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The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

! Grade Your Wheat To Secure Best Prices

( tt be O'*’ Canadian cltlten* »fltla* more by the adrlce ot eau of Ifarketa, United States ment of Agriculture, reRardlnK arketing of eras than oar owa k for whose benefit that advlci

idedT

» of the superiority of Canr«CT8. due to grading, packing Vpplng methods aiinilar to those ted by t..e Bureau of Marke.i i eggs seU for 8 to 17 cents I In British markets than Amer-

"X' Wld8 TMtrerenee between the selling prices of American and Canadian eggs should not exist, say mar ketlng experts of tb-' Bureau of Markets. Canadian hens do not produce better eggs than American hens; and that being so. all that Is necessary for American shipper- to secure high prices Is the use of greater care In preparing eggs for fi reign markets The same principle* apply to eggs marketed at home.

_ji eggs are carefully graded f iity, site, end color; packed cases with dean Oilers cf. ■ weight, and provided with aderefrigeraUon.

Full Information as to methods be employed can be bad upon request to the Bun to of Market*. United States Depart nent of Agricul-

ture, Washington, D. C.

feberries On

Grade your wheU If you would re ceire the best possible market pric-

ier it.

This Is the advice of the Bureau of Markets. Pennsylvania Department of Agricultnre, to the farmers of this State. The Bureau is now in a position to furnish the required information concerning United States grain standard* lor wheat to the farmers of the State who wish to take ad van

ige of it-

The United States grain standards are the basis upon which all wheat shipped Interstate Ir handled and sold, and is the basis upon which grain prices are quoted at th • large centers. The farmer who doe* not ship his wheat from the State, but depends upon the markets near his farm, through the proper grading of his grain, is able to Intelligently discuss selling prices with his miller or grain dealer, by slmpiy consulting the

service for the pedagogues of the na-

tion.

She la being assisted by a former Philadelphia school teacher, a life long friend. »ho recently abandonwi a uwchtng career to come to Universal City to work in Aims. Miss Robert., listened with interest to her friend's story, of disheartening school conditions and low wage*. Her detennlna tlon to appear In the movie to help the cause of teachers resulted. Young girls teaching in schools today," she said in an Interview, entrusted wth more responsibility than the heads of many large business corporations. Teachers build the mental attitude of the next generation. Incompetents will prove a menace. Their ignorance will not be detect'd by the learning child who will absorl faulty Ideal*. In the scenario I am writing 1 hope to emphasix* 'h“ necessity of having the best obtainable talguide the future destinies of cur boys and girls"

“Worthless” Land

.ore «r. b«l.r tbi, «m,, qnoU.loa, ot n.ndrf trade, o! Ira*, foe -her ^ “jX:, „„ ura. denrara Tt,

I the water falls ground - can absorb It

There Is no need ere to go Into

j blueberries—many of which'the details of these s-ulnklen—their e-fourths of an inch in diame- portability, their rev living devices r |10 a bushel! Such , which distribute the water evenly Product secured by a New Jer .over an area o. m-ny square yams

farmer who simply offers his grain as ungraded, must take a chance on curing the market price for him pro-

duct.

Full Information on the grading of heat will be furnished on request of

net secured by a New Jer over an area u. (he Buri . whose principal husiness 1 without sbifting the appar*.-.-*. their,

i of Markets.'Pi-nnsylvanU

burg. Pa.

Pennsylvania Crop Report The Bureau of Statistic^ Pennslyvania Department of Agriculture

Alcohol May Be Fuel of the Future

The Bureau of Statistic*. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, re ports the acreage and conditions of this State on August 1, as

follows;

i—The condition of wheat on May 1 was generally maintained until harvest. While there was some damage by fly In many parts of the State this was offset by favorable weather conditions up to and including harvest. Prospects on August 1. after some threshing was done. Indicate 83 1-2 per cent of a normal crop, or 17.1 bushels per acre, and a total production of 26.781,000 bushels. The crop last year was estimated at 29.19J.000 bushels and the average yearly producUon for the past five years 26.319.780 bushels. -Prospects for rye Is estimated

at 92 per cent of normal and Indicates

How to Foach Eggs

After struggling for years to poach eggs the hotel way, I was told by the chc/ to put a teaspoonful of vinegar

» growing cranberries but who good appearance.!he advantage whicn scently has taken up the culU-.their automatic operation gives them f blueberries. At present he over the old style method of directing seres which he planted, in part. ,8 hand hose for a weary hour or two re fully - elected wild blueberry | when you would much rather be sitd In part, with hybrids fur lug in a comfortable chair with a m the Bureau of Plant Indus- good book. or. If you are a man. en-

|the United States Department .joying the poet-dinner smoke. These ^ „ —— —— m . , npr v Pculture. Not only are the bci- points are evident to anyone who gives ln the wat er and cover the ptin. Tb? 0 * their [ this tract of very high quality thought to the matter. I vinegar keeps the white of the egg ke yield Is prolific, the older j As to the effect of the sprinkler on | from S p rea( ji n |. - and the covered pan 'producing at the rate of nearly the lawn itself during the summer j^k^, lhe ^hlte cook over the yolk.

