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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-12

Agriculture in a section OF the Soutn-
west has shown that unusually hot,
dry weather last year was leading to
a loss from spoilage of over 80 per
cent of eggs in one county. This
meant that for want of little extra
care the farmers of the county we're
throwing away fully $1,000, or the
price OF an automobile, every week.
A bulletin prepared by M. E. Penning-
ton, H. c. Pierce and H. L. Shrader
Of the Bureau of Chemistry of the De-
partment OF Agriculture, offers prac-
teal hints as to methods that may be
employed to check this loss. The
bulletin is in part as follows:
The Importance of the loss of eggs
which has occurred by the time the
product reaches even the country ship
ping centers can be seen from the
reports of twenty prominent shippers
in a single egg collecting point. These
men reported that one year the per-
centage of eggs which arrived in
state so bad that they were an
absolute loss rose to 1888 per cent in
November, with mean loss for the
year of 4.36 per cent for the 32,73O
dozen eggs, or over 1000 cases, which
were specially examined The loss in
eggs between the time the hen lays
a fresh egg and the time when that
egg is traded or sold to the country
merchant may be judged also from the
fact that a special inquiry conducted
among country storekeepers in Octo-
Der showed that only rs per cent of
the eggs they secured from the
farmers would rank as "hrsts' and
that 60 per cent we're seconds, due
to long holding on the farm; that
per cent were cracked and that per
cent were rotten or stuck to the shell.
Some of the farmers, it was found,
had held eggs for four weeks before
turning them in at the village store.
These two inquiries indicate clear
ly the cause of the huge number OF
eggs which merely add to the crema-
tory and dump-heap bills of our great
cities or reach the markets in condi-
ton in which they can be endured
only by unusually strong palates, or
used for tanning leather. This vast
quantity of spoiled eggs is an I'M
pleasant monument to needless Amer
lean waste of good food in the face
of increasing population and lowered
food production.
Farmer Should Start Conservation.
Eggs do not stay good as long as
they are in the country and suddenly
become bad when they come to town.
An egg is full of original sin from the
moment it is laid and asks only for
little leisure in a warm place to in
dulge in all it's proclivities for wicked
ness. The egg that is laid by the hen
who steals her nest in the field, and is
allowed to stay out in the heat for two
or three days, until the hens hiding
place is discovered or it happens to
be convenient to gather the eggs, has
begun to spoil before it reaches the
house. Similarly the morning laying,
if left all day in the heat or in hot
henhouse over night, will begin to
develop the Matching germ. Good
fresh eggs put in basket and stored
in the hot kitchen for day or two
may reach town in such condition that
they must be used at once to be
of 0ae
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-12
Starve Out Hessian Fly

The Hessian fly, being i'll the flax
seed" stage in wheat stubble and in
unharvested wheat from June till
September, or even October in the
South, can be destroyed by carrying
out the following methods of control:
|. Burn, where possible and safe,
all stubble and ruined wheat.
2. Disk all stubble and ruined
wheat Immediately after harvest,
where burning is impracticable.
8. Plow under deeply all stubble
and ruined wheat fields before August
IS, harrow the ground, and roll if
necessary.
4. Harrow, disk, pasture, or other
wise effectually destroy all volunteer
wheat.
5. AS a measure preparatory to
sowing, pillow as early and deeply. as
existing conditions will permit; disk,
harrow, and roll until thoroughly
pulverized, compact seed bed is OBJ
tanned.
g. Do not SOW wheat until after fly
free date.
7. Rotate your ps If possible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-12

A safe and effect weapon against
the typhoid or house fly has been
found in powdered hellebore by
scientists of the Department of Agri-
culture. Flies lay their eggs chiefly
in stable manure. Powdered helle--
bore mixed with water and sprinkled
over the manure, will destroy the
larvae which are Matched from the
eggs. Since powdered hellebore is
readily obtainable, this puts in the
hands of everyone remedy for one
of the pests that has been found
dangerous as we'll as troublesome.
Powdered hellebore. however, will no:
kill adult flies, which must be swatted
or trapped.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
CAULIFLOWER A GOOD CROP
FOR NEW JERSEY

