Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-16
EVENING Chat

The common ordinary every day
hog is one of the best cleaners up of
bugs and grubs and worms and can
really help get ground ready for
ploughing better than any other ami
NAL" remarked State Zooolgist Fl. A.
Surface to-day in talking about the
plague of worms and grubs that has
af1icted Pennsylvania this year. II
do not think that the farmer realizes
what valuable animal the hog really
is. He knows he yields lot, but
think that people ought to study the
way a hog will go through an orchard
or a field. This summer 1 turned some
hogs loose in a patch of ground that
had some pests and l took note of the
way they acted. The hogs soon found
that there were grubs in the ground
right under the turf and the way they
went after them convinced me that
the grub must be a very toothsome
thing to the pig The hog can clean
up piece of land better than a flock
OF chickens and orchard owners who
turn them loose will find that they are
of much service. This year in addi-
ton to the army worms 1 have heard
that white grub and cuteworms have
been worse than for long time. We
have been carrying on a series of ex-
grubs, which have been especially an
noying to owners of lawns and which
have been reported as destroying grass
on a dozen golf links"
State Game Commission officials
think that the number of hunters Ii
censes issued this year will run Just
about the 805,000 total which was
issued last year and that there will
be fully 100000 persons hunting this
year, the difference being farmers and
members of their families who are al
lowed to hunt on their own property
without licenses. DR.. Joseph Kalbfus,
the secretary of the commission, says
that it is not only the sport and fresh
air that is valuable, but it gives a
knowledge of firearms and a sense
of self reliance that is valuable train
ing for anyone, especially at this time.
An enterprising dealer in automo-
biles gave Third street a treat and
himself an advertisement in a unique
manner on Saturday. This man hap
pened to have a string of half dozen
or so cars and they were taken up
Third street like train Being hitch
ed together. Each car had a man at
the steering wheel or rather at the
honking horn" because such a racket
has not been heard in a long time.
The noise attracted regular crowds.
The football game on Saturday had
the usual night result and the weather
permitted more outdoor celebration by
the students than was the case last
year when 1t was more or less of an
indoor sport. The students and their
bands paraded the streets and as the
evening wore on indulged in concerts
which became varied with the passing
hours. Toward IL the orchestras tour
ed the central streets in automobiles
and gave selections which were well
meant, but wierd in execution. One
automobile trailed the police ambu-
lance with its musicians playing LEAD
Kindly Light"
Late as it seemed to be, some wheat
was planted in this county last week.
end and farmers are trusting that
there will be q few more weeks of
open weather so that they can plough
up corn fields. The open Fall has en-
abled lot of work to be done and
the manner in which things are being
prepared for busy year on the farms
Is we'll worth noting. There is no lack
of help because men out of work
who know something about work on a
farm have been able to aid the farm
ers and to keep themselves going.
Judge ]. c. Work, of Uniontown,
who was here attending a meeting of
State commission a few days ago, is
orphan court judge of Fayette county
and one of the oldest judges of that
branch of courts in commission. The
judge is q student of reformatory
problems and is serving on the COM
mission to establish State institutions.