TEXAN PLANS
UTOPIAN FARM
Houston Tex. — 'UP' — Seme
500 acres of land 25 miles south
vest of here will be turned into
something of a Utopia under a
plan fostered by Dr. John W.
Slaughter, professor of sociology
at Rice Institute. wh<^ bought .he
land with his own funds.
He hopes to "give a demonstra
tion of practical welfare
For many years Dr. Slaughter
has had ideas and ideals for un
cmplovment relief through the
formation of agricultural com
munities. However, his is not a be
liever in the "back-to-the-farm"
movement.
The latter kind of movement is
impractical, he contends, and .ays
proof lies in the fact that Hie
Houston emergency relief commit
tee still is feeding 60 families
placed on farms many months
ago. , ,
•‘The first thing I will do with
my project." said Dr. Slaughter
"will be to get some tenants, teach
them teamwork among them
selves. and after two years' of such
training, start them off on places
of their own with a financing plan
to carry them through."
Mules and horses, rather than
tractors, will be used to cultivate
the land, he said, and as fast as
feed can be grown, registered live
stock will be purchased. The crept
will be varied.
Huge Eagle Presented
To Murrtcipal Zoo
Fresno. Cal. — iUP)— A huge ea
fie, whose wings measure sever
leet from tip to tip, perched mo
rosely today in a cage at Roeding
Park, Fresno municipal zoo.
He was found by a party oi
geologists in the Tar Canyon dis
trict, near Hanford. Cal., caught
by one claw in a steel trap. Ap
parently, members of. the parts
said he was caught, when he at
tempted to steal the bait from th«
trap.
The bird was presented to thi
city by the party.
Attorney Takes
Belmont, N. Y. — (UP1 — Here'!
»n attorney who acted as counsel
for one side in the morning and
lor the opposite side in the after
noon during a court case involv
ing settlement of a will.
The atforncy. William Duke. Jr
supported the interests of three
infants in the morning, but shifted
over to the side of those opposing
the will when he learned of the
existence of another will, whose
contents were more to his clients'
advantage.
Clsrk Sues on Check
For Marriage License
Decatur, Ir.d. — <UP>— .Milton C
Werling, county clerk, has filed
suit against Elmer E. Weaver for
the cost of a marriage certificate.
Werling charged that a check
given him by Weaver for the li*
cense was worthless.
Both Sides of Cass
4Jne of the more interesting moiieli
tor the Spring season is shown
here, worn by Adrienne Ames,
screen player, ft is of black broad
cloth, beautifully tailored, with
rounded corners on the jacketle.
The suit is accented wit It white at
the collar and cuffs.
Earthquake Doubled
Soda Spring Flow
Lindsay, Cal. — (UP) — Ed Nash,
owner of a soda spring at Spring
ville, near here, rejoiced today
that there was an earthquake in
California. December 13.
The £hock, which sent shivers
over most of the Pacific west, dou
bled the flow of the spring, he re
ported. The flow before the quake,
he sa,d, was 2,160 gallons each 24
hours, and after the tremors. 4.320
gallons each 24 hours.
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WAR LETTER IS
14 YEARS LATE
Shreveport, La. —(UP)— Worn
and crumpled from 14 years of
handling, a letter mailed by his
son from an unnamed town in
France just two weeks after the
end of the World War, has
reached F. W. Farrow, of New Or
leans who :s visiting another son,
George Farrow, here.
The letter was mailed on Novem
ber 25. 1918, by Cary Fallow, then a
sergeant in the headquarters de
tachment, 36th Division, A. E. F.
The day was Father’s Day and the
message bore greetings from a son
who escaped death in the war, to
the elder Farrow, who then lived
in Victoria. Texas.
Cary Fallow is still alive, and
now lives in Houston is married,
and has two children.
The letter, which came like a
voice irou* the past, bore no indi
cation of ’'.'hat had caused the de
lay in delivering it. It was post
marked "U. S. Army Fostoffice, 1
P. M., Nov. 25, M.P.E.S.,” and boro
the censors seal: “A.E.F., passed
as censored, 2466.”
