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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Sugar Beet
Production

Heaven may temper the wind to the
shorn lamb, but does not always add
sweetening to the pulp of sugar beet
during sugar famine.
Figures combiled by the Bureau Of
Crop Estimates show slight falling
off in the amount of sugar extracted
from the sugar beets in 1919 when
compared pound for pound, with the
crops of preceding years. In the
United States, and including the beet
crop from $50 acres in Ontario, s.
887557 short tons of beets produced
.726451 short tons of sugar in 1919,
while 5,5775O6 tons of beets from the
same sources in 1918 gave us 760,95O
tons of sugar.
In 1919, moreover, the average pro
duction of beets per acre was 9.27
tons, while the average in 1918 was
1901 tons.
The 1919 crop sold for s11.74 per
ton of 1000 pounds as against $40 TO-
the 1918 crop, and the total value of
the two crops was s75,420,000 and
s59, 494, 900, respectively.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
It's "Milk Cow"
Not "Milch Cow

Hereafter it will be milk cow
and not "milch cow'-at least so far
as the United States Department OF
Agriculture is concerned.
This decision marks the termina-
ton of a controversy in which ETY.,
mologists in the department have had
not a little interest. Those defending
"milch" have pointed to Scripture
use and certain of the classics as es-
tablishing precedents, while the opp1'
sition has contended that dairymen
ranchmen and farmers in general use
milk" instead of "milch" almost
universally. The advocates of milk
also favored that word because, they
contended, it was more strictly an
English word, while "milch" was akin
to German. Since Americanization of
language as we'll as ideals is an article
in every patriots creed it is thought
that this last sally of he milk" de-
tenders helped as much as any to de
eide the question in their favor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Cooperative Market
ing Successful

During the first 100 days of 1920,
6S cooperative carloads of hogs were
shipped from % Arkansas counties
The $3.50 hogs in the cars were owned
by 700 different farmers, or an average
of more than 10 shippers to each car
load Returns totaling s127,500.52
were received for these hogs at the
central markets. The average cost of
shipping was only 94.3 cents per hum
dredweight. The amount made above
the highest price offered locally, where
there was local market, amounted to
$3.50 per car, or total saving of more
than $17,500 on all shipments.
The season for shipping Arkansas
cattle has not started; but in 1919
cattle shipments from that State ex-
ceeded the cooperative shipments of
hogs and indications this year are
that almost all the Arkansas cattle
will be shipped comparatively.
The cooperative shipping of live
stock by the method advocated by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture has been found practicable and
profitable in all sections of the coun
try where live stock is produced in
connection with general or specialized
systems of farming.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
that
Run Backward

A rather curious type of locomotive
is that used by big Western system.
This engine runs cab first, the smoke
stack bring up in the rear
Experience gained in operating
these engines through tunnels and
snowsheds have proved the desirabillty
of placing the engine crew where
better view of the track can be OBJ
tanned Accordingly this type was
designed to run with the firebox end
first, and the tender back of the
smokebox. With a coalburning loco
motive such a plan would, of course
be impracticable, but no difficulty Is
encountered when using oil as fuel.
In this design the cab is entered
through the side doorways, reached by
suitable ladders. An unobstructed
view of the track is obtained through
the front windows. The cab fittings
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
No Use for Cat ais

When you were child did you
ever make torches of the cat-tail
plants by soaking them long time
in kerosene? That was fun but not
especially useful There is a new use
for cat-tails which is more practical.
1t has recently been discovered that
the roots of the common cat-tail
found in swampy soil furnishes an ex-
cellent -four much like wheat or corn
-four, about $500 pounds of which
are said to be yielded from one acre.
Food chemists have found, says Life
Extension Institute, that this flour
contains every element of nourish-
ment found in grain -four. 1t is the
underground stems that supply the
-four and the process of stripping
them is not unlike that of peeling
pototoes and quite as easy. The
starcy portion is then released and
can be sifted into a -four which has
been made into excellent biscuits and
buildings, in the opinion of brave pic
neers who dared to eat them. Brave
they were, because to try any new
thing requires courage. Most people
would hesitate, feeling half-afraid &C
try cat-tail flour biscuits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Menancing Brown Rot Controlled
by New Peach Fangicide
Millions of Peaches viii be Saved by Remedy Perfected
by U. S. Department of AgrieuIture

