The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

PPLE STORAGE

ed by Penns>lvania Bureau , J .C. Gilbert, Acting Di-

-rage of apples at home. It remembered that cold will k prevent decay of rod fruit j thing. The colder the the longer they will keep. ire not frozen. Kith is fact, it will be easy 'ekeeper to kep apples, out til very cold weather. The then be brought into the t through the winter in s possible. coming of heavy frosts, the , be better outside if they ed from visits by persons c family. Golden, King, Wagener, w. Greening, Northern e other earlier winter variebe used first These be followed by Baldwins, “ Inr.,*p, iora ’mperial and r varieties. Old fash--p and Ben Davis can be the last, as they can r. longer period than the s named, selection it is possible to y supply of ripe fruit for the winter. When this is y maturing fruit should the top of the container be removed without disother fruit

the barrel. This is true economy and the people will come to realise that the apple can be utilized almost as freely as the potato in the food for the home.

Y BE HAD DURING ENTIRE YEAR

tterworth. President In- ■ Apple Shippers Associa-

te our efficient cold storage j in Pennsylvania neea * apples from our diet a of the entire year. We tpple season late in June in July when the Transparb of July and similar varie- ' to market. In late July s have the William

FIRST INSTITUTE DATES ANNOUNCED FOR SEASON The schedule for the Farmers’ Institutes in the twenty-three counties comprising the northern and western sections of the State has been pdactically completed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The Institute schedule will be started earlier this year, in an effort to clean up the northern and western counties before the advent of the midwinter weather.

within the next few days, while the various agricultural organizations ‘.hat will hold their annual meetings in Harrisburg, in connection with the show, are busy arranging their programs. The speakers that will address the various organizations and groups of farmers will be furnished by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania State College Extension Sendee, and this list will inclue experts of State and nation wide reputation, who will discuss the subjects with which thev are familiar.

APPLE GRADING TESTS ARE MEETING WITH APPROVAL

Last year the Institute work was seriously handicapped by the severe weather, this being particularly true in the northern counties, where speakers found it difficult to to travel about and maintain their schedules, while the attendance was also affected by the same conditfons. The Institutes will open this year In Crawford County, where four days of institutes will be held, starting November 15 and concluding on the 18th. Following is the schedules of Institutes by counties, as so far completed, the program for the southeastern section of the State not having been ar-

ranged as yet:

Crawford County, Nov. 15.16, 17,18. Mercer County, Nov. 12, 20, 22. Venango County, Nov. 23, 24, 25. Warren County, Nov. 26, 27, 28. Erie County, Nov. 30. Dec 1, 2. Fodest County. Dec. 3. 4. McKean County, Dec. 6, 7, 8. Potter County. Dec. 9, 10,11. Luzerne County, Nov. 15, 16. 17, 18. Lackawanna County, Nov. 19, 20, 22. Pike County. Nov. 23, 24. Wayne County, Nov. 25, 26. Susquehanna County, Nov. 27, 29,

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and September we have Blush, closely followed -stein. Wealthy, Detroit “Tliar varieties, these conctfie Orst important table va-

tbe season.

late Septemebr and October a Grimes Golden. Jonathan, Red. Winter Banana and - tor thi table, while for cookthis season are the Fall and Sid Pippin, Twenty Ounce, Rhode a Greening and a world of others. i Novem.-er 1st to February, Jonathan is at its best. The StayWinesap is obtainable and excelfrom November 1st to April 1st, gfca Baldwin Is good from Nols: to June 1st and sometimes 1st. The York Im:«erUl is a apple at its be tt from Not to March 1st. March. April and May the •able varieties are the jNorth<-m Spy, Old Fa.-h-p and Rome Beauty and i vadleties are always until July 1st, when r again with our Trans-

Bradford County, Dec. 7. 8, 9, 10. Cambria County, Nov. 15, 16, 17 Jefferson Courty, Nov. 18, 19, 20. Clarion County, Nov. 22, 23, 24. Butler County, Nov. 25, 26, 27. Beaver County, Nov. 29, 30. Dec. 1. Greene County, Dec. 2, 3. Washington County, Dec. 9, 10, 11. Fayette County, Dec. 9, 10, 11.