Caulif1ower is rapidly becoming a
popular vegetable since it is easy to
cook and can be used in a number of
different ways.
The vegetable authorities at the
New Jersey Experiment Station state
that there is a prevailing idea among
New Jersey farmers that this vegeta-
BILE is difficult to grow. AS a result
of this idea the growers of Long
Island, Western New York and certain
sections of Maryland are enjoying a
monopoly in New Jersey markets on
caulifower. Though the large city
markets are fairly well supplied, it
is practically impossible for people in
numbers of the smaller towns TO get
caulifiower at any price.
A few suggestions on caulifloWer
growing are given by the Extension
| SPECIALIST in Market Gardening at the
New Jersey Experiment Station as
follows: Caulif1ower thrives. best in
cool weather, failing to grow or ma
ture well in summer heat. SNOWFALL
and Early Erfurt are the most popu-
lar commercial varieties. For an
early summer crop, plants should be
of good size and ready to go to the
llclu carly III EpIh. Liz OCS iiHOl
confine himself to the late fall
crop. Seed for the late fall crop
should be sown in the open during the
latter part of May, and the plants
should not become too old or stunted
in the seed bed. The soil should be
sweet, rich, loose and moist, and
plants to produce the best crop should
be set about the Goth of July.
The development of a large root
system and a sturdy leaf growth
should be kept in mind. Commercial
ly mixed fertilizer tends toward an
unhealthy growth of the plants; since
the nitrogen is in the form of soluble
salts which are Immediately available
and induce a large, promising, but
watery leaf growth in the beginning.
This soft growth makes the plant an
easy victim later TO disease. In its
weakened condition it has no strength
to produce desirable heads. Plenty
of we'll rotted stable manure in the
drill and a high grade of potato fer
tilizer mixed at home, if necessary,
with more than half the nitrogen
carrying ingredients in an organic
form, induces a steady, sturdy growth.
Poison should be used upon the dew
wet leaves two or three times to kill
the leaf-eating worms. When the
heads are the size of a half-dollar,
leaves should be loosely drawn togeth-
er at the top to exclude light and to
permit the head to become snow white.
1t is essential that the heads be cut
while the surface texture is smooth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
ADVANCED REGISTRY WORK.

At the present time thirty 800
breeders of pure bred cate in the
State of New Jersey are conducting
advanced registry tests with cows in
their herds. To supervise this work
requires the services of eighteen (18)
supervisors, appointed by and repre-
senting the New Jersey Experiment
Station. There are quite a number
of other breeders who have made ap-
plication for the work, and undoubted-
ly it will be necessary to appoint sew
eral other supervisors in the lea fu-
ture.
The fact that this work has increas-
ed so rapidly during the past three
years showsIth the breeders of pure
bred cattle in this State are beginning
to appreciate the importance of hav-
ing all COWS in the advanced register,
who are capable of the production
necessary for admittance. 1t is en-
couraging to note that a large num-
Der of the smaller breeders have be-
come interested in this work during
the past year.
The cost of conducting 7 and 30-day
tests with Holsteins is not prohibit
tive, and even the smallest breeder
who has a COW capable of the re-
quired production, will find it to his
advantage to have her tested. In
New Jersey, the expense of a test is
1925 per day for the services of the
supervisor, and the necessary travel
ing expenses. A fee of $1.00 is also
charged for each COW making a record
large enough to admit her to the adj
vanced register. The total cost of a
y dow 4ac4 Iaac nA+ ,1cr1o11u avonnd GIG
or $40. In the majority of States, the
with an additional charge of $500
for each additional dav.
The cost of conducting a semi-offi-
cial or yearly test with Jerseys,
Guernseys, Ayrshires, or Holsteins,
is approximately So or $40 per month,
and n supervisor is able to handle
from one to twelve cows, there being
no difference in the expense except
that a fee of $1.00 is charged for
eact cow qualifying for a~dmittance.
Breeders located near a Cow Test
ing Association may make an ar
rangement with the organization to
conduct the advanced registry tests,
and in this way get the work done
much more economically. Under
these conditions, the cost would sell
dom exceed $500 or $500 per month.
Breeders who have had no experience
in conducting tests should not hes
itate to begin.
Detailed information regarding the
conduct of these tests may be readily
secured by application to the Dairy
Department of the New Jersey State
Experiment Station at New Bruins
wick, New Jersey.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
PUT BELLS ON CATS
TO SAVE THE BIRDS