Although the missive was ad
dressed to “F. W. Farrow. Victoria,
Tex., U. S. A., it was delivered to
the son. George Farrow, here,
while the elder Farrow was visit
ing him. The writing was plain
and there were no more postmarks
except one on the back reading:
“Shreveport, La., July 21, 12 m.,
1932.”
Mule Returns to
Dump After Each Sal a
Tyler, Texas — <UP)— City com
missioners here wish they had a
lot of mules like “Swayback” flop
er.red quadruped who returns to
the city dump everytime. he is
sold.
The mule was first sold in 1928.
but returned to the dump in 1930
and was sold again. On the last
day of 1932, “Swayback” was
ground frazing near the city dump
again. He will be sold the third
time if the owner cannot be lo
cated.
Stanford Mentor
Claude Earl “Tiny” Thornhill, whc
will guide the future destinies ol
Stanford University’s football for
tunes as a result of his selection to
succeed tilenr. S. (Pop) Warner,
who recently resigned to become
mentor at Temple University.
Thornhill is a protlge of Warner’?
under whom he learned his football
at the University of Pittsburgh.
He was All-America tachle in 1910. !
Plans for Psychological
Clinic Nearing E"cl
St. Louis — (UP) — Plans are
nearing completion at Washing
ton University here for the estab
lishment of a psychological clinic,
where students can go for consul
tation about mental and emotional j
difficulties.
The clinic probably would be !
under the direction of Prof. P. J. i
Nafe. head of the psychology de
partment. who is sponsoring the
move as a result of suicide of two
As Montreal Church Burned
Fire was no respecter of sanctity when it recently destroyed the Church'
of St. Louis de France in Montreal, one of the city’s most important
churches and a famed landmark. This spectacular photo was made as
flames gutted the ancient tower. So tierce was the blaze that it took les*
than 20 minutes to reduce the building to ashe.s.
GOOD COMPANY.
I spent a night in Denver, and the
box-car that I napped in
(Vas full of other travelers, dis
gusted men and drear.
I stole a can of smokin’ from a
broken army captain.
And got my trousers swiped by a
hydraulic engineer
An artist made my coffee on the
high-road out of Macon;
A lawyer cussed a village cop for
busting up the feast;
A teacher slapped a pharmacist for
hogging ail the bacon;
The guy who stopped the battle
was a still-faced Mormon
priest.
I do not let such company balloon
my aging noggin:
I have no yen for morning-coats,
as yet; nor stovepipe hats;
But these things I’ve acquired since
we hit the old toboggan:
A classy Oxford accent and a
first-class pair of spats!
—Guy Jones.
■-—
Harvard Rooming
Houses Cut Rent
Cambridge, Mass. — (UP) — |
Landlord John Harvard is cutting 1
the rent.
About $16,000 has be.cn clipped
off next year’s room rents at the 1
seven houses or dormitories, ere- 1
ated under the $13,000,000 Ed
ward S. Karkness “House Plan..’’
The average student will pay ]
$264 instead of $300 in rent dur
in the next college year.
The Harvard University Cor
poration recently approved the re
ductions.
Bearded Prophet
Said “No” Silenlly
London —(UP)— Montagu Nor
man. the bearded prophet whose
public utterances are scarcer than
hens’ teeth, can say “no!” without
saying it.
On arriving recently from a i
holiday in the south of France.
students, recently, leaving notes of i
mental anguish.
Professor Nafe said the clinic
would attempt to eradicate the
“consciousness of inferiority” and
other mental obstacles that “cause
mental anguish” during the period
of mental changes connect'd with
college, life.
A Hitter Blow.
From Answers.
The engaged pair were talking
over the future.
“Darling.” she said, “when we
are married you’ll have a woman
the Bank of England's mysterious
governor, was asked by the news
papermen awaiting him at the
train station if he would care to
make some statement on his trip.
Norman, looking like a bohem
ian painter in his oddly round felt
hat and big double-breasted over
coat, refused but he didn't say so.
He merely signified his refusal
by making an “O” with his index
finger and thumb.
Newspapers, referring to his
“silent return” were sarcastic as
usual. One headlined its story;
“Not a Talking Picture.”
China, including her dependen
cies, has the largest population,
375 million and Andorra the smal
lest population, 5,231.