The efforts which peach growers of
this country are making at this time
Of the year to forecast the size of the
seasons crop call attention to the i'm
mense value of afungicide developed
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture with which brown rot, one
of the most serious menaces to the
peach industry, can be controlled. But
for this simple, effective remedy the
present forecasts would of necessity
have to be made on an altogether
different basis. The Bureau of Crop
Estimates, United States Department
of Agriculture, which forecasts the
1920 commercial crop at 29,240,000
bushels, (based on conditions, April
81 states that its reporters everywhere
regard the fungicide as the big factor
that prevents a decline of the peach
industry similar to that from which
apple growing has suffered in parts
of the Middle West.
Up to few years ago there was
no satisfactory fungicide which could
be sprayed on peaches during the
growing season without seriously in
turing the foliage. Everything which
was tried to control the brown-rot
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Florida Girls
Chicken Money

Marie Bradfsch, who lives in St.
Johns County, Fla, has found poultry
raising profitable. In 1919 the net
returns from her birds was $73975.
This little Florida girl two years
ago joined one of the poultry clubs
supervised by the United States De.
partment of Agriculture and the
State Agricultural college. She made
a good profit the first year and won
the State championship. She started
her second year poultry work with
los fowls, valued at S25S.
During 1919 she sold 1899 eggs and
set "A dozen. From the fowls raise l
she sold 40 for $50 and kept 209, valued
at S525. The total income from her
flock for the year was $1330.75. When
her expenses for feed and the value
of the original flock were deducted,
her profits for the year were $739.75.
This excellent record won her the
prize of $50 which had been offered
by two members of the board of con,
troll Of the State Institutions Of Higher
Learning to the girl, who did the best
work in poultry club in Florida in
1919
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Prevent Disease Spreading

The cleaning and disinfecting Of
railroad stock cars is an important
means of preventing the spread of
infectious disease of live stock. In
connection with federal control over
the interstate transportation of live
stock, administered by the Bureau CT
Animal Industry, it is required that
all such cars or other vehicles which
have contained animals affected with
communicable disease, such as tick
fever, scabies of sheep and cattle, hog
cholera, etc, be cleaned and disin-
fected under bureau supervision he
fore being again used in interstate
commerce.
All live stock received at public
stockyards or at official slaughterinS
establishments are inspected at the
time they are received by employees Of
| the Bureau of Animal Industry. II
anv animals are found to be affected
with a communicable disease the car
rier which brought them to their de5'
tination is at once notified to have
the car or other vehicle set aside and
thoroughly cleaned. After that has
been accomplished, it is disinfected
under the personal supervision of Il
federal employee.
Various States also have regulations
recurring that cars must be cleaned
and disinfected before being used in
the transportation of certain classes
of live stock. The Bureau of Animal
Industry cooperative with such States
by having its employees at central
markets supervise the cleaning and
distinction of cars in compliance
with the requirements of the State to
which any stock may be destined.
An idea of the magnitude of this
work may be gathered from the fact
that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1919, bureau employees per-
sonally supervised the disirfection OF
44.843 cars. In addition, large num-
Der of motor trucks were handled in
the same manner.
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fungus resulted in damage that made
it prohibitive. Finally a simple mix
ture made by adding -four of sulphur
to Stacking lime was found by the de-
partment's investigators to have just
the right qualities.
The peach crop of this country, ac-
cording to the 1910 census, was valued
at approximately s29,O00,0O0. 1t is
production and increased prices result
ing from control of brown-rot and
other fungus diseases, the present
annual peach crop is worth between
$50, 900 ands60, 100000. OF this
probably Is TO 20 per cent would De
destroyed annually by brown-rot if
no control measures were used. On
the other hand, between s5,000,00O
and $4,000 is saved to the fruit
grower and at the shipping points as a
result of the Departments discovery.
Not only is the grower able to pro-
6uce an increased quality of fruit but
the sprayed fruit is much superior to
the unsprayed, so that its value is en-
HANGED and all concerned-growers
carriers, dealers, and consumers
benefit spondingly.
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The Long, Long I rail
to Your I able

