Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
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pennsylvania will probably have
the largest acreage ever devoted to
corn raising this year according to
reports from farming districts which
are reaching the State Department
Vi agriculture. They show that i'm
mense areas have been planted with
.o IN agricultural counties and
'hao Where wheat has failed to meas
ure up 1t has been plowed down
anu corn planted. This has taken
pace In number of counties -
cluuing Dauphin and Cumher,an1
early reports were that manv far
eiS contemplated increasing their
corn planting and that many would !
turn to buckwheat, a grain which %
more extensively raised in Penns~
Vania than in any other State since
the unfavorable reports about the
wheat crop have come in they have
oeen followed with statements that
many acres have been plowed. the
crop belng given up. Estimates are
nr aoM mat the wheat crop will run
only about seventy-five per cent ~
the average for the last ten wears
weather conditions and pests beIn4
9iamed. The State zoologist is con.
uuctlng series of experiments IA
uestroy the grain moth, farms has
ing been secured in Cumberland
uepanon and York counties where
reservations have been under way
since the ground was plowed
lor planting with wheat last fail,
me Cumberland farm is within
sight of the State CapitoI and we'll
adapted for observation. The los1
rrUln the moth was very heavy in
LEBANON and York counties last fall
ana Berks also suffered. If n method
oI control is discovered It will save
vnousands OF bushels of grain this
year seaE; reports coming here tell of
Soou lrult prospects. especially in
southern Pennsylvania counties.
r. Members of the State Capitol Park
extension Commission. which went
out or existence officially on Thurs
9ay night after carrying out n spIen-
ala service for the Commonwealth in
hotaple manner, have placed on
ile1ord their appreciation of their
@ !ate colleague, Samuel Kunkel. The
tflbute will be sent to the Daunhjn
County Historical Society az
memorial to the well-loved Harris
purg banker. 1t is a framed por-
tralt OF Mr.. Kunkel as he is best re-
hempered by many peopIe with
verses about it. These verses are bv
Detroit man and are singularly ap-
propriate to Mr.. KunkcTs life.
+, Few collections of old newspapers
IN TINS part of the State are as com
plete as that which the State Mu-
scum mas Just acquired from the es
tate OF Daniel Musser, of Lebanon
county. The list includes bound VOL
umes not only of the Oracle of Dau-
phln, the first newspaper published
mere, out of other Harrisburg news
papers in the days when Lebanon
county was part of Dauphin. There
are nkewlse some Lebanon county
newspapers in bound form and Ger
man newspapers which tell of early
days of the county after its erection.
The collection of clippings, which
unfortunately, is not indexed. is said
to be very interesting.
Uncle Sans cavalry horses which
the Governors Troop brought back
from the Mexican Border are bav-
ing a pretty fine diet these days. The
horses live in the Capitol park ex-
tension and once in a while take
walks to see the progress of demol-
ltlon or the district. They have been
enjoying the young leaves of the
trees and a couple of fruit trees
which were left marooned when the
demolishers took down the housea
have furnished fine feasts. YesteI.
day one of the horses got over into
the grass plots which remain in the
center OF State street and was taking
a midday luncheon on some of the
wild roses that border the plots
when captured and led back to the
corral.
Speaking of the Capitol park ex-
tension a good many people are
wondering what will be done about
the miles of curbing that are in place
along the streets. These stones rem
resent thousands of dollars inverted
and 1t is assumed that the city Au-
thorities will make a dicker with
the Board of Grounds and Buildings
for its use. There is a chance, how.
ever, that the thrifty State may do
eide to sell the curbs.
The way Bethlehem advertises on
the backs of envelopes of its busi-
ness houses is we'll worth looking
at The ancient city that is so busy
now has the slogan "Bethlehem's 3
Gates Are Open" and there is a pic-
ture of a wide-flung pair of gates to
back it up. Sixteen arrows point the
way to important places with the
distance given. Harrisburg, the
state capital, is given as 100 miles
away and the slate, coal and resort
regions are similarly indicated.