Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 43, Number 1, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 30 August 1923 — Page 2

NEW MEN BEHIND BOSTON RED SOX

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51 Golf Poor Money Game i Note the difference between i tlie. rewards of golf and, let us ■ say, prize fighting. Had Crulk- l shank, thp professional and run- j ; rier-up to Bobby Jones, won the J - grand prize ‘3l inwood, he { would have received S3OO. Bub- J by Jones, ahiateur, recelv'eu a ■ metal trophy, emblematic of the J championship, worth little. Com- t pare the material reward of the J biggest thing in golf with the < rewards of a pugilistic encoun- J ter of the first class. If one • wants to make money in com- J petition, golf is not the game. > ■ ■saasaßaaaMsaasaaaiaaaaß m m m m m as -* J>

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Travis Jackson, utility Infiolder. with the Giants, is showing his worth, now that Bancroft is out of the game, hitting and fielding sensationally in the games he has played. Jackson is the. Infielder “find" of the seuson. Gets ’Varsity Sweater 1 After Waiting 50 Years Fifty years after he starred as a pitcher on a University of Wisconsin baseball team, recognition in the form of the coveted “W" came to E. W. Hulse, of the class of 1573. r The athletic “W" sweater award was made to Mr. Hulsie before the board of regents. Frank Nickerson, of the athletic department; presented the sweater to the veteran, who was a familiar figure in catnpus activities a half century ago. Af the'time Mr. Hulse qualified for the \“W" award, sweaters w ere not given to athletes, and It was not until several years. afterward that tills award w;as voted. Mr. Hulse in the meant lain had entered business in Boulder, Colo., and it was not until this year thafi lie found opportunity to come to Madison and claim his *TV” sweater. President Johnson Put Curb-on-Umpire Baiter The life of a big league umpire In these Bays js pretty easy, c ompared to what It used 'to he twenty years ago. There are occasional Incidents, of course, in which the urbiter Is mauled by some strong-armed but weakheaded player. But itjised to be tlie rule some time ago. When the American league mnde its bow, liowever, Buu Johnson took a firm stand In favo( of the umpires, and ball players felt the heavy hand when they (Went on the warpath. At least one ball pluyer was released from the Atpcrlean .league for striking an umpire With Ills fist,, and other athletes fined and suspended for outbursts. Now the noble athlete hardly may call his soul his own. But It is all for ths best. Much Money Spent Each Year for Golf Pastime A statistician hurt figures on what 1* spent each year for golf In America. There Is $20,000,000 In golf property and $5,000,000 In club furnishings. There ure $25,000,000 for club salaries, Including $3,000,000 for architects' fees, $25,0001100 for course construction anti soo,ooo,ooo*for duns

tne new owners, of the Boston Bed Sox take charge on August 1. - They are. from left to right. Bob Quinn, Jriiimer K. Winslow and Ed Sehoenborn. They are reported to have paid more than a million dollars for the club.

