Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-21
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" farmers are giving material sup
port to the national and state move
ments to increase the number of
sheep and it may help solve the
problem of how to utilize the land in
the two counties which lack the
hands to cultivate 1t. The war con-
dltions, the accompanying heavy
draft or labor, especially. have fol-
ioWed up what was begun by the in
uouucuon OF intensive agriculture
IN the way of reducing acreage de-
voted TO crops. There are some
farms In this section which are over
zOO acres in size and of which only
tWo-thirdS are being cultivated
some OF the farms are in woodlots
ana some are covered with brush.
me rest are being allowed to lie
tallow, trusting to the time when
there Will be men and horses or
tractors to plow and cultivate IT,
Fortunately, some have been pro-
ductive of good hay crops, which
have yielded fine return and there
us a disposition to put them I'm
clover or alfalfa. The latter crop
mas grown in favor in this section
and there are scores of acres grow
ing 1t where 1t was unknown not
SO many years ago. But the plan of
| rho idtHl bureaus TO encourage
sheepraising and even to get farm
ers financial help may be a still bet
ter means of using the land which
cannot be farmed. Wool and mutton
are both up in price and the outlay
Tor sheep is comparatively small. If
IL is managed right. Years ago this
county had many flocks of sheen
and Cumberland and Perry were
noted for the wool clip. The land in
these three counties is we'll adapted
10 the intensive style of agriculture
and to sheepraising.
If Mark Twain were to come to
Harrisburg, he would characterize
the notice on a certain restaurant
menu, as coming within the bounds
or English as she is writ" While
the notice tries to express acuuies-
cence with the Food Administration
ruling, 1t is hard for the untutored
reader to grasp the entire meaning.
rms is the wording of the notice:
According to the new instructions
from the Food Administration for
two OF. of wheat products to each
person at each meal which includes
bread, pastries, etc. We suggest
while already having two OF. of bread
Wnlch covers two or of wheat prod
uct then in place of pie or short cake
10 order fruit which is plentiful,
pudding or ice cream. Let us ali
join hands together and assist the
food Administration. Thank you!"
Speaking of music it is interesting
10 state Just what some of the men
who are arranging the parade are
going through. The chairman of the
committee on bands, realizing that
the committee had not been named
until late, got into action immediate
ly after he was appointed and ad-
dressed about 100 bands. He found
all but eight or ten already dated up.
fortunately, Harrisburg has some
excellent bands and there are good
organizations in the vicinity so that
we can get along with bands wide
apart in a great marching pageant
even though we may not have all
we want.
i rs a progressive luncheon beat
ing the food administration ?" was
the question fired yesterday by one
man to group of men whom he
had seen come out of one eating
place and go into another.
wen, We ate lunch there and we
came here for pie" replied one.
You see, some places have better
things than others, that is of certain
kinds was the explanation of No. 2.
We only took bread in one place
and we did not eat any meat" was
the alibi of the third.
The fact is that there are some
men who will eat a sandwich in one
place and go eat dessert in another
and maybe take ice cream at third
It's matter of fancy and some have
been doing it for years.
A new food trick is the messenger
boy sandwich. A man buys a sand
! wich at restaurant and goes back
to his place of business and then if
he gets chance has some one, pre-
ferably a messenger, go to a restaur-
ant and buy him another sandwich.
Getting down to one sandwich is
something we would all be glad to
do" declared man who likes to eat,
but Brother Don Mccormick ought
to remember that they have reduc-
ed the sandwiches fifty per cent. in
circumference, diameter, cover and
middle and that the price stays
up" This observation was all lost on
another man who ended the discus
sion by saying "Aw, carry your lunch
from home"
You can say one thing about
Harrisburg among a good many 9TH
ers and that is that Harrisburg is a
well-dressed city," remarked Gabriel
H. Meyer of the Auditor Generals
Department. 'I have to go about
the state a great deal and 1 guess I
have been in every town and do not
know place where people are more
uniformally better dressed than right
here. 1 have often commented upon
the fact"
City Clerk r. r. Seaman is show
ing the effects of good training. He
served for quite a time under the
late Charles A. Miller and absorbed
some of the remarkable knowledge
about Harrisburg that the noted
mayor and city clerk accumulated.
And now when they throw some
barbed questions at the city clerk
theY find he is ready for them.