The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 December 1927 — Page 6

Boosters for Flood Control at the Capitol

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Fioou control adherents from the Mississippi valley, gathered in Washington in force for hearings of the house committee on flood control, held a zippy meeting on the steps of the Capitol,

Learning How to Conduct Prohibition Raids

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Unde Sam’s prohibition agents from ail over the country are being taken to Washington to attend a school opened by the prohibition unit. Correct ways to make liquor arrests and seizures are being taught at this unusual school conducted in the shadow of the Capitol. In this photograph Webster Spates, Instructor, is shown teaching his dass the construction of a stllL

Photograph of Queer Plane Crash

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Scene of Heroism and Death

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Ruin* of orphanage at Peapack. N. J, conducted by Bapttettae Sisters of the Natures* which was burned recently. Os the TO children tn the buildin*. only three were killed, the others being carried out by two sisters at the imminent risk cf their Uwes.

LITTLE BITS OF INFORMATION

The oyster crop has dwindled cooriderubly tn the past 10 years. The bee w*d the silkworm are the only insect* r* to work on a factory baste by ma*. A man * hat caught In the Ice of a slowly moving gtecter took 12 year* to travel a mile. Some at tbs kneet silk ewer sold In London camo from the hand reels of Georgian cotewtek '

Prehistoric cave men of Europe bunted over 20 different animals. » A subterranean cable between Cairo r and Alexandria. Egypt, will coot Hr 250.00 U i War on jackrabbit* la being waged » In South Dakota and other western states. » Railway lines from Stuttgart. Gerf many, to the Swiss border will be double-tracked.

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Here is pictured the memorial dedicated at the Vatican recently to the memory of the Swiss guards who have served at the papal residence.

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A. Mason Day. vice president of the Sinclair Exploration company, who was arrested In Washington charged with conspiring to influence jurors in the Fall-Sinclair case.

BENJAMIN PURNELL

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Benjamin Purnell, whose House of David religious organization was put la the hands of a receiver. Battle* of Deliberation A pitch battle If a regularly planned and deliberately executed battle. We are infomed by the Amy War college that all great battles are pitcfc bat ties, such as the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of the Marne, the major part of the Battle of Gettysburg, etc. Not Really “Garden/* The hanging gardens of Babylon were in reality a structure. ui»»n the roof of which were planted trees, dowers and shrubs.

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL

Bread and Meat World Problem

Wheat Keeps Pace With the Growing Population, Meat Lags Behind. Washington.—What of the world’s bread and meat supply since the World war? The world’s population has been growing: Have these two primary food items kept pace? Since the problem Is being approached from the Western world let wheat stand, for the moment, for bread, and beef for meat A bulletin from the Washington (D C.) headquarters summarizes the world wheat and beef production as follows: “The average yearly world production of wheat during the five years immediately preceding the World war was roughly three and a half billion bushels. In late years the average has been closer to four Milion bnshels The wheat supply, therefore, has advanced along with the number of mouths to eat It So too with that part of the ’-heat crop that is trans planted from country to country Ap proximately eight hundred million bushels (nearly 23 per cent of the pro duction) of wheat and flour entered International trade channels in pre war days, and about eight hundred fifty million bushels (22.4 per cent) enter now’ “Rut although the World war bad no lasting effect on wheat production and Its steady growth, it played havo* with the world trade In wheat. This flow of wheat from the less developed countries to the countries with great urban centers has been an Important factor in world economics since the rise of cities. Doubtless Babylon drew grain from Its satellite countries When Rome came to be a great power a veritable river of grain flowed to It from northern Africa. Spain, and the Near East. Medieval Flow of Grain. “During the Middle ages commerce In food staples lagged, each country, for the most part, prbduclng its own food. But with the' planting of colonies and the coming of the machine age. the tide of grain began to run again, setting toward England and western Europe from Russia, the Western hemisphere, and finally from the antipodes. “Russia was the big factor In the wheat trade .»efore the war. She produced more than one-sixth of the en tire world crop, and exported a fifth of the total international shipments After a big drop. Russia has almost reached her former position tn the matter of production. Bnt apparently the Russians of today are better fed: only 3 per cent of rhe world's wheat ex|M>rfs now come from that country “Canada has become the enlef sac tor In the i.ternational wheat trade She produced less than two hundred million bushels before the war. and shipped only 11 |h»< cent of world shipments. In lie# «he grew more than four hundred million hnshels and her exports far surpassed rhe greatest shipments of Russia reaching 37 per cent of total International exjawts* “But although Russia and Canada have stood out as the greatest ship pers of wheat. In the matter of production they have been surpassed since well before the World war by the United States. This country, in 1926. produced eight hundred thirtytwo million bushels, more than a fifth of the world total. Only European Russia came anywhere near this mark, with five hundred ninety million bushels. Even when Ksiutlc Rus sia's two hundred million/bushels are added, the United States Is s»tll In the lead by more than forty million bushels. “But Uncle Sam’s 12t>.0CM>.<MM» mouths consume most of this vast volume of wheat. Some years the exports Jump to a quarter of a billion bushels. Usually, however, they are little more than one hundred nd’lhn bushels, making up the 12 per cent of world shipments that was the rule even In pre-war days. Smaller Nations* Exports Drop. “While Russia has dropped out of the world wheat trade since the war. at least temporarily, and f'anada has moved to first place, there have been significant shifts In the positions of other wheat-produc’ng countries Rumania which contributed one-sixteenth of the world exports, dropped out entirety for some years, and now sup plies only one ninety-sixth. Bulgaria has cot her contribution to one-third the former figure; and Hungary’s fifty five million bushels have shrunk to twenty million. India, too. has been slowly losing ground as an exporter. “Next to Canada. Australia has shown the greatest growth tn wheat shipments. raising her pre-war figure of 6 per cent of the world shipments