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Hack Miller continues to wallop drome runs. ..". •* * * —Every once in a tvtiite'strmpttofly remembers Babe Ruth. - • • • Os the 19, world series, the American league hus w on 11. * • • The Kansas City Blues’ new ball park seats ltj,boo fans. • * * Grantham continues to lead the Na-‘ tional 'league ** * f Huns Wagner ended his 'professional basebalj career when forty-three years of age. • * • Harry Heilman of the Detroit Tigers is the American league's leading "batsman. * * * "Dutch” Shollenberger was sold by Terre Haute,, to the Moline Three ! -League -club,— - —~—a-.~ ■ • • Eddie Moore, Shortstop -of the Atlanta team has been sold to the I’ittsburgh Nationals, ———— —- * • • Itbgers Hornsby of the Cardinals continues as tlie National league's leading batter. • * • William Gardner, a Pittsburgh seriilpro pircher, Witt he given a try-out by the Cleveland - Indians. * • * Eugene, Ure„ will hold the 1924 Pacific" coast amt Nortliwest conference truck and field meet. • • • Walter Pipp now, if not before, litis a fine watch-chain and knife—gifts of the neighbors in Grand Kapids. * I • Boston scouts promise much for Albert T. Herman, the Colgate infielder, who hus signed with the Braves. • • • First . Babe Ruth was a home-run hitter, then he became'a ball player; now he shows signs of being both. * * * The sale of “Wild Bill" James, -Vernon pitcher, to the Mobile cl lit) of the Southern association, is announced. • • • ' This world is getting; more practical ; a group of baseball fans gave Pitcher J,uque a dinner instead of a floral horseshoe. f - • * Just when you have determined to lead a better life and tove all your, fellows, some umpire makes that kind of decision. , • * To make room for I’itcher Lefty i Roe, recalled from Hattiesburg, the Chattanooga A'lnh released Pitcher Charles Guess. • • •. Birmingham fans are tickled oyer the deal with Memphis that gave the Barons Holt Milner In exchange for Tommy Taylor. Carr Smith, hard-hitting member of the Raleigh club of the Piedmont league, sold to the Washington club, cost the'Nationals S3,(XX). , * * • The first half of the 1923 season In the National league showed an increase In attendance of 300,000 over the same period of 1922. *v • - Pittsburgh .announces the release of Myrl Brown of Reading' Pa-., to the Atlanta club of the Southern nssoclatlon under an optional agreement. • • • John 11, Gourley, former recreation commissioner of Milwaukee, Wls„ has been appointed assistant secretary of tlie National Baseball federation. • • • The Worcester club gave releases to Pitcher Ross Roberts and Charles Duffy, as part of Manager Jesse Burkett’s plan to rebuild the team. * * * Chester Torkehwn, released as manager of the Hattiesburg team of the Cotton i; States league. Joined the Laurel team of the same league. • • • - Inflelder Bobby Barrett has been obtained by the Wichita Fulls club of the Texas league under an optional agreement from the Chicago Nutlonals.

! Age Retards Athlete i Age and Its relation to a’hJ letics is coming in for consider i able attention Just now. Kllbane nt thirty-four was an ■ older ,man pugillstically than J jess Willard at forty. Over ill • England there is u man, MtiJ. i George (’utnant, who is eighty • years old, and lie plays lawn ■ tennis every day. Fitzsimmons was Kilhane's l age when he won the lieavyJ weight championship. 1 Tpe Se- ■ nior Golfers’ association has j many members in the (id's and i 70's wlio play better golf now j than men in their 30’s. • It all depends pretty much on i how a. man takes care of hluiJ soif. ■ In professional sport an oth- • lete is regarded "as a veteran ■ after a few years of : competlJ Hon, pall prtryers and posers i can lie under thirty and lie reJ, ferred to us veterans. Benny • Leonard, the lightweight chamJ plon, is a dapper young person, | but boxing fans speak of Him us i the veteran lightweight chain- ] j. {tlon. . —_—

MANUSH SHOULD STAR AS HEAVY SLUGGER

Ty Cobb Believes He Will Be Most Talked Os Batter. “A natural hitter who inside of a couple of years should be one of th most talked of batters inwthe major leagues, if he continues to improve" and learn ns rapidly ns he has since the ' opening of tlie season." , There you have Ty Cobb's Opinion of Ileinie Mnnush. recruit 'outfielder of the Tygers. . Cobb, gremier batsman, certainly should know. . —Manush, in ids first year asa liig leaguer,-is causing all kinds of trouble for the twlrlcrs in tlie Johnsonian or. ganization. Standing- well over sis feet and weighing- ribmit 190 Manush takes a cut at the hall that reminds y of Nap I.ajoie.-Hans Wagner, Sam "Crawford or some of the other great hitters of ye olden days. As yet American league pitchers haven't been able to discover iinv weakness in. Manush’s style. Because -lie is a,free swinger it. was believed a change of pace would bother Him. But pitchers slow up and make him look foolish on a certain style hall only to have Him come back and whale the next liall delivered in the same way. “I threw him everything I had in my bag of tricks, including the waste ball,” remarked Eddie Rommel, star pitcher of the Athletics, after a recent game, “lie lilt-them all. Including the waste ball, reaching nut and swatting that one.” Sporting Squibs of Ail Kinds Canada-bas 218 golf courses. In 1916 it had only 76. • • • Earl Snnde, king of jockeys, may go to ride in England. - * * * Kite flying Is one of the chief sports of the adult Malays. • - .• * The 1928 Olympic games are to be held In Amsterdam. - • • • Eugene Crlqui was born at Paris, France,' August 15. 1893. * • * seventy per cent of the students at Yale take part In athletic games: u ** * ‘ Brooklyn will shortly begin construction of a municipal golf course, v* Sometimes we are in doubt whether golf to a champion Is a supreme diversion or a steady Jo\>. * .. . *'/ Gulfs like life; the interesting courses are the ones with the most hunkers. . ' • • • The 1924 Olympic grttnes program In Paris and vicinity will occupy -foqr months. • • • It is 23 years since the University of Pennsylvania won the varsity eight-. oared chainjiionshlp, • * * r Eighty clnlis were enrolled In -tha Massachusetts Oolf association. TTicre are nearly 7,500 members. ' • • • Jimmy Murphy, the chatnplon auto speed racer, yas at one time a mechanician for Eddie Rlckenbacker. a. • ' * Golf Is n great |ioon to business, because It removes from busy offices gentlemen who talk about golf. • • • It prohnhly will not be long before the newspapers confine their report* of prize fights to the financial pages. * • * If Interest In golf continues high for a few more years some 4ne will suggest that It, too, Is being commercialized. . , • • •’ Ralph wilt piny for a Philadelphia establishment In tlie newly organized national pocket .billiard tourney. a. a a Champions come quickly, when they come. Walker, McTlgue, Villa and Crlqut are four In their various classes who have topped the heap this year

