MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1927
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Foliage Plants
Last for Months
in Heated Homes
They Endure Even Super-Heated
Apartments and Need Little
Care, Say Culturuts.
Modern fashion in decoration
places greater stress than ever upon
the effective use of plants in the
home. In rooms which have walls of
a solid tone, the graceful leaves of a
foliage plant stand out in delightful
contrast. No decoration in the win
ter home will more delight the eye
and uplift the spirits than a living
plant.
Foliage plants will serve well to
dress the decorative pot stands and
containers which should be filled
throughout the winter. They will
provide perfect backgrounds for the
flowering plants which may be en
joyed from time to time during the
winter. The foliage plants are more
lasting and may be much larger.
Florists have developed a large vari
ety of plants with remarkable endur
ance, capable of enduring the atmos
phere even of superheated houses
and apartments, with very little
care.
The dracena family provides three
handsome foliage plants of varying
size and appearance. The commonest
is sanderiana, with its upright
growth and yellow-edged leaves. Its
graceful leaves arch in a perfect half
circle from the stiff stem. This plant
grows no higher than 12 to IS inches.
The massangeana type grows taller
and must be repotted as it increases
in size. The same general appearance
with the exception of a strip of yel
low running through the center of
the leaves is evident. The fragrans
type has solid colored green leaves.
The three dracenas are oftentimes
called corn plants because of their
resemblance to field corn.
An unusual foliage plant is the
auracaiia excelsa. or dwarf Norfolk
highland pine. It has everything of
the forest pine except the fragrance.
Give it plenty of room to display it
self. It wants to be transplanted
often as it grows in size. Although
a healthy, hardy looking pine, it can
not stand outdoor life in most com
munities. There are a variety of rubber
plants and fall is a fine time to start
one. They have extremely long life
indoors if reasonable care is given
them, and have become traditions in
some families where a whole genera
tion has grown up during its life
time. They have thick, giossy loaves
which need to be washed occasionally.
Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
It is difficult to keep the many
' leaves of the fern all in health, so
the large types are often unsightly.
Some of the smaller table ferns can
be kept with ease and are very at
tractive. The pothos aurea has a gold-dotted,
heart-shaped leaf which is very
attractive. It is sometimes called the
variegated philodendron, but is not
so fast growing. There are of course
many philodendron plants this time
of the year, and they are probably
the most satisfactory of all vine
I plants indoors, as they are always
j presentable, and require little atten
tion. The sanse-vieria is another
(Standby, as are the mauy ivies.
TO HELP BALANCE BUDGET
Washington. Pledges of co-operation
with President Roosevelt in ef
forts to balance the budget came from
I mar.v nittmbei'3 of the senate and
house as they digested the estimates
of income and outgo for the 1928
fiscal year.
Asserting that "congress lias the
courage of the . president's convic
tions." Senator Ashurst (d., Ariz.)
predicted that "the senate will go
along with Lim 100 percent." "Se
rious question" that the budget could
! bo balanced was expressed, however,
! by Senator Bone (d., Wash.), who
s.tid that "the one reasonable hope
for a balance is for industry to re-
i employ those men now out of work."
J Speaker Eankhead said the budget
'speaks for itself."
Representative Taber (r., N. Y.)
ranking member of the house appro
priations committee commented: "He
has given us a third promise of a
balanced budget. I propose to dc
everything possible to hold him to
that promise." Representative Snell.
the republican fioorleader, declined to
discuss the estimates, saying he wish
ed to studv them first.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
SAY HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE
Vatican City. Pope Fius is mai
ing "progressive improvement," an
official bulletin raid, but a reliable
source declared his physician had
given up hope of curing his funda
mental illness. The physician. Dr.
Aminta Milani, is concentrating on
"symptomatic cures" for local mani
festations of the holy father's heart
d'sease and hardening of the arteries,
and is seeking mainly to reduce the
pontiff's suffering as much as pos
sible, this person asserted.
Banner Year in Prospect for 4-H Olubs
Organization Devoted to Benefit of Rural Youth Plans
Extended Program of Activities for 1937
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ganization constitute the backbone of America's rural youth.
of educating youth in modern agri
cultural methods, the plan was so
By CHARLES GRENIIAM.
International Illustrated Xeivs
Feature Write
Sioux City, Iowa. One of the ma- ccessiui mat u was made a part of
jor youth projects which the gov- j the department of agriculture pro
ernment will undertake this year will ; gram in 1914 under the Smith-Lever
be the extension of th3 4-II clubs 1 act. Through county extension
throughout the United States.
agents, experimental stations, state
Founded in 1 S f J , this movement j colleges and departmental agents,
has grown steadily through the years j active supervision over the various
until it now numbers more than one j 4-H projects is maintained,
million members, whose clubs are lo-1 Ilighpoint of the year for 4-H club-
cated in some 50,000 farming com
munities thruout the United States,
Alaska and Hawaii.
