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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
DAIRYMEN OF FREDERICK
WAR UPON TUBERCULOSIS

FREDERICK, Nd. July 5.-Dairy-
men of Frederick county are up in
arms against the spread of tubercu-
losis among their dairy herds. They
have cause to realize that 1t is a good
investment in dollars and cents to be
in position to say that they are
producing milk free Of tubercle
germs from cattle tested by repre-
sentatives of the bureau of animal in
dustry. United States Department of
Agriculture. DIR. Ira Arnold of the de-
partment. is in charge of the &C
credited herd work in this county and
is cooperating with County Agent Z.
A Hauver in eradicating the disease.
The government makes no charge
for the testing. and if herd passes
two successive tests without re-
action it is placed on the accredited
list which means that these animals
can he shipped anywhere in the
United States without a reteSt and
consequently bring fancy prices.
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BOYS TAKE UP BREEDING
OF POLAND CHINA HOGS

FREDERICK. Md. July 5.-The
first Poland China pig club to be
organized in Maryland was formed
recently by Frederick county boys
under the direction and supervision
of County Agent Pinkney A Hauver.
Agent Hauver announced he has Sc
cured for the use of the club the big
boned. pure bred Poland China hog.
which seems to be favorite among
Frederick county farmers. He held
up to the boys the ideal of making
Frederick county the center of the
Poland China industry of the state.
Up to date twelve fine specimens of
Poland Chinas have been delivered to
the members of the club.
1t is expected that this will form a
nucleus for much larger herds. There
are but few raisers of this breed of
hogs in Maryland. This fact was dis
covered when members of the club
began looking about for good cham
pion stock. This scarcity of breeding
stock and the consequent high prices
affected the membership of the club
for the first year. making it small.
1t is expected that in one year from
the date of the organization the boys
will have good breeding stock for
sale and will thus be enabled to sup
ply the farmer with the founda ton
stock for large herds of thorough
bredS.
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DAIRY SHOW PLANS
TAKE ON IMPRESSIVE SCOPE

quality These definate lines of ser
vice are set forth:
/. AS medium through which
those engaged in the various branches
of the dairy industry in America may
be informed as to what demands Will
be made upon them so that they may
be prepared to meet all requirements
for home and foreign countries.
2. That it may serve as cordlna-
dairy interests of America, to which
ted bureau of information upon all
people of the world may journey for
accurate information.
3. That it may be of service to
the government in all its departments
in their relations with departments
of governments or commissions from
all other countries seeking informa-
ton upon dairy cattle, dairy prod
ucts, dairy machinery and farm and
barn equipment
This is a big. broad constructive
program which every dairyman IN
Maryland should back up by attend
ing the show and participating in its
many interesting features. Our State
Dairymen's Association is power
full factor in the development of the
home industry. yet its vision and in
fuence would be multiplied many
times if all it's members could share
the rich experience which will be en-
joyed by those who attend the event
and reap the benefit of a free inter-
change Of ideas and practices.
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FAIRFAX COUNTY A MODEL
Sanitary Inspectors Being Trained
There for Work Elsewhere.

FAIRFAX, Va, July 5.-For some
time past Fairfax county has been
used as a training school for sanitary
inspectors for other counties. Neck
lenburg. Lunenville. Chesterfield and
Orange have had inspectors trained
here and at present an inspector is
being trained for Greensville county.
The work of these inspectors will
be to make house to- house canvass
OF their districts and explain what is
necessary to comply with the sugges-
tons of the board of health in order
to make the premises sanitary. Fair
fax has at present the best system of
sanitary inspection in the state. The
call for sanitary inspectors has been
very great during the war and il has
tons.
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BOYS AND GIRLS MEET
TO TALK CLUB WORK

