The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 June 1932 — Page 3

News Review of Current . i —. Events the World Over ft> Hoover to Stand on Platform Calling for Modification of 18th Amendment —Vi ould Let States Decide for Themselves. Bv EDWARD W. PICKARD

IET each (date decide for itself -* whether it will be wet or dry. That, briefly. Is .the prohibition (dank adopted bj the Republican national convention in t'hica-

President Hoover

go; If was dictated by President H.xrv er. and the irdml|ii st ration forces. ' in' i-i.mplvte com nd of the convention. imt It <>vcr after "tie pf the m«>*t upmariotisl sessions in twenty velars of Republican Convent lons. The plqnk is not pleasing to the very wet Republican* and I* <-emphtely obnoxious to the drv- <>!>■•'

Under the Repuldi'ah plan congr.-* will nt all time* be in general -coi trol of )k]U<>r law enfor. rment in those statu s th.' . • t io ie:< tin dr.'. Also, congress will tvmtrol the manufacture. sale .in i ■’.s'i'.t, ;t!,,n ■ liquor withm the borders of the wet states. , The dt ■'■ on t!i<- prob G• '..n plank w.:* the onh tiling ! that saved this cop.v <-i)i:..u from .b« Jig a complete 'op as far as thrifts and excitement are com ernrd. in all other respect* It wa* about as tame as a town meeting. the s,ion of st-ml-jtrd bearers being a foregone eon-, elusion.’ .James |; Gar: • hi./< bairn-.in of the ri'olutions Committee, led the fight for the Hoover plank, {while Senator lli.Jijiiii ami N ■ hoias Murray r rhe oie.’! thejori ■ doand c ■- 4 ■ ■ ’ of tl.e 1 J.’- t ’ll • S< .’of Binehat.i * plat •■■..•* defeated by a veto « f '*l to 172. An anal'sis <<f the vote show * that tile Itepnid;. mis •in the south swung the' bal.im •• against the northern, easterft and middie western state# wlcJi fu.fnish the bulk of the electoral Vote* for the . tiotl of Re a-lb:, tl Ires blent*. ' The Hoover pl.it k as adopted reads ft) part as follow*: "We do not favor a submission limited to the Issue of retention or repeal For the American nation never In Its hlstorv has pint* backward, and in this- ease the progress which has been thus far made must be preserved;’ while the evils must be eliminated. -.’ “We. therefore. believe that Hie people should have an o|-portunitv '•> pass upon a proposed amendment the provision of which, wlflle retaining the federal government power to pre pTVf the train* already tua'de in dealing With the evils Inherent In tly ■ deal with the probh'rti as th. r citizens , maj d. • nit • Hut s . wavs to the power of the- federal government to protect those states w h.-re pi ..I, bit on i aj exist 'and - guard our .< itjz.-ns everywhere from the return ’of the saloon and its attendant abase*. ■ Su.il an amendment Should .be prompts Mil n d tl ■’■ * < oti.-re-s to be . . d U| -'tl- 1 ■ 'tate conventions <ul!.*l for that *elo purJw.se In n.eordame With the provi--bions of Article \ of the < •l><t.tution. and adefluatelj *-'•.- ;->r led so as to be trulv representative ; , The entire platform, as Snbl by the resolutions ...mu :p'e. Was L\ :t \\ .i \«< -d'v a• ■ S• *:!«• f ’the high light* follow : Approval given aft em.-rg.-r,. x re lief fund fur loans to stale* in liet-d. No .lire.t federal relief to individual*. • • Shorter work week, shorter work day. le.-.e ata.n to simulate home building, continuance of restricted immigration. I’roiupt ahd drastic reduction ut public e\pen<liture urged. Further ahi pledged through federa! farm board, prote. live tariff duties, assistance to s<dvv problems of controlling prodtUAlhn. Full protection to ineapucitat.*! veterans pi«*lg<*!. < a*h payment ■ of bonua not mentioned. Favor extension of tariff prote.--/tiotj to natural: reso i.-cc industries. ‘ ('ommittvai to maintenance <<f mivy , on basis of parity with any Mtiviu- Opiio.sed to further airtny - personnel reduct ion. - American entry into league court favored. Settlement of intermts-; tional difficulties without ‘alii- . ances or foreign partnerships’ pledged. • Rigid laws favored to stamp out activities, of gangsters, teens and kidnapers. R.-lentless warfare ple+lg**! against narcotic traffic. Need cited for revision of hanking laws on sounder basis. Ret e n tion of gold standard plevlgevl. Part-iclfuition in iftter- ; national conferences on monetary questions, , Existing status of government in Hawaii should l>e maintained. President's •‘constructive program" lamltsl as an attack on the de-, pression with "far reaching ol>Jt'ctives. hut entailing no danger to the budget." Republican control of the federal government will "Insure the orderly recovery of the country." WHILE the Republicans were busy In Chicago, the Hemwrats made small progress .in settling their |tris convention squabbles. One develop.inent was the rumor, originating in Chicago, that Melvin A. Traylor, the banker who is one of the dark horse possibilities for the. Presidential nomination, might be put on the Roosevelt ticket in second place. It was said the -New York governor would wel-

