The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

WedDertmy, 'Jumiry Itth. Ommt- I

MARKET REPORTING SERVICE IN POTATO BELT % I DOES GREAT SERVICE

RECEIVE REPORTS BY WIRELESS HaTTUbtrg. P*.—la «n effort '-o serare market Information and disseminate it to the farmer* and consumers of PeansyIrani* aa quickly aa possible, the Pennsylvania Department of Agtlcaltare. atartlnj; December 15. will receive reports by wireless telegraphy

Sally-

Plans for the use of the wireless in the department's work were approved last week by SrcretaiV of Agriculture Fred Raamuaeen. and the wireless will be used for a period of three months, in conjunction with experiments being conducted by the Federal authorities at Washington ■Market reports and quotations are ■ sent out from Washington by

The qhifanbne established by the Pennsylvania Department of Agrienlture against tin .Japanese Beetle, in the eatstem par} of the State, has been modlfted In the case of cut «ow-

Tbe

| After rendering a service that is be-

Taesday. January lltt. Trade City. After recderln* a service that It la Wednesday, January Uth. Gordon believed has been worth thousands of chool. dollars to the potato growers In the

Thursday, January 11th, Pine Flats. | Lehigh Berks section, the Pennayiva- rlded that cut Powers moved from the Friday. January 14th. Wllgus. j nia Department of Agriculture closed areas under quarsntlne, should an Venango County: Chairman. Jos. j its market reporting station at Alien-1 go Federal inspection at McBlhaney. Franklin. Pa.. R. N. *. | town on December 4. i of the year. The modification proSaturday. January 15th. Dempsey-i The station was opened In A Hen video that cat owev* betng ah pped town. j town aarly In the fall, the principal | from the quarantined area need Monday. January 17th. Cranberry | object being to famish the potato ! go inspection only beeween Ji Tuesday. January 18th. Cllntonvtlle. | growers In rhmt section with daily mar-' and November 1 of each year.

Monroe County: ‘Chairman. A. T. 1 ket Information concerning the mo'-e- j

BUkslee. Preserve. Pa. men: of the potato crop, not only n { FARMERS FACE B nnni sun Monday. December JTUi. Kreage- j t he country. Through the eerrtce f MANY PROBLEMS ville. the Bureau many new outlets for U e —. Tuesday. Dacember 18th. B rod heads i potatoes grown in this section we-e J The farmer face* the most complex ville | seonrvd while the ctop was more err a-; problems ever oodftontad by rtllec* cl Carbon County: Chairman. Bdwaid \ T distributed In yearc past ! the soil since the Civil War. He enn-

Uenhard. Lehlghton, Pa, B. N. *- j in an effort to learn what adv in-; not stick

New HospitalHas . ,i c. No Wards

*- ■ By J. N. SHELDON

In" these days of the growing sesrcity of wild life there Is one phase

of the preservation of game animals u.™* - " theoouroe

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ux the new Plfth

. few needs in virgin ground

Wednesday. December 15th, Werth- j u<c „ l gccruod from the service a qnse- j and wait for thmn to grow

e product- He must c

this section of the country, a oaily review of market condition* gathered during the same day from all section*

of the country.

At the start, the rer'-wr will consist or approxlmau'.y 300 word* «nd will be -ent out each evening at 5.0C o'clock. The report will by * ea '- *“ International code and will be sent In rich manner that It can be received at atnateur stations. The Stale of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, to have the i sport taken tn Harrisburg by the wirvleas club af Technical High School. The sigh school boys have a wireless set that is capable ot receiving all mosaagee Sent from a distance of several hundred mMew, wai the market report will be copied Md 1 ever to the State Deportment of Agrt

the life of the erenture aa well aa possible but when It'haa been taken the next important step is to preserve the or to make it poaaible to use every edible pert of the animat There 1* perhaps not a ■pert! but who Is aoquslnted with the term Jerky, though I doubt tf more than a few know bow to prepare K, especially so far as to make it palatable

for th» home table.

