Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1943)
Chicks for Victory ; A variation of the Victory gardens blooming all over America is the Victory chicken raising program being car ried out in thirty-five Los Angeles, California, elementary schools. Here youngsters are growing chicks in brooders as part of their regular school curriculum. The result is inter esting, practical educational material. The children raise their chickens in a very business-like manner. They keep account books in which they record what is paid for feed, housing and other expenses. Income from disposal of the feathered produce is also recorded. Within a few weeks most of the students were able to dif ferentiate between the vari ous breeds—Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Austrian White, etc. Mechanically tal ented youngsters construct necessary paraphernalia. Artistic talent among the young poultry raisers is uti lized in drawing the livestock from life. This is Judy, one of the young chicken raisers who has her oum flock of 15 hens at home. She gets enough eggs to feed her own fam ily and occasionally sells a dozen to the neighbors and spends her profits on war stamps. She is pictured weighing some of her eggs. Left: Judy mixes her feed composed of greens, mixed grains, and growing mash. Be low: Her flock hurriedly re sponds to Judy’s call of “come and get it." Any chicks yet? Judy believes the best way to hatch young chicks is under an old hen. She is checking the hen’s progress. As a chick struts (in circle) across the table, these young scien tific raisers record data on their flocks—hrnv much for feed, how many cockerels to raise for meat, how many pullets they will save for eggs, and so on. Thus they learn the relation of arithmetic to poultry farming. Their goal is chickens like the champion in lower inset. Maybe the little chick has the same idea. Raising of chickens is under the jurisdiction of the science departments of the schools. One brooder was made from scrap lumber and wire. It is heated by an electric bulb. As the chicks are older tempera ture is reduced by using smaller bulbs. A feu) Parmenter Red pullets are pictured inside their eco nomical brooder. m By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. MAYBE a rose by any other name will smell as sweet, but Jimmy Simms, of Horace Heidt’s “Treasure Chest” troupe, is convinced that that doesn’t apply to trombone players. Since com ing east with Heidt he’s been continually confused with Ginny Simms—that is, his name has. Dur ing his first week in New York he lived at a hotel for a week under the name of “Ginny Simms” with out even knowing it; found out when he paid his bill. He hadn’t received his phone calls because the manage ment thought “she” didn’t want to be disturbed! -* Olga Rasenova of “Bachelor’s Children” thought that she was hav ing just one more photograph taken and that was that. But—it was printed in a radio magazine, and a OLGA RASENOVA young man who saw it promptly be gan trying to learn which of his friends also knew her; in New York there's always somebody who knows somebody. The result, just like the movies, was that she married him. -* Robert Stark, 22, a U. S. coast guardsman, has his post-war plans all set; he'll join the ranks of the David O. Selznick film players. He was chosen to pose as a model for coast guard posters, Selznick saw a poster, and gave him a screen test. -* Robert Young will have one of the year’s most romantic and dash ing roles in Metro’s "The Canter ville Ghost,” in which he’ll co-star with Charles Laughton and Mar garet O’Brien. He’ll play an Ameri can Ranger in this modernized ver sion of the delightful story. Metro seems to be going in for Oscar Wilde stories these days; they’re also doing “The Portrait of Dorian Gray.” -* Alan Carney’s film debut as Cary Grant’s thick-witted bodyguard in "Mr. Lucky” so impressed RKO ex ecutives that they gave him a star ring contract. His second film role will be as co-star with Wally Brown in the company’s new comedy se ries, "Adventures of a Rookie.” Car ney did impersonations in vaude ville and night clubs before enter ing pictures. -* The potency of radio as a star builder is shown in Beatrice Kay’s highly successful theater tour. Her career has been built solely in radio; in her theater tour she’s working on a percentage basis, an arrange ment reserved for the biggest draw ing cards. -# Raya Letz, sister of George Mont gomery, will make her own bid for screen stardom in “The Girl From Leningrad,” which stars Anna Sten and Kent Smith. She’d been Asso ciate Producer Eugene Frencke’s secretary, and watched numerous actresses get tests for the role of a Red army nurse. When none suit ed, she asked for a test, and got the role. Eight years ago, when Phil Spi tainy started his