Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1923 — Page 3

Find Morgan Horse Versatile on Farms i Records Furnish Evidence of Its Usefulness. *y «»>• Unlttd StatM D«n*r»m«nt of Agriculture.) Soma interestlMg Information has Just been made public by the United State* Department of Agriculture regarding the registered Morgun horse Uladatoue that won second place in the 1922 mounted service endurance ride. Gladstone’s record corrects the Impression that it takes years to develop a good saddle horse. lliis horse was foaled April 13, 1918; sired by General Gates, a famous Morgan horse, and out of Minnehaha, a mare purchased by the government In the state of Washington. 11« was broken to single and double harness when tour years old and shipped In 1917 to the government experiment farm at Beltsville, Md., Where he was driven 20 to 30 tulles a day for several years with another gelding. He was the first horse selected from the experiment farm to go to the stables of the secretary of agriculture in Washington, D, C„ to replace horses that had grown footsore from use on the city pavements. In Jupe, 1922, Gladstone was returned to the United States Morgan Horse farm at Middleburg, Vt., to be prepared for the mounted service endurance ride. Here he was used during haying, raking hay in the fields, and at the close of the haying season was given his first continuous training under the saddle. The ride took place In October, and the little horse carried his rider and equipment, weighing 225 pounds, the 30U miles to a highly creditable finish. In the final rating Gladstone wus but three points behind the winning horse. Twenty- one horses started the race, and but nine finished. Gladstone was second and finished in excellent condition. Within a week Gladstone was back at work at the United States Morgan Horse farm, where he is now being used every day in double harness. Gladstone Is a hulf-brother of Castor, the Morgan that made such creditable showings In the endurance contests of 1919, 1920 and 1921. The records made by these horses in harness and under saddle, on the road and at farm work, and as successful contestants in one of the hardest rides ever staged for saddle horses, furnish additional evidence of the versatility and all-round usefulness of the Morgan horse.

Poultry Manure Rich in Nitrogen If Protected Poultry manure is particularly rich in nitrogen, but if not protected it rapidly loses this valuable plantfood element, and this means a loss to the indirect Income from farm poultry which might well be conserved for the farm. For the garden, a farmer may balance the product by taking 30 pounds poultry manure and adding to It ten pounds dry loam or absorbent, such as peat mass or skavings, 1(5 pounds phosphoric acid and eight pounds kainite. The analysis of this mixture Is per cent nitrogen, per cent phosphoric acid and 2 per cent potash. For such vegetable crops as lettuce, which require a higher content of nitrogen for forcing rapid growth, a greater proportion of poultry manure may be used in the fertilizer, or this may be used and supplement’ed with a top dressing of nitrate of soda to the trucking crop. The dry loam or the peat moss prevents the fertilizer from becoming sticky, which would be the case If the phosphoric acid and kainite were mixed alone with the droppings to prevent the escape of nitrogen. Thorough Study Must Be Given Modem Beekeeping The keeping of bees Is an ancient branch of agriculture, yet modern beekeeping is a new thing. Many persons still erroneously think that bees work for nothing and board themselves, and that to keep bees he simply gets some bees and allows them to roam where they will. The present-day beekeeper controls the development of the colony population so as to have a full force of gathering bees at the right time, and then prevents a division of this force by swarming. By these and other methods he greatly Increases the amount of honey gathered. The modern skilled beekeeper finds bees fatmore productive than did his predecessors because of his ability to change conditions and adapt them to the natural habits of the bees. Control Melon Aphid With Nicotine Sulphate The melon aphid Is also known as cucumber aphid. It attacks the under side of the leaves, causing curling. Late melons, cantaloupes and cucumbers are especially Hable to attack. Nicotine sulphate at the rate of onehalf pint to two and one-half pounds of soap In 50 gallons of water applied when the aphids are first sepn is the remedy. Use a spray nozzle with an angle so the under side of the leaves may be sprayed. Tractors Given Service and Repair Are Favored Oom-belt farmers who own tractors say that the well-known makes of machines for which repair and service can be promptly obtained and which are operated efficlenlly, have usually been found reliable, according to governMant Investigators. —

