(UP)—Tor;
Marcono, 27 years old, was released
from pail here recently, a most dis.
ippointed individual. Disappointed
because he could not stay there, hf
xplained.
Tony had been locked up for beat
ing his wife. The wife, be it known
nad forgiven his cave-man tacticj
• as women do), and insured his re.
lease by withdrawing the charges
against him. As she left the court,
room she smiled at Tony and urged
him to follow her home.
Instead, her belligerent spouse
turned to an oficer and asked tt
be locked up again. The Judge
told him jails are for those whe
don’t want to be locked up.
“All right,” said Tony, “Just you
wait I go heme. I take a good sock
at her. Then you will bring me back
just the same.”
Meals were ' not regular at home
Tony said.
ILLINOIS PEARL FISHING
HARDIN, ILL.—(UP)—Pearl fish
ing in the Illinois river is under
going a healthy revival following
the discovery of several valuaple
pearls in mussel shells by John
Shanks tnd his son. David, clam
fishermen. Two unusually large
•'-carla. netted the Shanks £537
Whist Pay Ta*
Edward W. Bok, well known for his
philanthropic activities throughout
the world, must pay a Federal In
come Tax of $34,360 on the fund he
has established for civic betterment
in Philadelphia. Mr. Bok had con
tended that because of the purpose
of the fund it was tax exempt.
International Newarval
Merger Humors Denied
With the taking over of the
Bankers Trust and the New
York Trust companies by the
First National Bank. George
Baker, above, of New York,
financier and banker, would
head the largest financial in
stitution in the country. Heads
of all the banks mentioned
have denied that the merger
will take place despite persis
tent rumors to the contrary.
(Interniitlona) Kawarctl)
Situation Tense
L. M. Marakhan, Vice-Com
missar for foreign affairs at
Moscow, Russia, and former
Ambassador to China, wrote
the note demanding China
apologize or suffer the conse
quences for her act of seizing
the Chinese Eastern Railway
and arresting Soviet officials.
(International Ntwereel)
Illness Cost American
Public Four Millions
WASHINGTON—Cost of illness to
the American public is computed bj
Dr. Homer Folks, a prominent so
cial worker, at the tremendous an
nual total of $3,729,925,396, or almost
the same amount it cost to operate
the United States government in
the last fiscal year.
This total is divided as follows:
Physicians, $745,000,000; quacks,
$120,000,000; dispensaries, $2,233,
824; hospitals $404,501,572; nursing,
$151,900,000; medical supDlies, $700,
000.000; dental, $285,000,000; loss of
wages, $1,245,000,000; prevention of
illness, $72,290,000.
In addition, Dr. Folks estimates
loss of wages due to premature
[ death caused by illness at $12,000,
'I'vn f¥¥l armiinllw
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
C'OKN AND BARLEY
The dairy farmer lintis it advant
ageous to grow both corn and barley.
No plant yields as much total nu
trients per acre as corn; no crop en
siles as well as corn, and it can be
cut and put in shocks to good ad
vantage. The ears may be used lor
feeding cows, hogs, or chickens, the
stover for cows and horses, and the
coarser parts for bedding. It might
seem that only two crops are really
needed on a successful dairy' tarm,
and they arc alfalia and corn, but
several other factors must be con
sidered. The making of a lalia hay
comes at a time when the corn
should be cultivated, and on most
farms there is not sulticient power
or manual labor to permit cultivat
ing corn and making hay at the
same time. One or the other must
wait. Further barley is an excellent
nurse crop, much better than oats.
It requires less days to develop,
shades the ground less, does not re
quire as much moisture, and is not
as likely to lodge as oats. Barley
will yield ncre teed per acre than
oats taut not as much as com. The
cost of producing barley is 20 or
more per cent less than corn, but it
will yield nearly 30 per cent less di
gestible nutrients to the acre. Bal
ancing the cost of production ot bar
ley against the increased produc
tion of corn, there is not a great
deal of difference between the two
crops if only grain is considered.
Since labor has become a more im
portant factor to consider in suc
cessful farming than land, we are
confident that more barley could
be raised both for feeding hogs and
cows than at present. The feeding
value of barley is almost pound tor
pound equal to corn. If we take into
account diversification for insuring
an adequate feed supply, as well as
other factors concerning the ad
vantages of barley, a very high per
centage of dairy farmers will find it
to their advantage to grow a con
siderable acreage of this crop.
SOME TIMOTHY FACTS
For many years the Otflce ot For
age Crops of the department ot ag
riculture, in co-operation with the
Ohio experiment station, has been
carrying on an elaborate timothy
breeding experiment out at North
Ridgeville, Ohio. This work is ex
pected in a few more years to come
through with a more or less revolu
tionary type of timothy. It will be
a timothy plant maturing much
later than the present widely grown
sort. Tliis will be of immense value
In shifting the hay-making period
away from its present point of seri
ous conflict with other farm work.