quest for girl mu sicians, his friends told him that there just weren’t enough in the country to form a top-notch orches tra. Over the week-end the ’’Hour of Charm” conductor auditioned bis 6,000th one! -X On the Culver City stage where Atlanta burned in “Gone With the Wind” the fire of love will soon be burning. David Selznick’s going to make “Since You Went Away,” star ring Claudette Colbert, Shirley Tem ple, Joseph Cotten, Monty Woolley and several others, on the stages where he made “Rebecca” and the Civil war drama. -* ODDS AND ENDS-Samuel Cold wyn has signed Margaret Dumont for the role of u flighty dowager in “Up in Arms“ . . . Frank Sinutra will sing four songs in “Higher and Higher” starring Michele Morgan and Jack Haley . . . Metro plans to re-make “The Belle of New York” next spring, with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland . . . It’s cred ited to Corporal Broderick Crawford— “Even my Doberman pinscher outranks me since he’s joined dogs for defense; he’s a sergeant, and never stops bark ing at me" ... Alexander Cranach, who escaped from Germany a few jumps ahead of the Gestapo, made his movie reputation portraying Gestapo agents. Soybeans Benefit By Crop Rotation Beans Use Chemicals Remaining in Soil Since soybeans have assumed such an important place in the fam ily of war crops, the condition of the soil on which they are produced is a matter of importance to the farmer. George H. Enfield, of the agrono my department of Purdue universi ty pointed out that while soybeans need a plentiful ration of plant foods in order to produce maximum yields for Uncle Sam’s war requirements, their diet can be adequately filled by "eating at the second table" if the soil’s fertility level is high. " ‘Eating at the second table,’ ** Mr. Enfield explained, "means that soybeans respond to the hold-over fertility placed in the soil by pre vious crops in the rotation. Long time fertility tests have demonstrat ed repeatedly that yields have been increased, on the average, from 3.2 to 10.6 bushels per acre because of this sound practice.” In view of the essential value of soybean products to agriculture and war industries, Mr. Enfield said, the fertility level of the soil that pro duces the crop is of prime impor tance. "Every farmer has noticed that beans will produce larger yields on fertile than on infertile soils,” he added. In three-year soybean growing tests on fertile land at the Pnrdn* soils and crops farm, he said. In crease from applying fertilizer with an attachment to a corn planter far row-seeded beans was about 76 per cent greater than when the same treatment was applied with the wheat drill and the beans seeded solid. “The tests revealed that the un fertilized crop averaged 27.8 bushels of soybeans per acre,” Mr. Enfield explained. "Applying 100 pounds of i 0-20-20 with the fertilizer attachment' to the com planter at seeding time increased the yield 3.3 bushels per acre.” Advantages of "plow-down" meth ods of fertilization were likewise de scribed by Mr. Enfield. “In dry seasons,” he said, “if the fertilizer is placed near the surface it is in dry soil and out of the reach of feeding roots. However, if the fer tilizer is placed deeper, the roots i can get it out of the moist soil. In wet seasons, fertilizer placed near the surface encourages weed growth. Results from one experi ment showed that the weed compe tition was so severe where 666 pounds of 0-12-12 analysis was ap plied to the surface of the soil and disced in, that the yield was de creased 1.6 bushels per acre. The same treatment plowed under great ly increased the yield.” Mr. Enfield declared that soy beahs apparently are very sensitive to potash deficiency. The results of demonstrations showed that potash starved soybeans did not mature | naturally. The leaves would start I to die before the beans were com | pletely filled and the test weight was lowered. In all cases of pot ' ash-starvation the percentage of damaged beans was unusually high. Pressure-cooker canning is safer than is the hot water bath method because it is the only method where by the heat-resistant spores that cause canned foods to spoil can be killed. These spores are found in meat, fish, and poultry, and in all vegetables except tomatoes, pimlen toes, peppers and rhubarb. Concrete Floors A steel trowel produces a smooth concrete surface for workshop or poultry house floor. A rough finish is used for dairy stable floors. A wooden float will give an even gritty surface suitable for this. Rural Briefs 9 Our soldiers in tropical countries use a dusting powder made of a derivative of castor beans to kill typhus-carrying lice. • • • Six demonstrations of dusting pea nuts with sulphur to prevent leaf spot in Hertford county, North Caro lina, in 1042, showed an average gain of 378 pounds of peanuts per •era. Lucky Baby. DERFECT summer wardrobe * that will give mother as much pleasure as baby. Fun to make and easy to launder. