The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 May 1928 — Page 6

Ship Runs Aground in Uncle Sam’s New Canal ■ _— I .a-/ * 7 ' * JW J 7 / i w si/ J- ■ I .". i i? mF I vUk I This vessel. the passenger steamer New York, from Boston for New York, ran aground in the Cape Cod canal which recently was purchased by the United States government. The passengers were all removed unhurt ' f and the steamship was not damaged. Island Where German-Irish Flyers Landed I I ' ■ - - .. ■ ■ B MB B View of Greenly island in* Belle Isle straits, showing the lake on the frozen surface of which the German-Irish crew of the plane Bremen landed after their extraordinary flight across the Atlantic from Ireland.

“KING” OF COCOS JI V ' W*VM' ? * U > : j< > I'l' 'W' ! '%• t V U d V I i L :.'.M- W * AdJ** IL Fred Sutter, who was recently appointed by President Ricardo Jiminez of Costa Rita as “king” of Cocos island in the South Pacific, where the largest unsound treasure in the world lies buried. The buccaneer, Captain Morgan, plundered the brig Mary Dyers, laden with $45,000,000 worth of Peruvian treasure, and went to Cc-cos. The crew mutinied and killed each other. Sutter is looking for a queen to marry before he sets out to search for the treasure. OCEAN FLYER / V ..X. • Z. ■ *x3T- • - / v ~~W* ” This is Maj. James Fitzmaurice of the Irish Free State air forces who flew across the Atlantic with Baron Voi» Hueneman and Captain Koehl in the plane Bremen. Punch the Originator The present uptUicution ot the word “cartoon" originated in the English periodical Punch, rhe occasion being the first exhibition of cartoons for the houses of parliament, in July, 1843 when Punch appeared with a rival series of sarcastic designs. Is “It” Effective? Another good test ot personality is to say you lost your-job and then ask your girl to marry you anyway.—San Francisco Chronicle.

Chinese Flood and Famine Refugees * ■’ ' * i i . •- ■ Jrl' v- V I JOn F \wfi I M ■« \ W I I I Straw blankets, thrown over a piece of rope, form the only shelter for many hundreds of Chinese peasants who were fortunate enough to escape the famine and Yellow river floods, which have left 4.0W.000 Orientals starving in Shantung province. • s --. • • . ' Singer’s Home Given to War Veterans / " Mme. Sehumann-Heink, famous singer, has presented to the veterans of the World war her beautiful estate at Grpssmont, southern California, as an expression, of her love for the men who called her ‘mother.” The photograph shows a corner of the house and grounds.

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Chrysalis oil is thade from silkworms. In ancient Egypt, glass was used almost entirely as a semi-precious stone Sor ornaments. A lot of semi-publie functions you go to. simply to he seen there. But what a lot of trouble. X-rays, ultra-violet rays penetrate the skin only about onesixteenth of an inch.

Blue .is the best color of artificial light for close work. Amber was a favorite ornamen: worn by prehistoric man of the Stone age. Steel can now be made so thin the it is as transparent as the cteares glass. A new Greek, laW provides that census of the population of Gre'ec must be taken, every ten years.

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Treat Seed Oats to Avoid Losse k • .. .