The "Liberty Bell" plan for bird
conservation is receiving serious at
tention from residents of many rural
and suburban section of New Jersey
this Spring where Audubon societies
and Changers have taken up the fast
spreading warfare against the bird
catching cat. Borough and town au-
thorities in some communities are con-
sidering ordinances similar to the dog
muzzling laws, that will compel own
ers to put a bell-laden collar around
the neck of every cat permitted to u
at large, the idea being that the tink-
ling bells will alarm endangered birds
on the approach of the feline stalker,
In its general campaign to aid
farmers of the State in the protection
of all insect-eating birds, the New Jer-
sey Fish and Game Commission issues
a special warning against marauding
the birds are nesting and rearing
their young. Unnumbered thousands
of young birds, it is claimed, are slain
by cats each year at this season, the
fedglings becoming easy prey immedi-
ately after they leave the nest and
before they can develop sufficient
SUfengJn OF wing 10 eHecI an escape.
Leaders in work of the Audubon So
cieties declare that even those cats
that receive the best care are guilty
Of b~ird-stalking, and it frequently
happens that every fedgling from a
nest on the suburban lawn or in the
tree shading the farmhouse is destroy
ed. 1t is as natural for any cat to
want to kill a bird as for a child to
want candy, and the commission con-
tends that nj of feline pets can
render the farmer and the general
public a great service by cooperating
with the bird clubs in keeping the cats
shut up during the Spring and adorn-
ed with bell-laden collar during the
rest of the year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24

pointed to investigate the feasibility
of making municipalities pay for con-
siderable of the overlapping inspec-
Committees have been named to look
into the practical operation of the Re-
QUESTION Act, which, it is alleged, i'll
some instances compels institutions to
pay more for supplies, because of
their inability to bid in the open mar
ket. Commissions have been appoint
ed to codify laws on various subjects
and, as stated, to work out finally a
good road system.
eyes, | feel that the Legislature
has accomplished much constructive
work. Recall, under the previous adj
ministration, that three sessions were
necessary to pass the main pledge,
that of Grand Jury reform. | feel
that the people of the State are pretty
we'll satisfied with the work of the
1915 session. Some things remain to
be done, and, of course, there always
will be that condition. Public work is
never completed. The Republican
party, however, is bound to be in pow
err again next year to continue the
work so well begun"
Undoubtedly the session just ended
has presented more difficult problems
than any session that can be recalled,
and the name in which the Republi-
a majority has worked out all these
vexing questions must inspire the re-
spect and confidence of the State and
demand a continuance of Republican
government
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
WAKE UP AND PAINT UP.

Don't overlook the fact that it is
as important to paint up as it is to
clean up while the renovating war is
on ~hereabouts.
Paint is not only a cleanser and a
beautifier, but it is a disinfectant as
we'll. Also it preserves the life of
buildings, fences, wagons, etc. Many
a barn is leaky because Farmer John
would not spend a few dollars and a
few hours on the simple job of giving
it the needed coats of paint from year
to year.
Many a community has attracted
residents, new business and new repu-
tation by having a bright, prosperous
appearance. Well painted buildings
and fences, clearly kept streets and
sidewalks and neatly trimmed grass
plots do more to give the impression
of prosperity than any other things
we can suggest
GET A MOVE ON, FOLKS.
And where you consider the use
of paint to be a useless expenditure
use ~whitewash. 1t is cheap and clean
and not unpleasing to the eye. Clean
illness never is annoying.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
JITNEY OR TROLLEY;
WHICH Do WE WANT?
Anr;l 81 1918

April 21, 1915.
Editors Pleasantville Press
This is a question | think we will
DOR have TO answer, as both cannot
exist upon the income from the pres
ent amount Of travel. Let Us think
the matter oyer seriously.
The Suburban Trolley is a local in
stitution. The so or 80 men on its
payroll are PleaSantyille residents,
having their families here and spend
ing money here.
We must admit that the Suburban
Trolley has made the Shore Road
towns what they are today. Older
residents will remember that there
were two trains each day to Atlantic
CITY previous to the coming of the
trolleys.
Should we or should we not protect
a business which pays our City about
So, 100000 a year in taxes and approx
imately 100000 a year in wages to
residents of Pl~easantville?
When the bitter cold weather comes
will the jitneys be operated or will
they be contented after securing the
cream of the Summers business? We
know the trolley men will be out in
all the bad weather, trying to get you
where you want to go, eve if they on
ly have n passenger. No doubt the
trolley is operated at a loss during
nine months of the year.
How about the jitney? Wearing
out the roads without Il understand
even paying a license fee.
If increasing numbers continue to
ride in the jitneys the trolley service
will no doubt have to be reduced; as
a result large number of the trolley
men will lose their positions, others
retained to work shorter hours for less
money. We must all admit the Sub
urban employees are the most courte-
BUS and obliging trolley men we have
found in Jul travels. You may not
like the Trolley Company but you like
the men who work for it. Let's prove
it to them by riding with them so they
al keep their jobs.
Should we be loyal to our local peo-
pie who pay taxes, labor, help, etc.,
and are a part of our City, or patron
ize strangers who are here today and
may be gone tomorrow?
Jitney or trolley? Think it over.
A PLEASANTVILLE TAXPAYER.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
CLEAN UP AND KILL
THE MOSQUITOES.

