The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

 on-commissioned officers. A rela- l lively large number of college men 1 are already in France. They have | gone to the officers training camps | and thus qualified to render a higher | service to their government. The i war department anticipates that 1 many more college men will be need l ed, hence it is offering to young men l under draft age a large opportunity i to simultaneously fit themselves for military usefulness and for service in civil life.
 The sheep tick is the most impor- tant insect pest of sheep. At least once a year the flock should be dip ped to rid 1t from ticks and also from lice if the latter are present.
 The life history of the sheep tick from the practical standpoint may be summarized thus: Counting from the time it emerges from the shell, the young tick deposits its first pu- na or so-called egg in about fourteen days. This pupa ndlches IhIo voung tick in from nineteen to twen- fv-fonr days. These two stages i'll the life history have an important hearing on the problem of eradica- tion. If the sheep are badly infest- ed with ticks, a second dip shoulo De given because the first dipping will not kill all the pupae. Under aver age conditions twenty-tour days should elapse between the first ana second dipping.
 The best time to dip is shortly af- ter shearing. A nice warm' sun shiny day should be selected for this work and it should preferably be done in the morning so as to give the sheen a chance to dry off again De- fore night. The dipping vat should be a simple trough of wood' metal or concrete, eighteen to twenty ln- ches wide at the top, eight inches wide at the top, eight inches wide at the bottom, four feet deep and as long as one wishes to build. For small flock the bottom level or the vat need not be more than three or four feet long, with an incline be- ginning there and running gradually out to the level and to draining board. . ] The dip whatever it is, must be or 1 good strength. There are various good preparations in use, most or which are effective if used of sufn- cfent strength. The coal tar prep arations such as "Naptholeum," etc., are effective and cheap and are pleas ant to operate with. The dip should be mixed according to directions Each sheen should be kept in the dlp about one minute or just long enousn so that the fluid penetrates 10 the skin. During this time the heau should be gotten under once. IT the flock is dipped thoroughly once each year, there will be no loss from this troublesome pest.
 There still seems to be some mis- understanding about the matter of H. cense to sell eggs. Perhaps it ought to be pointed out in the first place that it is not the policy of the food administration to interfere In any way with direct and free movement of food stuffs from the producer to the consumer.
 The farmer or poultryman can sell his eggs to anybody at any time, at any price that he can get for them, and no license is required. He can
 go a step further and collect eggs
 from the neighbors in his commun- ity and no license is required so long | as he sells direct to consumers. II on the other hand, a poultry man col lects eggs and resells to dealer, he must obtain a license for which he : should apply at the food administra- tion's office, AS Lewis street, Hart ford. Any poultryman who is in the business of collecting eggs to be re- sold to dealers must not only get 9
 license but he must also candle the
 eggs. All receivers or collectors Gin cludirg hucksters) are required tC carefully candle eggs and include ar 1 egg candling certificate bearing his license number with every case o1
 eggs passed on to the next dealer.
 Candling is, of course, of less i'm portance in Connecticut than in the South and in the corn belt. Egg:
 in New England are better taken cart
 of and hence there is less loss in thi:
 way. Nevertheless the food admin
 istration wants to make sure tha
 transportation is not overburdened
 with food stuffs that are really fit.
 Professor w. A. Rhea has just ar
 rived in Storrs and will at once as sume the duties of his new position Professor Rhea becomes extension dairyman, a position recently made vacant by the resignation of Karl B Musser. Professor Rhea is a nativt of Missouri and a graduate of thu state university. During his senio year, he was a member of the cattl judging team and won high honor
 in the student judging contest held a the national dairy show. He mad the highest individual score in judg ing Holsteins and was awarded
 scholarship of $4OO offered by tn
 Holstein-Friesan' Association of Am
 erica. With this scholarship, Pro
 lessor Rhea went to Cornell Univer sity where he completed his graduat
 work and received an advance degree After finishing his studies at Cor
 nell, Professor Rhea went to the Uni versity of West Virginia at Morgan
 town where he has been head of tn
 department of dairy husbandry. Hi
 training and experience fit him es
 pecially well to take up the dair g work in Connecticut.