The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

FARMING PROFITS INCREASED BY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES One ban only to look to Washington the*e days to realise that the farmer looms lance upon the horizon and potent force In political es well aa In economical life—and all because he has gathered hlmseT In organizations and Is pulling together with a class consciousness never before cvidenL So It la that Congress giv"* ear this united voice of the dweller on the riuntryslde and seeks to do his bidding In the ready ps -sage of measures designed to give him relief from h!s present distress, some of which are questionable in their wisdom, even ss fa giving snv permanent btneOt to the fanner In the long run Yet many years ago . when the larmer was but a small force In politics, because of his lack of cohesion and of (••nmwork. there was an organIzati which recognized the fundamental value of agriculture to the nation and sought to elevate It from the rule-of-thumb procedure. The factor was th< great Bute university of the South and West working through Hi. agricultural college—for the State Un'versity is much more than sn institution of learning or a teacher of exponent culture. Lares ana Penates—Common Sense and Idealism Since It is likewise a constructive force in the life of the people of the SUte who gave It birth and who maintain 1U existence, naturally u is Imbued and colored by the atmosphere of Us environment and finds its greatest expression In those Household Gods—Common Sense and Idealismtho Lams and Penates—of the Middle

Wes

Among the men of the agricultural college of the SUte universities early perception of the dullness, the loaeUnees. the dreariness and the ceaseless drudgery of life upon the farm—and equally the realization that the remedy of thme things lay in making life upon the • -an both attractive and profitable. How this was done and bow country life la a far different matter from score of years ago was brought vividly to me In a recent trip to Champaigne. the seat of the great SUte University of Illinois. The method* were very t-lmple and hotOel-. carried out with patience and Industry. “an “ Idlng year by y-wr incalculably to the wealth and prod active wealth o ftbe State. On the university there was live stock of all kinds and more than 1000 acme of land with which u> conduct experiments. A aeries of experiments on soli treat .nMilh extending over a number of years gsve definite results greatly Increased yields anywhere trotn 10 to 33 1-3 per cent snd even mom—with proper methods of cultivation. such a niutlon of crops and fertilization. The farmers in those days, even more than now. we.e not strong on "book learning"." and in the matter of raising crops "had to he shown."' the agricultural collei.-* hau the right information, and by .t* analysis of the soil on each far.n could tell each farmer what to do In order to get best

rmult a.

Some soils, like some persona, have soar dl*posit tens, so when the farmers who owned these- lands asked for bmAd. the agricultural college literally gave them a stoue and told them tn put limestone and ground phosphate on their fields, thereby Increasing the yield fr m eleven and - r ehalf thlay-five -od one-half bushels

per acre.

Cow Declared Better Inveerinent Than

Gold Mine

Not far from these experimental gelds Where these tests hnvc t made lor half a century there Is dairy bam with tract- rs. silos and blooded cattle—for blood will te rattle even If It slips us somellnn humans- Just how it tells you gather from the annals of those high-bred • itl* Cows." some of whom have given j».000 pounds of milk In one year compared with 4000 pounds of the ordinary cow. This lolls also ‘*>e dairy" industry Is such n constantly growing source of revenue to the farm-

ers of Illinois

A now that gives from twelve to twenty times her w-lgbt in milk each ytwr Is better than a ""Sold mine"" nowadays, and a more paying Investmeat than a five per cent gold bond not subject to the normal Income —

food. Also it is true that the dairy is the most economical o. all producers of food for human beings, for here is no other animal mo efficient In turning rot&hage into food in the shape of milk. It Is i mall wonder, therefor< hat one universal story comes to me from ery section of the country—and that Is the great growth of the dairy Industry and how it has become, along with poultry raising, the reliance of the farmer when other source,

venue fall.