come this move. The T.raylor CamINiign managers seemed to think the better ticket would be "'Trayldr and Roosevelt. x Support of the nominee, whoever he may be, was pledged by leaders of the party In a united appeal for completion of the party’s victory fund before the opening of the national c.onvention on; June 27. The lr;e**ag.- t<> the rank and file was signed by Alfred E. Smith. Gov. FrankIji Rooseye l -. Jon :{• Shou*e, Owen In Young, Nev. Pm I >. linker, former Gov. M Cox. John \v. Davis anil M otlw r headers. lir. John l>ewey. liberal philosopher vvli-i * ;pp. mte.j Aiin-d F. Smith for the Presidency in lib’s, issuer! a call for a national meeting tit Cleveland on July I io t« ’< ry staFi/e indepet dem <ent;and p- rliap* evenlually b> f. ■ : 1 . p. • • let f " po !>’ ■ il part e*. |).e *aid. have outlived .... In-. ;ta:.‘.ns went .out through the lea. e- lnde[ . n h-Ilt cal Ac tim . of which l><> tor Dewey is chairman. Tie conference vv.’l consider “■ . c . . ' e’l i , t ■•* of such, itul.-p.-l’id. !:t gro-:;.s the M !>l-e*.ca Farmer i.a For p:otv. ; the ■ ’ party, the In h pendent J. tbor party of \Vi-*t X’rgitaa. the Liberal party, the I arn «-r 1 abor part' of (’ok Coiir.ty; 111. the Progress vo par-.v of Rockforft and Leclnir e.->iniies. III.; and the La* per I -■ . * New r.edfor M.i-s. and M "t.. < ■ qpil >■ .FLY St ? . i • I’atm ,n * soldier bom:* bill wiiett Re-> r.--. illative 1’ 1 * • (I . 1< ’ >. dr,.re,...) de. 1 on .the

<.f tl,.' 1i..--while miik.ng an im ~n.*l plea for the Immodiate p.i' ment of Hie $2. loo? oo 0.0 o o b <> nji *. by the dramatic turn of .•'<-nt*. the house ad jmrrn- i immediatelv as a mark.<>f n-sp«*'t. Mr. E*llck had about half . c.hnplete 1 a ten minute speeell in behalf of the bo-