targe Annual Injury by Smut Can Be Prevented by Using Solution. • ProtxrKt b» th* Vnltrii nt»t*» Uvl>»rt inent of Acrlcuitur*. t The large hnniml losses In oat yields due lo smut disease cttn be al most wholly prevented simply by dip ping spiaying m sprinkling the seed with a formaldehyde solution a short thiir before sowing, says the United Slates Department ot Agriculture Tlx* importance of smut in oats Is quite generally overlooked because its effect Is inepiispietious at harvest time and the market value of the threshed grain is isuall.v not Im paired (taring the past ten years for which. records are available mil smuts have taken estimated annual tolls ranging from 2fi.tMM».iM»O to 91. OtMMMNi bushels and an estimated av erage annual loss amounting to 48.991.t(M bushels Use of Formaldehyde. One pint ot formaldehv de, which may be readily obtained at any drug store, is sutiicient to treat *•<> bushels ot seed oats. Several methods of tip plying the solution are effective, and the one to use is only a matter of pret erem-e. For- the spray method, mix 1 pint ot formaldehyde with 1 pint of water ttml pour into a quart sprayer If fewer than oil f>iisht>ls are to la treated, use a corresjiondingly stnal. er ipinniity of the solution Shovel the oats from one pile to another spraying each shovelful A scoop shovelful of seed requires about four strokes of the piston of rhe spray gun After rhe oats are sprayed, shovel them into a pile and cover with blank els or sacks that Imveheen thorough ly sprayed to kill smut spores. The pile should remain covered at least five hours, and may be left covered overnight. Treatment may be given at any time previous to sowing, bur wiii'ii seeding .is delayed the oats should he spread out and aired for a flay before storing. To treat all bushels t>y the “sprin kle method” add ohe pint of formtilde hyde to 40 gallons of water and apply with K sprinkling can while the oats are being shoveled from one 'pile to another. Cover in the same way an<leave at least two hours or overnight On removing the cover sow immedi ately. making allowance for the swol ten condition of the seed when set ting the. drill If sowing is delayed’ the treated seed should he spread out and thoroughly dried. Another method consists fit putting the seed into loosely woven burlap or gunny sacks and dipping the sacked grain into a •solution of one pint for m.ildehyde in 40 gallons of water I»ip the sacks of grain into the solution two or three times, or until rhe grain is thoroughly wet." llemove from the

Much money lost yearly FROM SOILS THAT WASH AWAY

Value of Plant Food Wasted Placed at $2,000,000,000. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. > The value of pl an t Q food wasted, in the erosion or washing away of soil* on the farms of the United States is estimated most conservatively by scientists in the United States De partment of Agriculture as in excess of a year This esti mate is based on the value ot the•principal chemical constituents, nitro gen. phosphoric acid and potash, as they are purchas&bte in tire cheapest kinds ot commerciad fertilizers ami does not take into account rhe value of rhe soil as an agency for making use of these plant foods. This‘sum is about twenty times the value of all the plant food removed by growing crops. The real ‘‘soil miner’ is not the one who grows crop after crop of the same kind without replacing plant food, but rather the e6ie who allows his precious soil to be washed away, his land to" be gullied and de stroyed, or the top soil to be removed by sheet erosion. Some of the practices responsible for this tremendous annual loss, immediate and to pos terity, are unwise clearing of areas which should remain in forest, unwise breaking for cultivation or sloping fields subject to erosion, unwise cul fixation of soils- that erode easily, and failure to terrace lands that could be saved by intelligent management. Plan to Remove Grubs From Backs of Cattle The best way to remove grubs, from the backs of cattle is to apply pros sure with the thumb and forefinger to Chestnut Tree Blight To show the enormous damage done by rhe chestnut tree blight, which was introduced into America only about 30 years ago, quite a stir was created re cently when a chestnut tree was discovered in New England that had sur vived the blight. This tree may he the source of blight-resistant chest nuts. It is to prevent rhe introduction and spread of scourge such as this that quarantines are maintained against from other countries. Beans All Summer When a garden runs out ot beans <eems like it is about done for. Maybe that is why a good gardener most always sees to it that he has a succession of beans coming on all rhe time. Role beans planted in early June should give a steady supply ot beans throughout the late summer aud fall Bush beans ought to be planted at intervals of two to three weeks in order to insure enough one thing ntwnii beans that is in rheit favor is that any that are not used an t»o k- pt over.

