The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 15 October 1931 — Page 6

News Review of Current Events the World Over t President Hoover’s Financial Restoration Plan Approved by Congress Leaders —-Senator Morrow s Death Loss to Nation. -T - By EDWARD W. PICKARD

FOLLOWING a series of conferences with bankers, business men •nd economists. President Hoover called to the White House the leading members of the

senate and house, both Republican and Democratic, and laid before them a comprehensive plan to stabilize the domestic banking situation and relieve the depression. In general his project received the approval of his hearers, and he then announced it to the people of the country, asking their full support.

Preaident Hoover. ■ /I

, Briefly summarized, what,, the Pres- , ident proposes is: Creation of a corporation by private bankers, with capital of $501),OtMHMMK to take up the “frozen" paper of insolvent banks and other financial institutions Mid otherwise to give elasticity to the financial situation. He said $150,000,000 of the stock already bad been subscribed. Liberalization of the rediscount limitations by which the reserve hoard is now prevented; from accept ins certain classes of/secu titles. Expansion of the federal’ land bank system to provide further credit accommodations for the farmers. ] ’! Mr. Hoover also told the congressmen assembled that he planned to discuss with Premier Laval of France, when the latter comw to Washington, the.possibilities of an extension of the international moratorium. This was the only thins that brought forth any decided objection from the lawmakers. Some of them said the time for this had not yet arrived. The President said tl tigress, leaders had agreed, regardless of party, to put through the legislation that, might be needed to make his plan effective, and it was not thought a spri ial ses>i..n Would be ne- cs-iiry. If thg> prlvat»dy tinanepd. institution , fails to restore business co;di'*l< n< e. ) e s.dd. he would nsomtnelol the for mation of a federal financed corporation similar in character and purpose to the War jl’inanve corp-Tatton of World war da.'*. DEATH, sudden and unexpected, tame to Dwight W. Morrow in his home at Englewood, N. J., and the Unite I States lost one of its best and

most usefn! ■/. The now' senator from Ne w J ers <■ y w a s Mrltkvn with A evro bral hemorrhage as he alep t. and passed , away without yegatn* iru < ono iouMtrs.s. He was -fifty-eight years ■ <dd. and while he ha<) ae<emj»!Shed a great deal in his too,short ■ life, it trim the .general, belief that he was, as Ambassador

Dawes said. • ■■ threshold of a great career of public usefulness." ■ At Senator >!•■::■ as deathbed were Mrs. M<>rr.►. her daughter. Elizabeth, and a few other relatives. Another daughter. Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, is in China with her hitsband. ‘ Mrs. Morrow wtit the L!n<lberghs a cablegram at<m>u:wihg the -death. The youngest daughter. Miss <'■ -1 I:> e Mv> ’■ - WAS Sm ■•< . " *■ . . i • . Morrow. Jr . «AS at Amherst, Born in W'eet Virginia and educated at Amherst, Mr. Morrow went through Columbia law school and was snccessful in the -pnietire of law. Coming Into contact with leg financiers, he was made a partner in the groat banking house of J. I*. Morgan & Co. He gave t|te government eminent service during the war. and afterward was made ambassador to Mexico. In this poet he displayed remarkable skill as a settling in a few months controversies that had long been the cause of extreme ill feeling between the American and Mexican* governments. While he was ambassador his daughter was married to Colonel Lindbergh. Giving up the Mexicag post, Mr. Morrow announced his candidacy for the senate, and It was characteristic of bis .straightforwardness that he at, the same, time -declared. himself ~in favor of repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. Ills victory at the polls was no surprise, for the people of Ids state held him ih high regard. Indeed. all the nation liked ami ad* mired him. and he was considered Presidential timber, though his name might not have l»een presented to the Republican convention of 1932. Im st year Mr. Morrow was one of the leading members of the American <lelegation to the London naval conference. and the foreign statesmen who met him then heart! of his death with deep sorrow. , President Hoover’s statement, on hearing the sad news, was: -The country has suffered a great Joss iti the death of Senator Morrow. His loyal And generous character as a neighbor and a friend; his public spirit as a citixen; bis service during the wAr; bls accomplishments as am- < bassador to Mexico; his unique contribution to the success of the I-on-don naval conference —are the record of that sort of American who makes our country great.” WHEN the American Federation of I-abor opened Its annual convention In Vancouver. B. C, Presiident William Green lost no time in netting before It and before the nation the serious conditions that exist.