Illinois has mor? than 1.000.000 dairy cows, and the entire production ol milk in the Cnlted Slate* in 1919 more than 1.000.000.000 gallons, but the sight that bolds you longest and Interests you the most Is the ""Aggie"'—the student >f the agricultural college, in his everyday clothes, hard at work, immaculately and sanitarily clad in white, running the cream separator, making butter and milking. The dairy maid of romance and poetry longer exists, since men mostly do the milking nowadays. "Aggies" Divined Into “Long Horns* and “Short Horns" The students, men and won. n. for all SUte institutions in the West are co-educatlonal. are the real product of the univentity. They come from the smallest hamlets and the largest cities alike, and after a time all d<'t!''ctions are lost and tho finished graduate is mostly noted for being a loyal son or laughter

of Illinois.

The “Aggies" "are divided into "Long Horns” and "Short Korns"—those who Uke the full four-year course and those s horn rirt-umslance* force to be content with a lesser length of attendance. They are learning scientific agriculture, the agriculture of experimenUtlon and research. And not only are they getting a liberal educafrom books and teachers, but even more so from association with the 900 studenu of tbe great university. There are student activlUea that claim their spare moments and that teach them discipline and obedience. Then there are home economics, community work and. but that 1* another story: sod as the story tells how the university seeks to make life on the farm profiUble. so that story will tell ho* it also seeks to make It attractive thus stop the drift from the farm to the city which Is so serious and mnnacing a feature of modern life.

Representative Ttochtr. Republican, Kansas, said be was surprised to find that farmers owning a eooperuUve .•levator company bsj been "gambling." Asked If that was permitted under his charter by the laws of lows. Mr. Middleton said that, so far as he knew, there had been no prosecution' and that not more than 16 per cent of the elevators In his SUte made a

practice of bed gin..

'Under present market conditions It might be unwise to dispense with hedging, but we are not satisfied with all conditions su.Tounding It.” he said I realize that wo have got to have

the exchanges."

C. H. Hyde, of the Oklahoma Farm rs" Union, declared farmers of the Southwest opposed future speculative trading "as a whole. "The buying of futures may be necessary as an Insurance ftwlure.” be said, "but we want to see a plan devised by which Insurance will not be necessary "

SPRAYING FOR PEACH LEAF CURL There 1* great probability oi there beings heavy infesUtloa of peach leaf cuil on peach trees next spring. This Is due to the warm weather which. If it continues much longer, will cause peach buds ,o swell. When the buds swell the bud scales will separate and the rain or other moisture will wash the spores of the disease under the bud scales to Infect the newly expanding leaves nvxt spring. Spray now to kill the disease so th- re alii he no damage to tbe trees next summer. Spring spraying will co*' rol the disease. Use commercial Uu.t sulphur wash diluted to test 1.030 *p. gr. or 6 degrees Beaume which. In the case of commercial goods, means 1 part to 3 parts Spray wheu the temperature above freezing end stop In time n'low tbe mixture to Jiy before the temperature falls to freezing For further Infonn.-aion on the control of insist pests and plant dlseasea. writ.- to the Bureau of 1‘lant Industry, tuylvunla Department of Agrlcul-

. Harrisburg

dded to shift hi* operations to purej, bred cattle and to discontinue as* rapidly as possible the handling of!

grade stock.

In addition to Improving type and breeding of cattle the tanner* of the State have come to realize that healthy

iGerman Plan 1© Sell Potash in U. S. Blocked

! Strange Story of a Green Camd

KILL THE RAT Rat* cause a loss of not less than ten million dollars every year to the people of Pennsylvania. In our cities there is a rat to every human being: In th* country districts there are three for each Inhabitant Kill them and the enormous waste they are

causing

The/ can be killed by shooting, trapping «nd poiaoi.log The best poison abrium carbonate, a tasteless, odorleas salt that should be mixed with !. flah. fruits vegetable* or cereAa the rats vary their diet cording to conditions two or more of the baits should be used, mixing the barium rarbo-ate with them rate of one part of the poison to four pans of bait Put this around place* frequented by them. If this doe* not kll! them change the baits until one Is found that they will eeL Rat* an* shrewd so that It is not always easy to poison them Build them out of existence by making all the buildings on tbe place rat proof. For further information on pest control. write to the Bureau of Plant Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Marrisburg.