Thousands of deer are killed eve season and thousands of pounds ihwr cercnasec are left in the woods appease the appetite* of the carniroroos element or to rot. »s the m maybe. Usually the head la taken a trophy, and a part of the animal la

quarter sad the tenderloins: the feat is left for want of an available means of preserving It until cold storage 1a

Friday. December 17th. Normal j sec tion and the information Seine t fertilisers and Improved seed supply, SCHUnrUOLL COUNTY: Chair- wH) be tabulated and studied. m order to raise the duality and qoanm.n Ci. Clarence Lindemuth. Bing-, I tity of his products. town. Pa FARMERS SHORTWEIGHTED IN . These fuadasuental truths are emSaturday. December 18th. Andrea PURCHASE OF FEEDING STUFF J phartsed In an address delivered reMonday, December 20th. Lewis- t i cently before the Tl+State Packet*’ town. i Fanners of Pnms)lranis who buj I Association by C. <J- Woodbury, of the Tuesday December list. Begins. quantities of feeding * luffs, pertlca Nctlrmal Canners' Asaoetailon. Mr. Columbia- County. Chairman. Wm.. cottonseed meals, are waned by Woodbury maintained that la oocaervJ. Fairchild. Berwick. Pa. ; th» Bureau of Chemistry. Pennsy'.>aii>. ;ng the surplus of probable foods hrdl Wednesday. December 29th. SL i Department of Agriculture, to nee mat J •>* surplus of partohabla foods dar-

imes ! they gi« full weight to which they are 1 tag the ei Thursday. December 30th, Numldla. i en uued. For several years it has been’! for use when Friday. December 31st, MalnvUle. thp pramlce for dealera to submit quo- j available, the Montour County: Chairman. Ed- taiions on the basis of a ton containing | * service of vain*

ward Oyster. Strawherry Ridge. Pa. jooc pounds. Many ot the dealers, In I .-^le mppty of raw

Monday. December 27th, White Hall j (j U!ll| , u, order 'or a ton of feed, have wm not be

Tuesday. December 28th. Moores-. .tlpplnf; twenty aseks. each con- ^ tb,, grower to produce them,

burg. tsluing 98 pounds net. the bags boing

the most notable of

a. t«i lb.. “■«

is aheotateiy “wardtom- There *ui

b, „ enure alaence of thoas IWE- ,

.....»"rf. "***?.*r£L .... ailrt lb» blSbt ot .n-n.

or her need* will ba looked after Individually. Prrepeetlw mothers. instead of having to go to public maternity wards, will be oared for in private rooms smd taeh d*™ no ^wht what hor means may be wtu receive the moat thorough and eltctoBt attontton at-the hands of tba hospHsl

physicians and ' ever to expertenc

The -head qpd tnmt of the ■ meet is Dr. W. tt. Woodbury, says: The ward system should hare been abandoned long ago. It U l good reasoning to axpect a H4SOH ^ be at companUive rose when anriomm- . ed oo all aide* by sulfaring. There to ,

In moat Instance the game to found too far from a shipping point to make It convenient .o bring home the entire carcass in a fresh state, hence the desirability of curing the excess meat in

camp to eat at leteure daring the win-, ^jways a danger ot^toeai© b ter months. To have venison tart of j rte< j one paoent to arother, reason to a rare and tmusual dish and | thp W anl«. Wa shall redone

a little time spent in camp will prole many enjoyable dinner* at home, baked Jerky pot pie In January when the law keeps our riffea at tame) U a most satisfying and dell-

of llvriig and breaks the mononetony of the tiring domestic vartetiea. jerky to made in a number ot ways.

