“What is a Joke” AH CoBceni Dignity’s Capitulation

goiB* )okM •** tpWJ with OM Wind Of flarortfc*; K > tal ‘ u>otb«r kind; tel u» '"»>»■ lasnsllmi* are liwrtry all n*r* or Imb drpend upon the atuae ot th**r -tough*.” In a KMxrrnl v*S. * Jok* fa **nBt*ciurrd Tbr. fir* )okf *r*r made la tb< vorld wa* »h«» **>*n« fri*** roans cave rtan asddeetr yaaked a*ay the ^tce upon whfch the Soary whhtoeied •M chief of I'te tribe *a* about to alt. And all tJ*** throagh the acea that fcare folloired U*rr been made out of about the aame atnO. It to not acton! maierta! chairs that are bein'. HUlod out fnrn under dtonlded people; but the beet and euraat Joke* coocern the f»n o' dignity lr. some way. It to because 1 eo thoroughly mdl*«at» that my cornedie* alwaja hare a ble plot u-x« which the

to draped

There la nothing fun-T In n>er»no ur faajlneaa. ParentbetUaUr. 1 might remark ihat the .-cawra a mooto fuimy to because be always jbok* so solemn and dignified when !>•. doe* hi* antic* Comedians could well take a cue from the muna The only really fuor to that done seriously.

There to nothing funny la a dirty obo falling oaer a bucket of waist, but it to funny when a pompous stuck up. anobbtoh old aristocrat to’la orer a bucket of water For that rrueoo. the successful comedy director must hare a logical, aertou- story to “aatabliah the character of the snob he in tead. to Up ortr. Th,» to the principle upon wLksh ell c.amecy to bum. The:* are cany interesting side lights. No one knows how or why. screen public ha* tacitly agreed that certain thing* tre funny. For nstance. we never can take any Uberttes with a Shetland pony In a plctn-e. They don’t like to sew these little ■ allows made ton of. The public will onjoy fun being poked U a preacher if he wsara s ee whiskes; drraa him In any other

and you are on* round,

why ’ U* to, but ft to true. Tte e to one character with whom e ct i always be es rough a* we iooee -the pollceanap. I dost care who it to. -rtrycoe In .« - -id to a little afraid of a polici

The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

Better Seed Potatoes

lamed hare given promising growth. In the Virgin Island' eacelk-st condt lions for the eulUeat ® of sisal has.

been found on St. Croix. Philippic'* the Introduction of

Seed alock of Inah potato** only arguable to growers

many mtxtnras. noi mfreqoraUy dla eased and as a ra> not a* prodact.re a* they should be. The Chief of lb»

Plant Industry, Cnlied

States Department of Agriculture, makes this statement In reporting on

Ibe progress of work la developing bn- _ . — . prered ssed atorh*. It to a recogntoeu CapaCllV

»««4 K_ mmwm fk.f |K^ nf nor*- »

of Pastures

private capital has bought and Installed machine* to develop the Industry

on • larger scale.

fact, he aayt, that the yield of potatoes In this country to far below that secured In some other men trie*. » rd the difference to commonly sttrihgted to the me of retotlvely bu'erior seed

varied** in different regions to to mg grown in the varies States. During

Michigan County First in Breed

ist

U-ln**‘>-n County. MSchiK»n. to the first county In the Cnlted State* listed in the better-*‘r** movet-ient as havng c dominant breed o." live *tock'fhe breed la Hototeln cattle. Ax’ ~* tnc to the result of a live stock survey reported to th* United Btaiw Depertment of Agriculture by County Agent P. .8. Dunks Living*ton County, conu;ef J50 registered bull*. One hundred purebred slret of a alngle breed to th* number needed before that hired to officially recogtlied as dominant In the county. Livingston County thus exceeded the minimum by two

and, oae-half times.

Of the 321 pureb'ed herd* of cattle in the country 2TS are Holstein*. Tbe total number of purebred cattle to 2,688 of which 8.240 are Hototelns. About 72 per cent of the bull* tn the county are purebred. *2 per cent grade, and 2 per cent scrub. Shorthorns and Jersey* are the second aul third moat prominent breed*.

