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Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

A Common MongreI Floek-An Owner
Will Take Greater Pride and Get
Better Profits From a Good Flock
Of Uniform Birds.
agents of Ashley, Union and Desha
counties are busy with pOultry-club
work on farms and in the Organiza-
ton of poultry clubs. In each Of these
counties an effort is being made to
double last years poultry-club enroll
ments.
On March 12 the Southwestern Ar
kansas Poultry association was organ
lied at Magnolia with IS charter men,
bers. 1t is reported that practically
every business man in the town will
become a member and lend his influ-
ence and support for more and better
poultry. Plans have been made to hold
the state poultry show at Magnolia
November % to 2S, where the finest
aristocrats of the barnyard will be
on display competing for the coveted
American Poultry association gold
medal offered to only one association
in each state.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
MAGNOLIA

The Magnolia public school opened
on Tuesday with Prof. Ralph Nell
vaine as principal.
Wallace White of Wilmington spent
the weekend with his parents
Mrs. b. B. White and Mrs. Bolgiano
and daughter spent last week at Re-
hoboth Beach.
Roscoe Taylor and family of Phil
adelphia returned home on Thursday
after having spent the month OF Aug
ust with his parnents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins Davis spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs Geo.
W. Collins.
Miss Elva George of Philadelphia
sp ent Sunday with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William George.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Ferguson OF Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. f. Dickerson. and
Mrs Kate Wiley OF Laurel visited
Rev. and Mrs. G. r. Ellis recently.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kerbin of New
York visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ker-
bin recently.
Fenton and Boyce Kerbin OF New
York. who have spent the summer with
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Kerbin, returned home last week
Mrs. Thomas Warren and son spent
Monday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. W. Taylor
Frederick Davidson Of Viola spent
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. r. E
Stout last week
The regular evening services will
be resumed in Magnolia NJ E. church
next Sunday evening.
When in Milford. stop at Pettyjohn's
Fountain. Cool. refreshing drinks and
Supplee ice cream served as it should
be.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
OAK GROVE

People around here are getting from
S100 up for their tomatoes.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Webb and
children and Enoch Donovan .mOtOred
to Angola Sunday where they spent the
day with his daughter.
Mrs. Maggie Williams entertained
company over the weekend.
Miss Ethel Wilson of Glendale
spent Monday with Miss Catherine
Webb.
DR.. Willis and daughter. Helen,
spent the weekend at Broadkiln
Beach.
Miss Lillian Webb has returned
home after three weeks visit with her
sister. Mrs. Mollie Burton of Angola.
Many of the people around here are
spending their Sundays at Oak Or
chard
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
IMPROVING DELAWARE RIVERS

The engineers in charge of the riv,
ers and streams in Delaware have ar
ranged considerable work done during
the fall and coming winter towards
making navigation better, and afford
portation of fruit and farm products
TO the city markets. Recent awards
for doing dredging and building the
bridges in this section:
The Delaware Dredging Company
has been awarded the contract for the
removal of 24,OOO cubic yards of ma
terial from the mouth of the Murder
kill River. The contract price was
26.S cents per cubic yard.
Some dredging TO cost about $4,000
will be done at the mouth of the Mis-
pillion River.
Extensive repairs are to be made TO
the jetty, Broadkill river. The work to
be done consists in furnishing and
placing stone in and along the por-
ton of the jetty across Lewes Sound
and in the portion of the jetty across
Lewes Cape where it has settled. and
furnishing and replacing tie rods in
the jetty across Lewes Sound which
have broken or become weakened by
corrosion. The amount of funds avail
able for the work is about $17S50.
Bids for this work will be received
until September IS.
Repairs are to be made to the two
wooden bridges known as Cedar Neck
and Bethany Beach bridges, crossing
part of the Inland Waterway between
Rehoboth Bay and Assawaman Creek.
near Ocean View, Del. The work on
the Cedar Neck bridge will be COM
pleted before the work on the Bethany
Beach bridge is started
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
WAR GRENAOES AS
SAYINGS BANKS
Yanks' Explosive Eggs" Mada
SAFE For Distribution
TO Children

The most unique and interesting Of
all souvenirs OF the great war will
soon be ready for distribution among
the boys and girls of Pennsylvania.
Delaware and New Jersey.
These souvenirs are hand grenades
originally intended to be used with
deadly effect against the German ar
mics. When the war ended the gov.
ernment had millions of them made
up. There being no longer any need
for them as war weapons, the War
Savings Division of the Treasury De-
partment secured large supply. The
grenades are now being altered into
savings banks to hold dimes aud pen.
MES.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
sMALL-ToP MILK PAIL BEST
prevents Entrance of Dust or Dirt and
Greatly Reduces Number OF
Bacteria In MIX.