Despite the size of the organiza
tion, it still fails to reach thousands
of youngsters in rural areas. Because
of this, the government this year
proposes to extend the organization
to brinp in as many as possible of
the 11,000,000 boys and girls in
rural districts who are not now club
members.
Age limits for membership are 10
and 18, and the average length of
active participation by a member is
about three years.
National Show in Chicago
Launched in Illinois just before
the turn of the century as a means
bers is the annual national show at
Chicago in conjunction with the In
ternational Livestock exhibit. At this
time the state winners in the various
4-H club activities show their ex
hibits in competition for the nation
al awards.
There are incalculable advantages
to the work done by the 4-H club
organization in addition to the prac
tical benefits of instruction which
members receive. Social and cultural
affairs bring to many remote com
munities the only interests of that
kind available. Through lectures and
contacts with the outside world, the
isolated boy and girl living in some
backward district is made aware of
a new and greater world.
Teamwork Primary Aim
Senior advisers attached to each
club give the boys and girls prac
tical advice and aid in their work as
junior farmers. For the boys, this
means instruction in raising poultry
and livestock, improving the quality
of seed, raising a garden in the most
efficient manner and learning the ap
proved methods of farming generally.
Of primary interest to the girl
members is the field of home eco
nomics. Cooking, canning, sewing
and home care are subjects in which
they are instructed. This instruction
is enlivened by the healthy competi
tion, carried on on a local, county,
state and national scale, spurring the
members to do their best.
In all this work one or the pri
mary principles stressed is the need
and value of teamwork, following the
objectives of the organization as
stated in its pledge: "I pledge my
HEAD to clear thinking, my HEART
to greater loyalty, my IIAXDS to
larger service and my HEALTH to
better living for my club, my com
munity and my country."
Move for Better
Livestock Aided
by Experiments
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Eesearch Results Described in the j
Annual Eeport of Dr. John
Mohler, Chief of Bureau ,
External appearance of animals in
livestock judging has Borne value as a
basis of selection, but research by the
bureau of animal industry, depart
ment of agriculture, has indicated
more accurate ways of selecting
breeding stock. In his latest annual
report, Dr. John It. Mohler, chief of
the bureau, formerly of Kansas, de
scribes many lines of experimental
work contributing to the improve
ment and health of livestock and the
welfare of that industry.
In experiments with beef and dual
purpose cattle, rapid gains in weight
of steers were correlated with eco
nomic gains. There was a positive
relationship also between economy of
gain and grade of steers at time of
slaughter. At market values prevail
ing at the time of the study, about
90 per cent of the profit resulted
from the combined influences of econ
omy of gain and of slaughter grade.
In breeding investigations with
swine, outbred litters of Chester
Whites fed according to the record
of performance methods gained 10
per cent faster and required 6 per
cent less feed to the hundred pounds
of gain than inbred litters involving
fifth and sixth generations of brother
sister matings. In experiments with
Toland China and Duroc-Jersey pigs
fed individually, the results revealed
direct relationships between birth
weight and rate and economy gains.
Differences of 1 pound in weight at
birth resulted in 0.1 pound more
average daily gain in favor of the
heavier pigs.
Poultry breeding is being placed
on a more scientific basis than form
erly thru the recently developed na
tional poultry improvement plan.
Records of production ar an import
ant feature of selective breeding
under this plan which is capable of
establishing superior flocks of poul
try throughout the entire country
within a few years.
In poultry feeding, evidence was
obtained of the existence of a prev
iously unrecognized nutritional fac
tor which improved the hatchability
of hens' eggs and which is relatively
abundant in dried pork liver and
green peas.
livestock Health Safeguards
The reCerai-state campaigns car
ried on against Bang's disease made
especially noteworthy progress. The
effectiveness of tuberculin testing of
cattle and the removal of reactors is
shown in a decrease in condemnation
of bovine carcasses as compared with
former years. Cattle carcasses which
failed to pass federal inspection in
19 3G numbered 9.9 CS as compared
with 2S.225 in 193ii. A reduction in
tuberculosis was likewise observed in
swine, though in less degree. These
figures, the report points out, reflect
progress in eradicating tuberculosis.