TOMB OF GENGHIS KHAN IS FOUND IN A SECRET CAVE

Seven Silent Lamas, Writes Explorer. Keep Watch at Coffin In Central Asia. London.—The Russian explore*Prof. Peter Kozloff. says the Sunday Express, has solved darkest Asia's | greatest archeological mystery by the discovery of the tomb of Genghis Khan (Jenghlz Khan). Mongolian conqueror. TOO years after his death, near the ruins of the dead city of Kharakhdto. In the Gobi desert. Professor Kozloff has devoted 20 years to the search. He found the great khan’s remains In a silver coffin resting on the crowns of 78 princes and khans whom be had conquered. | The secret wonders of the conquerors’ tomb, says the Express, rie with ! those of Tut-Ankb-Amen. Seven silent ‘ lamas guard the secret place and every seven hours one of them strikes sev . en times <»n a huge jade bell banging I above •hr sarcophagus.

to 15 per cent. Argentina has shown a less spectacular growth from 10H per cent to 12 per cent, “A surprising fact disclosed by a survey of the .wheat situation Is the magnitude of the crops produced by France. Italy and Germany, all ot which are relatively densely populated. consuming countries. France’s crop of three hundred thirty million bushels In 1923 was considerably larger than that of Argentina (two hundred twenty-three tnlttious) and approximately twice that o. Australia Italy’s two hundred forty million bushels was also greatei than the Argentine crop; while Germany’s one hundred eighteen million bushels was not far short of the Australian production. All three of these corn* tries found It necessary to supple ment their heavy home production by taking from 4 to 9 per cent of the world shipments. There has been IK. tie change in the volume of French wheat and fl* ur Imports since before the war. but that of Italy has Increased. and that of Germany has tiecreased. “The greatest importer ot • wheat continues tv be Great Britain, which takes about one-quarter of all international wheat shipments. In 182 R she Imported two hundred three* million bushels of wheat and flour, an amount about equal to the to»al combined shipments of the United States and Argentina. In addition. Great Britain raised more than fifty million bushels of wheat at home. U. 3. Leads Also In Beef. . “In beef cattle, ‘as tn wheat production. the United States leads the world, with dose to sixty million head. Russia probably ranks next with slightly under forty million, although both Argentina and Brazil have almost as many. Germany. France, and Australia follow with seventeen, fourteen and thirteen million. There are heavy holdings of cattle in India and other parts of the Orient, but tht beef production from these countries is very light owing to religious scruples and vegetarian habits. “The World war seems greatly to have affected the meat-eating habits of the West. Apparently France teamed meat eating from her allies. Her pre-war Imports of beef were only forty-one million pounds, while she exported sixty-two million pounds. Now the exports have been cut almost ,o one-half the former figure. w(ple the Imports have increased more than six fold. They are now TH Per cent of all International exports. “Germany has doubled her Imports, and now takes 13 per cent of world shipments; her exports both before and since the war are negligible. “As with bread, so with beef Great Britain is the greatest importer. She Imports now more than one and threequarters billion pounds per year, against one and a quarter billion in pre-war days. “Changes tn the sources of beef have not been great; rather, the pre-

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This statue of a youth with the emblems of the Soviets— the sickle and the hammer—was presented by the Young Pioneers of America, an organization of young people of radical trend, to the “Young Leninites” of Soviet Russia, on the occasion of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Soviet republic.