Wright Patman

mi*. Pi. turing the World war army •-,* • the flower of the country’s man h'*"<l.' w he wav<*l i'ide qtuotlons us flmtjqee and *uid ; : ■ Mr. Speaker. 1 want to divert from the «... ’■ He never t:ni*h<*l the *»*ntcnee, p* he < oilap*.*!. lie clutched at a table and partially broke hi* Tull IT. G.prae \\ < aiver. I'.ipit"! ] h\*:<da!’. ■ floor Mrs Eslick -was in the member*’ gallery tit tile time. R.•:•-.■*. (it’at ;\e L-’ ■ k "/i* the firs' tnebil'er of the h<vi*e to drop «|. ad il: tli.- •>r.-*.-iTt-' i !:.<u I•• r. John , (.‘uiiicy Adar-*, who ua* el<-< ted to Hie house a!'t»T h< !< :t tl.e White. House. <■•’ l.ip*e l In the old .betw chamtu-r. n<>« Statu.lf' l a’! iind’died bet. re hr cllpl be carried-out. Tragedy added to hitilft-y Is the hi*t<>r' of thi* bonu* bill. Hours of de bate, lar-ely for home c.>n*ump!i«m. wasted on a measure that was forv ■ .•! before it wu* presented. There was n<» jsissitde < han. e that the senate would j«a** it. and Pre*.dent Hoover had announced that Jie would, vieto it If ft be i F'RANZ VoN I’AI’EN German.'* new aristocratic ehati.adlr-r, held Se'eral colifcrelli « S With the prvtl.ierS of tl.e Mate* and the German agricul-

tural eouncil and si:--cttslni in part in alleging their fears that hi* government intended eventually to overthrow the r»« pnbllle. • He . a**ufS-! thejii solemnly that his) nile would ..’ be “based entirely on tiie constitution o.f the reich.” and denied that his cabinet was unsocial or reactionary, The .d isso lutlon of • the reich-

J Franz von Papen

*t:i- and Of elect ion* ■ were thought msessary, he said, to-’’a new unified expression ofj the national will, and ft was his be-> lief "that a new .jiarliament will juoref readily produce a cleaf-cut majority for a policy of spiritual and ethical rehabilitation and an ecouotnlie orien tat ion that shall rest on Christian, na-» tional and social foundations.” debate the * ’ » adopted a resolution presented by Senator Joe T. Robinson. Democratic floor leader, calling on the Pres' blent to siH-i ify how and where' ad<lb tional savings were to be aei-imr piishvd. The resolution was introduced in answer to President Hoover’s demand that congress save si.■«<>,< w/Mri to S2(W.OOO,O<M) more. In ' .me quarters, the pr»slicti<<n was made that the need,for additional budget balancing funds will serve to revive the sales tax. notwithstanding the fact that the billion dollar tax bill already has been enacted into law. There are no indications. however ; of any active movement, either on the part of the administration or congress, to add economies to the economy bill or to effect new slashes in the supply I.Jl* carrying funds for financing tiie various departments of the government. » - The conference committee, still wrestling with the economy bill, has come to a virtual agreement on the plan for enforced furloughs for federal employees, instead of the 10 per cent pay cut plan.

STANISLAUS FELIX HAUSNER, tiie aviator, who attempted a Hight from New York to Poland, was rescued by the steamship Circle Shell after drifting eight days on the Atlantic on hiS wrecked airplane. Hausner was completely exhausted when rescued and literally fell into the lifelmat that was lowered to pick him up. The captain <:>f the ship rejvorteil by radio that Ilausner'had ijeceived only minor in- - and. was progressing satisfactorily. ] E'gLl.owing the abortive attempt i of three ypung Cubans to assassinate President Machado by throwing a bomb at him, the.police of the island

republic made a series jof raids ;on. the homes of prominent persons and asserted they ha I uncpyerel threb separate plots against Mach ad o s , 'life. Nearly a hundred leading citizens; of Havana were, pm in prison, and o arms and- e\p!<-'ivi-s .were *:?•»■<!. <’apt. Miguel Calvo, chief of the poli.ee expeit bureau, said : ’’<’iibans have