It will be a heavier yielding plant,
the advantage of which is obvious.
And not least, it will be a plant
which stays green much closer up to
the dead-ripe seed stage, thus m
:reasing the period over which high
grade hay may be made. For many
years the standard practice in the
timothy-clover country has been to
seed five to 10 pounds of timothy
with the small grain in the fall, and
then put on 10 pounds of red clover
in the early spring. Studies by Evans
show that the highest yield oi hay
Is secured by putting out not more
than two and a halt pounds of tim
jthy in the fall. This holds true not
inly of the first cutting of nay,
which is a mixture of timothy and
clover, but of the second cutting
(he first year, which Is almost en
tirely clover, and of cuttings of sub
sequent years when the clover has
entirely disappeared and nothing but
n pure stand of timothy remains.
According to these expenments
the total hay yield continues to tall
off with increases of the fall tim
othy seeding above the two and one
half pound mark, the more seed be
ing put out the smaller the crop se
cured. In the tests the seeding went
up to as much as eighty pounds to
the acre. Too much timothy the first
year chokes out the clover. With the
two and one half pound seeding over
G5 per cent of the first cutting of
hay was clover. With the old stand
ard 10-pound timothy seeding the
first cutting was half timothy and
half clover. When the timothy seed
ing was more than 10 pounds the
resultant hay ran proportionately to |
timothy—G5 per cent of the total
when a very neavy seeding rate was
practiced. And just as the timothy j
percentage went up, the total yield |
went down, dropping oif from 2.000
pounds to the acre lor two and a
half pounds to one ton at 10 pounds,
and then on down to 1.400 pounds
of hay when as much as 40 pounds
of timothy seed was doped on in
the fall. It has long been a practice
of some farmers in parts ol toe tim
othy-clover belt to seed a very light
quantity of timothy with small g’ain
in the fall, and then follow with a
neavier seeding when clover is put
on in the spring. This practice is
shown to be superior to putting a
heavy timothy seeding down with
the small grain in the fall, but, ac
cording to results secured by Evans,
if a fair stand has been secured by
the fall seeding it is of very ques- j
tionable value to put on a further
quantity of seed in the spring, in ail
circumstances, however, in so far as
these experiments indicate anything,
two and a half pounds of timothy
seed is enough to put out in the tall
when clover is going to go on the
land the following spring.
PRODUCE GOOD EGGS
Keep pure-bred flocks of one va
riety. Breed for a profitable produc
tion of high quality eggs. Pure-breds
usually lay eggs that are more uni
form in size, shape, and color, and
are more productive than mixed
flocks. Provide good housing accom
modations. with pientv oi nests, and
keep the house and nests clean. Feed
a balanced ration of wholesome |
grain and mash, supplemented with
grit and oyster shell, and endeavor j
to secure the maximum production
of eggs of high quality. Do not in- ;
eubate eggs of Interior market :
quality; ill-shaped eggs, thin-shelled !
tggs, eggs of poor color such as '
cream-colored eggs or mottled eggs,
or eggs with poor shells due to body
checks, thin or wrinkled shells, or I
eggs that do not weigh approxi- i
rnately two ounces per egg or more, i
The character may be inherited, and [
would influence the quality ol the
eggs produced by the offspring.
Gather eggs regularly, twice each
day, during excessively warm or ex
cessively cola weather. Ii eggs are
lour.d in stolen nests, in the Utter
or otherwise, so that their condition
is not absolutely known, candle such
eggs before taking them to market.
Candling is a good practice lor tha
producer to cultivate. Every produc
er should knew his eggs. Never wash
eggs, unless you are selling them
to a consumer lor immediate con
sumption. Separate all soiled,
checked, or cracked eggs from the
other eggs as soon as tney are gath
ered—and use them at home or sell
them separately. Keep eggs m a cool
and ratner moist place, it artificial
refrigeration is available, a tem
perature of about 40 degrees Fahr
enheit is preferable. When eggs ai
stored in a cool place they shoul
be taken out in the early mornlq
before going to market, and allow*
to increase in temperature gradi
ally. This will prevent the eg|
sweating, which olten gives thei
the appearance of having bed
washing. Market frequently—twia
each week, is possible. The tune w
sell should be adjusted to the mar
ket and the conditions under which
the eggs are held. In hauling egg*
to the market, do not expose them
to the direct rays of the sun. in
sist that the buyer pay cash for youf
eggs, and that he buy them on a
quality or grade basis. If the local
buyer will not do this, you are jus
tified in shipping your eggs to somt
market that does recognize quality,
In case you do not nave enough
eggs to ship alone, organize a club
aiid ship together. Boost the egg
business by producing better quallt)
and by encouraging a greater con
sumption of eggs. 4
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RAISING BEST ALFALFA '
Good alfalfa is not a matter ol
luck any more than 75 bushel corn,
ton Utters of pigs at six months, oi
400 pound dairy cows are matters
of luck. Occasionally, however, you
hear or read oi someone who got a
good stand and possibly an average
yield of alfalfa without using anj
lime or fertilizer and with nq
thought of inoculating the seed. Ia
such a case the allalla is not a mat
ter of luck, but instead the taime*
owning it is a ‘‘victim of tuck" be
cause no doubt the soil happened to
be one that aid not need lime, wai
fairly well supplied with plant food,
and already contained the bacteri*
needed to inoculate the alfalfa. Get
ting seed oi a well adapted variety,
preparing a firm seed bed and mak
ing sure that the proper bacteria an
present to insure mnoculaticn cer
tainly are not matters that can M
left to a flip of a coin. They lnvolvo
expenditures of money or labor and
the man who has either to waste
doesn't need to grow allalla. Liming
and fertilizing are the two factor!