FAIRFAX. Va. July Fifty boys
and girls, members Of the several
agricultural clubs OF the county. met
at the office of the county farm and
home demonstration agents at the
courthouse Monday afternoon. Miss
Edith Thompson. home demonstration
agent presided Mrs. Chinn of the
Washington office OF the states rela-
tons service told Of the readiness of
Washington housewives to buy such
club work products as canned v~ge-
tables and fruit and Jellies and Jams
of all kinds. She said there was
specially good demand for jolles and
jams put up in small jars for hotel
and restaurant trade.
Eggs, butter, honey. etc. all viii
find ready sale at good prices Mrs
chinn said. ii properly and aftrac-
lively packed. She urged that the
boys and girls file with her their
names and addresses and "A statement
of what they have for sale. and in
turn she will send to them the names
of prospective customers, allowing
future business TO be done directly
was a splendid chance, she said. for
the boys and girls to make extra
money.
Some of the advantages Of direct
selling were rectted. Hucksters are
paying 40 cents dozen for fresh
eggs. while they sell in Washington
at 60 cents; honey. p cents pound.
as against 40 etc
Harry h. Derr. the county agent,
gave a short talk in which he told
of certain garden pests and how TO
combat them. He advised also as TO
the best methods in caring for pigs
and chickens.
An ail-day picnic. TO he attended
by all club members in the county, is
to be held soon. Plans for this were
discussed informally, as was also the
rivalry for the county champions ship
Star.
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BY c. l.. APPERMAN,
Agricultural Editor. Maryland State
College

COLLEGE PARK, Md, July 5.-The
National Dairy Association will hold
it's thirteenth annual show at the
International Ampihtheater In Chi
cago October 6 to IL. inclusive.
This years exhibition will be epochal.
in that its scope will be enlarged from
national to international proportions.
which will operate to make it one of
the greatest dairy shows in the world.
Advance notices of the event sent
out by tthe secretary set forth the
aims and objects of the association
and discuss in brief the service
which it hopes to render to this
country and foreign nations. The
aims and objects include the work
ing out of several essential factors
which are fundamental to the sub
stantial progress of dairy cattle in
America: the second. to bring into
the milk industry and the manufac-
ture and distribution of its products
the highest and most efficient sani
tary methods and to incu1cate meas
ures in manufacture that will insure
American made products to be of a
uniform, unapproachable standard of
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FREDERICKSBURG Va, July s.
The Fourth of July celebration in
comme moration of the returned SOL
diers from service overseas made this
Fourth of July the greatest in the
form of observance in the history of
the city. Fredericksburg was never
before so deliberately decorated with
the national coIors in flags and bunt-
ings, with flags in lesser number of
the allied nations.
1t was a service and celebration, in
which four of the surrounding coun-
ties, Spotsylvania. Caroline, Stafford
and King George. united with Fred
ericksburg in honoring the soldiers
who offered their lives for their coun :
try and in memory Of those who fell
was filled with events and entertain
ment for the visitors, who began to
arrive early and reached proportions
which outnumbered any gathering in
for long number of
years.
During the morning there were
street acts, base ball, tournaments and
at IL o'clock a great feast was fur
nished the soldiers in the city park
under the shade of the trees. where
the representatives of the surround
ing counties provided dinner for the
soldiers. fathers and mothers. with
their friends, baskets being brought
by the housewives, which were filled
with choice viands. such as country
ham. chicken. roast lamb. with cakes
of every kind, the whole making a
spread that could not be excelled. The
big parade, which was the feature of
the day, formed at O'Clock. was
nearly two miles long and divided as
follows:
Division Mounted city police.
heralds. speakers and guests in cars.
Division Memorial banner and
guard, chief marshal and aids. mill
tary band, battalion Of our boys in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
BIG FOURTH OF JULY WELCOME
TO RETURNED FIGHTING MEN