Pennsylvania’s tentative grades for apples are now being given a tl orough tesUng by orchard is ts in all i arts of teh State and from the sentinent expressed. It is believed that ite apple grades will be approved before next season and will be promulgat'd by the Bureau of Markets, Pennsyl ania Department of Agriculture. The gdades were taken up tentatively this season. The i ortlcultural Society of the State appointed fifty of its members to give th< grades a complete testing out wide the Bureau o Markets has, sec-'ed the same number of individual padeere. The apples that are uo being graded are largely going into torage At the meeting of the Hortic jiturai Society in the winter, action will be and if the grades as su.-ges-.ed ».ieet with the appdoval of the fruit grow era the grades will be promulated.

A Little Talk

On Thrift

One hears much these days about a reduced cost of living. While a readjustment in the price of some commodities is taking plaoe it would be a mistake for the public t assume that sweeping reductions in all departments of living costs are imminent. Such an assumption would lead to general practices of reckless spend-

ing.

It must be borne In mind that the popular drift is toward better standards of living. People are demanding finer homes and better surroundings. We are not living as we generation ago and what was considered a luxury then is listed among the necessities now. Wages and salaries have increased tremendously in the last ten years. There under supply of all commodities. The nation's transportation facilities inadequate. There i an unprece-

‘•APPLE WEEK" ON

NURSERY AGENTS MUST HAVE STATE CARD

W STIMULATE felNSUMPTION of apples

, Pa.—In answer to the biw he intended to stimr- ; sumption cf apples. Sec--u of the State Deof Agriculture said: "Api people themselves. The > gotten out of the habit “les freely due to the high e last few years” said the There is no use for that ' is ywar however. Apples ar.d everyone in the State .pies in abundance, venience of daily buying ted the habit of buying in j Quantities day by day and tby meal. With apples this very uneconomical and is of preventing a free moves through our markets. “Id come back to the good f having fruits and vegein the cellar for fall and . This applies aprticularly “d potatoes. Buy them by -hel and bushel or even by

The Burean of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, is out with a warning to residents of Pennsylvania to purchase nursery stock from licensed agents. The Department of Agriculture Issued authorized agents a card, three by five inches in size, and signed by J. G. Sanders, Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, if an agent uoavors to sell you nursery stock and does not have one of these cards, do not purchase from him. The Department of Agricnitude, at Harrisburg, should be notified of *he activities, in any community, of authorized agents.

TAKE UP PLANS FOR FARM PRODUCTS SHOW

E BREW MIX A al It and Hops now make your own BEVby the now oimplifiod way | DELIVERED. SI.SO Makas 18 Caliona uiteti; Special pnee given NE BROKERAGE CO. butora Locust 4568 H BLDC. Philadelphia, Pa.

Pennsylvania's Fifth Annual Farm Products Show, which will surpass anything of its k'nd ever before attempted in this State .will be staged in Harrisburg, January 24-28. With arrangements for the exhibition halls practically completed and with than 60,000 square feet of floor space available, the indications are that the show this year will be almost fifty larger than in 1919, when all records were broken. The show which is held under the direction of fbr Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the agricultural organizations of the State, will bring together the choicest products of field and orchard from every lion of the State. The prize winners will be entitled t > the highest honors the State can bestow .'or agricultural achievement, for in competition will be the prize winning entries from county fairs and faun shows held throughout Pennsylvania. The premium lists have been enlarged and made more attractive and with an unusually abundant harvest this year and with an unpdecedented fruit crop, the showings are expected be far and away the best that have er been shown in Harrisburg. The county farm agents in the various counties of the State are actively co-operating with the officials of the Department of Apiculture and as tne season for ouln husking and apple picking nears ..s zenith, the agents are interesting the farmers and orchardists la preserving their choicest products for exhibition at the show. The apple show alone, this year, will be a feature that will bring visiters to Harrisbudg from all parts of the

State.

