The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 15, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 August 1929 — Page 2

NEW ENSEMBLES FOR FALL; LONGER SKIRTS THE EDICT

MAY as well begin to talk of things knitted now, for their importune e on the fall and winter program is assured. if advance models are a criterion, then the coming months will witness a showing of knitted apparel which in point of novelty, chic and finesse, will eclipse all that has gone before in the style parade. In the new showings one is impressed with the miracle workings of mwontieth centurj knitted art. Time

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was when a knitted dress meant a crudely shaped garment, ungainly in “lines” and weighty to the point of discomfort—utterly utilitarian. Today a frock of knitted construction is indeed “a thing of beauty and a joy”— well, if not "forever.” at least until fickle fashion grants it “leave of absence.” The three-piece beige sports suit in the picture is endowed with just such “finishing touches” as bespeak stylearistocracy. The braided trimming which you see up and down each side of the front opening of the jacket is a very new note. Three knitted cords are braided together for this decoration. Seen in the original the costume pictured is a fascinating color study. While the basic color is beige, a medley of attractive contrasting tones are Interknit to a nicety for border treatments about the hemline of the jacket and for the belt effect. An interesting development in knitted attire is the four-piece ensemble. A skirt, a blouse (usually sleeveless), a jacket or cardigan, a full-length or at least three-quarter coat, are Included tn the combination. An entire sports wardrobe, if you please, tuned

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to cool days, hot days, to tennis court and golf field, to shopping tours, to motor trips, in fact, a perfect outfit for general town and country wear. If fancy runs to lacy effects, then the new sweaters will make dreams come true, for some of them are that lacelike, they are like silken cobwebs. In addition to the colorful spun silk types, are heavier sorts in which wool or rayon has been interworked, often achieving arresting patternlngs. There’s quite a flair at the present moment for these lacy effects done in delectable pastel colorings. Yes, indeed, necessity certainly is Brown, Yellow Combined in Summer Sports Suit A favorite brown and yellow sports suit has a simple yellow blouse with triangular inserts in brown silk forming a modernistic pattern across the upper part of one side and the lower part of the other. Its brown silk scarf has ends marked with their triangular patterns. Its brown wool skirt is box plaited with a straight hemline, and its short jacket blouses slightly, over a narrow brown suede belt. (

"the mother of Invention.” When the “powers that be" sent forth the command from the throne of fashion tljat skirts must be longer, something had to be done about It Os course when arbiters of the mode say “longer skirts,” then longer skirts are milady's choice. But how to carry out the letter of the law and not sacrifice the spirit of the flattering short skirt aye, that was the question Well, there’s an answer, and here it is—the sheer transparent hemline.

Works like a charm, too! If skeptical may .this lovely frock of taffeta and tulle in the picture below prove to you the subtle charm of a see-through hemline. The skirt is long, just as Dame Fashion insists it must be, but really one is not unhappily conscious of the fact, because of its alluring transparency. The net or maiine, tulle or chiffon used for these hemlines to "look right” must be, if not an accurate match to the heavier material it borders, then at least a closely related tone or tint. The gown illustrated Is styled of coral-colored taffeta, its tulle hem being a slightly darker shade as is also the alluring thin hair hat which is so smartly turned off the face. Among the elite a large transparent hat is a necessary luxury this summer. It may be black, natural white, or an exact match to the summery frock it tops, and its brim eloquently bespeaks the master touch of the milliner’s hand, who turns and folds and plaits it in most ingenious ways, with a view to becomingly framing. the face. Note, please, the circular cut of the skirt which graces the superb gown in the picture. The bow of self-taffeta

also interprets a smart and Important style theme. This costume, so charming for I bridesmaid or Wor garden-party wear, i eloquently bespeaks the trend toward greater formality and elegance in the current mode. The line between sports and dress-up modes is being drawn » more definitely each day. Smart afternoon clothes have become, therefore, a favorite theme with creators of styles, and the future promises an Increasing elaboration of modes for afternoon and evening wear. JULIA * BOTTOMLEY. (©, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) Bertha Collar in Fine Batiste, Lace Trimming A smart complement for almost any old frock that will invest It with an entirely new air is a bertha collar in fine batiste with lace trimming, or one of net daintily ruffled. These in eggshell tint are more becoming than in white and are of course newer in color tone. The price of one of these collars is small to pay for quickly furbishing a frock of which one has become weary.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO | cfhe Kitchen | | . Cabinet | OOOCXDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (©. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) ••What we call luck is simply Pluck, And the doing things over and over; " Courage and will, perseverance and skill Are the four leaves of Luck’s clover.” *1 , RELISHES AND PICKLES i Now Is the time to get ready for all the good things which add so much

to the table during the whole year. Be- sure to try one or two jars of these attractive pickles: Cucumber Circlets.—Select cu-