Army service. white and colored;
Army life floats. Division military
band. battalion of our boys in naval
service, white and colored; naval life
tachments. Division 4-Fraternal and
patriotic organizations, mounted or
CARNATIONS Division 5-War work
floats. Red Cross. Salvation Army,
knights of Columbus, Y. NJ. c. A, Y.
w. c. A., War Camp Community Serv-
what the farm girls and boys did to
win the war. Division 6-Floats of the
allies. Italian. Syrian. Greek, Bel
gian, French and British; victory,
floats. Revolution. Confederacy, Span
ish American and the World War.
Division Decorated automobiles
from city and surrounding counties in
double columns.
The bands furnished inspiring mu-
ington avenue it passed through the
court of honor to the reviewing
stand. in which were the officials,
members of'the. committee and where
the fathers and mothers Of the SOL
diers and invited guests were assem-
bled to view the parade. the soldiers.
which headed the column, joining
these to review the balance of the
parade. After the parade had passed
the exercises at the reviewing stand
consisted o! addresses as IolioWS.
Judge John T. Goolrick. introducing s.
Otis Bland. member of Congress from
the first district of Virginia, who in
turn presented Selden p. Spencer.
United States senator from Missouri,
who was the orator of the day. Sena
tor Spencer made an eloquent address,
giving expression to many patriotic
sentiments, praising and congratulate
ing the soldiers and causing great
enthusiasm with the immense crowd
assembled. The celebration closed
with a brilliant and elaborate display
Hills. where a good view could be had
by the people all over the city. The
occasion was most successful one
In every reSpect
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STORY Of CLUB WORK.
BY ALICE DENT,
Brandywine High School

NV first year Of club work. Miss
Dave. Home Department Agent. came
to our school about the middle Of
March and organized the poultry and
garden clubs. Joined the poultry
and decided to raise Barred Plymouth
Rock chickens. I set my first hen on
the 18th of March on Is eggs and the
second hen on the 5th Of April on is
eggs
] tested the eggs after they had
been under the hen a week. About
Il week before the chickens were to
hatch 1 made and whitewashed the
coops and pens. ] had 22 chickens
from 80 eggs. 1 did not feed the little
chicks until they were "a hours old.
For the first feeding 1 gave them hard
boiled eggs, fed them on hard boiled
eggs and light bread crumbs until
they were ten days old. then 1 started
giving them a mixture OF lbs. broken
rice, 2 lbs. cracked corn. lbs. wheat
and l lb- charcoal. 1 fed them this
mixture for two weeks and then !
started giving them wheat and crack
ed corn. Sometimes I gave them dough
and scraps from the table
l have lost of the chicks since
they were Matched
1t had rained a great deal soon after
j put them out and some of them had
the gapes. 1 took the worms out Of
their threats, but two Of them died
anyway and think the hawks caught
the other four.
Mr.. Post. the boys and gfriS club
poultry specialist. came to one Of our
club meetings and gave us a talk on
the feeding and care of chickens.
Besides raising poultry. Miss Davis
teaches us to sew. A bag is the first
piece OF sewing we do After the bag
il finished we make our apron and
caps to wear when we are cooking and
canning. All of the first year sewing
has to be done by hand.
Miss Jones. the girls club specialist
for the state, visited one of our club
meetings. She talked to us about sew
ing and canning.
like the club work very much. but
II Is discouraging when the chickens
die.
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Activity in Real Estate,

LYNCHBURG, Va. July 5.-Activity
in real estate here is shown by an
increase of more than 100 per cent
in the number of bargain and sale
deeds recorded in the clerks office of
the corporation court. In the month
of June there were 12S of such re-
cordations. an increase of sixty eight
over the same period year ago.
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Is Still a Young Man.

William T. Smith is yet young farm
or, probably thirty-five. He has by in
telligent application of the best ideas
he could acquire established himself as
one of the most successful farmers in
Loudoun county, and has become citi-
zen of rare generosity and devotion to
the communitys best interests. He was
brought up in a community that had
good schools, and he returns to the COM
munity full measure Of service for the
opportunity it gave him. When he came
to manhood he succeeded his father in
the management of the farm and divid-
ed with three sisters an estate valued
at $4,000 Today he owns the farm in
fee simple and has under his manage
ment two adjoining farms. He is not
rich. nor does he desire riches. Nat
uraliy retiring in disposition, sincere
and frank with everybody. he seeks to
realize for his family and his neighbors
the highest good which a free life on the
farm offers
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Wheat Contest Judges Busy.