"A line from a popular song
There's a long, long trail a-winding"
apples to at least one of the many
and devious paths which old man H.
c. L. treads in his effort TO make
living complex and expensive for the
average person.
The particular byway referred to
is that witch wholesale shipments CT
food follow in their costly travel from
the railway car to the retailer. a
carload Of fruit or vegetables can be
sped half way across the continent
in a day or two, but on arriving in
the city where the food is to be re-
tailed, the shipment starts on a wind
ing trail which too often adds little
but unnecessary costs and delay.
Eliminating Expensive carting
This expensive shunting and haul
ing Of foodstuffs from point to point
in the cities and the spoilage which
the unnecessary handling causes are
the big items centralized wholesale
terminals eliminate The bureau of
Markets, United States Department Ct
Agriculture, has been ON this trail, lit
orally, following shipments step by
step to determine how much expense
is added to the cost Of the food by I'M
necessary handling between the ship
per and the retailer. The route fol
lowed by a carload of peaches en-
tering a middle western city over a
railroad not provided with team
tracks well illustrate this phase Of
the distribution problem.
This car had to be switched from
the railroad on which it entered the
city. through the crowded switch
yard, to another track which is ac-
cessible to teams. Here it stood I'M
til the receiving wholesalers team
sters could finish another job, After
this delay two wagons were drawn up
beside the car in turn, and were
lDuuEu VIII lllC pCciSItos 1 AAIA Nu pm
they started for the wholesale house
which was two miles away.
The teamsters' route lay through
the most congested part of the city,
the wholesale district being close tc
the busy retail section. The wagons
were a full hour and quarter max
ing the trip. Meanwhile, the sun
beat down on the peaches and the
eity's dust and dirt filtered in
through the crates so that the fruit
was far from being as fresh and at
tractive as when taken from the car
Moreover, the journey so jostled and
bruised the fruit that some, of it had
to be sold at a discount.
Though the wholesalers were par
itcularly anxious to get the peaches
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Take Care OF
Your Bike