He warned industry that “revolutions in the past grew out of distress and hunger," and demanded that , another point be' added to the bill of rights —the right .to work. He insisted that standards of life and living must be maintained at a high level and that the policy of cutting wages was all wrong. Recommendations of the executive council, contained in its annual report. Included the following: President Hoover should call a national conference of employers and labojrjtb discuss how all workers mayshare In available employment. Immediate Inaugurated of the fiveday week and the shorter work day. The wage structure and wage standards should be maintained. A' guarantee that all now employed shall be assured their positions and that work be shared equitably by all •through spreading working hours. Prohibition of cdiild labor. Stabilization of industry, especially those seasonal in character, by carrying on improvements during slack pe-’ riods. \ ' Application of a more scientific plan of industrial production, so that a stable balance may be maintained in-order that production may be carried on systematically over longer periods of time. While not liking the dole, the council said there must be either work or unemployment insurance. On the question of modification of the Volstead act the executive council again expressed itself as favoring 2.75 per cent beer. IATIN America- launched a strong > attack on the tariff policy of the United States immediately after the opening of the Pan-American commensal congress In

; R. P. Lamont.

its proposal that two years* truce ou customs increases w%s bavki <1 by the representatives of several other countries. M ! elation filed in Lehulf of one of its ; •members. Luis Fiore, representing the ; I’.u<; .< Aires Chamber of Comriieree, i I a bitter indictment of American pro- i : te.-tioidsin. Senor Fiore charged that ! the United States with its tariff bar-, i,..;-- ”.s largi 'y to blame for the pr> sI ent evil situation” of the world eco- ’ jiomh-ally. Following the example of i the United -States or seeking reprisal, i other nations had adopted a protecI tipnist proL'ram .with disastrous results on trade, he said. (‘hairman Lamont blamed the World war for the economic situation. The more direct factors, he ■ said, were overproduction, oversprimlation, artificial price stabilizeioff efpractices; ' and he urged each country to correct its own mistakes. POPE PIUS Nt, in an encyclical entitled "Nova Impendet." a|»peals ! to “all those of Christian faith and love" to join in a crusade of charity and succor to forestall the evils of um-mploymbt.t and distress during the i coming winter. The encyclical bears the date of October 2, which, on the Church calendar. is the feast of the guardian angels, the protectors of children. The pope lamented particularly that innocent children should suffer from the poverty and hardships in the present economic and financial crisis. The j»ontiff's letter dealt with three aspects of international affairs—fifst. the economic crisis; secondly, unemployment. and thlhlly, the race for armaments. He appealed particularly against the rivalry of nations in the matter of armaments, admonishing them against Increasing them by ' em>rm<>us expenditures "which might ; otherwise go to relieve distress." SPEAKING of armaments. Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia has just put forward a proposition so simple that it sounds foolish—and

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perhaps it is. His plans is that President Hoover arrange for a naval building holiday with the other great naval powers. which would be all right except that the holiday is to be observed by all of them except the United States. Briefly, he wants the 1 other powers almost to stop building na~

1 val vessels until America can gradually and slowly increase Its fleet up to the limits of the London pact and ■ modernise its now outranged battle- ' ships. ; “it is Incumbent upon the United I States to submit a definite- proposal for a naval holiday,” Senator Swanson said. “It seems to me we can properly do this and submit a proposal 1 in which we can obtain security and > at the same time practice economy. The United States is at present, under the terms of the London conference. i in agreement with Great Britain for • equality in naval power and in an agreement with Japan for a substani tial ratio of five for the United States, • and three for Japan. “Great Britain and Japan consent-

ed to less naval construction until the ratios were obtained by the United States. Under these circumstances, the Upited States could and should agree to a naval holiday with these nations provided that at the end of the holiday the ratios fixed in the London treaty should be reached and during the years of the holiday there should be annually an appreciable approach to these ratios which will require some additional construction and continued modernization by the United States." Representative la guardia. Republican, of New York. announced that he proposed to introduce in the forthcoming session of congress a tax revision bill which would assure the treasury $750,000,000 additional annual income. Mr. La Guardia said this sum would be raised principally through increased taxes in the higher income brackets and inheritance and gift taxes, and the imposition of a 10 per cent tax ! on automobiles, exclusive of trucks, . busses and taxicabs, also on airplanes i and yachts. TOWARD the end Os the week the District of Columbia grand jury j started on an investigation of the charges that Bishop James Cannon, . Jr., and Ada L. Bur- •