turned to. terrorism in a <!e*perate effort; to Oust President Machado dead or alive. I am. convinced that ,11avanja* leading men and women have got.v <r.i . 'Die revelations are astoupding and mo*t di-.ippointing for the future nf Cuba and the Cubans." 'i’he ‘'society terrorists" belong to the. ARC organization'which sought t> ivt-rthrovv tlo- government on M i.v Independence day. but were G'ilod by . the di-' e- cry of th- r p’ot. l'"!:< e say F at .•’her governfiient leader* besides Machado are ’’marked for death." f' \I:L"S I'AX ILA apparently was v>. i;.,- *ut;’.c ently radical in his iely* toward fore gn interests in Chile, so he was forced by the military and so<’ : irli*tjtintia to resign as provisional I’r. * dent * .1’"!. Marmaduke G-rove. vv : . . ’ \|O d . V ’ . tile '■ o'.ii-ti ng -Ifresldetit Montero, re s mJ il.- ! in e-.'-ro!, l- .r there were rumors ti.at an army group was plotting , lo' l.r’T, .- ex' I’re-lde.lt. Clflo* IhtltleZ . b.-. k ’r- "i < Nile ar-; form a n -w junta w I' ■ * md.' < ’apt. Ale. andru I o. an -int’mliatc ,!*>•>.■ iate of Itavtla : dd of lb m-J:. vva* arrested by the 1 .(> '■ '•ntit enr against I’avila’s . ■>!'. himnee in the junta arose a* a re- jilt of attacks against him by . tlije lefti/d newspaper opinion, which hjs led e'of* of e.-rtain elements in northern <''.:le to force dissolution of tile .«.;7'.<mmi.o,wi f'ostieh organization. I Meanwhile. . the . new government added' to Its plans culture for the ma**e* by means, of the radio, theater apd printing pre** under state ausI pievfs. I'l‘ I.ooKS as If Gaston I’- Means. .one of the slipperiest individuals I’in Ameri.n. would have to spend an- ■ oilier term in a federal penitentiary.

A federal jury 'in Washington* f<>u n d him guilty of stealing slol.Hi*) entrusted to him by Mr.s. Evalyn McLean for the purpose of ransoming Col: Charles Lindbergh’* baby, the eourt Inflicted* a sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of s2."’"*. He was ae quitted *on two embezzlement charges.

■ [ ’ Gaston B. Means

His attorney moved j for a new trial and gave niqice of appeal an I tiienri" l.ile Means was put I back in jail. I | <'n the .assumption that Means still • ha* the spoono tiiriied over to him I.v the Washington society woman, tm will still have something like S.l.ochi for each year spent in jail if he g>|* the i: aximum. On Hie basis <>( a’two- ,' e?y s.-tj.-m wbb hi* considered tile minimum puirsliment which might Im .meted out, his, sojourn in jail would diet him S'.O.Oou a 'ear. |; . {J i'L’l’E action in the Lindbergh catfe is being attacked on both sides of tiie ocean, following the suicide of* 'Violet SharjH*. English maid in the ijrervice of tiie Morrow family. Tim young woman had been questioned re- ; peatedlyJ.y tire jml Ice, and many peri sons in America ami in England believe she’ had been so ,>ersecut«vl that she was driven to self-destruction, al though it appears -she was in no w tv implicated in the kidnaping. State Senator E. U. Richard* of New Jersey attacked tl.e aikjlnistration of Governor Moore ns responsible for r?’.ders In the caseJind said a legislative investigation was "virtually certain." In J.ondon a member of the house of commons brought up the matter by asking the foreign office if the.government had its attention called to the siii.-lde of Miss Sharpe and’lf it would make repreretitations to the' Washington government suggesting an inquiry ns to what responsibility the jxillce had for the girl’s death. 6 A V’HTH the avowisi purpose of find- ’ ’ Ing some formula to replace the expiring Hoover moratorium, the reparations conference opened Thursday in Lausanne. Switzerland. In preparation for this meeting. Prime Minis ter MacDonald went to Paris and conferred with Premier Herrlot and th • result was. nccordfnc to one dispfltrh from Paris, that the two statesmen “Constituted themselves a. way* and means committee for saving Europe by presenting a unite! front against Germany." Cither correspondents thought the most \ likely outcome of the confab of (he premiers would he an agreement for a new moratorium for Germany. The Frani'p-British project is believed to include a temporary renewal of the moratorium which expires June 30, together with the appointment of a. commission to study means of prolonging the morntoriuni indefinitely and the establishment of«nn equalizing system which eventually would annul both debts and reparations. This temporixing solution, it is felt, would permit watching for a propitious moment to spring a new cancellation scheme on the United Statespg. IS JI, Western Newspaper Union.)