Cleanup time is here, and so is
mosquito time. Grid on your swat
ting armor and go forth. One mo-
ment, however, before you go-the
female is more deadly than the male.
Among mosquitoes the members
of the fair sex are fierce bloodsuck-
~ers that inject an irritating poison
into our skins, and they may accom-
pany the dose of toxin with a few
fever germs. The males lead a COM
lparatively tame existence, subsisting
on the juices of plants and fruits"
So says a member of the University
Wisconsin biology department.
"The speckle winged anopheles, the
malarial mosquito" he continues,
hibernates during the winter in our
attics, cellars and closets. The pres
ence of many lakes, swamps and
ponds often makes mosquitoes an in
tolerable pest.
"The female mosquito gorges her
self with blood in order that the eggs
may have abundant nourishment. She
deposits her little egg raft on the sur
face of quiet water during the night,
and it floats there until the larvae
hatch. The larvae are the 'wigglers'
sor 'wiggletails' which are seen in
ponds and rainwater barrels the world
over. Though mosquito larvae al
ways develop in water, they must
breathe air and frequently come to
the surface. After a few days the
larvae sheds its skin and becomes a
big headed pupa, which rests at the
surface until it splits up the back to
allow the adult mosquito to emerge.
"The best way to get rid of mos
quitoes is to destroy their breeding
places. This not only means draining
swamps and filling in ponds, but gath
ering up tomato cans, putting net
ting over horse troughs and rain
water barrels and watching the cave
troughs. If it is impossible to get
rid of standing water neal your prem
Uses, oil placed on ponds will kill the
larvae. Kerosene or any light fuel
oil will serve for this purpose. About
one ounce of oil will cover fifteen
square feet"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
HUBIN'S NEW PLEASANTvILLE
THEATRE

Big crowds at all times go daily, aft
ternoon and night, to see the Fine
Show of the newest, latest and best in
strictly high-class Moving Picture
Photo Play Dramas. Wild West, In
dams, Cowboys, Railroad Scenes, Sol
diers and War Scenes. Always New
Pictures, all shown on the Day and
Night Screen, which makes the pic
lures life-like and true to nature. HUI
bins Theatre is nicely conducted, clean
and refined, catering to ladies, gentle
men and children. There are two
shows daily, afternoon and night, with
an entire change of pictures daily.
The ladies and children always attend
the Matinees. Go once to Hubin's The
atre and you will become a regular pa
tron, as no matter when you go you
will always see a fine show.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
GOOD IDEAS FOR CLEANUP
CAMPAIGN

Various localities where cleanup and
paintup crusades are waged appoint
special committees of women and
girls to aid in the work.
Also many schools organize their
pupils into bands of dirt annihilators.
The young folks are found to be es-
pecially effective in this sort of activ-
ity. Most Of them like to feel that
they have become old enough and big
enough to assist the grownups in do
ing the grownups' work.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
CENT A WORD