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the two resulted from their alleged ■ failure to file a proper report of cer- ; tain campaign expenditures with the i clerk of the house .of representatives, as required by law. The 1928 Presidential campaign ac-.j tivities of the Virginia clergyman are I still under investigation by the state, campaign funds investigation committee headed by Senator Gerald P. Nye. Neither Bishop Cannon nor Miss ; Burroughs would.be called before the j grand jury, Mr. Hover said, but he j stated that about twenty witnesses, ' including bankers and officials of the ; Methodist Episcopal church. South,! would be subpoenaed. Among the witnesses called was former Senator : J. S. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who contributed $20,000 to Bishop Cannon for the tight against Al Smith.’' — FIRST nonstop airplane flight from Japan to the United States was | made by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the young Americans ; who flew across the Atlantic and then I on to Japan, where they were arrest- i e<l ami fined for flying over anth pho- j tograpliing fortifications. Starting | from Samushiro beach and dropping | j.their landing gear, they todies, the course over Dutch Harbor and down j the coast to Seattle. But they didn’t ; j stop there. Instead they circled Mt. ! Ranier three times and flew on to ! Wenatchee, Wash., the home of I‘ang- ; horn's mother, and there made a perili ous landing in the dust. The little capital of the apple country went wild over the boys, and a represent- • ;>me of the Japanese paper Asahi 1 handed them a check for $25,000, the ; prize for which they were trying. The flyers failed to equal the v orld’s re. ord for distance flights, slightly more than 5,000 miles, .set last summer by Russell Boardman and John Polando. *n a flight to Turkey from New York. But the 4,600 miles is the second longest distance flown by man in a plane, and their time showed a greater speed than that of Boardman and Polando. JT'RANCE is sending, as its repre- * sentative at the one hundred and fiftieth, anniversary fete at Yorktown, Va., one of its most distinguished soldiers, Marshal Henri

Washington. Robert P. Lamont, secretary of commerce, was' in the chair, and both he and Silas H. strawn. president of the f'hamher of Commerce of the United States, tried to head off the tariff discussion, but without success. The issue was raised at once by the Cnitan delegation

Petain, the hero of Verdun. The cruisers Duquesne and Suffern are bringing him and Iris party and will arrive at Yorktown on (> te!>cr 15.. In the |reup are the mar quia de Grasse, the marquis de Rochambeau. General D'Oi lone, the due de Noailles and M. de Rochambeau, all’

of whom are descendants of Washington's French comrades in arms in 1781. "I go without official instructions,’’ Marshal Petain said before embarking, "but I shall not be at a loss for subjects to talk about in America. I imagine General Pershing and our World war comrades who will meet us at Yorktown will talk to us about those French soldiers who fought with Washington under .the orders of La Fayette, Rochambeau, and De Grasse. For my part I intend to reply by talking about the American soldiers who fought in France in 1917. “The commander of the French forces at the time when the Americans first began arriving to our aid would have a short memory and very little heart if he were unable to express his gratitude. He would also have a lapse of memory if he failed to recall all that was done in France by Americans before the United States entered the war." Parliament was prorogued on Thursday and a call was issued for a general election to take place October 27. Prime Minister MacDonald’s national government decided not to sign but to go before the electors as constituted. The campaign already is under way. Many of the Liberals pledged their support to MacDonald. Julius Curtins resigned as foreign minister to Germany because of the attacks of the Nationalists due to bis failure to bring about the Austro-Ger-man customs union. Next day the entire cabinet resigned and Chancellor Bruening was instructed by President Von Hindenburg to form a new government with enlarged powers. t itL mt W«stera NawaMiwr Union. 1

