The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

DEMONSTRATE TREATMENT POTATO WART CONFINED FOR STOMACH WORMS IN SHEEP TO SMALL AREA IN STATE

Sheep breeders in PeonsylTsnii suffer a heavy toes each year from inroads made in the flocks by stomach worms and intestinal parasites. The Pennsylvania I>eparunent of Ayncutin re. through its Bureau of Animal In dustry has perfected a drench treatment for sheep and experiments conducted over a period of years has shown the treatment to afford highly beneficial results. At the request of the Pennsylvania State College and the county farm agent of Greene County. Dr. T. E. Muncc head of the Bureau of Animal Industry, recently sent an expert from his bureau to Greene County where a number of Interesting demonstration* were conducted. Greene County is one of the biggest sheer growing counties in the State and mnH* obtained l.*om the de-nonbiratlon * so successful ihii they will be posted in other counties The demonstrations are held In co opera.ion with the local vetetinsrians In each community.

BEEKEEPERS NEGLECT COLONIES DURING WINTER MONTHS Thousands of colon!i* of honey bees In Petmsylvsnis that receive reason able &tteutln«i through the greater part of the year, are allowed to shift for themselves throughout the winter under the erroneous Impression that the bees hibernate like other insects. This condition has been found by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. which keeps in dose touch with the bee keeper^ of the State, through its apiary inspection service. Three things are absolutely «*ssentlal if the bees are to be brought through the winter in prime shape. They umst be provided with an abundance of stone of good quality, must have protection from the wind and cold and must have ample room for rearing brood at appropriate tiroes. Store* of good quality ccnsist of hooey well ripened and of sufficient quantity to supply colony needs until the spring honey flea. If bee? are wintered out doors at least 45 pounds of hdney should be allowed for each colony. The protection needs vary according to location, but < »erywherr in Prtrosylvania hives • nouM be protected without side covers and packing, or the hives placed in cellars arranged and constructed for the purpose. The object la to maintain a consistent hive temperature of 52 degrees F . which brings about a minimum of activity and consumption of stores by the bo«*«. For further informr.tion, write th“ Bureau of Plant Industry, i'enrsylrnnta Department of Agriculture. Harrisburg.

CLUSTER FLIES ANNOYING TO HOUSEWIVES AT THIt* SEASON •ni'* cluster fly. a big. laxy fly many lime* the size of the ordinary house fly, is causing housewlvt- no little concern at the present time, according to letters reaching the Bureau of Plant Industry, ’.’eonsj'lvania Department of Agriculture. The life his ton' of the Cluster fly Is unknown hut it Is probable that they breod in decaying vegetable mattei. outdoors and fly Indoors only upon the approach of winter The flies at this season are found in the con »ra i f dark unuaid rooms, in ctoaet* undiT dothlaw or beneath curtains at windows, in the spring time there flies will be found swarming on windows One method of getting them out of the house is to have the curtains up. admitting as much light as possible to the room having the windows open a short distance from the top. The fliee will promptly migrate to more rmgenial surroundings. Dusting freab pyrethnun i«owder about will either kill or stupery the file* so the; can be swept up and burned. The fli«* at this season of the year are sluggish and may be killed with little difficulty, with the conventional fly swatter.

Aa the result of exhaustive investigations and surveys conducted during the past summer and fall, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has definitely established the fact that the potato wart is prevalent In 781 garden or truck patches and on farm. The total .wage affected is than 100 scree and the disease is found in Oft} -three towns and villages of the State. The fact that the wart is found on only one farm is due to the fact that that the foreign grown seed potatoes that brought the wart into the State were used only by small gardenam and truckers. The Bureau of Plant Industry of the PennaylvanU. Department of Agriculture. in dealing with the wart problem uas been faced with the task of preventing the rpresd of the disease and at the same time work no hardship on the persons tilling land known to be Infected. The raising of wart Immune seed has practically solved the problem of enabling the owners of infected land to still raise profitable crops of potatoes. while the quarantine regulations have effectually prevented the spread of the disease. Wart immune potatoes for seed purposes. grown under the direction of the Slat.- authorities, will be tagged, sealed and distributed to the growers In the infected areas, for use in growing next season's crops.

