The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-13

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 Daniel, the Vegetarian
 The book of Daniel tells about this hero refusing to eat meat of the Per- sian king and how he improved and fattened while in captivity on vege- table diet, nothing was said though about wine, and inasmuch as no Vol stead act incumbered the Persian statutes, the vets claim 1t was the wine used as chaser for the vege- tables that produced the remarkable results with Daniel and his four friends. Daniel Is therefore called the first vegetarian; but 1t would seem that another. very celebrated Baby lonian king, was turned out to graze and was very much improved by the experiment.. If you go back further in history, there is plenty of evidence that much of the population lived at long intervals on leaves and branch water. Remember, most of these an- cients lived in hot climate where flesh is not indicated as desirable right now,Fis not a healthy one for the carnivorous beast. So why not, regular diet. The climate In Alabama. right now, Is not healthy one for the carniyerous beast, so why not, like Daniel. let your minds rest upon our many succulent vegetables? White lightning may take the place of wine as a chaser.
 Plain Truth About Onions
 It will surprise many to know that the dry commercial onion that you buy at stores Is not grown from the small, dry onion set The reason for that is that great majority of the commercial dry onion sets will pro- duce seed stalk and go to seed dur ing or just prior to forming a ma ture bulb, the result of which Is a hard, woody neck, bulb of poor qualf- ty for eating, unstable. and poor keeper. Sets are simply small ma tured onions and the resting period they go through naturally induces re- production of seed just as an old full grown onion is planted to produce the seed of commerce. Sets are grown from seed thickly crowded to pro- duce small onions, when given dis tance or thinned out the product is the larger dried onion of commerce. When either is set out the natural product Is seed. although very small sets will sometimes not go to seed, and they are preferable to large sets for producing large perfect onions. Onion sets are largely used because they produce edible green onions much quicker than the seed. but they are not as good to produce the full matured onion of commerce. Sets will soon be available and everybody ought to set out in the fall instead of walt ing for spring.
 Feathers and Flowers
 Poultry fanciers will agree thatl feathers are the flowers of the ani-il nal kingdom and they strive for the color effects just al the patient hy- bridizer of Towering plants compete for masterpieces. All poultry Is sup posed to have its parentage ,u tre jungle fowl of India having imigrat- ed southward from Noahs ark, but there are pictures of chickens on tab lets and monuments supposed to ante date the flood by a few centuries. But down to facts: It is known that food has great influence In determin- ing the destiny of chickens. and any one who solves the problem of a ra- tional, economical and well balanced ration for poultry has done a con- structive work for the human family and will enjoy great profit to himself Now Is the time to plant certain valu- able food crops for chickens. Sugar or stock beets (Mangels) or common garden beets produce one of the most valuable of all foods for polltry. They are successfully grown In the fall and | can be made available all winter. They are rich in sugars, starches and iron l salts which promote fine feathers and 1 all other desirable qualities.
 Questions and Answers
 Q. Enclosed is a branch from one of i my ferns. all of which are infested i, with a little round brown bug fas- 1 tened hard to stems and leaves The i plants are overrun with ants. Please tell me what should be done. R. w., | 
 A. Your ferns are infested with what is known as terrapin scale. IT. ants are merely feeding on the scale |