Once upon a time there was a g camel. Yee. really. And being g

Berlin—ReprsentaUve* of tbe Ger- made him blue, and being b stock is likewise essec-ial if the bust mKn pou^t *ynd rate to start for him poor company, and being gi ness I* to be maintained on a paying j;ew York to negotiate contracts with company made him often aio*e. a basis. Hence the increasing d mand African fertilizer msznxfacturcr*. beinr oft no aione made him s grt for th. treatment for rterfllty snd hlT( , lB ^, n refused permission to enter^ thinker. But what chance has a grant abortion disease and tuberculin teat- th< , state* thinker who Is greed’ J ^ tng as conducted under the direction trip ^ off tj> r negotiation* whatever, so no wonder the poor, of tbe Pennsylvania Bureau of Animal upoI) .. hlch lhey eo confidently count- humpy old thing felt discouragsd. Industry ,<j to open American market* to the Bren his mammy was ashamed

v rapidly accumulating stores of German ' him and tried ic pretend be was a

TAKE ACTIVE STEPS ' potash, must be called ofl unless the poor relation of be.-husband's, add th* IN FIGHT ON GLANDERS jv-partment Modifies it attitude rest of the herd moved off v' “ ■ a-I decides to r* - ml the n.-ce-sary he approached. You see. everybody The Pennsylvania Department of Amt , rtcin paa? ,por. Ise* was used to dust-covered camels and Agriculture, through Its Bureau of Ditctjuion of a pnapective new con- they dlun't believe In any other kind. Animal Industry, is taking active (nicJ ^ n ^ uraP< tn Benin, whrr* »o when they actually saw a green step* to check the spread of glanders. (J orlglMi | y ; Uin „i. vnd attempts of camel It made them mad. They felt hi which ha* made Its appearance In ^ syndicate to treat up the Ameri »ome way or other he was to blanw Philadelphia. More than a score of ^ bnylnf . romblne by negotiating for it. too. and pretty soon the green stables where the disease has been with Indl idual fertilizer camel got Into the habit of hiding tn found, are under quarantine, while iB tbe " nlted States, or the daytime and only venturing out gi

hundred* of exposed horses have been

examined

Dr. T. F.. Mane*, head of the Bureau I Animal Industry, ha* got ten touch with each of «be veterinarian* '

by celling direct t

onmmers. seem night—for at night he looked )

doomed to failure. another camel. , The German* wb > are desperately Now. In th* wide deoert there nr* anxious to revive tn de with America so many little sand hill*, so small that —now regarded as the gieat financial no one but a green camel would hevU|

of Philadelphia County, about n of ^ German potash Industn notice.' them, and he always stewed

—had received Instru -tin* not to al- very carefully cj his lonely walks, lor co-operate in tbe fight against the dls- ^ ^ ^ p ^

to Interfere on more than ore occasion be hsd

~ l * e with rlacing contrac s. snd to start seen funny little men pop out of tbe

V ^r, (h )h(i ^ negotiations b;- cuttle r the price under top* of the hill* and go dancing way " ,nnr ’ that paid for the lat.st Import* from in the moonlight. There are fairy

quested to get In touch with their ^ clients owning mules and horses and

nmg mu.*. «... — the Alsatian mine*, n w French prop- folk tn tbe desert a* well as la I point out the necessity for their as- ^ , or **,. queer little gray elves so P

*i*i*nee. In preventing their animal* from being exposed to the disease md the prompt reporting of any suspicious symptoms of the disease. No human fatalities have been reported as a result of the Philadelphia out-

break.