Ihels to the acre. Tin planta ( drought, you have but to compare a fry it and see.

i situated at Whltesbog. near j regularly sprinkled turf with an un- , mn. J sprinkled one to be forever convlncec | success of the grower Is but that the artificial rainmaker Is not ptance of what is being dene'a toy but a thoroughly practical Item tally by men who are utilizing of country home equipment.

The fuel of the future seems likely to be alcohol. And the very near

future at that.

As Prof. Alexander Graham said the other day: "No sooner has King Alcohol gone out of the hack door as a beverage than he enters the front door in triumph as a fuel. Important beginnings in this direction have already been made. Expenmental alcohol engines have been built and have proved highly satisfactory.

000 bushels. _ The crop last year waa estimated at 70.086.000 bushels, and the average yield for the last five years was 61.S59.S25 bushels. Buckwheat—Lack of necessary help and unfavorable weather conditions probably accounts far the decline of five per cent in the acreage of buckv heat sowing. The area sown is estimated at 242.920 acre*. The condition estimated at 93 per cent of normal and points to an average yield of 20.1 bushels, and a total producUon of 4.955.500. The crop last year was estimated at 5,552.600 bushels and the average for the last five years was

5,466.800 bushels.

Tobacco—Conditions of tobacco U 88 per cent of normal which forecasts an average yield of 1390 pounds per acre ;md a total producUon of 64.786 ■

an average yield of 17 bushel* per and a total production of 3,980. 000 bushels. The crop last year was estimated at 3.865,877 bushels, and the average yearly yield during the last five years was 4,456.000 bushels. Oats—Weather conditions ha> e been favorable and oats made material Improvement during July. Condition on August 1 was estimated at 9t> per cent of normal and Is IndlcaUve of 35.8 bushels per acre, and a total production of 40,325,000 bushels. The crop last year was estimated at 8b.015,000 bushels, and the average year1: production for the past five year*

000 pounds, as compared with 53.768.-

matlon supplied by the Deof Agriculture scientists, r have made a study of bluee for several years and are i furnish data regarding the rietles and the most suitable

Road Building

An InverUgatlon which promises place at the disposal of highway en-

Sheep Are High-Class Weed Exterminators

Did you ever stop .o think of the value of a flock of sheep as a weed exterminaUng agency? A flock of sheep on the farm Is worth as much in the destrucUoi of weeds as a man

Of particular significance Is important Information regard-jwiuj a team and cultivator or weeder

that blueberries thrive best jng the relation of soils to highway

t and sand soils, so acid as to • durability has been undertaken by the

Idered worthless for ordinary Thu* through blueberry

I it Is possible to utilize many which have been regarded as

illy hard and unpromising.

ny Farmers

|Growing Sorghum'“‘“T

Bureau of Public Roads. United States Department of Agriculture. This work includes taking samples of soil spots In the sub-grade of a highway where the road baa begun to fall, studying surrounding geological conditions to determine the physical characteristics of soils, and obtaining a scientific measure of the bearing value

In this Investigation it iv

proposed to obtain as much cfvoper-

;ed increase In the production at i on ll8 possible from the various syrup Is Indicated by re- j state highway departments. The received by the United SUtesj Blireau of Soils Is cooperating with t of Agriculture, which has j thp Bureau of Public Roads In this

BBgaged In a special campaign wor i t ,

dnee greater production of this | i»rellmlnary Investigation has been bpeause of the keen demand for gtJirtr< ] m Maryland on the Washingsubstitutes. At the beginning I lon .Baltlmore road, and will be ,ex-

the World's war the annual yield ten ded beyond Baltimore and other

A ‘ syrup .n the United States | road* jn Maryland. Progress has been eiv I3.o00.000 gallon*-made in the matter of labo-story tests

This "hai Increase. steadUy until for a nU mber of samples of subgrade matbe past year It ' as approximately iiw -tsl and other samples already fear-

80.000,000 gallons. The average yield )n g been examined,

of syrop per acre has been about 100 t The federal highway engineer* point gallan*, but the fact that this figure ! out th at soil: differ widely In their can be Increased is Indicated by the a biuty to support loads, particularly deptrlmeat's experiments in which w hen they are wet. Just why this Is

than 400 gallons per acre have lrue an d just what are the charcterIn some localities. Unties which make them different »s

throughout the growing season, say* the Bureau of Animal Industry. Penn sylvan la Department of Agriculture. There is a big difference between cultivating weeds out or sheep.ng them off. Cultivating or mowing is expensive and you get nothing but a little humus added to the soil. Sheep, the other hand, turn your weeds Into wool and mutton, while valuable ma nure is added to the fields as a fertiliser. Not only do sheep add to the value of the farm by destroying weeds and improving fertility, out they produce two sources of revenue each yearewool In the spring and lambs In ti e

fall.