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

DAIRY jj.rvxcrs,, PROFIT MADE FROM GOOD DAIRY COWS Day of “Boarder” in Herd Is Rapidly Passing. Reports from 93 dairymen belonging to the eight active herd improvement associations now active In North Carolina indicate that the dairy cows of today are more efficient producers than they were even one year ago. John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist, North Caroline State college, says that the dairymen found by their record keeping that 352 cows were boarders and therefore unprofitable. These, were culled and sold to the butchers. Another good Indication of the gradual improvement being made in dairyherds wa* that in 1931 there were 33 herds which averaged 300 pounds or more of butterfat per cow. The actual production of these 33 herds was 7,°456 pounds of milk and 330 pounds of fat per cow. In rhe previous year of 1930 only 22 he Is produced as' much as 300 peer.-!* o f fat per COW. Then, last year. Mr. Arey found two herds where the ’’at pn'dnetion averaged 400 pounds or over of fat. One of these was a Guernsey herd which produced S:**S 'pounds of milk and 44* pounds of fat a cow last year, and the other was a Jersey herd which produced pounds of milk'mid 405 pounds of fat a cow last year. These are the first two‘herds In the state to go above she 400-pound mark. Condition of Pasture Affects Water Supply The cheapest milk is made from -1 pasture. If ,we <*mld have an abmniam-e of good pavtire from late spring to early fall it wvouhl make a '•■r '■( c -ret'c,. in .-'r fe. j We can have better pasture than we have put up with In the past but we will have to do something about getting it. Many of our so-called pastures are Marved almost t<> death. Then. too. fney are grazed without rhyme or reason concerning the needs of growing,plants. Jt has been repeatedly demons!rated In many sections of the country that pastures will respond, profitably to fertilization and controlled grazing. We have many favorable reports on the quality and carrying capacity of t Sudan grass pasture; It may be used to very good advantage in relieving native pastures of excessive grazing.—Hoards Dairyman. w Dairying as Business Dairying Is a long-time proposition and should bo figured on that basis. Here is something to start with. There is little difference in appearance between a herd averaging 2*20 pounds of butterfat yearly and a herd averaging 2t>o of fat. Neither figure is high. But even at the present ridiculously low price of fat that tpeans a difference of $S per cow per year ami SIGO per year on a herd of 2(1 cows. When the writer was a bit ybutiger it was figured that a man should pay for his farm in 20 years; Whtit -Would this difference in production; amount to in 20 years? The gross di.fference would be $.3,200. The difference in feeding costs between the two herds would not be over SI,OOO for the 20wearperiod, rile $2.200 would make a pretty substantial payment on a farm.—Exchange. e : ’ Skimm i1 k. for C qws Oftentimes cows which have had some diffii/ulty in calvitjg and heifers xvhich. have- freshened very young are very weak - physically for the first month or two. or longer. This gives them an increased susceptibility to disease as well as limiting the milk flow. John Arnhalt. Harry Herrick. L. F. Kammeyer. am! other members of the Chickasaw Tlowft) Herd Improvewient association have found that feeding such individnais ski mm ilk often makes their recovery more rapid and restores them to a heiiltby condition very quickly. Al«o. fresh heifers grow more while they are milking if fed sklmmilk.; This is a remedy which every ’dairyman has on hand and. is usually reb isbed by the cows.—Successful Farming. DAIRY FACTS Milking a cow three times a day increases her milk flow, according to the results of experiments. One Inquiring farmer recently put a water meter on his drinking cups and found that the cows used about a gallon of water in producing three pints of milk and the heaviest producers consumed as much as 15 gallons of water a day. , . • • • Don't put cows on freshly irrigated pastures, and on pastures that are wet from natural precipitation or heavy dews. Fences should be repaired to keep the cows on the home farm and not to exclude neighbors’ bulls. These should be -kept in strongly built bull’ pens. • • • ' After the grass becomes better developed it is possible to do away with grain fee«!ing without any serious effects during the period of time when there is abundance of grass. • • • r cows should be dried* off in time give enough rest and an opportunity to fit them for succeeding lactations. • • • Discard the cow that has had a fair chance and has failed at the end of a year to pay market price for all feeds consumed. • • •' Sunflowers make very satisfactory silage for dairy cows and other stock. For milk production, sunflower silage 1« about 85 per cent as efficient as corn silage.