THE NAPPANEE AOWNCE-NEWS

Weather Bureau Forecasts Help Os Great Importance to Fryit-Spraying Servic'e of State College. (Prepared by the United State# Department of Agriculture ) In addition to the harvest weather forecast service in New,, York state, the .weather bureau-of the United States Department of Agriculture provldes forecasts Which ure of great Importance to the fruit-spraying service maintained by the New Yerk State College of Agriculture. The purpose of this service Is to advise fruit growers in all matters perttiining to tlie spraying of fruit for the control of insect and other pests.' County Agent is -Head. ‘e~ - Tlie county agricultural agent Is nt the head of this service in each, .county. lie bears tlie responsibility of notifying the growers In his county, by telephone, mall or ether means, whenever a spray, application Is advisable. Most growers are prepared to spray Immediately- on .receipt of his advice, and do so in accordance with his directions. New York fruit growers spend approximately $3,000,000 annually In spraying operations. In general three to five spray applications are made each season. It is Os the utmost importance that each be applied at exactly the right time, neither too early nor too late, to avoid loss of labor and material and to catch the pests umh— exactly right, conditions. In the case of nnnlc scab, for example, a widespread and injurious fungus pest, the scab practically dormant during fair weather, but becomes actively Infectious dur ; . Ing rainy suells. The ideal condition for control of this pest, therefore, is two or tjiree days of fair weather to apply tlie -spray, followed bv a rainy period. Forecasts Essential. Weather--forecasts itro essential In connection with tlie control of this pest by spraying, and for practically all, fruit pests. The cm in tv agent, in preparing * tiisi advices to growers, takes account of the probable weather condition for three, or four flays in advance and ihe condition of litlds and fruit as reported by tin- field agent who travels about they - miry obst-rv-and also of the various posts. Twelve counties have .organized for tills work?' and all of them .regard tlie weather 1 bureau TartMa.sts-alnth-4eßSftbie. , Increase in Wheat Yield Made by Oregon Farmers An increase in yield of more than 48.000 bushels of wheat without extra" labor was the re-wurd-nf -farmers in Union county, Oregon, following the advice of the county extension agent last winter ( !n selecting the variety of' -whiter wiieat frr-rtTp planted. The" county agent had carried .on an effective campaign calling the nttenti/uTof wheat growers in tire ’county tortile higher yielding qualifies of the variety Hybrid 128 under local conditions, as shown by the station tests. As, a result, a number of farmers planted Hybrid 128 and obtained an average increase of 6.1 bushels per acre over all other varieties, according to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture. About 92 fibres of the 1922 planting was certified for seed. Weapons to Be Employed Against Flies on Farm If It Is impossible to get rid of the breedtpg places of Mies on the farm the best protection to’ the animals will be found ip the use of repellants or mixtures which when applied to the animals will prevent the flies from attacking them, according to jjeorge " Dean, Kansas sfnto entomologist. He suggests tlje possibility of destroying the breeding places' of the. horn fly, which Is found In clusters on the shoulders, backhand flanfis of cattle in pasture, by scattering the ' animal drippings. Old rotting straw piles are the breeding places of tlie stable or biting fly,, and Professor Dean suggests the adi isnbllity, if possible, of cleaning up or doing away with them. Grit Is Most Essential to Health of Hen Flock . Grit br essential to the lionlth nf fowls and to economy In feeding. Grit takes the place of tcerii In preparing the feed for further digestion and Is required for the proper preparation of feed in the gizzard. When the feed la not properly taken care of in tills organ an undue strain Is thrown on the fowl's system, often resulting In disease, and also allowing much of the nutriment to puss through the bird's body without being absorbed. In every pen or yard a box of grit should be kept. Recent Investigators have asserted that grit Is part of the necessary feed, giving the fowls strong bones and a bright plumage. Diseases of Raspberry Plants Hard to Detect While most of he diseases which attack >nspherr,v plants canhot he detected op the plants themselves, after they Jtflve. been Hug.,care should be taken not Jo use plants which show, hfird knots or-gnlls on the roots. These are likely to spread from plant to plant .and th'e raspberry fields Infected with this disease are seldom profitable.

