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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-16
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-16
ARDsIORE
COI.WYN

EsTABIIsHED business location, vacant
ca 4th St. 7-room brick side-yard home,
heater bath gas: lot 26xl00 to drive SaT5Q
sWoPE 4 SON. 5le Main. Darby
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-16
THE PENNSYLVANIA co.
or assurances on Lives and Granting
For Investment or Spectators
VACANT

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condition, BuNBAUM 31lG N. 18th st.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-(Special.)-
Praising the farmers of Alabama and
the south for their solidarity in the
movement for the holding of cotton,
M. C. Allgood, state commissioner Of
agriculture. has issued statement
saying the determination of the
farmers to protect themselves had
forced the price Of cotton upward
by four cents a pound during the
past few days and predicted that the
continuation of the holding move
ment will result in the establish
ment of the price on a basis which
will yield a return to the farmers
Commissioner Allgood said the in
crease made during the past ten days
has saved the cotton farmers of the
south sixteen million dollars. He
praised all other interests which are
cooperating in the holding move
ment anr commends creditors of the
farmers for their policy of not fore
ing settlements at this time.
Farmers in debt for fertilizer
and other necessary expenses incur
red in the production of the crop are
not being pushed for settlement"
said the statement. Loans are be-
ing extended and every means pos.
sible is being brought to bear to
conserve the interests of the farm
er, who in this contest has the SYM
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
New Harvesting Plan
Saves Tobacco Growers
More Than a Million

A saving of from $1.O00,O00 to ST.
100000 has been effected by tobacco
growers of Granville county, n. c.,
this year by the adoption of a new
method of harvesting combined with
certain notifications in cultural
methods worked out by specialists
Of the bureau of plant industry of
the United States department Of agri-
culture. Other growers of the
bright-tobacco district, of which
Granville county is the center, are
taking up the idea, and it is expect
ed that before long the practice will
become general there, increasing the
yield of this type Is to 80 per cent.
This does not include the saving that
results from the effect of the new
method in keeping down destruction
from leaf-Apot "wildfire"
The method makes both ends
Of the plant work. Instead of cut
eral practice in the "old belt" dis
trict, the leaves are picked from the
stalk as fast as they ripen, work
ing from the lower leaves upward.
Under the old system the lower
leaves would be allowed to remain
on the stalk until tne top ones were
ripe, causing a loss of about 25 per
cent through deterioration of the
lower leaves. which make the best
smoking tobacco.
Under the new method is is not
necessary to "top" the plants so low,
making the leaves less subject to
"wildfire." The total amount of
work is little more. and labor that
otherwise could not be used is made
available. Children from 10 years
old up can be used for picking the
leaves.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Expensive Hen House
Is Unnecessary, Yet
Proper Type Pays W/ell

Comfortably housed hens have
lay more eggs than those. which
must live in incommodious quarters,
says poultry specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
Comfort in the poultry house is net
necessarily synonymous with ex-
pense, but thought and care must
be given to the quarters which the
birds occupy, or the flock will not
pay for it's keep"
Poultry House Requisites
Poultry houses or other buildings
where fowls are kept should be dry
well-ventilated free from drafts.
with plenty of sunshine and room
enough to allow the birds to move
about with freedom and comfort
These are necessary features, in fact
much more important than the kind
or style of building used, if the
fowls are to be kept healthy, vigor-
Gus, and productive.
If a new house is to be built, it
should be located, if possible, on high
or sloping ground and always on dry
well-drained soil Wet or damp
ground means a damp house, and a
damp house not only means a colo
one but invites sickness and disease
Never build house in a hollow
as water and cold air settle in low
places and should be avoided Have
the house face the south, as it gives
more sunlight for a longer part Of
the day, especially in winter wher
sunlight is necessary for the com
fort of the birds. 1t also makes the
house warmer, drier, and more cheer
full, and adds to the productiveness
Of the flock.
The poultry house should be con
venient, substantial, and inexpensive
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Young Poultry Experts
OF North Carolina
Win MANY Prizes