minimum charge-20c first insertion To-
each additional iusertion.)
FOR SALE.-25 one year old Barred
Rock hens. James Barclay, 24s
Doughty Road, near Church st.
CARRIAGE AND AUTOMOBILE
PAINTER, First-class work guar.
anteed at reasonable prices. Auto.
mobiles painted from $40 up. First
street and Merton avenue Sac
FOR SALE-Rhode Island Red Eggs
for Matching; Is for rs cts; Tomp-
kins' strain. Mrs. Ernest Boyer. 81
FOR SALE-Good upright piano, 3
burner gas range, 2 rockers, 6 desk
chairs, n roller top desk; private
property; make me an offer. f.
Middleton, II S. Arkansas avenue,
Atlantic City.
WANTED-To buy, twenty second
hand hot bed sash in good condition.
Mrs. Robert 7. Dunlop, Shore Road,
Mortified.
FOR SALE-1 one-horse moving ma
chine, l one-horse hay rake. 40 bush
els corn on the ear. George S.
Winner, Scullville. Sd
FOR SALE-Tomato plants in paper
boxes, in bloom and ready to plant.
r. H. Wallace, Jr., Blenheim, Pleas
antville. SEC
LOTS FOR SALE.-Situated in
Mortified City. Apply to Wilmer
Lake, r. F. d. Linwood. 12c
WANTED.-To borrow $4,000 on
property centrally located in Pleas
antville. No commission. P. o.
Box 623, Pleasantville.
MONEY TO LOAN on mortgages;
various amounts; placed promptly.
Campbell & Wootton, 10 N. Main
Street, Pleasantville, N. j.
FOR SALE.-Farm of 100 acres, To-
Gated near New Gretna, Burlington
county, about 40 acres cleared, bal
ance woodland, some fruit, build
ings in fair condition; no eneum-
brances, would exchange for good
equities. Address E, Pleasantville
Press office.
FOR SALE.-A Bargain, Pleasant
vile, Broom Bungalow, 27x140;
$4,000; easy terms. R. P. Thomp- |
son, Trust Bldg.
house. FOR SALE-Edgewater ave- :
u No reasonable offer refused.
Address l., P~leasantville Press of :
flee. T,
F IT'S CEDAR POSTS you're looking /
for, we have them, 81 to 25c each. t
Also split oak wood by the load. i
Rubberoid Roofing or anything you ,
need in the building line at r~easona- I
BILE prices. Lake &. Bossler Co. {
'OR SALE ON EASY TERMS-A
three-room Bungalow in Conover- {
town; half acre ground enclosed.
c. Hare, Absecon: Phone 246, Pleas
antville.
I'VE POULTRY WANTED.-Grang- !
er's Market, 1920 Atlantic Ave., At
lantic City. C. M. Kesler, Manager. :
FOR SALE-One or two horse ex-
press wagon, good as new. Same /
can be seen at Fire House, Pleas 5
antville. Price and terms will be i
quoted upon application at Fire {
House OF from the under signed. |
Wilbur Reed, Secretary. F.,
Mortgages. T
Address S. w. Sparks, Counsellor {
at-Law, 126 Market Street, Cam I
den, N. j. y
OR SALE.-Market Wagon in good i
condition. VIM. Hauenstein, Farm
ington. {
LAMBERT, Teacher of !;
Music and Singing. Has had many !,
years of successful teaching in both !
systems, popular and classical, from +,
start to finish. Talent tested. .
Studio 103 Chestnut St., opposite
ST. Peters Church. :
HALF DOZEN real bargains on !
hand for quick sale. Box 254, !
Pleasantville. {
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
For Sale

35O.acre Farm, located
in Burlington County.
suitable for fish
ing, etc. Good boat land
in6. plenty of meadows,
house in good condition.
some fruit. No encum.
brances. Will exchan6e
for other property of
equal value.
SAMUEL IRELAND.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
COMMUNICATED.

Our columns are open to our readers foi
the discussion of matters OF public interest
ments of the writer. and should not be con
strued as the views of the EditorS.)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
DIED

DEMPSEY.zIn P~leasantville on Wed
nesday, April 21st, Mrs. Jane Demp-
sey, age 70 years, at her late resi-
dence, 81 Oakland avenue. Funer-
al services will be held at the home
sof her son, James Dempsey, Phila-
delphia, today Saturday.. Inter
ment Holy Cross cemetery, Phila-
delphia.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24

ATTRACTIVE BUILDING LOT in
the new mt. Pleasant" section Of
Pleasantville, corner New Road and
Richmond avenue, 65x125, for sale;
$275-$10 down, $40 monthly. Ap-
ply Pleasantville Press Office.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24

To those wishing to establish rela-
lions with a safe, strong bank, we
heartily extend our services PLEAS
ANTVILLE TRUST co.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend thanks to our
friends and neighbors for their many
kindnesses extended, following the
death of Hosea j. Ireland.
HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24

For "all the new all the time" of
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Press.