TREATMENT OF CATTLE DISEASE RECEIVES ATTENTION IN MID-WEST The remarkable success obtained by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture in its warfare on sterility and noortion in cattle, is attracting attention throughout the Lnited State*. The Bureau of Animal Industry, of the Pennsylvania I department, employs the Albrechtsen treatment, which was perfected in France, some years since According to figures prepared by Dr. T. E .Muncc. head of the Bureau, there were 103 herds of cattle examined for sterility and abortion in 1919 and in these ht 'ds were 965 animals that required t -eat menu During the year there were 1697 treatments admlnlsred. The State Department of Agriculture is making a strong fight to arouse the farmers of the State to the necessity of providing treatment for these disease* which are causing enormous ssea each year. One of the leading drovers' Journals In the mld-wesL after conducting investigations. has been so impressed with the results obtained in Pennsylvania that a comprehensive article. de:Jing with the work in this State. Is beiug sought.

More silos needed. Buckwheat cakes and sausages for which Pennsylvania is famous are now i season . No farm home Is complete without its local newspaper, its farm paper and its daily paper. Sheep are dual purpose animals— wool in the spring and lambs in the

"The cedar trees are right In the grave-yard, but is one of the worst enemies in the fruit orchard.' One of the largest source* of revenue of the Pennsylvania farmers, with the exception of dairy products, is from poultry' and egg production, yet the average fanner does not realize this and gives the matter very little attention it Is time now to get the fowls off the trees and into comfortable winter quarters.

Tregoe Sees End of Trade Slump That we should roach a stale of ocooomlc stability in the coming summer after a winter and spring of depression waa th« fea’ure of an addrees by J H Tn«oe. of New York, seer** tary and treasurer of the Nati-iual A»nociation Cf Credit Men at the Engl neer*' Club luncheon. Mr. Trego decried the lack of honeaty in busin«* deahags nlrm Prevalent, saying that gffine business men would be bandits it they had th* courage; also he noted America was lacking in buslnaa* grain*, stated that the economic aal vailoti of the world ley in the 'mads of America* business men; and point- i

ed out that the discovery of a svstera I whereby we could get our badly needed goods into the hands of To: elgn workmen was something that ' should be a daily prrblem to every i icyal American, i "Despite some evidence to the contrary.” said Mr Tregoe. "I do ngt believe that the genius of America is business. We are at the forefront In construction and pioneering, but we have neglected the study of economic direction and have paid penalties for 1L "America must take the leadership in reconstruction and we must get at U at once. The world la crying tor our goods We must get a scheme to get them to it on sound methods. We are running around in circles.”

Fashions in CapitaT By MARGARET WADE In regard to afternoon dress, always important in Washington, there is a wide range of style, particularly as to the length of the sleeve. Mrs. Newton R. Baker, at a very smart afternoon reception, wore a beautiful gown of bulge-colored chiffon, made up on pink silk or satin, with embroidery of several tones of beige ind metal threads covering the en'ire bodice. which had dose Cuing sleeves ending above the elbow. Mrs. Baiter topped this -rlth a round bat of pink reive*, covered in many short, rich i-s-trich plumes of the same tone. Miss Marie Simms. Just back fro n several months' visit to friends in London and Geneva, is -Iso wearing l ie short sleeves for daytime occasion, her smartest afternoon dress lx mg black satin, embroidered in line jet and sliver, with sleeves ending two Inc ie» above the elbow. Mrs. Charles Bromwell. always a lender In smart drees, on the otfc ?r hand, has her ns tin and velvet sleet «s fitted snugly from dhow to wit it. sometimes halfway to the knuckle* In a fashion of ten years ago. Miss Isabel May. always extrem' ly smart, also sponsors the long, dote sleere. which is seen tr great .idvaitage in a black satin dem' toilet wi h the new line close tunic cut n d ip petal scallops and embroidered from hem to waistline In coral beads, silver and gold threads. The beds vary in size but are all of. one color—a soft

pink.