dairy FACTS SUPERIOR SIRES HELP DAIRY Improvsmsnt M«an* Mating of Famale* Already In Herd W.th Purebred Bull*. Tn most cases dairy herd Improvement must mean the mating of such females as are already In the herd with a superior male, says the New York State College of Agriculture at Itliacn. If the superior characters In the sire are more likely to be transmitted than the less desirable ones in the dams, the sire’s more desirable qualities will predominate In the daughters. One of the most outstanding examples of what a good sire can do In a purebred herd Is In the case of Emblagaard Trltomla Homestead. This bull, still unproved, was purchased in 1911 by the University of Illinois, but his ancestors had been excellent as producers or as transmitters of production. The first ten daughters of this bull to freshen gave as two-year-olds an average increased production over that of their dams of 3,907.7 pounds of milk and 160.65 pounds of butterfat. The value of good purebred sires In grading up scrub or grade cows was shown at the lowa State college in an experiment starting In 1907. Native scrub cattle from Arkansas were graded up through the continuous use of purebred sires. The granddaughters had an average Increase of 4,471.7 pounds of milk and 186.60 pounds of butterfat over their scrub dams. FALL CALVES ARE PREFERRED Young Animal Develops Sufficiently During Winter to Get Some Good From Pasture. With many farmers it is the practice to have the cows freshen In the spring. There is much to be said In favor of fall-calving. In a fall-calving schedule, there Is usually more available help for caring for the calf and it gets better attention during the first few months of its life. The fall calf Is kept in the barn and is more constantly under the observation of the caretaker, so that any disturbance is much more likely to be detected. During the winter months the calf develops sufficiently so that by the following spring, It is old enouglt to get some good from the pasture. A six-months-old calf cannot, however, depend entirely on pasture for its feed. Flies and hot weather are particularly bad for the little calf and spring calves suffer a great deal because of them. It requires a great deal of care and attention to give the calf a proper start. Such attention is seldom given when the crops are being put in and cultivated. There are other practical advantages of fall freshening which do not directly affect the calf. The dairyfarmer can usually plan his breeding so that the majority of his calves will be dropped at the most favorable season of the year. DETERMINE VALUE OF BULL Do Not Send Animal to Butcher Until He Has Had Chance to Prove Himself. It is a mistake to dispose of a bull that has any prospects whatever until his true value is determined by his progeny. Many a dairy bull has gone to the block only for it to be found later on that some of his daughters are making fine records. You cannot tell much about the record of a bull until he is about five years old, and he has to be about seven years old before much can be told of hfs breeding qualities. Do not butcher an animal that may be the making of your herd, until he has had a fair chance to prove himself. ESSENTIAL TO MILK COW DRY Pays to Spend Few Minutes in Stripping Udder to Make Sure of Getting All Milk. Milking cows dry is essential. When milk is left tn the udder after each milking, the glands will gradually slow up on secreting milk and ultimately the cow will dry up. It pays to spend a few extra minutes stripping the udder to make certain that all the milk has been extracted. ROOTS DESIRABLE FOR COWS Greatest Objection to Mangels Is Amount of Labor Involved in Harvesting. Mangels or roots make a very desirable feed for dairy cows. The greatest objection Is the labor involved in growing, harvesting and storing them. This renders them more expensive than silage ami for this reason they are seldom grown in large quantities where It Is practical to build silos and fill them with a satisfactory crop. Pigs Require Good Care. It Isn’t the number of pigs that are farrowed so much ns the number saved that counts. The first ten days In a pig’s Hfe are the most crltleH ' Give both sow and her litter special attention then. Benefits From Cows. Cows earn while they are making the soil richer. During the bad weathe- when farmers cannot work in the field they may feed and milk cows and Sus receive wages for their labor In addition to improving the soil.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. TUESDAY. JUNE 19, 1923