solution urn) let <lraln nt least tw hours or overnight Then sow itz|m« diately or spreml <»tit to dry. Vapor Is Irritating. Formaldehytle vapor Irritates the eyes, nose uwd throat. Thcae effects muy be reduced by holding the sprayer close to the oats, by working from the winilward side of the’treated pile, and by doing the work in a welt vent! luted plm-e. After using the sprinkle and dip tm <hods, care should be taken t« avoid fre»*zing or heating of wet seed, hi all methods, avoid contain Inuring the treated s«*e<l. All bags, sacks, blankets, and even the drill, should be wet with the solution • To kill any spores present. Surplus seed treated with formal <li*hyde mav he fed to live stock without injury, provided the grain has been spread out first anil thoroughly dried for several days. Oats and Sarley Will Thrive on Sandy Soil Oats and barley can he grown on sandy laud if it is properly dm nd led It is important that they tie sown early atid it would he advisable to use the early maturing variety ot oats it oats are grown. Some strain of the tit>-day oats would tie best As soon as you can ina’ke ttie change, you probably will get better results from sandy land by growing fall rye on at least a part of it. It would be advisable also to sow sweet clover or some other legume with the crop and plow it under for green manure. It you can get around to the point where you are doing considerable dairying, fall rye followed by svveet clover pasture, and this in turn by com or some other cultivated crop, would give you a rotation which would keep rhe land in good condition amt which would at the same time give you satisfactory returns. Important to Keep Up Fertility of Orchard Besides'pruning and spraying it is important to keep up the fertility of the orchard in proportion to what is taken out. Here again, in many illkept orchards, the manure or fertilizer has, been piled closely around the trunk of the tree, often causing rree rot and preventing the roots from getting access 'to the food material When fertilizer is applied -it should be distributed on a larger area. If the grower could see the arrangement of the roots* on the tree he could easily grasp the idea of distributing the fertilizer on a larger area for better results. The roots and root hairs are distributed in a large space around rhe tree and it is evident that rhe fertilizer .must be placed similarly.

the lumps or swellings where rhe grubs are growing. They may be more easily removed by inserting a sharp pen ktrife into the opening where the grub is about to escape. Care must be taken that ail the grubs are killed as soon as they are forced out. These grubs change into Hies later in the season which lay eggs from which the'next year’s crop of grubs develop. Cattle should be examined every two weeks to destroy all grubs as fast as they develop to maturityAgricultural Squibs H-H-I-I-I-I-I-I-l-I-I-I-l-I-t-l-t-I-I-Id-I-I-b Plant more carrots, beets and swiss chard for greens. * • • Save the pea vines this year to turn under as fertilizer this fall. • • • Try a new sweet corn this year There is a long list from which to choose. • • • Radishes and lettuce may be planted the first warm days of spring; peas ami onions may do better to wait until i he weather is more settled. ♦ • - • Don’t plant all your carrots or beefs at one time, but make several sowings of each, a couple weeks apart They re so much nicer when young and tender e • • Soy beans are now grown in a wide variety aud a seed house of recognized standing should be consulted as to the adaptability of any variety for the section where it is desired to grow this legume. • • • The most serious weed problem <x---curs in ground continuously cropped to grains. Manure should not be bought from a stable where the horses have been bedded on-wood shavings. The chips and the sawdust are likely to cause fungoid growths, and these sour the soil. * • • It is always a good practice to test seed corn for germination, hut this yeat it is more essential. Some of the corn that has been saved for seed is germinating as low as 40 or 50 per cent. « • « With the introduction year by year of splendid new plums.-it seems certain that the plum must regain the popularity it once had. and that fruitgrowers will again find their -.-ulture profitable. • * • It is not always necessary to spray a yotbsg orchard the first year, but should there be any evidence of leafeating insects or other trouble it will be well to apply one cover spray in the early part of the season.