President Machado

New Corn Crosses May Help Canners Inbred Strains Boost Yield and Also Mature Uniformly. (By PROF. R. .A.. EMERSON, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment j; Station;) While it makes little difference to a hog whether the corn he eats is of an equal ripeness, the market gardener, and particularly the canner, should have all the ears of one planting in prime condition on the Same day. To bring about this equal ripening, Investigators at agricultural experiment stations have ' developed strains of corn which not only yield one-fourth more than ordinary varieties, but have the additional virtue of maturing at one time. Crosses of inbred strains of corn have been mainly of field corn varieties for grain or for silage, but enough tests have been made with sweet corn to indicate distinct advantages to the canners. : , It is more expensive to grow the crossed seed, and T.doufit whether seed growers will make a success of it if they must-start at the beginning and, produce their owp inbred strains by several years of careful breeding and experiment. The growing'of inbred strains and the making and testing of crosses is the work of experiment stations. When desirable combinations are discovered, the experb ment stations should, under proper safeguards, turn over to the seed growers the necessary inbred strains or single crosses. Experiment stations are not "illy, willing but anxious to provide such strains as are already developed,—Exchange. Beekeeping Advised as Supplement to Farming Tire average beekeeper will make the most profits if he limits his business to 400 colonies, the number he can care for s'Jngtedianded, the United States Department of Agriculture says. He may be a first-rate bee handler, but the temperament of a good beeman generally is not the temperfimeiit for' managing employees efficiently. . . . One man can do'practically ail of the work required for 350 to 400 cob onies, even during rush seasons, the department learned by studying for three years the records of beekeepers In widely’ separated regions of the country. With an apiary of this size, however, he will need some additional means oL income. Beekeeping is at its best; generally, as a supplement to farming. One man in New York state, who farms 100 acres and cares for 70 colonies of bees, learned from experience that’ a 70-colony apiary is equivalent to about 40 acres of land In both income and labor. —Wisconsin Agriculturist. > ’ The Adaptable Soybean Our so'v£ have been running in the cornfield all winter. The attraction was the soybeans which had been planted with the corn. The exercise has been great for the hogs and the soybeans have 4 furnished protein. If sows slack up on going to the field some 'yorn can be scattered about as an added incentive. Our clover seeding for tfiis year Is very'Spotted due to the severe dry weather last year. The stand varies,, from perfect in some places to absolute bareness in others. It is too good to plow, up and yet not gAbd enough to leave. Tin- good spots we have left undisturbed. Where the clover !s-fair we. broadcast oats in this? spring and .disked them in; wherje there was no clever "e. plo'xed and planted soybeans. In this way. unless something unforeseen appears. ' v e will be aide ■to take a hay crop from the whole field and not disrupt our rotation. Soybeans, when properly inoculated, .are nitrogen gatherers: that Is, soil builders.—Farm Journal. Emergency Hay There is ho one best emergency hay erbp. We have a wide variety from which to choose. Soybeans planted thick (seed Is cheap and plentiful) give excellent yields, both as to quality and quantity. For cattle and sheep, soybean hay can rare 1 ly be improved upon. In southern lowa, a mixture of soys and Sudan is preferred by many to soys alone. Neither makes desirable feed for horses during heavy work; however, soybean hay Is a fairly good winter roughage. '■ Oats seeded heavily and cut ten days or two weeks before normal harvest time makes an excellent general purpose hay. Some northwestern lowa farmers claim that a mixture of oats and wheat makes better horse hay than pure oats. — Wallace's Farmer. Cultivate Orchards Early ® Many fruit growers wait too long before, cultivating orchards and also continue too long in the summer. The orchard that is cultivated should be worked up by the time the trees come into blossom. Then stop cultivation by July. This program makes nitrogen available early in the season and cultivation is stopped in time so that good color is secured and the growth which Is made becomes mature, and Is* therefore not subject to winter killing.—American Agriculturist. Wash- Fertilizer Down Fertilizer will wash down into ths solL It washes almost straight down, but it takes time and rain or hosing to make it go down. If you want that fertilizer to work on the rose roots or com or other roots immediately work it into the soil with hoe or trowel and put the hose on it, tpo. Many gardeners plan a series of fertilizations throughout the summer, hoeing the plant food down to the roots, where it may be relied on to do the most good.