In modern dairies where clean miik
is produced the small-top milk par
Is a necessity, as it presents only
small opening into which dust and dirt
NAV fall from the air or from the
cows body. 1t has been found oy
experience that the use Of a pail Oh
this kind greatly reduces the number
of bacteria in milk from dairies where
n IS used. Many types of milk pals
are for sale, but any timer by the ad-
dition of a hood can convert an orui-
nary pail into a small-tOp pail.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
ADAMS CROSS ROADS

Miss Marie White of Wilmington is
spending a week with her cousin.
Miss Ethel Adams, at Smithville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Devore Of
Philadelphia have returned home after
spending the week end with his chill
dren and other relatives.
Mrs. d. c. Adams was very well
come visitor of her daughter. Mrs
Nancy Liden of fredericksburg. Nd
last week.
Mrs. Arthur Adams and daughter,
Ethel, were Greenwood visitors Sun
day.
The first service since July will be
held at Bloomery on Sunday. as the
camps are over.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
Public Sale

The undersigned will sell at auction
AZ residence. on the north road leading
from Milford TO Shawnee. ~ miles from
Milford, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1919,
bepinning at 10 O'Clock, a. m, the fol-
lowing personal property;
one sorrel horse, years old, VIII work
in all harness: one black mare, 3 years
old will work in all harness; one milch
cow. Z years old; two-horse wagon, one
horse carriage. two-horse corn narrow
z cultivators, No. 19 Oliver turn plow'
one-borse turn plOw. 6O-tooth drag har-
row duck bill harrow. lot Of fencing wire,
9 sets wire stretchers, lot OF wire hooped
baskets bushel basket, some berry crates
and scrap lumber, set double carriage mar
ness lot of work harness, lot OF barrels
shovels. spades, forks, grain scoop, IRON
nots carriage pole, cross cut saw, DUCK
savv one-man saw, Economy King cream
sera r,a for ice chest, cook stove, heating
stoves. kitchen cabinet, kitchen saie ana
cook vessels one extension table, sets
dining chairs. new sewing machine, par
Ior s,Iit organ, bedsteads, one mattress,
set snrings. bureau, wash stand, several
small stands. lamps and dishes, about 200
onsrts of nice canned fruits Of all kinds,
ase,-era1 baskets onions, 4 chicken feeders,
wash tubs, boilers, crooks, lot OF stove
pipe: other things too numerous 10 men
ton. all nearly new.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
GLEN POOLE, Milford, Del
Harry Iatchum, Auctioneer
Frank A. Doeringer, Clerk S-o-@t
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
MORE AND BETTER CHICKENS
owner of Common MongreI Flock
Will Soon Apologize for Its Exist
ence-keep Pure-Breds.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricuture)
II will not be long before the owner
Of common mOngrel flock will apollo
eize for its existence. This is the opin-
ion of the poultry-extensiOn worker of
the United States department of agri-
culture who is a leader in the cam
paisn for more and better poultry on
farms in south and southwestern Ar
Kansas In many parts of Arkansas
the importance of better poultry and
more efficient management is being
recognized by progressive business
men. commercial organizations, bank
ers and others and they are active in
their moral and financial support in
cooperating with the government and
state extension forces in their efforts
10 convince the farmer that standard
bred poultry properly managed is
paying industry and that the old
barnyard mOngrel hen must get out
of the way for standardized. uniform
fOcks.
The county agent of Drew county
has placed so pens of one male and
four females each of pure-bred Bar
red Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island
Reds on 80 farms, in charge of a boy
and girl pOultry-club member. The
Monticello Chamber of Commerce and
the banks of Monticello have advanced
the money to purchase these pure
bred fowls and have assisted in their
distribution. In addition to the 30
pens of chickens, over 100 sittings
of pure-bred Matching eggs have been
secured fOI the club boys and girls.
The farm and home demonstration
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
HONOR GOVERNOR TOWNSEND