Sen. Swanson

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STAGE COACH i; TALES HBy E. C. TAYLOR:! Black Hawk’s Ride THE stage coach was a white man’s “infernal machine" to Black Hawk, the Sac Indian chief who led the savages of the Northwest on the warpath against the white invaders a century ago. Black Hawk was an Imposing, warlike Indian, who struck terror Into the hearts of the white families living west of Lake Michigan until he was captured 'n 1832. The government realized that permanent peace could be established so long l as Black Hawk lived, only by convincing the > Sac leader that his white brothers ; were destined to rule the country and j that further warfare by the j would be useless. ■ The representatives of “The Great i White Father" In Washington con- ! ceived the idea that the best way to 1 teach the proud chief that the white man was his master was to show j him the wonderful progress the whites had made, to open the savage’s eyes to the wonders of civilization. The stage coach a century ago was. to civilization what the airplane is today. It was the fastest, most comfortable mode of travel then devised. | Despite the fact that stage coach rid- I ing was little more than a severe jolting, with progress sometimes of only two miles an hour over almost impassable roads, it was the last word ; in methods of travel where the early , railroads had not as yet been built. The National road, stretching between the Atlantic seaboard to SL Louis byway of Cumberland, Md M ■ Wheeling. W. Va.. and the Ohio river : valley was the pride of the nation, i All freight and passenger traffic between the East and Middle West, 1 moved over this highway, as many as 30 or 40 stage coaches and hun- | dreds of enormous fre’ght wagons moving in each direction every day. So it was decided to take Black 1 Hawk and his lesser chiefs retinue to Washington, the home of | "The Great White Father," and make him peaceable by showing him the ! wonuers of the white man’s civiliza- : tion, and the futility of engaging in war on the whites. The large party, which numbered a score of Indians and their captors, traveled east on boats on the Ohio river to Wheeling. There they were transferred to stage coaches, and set out over the National road for Wash- ! ington. When Black Hawk first saw the stage coaches, he was convinced they were a white man’s death trap, and he protested gutterally against what he believed was a scheme to kill him ; and the Indians with him. Daniel Leggett was driving the coach carrying Black Hawk. An Indian was on the seat beside him, and ■I inside the vehicle were six other Indians and a half-breed interpreter, besides Black Hawk. Black Hawk had ridden in stoic i silence, but with wary eyes, until his coach reached Washington. Pa„ As the coach rattled down Main street in that city, a strap <»n the harness of a wheel horse broke. The horse plunged, and threw the Indian riding with the driver to the ground. The ' Indian, in falling, grabbed the driver and pulled him off the eoach with ' him. The horse® promptly ran away, with Black Hawk and his companions inside the swaying, careening coach. The frightened steeds made straight j for the barn of the National house, *i ■ where the coaches stopped on their j trips east and west. At the corner of | Main and Maiden streets, the coach I upset, pinning Black Hawk and his traveling companions inside. Black Hawk was the first to emerge from the wreckage. He came out of ! i the overturned coach with fire in his | eyes, and for a time it* looked as j 1 though the mission to establish per- ; manent peace with the Indians in the | Northwest had been smashed. He delivered a tirade which on- f ’ lookers later said must have been a masterly oratorical effort. He spoke at length and very feelingly, with all j the dignity of an outraged Indian ; . chief. Unfortunately. In the excitement .no one made a record of what I he said, and what probably was an | epic of Indian oratory wra lost, to succeeding generations. The gist of it was, according to his listeners, that he did not care for this phase of the wfa’te man's civilization, and that he had been convinced from the start tl at the < coach was a white man's death trap?\ He said just what a white man probably would have said under similar circumstances. The angry Sac chief did not cool off until several hours later, when he was persuaded to partake of a sumptuous White man’s aeal a the National house. The next morning Black Hawk appeared to have forgotten the events of die afternoon before. and meekly entered another coach to resume the trip to Washington. (© 1»H. Wotern Newwnaoer Unlon. l Divorca in Sweden In many countries, particularly Scandinavian, bath parties nay join in a petition for divorce, and in Sweden this is exceedingly common. It is not necessary that a crime against tha other shall be. committed by either party. A year’s probation is required if such a petition is filed. By far the ■ greater number of divorces granted in Sweden are for incompatibility.—Exchange. > Arid Palestine In Palestine it Is customary to receive rains only twice a year. Only those who know the country would readily believe the incredible amount of water which floods it, and soaks Into the soil during the spring and autumn rainy seasons. Composition of SheUi Sea shells are made up of alternate layers of a horny material and calcium carbonate containing a little or* gajgc Biatter.

roughs conspired to violate the federal corrupt practice act during the last Presi d e n t i a I campaign, j Miss Burroughs was treasurer of the antiSmith committee in I Virginia, which was headed by the bishop. United States District . Attorney Leo A. Rover is directing the inquiry, and he says ! the charges against

Marshal Petain.