'WBIW ■IWuMal. VENTILATE TO GET COMFORT FOR HENS Simple Methods of Admitting Fresh Air. Hens enjoy summer breezes but the cold, raw winds chill' poultry as they do persons. Yet the poltryman who tries to make his hens comfortable by closing windows in the poultry house only adds to his and their troubles, for he sooner or later gets a wet pen, says Prof. F. L. Fairbanks of the New York State College of Agriculture. Ventilation should provide air conditions in the laying house which will be comfortable and healthful. It may riot be possible to measure a hen’s comfort, but all good poultrymen do know when their flocks are contented, he says. In most poultry houses it is possible, without expert labor, to improve air conditions cheaply. Most tops of windows or other openings are from one to two feet below tjhe highest point in the ceiling. An opening at the highest, point approximately one square foot for each 100 hens seems .enough to relieve the: moisture conditirijis. The air Intakes should be near th*thfloor, for then the air has the greatest jdistance to travel before it reaches the Opening and more chance ■to mix with the air in the pen and absoirb and remove moisture given oft by the birds. The bottom openings should be baffled to prevent drafts. Systems of this type with the exit at the highest point in the house, and with baffled ,openings near the floor, have been in use for several years and are giving satisfaction. Professor Fairbanks sjtys. Pays to Raise Broilers for Special Marketing ’Special broiler raising is the, latest development in the poultry business. It came nnjinly a* a- result of. the discovery that chickens can be raised on a quantity basis with special equipment and special feeding. Both,, battery brooders and continuous hot water brooding systems are employed in raising broilers, as fire also the colony brooder*. ; The broiler raiser is not irtterosted in breeding. He buys his baby chicks from a breeder or a hatcheryman and when the binds have reached one .and a quarter pounds or two-pound size, he markets the pallets and cockerels alike. In most cases the broiler raiser has. a special market which he has developed. Most of them’sell their broilers dressed to a special trade. There Are a few things anybody who contemplates going into the poultry business should always keep in mind, and they can be sunjimed up in the following sentence. Start moderately, work'hard, and be sure of a good market. ______t : Poultiy House Floor A cheap and very satisfactory type et poultry house floor can be made by building the poultry house in the usual way with, the concrete foundation wnl’s extending up about 12 inches above the ground surface. Then tamp in firmly a layer of clayey soil, then oil this thoroughly with used crank case oil then tamp in another ■layer.of loose soil and again Oil thoroughly. and continue this until the flor r is at the desired height. This should then be covered with a thin layer of gravel well tamped In, and in this shape is -warm ami dry, and has a firm enough crust so that the fowls will not scratch holes in it. Later It can be covered with concrete, the oiled earth insuring warmth and dryness.—Wisconsin Agriculturist. Poultiy Increases Between 1919 and 1929. average production ,of eggs on farms in the United States increased 63 per cent, according to a report made by Wallace’s Farmer. The north central .states, including lowa, gained at the rate of 65 per cent. Washington led with a gain of 234 per cent, fblowed by Utah with 223 per cent , and California with 149 per cent. Next in rate of increase were Massachusetts, New Jersey and Delaware. j Poultry Hints Crippled chicks, malformations and dwarfs, have no place under any brooder. . • • • Chicks hatched . from hens laying small eggs will not produce eggs that top the market. Symptoms of bronchitis are coughing. sneezing, and rattling sounds in the throat. This disease runs its course very rapidly, -deaths being sudden. ■•• • . Wheat does not contain fts much vitamin A as yellow corn. Therefore, when a larger proportion of wheat is fed poultry, more green feed should be fed to make up the difference. Leafy alfalfa bay is recommended. • • • Peat moss makes one of the beit chicken litters. Many commercial pouP trymen use it. It is practically dustless. It absorbs manure and. can go directly from the henhouse floor to the compost heap. It is the ideal humus for gardens. j A • • • . The content of an egg is two-thirds water, hence the importance of having a fresh, clean supply of water before the hens at all times. Next to water, sunshine is said to be the poultryman’s greatest gift. • • • Records show that it takes from ten to twelve weeks to produce a broiler of Ideal size and weight. Broilers bring the best returns when nieely feathered out, and when they weigh from one and a half to two and a half treunds each.