The plaid sport skirt is not losing any of Its popularity, 'f one may Judge by the morning parade on Connecticut avenue, now the Fifth avenue of the national capital. Mrs. John E Reyburn. back to Waahingtn after an absence of several years, takes her morning walk In a side-pleated skirt of brown and black plaids of large bit vague outline .with s snappy hip-length coat of the darice'shade of brown, and a velvet hat of lighter tore. The hat is particularly smart, being a draped Bailor which preserves the severity of a sailor brim without the unbcomlng stiff crown. Uke most hats for morning wear, it Is untrimmed. Mrs Henry C. Corb.n also wears a plaid skin, but In small pattern of ; black anti green, with Jacket of black doth and a round turban of dark green Town is Without a Hotel The town of Seibo. on the island of Santo Domingo, notorious for Us bandit tribes, is one of the few communities on the island that has no hotel accommodations, the unbefriended stranger finding noth.ng but miserable thatched huts with nesta on three legs for beds, and a ragged old negro for a servant. Seibo is the most out-of-the-war. asmlshcd at stranger;, unaqualntcd with the world town ol any site that be found in the West Indies Though a large detachment of United States Marines .amp at its banditthreatened door, the people show unbounded surprise to see American civilians. Groups of almost foppishly dressed men lounge in the streets, yet the town Itself Is little short of filthy. A curious old church, a part of it built 400 years ago on the top of which Is the Marine wirele** station. Is the only building of importance. From the top of this church. Eelbo is seen be surrounded by low hills, everywhere wooded, without a hut outside its compact mas*, described by Harry A. Franck, in the Century Magazine, as having 'its skirts drawn up like those of a nervous old maid In constant dread of ice. "The town also has the proverbial garrison house that seems Uke a fort of the modi val ages

Annapolis Boasts Tea Party Much publicity ha* been given the “Bos'.on Tea Party.” which was picturesque as well as significant, but it was cot the only “tea party" of that time Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. had an equally good one with the same 'titer.I* and purpose and fully as spectacular. In th- summer of 1774 the brigantine "Peggy Stewart" entered the port of Annapolis with a cargo of tea. The people id the city regarded the shipment a* an Insult anu a defiance of tt-vir will. They gathered in the strew, to denounce the local im poner- and to organise for the destruction of the tea The local Importer appealed to Charles Carrollton, for protection. His answer was that the only way by which they could escape personal violence would be to bern Loth ship and cargo Instantly, and in plain sight o f the Infu rated populace. This was done, and the ourning ship and cargo In Asnapods harbor was quite aa spec tacular as the emptying of a canto of tea into Boston Harbor.

Poim Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

the get-rich-quick scheme ic which thousands of persons invested millions of dollars before It collapsed last August. pleaded guilty to using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the Federal District Court. Sentence of five years in the Plymouth County Jail was Impose dby Judge Hale. The court took Into consideration only the fiiat count of one Indictment of forty-three counts in which it waa charged that Ponzo had represented falsely that he was able to pay Interest at the rate of $0 per cent in 45 days from profit* made In International reply coupons. The little Italian who, with prison sentences in Canada and this country behind him. developed his supposed scheme of exchange in international postal reply coupons to proportions that made him a marked figure in finance only to have.hls hous of easy money topple over on him when the props of income investors we.* pulled out, hsd an air of swagger when he faced the court. As he faced another long prison sentence while his youthful wife robbed on his shoulder, he penciled on s memorandum block his parting word i- the public "Sic transit gloria mundr (“thu* parson the glory of the world”) and handed It to the press. Ponxi will begin hi* sentence at the county Jail in Plymouth with cightyflve counts of the federal indictment* against him on file and with chargee of larceny in many counts outstanding against him in the State courts. He is due also to face him creditors, of whom there more than 11,000. on December S, when he will be subject to their Interrogations as to what he did with the millions intrusted to him. of which his federal receivers have been able to retrieve only a small part. The argument of Daniel H. C oak ley in Ponzi's behalf was based on a claim that the prisoner could have fled with' millions If he wished to defraud and that he 'bought he was on the w-y to make millions for his investors and

himself.