Spring is here, Scoutsi" says
Scout Virgil in Boys Life. at is
time to get your wheel out and take a
trip, but the first thing to do a1el
taking your bicycle out is to look ii
over carefully. Tighten all the burs
and give it thorough oiling; oil the
wheels. and l have found that it does
no harm to oil the brake occasionally
| If you have bought new wheel, be
sure and tighten the burs after YOU
| have had it a short time and do moi
| be discouraged if your wheel begins
to look badly after a month or two
because the first few months a bicycle
| is in use are the hardest of it's life
Do not try to paint it over yourself
but take it to a good shop where yol
can get it vanished up to your salts
| faction.
always keep your wheel in a dry
place and if any water or mud sticks
to it, wipe it off quickly, for it will
injure the paint and varnish. If you
happen to break some part don't try
to fix it yourself, for you may make
it worse Furthermore, take my ad
vice, and do not let every boy in town
ride your wheel, because it is always
the other fellow that breaks it.
1.-THE wheels and tires should have
special attention. At least once each
month tighten the burs which attach
the forks to the wheels. If you take
your wheel out WITH one of these burs
loose some day you may find that this
is very important, for you may b5
riding along when suddenly a vince
will come off; over you go and per
haps you lie where you fell for hours
until at last some kind-hearted person
comes along and inorfms you tina
you have a broken leg, and goodbye
bicycle riding for long time to come
"The tires also, should be giver
| care. IL you dIt Ol Il IOuSu lOdu ant
get a puncture, do not ride home or
the rim, but jump off and fix it. BIZ
sure and have the tires free from
water and mud before you put tn
machine away. Keep the brake vel
oiled with the burs tight the bur
in the saddle should be tight, for 1
your saddle is loose it wobbles all owe
and makes riding very uncomfortable
To keep the saddle soft and pliabl'
rub in a little oil.
'Never have loose handle-bars, q:
they are liable to give you a fall
ON the summer, of course, boys
like to ride much of the time-to tht
cid swimming hole, the farm, to CAM
or to picnics. Before you start oi
your bicycle and be sure everything
is tight Take plenty of tools, AMI
when you reach your destination, il
the ride has been a long one, retighter
and oil your bike. When your sum
mer sport is over, put the old whee
away in a dry place, with no waite
or mud on it,
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delivered to their salesroom on the
day of arrival, because of the favor
able market, only about one-third of
the shipment came in by closing time,
and it was noon the next day before
the remainder was delivered.
The long, winding trail did not end
at the wholesalers. Once unloaded,
the peaches were put on display for
the benefit of various jobbers, some
of whom purchased a few dozen
crates and some larger amounts
Some of these men were situated
within two or three squares of the
wholesaler and their purchases were
delivered on hand trucks. In the case
of other jobbers another wagon trans
fer was necessary.
Next in this process which econ
omists call distribution came the re-
tailers TO look over the lots, in tne
end buying small quantities such as
they could sell in a day or two. This,
of course, necessitated another hand
ling and carting over the city's rough
pavements.
Last, but not least, came the con-
sumers, each buying only small
fraction of a crate and paying big
share of the expenses all the hand
ling had entailed.
This instance is no exaggeration.
very large part of the foodstuffs
brought to American cities goes over
some such devious trail. One Wash
ington D. c., wholesale merchant has
stated that he spends $4,000 year
for carriage which could be saved if
the city had a wholesale terminal
where cars could be unloaded directly
into premises occupied by the whole
salers. Following an investigation
in New York City it was estimated
by a local organization that the saw
ing in handling costs which would re-
suit in adequate terminal facilities
were established would be S2,OUO,OUU
annually by the borough of Rich
mond; s8,OoO,O0O by Queens; $4,000,
900 by the Bronx; s21,000,00O by
Brooklyn, and an even vaster sum by
Manhattan.
Marketing experts admit that there
are many battling aspects to the high
cost of living problem, but contend
that the remedy for the phase of our
costly distribution system just de-
scribed is plain Cities which will
provide modern wholesale terminals,
where shipments can be delivered
from the railroad cars direct to whole
callers a few feet away, will make pos
Esible the saving Of immense sums OF
money now charged up to the con
CnT11as
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25

Sixty years in the pulpit and 100
years of age, is the record of the
Rev. Christian Reeser, pastor of the
Apostolic Mennonite Church of near
Eureka, Ill, believed to be the oldest
clergyman in the United States and
with an experience of consecutive
service longer than any other. The
celebration of his birthday anniver-
sary was made notable occasion, his
children all assembling and being as
sisted by the members of the congre'
cation in making the centenary an
event long to be remembered.
The Rev. Resser was born in Lor-
and occupied in his younger days a
raine, France, September Is, 1919,
farm owned by General Bertram, who
was one of the ablest officers under
Napoleon Bonaparte. At the age of
twenty he came to the United States
and was educated for the ministry
at Cincinnati. AS the sect, known as
the Mennonites, was struggling one
during the pioneer era of this coui.
try, the clergyman was forced to op-
crate farm as means of liveli-
hood. Since 1858, Doctor Resser has
resided near Eureka and preached III
the Mennonite Church there He
speaks German, French and English
with equal fuency but has always
preached in German, due to the facr
that most of his followers are famil.
lar with the Teutonic tongue.
Doctor Reeser cast his first vote
for president James K. Polk in 1910,
and has voted at every presidential
election since.
Asked to what he ascribed his good
health, excellent physical condition
and long life, he replied hard work III
the open, wholesome food and regular
hours of sleep. For the last twenty,
years he has given up active work
upon the farm and has restricted him
self to preaching. 81 just admonish
them,' he says. For the last ten
years, I haven't used a text" He has
never posed for photograph. He
says that it is against his religious
principles.
Eleven children, seventy-fve grand
children and seventy-nine great-grand-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
NE VS. FLASHES
Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told