Demonstratiou in Swine Breeding

With the aid of the extension »oan fund which bifa been created by public rptrlted dtlren* of North Carol ini. for tmanciug worthy bey* and girt* In raising purebred live stock, various coanty agent* in that State are atari fug demonstration* in *wtae breeding which prom toe to be particularly convincing to fanners in the localities concerned, because the derion*iralloDs vra to be carried on "largely by real -

ofnt* of the neighborhood*.

The method being followed to for the county agent to select ■ promtoing boy or girl in eech of several districts who will agree to raise * sow for u given period. After a 4-acre plot rolt*i:le for the demonstration has been decided on and plan* nave been com plated for Improving It. an approved note to given by the youthful stock r iser to cover the purchase price of sow, the cost of fencing and erecting

Leading a Dog’s ‘ Life at Universal City 'If a dog know* whs! you wan; him to do hell do tla beat — do it-" Tlun to the theory that is p In’o practice at the Universal City kenneto where a corpe of trainers are ployed under tbe direction of A. C. Sleeker, chief of the Universal City arena, to educate dog* for work fore the camera. •‘The dog." Mr. Sleeker continued, -baa for general Ion been the fneod and companion of man. It to his irstlnct to please, serve and. If necx* Miry, die for hi' master. Only b; m s Cog be properly trained. Tbe animal who woriu. through fear to a pathetic spectacle ptwi to useless before the camera.’ - Although he ha* been responsible for the training of Joe Msrtln, Unlveraul’a educated orang-outang, and the herd of lion* frequently seen in Universal antoial comedies and aerial* Mr. Stocker at’dl find* time peraoraJly train the universal dogs,

favorites are

huskies” Among the AUskanc ure two of the most famous and valuablt doge In the world. Blue and Juno, priae winner* of the All-Alaskan

«wee?*take*.

Universal City Is truly the world’b dog paradise. Dog* at the Universal City kennels are c/red for with the *f-j that would be applied t ilthy old codger with the gout fashionable sanitarium. htoch Jay the sleeping quarter* of the *Titma;« are flushed out. scrubbed and dt'infected. The feeding pan* are subjected to a acouring and allowed to dry in the sun. Through the mild, ounuy days of a California winter the dogs are tethered In a verdant pasture where the/ are free to roam at the end of twenty

foot chains.

While the ancient and he-orabie ceremony of the bath to somriim-:i limited to Saturday night am mg human*, the dogs at the Universal City nrena are dry-cleaned once a day. dipped for flea' once a week end

bathed at frequent intervals.

The minute pujgdr* are able ‘A addle away from their mother they

Throe pots tees tn tare will be «*d for seed porpoeee with a view to developing stocks that are tree to name.

to type, free from disease com-

municable through ft# seed, and that

ros high-yielding procUvities.

Hog* do not relish grass** except when th* toave* are young and tender It to necroaaty tor the ben

.raaalts

^'weC mocked If the plants are ali practically all ei tNeu, mature they not coir become

patoUble but are deficient In t value as well. It to usually

Making Sure of Binder Twine

The Ulted State* has long depended . .r much of its supply of binder twine on benequen from Yucatan. The uncertainty of the supply during the past several yonra has caused serious , j

to have

tbe pneturro with the bogs to eat araer plant*. Cattle are beat ter this purpose. Moving the restore le law spring should be prae tieed If tbe pianti became too tar

unxSet; ieet there should be enough binder twin* to h-uvrot 'he increasing crops A grain In this t ounuy. and the United States Department of Agrlcult*re has been making diligent efforts to find new sources of supply or new regions where blnder-twir- fibers may be produced. Tbe chief o. the Bmeac of Plant Industry reports encouraging results. The condition* in limited arecs, extreme sojlhern Florid* and rn the larger key*, are regarded as suitable for the production of risal end benequen fiber* provided th« cost of land and of labor to not too high

pvru.lt aucceeaful competition

H-nequen has been cnlUvatrd anccesa fully for several yrora In Cuba and the

plantations are being increased,

thus far they produce scarcely enough

fiber to supply the cordage

th* island. Conditions are regarded as favorable for tbe production of binder twin* fibers In limited urea* in Haiti end over a much larger are* In south

Santo Domiiigc. Experimental

plantings In Porto Rico have rreulU-d iu the establishment of a commercial plantation near Yaoco and trial plantings near Quehradalla* and on Mona

It is impossible to stole how many limato per acre will be supported by a perm*--tit pasture. In most cases It Is odvtoable to have some of the beat ssppiementary forage crop* to graze tn addition to the pasture. A safe rule to to hare at 'east one acre of good perr-anent posture for each

ke. Of course, this acre-

age eoold be r. inced or the number at hogs Increased where a complete success of supplementary forage crop? to raised or where the land to very productive A greater area should

be allowed If the graxing is poor.

