POET ATTACKS I
TROTSKY BOOK
cormer Friend Pens Poem
Ca!l ing Commissar New
Munschausen
Moscow—(UP) — A violent attack
*’» the autobiography of Lecn Trot
sky, which was published recently h\
Germany, has appeared in the col*
iimci cf the government mouth*
piece, Izvestia.
It took the form of a poem by
Dc-mian Byedni, the mest popular
writer of topical verse in the soviet
union, in which he calls the former
commissar of war a “new Baron
Mhoschausen” who “outlies all the
old MunschauscnV’
M. Byedni takes as his text a
sentence of Trctsky to the dices
that the communist party bound
up especially his name with the
revolution. He spares no virulent
rdjectives in characterizing this
imt.ement as “the boasting of a
political charlatan.” Moreover, M
L.vedni promises that he will sub*
nit o'her statements in Trotsky’*
u'itwriograpJiy to the ordeal of hi*
* it; tal pen.
The attack is especially notable
because the poet was a good friend
ot Trotsky in the early years or"
the revolution. He concludes the
verse by placing Trotsky in tho
*<rr.e category with M. Badyan end
M- Bessedovsky, communists who
tensed against th? soviets.
Foolish Timidity.
McCready skyes, in Commerce and
Finance.
The Chamber of Commerce ol
Net; York City must l>a a body ai
revel-headed men, fairly in touefc
vd.a reality. One cannot but won*
tier from what fount of inspiration
perrons speaking for it have ac«
«;unrd the fears and terrors which
to be agitating them. It is an
no;.reed that, the Chamber has
’x ur.ched a “militant fight" against
the Communists. The interviews
speak of the "Communist menace,
s ad the executive secretary declarer
that Frankly, a lot of our members
v.e sort of scared."
T -is kind of talk seems incredible.
There is no communist menace in
this country and never has been. Irr
»r country is there less sympathy
vit.'i the theories or aims of com*
ju-mism. In none is the prospect of
rational conversion to communism
More utterly hopeless. But even if
■-Is were not so. communism would
h: cn altogether lawful subject ot
i scussion. The federal constitution
r '.'J most of all the state constitu
■*-cos provide that no person shall
M deprived cf property without due
process of law. The wisdom of such
•« prevision is as legitimate a sub
let of debate as anything else in
the constitution. The almost uni
yw\al judgment of our generation
■ oat lire provision is a wise and vai
1 'ole one seems a sound judgment,
0- t the rights ot property are cr>;
by society and are social insti
ll .ons, "nd-as such they should
Iwin agt to age be the subject of
iirc freest discussion.
Prosperity rights have already been
jcaliy nioditied. They may have
lc; be modified much further. Each
generation must determine for itself
v ' ultimate value of its social insti
tutions.
>ne would think, if the reports of
h e thing3 the Chamber cf conr
" • ;e intends are correct, that thj
'-mber was made up, which we are
m c it is not, of a lot o£ silly old
ivorten shivering and shaking and
;:g things at night. It is Lot a
1- gnifrcd spectacle.
Not Able to Pay.
From Associated Press.
The S. S. Milwaukee cf the Ham.
t ■ g-Amerlcan line, which arrived
■ ji.i Hamburg, numbered among its
:-i ." engers John Firman Coar, au
thor and member cf the faculty ot
Inc University cf Alberta, Edmon
toi:, who has spent the last six
incmns in Germany studying the
v. king cut of reparations plans
found that 2,5 JO,090 per.
Kens are out of employment
>n Germany at present," Professor
declared, "and the number is
ir /casing daily. A crisis is imoend
n.'g there. I am utterly opposed to
reparations in principle, and the
m.count assess: d under the Young
pPn is out of all proportion to
wf-rmany’s capacity to pay.
' If The Hague agreement, per
Tnhting any one national to re
occupy German territory, is put into
effect, there will be an economic and
political catastrophe in Germany.
i>.ch cnly will reparations not fce
Pf'-'d, but the four biiliops of Arner:
i.i.n dollars Invested there will be
fv.'SCvf out. I was one of the first
*.u ixiir.t cut that reparations under
Dawes plan were being met with
re: icy borrowed hi the United
cs. Now tils borrowing has
Ihi ctlcaliy ceased and Germany is
longer able to pay.