"BORN 30 YEARS TOO SOON.'*
Examinations are passe
We read that they’ve been shelved.
Ye gods! Hew we kids boned and
poured,
And groaned and moaned and
delved!
What quarts of midnight oil wr
burned!
The coffee we consumed
Ere we were for the contest fit,
And for the ordeal groomed!
When teacher passed the questions
out
And we our pencils wet,
That qualm within my stomach'?
pit—
Ugh! I can feel it yet.
When “Gallia omnis—” then wp
read,
“Translate," for question “one,”
That teacher's stock soared to thp
skies—
Gosh! this was only fun!
And when the papers were re
turned,
If we got ninety-eight,
Our cup of happiness was full,
We asked no more of fate.
Test values 1 see clearly now;
But if a kid again,
I’d hail their passing with acclaim
And shout a glad Amen.
Sam Page.
in the house who really knows how
to cook.”
He looked surprised.
“But, dearest,” he said happily,
“I didn’t know that you were a
good cook ”
"I’m not,” came her reply, “but
when we're married my mother is
coming to live with us.”
On His Feet Again.
From Pathfinder.
Hubby (looking over bills): You're
dr.ving me to the poorhouse.
Wife: No, you’ll have to waJJc.
The finance company has taken the
car.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
— ■> *' ' --
WHAT MAKES GOOD BEEF .
What are the factors under the
.•ontrol of the producer which have
an influence upon the quality and
the palatability of beef, the fin
ished product? This is a question of
paramount importance, sines these
factors are correlated with beef
consumption. The answer to the i
question in doing sought by inves- j
tigators at a score or more of ex
periment stations. Here are some of
the outstanding results secured thus
far in a study which will extend
over a period of several years: The
Iowa station, comparing steer calves
yearling and two-year old steers, |
found that beef from the older cat
tle was more desirable than the
beef from the calves in both the
feeder and the finished stages. It
ripened more satisfactorily. At the
Illinois station is was discovered
that heifers weighing around 700
pounds after 140 days’ feeding were
distinctly fatter than steers of sim
ilar breeding, feeding and weight
and the proportionate quantity of
tho various cuts was practically
equal to that of slecr carcasses.
Tests made at the Kansas station
compared beef, produced from year
ling steers, full-fed In the dry lot,
with the beef produced from simi
lar steers full-fed on Bluestem grass
The cooking and palatability tests
showed only slight differences beb
tween these lots. Roasts from the
dry-lot cattle were scored slightly
higher, but all graded high. Michi
gan investigators studied the in
fluence of sex in relation to beef
quality. They found practically no
difference between tenderness of
raw and cooked meat in the case of
steers and heifers finished to 800
pounds. In order to determine the
influence of breeding upon beef
quality, work is now in progress at
the Arkansns, Mississippi and North
Carolina stations. Pure-breds. grades
crossbreds and scrub cattle, are used
in these experiments. Some work is
completed. With one important ex
ception, the pure-breds graded
highest of the carcasses. Next in
respective rank were the second
ers calves, first-cross calves and
native or scrub calves. With regard
to the palatability of the cooked
meats, a comparison of live pure
bred, grade and native or scrub
cattle has failed to show marked
differences.
AVOID SEEDY WOOL
Faulty winter feeding methods
Are likely to show up on the grad
ing slips at marketing time as loss
es due to “scediness.” Seedy wool
means excessive seeds, chaff, straw,
hay or burs. Such wool is penalised,
no matter how the grower markets
it, because shrnkage is higher, and
shrinkage is a major basis of trad
ing. No machine 'gill remove entire
ly this foreign mailer. Seedy wool
must be carbonized, a prrjtcss which
virtually burns the material out of
the fleece. It is a costly process to
manufactureres and has a sight ten
dency to weaken the staple. Natui
ally the cost of this extra procedure
is passed back to the grower in form
of a penalty. A veteran wool grader
on one of the nation's great wool
markets; says he can pick up any
fleece and toll just how the animal
has been fed the previous winter—
not the ration given but the method
used. He bdlives it is fully as im
portant to feed sheep propely dur
ing the winter as to exercise care
in preparation of the clip when
shearing. “Don’t feed shee.p from
above,” is his advice. If hay or
straw is thrown carelessly to the
sheep over the backs of the animals,
it is inevitable that during the pro
longed feeding period much foreign
matter will iind its way into the
fleece, to reappear again on th
grading sheet as a loss. One Wool
Growers’ association, like other
state groups interested in improv
ing wool quality, urges its growers
either to feed hay and straw “in
straight up and down racks or scat
ter it around the edges of the pen
before the sheep come in,” as a
means of avoiding losses from seed
incss.