At TIE closing session, last week, Of
the governors conference with the
executives from the various states in
attendance, at Salt Lake City, Utah,
Governor John G. Townsend was hon
ored by being elected treasurer of the
conference.
The governors visited the copper
mines at Bingham, near Salt Lake
City, and left in a special car for a
three days tour of Yellowstone Park.
While at the conference Governor
Townsend took a keen interest in the
problems that were discussed and
gained much information that will be
beneficial due to the local applications
which can be made.
There is a possibility of the con-
vention being held in Philadelphia
next year.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
cow TESTING is. PROFITABLE
Tennessee Dairyman Expresses Appre
citation of Benefits of cow-Test-
ing Association.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
81 would not take four times what
my testing work has cost me for what
it has been worth to me-" is the way a
Tennessee dairyman expresses his ap-
probation of the benefits he gained as
a member of a cOw-testing association
which was organized by the United
States department of agriculture in
his community. "The COW which has
proved to be the best one in my herd
was the one that considered poorest
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
CONVENIENT ROOM FOR MILK
Separate Apartment Should Be Pro-
Vided to Relieve Oftentimes
OVercrowded Kitchen.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Where even a few cows are kept, a
separate room for handling milk
should be provided to relieve the often
times Overcrowded kitchen. Well
houses frequently have a room which,
with the addition of a concrete floor,
shelves, and windows, makes . very
convenient milk room.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
STRONG BIRDS FOR BREEDING
Comb, Face and Watties Should Be
Bright Red-Eyes Bright
and Prominent.

~repared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
fowls for breeding purposes should
Oe strong, healthy, vigorous birds. The
eomb' face and wattles should be of a
Uright red color, eyes bright and fairly
prominent, head comparatively broad
ana short and not long or crow-shaped,
legS set well apart and straight, plum
ge clean and smooth.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

before the tests were made. 1 priced
one of my cows at $125 before she was
tested, but now 1 price her at $3.50"
The test showed that the nineteen
year-Old COW which this dairyman had
used for the foundation COW of his
herd made 6S pounds of butterfat in
November. The average production
for the herd during this month was
over 40 pounds of butterfat.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

The alteration simply means remov-
al Of the explosives from the grenades
and the cutting of openings for de-
pOsit and removal of dimes and pen
nies. No change is made In the ap-
pearance or in the springs and trig-
gers by which the grenades are Op-
Grated
Hand grenadeS. or bombs" were
among the most Ingenious and most
deadly weapons used in the war. The
grenade made for the United States
Army was an improvement on all the
best types of hand bombs" invented
by foreign army men.
When loaded for use the grenade
was kept "at safety" by a small pin
which locked the firing trigger. The
thrower was required to mold the
bomb in his throwing hand, pull out
the pin with the other hand and then
make a throw. As long as the gre
made was held in the hand 1t was
safe because the hand kept a strip
of metal under pressure which pre-
vented the firing spring from work
ing.
The instant the bomb was thrown
this strip of metal was forced Off by
the firing spring which also operated
the trigger This trigger struck a cap
which set fire to fuse timed to burn
for seconds. At the end of that
time the spark reached detOnator
which exploded and blew up the main
charge of T. n. T., shatlering the
bomb into about 40 pieces. These
pieces were the outside she'll Of the
grenade, it being marked out into lit
tie squares which became flying bul.
let's because the force of the explo-
sion broke them off at the thin parts
Of the she'll
The explosion was almost sure
death to everyone within ten yards of
the spot where the bomb burst. The
Yanks called the grenades eggs"
They were bad eggs" to the Ger
mans.
These wonderful weapons with fir
ing pin and trigger still included but
lllduE SAFE anu udl lllNsS arc Aph ~
ing used to build up instead OF to de-
stroy. They are the queerest and
most interesting savings banks ever
made. To obtain one a boy or girl
is required TO buy a 1919 Government
Savings Stamp, which costs S4l9 dur
ing August and S420 in September
The stamps and Grenades are 10 He
obtained at banks or at offices Of the
War Savings Division in every town
A Savings Stamp is to be bought
when the boy or girl goes for the
grenade. The boys and girls also
sign a pledge to use all Of the money
saved in their grenade banks to buy
more Government Thrift or Savings
Stamps.
That is how the grenade will help
to build up. The money put into Say
ings Stamps is loaned to the Govern
ment and will be used to pay Off war
debts and promote the Governments
plans.
Savings Stamps costing S419 or
a 90 in August or September, 1919.
will be bought back by the Govern
nent in January. 1924, for S. each .
Those who buy them not only save
heir money, but earn good interest
IN it. Thrift Stamps start Savings
Stamp bank account and cost only %
,ents each
Further information about the way
he grenades are to be distributed and
low soon they will be ready may be
obtained at banks and War Savings
,ficas everywhere
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
Public Sale
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1919,
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919,
a. N a m at the farm owned by Geo
W. Robertson. situated in Lewes and ne. Re
/ hoboth Hundred, half mile from LeWesi
on main road, the following personal
Pair Of mules, 10 years old; mare Z
wears old: mare, years old; horse, ~
/ years old: mare, 10 years old; mare, 5
/ Years old; cows, coming fresh IN Octo-
/ her. one COW. fresh now; one heder.
Farmers Favorite drill spouts; Oliver
/ riding plow, No. 80; fluke harrow Two
! 20 .0S4li drap harrows: disc harrows: four
( 2-horse plows; 2-horse wagon; buggy
sci of wagon springs; hay rack tomato
rack. two mowers; corn planter; culu-
vators; 1-horse plow; potato plow, collars
brides, wagon harness and plow harness.
Three sets Of carriage harness; carriage;
3-horse singletree; 2-horse singletree; ana
other things too numerous to mention
II stormy weather, sale will be held the
following Saturday.
Terms cash. r-,-,v-,
J. H Johnson, q.
Auctioneer. o-@S-@l
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
KEEPING POULTRY IN TOWNS
Especially in Suburbs of Large Cities
Families Should Keep Small
Flocks of Hens.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
When conditions render it feasible
small ilocks of poultry should be kept
Oy families in villages, towns and es-
peclally in the suburbs of large cities.
Inc need for this extension of poultry
raising is particularly great where con-
sumption exceeds production, as in the
northeastern states. Through utiliza-
uon Of table waste, scraps and other
reiuse as poultry feed much whole
some food in the form of eggs and
poultry for home use may be produced
at relatively low cost.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
MILLINERY OPENING