Privy Councillor Ken pm-r. chairman the sand in color that they skip a of tbe German syndic .te, was unwill- - right under the caravans ; ing to cover th O.ms. hand more never noticed. But they do a I than to say that the Freoch price of noticing themselves, and hsd I would be undercut There Is no doubt watching the green . ^mel u tbe syndicate is prepared to cat the lonely walks many a night price until It shall be low enough to “gee how careful he Is not to trs«ff I make it possible for the American on our houses " said the little elf chief,

CONTROLLED fanner lo bll J' <tosnlte the fall 11 sgri-. “not at all like the re«t of the o

cultural prices. The lattlal reduction brutes. Should we not do a

There i* a sure cure for the so '» “ ,on * dr °P from ' b ' ori * tn » 1 Pricejfor him?"

COCKROACH EASILY

called Croton bug or cockror.ch. It i

. of *105. for which the G.rmans held "Yes! Yes! By all i

The dairy equipment that will be show nln connection with the :-1fth AnFarm Products Show, to be held in Harrisburg. January '6-28. will be feature that will be of Interest t every dairy mi n In Pennsylvania. It is pro rosed to show the comp’ele equipment of a modern dairy barn, and display will be worked out to the smallest detail. The o.'lry division of the show, this year will be on a much larger scale than ever before and practically every manufr. turer of note in the co in try will nave an exhibit while the Bureuu of Animal Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, will also have a display that wil! be well worth aee-

She pay

, for herself the first year

*.nd after that Is all •velvet" less th. ipkeep That same upkeep, nuirvov. '

, * scientific process,

the result of

many vears" experiment of balanced ration* o." feed stored In alios through the winter months when ©the- green

forage cannot be had.

Illinois, along

with many other

SUte univeraUiee. ha. Jnda.triou.ly .-pod abroad the knowledge that milk

Washington—The hedging system, long followed In the grain trade, was opposed by representatives of farmers" organizations, who appeared at the first of a series of extended bee ring* by the House agricultural committee on bills d. signed to put a heavy tax on strictly specub* dealings. There wr rr. however, lo indicate thsi i. organization wanted he government to abollih grain exhanges and while some witnesses declared present condition, were "bad. they wen- unable to offer offhand subprotection to the grower. It was stated that repp-sentatlve* of the Chicago Board of Trade would pn-aent their aide of the case next week or later, after the farmer had b«—n heanl. A. t» Middleton, pnuldent of the V armors' Elevator Company, of Eagle Grove. la„ aald the experience of farmers In his section had 0001001001*1 them against future selling or eve ©hedging The system of hedging by which a mat- buying actual corn soils an equal amount in futures had be*-n regarded by the trade as legitimate, although, he added, it led to temptation to reck les.» aparwlatlnn on one hedging .amuirtiun his company, te xzld. lost

ADEQUATE QUARTERS PROVIDED FOR FARM SHOW VISITORS With the I-enc-vivama Legislature in session at tbe i xme time the Fifth Annual Stale Farm Products Show will be held. January 25-:8. farmers In some sections have expressed the fear that they wi".: as", be able U cure adequate housing faculties while

attending the show.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has arranged through 'he housing bureau of th- 1 Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, tn secure quarter* for all who attend. There will be information booths maintained at all tiroes at tbe show, and visitor* may apply there and be assigned to rooms Tbe thousand* of farmers visiting last year's show made n decidedly favorable Impression to the home* of Harrisburg where they were quartered and hundred* of rooms In priresidences have already been Hated for the use of the farmer* this

the liberal dusting about the sink*.; °“< ^ * m,t «*«* of ,he n ' rHn ^vea. dapping their water pipes and other places where negotiation* In September, when they hand*. “Let ns give him a wish!" And they congregate with sodium fluoride •till thought they had the whip hand, away after the green camel they pat Two or three days after the use of 0 * ln K 10 supposed urgent need of ; tered and in no time at all had caught

this there should not be a live cock American farmers for potash Kerap- up with him.

roach about the place. Common borax »** optimistic that the coming ol "S'op. Sir Humpu*!" shrilled a tltoften used I* of no use In the con ’‘P rtn ' » ou ' d, '«" ‘ h '‘ agricultural re- Ue elf In hi* ear while the rest formed trot of prats. adjustment in America well under a ring around the great beast, who to For the control of household pe'U. «>>'• bringing with it an increase In his astonishment feund he could not

write to the Bureau of Plant Industry. «*>' d-mand for fertilizers, which for j move.