The premium list for the show is the hands of the printers and

“Apple Week” from October 30 to November 6, Is being generally observed in Pennsylvania for the first time this year. Secretary of Agriculture Fred Rasmussen, in an effort prevent a single Pennsylvania apples from going to waste is working with the various State agencies to utilize the vast crop that the orchards of the Sta*e have produceu. An intensive campaign through the press, poinUng out the value of apples as food is a part of the program. Inasmuch as this is the first yead such active steps have been taken in Pennsylvania, much of the work is of pioneer nature, but indications a that through the sentiment stirred up by the campaign, the State's apple crop will be entirely marketed.

CHESTNUT CROP OF STATE DESTROYED BY BLIGHT

Chestnut blight, which has swept away hundreds of thousands of magnificent chestnut trees in Pennsylvania, has now invaded the Northwestern section of the State, thus practi- . ily completing its devastation in every section of the Commonwealth, according to Prof. J. G. Sandeds, head of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. While in the southern and eastern sections of the State the chestnut forests succumbed to the blight several years ago, large tracts in the northwestern section remained fdee, but this year the trees in that section show the withering effect of the strange malady. i a result of the blight, chestnuts are difficult to obtain in Pennsylvania this year, while an ounce or two now costs as much as a bushel formerly did when the blight was unknown. According to Prof. Sanders it will > at least half a century before chestnuts will be grown In Pennsylvania again.

dented shortage of buildings and ■n bound to have heavy taxation for long period of years. These fundamental conditions are bound to exert a powerful influence in keeping general living costs from going far below present levels, and add emphasis to the nec-d of thrift practices among the people of this

country.

What is really needed is a condition of stabilization—a fixed range of costs of all commodities entering into our business and personal lives. This cannot take place when there is widespread waste, low production, abnormal indulgence in luxuries, Idleness and discontent. We must not only settle down to a period of solid work and careful saving.but we must study the buying problem with greatest care. If each of us will do these things carefully and conscientiously we soon will reach a period of economic stabilization. and, while it is doubtful if we may expect the sweeping reductions in the cost of living that so many seem to be anticipating, there wil' be a readjustment of living conditions which will mean greater prosperity for all. There are few of us who could not practice thrift more intensively than e are doing. If we would dothis, the effect on general economic conditions would be salutary and many of the hardships which are now emphasized in the public mind would be greatly alleviated.—S. W. Straus, President American Society for Thrift.

A Notable Centenary

Jenny Und was; born m Stockholm of humble parents. She sang from childhood and famous teachers beInterested In her. At 12 her voice entirely failed Four years later it came back and her remarkable career began. Her first operatic role was Alice in Meyerbeer’s “Robert Diable." Having been acclaimed in her own country and in Norway she carried her conquests to the Continent and to England. as probably the most talked of person in Europe when Barnum. without having seen or heard her, persuaded her to make a tour of the United States. The steamer Atlantic that brought er to this country’ was saluted Sandy Hook and again as she plowed up the Narrows. Forty thousand people assembled at the landing and the surrounding piers to greet Lind. Triumphal arches marked her pathway. Crowds surged around her hotel and clamored for her appearance. Auction for the sale of tickets brought thousands of buyers. Granin, a hatter 'Mad Hatter," they called him— paid $225 for the first New York tickunheard of extravagance made him famous. The highest price paid for a single ticket was in Providence, where the bit of pasteboard was knocked down to Colonel 1

for $650.

With England and Japan in Siberia

Anyoi

Sheet Mucilage

One may buy mucilage in sheets nowadays. They are verp convenient

for office use.