All the newest and latest styles of
fall and winter millinery are on dis
play at my store. You are invited to
call. Minerva W. Sipple,
No 26 n. Walnut St.
9-5-2t Milford Del.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

Just remember when you change
vour address TO notify the publisher
of the Milford Chronicle. so THAI Il
can reach you regularly. The old
address, as we'll as the new, should be
Rav0A.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
GIVE HIM THE
STONY STARE

When that oily tongued
promoter Of fake oil and
mining stocks offers to dou-
Bile your money If you ex-
change your government Sc
curities for his worthless
stock
TELL HIM TO TAKE YOUR
NAME OFF THE SUCKER
LIST"
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

Good business is good advertising.
The columns Of the Chronicle make
he best business Investment
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

An
Independent
Income
For
Your Wife
1t would give you in
tense satisfaction, would it
not, if you could settle on
your wife an Independent
income?
Money coming to her
regularly, never failing
her. no matter what mis-
fortunes overtake you, what
lapse or shrinkage in your
income?
If you adopt the simple
ana practical ~hquiLa1i1
Trust plan" for creating
or enlarging an estate, you
can accomplish this laud-
able purpose.
You can create, with
partial payments, an Estate
entirely separate from your
own, and not subject to the
vicissitudes of your own
fortune.
You need not segregate
from your income or prof
its at one time sufficient
cash or securities to create
this Estate.
You can arrange at your
death it will pass to her
at once, that the income
from it will not be inter
rupted by probate proceed
ings and that it will be
kept securely, always, for
here benefit.
We have prepared
booklet which explains
this plan fully. It opens
remarkable opportunities
for the man of moderate
means. Ask for booklet,
The Equitable Trust Plan"
for Creating or Enlarging
an Estate.
EQUITABLE
TRUST COMPANY !
N. w. Corner Ninth and
Market Streets
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05
FOR SALE