Co-Operative Drying Plants Are Favored .’- , - Found Successful in Increasing Profit From Orchard. (Prepared by the United States Department ’ o£ ABi-lculture.) Community fruit-drying plants have been found to be a successful means of increasing tlie orchard profits of iHo small growers who have a surplus Which" they are unable to market in any other” way, according tq r _. the tore, if the total quantity of such surplus it a community is sufficient to justify tne necessary expense. Tlie organization of such a co-operative plant should, be governed by the same fundamental rules that have, been found neeessury in tlie development ol other co-operative ventures. It must first be definitely ascertained whether the quantity of un used fruit is actually such as will make the establishment "of an evaporating or drying plant profitable! This Information can only be bbr tained by a careful canvass of the district and a, tabulation of the results. The making or such a canvass is a task calling for conservatism and ths exercise of good Judgment, for the reason that unintentional but gross overstatement of the unmarketed and unused portion of, the fruit which could be used as evaporator stock is -must be borne in mind that in the case of apples, only mature, reasonably sound.fruit of fair size will make a marketable dry product, and that -estimates which- include premature" drops, specked and decayed fruits, and small-sized cider apples are worse than—useless because misleading. The canvass should take into account all fruits .grown in the. district, the location of the center of supply, the length of time over which, Ihe ripening of each will extend, and the maximum quantity pe,r day which the plant will be required to handle. - With this data in. hand it will be possible to determine tlie size and type of evaporator nc-d.-d. As the fruits will in most "eases be varied plant should lie of a general-purposg. type, so constructed that it will imn-\ die equally well all materials, such as apples, peaches, plums and prunes. Check Cucumber Beetle, li; by Using Dust Mixture One of the best methods of controlling the cucumber beetle, according, to Carl J. Draker state entomologist at lowa State college, is to dust the young plants with a mixture of out part of calcium Jtrsbnate and 20 parts of gypsum. The dust can be applied with ashaker made by punching holes In the bottom of a haft-gallon tin can witit an eight-penny nail. The first appii--Tation should he made immediately after..tlie .young -plants breaa through the gro\ind. After that tlie plants should. be '(lusted“3trher early in tht .morning or late in the evening from two to three times per week and following rains. Usually from 10 to 12 application., per season, are all tha are required although more are necessary in the case of exceptionally severe attacks by the- beetles. If these directions are followed rather closely, there will be no trouble In.controlling the cucumber beetle. , 1 Destructive Qualities of Heavy Motortrucks Miles and miles of rlbbonlike roads are the hope of every, motorist, and when speaking of motorists these days It touches almost every home in tlie country. But, though the road builders lay them smooth, they seemed to have so far been unable to cope with the destructive qualities of heaTj- motortrucks now used to a large extent in commercial transportation onsmooth surfaces. Millions of doilars have been spent and are being spent annually for the extension to all parts of the; country of good roads. In -answer to the de/ mands of tho people for easy internal means of communication by way of the motorcar. Long-distance touring shows a yearly increase, and motortruck transportation is Increasing. f ___________________ Sudden Change in Milk Checks Laying of Flock ■Many people wlio feed milk la soma form to their laying Hock regularly have been obliged to learn one thing about the feeding. A sudden change, from sweet milk one day to sour the next, or back again, 'causes digestive troubles as a rule, and either checks the laying of the flock or upsets tlie feeding rations sp that the mash dr grain feed varies from day to day. Buttermilk, skimmed * milk, sour of curd or sweet milk, are all desirable feeds for chickens, but they should be fairly regular feeds, or fed In small amounts. If a change Is necessary. Com for Silage Must —- Be Cut Fine and Packed Corn for adage must be cut fine and tramped well In tbesthj tfirTs'tlerHeU to make the best quality of feed and fill the silo to Its greatest capacity, says the United States Department of Agriculture. The usual leugth of cutting vurles -from one-fourth of an Inch to one Inch, but ths latter' Is a little too long, as the pieces do not pack so readily in the silo, they ar# not so completely consumed In feeding as tile shorter lengths. ’ .......