upon which 'he final outcome of th«
crop depends, once a successful
stand is secured. It the soli la sweel
or practically so, liming is not neces
sary but Iuck will not lake the placa
cf lime where the soil shows more
than slight acidity. Because of the
tremendous growth alfalfa is capable
of making, it must have a propor
tionally large supply of plont food 11
top yieuds are to be produced. Par
ticularly Is this true of the minerals
—phosphoric acid and potash—which
art often present in so small quan
tities In an available form as to re
duce both the yield and the quality,
if properly inoculated, altalfa will
take nitrogen from the air for its
heavy requirements of this element
so that the only nitrogen likely to bq
needed can be supplied by liberal
manuring before seeding or in a
small amount of nitrogen along with
the minerals applied at seeding
time. An exception to this ay M
seen on very poor soil where tht
alfalfa turns yellow the second
spring for lack of nitregen. In this
case top t'res^ig with nitrogenous
fertilizer or well lotted manure wit'
prove h'ghly profitable. Some idea ol
the appetite of alfalfa for lime anl
the plant foods Is shown by the las*
that a four ton crop requires af
much nitrogen as a 130-bushel corn
crop; as much phosphoric acid as a
50-bushel wheat crop; as much pot
ash as a 300-busliel potato crop, and
as much lime as five tons of clove!
hay. .
RURAL LEADERSHIP
More local leadership Is needed lri
rural communities to bring about
economic justice and the proper so
cial activities. Complaint is fre
quently mode that rural life is not
as interesting as it was some year*
ago. We are of the opinion that
those who look upon the charges at
being a backward step are overes
timating the rural activities of the
past and are really living bach in th*
days of the horse and buggy. We ar*
living in a different age. The auto
mobile and good roads have made it
possible to develop a new kind ol
rural life and they permit the tarm
or to participate in the activities ol
the city. In reality, the city has be
come the center of the community.
What we need to solve the rurw
problem is Better trained leadership
We do not find as we travel tnrough
farm communities a lack of social
activities, opportunities for rehgiout
worship, or places for the rural pop
ulation to meet if there arc wittu*
these communities men and women
of vision and leadership. Cur schools
can do much to stimulate latent
leadership. They can do much U
tiain boys and girls of the countrj
to take advantage of all the insti
tutions within a community. It re
quires but a program and somi
leader to carry it out, someone u
lay the foundation upon which a
better rural life can be built and
which will stimulate latent leader
chip in rural communities. Honest
capable leadership cannot be over
emphasized in bringing about a bet
ter relationship between agriculture
and other industries. Without lead
ership in rural communities, we set
little hope of bringing about whaJ
some teem “social activities” It
rural communities and equality loi
agriculture, no matter what tht
state or tederal governments may do
LIME AND HATCH ABILITY
Investigaticr1' on the calcium re
quirements of laying hens, prove
it is desirable that the hens to be
used as breeders should have access
to an abundance of some calcium
carbonate supplement from the
time egg laying starts until eggs for
hatching are wanted. When the
supply of calcium was insu.ficient
fewer eggs were laid, and the eggs
were smaller and had thinner shells
than those of the well-fed hens.
The percentage of infertile eggs
was increased, hatching power be
came less and less and finally
erased, while the chicles that did
hatch were smaller than those from
horns It is essential to keen
a liberal supply of owster shelf,
i high grade limestone or calciU
! available to the laying flecks, even
though they may be allowed to
range out-of-doors where some
such material may be picked up,
And the higher the rate of produc
tion, the more important is the lima
supply as a factor in promoting
high hatching power at some late*
date.
KNOW WIIAtToU'RE DOING. 1
A farm inventory and a credit
statement will tell where you stand
in the farming business, and may
help you get the loan you need to
exoand that i/uxuveta a