Pennsylvania Department of Arricul ,b '"months ha* almost ceased "Good evening, little mer." said th*' ture. Harrisburg ,u * >rt *t. A Urge part of the pousb green camel nervously, thinking the

cargoes which acre moved last sum- elves, too. would poke fun at Ms color.

GEESE NOT A CARRIER ">«■ on speculation, he said, sttll are "Good evening beautiful creature!" Of- SCARLET FEVER GERMS '/ing unsold In warehouse* of AtUn- said the king, bowing politely from a

. tic and Gulf porta, so Uut an adequate sand dune that brought him on a level

The authorities In a borough In the supply for ihe spring srason te on with the camel'* aose. "How la it yoa i-astern part of Pennsylvania, some hand. are so often alone and why do you

days ago ordered allied a flock ol Kempner denied that the syndicate look so sorrowful T"

geese that the authorities believed t* trying U. charge a higher price In “No one believes In me!" walled th* were responsible for the spreading of the United Slates than In Holland.' green camel, two tears .ridding down

scarlet fever, which killed three chil- Scandinavia and other countries, a* hte noae.

dren in one family. The borough was charged by American n-pre-enta -f)h. that"* nothing!" piped up the ilth officials held that the geese tives last summer, and said he could king cheerfully. No one believe* la re infected with the scarlet fever show proofs of this. It te noteworthy, us either, but we don't care at all'" germs however, that the annual report on “Yes, but there are more of you." The matter was uken up at the the potash Industry, prepared by the sobbed the camel, “and there's only

laboratories oi the Bureau of Animal Danmann firm at Hanover and usually one of me!"

Industry. Pennsylvania Department of regarded as authoritative, speaks of That"* so." said the king thoughtAgriculture at Philadelphia, the ex- this discrimination acalns- America fully, but cheer up. we have come perts of the department announcing a* a fact and expresses belief that to give yon a wish: perhana you that domestic animate or fowls are not this one of the difficulties to be cleared would like five or six camels of green known to be carriers of scarlet fever up by the proposed visit to the to associate with?" * and that the flock of geese were need- United State* of the agent*. The re- "i, mou | d ^ fln( . for nje but Iraaly destroyed. port defend* the practice of charging might not like being green." said the

*oportion to kind hrarted camel

nutritious of any human twenty cents a bushel.

various countries

——"No. I Irish noth-

OLEO LICENSES BREAK ALL the r ability to pay and expresses sur- Ing tUt wiU mak „ onp unhmDrT - RECORDS DURING PAST YEAR prise that the American dealer Is un “Why don't you wish youraelfa ran

- • able to see the justice of the system coat like a The Bureau of Foods. Pennsylvania j by which, when currency rank* high, then Department of Agriculture, shattered more can be paid than with depreci-

all rcords in the number of oleomar- a t«! currency, garlne licenses Issued during 1920

The Biggest Statues

5788 Issued in 1919. which previously

held all record* The largest statue In all Asia I* In

There Is a strong Indication that the province of Pegu, in Burmah. It king 1921 will show more licenses issued is a recumbent figure of Buddha.

«rat of your family.

»*k*"d another of the elves.

"No." aald the camel, shaking hte head slowly, Tve got used to myself th»« way and If I cannot make pi -.pic beb-ve In m.- or be my friends it must b«- because Pm not nice enough-par*

hap* I d better wish to be “

"WaK—wait;" warned the little

°nly place foe

than during any previous year, a* ly 200 feet long, and He* on a brick wish that way* 0 ^ I,o n t waste your more than <100 were tesued up until platform 300 feel In length. T , m Bl ^ V ’* 7 n cr **

1 — - • people are coo stupid to

•e you. What dunces moat They will ,i and f or not b.