ALL-NIGHT LIGHT PROVED OF VALUE Stimulates the Production of Winter Eggs. How does the rooster know when to crow, asks a correspondent of the Rural New-Yorker, referring to the re- | cently advocated practice of lighting the henhouse all night According to a bulletin from the Ohio experiment station (Bulletin 47G) this all-night I lighting has proven a great help tn i getting winter eggs. It is an extension of the Idea in morning or evening lighting and its trial came about I through the use of natural gas lighti Ing by an Ohio poultryman. who found it impracticable to turn the gas on andj off at the necessary intervals so let it : burn. The results were such that the { Ohio station conducted some controlled i experiments with all-night lighting i and. In the bulletin referred to, srives the following conclusions: The evi- ! dence indicates that all-night lighting | ’ is rhe most effective way fully to [ ' realize the value of artificial light for winter layers. The supposed 111 effects from unrestricted use of artificial lighting failed to materialize. Pullets or hens so lighted laid more , eggs than those without light or with j morning .light at , 4 a. m., though the latter laid more eggs in the spring. • No ill effects upon fertility or hatchability of eggs resulted: the all-night I light proved especially valuable In bringing slow manuring, late-hatched j or inferior pullets into production; it ; was effective both for the prevention | of a fall or early winter molt and bringing about recovery of production i in pullets that had started to molt in ; October. September molted hens with all night light laid 42 per cent more i eggs nnd consumed 10 per cent more : feed from November 13 to March 4 than did n like group of hens without ; light. A’secondary effect was n sug-' gestion of possibilities In.prevention of theft when rhe poultry quarters were lighted through the night. Advises Keeping Flock Confined All Morning All of the eggs from the Dale Willard farm. Vermilion county. 111., go to a select trade in ('hicago, and bring from 10 cents to 15 cents a dozi en more than Mr. Willard could obtain on the local market. This trade I demands clean eggs, and that Is one of the reasons why Mr. Willard keeps his flock in the laying house until j noon. “Hens that are kept up until noon i seetn to develop the habit of laying in ; the forenoon.” said Mr. Willard. “We ' get from 75 to 00 per cent of our eggs in the first half of the day. ! Whether if is fair or rainy the eggs I are clean. If iiens have their free- ! dom throughout the day they track | mud Into the house ami nests in bad ] weather and most of the eggs are so soiled that we would have to clean | them before shipping. j "The hen that is permitted freedom ! only a par; of the day will eat more 1 mash and her ration will be better ’ ; balanced than it she runs out all the ! time. We have been getting better j egg production since we have kept ! our hens up. They eat more mash | and if is mash that makes the eggs.” >1 —Capper’s Farmer. ; = - —- | Baby Chicks Notes Don't feed baby chicks too early. . I Let them go without feed sos 72 ; i hours. ' For starting feed, oatmeal or ’ !* I gtx>d starting mash are extra good. Feed oatmeal five times each day. • ; one heaping tablespoon at each feed- | ! ing for 15 baby chicks. Leave mash j i before them. Give plenty of sour milk j ! of same acidity each day. > Green feed is essential after first j . seven days. Keep clean, fresh wdter before the ' | chicks all the time. . Charcoal and grit aire essential for best results. Practice cleanliness with utmost ' care. Use good judgment in all things and your success with baby chicks will be i assured. Pullets Worth While There is no mystery or magic about ' ' growing good pullets. Slow-growing pullets that are not ready to lay until they are eight or ten months old are a dead loss and should not be tolerated. With good and strong pullets and hens that are physically fit to lay eggs and have the feed necessary to make the eggs there will be a margin of profit from eggs this next winter.—R. B. Thompson, in the Oklahoma Farm er-Stockman. e Poultry Hints A poultry farm with WO birds requires about SIS.IMX) in capitaL • • • Have the poultry house ready so the j pullets can be moved in promptly when they begin to lay. • • • Straw or excelsior that has been used in nest boxes until it is all" j stamped up tine is too old. Empty it out. burn it and the vermin will go “up In smoke" Provide clean, fresh nesting material. • • • Placing the hoppers on clean ground Is another small chore which will help to prevent the spread of diseases and parasites. When pullets are removed from the range and placed in laying bouses it is best to supply them with different kinds of green feed. • • • Never frighten your fowls; keep them as tame as possible. If occasion requires yon to remove a hen from the nest, do not throw her out, but lift her up gently.