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1765-B de signed for sizes 6 mo., 1, 2, 3 and 4 years. Size 1 play suit and dress require 21k yards 35-inch material, slip and panties Ilk yards. \aSRME ; ANOTHER l; \ A General Quiz ? N <v. <v. (v. fv. (k. (v. (V- (v. (w The Questions • 1. What was the most important naval battle of World War I? 2. What was the population of this country when Washington was President? 3. What is the approximate cost of training a U. S. pilot? 4. If it is 7 p. m. in New York, what time is it in San Francisco? 5. What is the average length of time spent by an American soldier at his meals? 6. What is the scuttle butt on a ship? 7. What is the largest army hos pital in the United States? 8. What food crop exceeds all others in the world in tonnage pro duction? 9. What is vellum? 10. How long does it take an American submarine to sub merge? The Answers 1. Jutland. 2. The population was 3,929,000. 3. For a trained pilot, $27,000. 4. It is 4 p. m. 5. The average length of time spent by an American soldier at his meals is 18 minutes at break fast, 19 at dinner, and 17 at sup per. 6. A drinking fountain. 7. The Holleran General hospi tal on Staten Island occupying 383 acres, with 43 brick buildings, in cluding auditorium, recreation hall, mess buildings and garages. 8. Potato. 9. A fine variety of parchment. 10. American submarines, when on the alert on the surface, can submerge entirely in 40 seconds, during which time the ballast tanks have to be opened and part ly filled, the conning tower closed and all power connections switched over from the Diesel engines to the electric motors. Slenderizing. \\/'ONDERFULLY designed slip Y Y and pantie set to make every last one of your clothes fit better. Note the slenderizing details. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1832-B de signed for sizes 36, 38. 40, 42, 44, 46 , 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires 2% yards 39 inch material, panties Hi yards. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slighUy more time is required in Oiling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Weils St. Chicago. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No...Siz.e... Name... Address...... Sensitive Dogs The German shepherd dogs that accompany coastguardsmen on night patrol duty can detect the presence of a stranger within a surrounding area of 350,800 square yards. . .— —4 WORLD S LARGEST SELLER ATNk Without Honesty All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good nature.—Montaigne. NO SUGAR NEEDED) IN EASY-TO-MAKE| ALL-BRAN MUFFINS Here's an already favored recipe that's gaining new wartime fame ... i all-bran Muffins without sugar 1 See for yourself how the flavorsome crisp ness of KiLLOGG’s all-bran gives these delicious muffins a texture and taste all their ownt Kellogg’s JUI-Bran Muffins j S tablespoons ft cap milk shortening 1 cup flour % cup corn syrup V, teaspoon salt _ * 1 egg 2ft teaspoons 1 cup Kellogg's baking powtM AU-Bran Cream shortening and corn syrup thoroughly; add egg and beat well. Stir In All-Bran and milk, let soak until most of moisture Is taken up. Sift flour with salt and baking pow der; add to first mixture and ctlr only until flour disappears. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full and bake In moderately hot oven (400* F.)k about 30 minutes. Yield: 8 large muf fins. 3 inches In diameter, or 13 small muffins, 2ft inches In diameter. SNAPPY FACTS | ABOUT RUBBER It did have a bearing on nb> bar use—the close to 24 Ml lion gallons of gasoline used by highway vehicles in 1941. California led the states with a mark on the edge of 2 bil lion gallons. These are anas bers for the "A" card holder to conjure with. Tires for our fighting aircraft con sume from 35 to 96 pounds of rubber, depending on the size of the plane. Inner tubes take from 24 to 54V4 pounds. At a rubber plantation la Haiti, a 75-foot tree was pulled to the ground by the weight of cryptostegia vines which had fought one another to climb it. "----» FOR THAT tYar-T/mm BAKING RECIPE ► Guard against baking failures by choosing proved ingredients... Guard against waste and be sure ol results with Clabber Girt, the baking powder that has been the baking day favorite in millions of homes foe years and years... Ask Mother, She Knows: Clabber Girl the best of everything, for baking• 1 |inthe NAVY air corps ! 1 »BEND THE THROTTU' *. «*.-**• I '‘DOWN WIND' (or » . prrrlicament | Si •SPIN IN"(»'8““*^ , m "CAWEL” for the favorite cigarette wlt II in the service FIRST in we st tale* reconi*.) CAMEL1 CAMELS RATE FIRST PLACE WITH ME! THAT FULL FLAVOR AND EXTRA MILDNESS CANT BE BEAT i