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cumbers one and one-half Inches in diameter, pare, cut into halves and remove the seed portion with an apple corer. Now slice into half-inch thick pieces. Simmer for a couple of hours in half vinegar and water, to cover, salting to taste; drain. Make a sirup of one pound of brown sugar, three cupfuls of mild vinegar and boil five minutes with a bag of mixed spices; skim and pour over the rings. Stand over night: repeat two days more. On the third day. pack in jars, cover with the boiling sirup and seal. A few large, plump raisins added to this pickle improves the flavor and adds to the appearance. Rhubarb and Orange Marmalade.— Take three pints of good flavored pie plant, add the grated rind of three oranges and one lemon, add the juice and pulp, and three pounds of sugar; let stand over night and in the morning cook down until thick. Put Into small glasses to serve; seal with paraffin when cold. Peach Conserve.—Scald and peel six pounds of ripe peaches, add an equal quantity of sugar, the shredded kernels of six or eight pits, two oranges put through the meat chopper and the juice from a small bottle of maraschino cherries. Cook, stirring frequently until well blended, adding a few minutes before taking up, the cherries cut into fine pieces. Store in jelly glasses or half-pint jars. Watermelon Balls.—Cut the pink but firm part of the center of a ripe watermelon into balls with a potato scoop. Soak over night in weak alum water. In the morning rinse and pour on ice water, drain and put into boiling sirup made of three-quarters of fruit in sugar and just enough water to cover the balls. Add one-half each of a lemon and orange thinly sliced to each pound of fruit and one ounce of ginger root cut into small pieces to each three pounds. Cook until clear, skim out the fruit, boil the sirup until thick and rich, reheat the fruit and pour into jars. This is a very pretty conserve as the balls keep their color fairly well. Economical Dishes. When a little meat of any kind is left over, put it through the meat chopper and use it in layers

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with scalloped potatoes, adding a little onion, and lacking fat, some butter. Bake until the potatoes are done. Such a dish will be sustaining enough for a main dish and a little meat will season a dish of potatoes.

Meat Pie. —Cut fine or chop any leftover meat, add any cooked vegetables and gravy and mix with a good white sauce, season well with onion, salt and pepper, cover with a biscuit dough or small biscuits, or h layer of leftover mashed potato brushed with egg. Bake in a moderate oven until well heated through. Poverty Pudding. —The wealthy need not spurn this pudding for it is good: Take six cupfuls of milk, one-half cupful of rice, one-half cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg and one-half cupful of raisins. Put all together in a baking dish and place in a moderate oven. Stir frequently at first, then occasionally. Butter or finely minced suet will add to the richness of the pudding. Lemon Crumb Pudding.—Pour two cupfuls of milk over two cupfuls of bread crumbs, add one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth cupful of sugar, one beaten egg, the grated rind of a lemon, three tablespoonfuls of the juice of a lemon and one tablespoonful of melted butter. Pour into a buttered baking dish and serve with a creamy pudding sauce. Cheesettes. —Fold in one and onehalf cupfuls of grated cheese in the well-beaten whites of three eggs, add salt and cayenne and pile on circles of toast and brown in the oven. These are nice to serve with a simple salad. Cherry Olives.—Fill jars with well washed cherries with the stems left on. Pour over equal parts of vinegar and water, adding one teaspoonful of salt to each pint. Can and seal. Grape Juice Lemonade.—Take foqr lemons, one pint of grape juice, one and one-half cupfuls of water and one cupful of sugar. Boil the water and sugar for five minutes, chill, add the juice of the lemons and the grape juice. Do not add ice to any of the children’s drinks but have them chilled near the ice. Children are not apt to be slow in drinking, so iced chilled drinks taken too rapidly are bad to serve them. First English Parliament In Anglo-Saxon days the English parliamentary body was known as the Witenagemot, or assembly of “wise men.” This body made the laws, levied the taxes and acted as a supreme court of justice. Uruguay's Good Fortuno Uruguay, while the smallest of the South American republics, is the most fertile, as, aside from its sandy coast and a few barren hilltops, there ie practically no waste land.