Notions About Seed Potatoes Doubtful Whether There Is Any Difference in Value of Each “End.” (Prepared bv tn* United state# Department ' of ArriculturekCy .Much experimental work has been done with the potato to determine the ; best methods of treating the seed to j secure the most satisfactory yields. [ The results have varied to the point ! of confusion in many Instances. In ■ technical bulletin No S-T. “Source, t'lmiacter and Treatment ot Potato' Sets.” just issued by the United States Itapartment of Agriculture. William Stuart reviews the results ot noteworthy experimental work and in addition presents the results of the de partment investigations on the source, character and treatment of potato seeds. Value of End for Sedd. The relative value of the seed and stem end ot the tuber for seed purposes has served as a basis, of numerous studies, both in this country and in foreign countries to determine which portion of the tuber will ordi narily produce the larger yield Some growers are so firmly convinced that the seed end of the tuber Is undeslr- • iib'e for seed purposes that they clip it oft and discard it. Other growers , are equally convinced that rhe seed end is superior to the stent' end for planting These ilifferent viewpoints have been responsible for repeated efforts to demonstrate’the superior ity of one over the other. After a study of the literature in which each “end" of the potato has provetl superior to rhe. other in different rests. Mr. Stuart concludes that it is doubtful whether there is- any real superiority of one end over the other for seed The data as a whole, however, seem to indicate that as the weight of the set increases there is a greater response from rhe seed end than from the stem-end set Greening Process. Sprouting seed pofa-aies in the light before planting them, a process known as “greening." has iong been practiced by growers of early potsitoes in most European countries in an effort to hasten of tubers of marketable size early in the season. Greening is not yet a commercial practice in the United States. In fact, the department studies, covering a period of years in four different localities show rather conflicting results when yearly comparisons are made, or when the average yields- for rhe period are considered. Detailed discussion of the subject is included in the bulletin. Consideration is also given to the ad visability of planting immature rather than mature seed. A copy of the bulletin’may be ob-; tained by writing to rhe United States Department of Agriculture. Washing ton. D. C. Sensible Idea to Want to Own Only Pure Bred? It is a title and sensible ambition tm every farmer to want to own nothing but pure breds. and rhe ambition cat' be gratified By starting with pure bred then securing an occasional good pure-bred female, satisfactory progress is possible. The young man who is gt the present time embarking upon the perilous enter prise of farming, may console himself with the idea that if he uses good judgment, and has at least a fait , amount of “good breaks.” he will en ter into the sere and mellow years ot retirement with a spendid live stock equipment and some . money in the bank. His sons, carrying on where he leaves off. have the priceless oppor furiity ot fixing blood lines and build iug up families of stock. — . 1 Shelter for Geese; Geese do not need much of a house. A dry shelter in stormy weath er to sleep in is all. that is necessary. Even then it will probably be difficult to make them use this house unless their feed is given there. Geese may be fed very cheaply during the off breeding season; a little whole corn anti mashes of waste vegetables, pota toes, turnips, cooked with a little bran and corn meal. This is a cheap feed, and is highly relished. Agricultural Hints Measurement is the foundation of all engineering work. The house wren feeds itself almost entirely on harmful insects. • • • Popcorn that is too dry to pop can be put in popping condition by addine a little water • • • Best results are obtained when lime for alfalfa is applied before the seed is sown if the soil is sour, for lime acts Slowly. • • • Sow seeds of cos lettuce for a sum mer crop. It is the most heat-resist ant and surest cropper Os all rhe let tuces. No use frying to start bead lettuce this late. • • • Farmers are urged by soy bean en- ! thusiasts to cut down their oats acre- i #ge and put some of it into soy beans. | Many growers are urging this course ■ upon growers. The only varieties of black-eyed | peas are those which belong to the cowpea group. They are actually cowpeas. All of the black-eyed varieties are good for hay. • • • Fruit trees have to be sprayed carefully and systematically in this age to produce good fruit, and some of these sprays Nave to be applied during the dormant season. • • • Good tools and equipment may mean the difference between a good, dean well cultivated garden and one full of weeds. A little time spent in over hauling garden tools will bring ampl oavment.

the rIKiTcnENM HcabinetCi • ©.-I»3X Western Newst.ai.er I inion V A few ot Frank Crane’s Greatest Things: The greatest mistake—giving up. The most expensive indulgencehate. The worst bankrupt—the soul that has tost its enthusiasm. The cleverest man—one who always does what he thinks is right. , ' The greatest need—common sense. The best gift—forgiveness. EARLY VEGETABLES Now that the spring is here, we are looking forward to more of the green foods and crisp, fresfi

vegetables from our gardens; these will take the place to Some extent of the fresh fruits such as oranges and grapefruit which have been plentiful during the winter There are aiyvays apples, late itito the spring, and such dried fruits as prunes, apricots, dates.