For seven centuries the priests have preserved the mystery. Jewel-studded weapons of Genghis Khan and his own story of his reign, a life-size lion, tiger and horse in pink jade and a copy of the Bible written by an English monk, also were In the tomb. Professor Kozloff also visited the tomb of the Genghis’ favored wife, the Inscription on whose white marble coffin sets forth that “the great khan released her by placing his dagger In her breast.” The tomb lies beyond the labyrinth of passages cut into the mountain side. It Is a spacious hall, about 40 feet square, the whole carefully preserve! Once each year certain privileg- d Mon gols and the khan's descendants repair thither to make sacrifice to hia meu> ory. Once a year. Professor Kozloff was assured, on the anniversary of tl>e khan’s death his gh«»st arises and blows put the lamps, leads the chief

♦ t Calls Antique Shop “Spirit of St Louis” Baris.—Lindbergh s “Spirit ot St. Louis” has its memory pev- * petuated in an old antique shop * along the river. The enlerpris- ❖ Ing owner really has a claim to J the name, for his slu»p for years ♦ has been called “L'Esprit de Saint Louis,” an exact French ♦ translation of the transatlantic X airplane's name. His store is * on the Quai Bourbon, on the lie <j. St. Louis, an island in the river 1 * Seine, and he deals largely in <b period furniture of the various King Louis. ♦ His sense of humor, however, * caused him to label one par of ♦ his showroom “Locarno.” proo- * ably because odds and ends are * gathered togeiher there ♦

war tendencies have been followed out. Russia was never an Important factor in Euroj»e’s beef supply, and her withdrawal from Euroj>ean affairs had little effect on the meat trade. The World’s Meat Counter. “Argentina Is the world’s chief beet purveyor. Before the war her contribution was 4C> per cent of the total International exports; now It has grown to Ml per cent. Uruguay Is a l»oor second with 11 per cent; double her pre-war proportion Australia which furnished 14 [>er cent of beef shipments before 1914. sends out only 9 per cent now. The United States too. has dropped from a 10 per cent contribution in the years prior to the war. to 5 per cent today. “The only other country with exports which equal R per cent of world exports Is. strangely the Netherlands with more than 7 per cent. This country has only two million cattle. The explanations lies In the heavy Imports of beef, most of which are re-exported. “Because the teeming population ol the East lives largely on rice. It would be natural to assume that more rice Is grtnvn than wheat. But the fact that the people of the West are on the whole much better fed. apparently turns the scale tn favor of wheat. The average estimated world rice crop for five years preceding the World war was two and a half billion bushels, whole the corresponding wheat crop was approximately one billion bushels greater. The average annual crops for the year 1921 to 1925 were nearly three billion bushel? for rice, and nearly four billion bushels for wheat Less Rice Exported Than Wheat. “A much smaller percentage of tht rice crop enters international trade than that of the wheat crop. In prewar days 8 per cent of the world's rice production was exported, as against 23 per cent of the total wheat. The percentages now are practically the same “Pork plays second fiddle to beef, as rice does to wheat among the meats and grains consumed by tcan. There are far fewer hogs in the world than cattle—about two hundred fifty million as against more than six hundred million. The United States leads all other countries In the number of its hogs—between fifty and sixty millions The nearest competitors are Germany with sixteen million and Russia with fourteen million. “The United States Is also first In pork exports, sending out nearly one and a quarter billion pounds, more than ha'f the total international shipments. The next more Important exporters are Denmark with four hundred sixty-three million pounds, and the Netherlands with two hundred fifty-nine million. “in pork England is again the worlds best customer, taking more than one and one-third billion pounds of the world's exports. 57 per cent of the total.” 2 Obstacles Help Latins Build Their Aviation Washington.—Development of com- • mercial aviation in Latin America Is being accelerated rather than retarded, says a report to the committee department from Leighton W. Rogers, agent assigned to Investigate the subject, by the very obstacles which It encounters Great distances between cities rugged intervening mountains and lack of railroad communication, he finds are actually encouraging the new industry. One of the world's first commercial aviation services to prove profitable was that established several years ago along the Magdalena river in Colombia Now. in addition, regular passenger and freight service is maintained between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo. Uruguay. On the west coart Chile operates an air-maii service between Santiago and Valparaiso, and Bolivia has had a commercial system tn operation for two years, while in Mexico a number of oil companies mantain their own lines and various projects are under way in the West Indies. Most of the airplanes used are made in the United States or Europe.

of the guardian lamas to the huge black slab at the rear of the shrine and writes with the accompanying priest’s hand prophecies for the coining year. In Washington Violent Speech Is Misdemeanor Washington.—Profanity is a misdemeanor —even tn the heat of an athletic contest—according to the capital’* vigilant police force. Two park police waited until the end of a soccer game on the monument grounds one afternoon and then arrested Robert Hall, goal keeper for the Marlboro team. They said Hall’s exclamations during the game were profane enough and loud enough to shock the spectators. It cost Hall's friends $lO to get him out of the dutches of the law. Does Her Stuff Buffalo, N. T.—Trained two year* by Its owner to scream when a stranger entered the house at night, a parrot did just that when the occasion arose and drove off a burglar.