Northumberland County: Chatroan, Angus A. Fairchild. Milton. Pa Wednesday. December 22nd. Mc-

The report will newspaper* of the State immediately, by telegraph. te*ephone and by malL U .freaasyivula at the present time there are 300 newspaper* using the iwporta of the Pennsylvania Department Of Agriculture. Bureau of Mae kets and the dully * ‘ be rutatohed each of the newspapers together with such ether pepera as «my desire IL In addition, the infor-

FARMERB’ INSTITUTE SCHEDULE FOR THIRTY wt .li - COUNTIES ANNOUNCED The schedule for Farmer*' Institute* to thirty •aunties a: Pennsylvania tMk ainoumced this week by the >edMl?lvai>to Department of Agriculture. ■rtm tnstitutto riU be hrid during December and January nad program **111 be completed before the tat of February, with only the aoctheaetArn section to bold institutes during -Febrnsrr and March, the months Wh^r'trawl condrtlona ane the worst. The Institutes held so far this year have been fairly well attended. th« weather conditions f* voting larger a* tendance than during the season o! 1819-20. The schedule for the thirty counties follows: Franklin County: Chairman, fred Mlah. Chamberstourg. Pa. Monday, .iecembe'- 13th. Orrftown. Tnroday. December 14th. Marion. Wednesday. December 16th. Fanaettsburg. Fulton County: Chairman. Jame* m. Kendall. MoConneliahurg. Pa. Thnradsy. December 16th, Ackers-

viU«.

Fnday. December 17th. Emmaville. baturday. December i8tt. HarrisonBed'ord County: Cnairman. Ralph Hoover, Dverett. Pa.. R. No. 1. Monday, Oecufnber 20th. Buffalo

Thursday. December 23rd. PottsFriday. December 24th. Phan Creek. Sullivmn County: Chairman. U J. Rohe, Colley. Pa. , Wednesday, January 5th, Galley. Thusday. January 6th. Muncy Val-

ley.

Friday. Janaary 7th. NorthmonL W-ouuag County: Chairman. Otto A. Harvey. Tunk bannock. Pa., R- No. 2. Saturday, January 1st. Nicholvm Monday, Jkunary 3rd. Centermore-

ad.

Tuesday. January 4th, Skinners

C. An tec*. WHIM n—nrt. Pa.. R. No. 2. SMwdty. January 8th. Moorelaad

Church.

ao marked. This practice has caused a loss to i* farmers of 20 pounds per ton or 400 pounds to each car load of feed ■tuffs. At the prevailing price of 846.50 per ton for 41 per cent protein cottonseed moal. the less to tba farm'-r would amount to 19.33 per car. Some of the sacks of feed marked "9* pound* nrt" wore found u) actually contain 100 pounds, while others contained lees than the 99 pounds Indicated. However, the fart Yematna that the farmer to entlOfed to tool' pooddi oet, of feeding stuffs when he contracts for a ton and the State Department of Agriculture, in an effort remedy this condition and correct evil, ask* that the farmer* demand their fuR weight when buying their

feed.

On the other hand, if prtoee are too

consumer can always find K

possible to anbaUtute a lower priced article," he said "The price which

ler can pay. therefore, to

luted by the price at which he •»*

Problem.- Become Complex The problems of artificial prodne-

tor, seem more uumi complex than at any tim ctvll war. The effective

vast poU. Ual productive power of the Nation waa the big pretolmn then-

stripe and hang It from poles to dry la ca; a method that serves the pnrof the semi-drilUed but ns can be Judged, not'the most sanitary.. It to

subject to files and other * e elements of tha air. .

