The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-07-12
POPULARITY OF MILK
INCREASING ON FARM
Dairy Division Of United States
Aggie Department Endeavor-
ing To Get Children To
Drink More Milk

MIR is rlenHful on prAcflcal,y every
farm In the middle West. yef conparh-
lively little IS drank lly farmers yhil.
dren- IN faci hess milk Is drunk hy
farm bays and girls, taking the whole
country over. ihan ~ ciiy children
statistics show. Tais. in spite II The
fact Tbs; nilk f. cheaper and freshei
lin The country shau IN tAe cty. Il x
.saIl shat fhls accounts for rlge fact
Tbs, the proportion q nn1erncurssAe1
irhndrn in tAe eouuiry & larger than
in he c.'y.
To Ee. ueore children, both IN ihe.
city and "a The country, 10 drink more
milk ss fhe cr3eavor this year of fhe
dxiry division a The United States de-
lVar'mcnt @ agriculture, cooperating
with the state agricultural colleges
lDnfinr TIE last year SIX MILK cam
p7igus have been carried on IN Con
nec,icui. four ia New JERSEY. SIX in
Mass .nseits ard one In earh az q
corcn other states. The increase iu
milk consumption following p caM-
palru has beer from J 70 So per cent I
lows has been making 4 special a. 4
fort recently To Improve 1hf health 81
lis school Children IL she Stale hy n
ducine them ne 2rlnk Iaore uilk The 4
work started las' October with "lnile 4
week During the SIX DAYS e lec-
;urcs and demonstrations 1880 people 4
were reachea Directly ana Sp0oaa Ddi- 4
rec'ly. lAtrarles schools and c'nhs CO.
operated in The work, ana during ihe
week $500 scheea clHGnea wrote cs-
saws on the vu3ae ~ nalk
In one Iowa county among SoS rural /
people are fortunate enough 10 BE ahie
10 send their clothing 'to sforaee
company which makes 8 business of
seeing ihat moths 90 Iot damage gar
mems left ID its care The rank snd
file. however. sun have to follow
graudmoiher's methods srd pack iAeif
clothes 30 trunks ar cedar chests NJ
wrap them up and store tsen ga the
closet shelf
In the fam wher they are unnscke8,
there Is hiWsys the fear that in spite
Of yOnr care The moths may have
found a way in during 1le summer
Much cf this aaxie-v woul6 bea Nf-
necessary II The. garment were made
absolutely clean when Stored sway. and
II It were packed in as nearly 81 air
tight WAY as possible.
Thorough brushing slould rmoVe
al moths and eggs bat hanging for
day in the sun and wind also he'pS
When the garment Is clean the nexi
ssels Is io wrsp i un so carefully thai
the moths cannut reach it, This o4n
he done in several ways SEN II Up in
strong, brown wrapping paper; use
rsasteboard boxes and seal with strips
of gum paper. az place the garment IN
paper bags which are Sold FOR storage
purposes, A raest effective method is
To pack the clothing ln trunk
sprinkle in freely naphaiine fakes;
when filed place a soup plaie on iop
Of the etching and place three table
Spoonfuls of cartoon diSniThid I'D the
plate close tightly ard 90 not oper
sgain until fal. Care must be iaasen
In using aisulphid Ia keep all asmes
away fram Its fumes as these are as
explosive as gasoline
Effective Preoaution.
NaHhihalcne flakes az moth halls
alone. using two pounds ln M ordinary
trunk, are most effective for protect
ing clothes from moth iufestation and
for killing All stages nf THE insect.
Camphor is less effective, and while
red cedar chests readily kll all aenit
moths, they 40 NOT prevent ihe hatch
inc Of moth eggs Tests show '-4
The following Substances often uscd far
the purpose possess no value as
moth ~repelenfs Tobacco eXuacts
and powders, lavender flowers cay
anne pepper, lNspice. cloves. angelica
rooi, black pepper. borax- colocsnih
pulp eucalyptus leaves formaldehyde
hsllebore. lesd carhonate lead oxide
lime, auassia chips sodium blcarbon-
ste and sodium carbonate.
Brushing, dnsiing with naphihaleue
aakes or pyrethrum powder and care
ful wrapping are the best Insurance
against moths Placing iu q cedar
chest provlaes additional safety. IA