Boy and girl members Of North
Carolina poultry clubs are entering
their birds in competition with pro-
fessional poultry raisers, and at the
Hickory fair the club members cap
tured Is first, Is second. and 9 third
prizes in the open or professional
classes. Many Of these birds were
entered in the open classes at the
Greensboro Fair and at the State
fair in Raleigh.
The winners at Hickory in the
open and professional classes were:
Buff Plymouth Rocks: Harry
Arndt, Claremont, cock Sd, hen 1st;
Katie Pharr, Glaremont. hen Sd,
Gertrude Barringer. Claremont, cock
LIST. hen I'd, pullet list and Sd, and
cockerel 1st.
While Wyandottes: Philip Lutz,
Newton, cock I'd, hen Sd, cockerel
ID Single Rgiset com nj f RSod 3d. Island Reds:
Ralph Lutz, Newton, pullet, 1st, pen
fowls 1st Miss Dorothy Yount.
Henry, Ri. No. 1 cockerels 1st and
I'd. pullet 3rd.
Miss Grace Lutz. Newton, cock I'd,
Claude Sigmon, Claremont, cockerel
(dark) LIST. Miss Winnie Lee Nc
Combs, Catawba, hens LIST, cockerel
Qight) LIST.
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns:
Claude Sigmon, Claremont, cock 1st,
hen list and I'd.
Andalusians: oliver Smith, Con-
over hen I'd. cockerel 1st. Hugh A.
Smith. Conover, hen Sd, cockerel I'd
and Sd.
Buff Orpington: Ruth Lutz, New
ton, hen list. cockerel I'd.
Toulouse Geese: Shuford Bros,
Hickory. gander 1st and I'd, goose
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04

Kind kin TSey d dont get dirty. Ne ' got
three just common chickens, too,
that I use for settin'. About the
time one has finished settin' and
weaned her chicks, another eile
just keep on that way.
II got one rooster who is sew
en- years old, and he won fifth prize
last year at Madison Square. His
names Grandpa. I'm going to send
SOM chickens there in January.
who lives about thirty miles from
New York and he kinder looks after
them"
How much do you make?"
81 make enough. to feed 'em and
some profit, 1 guess"
How big is your yard?"
well" he said, its just an ordi-
| nary-sized yard. 1t amt so big and
| it amt so little. We used to have
dogs, too, but I'd rather have chick
ems. But I'll tell you. raisin' chick
| ems isn't any easy job"
When Mark was going to kin
dergarten, he loved chickens, and
en- yard there. The first year he was
at Lee street school, he brought
chickens to the school agricultural
andpoultry exhibit, and he's been
winning prizes for his school ever
since. Today he's in the sixth grade
in ordinary school subjects, but he
could stand a postgraduate exam
ination in chickens.
For nine yearG he has been win
ming prizes at the big shows in
Madison Square garden; he took a
first prize cup at Allentown, Pa,
one of the pullets won first place
at the San Francisco exposition;
in an American egg-laying contest,
place; and today, chickens and
eggs from his backyard are in every
state in the union, some in Canada,
and a bushelful went to the Philip
pines only the postman had to put
them on cold storage.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Scratching for Feed
Gives Hens Exercise:
Means More Eggs

During the spring season fowls
having free range get abundant ex-
ercisc, but during the cold months
many hens suffer from lack Of ex-
ercise. Close confinement without
exercise is not conducive to getting
the best results from a flock, al
though the feed provided may be the
best, for idle hens soon grow too fat
to lay. 1t is almost impossible to
give laying hens that are confined too
much exercise.
The fowls may be encouraged to
exercise in various ways, such as
suspending cabbage heads, beets, etc.
so that the birds have to jump for
them, and scattering grain in the lit
ter. The litter should be from 4 to
inches deep, and may consist Of
straw (either cut or whole), hay,
leaves, buckwheat hulls, shredded
corn fodder, or any like convenient
material The hens should be kept
hungry enough so that they will
work diligently all day for the grain
scattered in this litter, say poultry
specialists of the United States de-
partment of agriculture. Whenever
the litter becomes damp or soiled it
must be removed and fresh put in.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
ELeuen- Year-OLd Fancier
Wins Poultry Prizes and
Ships Eggs to Philippines