The Apnchea smoke it over n

smoldering Bre, and I have a*

title* of ventoon hanging over cedar

poles curing tn this manner

mountaineers sprinkle tha strips with

0 keep the flies from attacking

_ i while in Its fnah gtate. then. hang' it frotr tbo cross beams of their cabins, hot like the crude 'mrthnd of tha Utea. cleailneae to In a measure disregarded, while at the same time

iper u too mcch of a 1 duti to tilt the tastes of tba

r to practically a negative b ich patient will be In a private t

with a beihre her use and f<

patient, therefore. wtU eee no « ^ except when on the rent . he or she meets .hem tn the soUrtmna” • ‘ * ' In the baemnent of the Ylfth A venae Hospital to tb be a central Birttoa by a general supply

nnen wfrpiraepaitmeBit. Orders from the verioua door* will be traramtned

i. where they win be tllsd and dm

This work wm be done by trained in the ceatrai earrtoe meat. Standard r aetk of Inrtreifiehto tor enr-.

Grange: Tuesday, jsnuary 11th, Cogan Clinton County: Chairman. Wesley U. Herr. Salons, Pa. Wedneeday. January 12th, Loganton. Thursday. January Uth. Mackey r

ville.

Friday. January 14th. Beech Creek. Bnvdar County: Chairmen. F. F. Glass. Freeburg. Pa. Saturday. January 15lh. Freeburg. Monday. January 17th, Beavertown. Tuesday. January Uth, McClure. Adams County: Chairman. A. L Weidner. Areodteville. Pa ."hursday. December 30th. New Ox-

ford.

Friday. December 31aL Caahtown. Saturday. January 1st. Blgleravtile. Cumberland County: Chairman. Rev. T. J. Ferguson. Mechanics hurt

HIGH GRADE FEED PRODUCTS

COST LESS IN THE END

Boy ll per cent protein cottonseed meal Instead of 36 per cent protein cottonseed feed. Thisls urged by the Bureau of Cbeedftry. Pennsylvania Doperttnent of AgrlcnUdre. In view at the fact that the cottonseed meal, while costing more per ton. r

i other unsatisfactory methods oi making Jerky, which I have witne and practised, the following recipe to

Buffalo

The difference between

a teed In this class Of feeding staffs is that the feed cbhtalns S per cent less protein and approximately 10 per cant more hulls than the meet. The price., for 36 per cent protein cottonseed j feed f o. b. Baltimore, to 342.50 a ton. J which make* the protein ooet 31.19 a . .mu. The price for 4l per cent protein | ' cottonseed meal at the same point of

Ive virgin soil for all conditions resalted In an production ot cheap food, turn made poeafble the wot velopment of transportstK

dnstry-

•'We built railroads, citle* and fac lories out of the cheap food of 'he Mississippi Valle;-. The founds*'on of our industrial expansion during this period waa the' virgin fertilHj of half a continent. Now our new lends are gone, our U spoliation needa temporarily to have overtaken our transportation facilities, our cities and onr industries hare continued velop in a ratio increasingly disproportion*.e to the development of rural life our food pricer have risen rapidly, and we are facing the old problems

in the new future with something of.

have learned ot: gained by obaervance ot the Apachea' better way of coring meat in the wilderneee: The const 'Jon of a green wood frame can be erected tn n few minutes without nails or other hardware if neither to at hand A spool of nlckled

in* (he hosftttaL' When InUnwi— have been need they wtn ho east t

Another unique feature of the Tilth Avenue Hospital U that it will be tuflt in the form of a gigantic letter X than making It possible for every rocm of U* 300 tc be open to light and air. Of the 300 rooms, one half will be tree, or partly so. the slogan of the new hospital being "from nothing up. r It U hope that the portion of the hls-

ptUl wnich will be set aside for pay V

patients will make the Inatltctibn pracUallr self-eupoortlng. but If

wire to not essential but make, the no * * the caw. mi

Job easy and swift. The meat to cut In strips, averaging about eight Inches

bewilderment

and with a confusion of

Wideawake Biddies

CTM .i f ..r CT ~ __ Wideawake biddies put more eggs it delivery to 846.50 a ton. making the I the neeL A hen will work aa long as protein In this grade cort 81-13 a unit. It to light, and aa a rroult produce By purchasing the higher grade pro-! more eggs in summer than In winter duct, thorefor*. a unit or 20 pounds of | When the shorter days come rte protein can be secured for « cento i sleeps more and works leer Uve poni-le-.s than when the lower grade prt> tty men have reived the prtblem of