America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey OUR FIRST NATIONAL PARK The act of congress In 1823 which set nslde the Hot Springs of Arkansas and four seeti|iis of adjoining lund "for the future disposal of the United States, not to be entered, located or appropriated for any other purpose whatever," forged into existence the first link In our present chain of worldexcelling national parks. Tills act performed a double purpose in that It also served to perpetuate and preserve these now celebrated springs from commercial monopoly or exploitation. The Hot Springs National park reservation contains upwards of 900 acres and is located lu the city of Hot Springs, which Is not far from the cen- j ter of the state. The altitude of the city Is about 600 feet, while that of j the surrounding hills Is about 1,200 feet above sea level. There are 46 hot springs in tills group. All of them flow out into a ’ narrow valley, from the base of what Is known us Hot Springs mountain. There are also quite a number of cold springs here, and their waters are used ! botli for drinking and in tlie treatment. of those who visit this region with the j hope of leaving their ills behind them i when they return home. The combined ' flow of all of these springs reaches the enormous volume of more than 750,000 gallons every 24 hours. Tradition would have us believe that the Indians were familiar with 1 the medicinal value of these springs In the days before the coming of the Spanish explorers, some 400 years ago; that the several tribes fnight bitterly at various times for their control, in the belief that the “Great Spirit” was ever present in them. The temperature of the waters from these various springs varies from 102 to 147 degrees—the average ranging ’ from 135 to 147 degrees. These waters , contain some twenty different kinds of mineral matter and ure radio-ac- I the. 3 hese hot springs offer relief from many of the ailments which beset the ( human race. There are 17 large pay bathhouses under governmental super-1 vision. The rates for baths and serv- ' ice are fixed by the director of national ■ park service at Washington. The park I Is administered by a resident superintendent and is open all the year. <©, 1933, Western Newipuper Union.) Americas Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey ..... .....I. 111... — THE RIVER THAT FLOWS BACKWARD Like all normal and well-behaved rivers, the Chicago river curried its waters from its head toward its mouth, emptying into Lake Michigan. The building of a drainage canal from its head through the ridge that divides the drainage betweert Lake Michigan and the rivers farther west to a connection with the river system, reversed this natural and orderly procedure, with the expected, although hstonlshing result, that the waters of this river now flow from the lake Into its mouth and out through its head into the drainage canal. Flowing from Lake Michigan the Chicago river runs through the city of Chicago, separating as it goes into North and South branches. These branches, in turn, divide the city Into three sections or divisions —North, West and South. The main channel of this river Is about seven miles long, with an average width of 200 feet and an average depth of 26 feet. This channel has been dredged repeatedly until now It is sufficiently deep to accommodate the largest freight boats operating on the Great Lakes. This channel Is spanned by about thirty bridges, which carry foot, vehicular, street car and rail traffic over it. Bisecting, as this river does, the business heart of America’s secondlargest city, naturally its banks are crowded with warehouses, factories, coal and lumber yards and grain elevators of the largest size. The switching tracks of many of the largest transcontinental railroads reach the land side of these Industries, so that the rapid and economical interchange of traffic and distribution of the products of our farms and factories are here carried on quickly and in a big way. The volume of freight tonnage handled by tills short, but constantly busy little river, bulks astonishingly large. The records make tills Immediately apparent. During a recent 12 months 2.540 vesels arrived In this river and 0547 sailed out of it. Among other things, their cargoes Included 15,042 tons of binder twine, 11,374,829 bushels of wheat, 11,607,678 bushels of oats, 38,993,738 bushels of com and 203,580 tons of miscellaneous freight The Chicago river Is nontldal and probably the most Important stream of Its length on earth. (©. 1933, Western Newspaper Union.) On Strike. “Uxtreel Pipy! Pipy! Uxter!" yelled the lad. “Bandits all go out on a strike! Uxtreel” “Bandits strike—what for?” asked the gent from .Timpson Junction. “They don't want the wages of sin reduced. Uxtreel Pipy!”—Kansas City Star.