Tho cash deiicit ;n Germany was
1,150,000,000 marks last jear. The
government borrowed this amount
vi short term bills to cover the def
11'it and new arc looking for more
to oorrow to most tho payment of
the short term bills.
The best informed opinion in
Germany s-hs two years as the limit
Gfrmony can continue to pay repa
afions. Agriculture is bankrupt
‘w-e, and a cotunlnte industrial col
lapse is freely anl authoritatively
D ed'.ctcd for this fall. The reper
cussions of this collapse will he felt
throughout the entire world."
Professor Goar said that he talked
r.k.g all the important German
hankers during his stay abrrad, and
leemed, among other things, that
nmstrial earnings for 19.9 in Ger
lu.ny were 49 per cent under the cs
»i mate which the government had
counted upon.
had no effect
Akron, Ohio— Run \V. W. Wieter
iek's sermon on honesty cither
dic-n't have muc! .effect on one of
.'a, oongregat'en. or else someone
• ock advantage o* his absence from
his r.uay. While he was giving th~
sermon on honesty, his blue chin
chilla overcoat was taken from that
icon. He is a minister at the First
Methodist Episcopal chinch liere.
—-- ♦
Muzzled.
From Fiicgrnde Bla.tter.
"Just tiiink! A man came into
the music room and said, ’Not a
round, or I fire.’"
"Ware you iust going to siuc?*'
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| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS |
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POULTRY ADVERTISING
The advertising of various tyi>es of
poultry products has played an im
portant part in the development of
the poultry industry. The first gener
al type of poultry advertising was
that of difterent poultry breeders.
This made it possible for them to dis
tribute improved blood to all parts of
the country. The demand for im
proved breeding stock made It prof
itable for the breeders to pursue
this line of work. The breeding stock
in turn helped to make the poultry
business more profitable by improv
ing the stock on the farms. During
the last 25 years there also ha3 been
a large growth of different manu
facturers that have furnished equip
ment or feeds that were needed by
the poultry breeder or producer. The
incubator manufacturer was the
first manufacturer of this type. The
advertising of these incubators in
formed people where they could be
purchased, educated them in regard j
to the value of the different types of
machines and the sales made
through advertising made it pocsibe
for incubators to be manufactured
cn a large scale. This large scale
business made economical manufac
ture possible so that incubators were
priced within the reach of everyone.
Since that time there has been a
gradual development along other
lines. The development of mam
moth incubators, the shipment of
chicks through the mails and the
demand on the part of the public for
better chicks, made It possible to de
velop hatcheries. Advertising or
babv chicks created sufficient sales
so that the hatchery business is now
run as a large scale business with
resulting economies winch aie
passed on to the ultimate consumer.
Today hatcheries are supplying from
40 to 50 per cent of the clucks that
are used by farmers. In recent years
there has been a rapid growth in
manufacturers of poultry feeds and
miscellaneous equipment. Advertis
ing of these products has In ormed
I the buying public that they are
available and the resulting sales
have made it possible for these feeds
and cquiomsnt to be manufactured
on a large scale basis so that it wav
economical to use them. The owner
of any well managed business de
pends on securing a large portion of
his future business from repeat or
ders This means that satisfied cus
tomers are the goal toward which
every reliable advertiser is working.
This in turn means that the adver
tising of standard goods from reli
able manufacturers Is In
guarantee of the reliability of the
product.
EXTRA EARLY TOMATOES.