Corn Silage as Feed for Horses p Under Certain Conditions Varieties of Molds Are Deadly Poisons. Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Silage Is a safe and useful feed for horses and mules if proper care is exercised in making and feeding it, says the United States Department- of Agriculture. There are certain precautions, however, which must he taken If success Is to be secured in the feeding t>£ silage to this class of stock. Horses and mules ure peculiarly susceptible to the effects of molds, and under certuiu conditions varieties of mold are found in silage which uro deadly poisons to both horses and mules. Such molds are the result of either the improper cutting or packing of th'e silage or both. Molds must have air to grow and, therefore, silage which is packed air-tight and fed out rapidly will not become moldy. If the feeder watches the silage carefully as the weather becomes warm, he can loon detect the -presence of mold. When mold appears the feeding should be stopped immediately. Similarly, care should be exercised in the winter feeding of silage, so that the horses or mules are'not allowed to eat frozen silage because of the danger of colic, which generally follows such practice. Corn Silage Favorsd. Corn silage is tlie only Lind that so far has met with any degree of favor as a horse and mule feed. Corn [' which is to he ongllafl fni- qsqf.-ffs.'gp horse and mule feed should not be cut too green, as sour silage will result, and this may cause colic when fed. Com for such feed, rattier, should be cut when it has begun tb glaze and the silo should be filled as rapidly as possible, once the ensiling jirocess has been started. In filling the silo it is essential "that the corn be carefully and thoroughly tramped and packed. This is one of the most Important points in connection with ..the feeding of silags to horses and similes. Cutting the silage fine and in less than one incli wifi facilitate packing. If tramping and packing is properly done no feeding danger is apt to result, hut if it Is improperly done air pockets may forjn and cause the "accumulation of a small mas# of mold which,, if over- j lpnked in feeding, may be sufficient to kill one or more-of the animals fed. I ’ ' Substitute for Jday. - siiage shnuld not be ronsidered ns tlie principal roughage for horses and mules, but rather should serve as a partial substitute for hay j In the daily ration. Because of its bulky nature, horses and mules doing hard work should not be fed large quantities of silage, hut due to its laxative, tonic, and appetizing effect, It Is well suited for the maintenance idle horses and mules, brood mares and growing stock, wnen used. sHage should be introduced gradually into; the ration and the amount fed should generally not exceed 10 to 15 pounds daily per animal. # . Boys’ Pig Clubs Growing in Popularity in’Wesf' When the Colorado club hoy’s pig- ■ grows Into a fat hog he finds a good mfifket""at the Western National Live [ Stock show. Beginning with 1921, the j exhibiting and sale of fat hogs fed by j club boys following the methods adroeated by extension workers and shipped co-operatively in carload lots, | has been one of the features.of this show. East year foifr carloads were exhibited by these young stockmen, according to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture, and later auctioned off. Two carloads of straight Duroc-Jerseys, ona_"‘car 'of PolnndCliinas, and one ear of mixed PolandChinas aitd Duroes were included. The carload receiving first prize sold for the highest price paid for, any carload , ih the entire show and tM other three Brought top prices. Sweet Clover Superior - for Building Up Soil Sweet dover is truly a wonderful plant, and s has done more for the up : building of poor, worn-out soli than any other plant. It Is a wonderful soil builder, a soil renovator, and a splendid pasture crop, anil while it la . making an abundance of fled It Is building up the soil to a greater extent than Is possible for any other crop tti-Bujld tipTtie soil. The poorer the Ml! the more thrifty grows" the sweer clever plant—lt seemingly hefng a God-given soil-builder for the depleted soils of the country. Plaster Sjlo Inside to V Prevent Juices Leaking Cement stave, cement, block and clay tile silos should all "lie well plastered an the Inside to prevent the Juices from caking out through the mortar Joints. Two (fonts of rich cement mortar should be qaed In most cases. If the Inlets of the silage get Into the mortar joints and "freeze there Is apt to be trouble. Destruction of Trees ' by Fires Is Criminal Save the trees. Grow more trees. Plant a tree and watch It grow Into money whjle you sleep. It tnkes many rears to grow a big tree, but It only lakes a few minutes to destroy It by fire. The destruction by forest fires Is criminal. Some way should be detsloped to prevent this colossal waste.