YOUNG MAN wants board in Frederica
Address j. l.. Fineran. Frederica, Del. 1t
FOR SALE-Seed wheat, clean and dry
from stock. Miracle variety. y. T. Dick
erson, Milford, Del g-5-3t
ONE-HORSE FARM for rent. near Har-
beson: five-room house: 20 acres tillable
See Robert =. Davis, Milford, or Peter
Dodd. HarbesOn, Del 1tp
FOR SALE-Hen manure, one horse
wagon, cultivator, work harness. feed bin.
Mason fruit jars. Mrs. Westover, Milford,
Del 9-5-2tp
POULTRY FARM FOR SALE-Ia-ac
Of land, 6-room bungalow Apoultry house
75X20 feet; 300 laying hens; horse: runa-
hout and harness. 4 bargain. Mrs West
over Milford, Del 9-5-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

Some one wants what you have to
sell. Then advertise it in the Chron-
icle next week.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

ADVERTISING

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
Advertising rate in this column one cent
a word each and every insertion.
Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20
INDICATIONS POINT TO GREAT.
LY REDUCED CROPS IN 1920

Indications point to greatly reduc-
ed crops next year, according to Sen
atOr Capper, Kansas, publisher Of
several agricultural papers.
Low profits, labor shortage. high
wages and rising costs Of implements
were some Of the reasons assigned.
"The American farmer won't 90 on
strike. but he is getting mighty sui
ky" Capper declared. Wheat acre
age will fall off probably one-third
next year and generally the crops
are going to be smaller
II don't think there IS any con-
certed movement among the farmers
along this line No farm organiza-
tions, so far as know, have adopted
resolutions urging a deliberate cur
tailment Of production. Neverthe-
less, farmers are Individually sizing
up the situation and are deciding &c
go slow next year.
Il receive many letters daily from
farmers, complaining about nearly
everything. Hog prices are down,
wheat will probably be lower next
year-while labor costs are going
up"
Ex-soldiers are refusing TO go back
to the farm and are flocking 10 the
cities, Capper asserted. During the
wheat harvest il is almost impossible
to get help. he said. The farmer is
therefore turning from wheat to corn
and other crops which do not require
harvesting during a short period IN
the middle Of the summer. He is dis
tributing his crops so that he can do
most of the work alone.
Higher flour prices may result
from the diminished wheat supply,
although lower meat prices may off
set this, Capper said
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20
Training Little Citizens
The Children's Birthright
nv Henry Turner Bailey Director Cleveland School Of Art)

! leaves of wax myrtle, sweet FERN,
mint and fir; of the breath OF cattle
and of fog blown inland from the
sea.
They should hear the answer the
trees make to the rain, and to the
wind; the sound of ripping and fall-
ing water; the muffled roar OF the,
sea in a storm. and its llsping ana
laughing and clapping Of hands IN a
stiff breeze. They should know the
sound of the bees in a plum tree IN
NAV. of frogs in a bog in April, OF
grasshoppers along the roadsides in
June. Of crickets out in the dark IN
September. They should hear leaf
less ash hum, a pine tree sigh, old
trees groan in the forest, and the
floating ice in a brook making its in
comparable music beneath the froz-
en- crystal roof Of some flooded glade
They should have chance to
chase butterflies, to catch fish, 10
ride on load of hay, TO camp out,
TO cook over an open fire, to tramp
through new country, and to sleep
under the open sky They should
have the fun Of driving a morse, pad
ding a canoe, and sailing boat, and
of discovering that Nature will hon
or the humblest seed they plant.
Things that children can do in cit
les are not to be compared with such
country activities Our of the coun-
try and its experiences has come and
always will come the most stimulat-
ing and healthful art of the world.
One cannot appreciate and enjoy TO
the full nature-books, novels, histor-
les. poems, pictures, or even musical
compositions. who has not had IN ms
youth the blessed contact with the
world of nature.
do not forget what cities have
done for us, and always must do; but
one can get all the best a city has to
Weld by visiting il, whereas one can
not reap all the harvests of the coun-
try except by living there in child
hood. And | feel somehow that such
a life in the country is the birth
right Of every child. There is truth
i'm Cowper's statement that God God
made the country and man made the
town.
believe that every child of God
has a right to see the country-the
house his Heavenly Father made for
him-unobstructe by brick walls,
unspoiled by filth and undimmed By
smoke. And one Of these days, some
how. all children born into the world
will be given n chance TO enjoy to
the full their inspiring patrimony.
Living in the country in childhood
"the voice of the Lord God, walking
in the garden in the cool Of the lay
is more likely to be heard; and, being
heard by all, that Voice will be an
swored more universally, and with
warmer love.
Help to reach all the parents Of
the country by cutting this out and
passing il on to a friend.