In the campaign against Bang's
disease, agglutination blood tests
were applied to approximately C,
600,000 cattle. Of this number, about
7 per cent were declared to be re
actors. The corresponding number a
year ago was 11 per cent. In both
instances some retests were includ
ed. Improved swine husbandry prac
tices, resulting from research for
control of parasites, have aided swine
growers to get higher prices for their
hogs. In the western drive against
liver flukes in cattle and sheep, many
wet and boggy pastures were drain
ed to destroy the snail host of the
fluke. As a further benefit many of
the drained areas have been convert
ed into more valuable pasture
land.
Supervision of Marketing
The report records several note
worthy developments in administra
tion of the packers and stockyards
act. Three cases in which the secre
tary of agriculture had ordered re
ductions in stockyards charges and
commission rates at Chicago and St.
Joseph, were reviewed and upheld
by the supreme court of the United
States. Decrees entered in the ower
courts directed the return to shippers
of excess commissions and charges
expected to exceed a million dollars.
The supreme court decisions also up
held the procedure in determining
reasonable stockyard charges, and es
tablished precedents in handling fu
ture cases. Congress amended the
packers and stockyards a't to include
poultry marketing. This amendment
provides for the licensing of personB
engaged in rendering services or fur
nishing facilities in the marketing of
live poultry in interstate commerce,
In cities and places designated by the
secretary of agriculture.
BITS OF HISTORY
Bellevue Gazette, Thursday, January
7, 185S:
"Emigration to the West
"At no time, in the history of
western emigration, were there so
nany eyes turned toward this great
wild glorious we3t, as at present. Not
only the farmer in hi3 quiet home,
who has gathered the members of his
household band around the hearth
stone, and in these long winter eve
nings is debating whether he had
better dispose of i3 worn-out lands,
and push on towards the setting sun,
where nature is more generous to
the tiller of the soil, idling his store
house with the products of an exuber
ant land, but he who had met with
a leverse of fortune, in the late fi
nancial crash, is now extending his
vision out over the broad and fertile
prairies of the west, which are offer
ing homes to those of small means,
v, here he can eat the bread of his
own industry, and in a few short
yir.if- can repair his broken fortune,
enabling him to spend his decining
days in affluence and luxury.
"In former years, before the pro
ductiveness of the western prairies
became generally known, those that
were engaged in mercantile pursuits
when a revolution in the monetary
world caused their bankruptcy, be
came desponding, and often sought to
drown their troubles in dissipation;
and in a short time, many who once
counted their gains by thousands, be
came daily patrons of the corner
giocery, till at last they end a life
of wretchedness, and find their last
resting place in the potter's field. In
late years, a relief is found in the
creap homes of the west. Instead of
dispair and dissipation, those that
have been unfortunate, quietly pack
up at the earliest moment, and with
the courage of a true philosopher re
solve to brave the storms of adver
sity, and go forth to the free and
mighty west, where industry, virtue
and integrity, are always crowned
with success.
"We confidently believe, that Ne
braska, holds out greater inducements
to the settler than any portion of the
west. At the present time, there is
more cheap and fertile land, to be
had at Government price, in Ne
braska, than in any Sate or Terri
tory bordering on the States, while
its climate is rarely surpassed. In no
pr.rt of the west can one enjoy better
health than here. There are no
marshes, so common in portions of
Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, to gen
erate a noxious malaria, which is so i
destructive to human life. There are
always a few diseases incident to a
new country, often-times caused by
negligence and dissipation;, but as
a general thing, those that are tern-!
perato and pay a proper regard to
d'et and cleanliness, are seldom at
tacked b3 any disease. Owing to an
unprecedented rise in the Missouri
lr.st spring, which overflowed part of
the adjoining bottoms, there has been
quite a number of cases of ague here
the past season; but not as many as
often occur in many of the oldest
western States. This is a fact ad
mitted by all that are conversant
with the different sections of the
west. In a few years, we predict that
Nebraska will be universally ac
knowledged to be the healthiest State
ir the Union.
The winters, as a general thing,
are short and mild. The past two
winters were very severe, as they
were in fact, throughout the coun
try; but at the present time, we are
enjoying a soft and balmy atmos
phere, that is more befitting the
genial days of October, than that of
almost mid-winter. We are inform
ed by those that have spent upwards
of ten years in Nebraska, that this
is a fair average of the winters ex
perienced here during that time.
Surely, who can desire better?
"The past summer was very warm.
At one time in July, the mercury rose
to 110 degrees in the shade; but not
wUhstanding, the nights are, hardly
without an exception, cool and re
freshing. So much so, that even quite
thick bed-clothing is almost indis
pensable. Sleep under such clrcum
str ncee, is indeed invigorating; bring
ing back, as it does, the deep and
quiet sleep of childhood."