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ONLY J [ GIRL HE j f WANTED | (© by D J. Walsh.) DELIA WATKINS beat away at the carpet on the clothesline. It was an old fashioned brussels carpet, thick and hard as a board and the faded roses were dusty. Delia’s mother cherished the carpet for she had bought it herself with butter-and-egg money during the first years of her marriage. But Delia hated the carpet Just as she hated many like things in her young life. Now in thrashing the brussels roses she was trying to get rid of a rebellious energy so terrific that it fairly obsessed her. Della was eighteen, a slim thing with smooth black hair—long, of course—gray eyes full of light, red lips and a stubborn white chin. She was not pretty, but she had enough charm to make Alec Bruce pick her out of all the girls of his acquaintance. It was Alec who now came whistling round the corner of the house, his arms full of groceries. Alec owned the grocery store and sometimes drove the red delivery car himself. He was tall, with sandy hair, white teeth and humorous crinkles at the corners of his blue eyes. Scotch with a tang of Irish, his ancestors had settled on the north coast of Erin, drifting thitner from the more rugged country. Alec’s father had been born beside a peat fire, but Alec was first, last and always American. “Hey, there!” he accosted Delia. “What you think you’re doing, anyway—tanning the hides of all the hoodlums in the Guideboard district?” Delia’s only reply was to thump away harder. Alec took the groceries into the house, where Mrs. Watkins received them. Then he returned to Delia. “Quit punishing that poor old rag a minute, can’t you?” he laughed. “Here, let me have the club.” He tried to take the carpet-beater from her hand, but Delia clung to it. Their eyes clashed. “Come, Delia! This is a mansized job,” he said earnestly. “I’ll finish cleaning the carpet for you.” “I wish you’d go on about your business and let me alone.” Delia said, exasperated. She was keenly conscious of her looks, a tear in her old blue gingham, a smudge on her nose and patched shoes. Besides, she had a broken finger-nail that hurt cruelly. And she had just got a speck of dust in one eye that was making it red and watery. “Too nice a morning to be whipping a carpet.” Alec said, taking his hand from the beater. “Better hop into the car and go with me. Delia. I’ve got to take a couple sacks of flour out to Mrs. “I tell you lip busy. And —you’re bothering me.” “Sorry! Guess I’ll ask Helen Morse, then.” Alec was nettled. He did not whistle as he went away. Delia gave the old carpet two or three more hard thumps, then she collapsed against it in a fit of passionate weeping. She had been horrid. She had driven him to Helen Morse, which was just what Helen had taunted her into doing. She peeped out around the edge of the carpet at the next house, the big, handsome house where big’ handsome Helen Morse lived. But Alec hadn’t stopped there for all his threat. Hope soared again; maybe he’d forgive her. She’d had her lesson; next time she’d behave. Delia finished beating the carpet, dragged it off the line, got it into the house and tacked it fast to the parlor floor. Mrs. Watkins bossed the job without lifting a finger. Thin, pale, anemic, she was obsessed with the idea that she had heart trouble; she saved herself at the expense of her daughter. After dinner mother lay down and Delia, having bathed and put on a clean frock, sat down at the desk in the living room to puzzle out the family accounts. Some bills must be paid. With Delia it was a constant struggle to get bills paid. Besides, she had to earn the money herself, teaching forty weeks a year in the Guideboard district. That was a job, believe me. Twenty-three kids of assorted sizes and unruly dispositions, to say nothing of dirty noses and “things in their hair.” She sighed heavily as she opened her crumpled little account book. Voices, laughter coming in through the open window. She pulled aside the stiff Nottingham lace curtain and peeped out. Helen Morse stood on the steps ant Alec was just putting a package Into her lovely white hands. Helen looked into Alec’s eyes—and dropped the package. White sugar flew in every direction. Helen gave a little scream of dismay. “That’s all right,” Alec said. “I’ll bring you an other five pounds.” “Mother’s waiting for it,” Helen said.