Turn Wheat Into Pork, and Profit In Some Ways Better Than Corn, According to Expert. Wheat can be converted into pork more readily than into any other meat, although it can be used in almost any live stock ration, says H. B. Osland. associate in animal investigations at the Colorado Agricultural college. What is equal to corn in feeding value, pound for pound, many experiments have shown, while several experiment stations report that it -Is even more valuable than corn in the hog-fatteninß ration. Shriveled and shrunken wherft is usually richer in protein than plump wheat, and if not too badly damaged, is fully as valuable for feed as sound wheat, it is stated. “Tankage should always be added to the wheat ration for maximum gains and economy of production." Osland says. "Wheat is somewhat richer in protein than corn, but it requires the addition of protein to balance the ration for pigs in the dry lot. “Wheat should always be coarsely ground or rolled for swine. Experiments indicate that this type of preparation saves 15 to 20 per cent of its feed value. If ground too fine, wheat becomes a pasty, indigestible mass when fed. Soaking wheat may increase its value slightly, but not enough to justify that practice. “It is possible to use wheat as the only grain in the ration, but where corn is available, a mixture of corn and wheat, equal parts. Is very desirable for fattening hogs. Barley or millet can also be used in the ration as a part of the grain feed along, with wheat. It will take from 450 to 550 pounds of wheat or its equivalent to produce 100 pounds of pork, depending On the ration fed." . Take Steps Now to Avert Hopper Plague in 1932 Farmers of Canada and the United States are being urged to co-operate to check a threatened grasshopper plague in 1932. using man-made devices to destroy the millions of eggs. A rainy season would keep down the pests to normal, it is asserted, but preventive work is advocated. Two methods have been suggested. . One is to plow the land so deep that eggs now being laid in the ground will not hatch. The other is to cultivate the surface of the ground late in the fall so as to expose and destroy the eggs. Eggs are now being laid in millions upon millions, experts state. Almost the entire area today, from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, and from the north Saskatchewan river to the prairies of the southwest United States has become fertile breeding ground for hoppers and ’ locusts. In some of the country districts this year visitation of the Insects has been so heavy that they have plugged up radiators of motor cars driving through. Use Ground Barley for Fattening Steer Calves Ground barley in the fattening ra- ; tion in the place of shelled corn gives . very good results, it was found in a feeding experiment with fattening : steer calves at the University of Minnesota in 1930. Other cheeks from a ! companion feeding experiment showed ! that when two pounds of cane molasses replaced two pounds of shelled i corn in the ration of shelled corn. lini seed meal and alfalfa hay. the molasses I failed to equal, corn pound for pound i in feeding value and resulted in lower ' profits. By substituting two pounds ! | of molasses for tw> pounds of ground I !. shelled corn in the ground mixed ra , tion the consumption of teed was | i slightly increased and the profit was < also slightly increased. Adding two ■ I pounds of mol lasses per steer per day ' to the ration of ground barley (full ■ fed), linseed meal and alfalfa hay i failed to improve the ration In any ! way except to increase total feed con- ! sumption and resulted in lower profits. Hogging Down Com. On some dairy farms spring litters I of pigs are turned into cornfields ! where they may help themselves to as much corn as they want. Other | dairymen who also raise swine could | well consider the economies in this practice. One can make mistakes In hogging i down corn. It Is not good economy ■ to turn a few hogs into a large field of corn. They will get too much of It on the ground and not clean It up. Small fields or fenced off portions of large fields are better. One can waste corn in another way by not having the proper protein supplement available. It takes too much corn for 100 pounds gain in this way. A simple mineral mixture is also helpj ful In reducing the feed for’loo pounds gain. Help Your Own Business The price of soybean meal is now on a comparable basis with linseed oilmeal and cottonseed meal. Dairymen and cattle feeders who usually use ejther linseed or cottonseed In their feeding program will be doing service to the soybean growers if they will substitute soybean meal for the other protein concentrates during the fall and winter. Careful tests have proved that soybean meal is equal in feeding value to either linseed or cottonseed meat—Prairie Farmer. Beans in Test The niini soybean Is the only variety tested at the lowa experiment station over a 15-year period that givea promise of being a better general purpose bean than the Manchu variety. The Dlim yielded afl average of 8 per cent more seed in tests at the lowa station _than Manchu and the other common varieties, such as Dunfield and Black Eyebrows in 1928.1929, and 1930. It has yielded about the same amount of hay as the other varieties.