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DAIRYMEN CHANGE VIEWS ON FEEDS Dairymen now favor moderate profeeding, says E. J. Perry. New state extension specialist l» dairying. Mr. Perry reports that * number of the leading dairymen have found that rations containing too much protein are likely to cause udder trebles and sometimes breeding dlflicuiiies. The practice amcfig the most sue* cessful dairymen is io get a considerable part of the protein needed in the ration from alfalfa, clover, soy bean or other legume hay. With hay of I this nature a grain mixture containing 16 to 18 per cent total crude proI tein has given excellent results. When com stover, timothy or other hay low in protein is used, the practice is to furnish the animals with a grain mixture containing 24 per cent total crude protein. Experience has shown, says the spel clalist. that variety is helpful in keei>ing dairy cattle tn good condition and i in their highest production. The old two-grain mixtures are being superseded by feeds composed of four or more kinds of grains. Biochemists* report that where a variety of grain.* is used, the animals are more Ukely to get the different vitamines ano other constituents needed by the animals. Observation of thousands of dairy animals oh farms and under tests at experiment stations has shown that nd set rules can be given controlling the quantity of roughage and grains needed by individual animals. The needs of various cows differ accortling to breed, weight, production, temperament and season. By weighing both the milk given by the animal and thq feet! supplied to her. the leading dairymen experiment until it Is found what amount of feedstuffs cause the animal to give the largest amount of milk. To assist dairymen in solving feeding and other dairy problems, the college of agriculture maintains « staff of experts whose assistance is furnished free. Dry Cows Require Good Feeding and Long Rest If dry cows are to produce well during the coming lactation period It. is necessary that they receive proper feed while they are dry. Dry cows should not be fattened, but they should receive sufficient feed so that they become sleek and vigorous In appearance. When cows are bred for high milk production, they have the tendency to use up some of’their body tissues in producing milk. In order-to prepare coKs for their next period of lactation they deserve a rest period of six weeks. During this time they should receive feeds that will tend to develop their bodies and make up for any deficiencies that developed during the time when -they were producing milk. When this policy Is adopted in handling dty cows, the rest period can be put to profitable use. Commercial Mixed Feeds of Several Ingredients Commercial mixed feeds usually contain a wide variety of ingredients obtained from several different plants. These feeds are especially convenient for rhe small dairyman who must buy most of his concentrates or who finds difficulty in getting the Ingredients for mixing a good ration at home. They may be mixed with ground corn, barley or oats to g»Mwl advantage, the proportion? depending on the amount of protein In the commercial feed Each feeder must exercise his Judgment in this regard The most important point > to consider in buying a (•otnmerclal feed Is the reliability of the manufacturer.

oio»o ■c. o;;o*o»c ■ o QT Dairy Notes £ Alfalfa develops healthy growth In young stock. • • • Separators do not operate efficiently If the bowl is not properly balanced. • • • The greatest loss to the dairy cowkeeper Is caused by improper feeding. < • • Protect a cow from cold drafts for a few days after calving, as her vitality is low. • • • Get ready for winter. Production Is bound to fail off tn the cows are comfortable. • • • New alfalfa hay is very palatable and the i*ows will eat it with a relish I even if the pasture is in fair condition. The richer the cream, the easier it Is to churn But have it fairly cool—about TO degrees—or else you’ll lose a good deal of butter. • • • • The program on every provide for the growing of all dr m<>st of the dairy herd, as this is necessary to Insure the most profits. 5 • • • The more skim milk used to flush 1 the bowl, the thinner will be the cream. Therefore, always use the same amount Always use skim milk and I 'not water for flushing the bowl. * Grow at least one acre of alfalfa for | 'eech cow. This may not be possible I :to start with, as liming may be i aary. but until this amount can grown, temporary legume feeds such as soy beans can be used as a substitute. • • • It is wasteful and foolish to feed all milk cows the same amount. The five-gallon c*»w may not get what she ought and the one-gallon cow Is getting too much. Testing Is a good means of studying production and feed requirements.