"How did you happen to ship eggs
to the Philippines"
Because they wrote for 'em. L
sent about a bushel basketful. You
might write, too, that the postman
put them in cold storage and not
a one Matched, not a one"
Mark grinned. He has red hair
freckles on his nose and cheeks, and
sparkle in his eyes.
When he was eighteen months old,
he started raising chickens, and at
fancier. He has won first prize at
the big chicken shows held in Madi-
son Square Garden. New York; and
has made such name for his Black
Leghofns that a purchaser in the
Philippines wrote for eggs-and got
the bushel basket full that the post
man put in cold storage.
1--WE got five silver cups and I
had seventy-two ribbons" said Mark
'but my little sister cut up most of
the red and blue ones to make doll
dresses"
Mark is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Johnson, of 76 Beecher street.
give got two younger sisters" he
said, land a little brother. He's
going to be the pigeon man at our
house. He's already getting ready
to raise them.
you're the oldest one in the fam
lily, then" suggested schoolmate.
Marks father is city warden, but
he himself doesn't intend to go into
politics.
'I'm saving the money from my
chickens to go to Georgia Tech and
Tech High, both of Them" he said.
I'm going to be an electrical engi-
neer. I've got that all planned out"
How many chickens have you?"
ST don't know" he answered. ~
have five pens. One Of the chick
ems that are just out of the shell,
another for the ones that have wing
feathers; a third for the ones about
frying size; a fourth for the grown
ones. and the fifth for my show
chickens.
"They are all Leghorns," he add
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04

What is more inviting to a farmer
than to come in from the barn on
a cold, blustery winter morning to
find on his breakfast table a dish
we'll laden with home-cured ham,
juicy, tender, and smoking hot? Why
do not more farmers convert their
crop Of summer pigs into meat for
their own use instead of selling 1T
on the market and buying cured
meats and high-priced pork products?
for the dealer and for the packer,
but none for the farmer, who be-
sides sacrificing profit has also given
away one of his most valuable priv1-
leges-that of growing and prepar-
ing his own food products.
Turn Wastes Into Profit
Any farm will support few pigs.
ably converted into a valuable food
product through the agency of a few
young porkers. If more pigs are
raised and more pork cured than
can be consumed at home there is
always opportunity for it's sale
A great many farmers who raise
pigs and feel that the expense of
curing hams and preparing pork pro-
ducts is too great, but some of the
best results are secured through the
use of inexpensive supplies and
lle lOOIS anu
ment necessary for killing and cut
ting up a pig are: A straight g.
inch sticking knife, a cutting knife,
a bell-shaped scraper, a meat saw,
a hog hook and gambrel, and anNold
barrel for scalding.
Many farms have an outbuilding
while Others have regular brick
smokehouses in which the hams.
shoulders, and bacons may be hung
and smoked. A very satisfactory
smokehouse can be constructed as
shown in the accompanying sketch.
For few pigs such small equipment
is ample, but where many are to be
killed and cured the equipment will
need to be enlarged so that all the
meat Of a single killing can be cured
at once.
The smoking process not only
helps to preserve the meat but also
imparts very delicate and desirable
flavor which can not be obtained in
any other way.
The meat for smoking, If brine
cured, should be taken from the
brine, soaked in water for half an
hour, washed, and hung in the smoke
house to drain. II should dry for
"a hours before the fire is started.
Hang the meat at a distance from
the fire SO it will warm up gradually
and not become too hot. Take care
that the pieces do not touch one an
other.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Selling Pigs to Buy Pork
Is Bad Business and
Can Be Easily Avoided