Wit HE KNEW THE SERVICE Harry rather fancied himself as a mathematical expert. One day he met his Cousin Jim. "Think of a number, Jim," said, “and I’ll tell you whether it’s odd or even.” , "Kight,” said the other. “1 have just called up my girl on the ’phone. What’s the number?” Harry looked thoughtful. ■ "Did you get her?” tie asked/ “Yes,” replied Jim. “Right away?” inquired the other. “Yes/’ answered Jim. “That’s odd,” finished Harry.—Lon- ,v don Answers. • # FORETHOUGHT / W A w ■ I H NW R u . “I see that the bride is wearing the groom’s present, that rope of pearls.” "I always thought it was unluckyfor a bride to wear pearls.” “Perhaps that’s the reason he had it made of imitations.” The Philistine "Oh. Mr. Flapperton.” she exclaimed, soulfully. “have you ever felt a dim, uneasy -seflse of oppression as If the mere weight of life were a burden too heavy to be borne by the chained spirit - panting with psychiri longing to be free?” • . ■ "1 invariably have such a feeling at Christmas tiriie.” was the callpus response. "biit 1 have always attributed It to pudding !" Use Imagination’s Wings “Pilot,” said the timid woman passenger', "what do we do if we are In the air and the engine fails?” "Open parachutes and drop.” "Suppose the parachute fails?” "Flap your arms and say Tm a dicky ‘'ird.* ” - THEY KNOW “Tom’s wife doesn’t, know where the baby gets his bad temper from.” “That’s strange. Most young mothers can place that sort of responsibility in a jiffy.”- ( Olfactory Offering Xydas—-Too bad you couldn’t take flowers to Heinbuch In the hospital? bitt he couldn’t see them with his eyes all bandaged up. 1 Yazge—WeJl, but he can smell—so, ’ I took him a garlic and limburger sandwich. Nothing Impossible /-.' Salesman—This steel cabinet will last forever. Mr. Grducher—And after that? ; , Salesman—Why, .by that time we ” will be selling something that will last even longer. Mental Attitude “I wouldn’t marry the best man on earth.” said the irate young woman. ’ “And if you did.” said Miss Cayenne, “you'd never believe it.” Showing Hubby His Place » Husband — Where’s the butcher knife? Wife—l dori’t know. Look for It Husband—You ought to have a place for everything. Wiser-Well, then, you'd better get out of the kitchen.—Exchange. Remembering the Mane “But doesn't your husband have any hobby?” “Oh. yes; he’s always trying to comb his hair over the bald spot” Simply a Miracle Reporter—l have a great ple|ce of news. A truck driver got stuck In the mud on the side °f the road. Editor—But what’s unusual about that? Reporter—He “pulled over to allow another car to pass. Just Politeness He —When you married me, you promised to obey me. p- . ■ ! SMe —Yes, only because I didn’t want a row when the minister was there. Interruptions “You must remember that riches have wings.” ' “So have airships,” announced Mr. Dustin Stax. “Now and then there’s a crash. BUt prosperity and aviation keep going ahead.”—Washington Star. Girls and Girls “What is the difference between an old-fashioned girl and a modern girl?” “An old-fashioned girl blushes when she is ashamed and a qnodern girl- is ashamed when she blushes.”