JAMES A. FARRELL I . -n.- . , . J I J®®’ New portrait of James A. Farrell president of the United States Steel corporation and chairman ot the Na tional Foreign Trade council, whe i called to order the tenth national foreign trade convention in New Orleans — America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey —SimiliaillMl..— UtiaWIIIIMIOXWIIUIIIUXIIKXOINIIKIIHUUIHOXIIIHOHIIHiniItWMMMantMMB THE GRASSHOPPER GLACIER Near the ancient town of Cooke City Mont., northeast of Yellowstone park, there Is an Immense glacier or let field. This glacier Is composed of thousands of strata. These strata, 01 layers of Ice, are filled with a species I of insect, locally referred to as “grass j hopper” for want of a better name, and now extinct. The scientific explanation of this ' peculiar phenomena is that, no one | knows how long ago, this section of the country was visited by a plague of j these insects; that while flying over j the mountains of the Bear Tooth range, in what Is now known as the , Bear Tooth National forest, they were caught in snowstorms, carried down to ! earth and died. The passage of these ' swarms of insects continued at inter- \ vals year after year. Winter after I winter, millions upon millions of these Insects were caught In the snowstorms and perished. This glacier is approximately one mile wide and upwards of half a mile long. Because of the fact that It lies In a rock-rimmed, bowl-shaped space 1 on the shoulder of a mountain, at an [ elevation of about 11,500 feet above | sea level, no one can accurately deter- ' mine Just how thick it is. Its depth may be as great s ’.GOO feet. The layers of ice v hlch make up this 1 glacier are alternately light and dark jin color. This, it is thought, is acI counted for by the fact that each year the snow which fell during the period after the flights had ceased, being pure, containing no Insects, fell, froze and formed a “light” strata, whereas the snow which formed the succeed--1 fug strata, fell during one of these inI sect flights, contained countless numbers of their carcasses and formed a “dark” strata. Certain it is that there is not a similar spectacle in the known world. (©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union ) Safety First. Mrs. Knagg—Lots of better men than you have hinted that they’d have been glad to marry me If I hadn't taken you. Her Husband—l notice they never even hinted it till after I married ou. Avoiding the Trap. “You've known her since she was a little girl, haven't you?" “Yes.” “How old would you say she Ist' “My dear, I can't tell you exactly, bnt I’m sure she can’t be a day over twenty-two." PRINCE OF PIEDMONT I jM? r t K J In W* £ | 1 Umberto, the Prince of Piedmont, heir to the Italian throne, Is shown hers wearing the black shirt of the Fascistl. I

RESERVE NOTE " COUNTERFEITED

Loco) banking Institutions have received a warning from a national counterfeit detecting agency In New York to be on guard against accepting a new counterfeit Federal Reserve note, on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York City. The note Is 1 photographic reproduction on two pieces of paper with silk threads between. Both sides of the note am said to have a glazed appearance, lue to coloring used to cover the •lack print of photography. The counterfeit bill is described as ieing a sac simile of the series of 918, bearing the check letter "C.” ac plate No. 1, signatures of Carter Jlass. secretary of the treasury. John Burke, treasurer of the United States md the portrait of Hamilton. The bulletin cautions all bankers o carefully scrutinize all notes of arge denominations as it is consid■red not unlikely that other counter’eits might appear on different Fed -ral Reserve banks and with other dgnaturec, check letters and face plate numbers. . — • Onion Growers Organize Warsaw. June 19 —Onion growers of 2 northeastern Indiana counties. Meeting here, formed an organization or the cooperative marketing of the ■nion crop of next fall. The plan is to ibtain contracts from 2,000 growers n the 12 counties, more than 400 of vhoin reside in KoscisuKso county. The contract will require tlie growers o deliver their onions for five years o the association, which will grade md sell the odiferous fruit and then >ay the proceeds of sales to growers. Is Grandmother At 34 Kendallville, June 19 —Noble couny citizens believe they can beat the ■ecord of Mrs. Lillian Wiethedach, of )hio who lays claim to being the

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youngest grandmother. Mrs. Matilda Addis, who lives a half mile east of Kiinmell was a grandmother at the age of 34 and a great

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grandmother at the age of 54. Mra, Wiethesdai h was 36 years old at the time of the birth of her first grand--1 child. ■