duct to purchased and to addition to | how to keep her on the joh artw the ^ ^ ^ w „„ this a less amount of hulls and a meal ; sun goet down. They simply tostoll ^ >erfcy Strlnc the melJ _ possessing a higher grade of digest’- j electric light. In the ben house and (cu , ^ flt tbe fria ne> and btlity to secured. The fact should be : the hen works f* a re®®" schedule limch aRtL When the meat carefully considered by dairymen and —taking to the bright lights Just like ^ ^ Oie last proced

first rolled to a pan of salt—not ri bbed to. but post sufficiently ao as to cover the surface lightly. Piece each piece of meat to a bucket or other convenient receptacle aa .salted; by the time the last piece to treated to this manner a brine has formed with the> cotuenta re that wCb and every •rteee of meat to entirely flyproof, aa weU as cured to the first degree of the process. A fire having been atrated under the frame re as produce a generous bed of .pools « ••ring the entire space within the frame to now ready to .tom the fresh meat

deficiencies will be made by drawing on the endowment fund. One entire floor wtU be devoted to maternity cases, and there wUl be rooms wkeW* physician* may sleep st night while waitln; ui be called In emergency t«. Instead ot haring to be aommon J from their oHres aa to the practice at present. Tha bqUding will be nine stories to height, and it is expected that It will be ready for occupancy by the flint ot July next year. It* coat wUl be about

8L500.009.

m

jmn% Rn i

Tuesday. December 21st,

M 111 " „ gomereet County: Chairman. Hobt

W. Lohf. Boswell. Da

Wednesday. December 22nd. Moyeft

dale.

' Thursday. December 23rd. Somerset Friday. December 34th, Stoyestown WestmoreU-nd County. Chairman. W. F. Utilizer. Greensbnrg. Fa. Monday. January "Std. Ugonier. Tuesday. January 4th. Scottdale. Wednesday. January 6th. How Kensington _ Allegheny Coonty: Chairman. G BUD Wilson. Wilktosburg. Pa. R Tuesday. December 30th. Union C Friday. December 31st. Ellaabrtb. Saturday. J»nuary lat. Hebron. Armstrom: County: Chairman. Chat. Oaypool. Worthington. Pa Monday. December 2Tlh. Maysrllle. Tneada;. Dweanber 2«th. Olrty. Wednesda; !H-cember 29th. Uural Valley. ' . ' Cirenleld County: Chairman. T. U Wav, CurwenevUie, Pn. Ttured*). Jannarv 6«h. Uahaffey. Friday. January 7th. Salenr Salorday. January Stb. Clearfield Indiana ' ooBty Chairman. U. C Hi'war . InlianA Pa-. B No. 4. ItotmUy. January lPin. Elders Ridge.

Thursday. December 16th, Shippens-

burg.

Friday. December 17th. NewvUle Saturday. December ISth. Mechan-

ics burg.

Juniata County: Chairman. D. B.