The mucilage is spread on both sides of thin sheets of paper, which are made into a sort of book. If it be desired to stick two things together, a sh<et is torn out. moistened both sl .es and placed betwe 1 That does he trick.

TheJDifference

FURNISH SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH TWO APPLES DAILY

Harrisburg. Pa.—If every school child in Pennsylvania is furnished with two apples a day until next April the children will be greatly benefltied in health and 3,000,000 bushels of the State's apple crop will be profitably consumed. This statement was made today by Dr. Thomas E. Fine Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, iu connection with 'Apple Week” which is being observed in Pennsplvania. Dr. Finegan calls upon the parent: furnish the school children with apples liberally. His statement, addressed to Secretary of Agriculture red Rasmussen, follows: Dear Mr. Secretary" One of the best articles of diet for children is fruit. I have not forgotten days of my boyhood when those who attended school where I did • thought of going to school within apple or two for the morning aud afternoon recess. For iuncheon. either at homo or at school, there is no better article uian apple. V it were possible to put the apcples of the State within teach of the school children, these children could do very much towsrd making proper disposition of the great apple crop. There are 1.760.000 children enrolled in the schools of Pennsylvania. I am 'nformed that there are about 175 apples in a bushel. On this basis tbo children of the schools of Penn-

Ivania could dispose of 10,000 bush-

will be ready for general distribution elsof apples per day if each pupil

"Esther." questioned the teacher of a member of the juvenile Class, “what is the difference between elec-

tricity and llghtniagT"

"You don't have to pay nothing for lightning," came the prompt reply.—

Everybody’s Magazine.

Risky Experiment

‘IWhen I first met my wife she didn't like me. I determined to her in order to prove to her that she is wrong." "Did it work?" "Worked for a while. But I fear she has gone back to her original opinion.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.

should be provided with one apple. If each pupil could have two apples per day, the children would be able dispose of 20.000 bushels of a;,p each day. Within the next 150 days. by April first the children now rolled in the schools of Pennsylvania could dispose of 3.000.000 bushels of the apple crop of the State of Pe syl vanla. We join with you, the. Governor of the Commonwealth, and the Commissioner of Health, in urging the mother Pennsylvania to make provision tor two apples per day In the lunches of the 1.750.000 children of the Commonwealth who are In attendupon school. In pursuing this course, they will not only be promoting the health of the children, but. from an economic and business standpoint. they will be aiding the fanners of the State in properly disposing of 3.000.000 bushels of the great apple crop of the State. Very sincerely yours. (Signed) THOS. E. FINEGAN.

•■ho has attempted to foiin Russia since the fall of

the old regime has found himself hopelessly handicapped by the inadequate and conflicting report, coming

out of the country.

In the volume “With the 'DieHards’ in Siberia,” Col. John Ward. C. B., C. M. G., M. P., the author narrates what he saw while serving the Siberian Expedition. From this volume one is able to gather certain facts of which the world at large has been In completely informed—particularly the facts related to the activities of the Allied forces in Siberia and the rise of the Kolchak

Government at Omsk.

Colonel Ward’s book is hound furnish material for controversy. His narrative is couched in a style that is the acme of plain speaking; he wastes no time in euphemisms or diplomatic circumlocution, but fearlessly handles facts as they come to him. From all internal evidence his book has the air of a straightforward. truthful narrative. Candor and simplicity are stamped upon his work, and the fact remains that no one was better placed than Colonel Ward to observe certain phases of Russian affairs in 1918-19. The commander of the 25th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was compelled by circumstances to play the roles of politician, orator, judge and diplomat in addition to his normal part as a military leader, witnessed the coup d'etat which gave birth to the Omsk government under Admiral Kolchak, and his small force of B1 men played no small part in protecting that government In the perilous days of its inception. He in constant contact with the Japanee and French military leaders in Siberia and had ample opportunity to ibserve the policies of the two naions which they represented. With the sanction of Kolchak, Col. Warn undertook the difficult and important task of attempting to pacify the laboring classes of Russia, and in this work he rendr-ed valuable service. The picture he giv-»s is one of petty jealousy and strife among 'he Amin the field: the background being furnished by the uninformed ineptitude among the powers at home. The men who were on the spot found their hands tied by the dilatory policies of their governments, and racial jealousy precluded the poss'bility of efficient co-op- ration among the Al-

lied forces.