For fuel, use green hickory, maple,
or any hard wood. Never use
resinous wood The time required
to smoke a lot Of meat is from So
to 48 hours, but a slower and longer
smoking is desirable if the meat is
to be kept for a long time.
When the smoking process is com
plete the meat should be allowed to
cool and then be wrapped and stored.
1t should first be wrapped in heavy
paper and then put into muslin sacks.
In tying the top of the sack the old
string by which the meat was hung
should be removed and the top of
| the bag given a tight fold or double
| wrap to keep out insects. The bag
is then brushed with coating of
yellow wash and the meat hung up
until needed.
Yellow wash sufficient for 100
pounds of smoked meat may be pre-
pared from the following recipe:
3 pounds barium Sulphate.
.06 pound glue.
.08 pound chrome yellow.
40 pound flour.
The S1nithfe1d Process
The celebrated Smithtield ham is
like wine, the older the better, and
1T requires a different curing process.
Smithfield hams are cured as follows:
Inc MANS are pIdCeu III d large Tray
of Liverpool fine salt, then the flesh
surface is sprinkled with finely
ground crude saltpeter until the
hams are as white as though COW
cred by a moderate frost-or, say,
use 4 to ounces of the powdered
saltpeter to each 100 pounds of green
hams.
After applying the saltpeter, salt
Immediately with the Liverpool fine
salt, covering the entire surface we'll.
Then pack the hams in bulk, but not
in piles more than 3 feet high. In
ordinary weather the hams should
remain in salt in bulk one day for
each pound of meat each ham weighs
that is, a 10-pound ham should
remain 10 days, and in like proper
ton of time for larger and smaller
sizes. Next wash with tepid water
until the hams art thoroughly clean
ed, and, after partially drying, rub
the entire surface with finely ground
black pepper, after which they should
be hung in the smokehouse and the
important operation of smoking be-
gun. The smoking should be done
very gradually and slowly, lasting
80 or 40 days.
After the hams are cured and
smoked they should be repeppered, to
guard against vermin, and then bag
ged. These hams improve with age
and are especially fine when one year
old.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04

Its size or dimensions depend large
ly upon where you live and the num-
Der of fowls you wish to keep. On
a farm or where the birds can be out
of doors nearly every day in the year,
about 212 square feet of floor space
per birds in flocks Of 20 is enough,
but ip village or city or in a CHI
mate where there is a good deal of
snow, making it necessary to con-
fine the birds, or square feet per
bird should be allowed.
A very satisfactory house for a
small flock is 10 feet long, 7. feet
and feet high in back. 1t will ac-
commodate any number of birds up
to 25. The following lumber is re-
CURED for its constructions:
Feet
Description of material. b. m.
pieces 4 by 6, IL feet long,
pieces . by 4, il feet long, 20
8 pieces 2 by 4, 1e feet long, .
- h1 nier rar'e9s h., - feot ioac ~
for studs and braces. ...... 1O4
$40 square feet %-inch matched
flooring for floors and sides. $40
100 square feet 1-inch sheathing
for the roof ............. 100
Also 1 roll of roofing paper, win
ooWS, wire LOT WINDOWS, hinges ana
nails.
Common boards h inch thick may
be used instead of Matched flooring
for inclosing the houSe, but in that
case. battens should be placed over
the cracks. Boards as wide as pos
| S1ble should be used. as the wider
the boards the smaller the number of
battens required. The use of battens
| is somewhat cheaper and just as sat
isfactory, although the house is not
quite so attractive.
In a climate where the winters are
not exceptionally cold it is prefer
able to cut one large opening in the
front of the house instead of two
windows and the opening between
them. and to cover it with wire net
ting instead of putting in sash and
glass. When this is to be done, cut
the opening lengthwise of the build
ing feet long, 2h feet wide, and G
inches from the roof. Such an open
ing provides an abundance of venti-
lation, fresh air, and sunshine, which
are very necessary. If it is too cold
burlap curtain may be made to
put down over the opening at night
and on extremely cold days. A hen
will stand q good deal of cold air,
however, provided the air is dry and
lfplenty of ventilation helps to keep
tthe air. dry in the house.
The house may be built on run
ners SO it can be moved to fresh
ground occasionally, but if desired
it may be put on a permanent foun-
dation and the runners left off.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Here Are Methods for
Making Allies of Crows
Or Getting Rid Of Them