♦ ♦
SEEDLESS CONCORD GRAPES
Since the introduction of the new
Seedless Concord grape, much in
terest has been manifest among
those who keep a small vineyard
for the home supply. One question
invariably asked is: “Is it as produc
tive as the seeded Concord?” There
is no doubt on this point. The seed
less form does not equal the well
known sort in productiveness. It
probably approximates 50 per cent
the yield of Concord, when grown
under like conditions of soil fertil
ity and pruning. Both forms put
forth about the same number of
flower clusters each spring, but
those of the seedless are smaller in
size and the individual flowers,
while of the perfect type, do not
fertilize as well with its own pollen
ns does the wellknown Concord.
Hence in order to secure the fullest
possible set of fruit the variety
should be planted close to other
that bicom at the same time. Varie
ties as Concord, Delaware, Niagara
and Worden serve well the purpose
of cross pollination. The berries of
Concord Seedless are slightly larger
than those of the Well-known Dela
ware, but since there are no seeds
FLAX STRAW FOR CATTLE
An increase in the acreage of flax
fn the Middle Western states has
prompted much interest on the part
of farmers in the use of flax straw
for cattle. There has been an im
presson prevalent that because of
its high fiber content, flax straw
ferms balls in the stomachs of cat
tle and hinders digestion. There lias
also been another opinion that feed
ing of flax straw to pregnant cows
would cause abortion. A flax-feed
ing experiment carried on fer two
years at one experiment station re
sulted in a refutation of both these
to be extracted the amount oi pat#
is considerably greater with tfcw
Seedless \han with Delaware. TPw
skin of it js tender, lv.7*ca St es®
be chewed easily and U In fu?» ctt
flavors that are lost if they are net
eaten. Z ::e seeded form of Ojnren#
docs not seem to ponsras tha terstk
ness found n the aeedlMi fen*.
Concord Secrile.-s ripens at the Mine®
time as its seeded brother and it is
subject to about the same* in&ccte
and diseases. Aside fmn* its *-r
sert value. Concord SwiHrsi make*
a delectable table Join or jelly. 1‘hi*
Its outs snding use in a enhnary
ray Is for grape pies, either used •»
a fresh stele or uwuwl Aftiw
several months canned Concord
Seedless grapes have nndrrgono sm
deterioration in color runt flavor..
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CONSERVING WAJftiaR
There is a tendency on flic part et
farmers thrso days to use less «*>
mercial 1 niiiaer and to take twU*»
care of the barnyard nurture. While
some farmers are probably cuitio*
down cn the use of Miporpljosphate
for such crops as alfalfa ant* the
clovers, to the detriment of thoi-e
crops and the net returns Irani
them, the fact that nun attention
is being paid to tho anarrvattew
of the plant food In nvaantrr is a
desirable step. One way cI conecrv
ing manure is to haul as ninch of it
as possible direct frcia the barn
tc the fields during Use winter
Whenever manure is Mi'v'd to Bw
piled up in the barnyard for » con
siderable length cf time, there is *
heavy loss of nitrogen Ihruirgii fer
mentaton, as well ns a tors of phos
phorus nnd potash IhirKgh leach
ing. Furthermore, It also mortis In a
considerable loss of C/rg.vrwj malter
Whenever organic matter, m the
form cf manure cr crop reswh'is, is
Incorporated with the sod, it builds
humus — an exceed tarty inpotant
1 actor in soil fertility, i.and that in
very hilly, of course, it not we*
adopt:d to being manured be
fore the manure can lc mteetl with
the soil eitlnr by plowing c: disking
but la: d that is love! ir ror.'Bg wig
absorb any plant fo< d Ibr.t may
leach cut before the greats! can be
worked. According to twaf tests
conducte.d over a period 3l> jorvrs
a ton of manure heutoil fro*®
the burn to the field ditring !h"
winter, increased the yicM of rev®
three : nd one-fourth tardwta; wheaa
three-fourths of a bur. tad. and My
400 pounds per acre. V/lien lh,>
manure was allowed to arewmstate
In the barnyard over the winter ami
was then hauled cut cUrr thr
planting season, it v/:a nmrfh II
cents less par ton ft i itv.minim1; crop
yields. It will pay to keep fhcrw
figures In mind, for they ■xtr. bused
upon 30 yrars of record * wplng.
