Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
EVENING CHAT

People hereabouts are familiar with
pictures and stories of farming op-
erations in the Far West and North
west where fields are ploughed by
traction engines, which have been
found to be more efficacious and eco
nomical than the sixteen horse teams
that were so much talked of a few
years ago. Ploughing by a traction
engine has never been tried here very
much. chiefly because the fields are
not large and the horse has been the
mainstay. But a few days ago some
experiments made by a farmer not far
from the city with a small traction
plough attracted attention. DIR. II. A.
Surface. the state zoologist, who is
widely known as a fruit grower, says
that in a few years there will be plenty
OF ploughing in fields and orchards by
traction engine. What Is needed is a
hight, high-powered engine, capable of
quick turns. There are some firms
now making Them said he. THE
time is coming when the orchards in
Dauphin and Cumberland counties will
be ploughed by machinery. The trac-
ton ploughs take a wider space than
horses and get better results. The area
of ploughing by machinery is coming
We never thought to see motor lawn
cutters a short time ago, but next year
/ expect to plough my orchard by a
machine"
"A lot of people have Just gotten in
on time the last few days. said a mill
superintendent yesterday as he ate at
lunch. Fact, l think about-quarter
of the force was late Monday and to-
day. We did not say anything because
after a heated spell like we had these
mornings are nice to sleep. l guess
to hustle to get breakfast and get to
work. It's always that way when cool
spells come along"
The presence of the army worm in
the city has stirred up much interest
In everything that crawls and the num-
Der of caterpillars and worms of Vari-
Gus kinds that have been sent to the
office of State Zoologist Surface for
identification is surprising. Some of
them are species totally different from
the army worm, but the senders insist
that they are some new and terrible
varieties of pests. Most of them have
been annual visitors and never at
tracted attention until now.
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. the State Com
missioner of Health, is expected home
from Maine in a short time. The
commissioner has been taking a vaca-
ton only lately He would not do it
for the first five years of his service
to the State and one day a doctor told
him he should not ruin his own health
saving that of the people. The COM
missioner thought it over and reluc-
family took a fortnight off. But it's
still an annual struggle to make him
go away.
In his farewell sermon at the Mar
ket Square Presbyterian Church last
Sunday morning the Rev. DR.. j.
Ritchie Smith highly commended the
harmony of the choir during the
nearly fifteen years of his ministry He
| said that harmony in the choir usually
| meant harmony in the congregation
and he paid a tribute to the work of
the choir and to the great assistance
| it had been in the services of the
church.
j. Rowe Fletcher. former sheriff of
Dauphin county, will be so years old
| tomorrow and will entertain a num-
ber of his friends in honor of the event
| at Guadalupe. Friends of the former
] sheriff are making ready for a notable
| observance of the ceremony and some
| are coming from distance to extend
| their congratulations
Colonel Theodore Burchfield of the
State Library. is ~. The colonel lives
in Altoona, but he belongs in part to
! Harrisburg because he learned his
trade as printer on the Harrisburg
Telegraph when it was published in
| Third street. AS legislator and Ma
tional Guardsman the colonel has been
a prominent figure in affairs in Blair
county and in this city. He was for a
quarter of century colonel of the old
Fifth Regiment. Since 1902 the colonel
has beeD connected with the library.
A man who visited one of the
smaller towns in Maryland recently
with a party tells good story about
his trip. He was with one of the lead
ing cars of the run and the coming
had been heralded. When he reached
a hotel around came one of the town
| glad-handers. After some remarks he
pulled out card bearing the signature
OF the chief of police. "The towns
yours. You can't get into trouble with
that. Show it to any one of our 5000
people," said he.
AT THE VICTORIA
The big picture at Victoria to-day