“Talkies” of Weddings Might Have Drawbacks

We are extremely dubious about this plan, proposed by an Omaha judge, to make talkies of weddings, so that in event of subsequent do mestic trouble they can be run off before the unhappy couple and thus avert a separation. That might work if all parties to weddings were ladies. They, so far as one can judge, get a real thrill out of their weddings: indeed, fdr many of them their wedding day seems to be the big day of their lives. But did any man ever get a thrill out of his wedding? He did not. It was the day, to begin with, when he was a complete sap; when he looked like a sap, felt like a sap and was treated like a sap. For once in his life he played a miserable second fiddle to a magnificent creature called the Bride; It was for her that the music was composed, that the presents were sent, that the ring was provided. Nobody ever heard of a wedding march dedicated to the bridegroom. > , > i

•T will come right back with It” Delia's gray eyes grew cold and hard. She knew Helen Morse through and through. Helen had dropped that five pounds of sugar on purpose just so Alec would have to come back with more. With another sigh she returned to her accounts. She rummaged in the drawer where her mother kept a few private memoranda, old letters and the like. There was a bill missing and she just wanted to check up on it. She found the bill, quite a sheaf of bills, in fact, all from Alec’s grocery and all unpaid. White, tight-lipped, with the telltale bills in her hand, Delia marched into her mother’s presence. Mrs. Watkins raised her head from the pillow, vexation clouding her brow. She was just dropping off Into a comfortable snooze, and likely being thus aroused, she’d lose her afternoon nap. “I found these unpaid grocery bills.” Delia said. “I didn’t know we owed Alec a cent. What did you do with all the money I’ve given you to pay him? Be perfectly honest and tell me. I must know.”. “I sent it to your brother Harry,” Mrs. Watkins said defiantly. “He wrote asking for help. I knew just how hard you’ve always been with him, never giving him a bit of aid when he got into a tight corner. Alec said he’d wait for his money. He's in love with you. If you had any sense you’d marry him. That would settle the account.” Delia only turned and left the room. Next morning Delia walked into the store. Alec sat at his desk, tapping out lists of numbers on the adding machine. She laid down a check. The check represented every cent she had had in the savings department of the local bank. “Why, what’s this, Delia?” He looked from the check to the girl. “I’m sorry you had to wait for your pay,” Delia said stiffly. “Alec, please —please don’t trust mo—us again. Don’t stop today to take orders. Please.” “What’s the idea? Don’t you like me or my groceries, either.” “They’re both all right.” Delia smiled with quivering lips. “But I've made a rule. That’s all. Please help me to keep it unbroken, Alec.” “Certainly,” said Alec coldly. It was a bad week. Groceries gave out and were not replaced, for Mrs. Watkins put her foot down. She wouldn’t buy of old Peter Perry, and there was nobody else. Saturday morning Delia was alone In the kitchen at work. The door opened. In came Alec. He dumped down upon the kitchen table a great armful of groceries. “I didn’t order them! I don’t want them. Take them away.” gasped Delia. Alec leaned against the table. He looked at the girl with a smile in his clear eyes. “I won’t eat anybody’s groceries but my own. I’m coming here to board.” he said. Delia stared at him in astonishment. “I’ve left over to Borden’s. That last fly 1 found in the warmed-over potato did me.” Alec said firmly. “And the hotej is too expensive. I just met your mother down the street and she said she’d take me in. I'm a poor homeless orphan. Delia. You haven't got the heart to turn me off. have yon now?” “It’s —it’s a frameup between you and mother.” Delia said with a sob. “I don’t want you here, I—” Alec took her in his arms, held her powerfully, laid his clean cheek to hers, let her hear how his heart beat for her. “The only way you’ll ever get rid of me is to marry me. Delia.” he said. “You can have any girl in this town —” Delia murmured. “Sure. But you’re the only one 1 want,” returned Alec tenderly. The Fraction System Lawyer—Was the man you found under the street car a total stranger? “No, sir, a partial si i anger.” “What do you mean?” ° “Well, one arm and one leg were gone.”—Pathfinder Magazine. Luck Wooed and Won Luck is a fickle thing. She is commonly known as “lady tuck,” because she likes to be wooed. Get acquainted with her. The “breaks” in a baseball game, it is said, invariably go to the team which forces the issue.—Grit. He Lives Alone The blue shark lives a solitary life at the surface of the sea far from land, says Nature Magazine. It follows a ship for days sometimes, waiting for scraps of food. Three Good Suggestion* Help to preserve the good of the past; try to select the best '.hat the present offers; strive to transmit to others what is worth while. First Necessity The keystone of the career of any really important man is soundness of judgment.—American Magazine.