The carrying capacity of the various supplementary forage crop# varies widely, according to the growth of the crop. As a role it is safe to graze

at the rate of ten

j fifteen 100-

found * holes to th* acre. A greater xb orten the graxing perod, and fewer animals will

lengthen lu

... _ ... The pig

aei the iB-provemwls are then pur 8r< . dipped in a solution that renders chased with money advanced from th -‘ die average fl«. ntterly despondent extension loan fund. | V. C. Sleeker, the chief The ..ton contemplates raistag piK» x standing bounty of one fioilar^iw

the »ge of S month*. All animal..

need In the demonstrations are to be purebred*. The first North Carolina

'fanner to whom this proposal wat pre-

sented Instantly agreed to cooperate and set aside for his child four acres the highway along which many people pass. The tract to to o* fenced this winter according to the most approved methods and provided with a model self-feeder and an automatic wateter. A registered Poland China ow will take pcaMssakm early in tbe spring and will farrow a March litter r new qrarters It to oonfid- atly ®*Pct**! tkst In this demonstration. th# others being arranged tn various pan* of the State tbe selected knlmato win p*j tbe expenses. Including fencing and seeding the first y** r

S-S - S TAMMERING

Call, Wn THE QUIGLEY INSTITUTE

Hessian Fly Withstand Cold Specialist* of the United States Department of Agriculture stationed in the Middle West hsve determined that In spite of the severest winter, a: least three-fourths of the Hessiar flies In the "flaxseed” i ige ove» wintered successfully. Experiments hsve shown •hat Hessian fly eggs expose: all night to a temperature of 9 degrees above sero will hatch perfectly healthy maggot*. The InfllcaGons are, therefore, that the Hesston fly Infes-

Only Some Pigs Died Might be Babies Next They «er* only ptgs. tow ner in which they were haadiec Dkeatraten the coetlineae of hum tens. The story of how they lost their Uvea to worth the telling because Ibe U. S. Department of Agriculture believe* that simile r careleasneaa con stoutly cndangen human lives. The story begins with a Florida farmer who recently sent a load of bogs to market. Upon post-mortem examination by the Government tnepector at the slaughter house where federal meat inspection U maintained a Urge proportion of the swine were found badly affected with tnberculosls. To locate tbe source of infection. responsible for the condition, tbe Federal Bureau of Animal Industrywhich among lu other duties aid' States in eradicating tuberculosis— began an Invesigation. sts of the Florida farmer’s live stock showed no tuberculosis among hto cattle, tat four of hi* brood sows reacted when tested, showing that probably they were diseased. Determined to find the source of this dls- . the history of the hogs was inveatlgaled. The trail led to New Orleans. where It was learned that two

The trail of infection to i followed to BUnoto aao Main* to locate. end. if possible, itomp out the disease at the source* In th* case mentioned the taberculoal* stock menaced Florid*. There is ro way of lell'.ng what Stole might be endangered the next time. The United States Department of Agriculure advises the greatest care In purchasing breeding stock cm! It states that even then, before any animals are brought Into dim t contact with a healthy herd, they should be kept In qoarac tine until known to be free from Infectious disease.

SOME TUB On his first trip across the Twentythird Street ferry. Utile WUUe, aged two. remarked: “Oh! look Mamma, all the boats tn tbe bathtub.

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any of his assistants who can find * One of the deputy trainer# found a fat flea on a poodle the day before Christmas and coUecteL bto reward. but It to graveiy sttopecieo taal

•planted” the little peat.

The dean of tbe Universal Cliff dogs to "Bob." the stately St Bernare who to to be seen In "Blind Hnsbands. -

wonderplay of the Tyro-

Polish for Leather

Suoheim'i lean Alps.

To Europe by Air

iw. p™)*™

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made a successful r&LOf

rial

B-S!4 whlcl

trip last year.

M to figured «

line could be mao. p a Utile more t

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FRECKLES Now lathe Time to G« Rid of

These Ugly Soot*

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rgun to disappear, wh"

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