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tiring chief. Admiral V.Tliam H. Standley. left. This photo was
taken in V-'ashir.gton as the navv's new commander was inducted.
CLUB NEWS
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SICKNESS STILL CONTINUES
The epidemic of flu and colds that
has prevailed here for the past two
weeks seems to continue to grow,
altho fortunately a large number are
recovering and are able to resume
their usual functions. The number
of the cases have kept the members
'of the medical profession very busy
trying to serve all those w ho are ill.
j The malady seems to be nation
wide and in many press reports indi
cate that almostj entire populations
of smaller towns are gripped by the
spread of the flu.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
Parties have been the main fea
tures of the extension clubs during
the past two weeks. Christmas and
New Year celebrations often included j
the families of the members. j
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A New Year's eve party was given j
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David j
Rutherford. Cards were played. Paul l
Heil and Mrs. Earl Iske held high j
score. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. KafiVnber
ger held low s'ore. At midnight the
ladies of Eight Mile Willing Work
ers served an oyster supper.
The Christmas party of the Eight
Mile Willing Workers was held De
cember 20 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Kaffenberger. The appear
ance of Santa Claus with gifts for1
everyone was a feature of the social
evening.
Mrs. J. B. Kaffenberger also en
tortaiued the club at its regular De- i
cember meeting. Mrs. C. B. New-j
burn and Mrs. I'll ith served. The
lesson on Decorative Obj&cto One Can
Make, was presented. j
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A Farmers Formal was given by
the Pleasant Hill club for their hus-i
bands and families at the home of
Mrs. Georpe Kockenback Tuesday
evening. December 29. Card games, i
stunts, and an exchange of gifts made
the evening a merry one. Mrs. II. A.
Rockenbach, social leader, appointed
a committee composed of Mrs. Her-;
bert Umland, Mrs. Henry Wulf. and
Mrs. George Rackenbach to be in
charge of entertainment. j
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River View club held their Christ- j
mas party at the home of Mrs. Harry i
Coyer. A Christmas program with a'
number of songs started the evening,
of entertainment. Mr. and Mrs.
Santa Claus came to distribute bcigs
of candy and gifts to the children
with a grab bag for the elder folks.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in rlaying pinochle and
dancing.
The December meeting of the club
wr.s held at the home of Mrs. F. G.
Avoca Woman's Club
Inniic-nre of the Bible was ured aa
th- topic of study in the Avcca Wom
an's club January C. The program
opened with ensemble singing of
bvmns. Panel discussions upon the
i'lfiuence of the Bibb' in art and
n.nric: in literature and drama; and
in law and ethics was l-d by Mrs.
Marion Sisco. Mrs. Albeit Sill, Miss
Ruth Ruce. and Mrs. Fred Mar
quardt. The women mot at the home
of Mrs. Martha Ruge.
WON'T DROP THE NEEDY
Wash i n gt on . Pres iden t Roose ve 1 1
"ive direcr assurance that no indi
viduals in need of relief will be drop
ped from works progress rolls and
tbat any who have been eliminated
will be reinstated. The assurance
was contained in a letter to Repre
sentative Firovich. (d.. N. Y.). who
h-d irotfsted reductions on WPA
projects, especially the four WPA art3
programs.
"I have discussed that matter with
Mr. Hopkins." the resident wrote,
"nnd I am advised that instructions
have be n issued that no persons are
to be dropped fr.im thi.- program who
fre ir: n-ot! of rc-'.uf at the present
time? ;u:d that ;:iy who may have
Lot-n dropped prirr to the i-s'.iunce of
t! is r v ill be reinstate-1.
"I believe that this policy will
eliminate :.".iy difficulties which your
constituents may have bt .".i experiencing."
CHILD WELFARE IS TOPIC
Omaha. Child welfare will be the
them of a nine state cot: .'erence to
be held here Jan. 13 end 1C under
sponsorship of the Anierwan Desrion
r.i'd :.llivd organizations. The con
ference, which is open to the public,
will, bring together chill welfare
workers frrm Nebraska, Iowa. Illi
nois. Indiana. Kansas. Kentucky,
Vlchieran. Minnesota. Missouri, Ne
braska. North and South Dakota.
Oi i:i and Wisconsin.
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Helen Bernhard, 15 (abore), high school sophomore of New York, fought
her way through tough opposition to win the National Girl's tennis
championship at Brooklinp, Mass. This was her third try in the title play.