It was the day again, which was fixed in his mind in connection with appalling expenditures that swept out all his savings since his graduation from college. Furniture for the apartment, flowers, presents, railroad tickets for two. gray pants, cutaway coat —all these things blended into a horrible nightmare with a dollar sign in front of it, and focused on that one terrible day. Thus the proposed talkies might have tin effect exactly opposite from what is intended. A talkie of the night they became engaged might help, though.—New York World. Amusing Chinese Idea In ancient China it was believed that the human body was composed of five solid organs and six hollow organs. Sentiment Sentiment Is priceless, but it must not be allowed to play havoc with discipline.—Forbes Magazine.

t ' CHEAP FEED MADE CHEAPER BY SILO Small Silage Cutters Reduce Big Expense of Labor. (By BERT S. GITTINS, in the Dakota Firmer.) Men who cannot afford high-priced feeds and who had to cut expenses on every corner have been the most loyal and enthusiastic friends of the silo. When they found silo filling costs higher than necessary and the work of filling harder than they liked, these dairymen and feeders turned their attention to cutting costs and lightening labor. Rather than allow their silos to stand wastefully idle and to operate without a feed which gave them 30 to 35 per cent greater returns for their corn crop, they managed instead to eliminate a great deal of unpleasant silo-filling backache and to make this cheap cornbelt roughage still cheaper. The old silo filling ring has passed out of the picture in many sections of the cornbelt and the small crew of ! two, three, or four men has taken its | place. Under the old method, the silo owner was compelled to spend two or three weeks exchanging work with his neighbors every fall. With the new plan he fills his own silo when his corn is ready without waiting for anyone else to finish first and without hiring extra men. Small, individually owned and operated ensilage cutters driven by the farm tractor or an electric motor have 1 made possible this minimum expen- ' diture of man labor. Present day, small or medium-sized cutters will take feed very nicely without a man at the feed table, experience shows, while it is becoming more generally conceded every year that a tramper inside the silo is unnecessary. Thus, the man on the wagon is the only one ; needed at the silo. He can start the tractor or motor when he comes in with his load by the turn of a crank or by closing a switch and can level out the ensilage in the silo after he has unloaded if he wishes. In many instances farmers have filled silos alone in this way, although crews of two or three men are more common. Evidence is accumulating that the weight of silage in itself insures proper packing. The extent of settling is a measurement of packing. Proteins in Ration of Dairy Cows Important The proteins, in foods are chiefly used by the animal for the production of lean meat and the repair of tissues, i. e.. for growth and maintenance purposes ; but they may, if sufficient in quantity, also be used for supplying heat and making fat. though they are not so economical for these purposes as starch and sugar. In milk-producing animals the proteins in the food have also to supply the raw material for the proteins in the milk, of which there is 3 to 4 per cent (say one pound in every three gallons). While the proteins can also make fat and give heat, it is most important to remember that no other substance can replace them in the making of muscle, milk casein and albumen, etc., hence rations for all animals must contain enough proteins to supply the needs of the animal for repairs of tissues, growth, and the production of milk.

| Dairy Notes | In feeding the dairy cow. Include oats in the ration for its vitamines. • • • Improved practices in management may often change loss into profit with a dairy herd. - * • A goal of 8,000 to 12,000 pounds of milk per cow is a reasonable aim for the average dairyman. * * * One way of avoiding calf troubles is to keep the barn ventilated. Foul air is a great disease carrier. ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t breed the cows to freshen in spring. The cow fresh in fall is the high producer and money-maker. « • • Don’t fail to carry a notebook. It is easy to forget but it is /ery necessary to keep tab on breeding dates. * * • It is an easy matter to produce clean milk if one has the information at hand as to how to do it, and will follow the very simple rules that are necessary. • « • Dairy farmers who would not feel that they can afford the price of a high-class proven bull can, if they exert great care in selecting a bull calf of high quality, develop, him into one of the greatest assets of the farm. ♦ • • The physical condition of many dairy cows in the spriqg bears ample testimony to inadequate feeding during the winter. Profitable production cannot be expected from underfed cows, nor is it good herd management to underfeed. • • • The man who tries to make money with scrub cows and without records is in as bad shape as the celluloid cat being pursued by an asbestos dog through the infernal fires. • *I • Fall and winter calves should not be turned on pasture Until after they are six months of age. Digestive trouble will be avoided and calves will grow more satisfactorily if kept In clean, dry stalls and given good legumes or cut hay, grain and fresh water in addition to the milk and caif meal ration.