Tomatoes can be removed from the
vines as scon a3 they reach the
green-ripe stage. They can then be
ripened with ethylene gas in halt
the time it would require to ripen
them on the vines. A tomato fruit
is green-ripe as soon as the seeds
slip to one side when a tomato is
cut with a sharp knife. If the seeds
are cut by the knife the tomato is
not yet green-ripe. So far as is
known at present, ethylene-npeneo
fruits are of higher quality than air
rioened fruits and are nearly com
parable to vine-rtpened fruits. The
cost of gas ripening is almost neg
ligible. Ethylene gas is practically
odorless, nonpoisonous, toxic to
plants, and is only slightly lighter
than air. thus it diffuses through a
rocm and its contents of fruit. One
part of the gas to 4.000 parts of
air is approximately the correct con
centration for ripening tomatoes. To
determine the quantity of gas to
use, measure the number of cubic
feet in the ripening room and di
vide by 4,000. This will give the
number of cubic feet of gas to ap
ply at each dose. Valving equipment
is needed to release the gas in exact
quantities. Reasonably air-tight
rooms should be used and the doors
kept closed. It is advisable to apply
the gas just before closing the rooms
for the night. One or two doses ev
ery 24 hours is usually sufficient,
denending upon the tightness of the
room and the frequency with which
the doors are opened. It may be ad
visable to open the ripening room a
few hours every day for aeration to
eliminate any possible oxygen de
ficiency. The green-ripe tomatoes
are placed in the ripening room in
ventilated crate?, and stacked in tiers
on racks to insure free circulation
of the gas. Fruit wrapped in paper
will ripen very slowly. The optimum
temperature for rapid ripening is 70
to 80 degreesFahrenheit. Storage of
the fruit at low temperatures .before
treatment slows up the subsequent
ripening process. Fruit could be kept
as long at 20 days at 52 to 54 de
grees and then normally ripened
with ethylerie if such a method was
desired, as in the fall of the year.
The crates are removed every few
days to sort out the fruit that is
colored sufficiently to market. Fruits
that remain only partly colored after
eight days might as well be discard
ed, as they are too immature to be
come edible. There is no danger to
men working in a room where the
gas is released in the recommended
proportions. In high concentrations
—one part of the gas to three parts
of air—the gas Is explosive. In the
low concentration used for ripening,
the air-gas mixture is not explosive.
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PAINT FOR PICKOUTS
Pickouts occur in the adult as
well as in the growing flocks, and
are not necessarily the result cf
poor diet; as a matter of fact,
probably few of these cases can be
traced 'o this cause. The trouble
Is mostly due to viciousness on the
part of a few, and rapidly becomes
a habit. Various remedies are used,
but the best seems to be to put
something on the birds that looks
like blood and has a bitter taste.
Some commercial preparations come
in the form of a paste. This is ap
plied in the vicinity of the vent or
on the feathers; one of two picks
cl it are enough to satisfy the birds,
and the habit is quickly broken.
One poultryman recently made up
LAMB PROFITS
The secret of lamb profits (and
it really isn’t a secret) is this: Get
spring lambs to market early in
summer. This requires docking and
castrating, liberal feeding, control
cf parasites. Liberal feeding helps
the lambs to withstand stomach
worm infestation. It can net be
relied on as a preventive, however.
The same observation is true In con
nection with roundworms of swine.
Liberal feeding should be the rule
always, and if the animals don't put
on weight as a result, it’s time to
suspect worms and to get rid of
them. Lambs are inclined to be In
dependent about eating grain when
lus owr mixture, scarlet vermilion
paint and quinine sulphate, usmg
one ounce of the quinine to one
half oint of the paint. He merely
paints this anywhere on the feath
ers, and the birds do not take a sec
ond pick after one taste.
SEED POTATO FACTS
Most potato growers would like
to know how many eyes thera
should be on a seed piece. 'I hey
would also appreciate a leal explan
ation as to the size of such a seed
piece and the relationship of the
size of the seed piece to the time
of planting. For growers of the
Russet Rural main-crop potato an
answer L» found in the recent work
of one experiment station. This
section finds that the earlier a Rus
set Rural potato seed piece is
planted the more likely it is that
such a seed piece will produce a
single sprout. When single-sprout
seed pieces are planted more than
12 inches apart certain varieties,
such as the Russet Rural, produce
a larger proportion of big tubers.