The work of determining the win
ner in Maryland's statewide wheat
contest. to which Edward G. Baetier
former state food administrator. gave
$4,000. to be awarded as prizes for
the 1919 crop, is in fun swing and
progress to date indicates that a
number of close decisions viii be nee
essary to deciding the winner in
some of the classes
First, second and third prizes are
to he awarded for the best yield
per acre, for fields of twenty-five or
more acres. for the largest percentage
of acreage seeded for 1919 wheat on
farms of not less than forty acres
in size, and for the best yield per
acre on farms growing from ten to
twenty-five acres of this grain. In
the first two classes a first prize of
$1,000, a second prize of $500 and a
third prize of $3.50 will be awarded.
In the latter class the prizes viii be
$500. $500 and 5000. respectively.
+. w. Oidenburg. extension agro-
Monty specialist. assisted by Prof. w.
r. l.. Talliaferro of state College. is
in direct charge of the work OF meas
uring the fields and procuring the
records necessary to determine the
champions in the three separate
classes The county agents of the
several counties are cooperating with
Specialist Oldenburg in much of the
detail work Announcement of the
winners will be made as soon as pos
sible.
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Two New Baptist Churches.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July 1.-Two
new Baptist churches have been or
ganized in Henry county, one AT
Fieldale and the other at Fontaine.
the former with fifty members, and
the latter with thirty. Fontaine has
called Rev. J. NJ. Coleman to preach
the first Sunday in each month and
Fieldale has called Rev. T.. *. Cox
to give his entire time. Mr.. Cox
recently returned from France. where
he did Y. NJ. c. 4. work during the
war
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Farm Work Halts Revival

LYNCHBURG. Va. July 5.-Becawe
the farmers of that section were over
whelmed with a growth of weeds
and grass. as result of ten days
of rain. revival at the Boonsboro
Methodist Church was deferred a week
until tomorrow. Having had fine
weather during the past week, the
farmers have caught up SO with their
work that they will be able to at
tend the services next week. The
evangelist will be Rev. j. S. Gresham,
pastor of West End Methodist Church,
Ihia city
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Drowned in James River.

LYNCHBURG. Va. July 6.-Belated
information has reached here of the
drowning last Saturday of Ernest
Hamilton LeRendu, an Amherst
county farmer. who lost his life
when no attempted to canoe artoss
the James river above . high dam at
Big Island during q freshet.
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MARYLAND AND VZRGLNzA--NEWS OF THE COUNTIES

staged by the horticultural specialist
of state College and the Photographic
experts of the states relation service
of The United States Department of
Agriculture When completed this
film will be one of the best of its
Kind in the country.
An estimated crowd of 5000 farmers
and their families atte ended the meet
ing and observed the power spraying
and Cultivator demonstrations staged
during the afternoon. The speakers
included DIR. A. F. Woods. president
of the college; Hugh McMullen, state
controller. and DIR. T. Il. Symons. di-
rector of the extension science of
STATE Collngs
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Auto Increases Efficiency.

Two years ago Mr.. Smith was Of
fered the position of district trustee
Of schools, and he accepted, although
he knew, as he says. that it would
cost him an automobile He could not
do the new job up to Smith efficiency
without neglecting Meadow Brook
unless he should increase his loco
motion. This he soon accomplished
and inyt<ted in a car. From his own
language one may infer that this
turned out TO be the greatest discov,
cry he had made since he met
maiden named Miss Bertha Pancoast.
who is now partner at Meadow Brook.
Mr. Smith says the automobile has
increased the rate of doing business
and is one of the chief factors in run
ming the farm. He visits and inspects
the schools in his district. he attends
meetings Of the school board and has
put into the school administration of
his district some of the pep" of
Meadow Brook. Mr.. Smith thinks the
farm makes net gain In the deal
for the automobile. He used to take
half the day to make a trip to Pur
oellville. He now runs to town and is
back in an hour. Some needed repair
10 reported at noon. and by the time
TO go afield after dinner he has the
repairA- The Riddles" have q place
in the car, and thus pleasure and
bUsinAaa Ga hand in hand The hoEie
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Searches for Ideas.

