The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

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 Farms Great Debt to the Laboratory
 A REPORT from the bureau of ami AN nal industry at Washington is to the effect that Alabama is 94 per cent free of the cattle tick. On De- cember 1 only two entire counties were shown on the red or quarantine map, the quarantine being also in effect in parts of three other counties.
 Great progress has been made since the beginning of the work of eradica- tion when the whole state was tick infested. It is to be hoped that Ala bama will in the very near future be classed among the 100 per cent tick free states, which are California, Mis- sissippi, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.
 Alabama herds of pure-bred cattle now rival those of any state in the union in size and in milk producing capacity. A great business has de- veloped.
 Alabama owes it's progress in the live stock industry to the patient ex perts of the government and of Au- burn who first discovered how to de- stroy pests and then worked against prejudice and ignorance until they were under control. Progress on the farm is due quite as much to the laboratory as to all other agencies combined.
 The allies have told Greece just how they feel about the return of Constnn- tine, but insist that they have no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of the Greek Kingdom. Greece might well reply that If they don't wish to inter fere, what the deuce are they doing it for?
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 have been ordered to make rublic speeches on the work of the depart ment- This may be rather hard nt first for men who have seldom made a speech longer than Move on," or 'Eet out of that!"
 Federal prohibition agents have con fiscated Houston's visible supply of Christmas branded cherries and mince meat. It is just as well that all the lsigncrs of the Declaration of Indepen- ihS ldCL lHdt WI cBoi 70 OSiAONSN eo have made fortune without taking it |away from anybody else augurs wei for an honest administration
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 Being a black and tan policeman in Ireland is more hazardous than hang ing by ones heels from an airplane while admiring multitudes look up < < x It is safe to predict that the League of Nations assembly will do nothing to discourage the United States from soin- ling.
 It is barely possible that MT. Harding will be reconciled to letting Senator Lodge remain in the Senate. < < * It-is almost sacrilegious for an east fern editor to discuss the possum, who has never tasted this succulent mar lsupial.
 At least we may feel assured that the well-known team of Len and Trot." the heavenly twins of bolsrev- ism. will never appear in vaudeville. * * * Not since the last Indian massacres have such piteous cries been heard in America as the farmers are now utter ling.
 |courtesies offered by President Wilson. No bad feeling, we hope? Five years in prison will be just long enough for Ponzi to recuperate and map out a new campaign. Wrangel has about 10000 men left That being the case, he is not what you might call out of employment Soviet Russia might as well abo fish its money. The design is so inartistic lit isn't even suitable for wall paper. Some men will do anything once. A motion picture producer has married a famous movie "vamp." < E E A "sociable" bicycle ride is adver-