These overgrown potatoes are fre
quently hollow hearted. Recent ex
perimental work points out that
where potatoes are held dormant un
til the first of April and then
planted, part will produce two
sprouts and part will produce one
sprout. Tire larger the seed piece
the mure likely rt is to produce two
sprouts. This same seed if held
dormant until May and then
pirn ted will produce two sprouts
per piece with a few each or one
sprout and threc-sprout pieces. If
held in good condition until June
the average number of sprouts
from an ordinary size seed is about
three. The longer the time elapsing
between the end of the dormant
period and the planting date the
more sprouts there are produced
per seed piece. The number of eyes
on a piece does not have much in
fluence or. the number of sprouts.
The size of the piece is more im
portant than the number of eyes.
When one-ounce pieces produce an
average of two sprouts per piece,
tw'o-ounce pieces produce an av
erage of three sprouts per piece.
The two-sprout hills are the de
sirable kind when spaced close
enough. The minimum size piece
which will support vigorous sprouts
is about three-quarters of an ounce
in weight. The sprouts from smaller
pieces are noticeably weaker. Dan
ger of large size tuber production is
eliminated in such plantings by
closer spacing. From 9 to 12 inohts
in the rows and from 23 to 32 In
ches between rows are best where
such seed is used and when the soil
is real potato soil. Early Mav plant
ings on rich soil, where the best po
tato-growing Dracttces are followed,
make such close spacing and size
of seed piece practical.
transplanting
One of the essential operations of
gardening is transplanting. When a
man can start with 200 lettuce seed
lings, put them through two trans
plantings and produce 200 lettuce
plants in the garden, he must have
some knowledge; that record isn’t
due to luck. The first step in trans
planting is to keep as much of the
soil about the roots of the little
plans as possible. Resetting may be
such a shock to a plant that its
death will follow. Careless removal
from the plant-bed means that
practically all the feeding roots of
the plantlet have been left behind
and serious wilting is certain to
follow the operation. Do the work
in the afternoon or on cloudy days.
Make the hole in the row large
enough to take the ball of earth
about the plant. It is a good plan to
put a small amount of water in the
hole before resetting. Put the plant
in its new heme, rake in some dirt,
and press firmly into the soil. Be
careful not to injure the base of the
plant with the thumb and fingers.
Pour a little more water on top of
the hole and after it settles cover
with dry soil. In warm climates, it is
an excellent plan to put a shingle on
the south side so as to protect from
the midday sun. Also put a small
paper collar around the plant to
protect it from cut worms. This lat
ter is of special importance when
transplanting tomatoes, peppers and
plants of like character. If there is
danger of late frost, look Into the
matter of plant protectors. Plants
properly hardened off and careful
ly set in the field seem to be
chocked little, if any, by the opera
tion of transplanting.
PREVENTING LOSSES
Some farmers prevent losses
among calves, pigs, and poultry by
being well informed on the causes
of loss, and by being forehanded
in knowing what to do. when to do
it, and by actually carrying out
the required practices. Take the
prevention of “necro” and parasites
in pigs, for example. The farmer
who has his pigs farrowed in clean
places <free from worm eggs and
the organisms that cause the sev
eral locms of “nccro,”) keeps them
in clean places until they arc ready
to go on pasture, and then turn's
them on pastures not infeoted, will
have very little, if any, loss from
these sources. The farmer who
vaccinates his pigs for the preven
tion cf hog cholera at the time the
pigs are weaned need have little
worry about hog cholera.
GIVING “CARIi" CREDIT.
Seme people are Inclined to attrib
ute the unusually healthy condition
of a herd of hogs to the use of se
rum, but most farmers say that the
hogs owe their good health to the
fact that they are too expensive to
neglect. Hogs are given more san
itary quarter and a saner ration
than they were 10 or 20 years ago
and this explains much of their im
munity to disease.
they have milk from the ewes. For
that reason, the feed placed in the
creep must be be a palatable, com
plete ration. Grain alone won’t coax
all the lambs into the creep. Some
of the western sheepmen use a can
vas strip instead of a trough for
feeding sheep. The strip of canvas
Is about 50 feet long and has eye
lets and rope at the ends so it can
be staked clown. There is an iron
rib every few feet to keep the can
vas spread full width. The canvas
can be taken up and shaken when
dirty.