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EARLY MOLT NOT RIGHT FOR EGGS Careful Feeding Will Encourage Hens to Lay More. Poultry keepers who fed a wet mash in addition to the regular grain and dry mash kept their hens laying heavily last year, says L. M. Hurd of the New York state college of agriculture. Hens should be kept in production through careful feeding during the summer and early fall so that they will molt rapidly and soon return to producing. Records of the Missouri College of Agriculture show that early molting hens lay fewer eggs during the fpllowing winter than those hens which molt late. In the summer and fall, hens should' have an abundance of tender, leafy green food, shade, and fresh clean water at all times. Hens that do not respond to good treatment should be removed so as to give the others a better chance. Skim milk or semisolid buttermilk, at the rate of one or two pounds to a hundred birds should be used. A good plan for feeding this, is to mix it and enough water with the regular dry mash. This mash should be fed in the afternoon, just before the night feeding of grain. The hens, should have only what they can eat up in twenty minutes. If milk is not available, fill a pail half-full of dry oats, fill it up with water, and let it stand from one afternooff until the next. Then add enough of the regular dry mash to take up the remaining moisture, and „feed as described above. After September 1, poultrymen have had good results from using lights to prolong the laying season. Late in the fall this should be discontinued to give the hens an opportunity to molt before cold weather, and rest for the breeding season. Avoid Changes in Feed for the Pullet Flock It is surprising how important some poultrykeepers are when endeavoring to secure eggs from the pullet flocks. Unless the yield goes up by leaps and bounds, they imagine that there must be something wrong with the feeding, and forthwith begin to change the rations. This happens at irregular and in consequence the birds never have an opportunity of getting accustomed to any particular ration. There is nothing more detrimental to egg production than these frequent changes. Os course, it would be unwise to persist in feeding a ration which had proved to be unsuitable, but until such unsuitability has been definitely established changes should be avoided. Duck and Goose Eggs Require Much Moisture f It depends pretty much on the operator whether duck and goose eggs hatch as well Jin an incubator as under, hens. They require more mois.turezthan hens’ eggs and usually need to be “fairly drowned” the last two weeks. It would not be practical to try to hatch hens’ eggs with goose eggs in the ordinary small incubator, owing to the difference in size which would give a slightly different degree of heat on the small and large eggs. **************************- Poultry Facts X-*************************-Spade up the yard frequently. • • « Fowls stand cold better than dampness. • • • Provide a nest for each four or five hens. « • • Make the house dry and free from drafts, but allow, for ventilation. • * * Get ttie hens out in the sunshine and feed plenty of oyster shell to get good strong eggshells. •" • • Market eggs at least twice a week in summer. • • ♦ Build the self-feeder so that it protects feed from rain. * * • Select the best growing and most vigorous cockerels for breeders. •• ■ • Old hens are the most common spreaders of poultry tuberculosis. « » * Send your big fluffy boarder hens to market. This is one way to relieve your farm of loss. * • • A flock of 50 ducks can be kept on many farms without materially increasing the needed in caring for the poultry. f • • • Ducks do not require a large investment for houses or equipment. A tight shelter that will protect them from the weather is satisfactory. • • • Planer shavings give very satisfactory results when used for litter in poultry houses. Cut alfalfa, cut clover, or cut straw also give good results when .used as litter. Prevent Diarrhea There Js no cure for bacillary white diarrhea. Many antiseptics are used to put in the drinking water, but they do not reach the ovary where the trou- ’ ble starts. In handling this disease the only real way to do anything worth while is to try to prevent its recurrence. First, understand its nature; how it spreads first from the infected egg from the/old hen carrier* and then on from one infected chick) to another by means of foul droppings. 1