The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 May 1929 — Page 4

Celebrating Our Entry Into the World War

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FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS

Striped bass were first introduced to California from New Jersey in 187'3. Italian airplanes carried twice as • many passengers in 1928 as in the previous year. More than 100,000 miles of highways in the United States was cleaned of snow last winter. Adult brown bears average 2,000 pounds in weight, some weighing as much as 2,500 pounds.

Toads gobble up many stinging and poisonous insects. The largest cranberry bogs in the world are those located near Lakehurst, N. J. I In Ceanurt, Spain, 233 persons in a population of 3,000 have entered religious orders. Flatlands Dutch Reformed church, Long Island, has just celebrated its two hundredth anniversary

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Secretary of War James W. Good and Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, as they appeared on the steps of the War and Navy building during the Army Day celebration commemorating the entrance of the United States into the World war.

HEIR TO A FORTUNE MNM» • * * 94MMMKMI r’B vlllfe ■ 1B ws ■u 1 X *V M I " 'K J** *• .WuggllS Walter Stark, nineteen-year-old Chicago interior decorator operating a small business of his own, who has fallen heir to $500,000 of the fortune of his grandfather. John Stark. New York turfman. Young Stark announced his intention of continuing his work. HE’S ON THE JOB ' •Si' ii wnliMk Maj. Gen. William Lassiter, Eighth Corps Area cotpmander, who ordered twelve attack planes, fully equipped for fighting, and six observation planes to Naco, Ariz., with order to shoot down any Mexican rebel planes that crossed the American .border while making bombing raids on Naco, Mexico. Some Odd Fare Among the odd dishes found tn parts of Africa are giraffe tail soup, ostrich eggs and rhinoceros tongue. Among those of South America are parrot pot-pie (which must be stewed from 10 to 12 hours), monkey stew and doves’ eggs. But They Try To One of tiie greatest inventions is ths revolving door. No two women, one going In and the other out, can stop to talk.

Prickly Pear Is Valuable as Feed Particularly Advantageous in Times of Drought on Stock Ranges. ! (Prepared by the United State* Department ot Agriculture.l A silage crop that keeps without need for a silo is substantially the description of the prickly pear as it I grows in the four states bordering on Mexico. It lias proved a valuable stock feed, particularly in times ot drought on the range, such ns may be expected from time to time. As a forage crop it stores itself, and the three or four-year-old sections of the plants are relished by cattle. Variety of Cactus. The prickly pears are varieties of cactus, and may be divided roughly into spiny and spineless forms, according to Farmers' Bulletin 1072-F, “Prickly Pear as Stock Feed," just issued in a revised edition by tlie United States Department of Agriculture. The “spineless” varieties are not smooth but are relatively free from spines and cattle can eat them without inconvenience. The custom is to burn the spines off the sping varieties with a gasoline blowtorch or to chop them by machinery. Although able to survive severe duoiights for months at a time, tin* prickly pears require good water supplies at some time each year. They do not thrive under severe cold, and the spineless varieties, as a rule, do not thrive if the temperature falls below 20 degrees at any time. The spiny varieties may tolerate temperatures five degrees lower. The best prickly pear region in the United States is in Texas southward from the Edwards plateau. Valuable as Feed. In times of drought the prickly pear has proved a great value in carrying herds of cattle until pasturage is revived by rain. Prickly pear is growing in favor a£ a succulent forage that may take the place of silage in the ration, usually with a dry forage and a concentrate added in case of dairy cows. In Texas some varieties of prickly pear will produce without cultivation, but cultivation is likely to prove profitable in developing a greater tonnage of economical feed. Prickly pear is propagated from cuttings. and the cuttings are so bulky that freight costs are likely to prove excessive if extensive planting is attempted. David Griffiths, author of Farmers’ Bulletin 1072-F, recommends starting with comparatively few -plants, as they multiply rapidly for transplanting. Tlie bulletin, which may be obtained free on application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C., gives details of the propagation, cultivation and feeding of prickly pears, and mentions the areas where the different varieties may grown. Damage From Corn Rots May Be Greatly Reduced The' Indiana experiment station and the United States Depart merit of Agriculture have shown that the condition of the soil has a close relation to the damage from corn rots. If the soil Is uninfected and its fertility is increased by the addition of lime and phosphorus where needed, the extent ot the damage will be greatly reduced. Crop rotation is generally beneficial in checking the damage from disease. Where corn rots are prevalent, clover or a legume crop should be grown in the rotation once every four years, and corn should not follow either coru or wheat. The Illinois and Indiana experiment stations have found that some strains of corn are damaged far less than others by the corn rots. Beginning with a strain which Ims possibilities for improvement, the continuous selection of seed from healthy plants may be expected eventually to produce strains strongly resistant to these diseases. I Around the Farm t 4> * <•• Careful, attention should he given turkey eggs which are to be used for hatching. • • • A portable brooder house is an aid in preventing chick troubles. The brooder house and chick range should be on clean ground. * • ♦ Young fruit trees should be cultivated for at least several years after they are first set out. in order that a satisfactory growth may be maintained. • • » The roots of fruit trees must never be allowed to freeze in handling. Tests show that while the tops of the trees may endure severe freezing without injury, the roots may be injured even by a few degrees of frost. Money is saved by taking a little time to plan a budget for the farm. A good budget includes provision for •finances, equipment, labor and production. • * • The market preference for lightweight fat cattle, together with the economical gains made by calves in the feedlot, favors the feeding of young cattle. • * • It is always essential to maintain an area immediately around the young trees free from competitive vegetation which would, if present, slow down the growth of the trees. • • • If a patented silo is to be built, do not accept lumber having loose knots, any sapwood, or pieces with bark. Sapwpod. as a rule, is less durable than* heartwood and will nearly always decay first. * • • The production of beef and veal during the year 1928 was about 10 per cent smaller than ■ the production in 1927, but this reduction practically was offset by an increase In the production of pork and lard.

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LINE ALREADY UP to or a E U /wi Lucy Lightgown—“We must certainly put up a clothesline in here some-

where.” Roommate —“Not necessary, dear s I just saw a spider carry a thread across that comer of the room —we can use that.” Take It as You Like It “I often hear you practicing the piano,” said the forbearing neighbor. “How are you getting on with your music?” “O, wonderfully well,” replied the other with a smile. “My master says that I play Mozart In a manner that Mozart would never have played it.

Hi* Conclusion Aunt Matilda—l see by the paper that Mrs. Meddle has just buried her fourth husband, Hiram. Uncle Hiram —Well, I’ll be darned. Say. that woman must be same talker, Matilda. Ah Ha! Slowboy—Do you remember the boy that used to pull your pigtails at school? Fastgirl—Oh. is that who you are* Slowboy—No, that was my father