Judge Hale interjected a query at thi* point. “Is there anything ▼ou can iy by which the court can conclude that it was not a wild scheme?" 'I don't believe the defendant considered It a wild scheme.” his counsel replied. "He had an obsession that is a financial wizard (he won't like this, for he bell -ve* be is).” Daniel J. Gallagher. United States attorney, arguing for the government, urged Imposition of the maximum sentence. He said: It is true Mr. Ponzl did collect about 810.000.000. It is also true that he paid back about $8,000,000. leaving difference of about >2.000.000 between what he took In and what he iturnod.” Before Imposing sentence. Judge Hale said that counsel for Ponzl had presented considerations of importance which were summarized by the court as follows. "That while as a matter of law. the -pendent is guilty of a scheme to defraud, he did not realize the fact that the large number of men and women were actually to be defrauded." Judge Hale continued. ..The court is iinpr tsed with much that Mr. Coakley has said. But the court has a great duty to the public as well as to the person Umnodlate.l> before iL It will not do to have the public understand that such a schecie as his through the United States in st re mentality could be carried out without receiving substantial punish-

ment.’'

Sentence was then imposed.

Relief for Trapped Submarine Crew A life-boat ha.- been Invented to prevent a repetition of submarine accidents which have occurred. The mean* of escape for the trapped irew has been derlned by Daniel J. Carr, of Wilmington, Cal Carr say* he ha* been n practical boat builder for many years. His invention which calls for a life-boat, or for several boats, built into the superstructure of the submarine, waa patented recently. He has asekd the government to allow him the use of an obsolete sub-narine sc that be may demonstrate the efficiency of his in-

vention.

The Carr lifeboat is mounted in the superstructure of the submartre. It Is entered from a manhole In the top of the sobraa.iae, erai^h can be closed after the crew Is In the lifeboat, so that the submarine can be salvaged after the men have escaped. Another manhole In the top of the lifeboat provides for the exit of the crew when the lifeboat has been detached and h. s floated to the top of the water. Carr asserts that the lifeboat la no way interferes with the seaworthtnras operation of the submarine: that It will stand any buffeting in <nagh weather that the submarine can stand

Origin of Master ., Piecse

The most read of Sir Waiter Scott's novel* Is "iTanhoe.” When he began work on this masterpiece of English fiction he had It full sketched In his mind, we tire told, but was looking about for a heroine who would exactly typify a race whose prosucution he deplored. and be is said to have found her in a most unusual way. While still In s quandry. he received a visit from the American novelist. Washington Irving, whose works he very much admired. r. Irving had come to Abbotsford In 1817. bearing a letter of Introduction from the poet Campbell ,who was aware of Sir Walter's high appreciation of Irving's genius. During on* of their conversations Irving spoke to bis friend Robert Grata, a member of turdy Jewish family of Philadelphia. who was born in the Quaker City in 1871. She was distinguished ss much for her faith, her charity and real worth as her beauty. Scott was deeply impressed with Irving'* description, and conceived the idea of embodying Miss Gratx a* the heroine of the work he was about to begin. This purpose be carried out. and when the book appeared in December, 1819. he sent the first copy to Irving, and in a letter accompanying it he asked: "How do you like your Rebecca? Does this Rebecca compare with the pattern given?" When Sir Walter Scott was writing "Ivanhoe” he had a long and severe Illness, and most of the story was dictated to bis secretaiy. Often when be was In great pain he continued at his work with his usual energy When his secretary would insist on his resting he would say: “Nay, Willie, only see the door* are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool to ourselves, but a* to giving over work, that can only be when I am In woolen." Lockhart, in his "Life of Scott." say* that the author received numerous letfrom readers of "Iranhoe." censuring him f n r bestowing the hand of Rowena, rather than that of Rebecca, upon the brave knlgtr of Ivanhoe. showing tils' there was in the character "that t« uch of nature that makes the whole world kin.’’ Irving. In one of hi* Interesting letters tells of th« informal and cordial reception given him when he visited Scott, wno came limping down to the gate to meet him. and made him spend several days at Abbotsford. They read and talked together, and it is probably during one of these evenings that the subject of Rebecca Gratx was discussed. Miss Gratz knew the source of the character of F •bt«a. "but shrinking as she did, from any publicity." we are told, “would seldom refer to the Incident. and when pressed upon the subject would deftly evade It by charging the theme of conversation." There is said to have bee* a little romance in the life of Rebecca Gratz. was beloved by a worthy man who had gained her affection. The difference religious belief, however, proved an insurmountable barrier to the union. Rebecca remaining loyal to her faith as her prototype in Scott's novel. Rebecca Gratx lived a long life of dev. Hon to service for humanity, and In this we are reminded of the words of Rebecca In her final Interview with Wilfred's bride in "Ivanhoe"; "Among our own people, since the time or Abraham downward, have been women who had devoted their thoughts to Heaven and their actions to works of kindness to men. tending the sick, feeding the hungry and relieving the distressed. Among these will Rebecca be numbered." It seem* a* if the novelist had not only portrayed the character of Rebecca Gratz In that of his favorite heroine, but had also forecast the future of her prototype in those words of 'Rebecca, the Jewess.”