Particularly black is the character of Japan in Siberia, according to Colonel Ward. Japan, in his opinion, si her 12th Division, under Gen. Oie, Ussurie in 1918 as the result of t ritorial ambltIon“, not with any desire to help bring order out of chaos

in Russia.

In 1918 she (Japan) had made up her mind that Germany --as bound to win the war; that Russia was a conquered country; that any day she might be called upon to repudiate 1 er English alliance and her Enengafleraents and assist Germany and her Bolshevist allies in driring the Entente Powers from the eastern end of the Czar’s dominions. Provided Germany defeated the Althe Western Front, as she

confidently anticipated, this task wi well within her power. So ins.gni cast was the task assigned to her 1 this eventuality that she confident] expected the immediate surrender c such scattered Allied and America forces as wou d find themselves mi rooned in this back end of the world Believing this to be the position, sh acted accordingly, trealing the Ruf ■dans and the other Allied forces ii the stupidly arrogant manner I havi

already described.

Phis is strong Uaguage and ni doubt Japan will find many defend e must not forget, however that the Japanese have prided thNn selves upon being the Russians ol the East. When Prince I to was chos draw up the present Japanese Constitution he chose Germany as hie model and found in Bismarck the master that he sought. He was essentially an imperialist, who sought to implant the ideal of Prussian raili tarism. efficiency, officialism and sys-

tem in Japanese soil.

When, in August. 1918, the British moved to Omsk, in the hope of assisting in the organization of a central government, the Japanese refused to accompany them, preferring to remain where they were that they might more firmly establish them selves in the territory they already occupied. As soon as the Japanese found that Kolchak was not going to accede to their demand for complete control of the railways they refused support the supreme Governor and subsidized Seroenoff and Kalmakov in their opposition to the Omsk government By the power of their money and the presence of their arms the Japanese enabled their two hired tools to interfere successfully with Kolchak's efforts toward an orderly government This attitude of Japan’s resulted in great embarrassment to the centra] authori y, as it encouraged numerous independent leaders to raise the standard of revolt and convinced the average Russian that the Kolchak adirinistration did not find favor in the eyes of the Aliies. When the news of the armistice reached Siberia it came as a severe shock to the Japanese; they were unable to credit the report of the terms accepted by Germany. Thenceforward the attitude of Japan toward the Entente Powers exhibited a marked change, but, in the opinion of Colonel Ward, hjr oblects in Siberia "are still the same,” although “she pursues them by quite different methods.” The policy of the United States in Siebria does not escape CoL Ward's censure. After the Allies had abandoned the “Isle of Dogs" plan, Amer lea still attempted to effect a compromise between the Bo'shevikl and the Central Government. This course alienated the affection of all patriotic Russians and gave Japan the opportunity to turn the situation to her aditage. American policy permitted Red troops to gather in “neutral zones,” and from these zones the Reds attacked the Japanese, “with American soldiers standing by as idle spectators." A policy of this kind could have but one outcome; Russian favor swung sharply away from America toward Japan. Col. Ward concludes his book with a reminder of the debt the world owes Russia for her prompt action in 1914 resulting in the diversion of masses of German troops from the Marne to East Prussia.

Domestic Servants Come From France

NIGHT GOWNS

Because of the scarcity of domestic servants, metropolitan newspapers are accepting help wanted advertisements for maids to be brought from France. The papers state that this is possible because the Federal immigration restrictions ag.vL.st importation of "contract labor” do not ap-

ply to domestic servants.

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