Mr.. Smith yields to good ideas
wherever he finds them. He hunts for
ideas In late years he has become
Skeptical of burned lime for his land
because he makes heavy use of barn
yard manure. He fears caustic lime
so now he uses only ground limestone.
He has just received and delivered at
the farm forty-ton car of state lime
stone. which he bought at S1.25 per ton
AT the plant. He thinks he has saved
both in the conservation of soil fer
tility and in the purchase price Two
tons of this limestone will equal one
ton of any burned lime. Two tons of
limestone cost Mr.. Smith less than So
per ton, while one ton of burned lime
would cost him s11 delivered at Pur
cellville.
Mr.. Smith has only one aristocratic
idea in his farming He insists on us
ing raw bone meal because his father
used it When | asked him about his
fertilizer practice he said with an
apo!ogetic attitude toward the subject:
Il guess my practice won't square
with the teaching Of the college on this
point, but my father always used raw
bone and got mighty good crops of
grass. In fact. ] quit bone for two
wears and used acid phosphate, but
didn't get the grass stands my father
GOT
The plan which Nr. and Mrs. Smith
have for Meadow Brook is not in the
buildings. nor crops. nor is il in the
beautiful herd OF registered Guern-
sey heifers which they are now de-
veloping The real plan is being
written into healthy, happy child
hood on the farm. The children are
the principal interest at Meadow
Brook and 10 this interest more than
any other il due the fact that the
parents embrace in their thought ana
plan the schools, the roads and the
moral atmosphere of the whole COM
,nuniry
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TOBACCO GROWERS
FORM ASSOCIATION
Fund of $4,000 Raised to
Finance Marketing Plan.
Maryland Farm Notes.
BY e. J.. OPPERMAN.
Agricultural Editor. Maryland State
College.

COLLEGE PARK. Md. July Def
mite plans looking to the reorganiza-
ton of the Southern Maryland To-
bacco Growers Association on a basis
which will make possible the cooper
alive marketing of tobacco on large
scale were formulated at joint
meeting of the delegates appointed
and St. Marys counties at La Plata
June "a. The delegates from Anne
Arundel county had not been appoint
ed at the time of the meeting, but are
expected to come in later.
The objects of the organization will
be to promote the tobacco industry,
improve the method employed in
growing. grading and packing the
crop, and to provide a selling agency
through which the grower can real
iZe maximum return for his tobacco
Officers elected include Thomas Par
ran of Calvert county, who Will be
chairman of the reorganization COM
mittee; A. T. Robinson of Brandy
wine. Prince Georges county, vice
president, and John B. Key of Chap
tico. St. -Marys county. secretary and
treasurer.
Working Fund Is Raised.
A fund of $4,000 was raised through
personal contributions of growers in
the several counties. the apportion
ment for each county being $500.
This fund will be used to employ an
organizing director to perfect a per-
manent organization which will func-
in no
Labor Conditions, Improved.
Reports on the farm labor situation.
with special reference to the harvest
season, received from practically all
the counties in the stat" show that
conditions are much better than a
year ago. With the exception of the
territory adjacent to Indian Head.
carried out in connection with the
Navy proving grounds which have
made it difficult for the farmers to
secure the necessary help for harvest.
little trouble has been experienced
in supplying sufficient labor to meet
the county agents show that several
hundred extra harvest hands were
supplied through cooperation of the
employment bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor and the manufacturing
interests in their respective sections.
Many Farmers at Meeting.
At the big field meeting of the
Washington County Agricultural AS
way orchard, at Hancock. about $50
additional feet of film was added to
the movie depicting the apple indus
try of Maryland. which is being
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Labor Conditions Improved.
Many Farmers at Meeting.

At the big field meeting of the
Washington County Agricultural AS
ISOLATION recently held in the Tonol-
way orchard, at Hancock. about $50
additional feet of film was added to
the movie depicting the apple indus
try of MARYLAND. which is being