Industry,’s, Se X Distinction Declared Removed By a, LILLIAN enskine TbON, 01 u who ^ la* Ule fAttOI, of ^ 7* -a OBf UdOBUlBB Of . 0O.N, ,J" Wiow thot tiNr proOonlot ci ^~2 OllOl* Bipod out -Bt dL«|«p_* ool. IO U» lOOBlUOB plBBt, h, J NBSdard iodoauifo of To loNct .« dlBUOta, ' poroir lobor problom, lo p.; soe* which concern the ran, , floodUde of rising wage. ^ ily ebbing waterline of wokiu t*. hare left the sands of the labor strewn with the flotsam and j ^ of past employment tradition* aT, nation consuming more than it k vfl ing to produce and spending more tin It is ready to earn. America it t concerned with no more vital pro than that of the relation of the m to his work. The position of women in | t today 'differs not one Jot from Um, i. In that in the hands of both r. the solution of Low the Mr-am, * adequate wages and bettered trial conditions shall be fed fron dwindling spring cf national live capacity. We shall do well to discard the lv lacy that the world conflict ha* rt lutionlxed the relation of employer i* employe. Yet no phase of the war more readily accepted by the p than that declaring that our ndus were confronted by wholly nor ra ditions. Reduced to its last amlyn the press featured the fact that » were earning a living wage ot ^ lathe of the machine chop, in tht* bora lory of the chmnic. I plan ml* the cab of the overhead crane ' relation existing between prodoc efficiency end the standard Uyos t the machine shop and the qaei-tioii ventilation, lighting and ufegtiL'da were no different than before th* vsWhat, then, is new The work' T danger? Since the secret of productiw 1 In the manager’* office rathe; tl In the workroom, it might 1** sra that the character or sex of the a ploye is a matter of small con-a But successful business must al*i N« based upon the spirit of coope lion within the Industrial onunits Tae wortting ability of wotr.-n t'.’t* fore, may prove a less deU n tor In assuring their retention sge the payroil than their cons'" their c.msclentlousnes*. their ntra*! dislike of conflict and their adaoa* v to their wort-Ing anvlronm'r.t To proclaim them the equal* of an » P <ductlve units throuzhort tl the range of industry is a* inarra* Is noneaaentlal No one. home can questlor the superiority cf l in an Inflnlty of prnc<«*e; delicacy of touch, quicknelion, painstaking accuracy of “W mem or taxing the subconsrinu; steal reactions associated with 11 monotun? of sutoma’lc procre*« The salvation of industry ** based on the elimination of a'cat handicaps to the »ell-bint < even' employe a* a prerequisite ul productive efficiency whirl: mud s* only be sustained but ncc-lertte! * well. If we are to avoid the def ,l!

peace.

As long aa the women In mis® demonstrates her ability t0 her earnings by her sustain- : not only in her retention or. tt roll *«*ured. but she will flnii' - ^ steadily broadening ran?* of tunlty—Philauelphia Ledger

Gulf Stream Varies The current of water through the ocean which is commonly- called the Gulf Stream Is of varying width at dliferent points. The width, according to the condition* that influence it. may vary from 45 to 100 miles, and It* course also varies slightly from time to time. In popular usage the name is ofter not applied to designate the Gulf St -earn proper, but much of the oceanic drift of the north Atlantic.

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