the

The technologic branch

United States Geologic Survey has recently tested a slightly modified gasoline engine, with alcolol as fuel, and has obuined some highly Inteleating results The alcohol proved to tees a fuel efficiency equal to that gasoline—rather a paradox, one might say. Inasmuch as It has only half the besting value. But this Is explained by the fact that Its combustion Is far more complete, fo that It yields as much power as does gasoline.

State Agricultural Department Notes

Corn—Weather conditions during the summer have not been very favorable to the com. It has been too cool at time*, and then there has been some complaint of drought In s parts of the State and excess moisture in other places. Condition on August 1 Is placed at 88 per cent of a normal and Is Indicative of 41 bushels pei acre and a total production of 60,550,

000 pounds, last year’s final estimate; end 50.812.000 pounds, the average, production for the past five years. Hay—The area cut for hay this year l* estimated at 2,970.400 acre*, which Is practically 100 per cent of the area cut last year. The average yield per acre is estimated at 1.36 tons and the total pro taction 4,044.250 tons, last j-ear's production was estimated at 4,219.415 tons and the average yearly production for the past five years was

4.394.400 tons.

Potatoes—The crop so tar this year has been comparative!/ free of damage from insects and disease. The condition of potatoes on August 1 was 6 per cent of normal. If this condition is maintained until the end of the teathe average yield will be 100 bushels per acre, and the total production 23,992.000 bushels. The total crop last year was estimated at 26.000,000 bushels and the average yearly y.eld for the last five years was 24.090,500 busn-

Women Cull Poultry Slackers

A practical farmer la a business

The average price of cherries in Pennsylvania this year was 18 cents per quart; raspberries. 28 cents, and bUckberries. 21 cent*.

August is the month to clean up tb* fence row* and waste place*. It will Improve the appearance of the farm and destroy brooding place* for Insects.

Thresh Wheat Now Avoid Heavy Losses

increased plantings to the department's expert •< that despite the Increasing demand Is still greater than j, »* shown t y the price for

'which has -anger from 90 cem*

per gallon, and In a few cases ire abundant opportunities »ing the sorghum produt ipertb say. since this crop

can be growl In every State in the Union with the possible exception of Maine. In <he northern States It is jHPMatiry to plant early-maturing varieties ter sorghum. "Early Amber and TWger* are among the ••ariotle* HHlltndfd by the department which hi prepared to supply mqutrere Vrith tall Information regarding tno cultivation of this profitable plant.

little understood at present.

field of Investigation, of Increasing Importance because of the growing volume of heavy traffic, that the federal Investigators expect to secure Impor-

tant Information.

There Is urgent need of threshing the wheat at once, placing it in at*- • ight bln* in the granary a. d fumigating with carbon bisulphide to prevent further damage from the Angoumols grain moth. This Insect is in testing the wheat crop In some thirteen counties In the southeast corner

)0 f Pennsylvania and causes an estlIt 1» this mated unual loss of *1.000.000. The

Fire blight is causing much damage

to apple tree*. Make a resolution now and keep It, to prevent as much as pueslble the sprewd of this disease next spring by the aphids The de Uyed dormant spray contali Ing Black Leaf 40 will kill the aphid* and reduca

the damage from twig blight.

Let Your Bull Indorse Your Note

The Better-Sire* campaign

ducted by various States In co-opera-

tion with the Bureau of Animal In- new and charming French dress trim-

dustry. United States Department of mlngs. Agricul'ure. Is developing the fact tha* 1

Sprinkling lhe Lawn

_. A Onto each law- *otne rain must I &fall—but! unfortunately. It doesn't always fall when It Is most necoed by the grass. The rains are entirely loo prone to descend and the floods to come In superabundance for a period, and then cease entirely through | each a long spell of hot weather that the grass Made* shrivel and scorch and the Erstwhile green turf turns an

unsightly M •

longer the wheat stays in the straw the more damage will be done, so

thresh the grain at once.

For complete instruction on eradicating thU peat, write to the Bureau of plant Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Harrisburg.

In Missouri last year. 73,765 bird* were eliminated from 1593 flocks which were culled under the super vision of the home ertnonstration I agents sent out by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Agricultural College. This resulted in a sav'ng of approximately *50,161 to their owners. In another State. 486 local dealers ere U slued with the reeult that 717.478 birds were culled. Of this number. 274,399 were found to be nonproduc-

tive.