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Cheap seed is often the most ex
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Toil can fool some of the people
all of the time and all of the people
some of the time, but the rest of the
time they will make fools of them
selves.—Judge.
Sympathy Is something that must
never be asked for.
Self-trust Is the essence of heroism.
—Emerson.
Foundation for Belief
Concerning Third Match
There is a multitude of supersti
tions which have become thoroughly
Imbedded in the race, and are ob
served seriously or humorously ac
cording to the individual tempera
ment. Some people will not accept
the third light from a matcli because
it signifies death or disaster. The
origin of this superstition Is more
understandable than some. In time
of war when a soldier lit a match it
revealed his whereabouts to the ene
my. The sniper who saw the light
lifted his gun to his shoulder. There
are three stages to firing: Ready
(cock the trigger), aim (gun at
shoulder) and fire. Therefore, the
third soldier to receive a light from
the match was the one visible when
the sniper was ready to fire. That is
how t he third light from the match
catne by its sinister significance.
Defeat!
Mother’s weekly bridge party was
iu session. On receiving an enviable
number of face cards, Mrs. H—, a
beginner, exclaimed: “Oh, what a
beautiful hand I liave!”
Bobble, busy with blocks in lus al
lotted corner, arose and walked over
to Mrs. 11—. After an Intense scru
tiny of her hands, which bespoke
many hours on the tennis court, he
thoughtfully said: “Yes, but your
arms Is all freckled.”
Treat for Posterity
Apparently fearful lest his clown
ishness be lost to posterity, Groek,
famous European clown, has an
nounced that he is organizing a mo
tion picture company, with headquar
ters in Berlin, for the purpose of pro
ducing clown pictures.
Rare Chinese Animal
The giant panda of western China
is the rarest of all land-going ani
mals. It is classed as a distant blood
relation of the raccoon.
Telling It to Her
“Are mine the only lips you ever
kissed':”
“Absolutely—and the nicest.”
Romance in High Life
“What’s the delay? Doesn’t she
love the duke after all?” “They are
having his title searched.”
Fell Out
“Been mountaineering, .Toe? You
seein all bruised up.” “I had a night
mare in a hammock.”
Better a sour stomach than a sour
mind.
A mask of gold hides all deformi
ties.—Dekker.
| HEALTHY
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come from healthy systems.
Free the body ef poisons with
Feea«a>miat. Effective fa
smaller doses. All drag fists sell
this safe, scientific laxative.
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III FOR CONSTIPATION
She Lost 19 Pounds
of Fat in 27 Days
.
During October a woman in Mon
tana wrote—“My first bottle o|
Kruschen Salts lasted almost 4
weeks and during that time I lost It
pounds of fat—Kruschen is all you
claim for It—I feel better than I
have for years.”
Here’s the recipe that banishes fat
and brings Into blossom all the nat
ural attractiveness that every womar
possesses.
Every morning take one half tea
spoonful of Kruschen Salts In a glail
of hot water before breakfast.
Be «ur« and do this ovary morning
for “It'a tha littla dally doaa that
takca off tha fat”—Don’t mlaa m
morning. Tha Kruschen habit meaaa
that ovary particle of poisonous waste
matter and harmful acids and gaaas
are expelled from tha system.
At tha sama time tha stomach, liven
kidneys and bowals are toned up and
tha pure, fresh blood containing Na
ture’s alx llfa-gtving salts Is carried
to ewery organ, gland, nerve and fibre
of the body and this la followed by
“that Kruschen feeling” of anargetln
health and activity that is reflected
in bright eyes, clear skin, cheerful
vlvaelty and charming figure.
If you want to lose fat with speed
get en 85c bottle of Kruschen Salto
from any live druggist anywhere la
America with the distinct under
standing that you must be satisfied
with results or money back.
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IIn (fastening little girl’s dress)-*
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She—No, sir; she bought It.
Loud-mouthed people are bless*4
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