Circulatory System of Cow Illustrated ________________ ■ To Show Difference in Proteins Provided by Feeds. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The circulatory system of the cow, with “Mood” actually flowing through the arteries and veins, will be illustrated li\ a model to be shown by lha United Skates Department of Agriculture at kite national dairy show la 'he held flds fall at Syracuse, N. Y. In the lurt'e model now being rnada by the olliee of exhibits liquids will circulate tUrough glass tubes of various sizes, Illustrating how nourishment Is taken up from the digestive tract and carried to the udder, there to be used in the manufacture of milk. One of the objects of this visual method is to show the differehee in the proteins provided by various feeds. The cow model will be designed to show how the proteins of the feed are broken up by the digestive system Into the constituent amino acids, which are transported in the blood stream to the mammary glund (the udder), where the neceaspry amino acids are taken out of the blood and built up Into proteins of the milk. By means of this exhibit the Department of Agriculture hopes to bring out forcibly that It' Is not only necessary to have in the ration proteins furnishing certain kinds of amino acids, hut In order to prevent wuste it Is necessary that the amino acid* be present In the right proportion. Tibs means lt-1s necessary - to have the right combination of proteins in the. feed. The use of proteins in making milk may be compared to the use of boards In building a house. Boards of various lengths are needed in a house. In building up milk many different amino acids are needed, and usually these cannot all be obtained • from the protein of one kind of feed, or at least not in the proper proportions to prevent waste. Sell Direct to Consumer, Most Profitable Method Selling direct to the consumer is generally considered the most profitable method of disposing' of high•grade goods,' for the charges of middlemen are eliminated. The producer is often so situated that hr pan build up a retail- trade among the families of a neighboring city *ir village, delivering big; goods direct to . the. cu. tomer once or twice a week, or oftencr If desirable. In this way he can usually secure a substajvUaiJncrensa over prichs paid In the open gmfket. Tills is especially true In the case of strictly fresh eggs. It is aJ,so often possible.to secure customers In a city That IswiThtn reasonable shipping distance, expressing to them unstated amount of eggs and dressed poultry at regular intervals (once or-twice a week). Hotels, restaurants, and clubs are good customers, which can be supplied in this way by contract. Pure Strain Selections _ r of'Potatoes Win Favor r According to reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture, tests made in New York state unde? the supervio'on of Cornell university show that pure-strain seleo" tlons of potatoes are much superior to those ordinarily grown by farmers Iq that section.™ The pure-strain selections were developed from a single tuber and were subjected to a twoyear commercial test on several farms where they were grown side br side with the farmers’ own selection. The average of all the tests for the two years showed an advantage of 48 bushels to the - acre In favor of the pure strain over the ordinary .kinds grown on these farms. All the soil and cultural conditions were the same on each farm for the pure strain am) the others. A \ ■ liaLu ■'. Roaming Turkeys Devour Many Harmful Insects After the turkeys begin to roam, widely, complaints may be expected from neighbors in regard to damage done to crops. The grower ought not to be indifferent to the trespassing of his birds, but it Is a fact, nevertheless, that such losses are rarely serious. Turkeys care little, apparently, for most kinds of growing or ripening grain and do not like to pass through standing grain. It Is tW belief -of enreful observers that the good they do In destroying insects vastly exceeds the toll they take. Caponize Few Cockerels for Holiday Season Usev. Caponize a few cockerels for home use during the holiday seitson and early spring when the roosters are' too tough to cook and the hens are luylng. Cockerels that are worth but little on the market now as springs can he caponlzed and kept on the free range at little cost until they weigh from eight to ten pounds. They excel all other kinds of poultry for roasting purposes. Stock Breeder Without ' . Silo Badly Handicapped This Is a competitive world and competition requires the use of the alio. The stock-keeper without silo IS handicapped; he Is losing from 28 to 85 per cent of the profit of his enterprise. A silo Investment ]fer ■ farmer about 75 percent Interest