DAIRY FACTS CATTLE LICE TAKE * HEAVY DAIRY TOLL Eradicate the Pest Before Heavy Infestation. Cattle lice, which run up a heavy ' toll in the form of reduced milk yields and slackened gains, are likely to be more troublesome this winter than usual, according to a report to the University of Illinois by an assistatnt entomologist of the Illinois state natural history survey. There has been a gradual increase in louse population on dairy animals and other stock in the past two years, owing largely, to lack of proper control measures. Fortunately, the lice are not hard to eradicate until a heavy infestation is allowed to develop. From the standpoint of cheapness, availability and effectiveness tly? best treatment is raw linseed oil. Boiled or refined linseed oil is likely to injure the skin and should not be used. The oil may be applied with a handbrush or in the case of short-haired animals, with a wad of cloth. A brush having ‘ uneven bristles is best adapted to this work. A second treatment should be given two weeks following the first and then monthly applications should be made until spring. The oil should not be applied too vigorously but enough should be put on to reach the skin. It is a good plan to keep treated animals out of the sun for a day. Time and Work Saved by Use of Milking Machine The man labor used in earing for dairy cows in Nevada varies all the way from 81 hours to 280 hours a year for each cow, as indicated by 44 detailed farm records secured by the experiment station of that state. The average chore time sos herds which were machine milked was 106 hours as against 141 hours for all .herds of 15 or more cows, milked by hand. The average time required in all handmilked herds —which on the whole had fewer cows than the machine-milked herds —was 151 hours, which showed that where labor-saving equipment was not available labor costs were higher. For a 25-cow herd, a milking machine wil’. make a net saving in labor of $290 each year according to this experiment station. This calculation, assumes, that labor is valued at 40 cents an hour and allows an expense of $()0 annually for the machine. Fall Calving Fall calving is here. It brings certain problems that need uhrelentng attention. The act of bearing young requires great sacrifices on the part of mothers. It brings about rapid and extreme changes in the physical body of the mother. Instinctively the mother is willing to make extreme sacrifice for her young. She is not always i physically fit or capable of doing so. Heifers calving for the first time j should be watched carefully as they l approach calving. Breeding dates are ' essential. Most heifers will bring ' their calves along without help. What they need is clean, sanitary surroundings. the right feeding before and after calving, and some attention to their udders. Heifers that need help in calving should not be denied the advantage of the help of one who understands what to do and how best to do it. ' I Warm the Drinking Water Water which has had the chill re- ! moved from it will he consumed more readily by dairy, cows in winter and ! will cause heavier milk production, acI cording to C. A. Smith. Colorado State ’ college. “Every 100 pounds of milk contains 87 pounds water. . In order to produce the maximum quantity of milk a cow must consume large amounts of water.” Smith says. “It has been found that producing cows consume much more water than dry cows. They wil! riot drink much water when they have to break the ice. but drink large quantities of water if the chill is removed. A small tank heater will do thejpork at a very small cost.” ® DAIRY NOTES Whole milk will he delivered daily or twice a day while cream will likely be delivered just two or three times a week Every 48 hours is better unless conditions for holding are very good. • • ♦ Continuous testins: for production in dairy herds provides the only means of intelligently weeding out poor cows and Improving the milking ability of the herd. This is especially important when prices are low. •• • ' Ry culling and breeding stock, dairymen of California increased butterfat production from 186 to 265 pounds a year. Only comfortable cows can do justice to themselves at the milk pail. As far as possible flies must be controlled. It has been found that cows that have the individual water cups In their stalls produce more milk than those that-just get theiriwater morning and evening. • • * A good pure-bred sire is an effective means of improving a dairy herd in both type and production, say Penn State dairy specialists. ••• . . Warm cream must never be poured into cooled cream and when a fresh batch is poured into an older lot, it should be mixed well by stirring. • • • Consumption of m"nufactured dairy products within the United States exceeded domestic factory production by an amount equivalent to approximately 670,000,000 pounds milk, in 1930.