New Year* Day. 1921. Tht* remarkable Image I* said to appre»._. Fallowing are the table* showing have been built by a king who. about folk* are the licenses Issued In 1919 and 1921: two centuries ago. united under hi* new 1919 rule all the peopl.-s of Ihe Irrawaddy cod , Retail 5443 basin and neighboring region* -q,

Why ten"t

green camel a*

Boarding House .

Wholesale . Rrataurant Hotel

157 The priests of Pegu declare that It

80 •

positively

ten I should like to know?" cried all the little elves

Total

Retail Boarding House . Wholesale Restaurant Hotel

a calved from life while the prince

6 Gautama was asleep, the artist catch- gre, 2 ing him at a m -ment when slumber know had overtakn him in the midst of medl iuti„ . 5788 . tattoo concerning the wet'are of man-

. kind.

. 6049 Thl* I* presumably fable. Inasmuch

ToUl

Why do you think ao?" said the i cam.-l i n surpriae. "Thee, i •hat i wish -| wi*h I were a rrren camel, small onougn to rL ,OUr t * rk ' ,or > on “«> ttke ^Tbe ^ ° n BlghU "

there is nothing In the writing* u „d ralnt"'- 1 " k,1>, rKtlnK 83 of the Buddha's disciples to Indicate reariuri n ' ,h " *•* bad 6 that he ever set foot outside of India. no Urger b ‘* W " h h '‘ *** 1 though many towns of Ceylon. In Tibet Bd(ir . “ mon “" ,lu t bow tho and In China claim the honor of baring utile “ “ n ' 1 n " T, ‘ r w »* the 6284 ent rtalned him. I,,.. l,m "* v »«*ln. And

CUT BLACK KNOT OUT

CATTLE DEALER TO HANDLE REGISTERED STOCK Cattle dealers as distinguished from breeders of pure bred stock have been handling mostly grade animal* Many thousand grade cattle an- annually brought Into Pennsrivanla by dealer* and sold to ihe farmer* of th.- State for Dairy, feeding and grazing purposes. Approximately 20.o©o antmate are received In I>*r.easier County alone each year. While man: of thene cattle are of good tpyr and breeding, they are not regarded as desirable or profiUble. as good pure bred cattle. They do not respond t-> good care and the feed a* promptly as do

tho pure bred*.

It naturally follows that there is and should be an Increasing demand for pure hnri catUe of good type aid family. The wide awake and sue crasful cattle dealer recognizes thl* ne*- field for buxines* end word ha* come to the Uuresui of Animal Indus-

try. Pennsylvania Department of Agri "Pm not In ft." sorrowfully sung the "'our Tl ‘" w » mlu ra y "Pb". culture, that one of the leading cattle mosquito as he buzzed on :he ouUlde val" said the customer a* he bought dealt-rs of Montgomery County has de- of the net ling some pbotogroptui from , dealer

The Hindu prince, Gautama, when twenty-nine year* old left hi* king dom to travel about and study human

knot disfigure* cherry and afialrs. After devoting als year* to

lives and so interferes with growth 'his occupation he rriurn.-d from his that the trees will ultimately become voluntary exile and. like Jm, u «, unfruitful There 1* only one way to preached Then It was that he took

get rid of 1L that la to cut out all the name of Buddha

Infestation* cutting back far enough It 1* supposed that the gigantic on th limb to have nothing but j state'.* wan originally roofed over and healthy wool. Burn the pruning* so protected by a temple of light eon that there will be no possibility of the ! strurtion which was destroyed by fir.

old knots spreading tbe dlsra.c which Today It Hes In the open, .-.posed

they will do If they are not destroyed, lb*

*l"» Liter

anyway

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1 hese College Boys “K° you gn.duat.xl from a thrh „ . .' '•“« hl» j„w. 1 WVB hu

ri-ather

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