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figs and raisins which may be added to the menu occasionally ’ Fresh rhubarb is excellent for a spring fruit as well as a tonic. Use it freely as soon as the first shoots ap- ■ pear. ■ Apricot Shortcake.—Soak' halt a pound of'ilried apricots in water to cover and cook in a double boiler till tender. If the fruit is large cut intopieces. Make six slices of very soft French toast using”a pint of milk, an egg and a pinch of salt. Brown rheslices delicately on both sides, in but- s ter. But together, in sandwich or shortcake style with the stewed fruir. Corn Puffs.—But one can ot corn through the meat chopper —or better use the cream of rhe kernels. To one pint add the beaten yolks of .two jeggs, one cupful of cracker crumbs.' one ' tablespoonful of melted butters one teaspoonful of salt, a dasti of sugar,and finally the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Add one-fourth eupful of rich milk, unless the corn is very moist. Bake by spoonfuls on a well gre.ased griddle. Chicken Scrapple.—To one solid cupful of chopped chicken from a stew or roast add one cupful of rich chicken stock made by simmering the bones in enough water to cover. Add ti little chopped onion, such seasonings as are needed, and four tablespoonfuls of corn meal, adding any left over gravy and .bits of stuffing. Cook well, pour into mold and when cold cut into slices and fry; serve tint. , Foods We Lik%. We all enjoy sandwiches and on a brisk cool day there is no food which appeals mo re

strongly to the appetite than a hot> well made sandwich. The average cook who lias never given thought ro> food values will

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throw out the meat that has lost all its food value. The opposite is true—the meat ha*s lost its extractives which give it the flavor we like, but the food is all there. Adding more seasoning, will make the meat ;.pi»etizing again. Fried Apple Sandwiches. — Slicebrown bread very thin and spread with softened butter. Saute one-quar-ter inch slices of apple unpeeled. in butter, arrange them on the rounds of buttered bread, sprinkle lightly wimsugar and set into the oven for a few moments. Just before serving drop t ball of cream cheese in the center of each apple ring and serve at once. East Indian Sandwiches.— i'ut chicken or turkey (left over) in.lo small pieces, add the same quantify of cookell ham Make a cupful of rich, white sauce, add a teaspoonful of curry powder mixed with a little cold milk, add the chicken with a tablespoonful of grated onion Simmer tor a few minutes, remove from rhe heat, season well and add a Teaspoonful of lemon juice. Trim slices of bread or crusts, butter lightly and saute hnti! a delicate brown. Put together with the hot chicken mixture. Serve garnished with sprigs of watercress or sliced tomatoes. Pompano Bake.—This is a dish found in the South. New Orleans serves it plentifully. Select a medium-sized pompttno. remove head fins and tail and split as for planking. Carefully remove the back bone and lay the tisii Skin-side down in a greased pan and spread with the following forcemeat r To one cupful ot crab meat. shrimp or lobster minced line, add one-half cup fill of dry bread crumbs, a teaspoon I til; each of chopped celery ami sweei pepper. one grated onion. salt anil pepper, and a thick white sauce to bind rhemixture. Brush tire fish with. mel'edbutter and spread with the forcemeat. Cover with buttered paper ami add one-half cupful each of milk and water or fish stock in the pan. Bake tn a hot oven half an. hour; remove the paper the last few minutes to brownthe fish. Serve on a hot platter garnished with lemon quarters dipped into minced parsley and a few whole shrimps. Serve with drawn butter < sauce. Any -seasonable fish may he , served in.the same manner. Remember, when you are eating oranges you have the valuable vitamines in all their precious life-giving, power, intact Cooking often destroys them, so we should serve all vitamine foods fresh when possible. < Wonderful Library There are believed to be 500.000 books and 60.000 manuscripts in the Vatican library There are 100.00 Q volumes in the archives, These represent 14 separate collections, each having its individual catalogue. How to Read Read those things you can read with gusto, and digest after reading and leave other works to those who can appreciate them. That was R<<>sevelt’s plan. —American Magazine. <