The crow is best known by the
unfavorable reputation it has ac-
quired in the corn field, the poultry
yard, and through it's attacks on
other crops besides corn. 1t, how
ever, carries on warfare against
certain insect pests, including some
of the worst insect enemies Of the
farmer. Ind1scriminate killing is not
warranted, and even in areas where
the crow Is doing harm preventive
measures will often put stop to
the nuisance and allow the bird to
continue what good work it may be
doing on insects. Among the pre-
ventive measures suggested by the
United States department of agri-
culture are:
Cd The use of coal tar or other
deterrents on seed grain.
CD Scattering grain over fields
where the crop is just sprouting.
CD Stretching Irvine about and
across fields from poles stationed
at intervals. A network OF such
strands is often effective in protect
Ing poultry yards:
(4) The use of frightening devices
and the hanging up of the dead
bodies of crows in conspicuous
places.
In places where more drastic
measures are necessary the killing
of even few crops will lnt4midate
others and these will usually shun
the area for some time. Such pro-
cedures include
% The use of poison (strychninej
in places where this is permitted by
law. Corn and hens eggs are the
most effective bats.
CD Trapping by means of steel
traps. carefully concealed and bait.
ed with hens eggs.
CD Destroying nests-a measure
that will most frequently put a stop
to the poultry-raiding activities of
pair of crows which have their
nest nearby.
(4 Shooting-the hunter being
aided by the use of a crow call
and, where possible, also by a
mounted owl placed conspicuously
a number of men equipped with
shotguns will frequently remove OBJ
jectionable winter roosts.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Alabama Farmers Are
Winning Fight for Fair
Price, Augood Declares

pathy Of the states citizenship as a
whole"
The statement also mentioned that
bankers and business men of other
states are backing the cotton farm
ers and that Texas is practically the
only southern state which has dis
posed of any material portion of the
cotton crop. Texas has been forced
to sell because of crop failures Of
other years.
81 take this opportunity to state
to the cotton farmers of Alabama,
that they have every reason in the
world to hold their cotton and not
one reason to SELL" said Commission
er Allgood. "The fight is now more
than half won. Let's stick to it and
make this a victory, that will have a
lasting place in the agricultural his
tory of Alabama and of the south"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Prize Pig Pictures
For South America

Motion pictures depicting the
American swine industry and show
ing. all important types Of American
swine are being prepared by the
United States department of agri-
culture. The titles of the pictures
will be produced in Spanish, as the
film is intended for use in South
America by representative of the
bureau of markets. South Americans
have shown much interest recently in
live stock breeding as it is practiced
in the United States. Breeders Of
pure-bred live stock in this country
have received numerous orders from
South America, and it Is expected
that the exhibition of this film will
increase the demand for our breeds
Of hogs. Visitors from South Amer
lean countries have intimated that
film such as is being prepared
would be we'll received in their coun-
tries and would be Of great value in
developing the South American swine
industry
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
Right Kind Of Kitchens
W10uld Make Life Easier
For 5000, 900 Farm Women

closely associated with pantry, the
dining room, and the cellar, wood
shed or other storeroom. These
should be as near and convenient as
possible to the kitchen so that the
Journeys which must be made so
often between these rooms will be
short. thus saving steps and much
time.
Space should be provided in the
! the pantry and dining room for the
workable sink, stove. ice box. and
also for several chairs Of different
heights. One should be a rocker.
in which the housewife can rest
while waiting for the water to heat
sirable that provision be made for
filling the ice box from either the
outside of the house or the entry,
SO that the person filling it will not
be obliged to enter the kitchen. This
will save much hopping and clean
| ing. Refrigerators can be pur-
chased fitted with a door on the
side or back of the ice chamber. and
an opening corresponding to this
| door may be cut in the wall Of the
outside. If a screen is provided the
door may be left open in winter so
that the food may be kept cold with
out ice. When this is done the win
dow frame should be tightly Joined
to the refrigerator. so that cold afr
can not come into the kitchen as
we'll
Wherever possible separate
room should be provided for laun-
dry purposes. and may be combined
with a wash room and place fol
those coming in from out of doors
muddy boots and overshoes. Such q
room should be on the shortest and
most direct line of travel from the
harms to the dining room, so that
there will be no termination to use
the kitchen instead for these pur-
poses. Brooms, mops. and other
cleaning equipment may be conven-
Ientlv stored in this room or a clos
ct leading from it. For sanitary
esthetic. and other reasons. a bed
room or bathroom on the ground
floor should not open directly into
the kitchen or the dining room.