About 81 per cent of all the poultry In the country Is cared for by women. For that reason special attention is given to poultry by the home dubs supervised by the Department of Agriculture and the State colleges and farm women are taught best methods of poultry selection, breeding, raising, feeding, housing, culling, canning surplus birds for home use. preservation of eggs, and cooperative selling of poultry product..

Lack of proper culling thus far has proved to be. In the majority of cases, the principal reason why a flock Is not profitable. Forty per cent af the hens in the average farm flock today are nonproductive and should he sold eaten. It costs about *2 a year to feed each hen. If she does not produce more than that amount of eggs

she Is unprofitable.

WHY PAY MORE? For Full Neolin Sole* (t* i *1 JT and Rubber HeeU A • a New Model Shoe Rep-irine Co.

PHlLADK-LPHiA. PA

New-AndFrom Paris

Just over the Atlantic have come

i«<.nv credit Is as available to the progresMve live-stock farmer as to th" progressive business man of the city A letter received by the Bureau of Animal Industry reports the following announcement published by a M Iscon-

n ba.ik to Us farmer patrons.

••Why not keep some of those purebred Holstein* home? Many fine animals wilt be sold at the first annua.

They are the Paris Idea of what nxadame is to u*e for the adornment

of her summer gown.

And to go with these there are many novelty net bands, all In white, with embroidery and beads and span-

gels for decoration.

Lovely Indeed are some new flouncing*. all of filmy white net. with ntricate and most attractive de igns orked out by means of many, manv

mais win nc ■re.., — — - sale of the Brovn Cwmty Holstein tiny white bead*, sparkling white Breeders' Association to he hald in the j bugles and embroidery In white saline.

Brown County Fair Ground*. West

The Bank Is ready

back of any of Its customers who wish to purchase some of the stock to be offered for sal" and who do not feel able at present to carry the Invert

Hu>i>Ry for our lawn*, this vagary CaU at the bank, and the on the part of the summer *™ lt,er * modal ,on will he easily arranged,

nas be minified without great trou- (

We. The various A brolher , 8 sufferings claim « JJfilC wMer supply turnlsh mios-; brother's plty.-Addloon.

E* ^ the gras* In the most bene-

stand i Edith Roberts

Writes Story

To Aid Teachers

A living dor l* better than a dead

Millions in Fertilizer FINE COOPERATIVE PLAN FOR DEALERS Write Today DuBota Fertilizer Works 411 Perry Bid., Philadelphia

Sutiragists Retain Hughes asJCounsel

The National American Woman Sul frage Association announces that ExJustice Charles Evan* Hughes ha* been retained by that organization a* Its counsel In the winding up of iia ratification campaign.

It Was All He Asked

ie—“You'd be the last man in the worid I'd fall in love with." e—“Well, that’s all I ask. I don’t want you to love anybody after me.”

Never before

—possibly never again in

your life

"The yields »n current »ferin[J

(«/ high-trade securities) v itbtut precedent in midem tt From New York Times

,tra Exch/nV. N.w York Corb ,=d obl.Mrd «cor. t U, Ura. prov^eorcuiol^ opportuoilirs lor Yo. cm do (bis b, cllibj 37M L<>cust . BeU

A scenario designed to aid school teacher* to obtain b. ter pay Is helm written by Edith Roberts, dainty Universal star, in which she intends play leading role. Miss Roberta hopes to influence other luminaries of the alien: drama to do a similar

LOOKING AHEAD Judging from establiihrd precedent*, the comii • montn thonld witr.eu an active MARKET and higher price*. Pretent opportunitie* to acquire stock* much below actual and potential value* should be given care ful consideration. Write for Free Copy of our Weekly Letter giving information on AETNA EXPLOSIVES PHILIP MORRIS ELK BASIN BIERY OIL RADIO CORPN. SALT CREEK PROD. PRODUCERS & REFRS. TONO. BELMONT and other active securities Address Desk R-P-10.

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3381 Race - Keystone

f the most Important factors to consider In the study of a

r trading, is the personality, experience

t labor supply, transportation

One of t

security, either for Investment o

and ability of the man or men behind the enterprise.

II tie security is classed a* an Industrial there are several espectally important factors in addition to the management to be conslderel. " UCh IiMhere an Increasing or decreasing demand for the product ot

the company?

Are the plants well located as t

facilities, etc.?

Is the company earning money or (If It is a new company) are t prospect. for profit good? I* the management alert and enterprising? How many share* of stock are to be Issued and what other forms of Indebtedness has the company? Is there a ready market for the securiUet In case you wish to dir-

pose of them?

Is the company comparatively young—with all this means for

growth?

Vrite at tnce ftr cur carefully selected securities, which we recommend because tf their liberal yield and attractiveness at present prices

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