milk was produced on Indiana farms
in 1919
Twelve hundred rubber workers are
leaving Akron, Ohio. factories to work
on the farms. 1t is said that farm
hands there are receiving fro 81 to
81 a day with board and lodging.
Sale Of 4th of July "sparklers" i'll
Philadelphia has been forbidden by
police authorities The harmless"
sparkler has caused the death of 81
children in the past 10 years.
Theodore Togweiler, II, Of Philadel-
phia. was shot and killed by his -
year-old brother, Edward, last week,
when a gun with which they were
playing soldier went on.
a feud broke out between the Fee
and Berry families of Esserville, Va,
last week. Two were killed and four
wounded in a street battle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
SHARP-BOMBARDMENT

An amusing result of the lax dis
cipline that exists on some of the
ships belonging to tropical countries
is related by an American naval off
Ger.
1t appears that one of the Haitian
gunboats was lying in the harbor OF
Port-au-Prince. One day a mess cook
for some reason cleaned about peck
of knives and forks on the gun deck.
He was suddenly called away, and SO
he stuck the mess pail. full of knives
and forks, into the muzzle of the big
gest gun and put the hampton on after
it. About an hour afterward the ad-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
New Electric TOaSter

Food experts. agree that toast prop
erly prepared is more easily digested
than fresh bread, because in toast the
starch is changed into deXtrine (dou-
BILE sugar.. The heat necessary to
dextrinize starch is approximately
500 degrees. However, when the
bread is exposed to a hotter fire and
the outside is charred, leaving the in
side as moist as ever, the starch is
not transormefd, and the result IS
merely a soggy piece Of bread, burnt
on the outside.
And there is nothing some dislike
more than piece of soggy toasted
bread. and there is nothing more de-
licious than a piece of crisp, tender
toast of exactly the right degree, of
rich golden BROWNIES, not burned up
dried up hard or tough.
The electric bread toaster is The
only source that will make perfec7.
The uniform electric heat does this.
A new electric toaster automatically
times the toast. 1t is simple ma
chine, so constructed that when slices
of bread are placed in the receiver a
downward pressure of two small
levers lowers the bread into the oven,
turns on the electric current and so
engages a timing arrangement that
the toasting proceeds without any e.
tention whatever from the attendant
When the toast is just right the lever
is released by the timer, the cure nj
turned off, and the toast lifted out OF
the machine automatically
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miral came aboard, and as the gun
was loaded with blank cartridge, the
sailors used it to fire salute.
1t happened that the gun was aimed
toward the town, and almost point
blank at the Grand Hotel The guests
were assembled on the porch to wit
ness the ceremonies when they were
saluted with rain of knives and forks
which stuck against the wooden walls
like porcupine quilts into an unwary
dog. Fortunately, no one was hurt,
although the marrow escapes" were
numerous.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
The Land of Flanders

As night falls in China lanterns
appear everywhere. They are hung
out at the door of every dwelling;
they swing as pendants to the angles
of the pagoda; they form the frey
crown of every shop-front; they clus-
ter round the houses of the rich and
light up the novels of the poor; they
are borne with the carriage of the
traveller and they swing from the
' ards and masts of vessels.
Quickly made friendships are quick
ly ended.
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mands for heat and power. All that
needs to be done, comparatively
speaking is to stick a pin through the
earth's crust and get all the steam
heat you want. By mere pinprick
Sir Charles means sinking shaft
four or five miles down and tapping
Natures own heat supply.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-06-25
Surplus Material Sold

War Department sales of surplus
war material up to April 9th, amount
ed to $760,7O8,222, while material
valued at s50,195,929 has been trans
ferred to other departments.
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Sixty Years in the Pulpit

children assembled at the recent cen.
tennial of the venerable divine.
In one hundred years of existence.
the old man has never known illness