WATERING VOm
While January, 1 ')35f, nun nut n&
cold as the first mouth of ruarrj
other years, mer h r:; of •**<: herJ
Improvement aescaatojn nsidr rer
tain that their cows were Kdtlas
water of modified temperature i*
order to maintain a maaknom ■&
flow at the lowest possible «u«t Wa
ter freezes at p *< rruK.atiire r.f mSg
32 degrees, but even in *iwnpirs
tively mild w ntc weather, this is
too co’d fer the row;; to •Irtwfc tour
pounds of water for each p*#>nrt of
milk they are capable •»! irrTwIucinT.
these darymen have f imil. Tl'e row
tester renarbs that of the Mi inrr.s
bers, 16 had trr V henton n •'prra
ton dump the, jonth, amt wvn
barns ware couif yred With <fch*tas
cups. Two mrrr.be•••; hurt h-lh tank
heaters and dr'., -.jug ••air., while
only three numb, rr. pcix no*
equipped with cither or>e *rt these
methods of pros idir" ’.rater of .fort
ified ternnerrtim The avrmTB pro
duction of the 4*18 i.uw; ilmim the
month, with IP dry, wan *WC y« worts
of milk and S'71 pounds «rt tit One
lot of 29 purebred HoM« ore were
high for the month nlltwniitti whie
were dry. They were inilbctl three
times a day wth a miikinp i.wWnf,
producing an avoiage of f,02f
pounds of mill: anil 31.8 of
butttrfai — one of the «•*»■» pro
ducing 85.1 pounds of tit. 'hif'e
cows are housed in a resw bum
completely equipped, hvrti«Bnj
drinking oupr and c.le trle fan ee»
tilation. Thic hi i d wars fert *
home ground mixture
pounds of corn and cob meal
pounds of oats, 200 pointiH of **Y~
bir. ■ and 200 t i-unils *>f <«'flwrc*4
men’. Alfalfa h:v and fww
nished the rot 1 ig<
--4 +
more Mn.ft rwr.s 1
W1''n Jrr, ■ cown a«o
three times d: 'y nr place of ir/ir*
daily, they shew a arcaler humane
In porduction 11 an do flulskin • mra
subjected to the same 1,11™*?™' When
Jersey? and Hoistolnn are wdfcr#
four times d.uJy nstcail til Uwee
times the HoWt ■ > show Hv r»'»*at
er product:o im it asp. oin-w re
sults were sc, rod o a study »er»-wt
lv completed Toe study uW.iM
that Hclstehv 701lht.1l Uwrt* limes
daily Increase their Tat at«l aw-'h
production owt ttwir
two-tirr.e rt ro i mul when they
are mihed fr;v tomes ur v»»l «C
twice, their iai pin duetton in de
creased a 1. e if", tlam *"u»*
ideas. In rah year’;; c:tpei1»«i&l, O
cows and 12 ye.mhnc stccis wre
used. Twen y-luur stores wre
diopped-in -he.two year* *1 thu **
p'.nn.en Mttie- hi titer,r wars t* in
ahead o. the -iwud period «t *?»'*•
lion. The: wa-' no evidence «i awry
abnormal tlfet ■ of tfie Itrn rttair
on the cow > study «>( (he.
over a. iin-ifa; period : tte»r.| that
the rapidity o' pain wan no aft'dad
by the .use o' u: Unit r.lt.w* ti* tire
ration, nor was there any tut***-*
to snow that the Mart dtaw '
any effort rnyurous the the •»«•'*
live iraet.