Dsh. Spruce Hill. Pa

Monday. December 20th. McCoys j ^ it rM tock aa well as all chickens. ] ore to to place a few green Umba of ville. muers when purchasing < ottou- The Certified Egg Farm, of Madison. agpoQj or other dtclduocls tree: on Tuesday. December 2UL Port Royal. a considerable saving ! wi*., has adopted the plan with great ^ hot This will produce the Wednesday. December 22nd, Tbomp- : ^ by paying the higher price . Profits are doubled *c states > ppquired heat and smoke »nd if prqpcrsontewn. ! for the higher grade Of product. ^ ifai enterprising proprietor, Mr. Itor-1 ly for will not permit the blaxc Huntingdon County: Chairman. Geo. i roughs, who selected a well-known to m(nS j, higher Uan about U inches. G. HuUhlnson. Warrior.'. Mark. Pa. potato WART DISEASE CaN power and light outfl'- that gives ex- ^. h i C b sould be retained for about ten Monday. December 27th. Alexander. n£VER BE DRIVEN FROM STATE ,-piiont service under heavy duty condl- houn aocording to aunoaphortc conTuesday. December 28th. Todd Uon# He specialties In raising single aitton: The cured meal can then be Wednesday, December 29th. Saltillo potato wart dives so will never . white Leghorns taking great j nlo canvas bags and other con Mifflin County: Chairman. C. W _ drivon from I’ensylvanU. This to care to sort hto stock carefully re as renlnt retainers—Forest'sod Stream.

Smith. lyewistown. Pa , .mone *he ex-1 to keep only the beat tovers.

Thursday, December 30th. Bellvllle the cotyeaus ofoptolm among the ex ^ ek . ctrtc Uthl ^ c , TT Friday. December 21st. McVeytown pen* of the PensylvaUla D * P * r ^ 1 “ l ln ^ e ^ ^ pttl « reguU, working . SUCCCSS Slimmed Up

Saturday. January 1st. Lewlstown. of xrriculture and the Feoexal uom- 6 A. M tq 8 P M.. summer and

On. gathers from the headlines that this year has brougt: unusually large crops of wheat, com. rye and wild pats. Does that Volstead tow prohlb't the manufacture of gasoline containing more than one-half of one per cent gasoline? Perhaps Mr. Wrangle corid find a cottage note Doom.

Strictly Speaking

L

.York County: Chairman. Harry Un cultura i Board, end for «hl* reason, the T b!* insure* increased pro- “What to the secret coin Perr. Dallas town. Pa. Pennsylvania Department to anxious , auction OH the Certified Egg Farm for ^xed the Sphinx.

Monday. Jwuary 3.-d LMonr. , ^ gute btM;otne th e only union in in the egr factory •» , "Push, ' said the Bntton.

Tuesday. January 4th. Dover |hiit bolween pure bred hens and pure Wednesday. Januao 6th. New Free fitr'l'^ with the appearance of tt i ^ electrical. of course,

dom j disease.

Friday. January 7th. DelU. | At a conlerence heid in Washington . Saturday. January Sth. Sunny born, j during the tat week in December, the. Dauphin County: Chairman. F. E Federal authorities expressed them- 1 suavely. I'enfaey. Pa. selves as being highly pleased with ,

Tuesday. January 14th. FtohervUle. the work of the Pennsylvania Depart- — - J» m rr HO. 0*1 I U.. to. »««•«»»*• lo

Chum.., Ctot M attie. th «.0»»10» oliury w^ww... «

i-. uni U.4 Vl^hl. W.™ to, “Wh.1 ph»h»w* «“<»«■ _

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■"‘S.M. WU —• , -iU nrt,. John.,. v„ «n ™. Conptv- Chairman, li K. Cox. j driven Hren FennsylraniA the grow- "Wrtl. it ongk ^ D ' mg of wwn immune vartetiea of poU-! Tomrey'. unhl-htog ropty; ; Bel< wood, P»-. i •>.. .nforwwnent of toe quar- j repeats everything it hoars.

Hath

Tueaday. January IHh. EUlousburg. Wednesday. January 12th, Landto-

Mohdij. JUhtoT 171* Brt.ood |u». u»Hh, toarw«.cnt oi t

"Never be led.” said the Pencil. "Take psins." said the Window. "Always keep cool." said the Ice. "Be up t date.” said the Calendar. “Never lose your head." said the

! Barrel.

Tommy was always a troublesome "Make light of everything." said the

■ at | Hammer. •

"Aspire to getting thing*." said the

to be feminine.' v-as thto dollar 1 Lave in my pocket, hut ' r-j play Em a trust company and keep

1 it for you."

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