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Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

worlds largest dairy COW, tipping the
scales at over 1925 lbs. Not only is
Spring Brook Bess Burke I'd a very
large COW, but she has proved to be
one of the worlds best butter pro
ducers, having produced over 1000-lbs
of butter per year for four different
years. Her best yearly production was
1290-lbs. Both this COW and her daugh-
ter have milked wei lover 1OO-lbs. g
day on several occasions.
One of the senior herd sires at Win
terthur is King of the Ormsbys Ga full
brother to Bess Johanna Ormsby)
This bull is considered by many ex-
pert Holstein breeders one of the most
valuable bulls of the breed. One of his
first daughters to freshen recently
made 23-lbs. of butter in z days as a
two-year old. Only a very few Of
his daughters have thus far freshened
due to the fact that he is still young
bull.
Another herd bull in service at Win
terthur Farms is Sir Inka Prilly Seq
is. This bull is son OF the famous
King tSegis who was long known as
one of the greatest sires of the Hol-
stein breed. Sir Inka Prilly Segis now
has over IS daughters in the Winter
thur herd and over 35 of these have
completed yearly records for both
milk and butter production.
It is expected that in short time
more daughters of Sir lnka Prilly Sc
gis will have made official yearly rec
ords than the daughters OF any other
bull of the breed.
The get Of this bull are splendid
show animals, a daughter winning
first prize in her class and grand
championship honOrs at the Delaware
State Fair in both 1920 and 1921. A
son of Sir Inka Prilly Segis was first
prize and grand champion bull at
Trenton, N. j., in 1920 and still an
other son won the same hOnOrs at
West Chester in 1920.
Through the distribution of young
breeding bulls the blood of many OF
these famous animals has found its
way into a large number Of herds in
this and adjoining States. In March
1921 forty-two of these young bulls
were sold at public auction and over
so per cent of these animals were
purchased by dairymen and Holstein
breeders in Delaware and eastern
Maryland.
1t is planned to hold another auc-
ton at Winterthur again this year
and March 18th has been selected as
the date. Something over thirty young
bulls and five high class heifers will
be sold to the highest bidder at that
time.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
High Spots 1922 Convention
National Educational Assn.
Delaware Making Good Showing and It's Laws ApprOved-Must
Raise School Money From Other than Real Estate

the country to the teaching profession,
was one of the points brought out in
the meeting of the Superintendents.
In 1913, at the meeting of the De-
partment in Philadelphia the measur-
ing of efficiency by means of stand
ard tests was the most talked of sub
iect. Although standard tests in the
subjects of the course of study had
been widely applied in school inVesti-
cation all over the country, not until
that year, can it be said that thOlT
value and their limitations had been
previously established. Since that
time such tests have been refined and
extended to nearly all the subjects in
the course of study, both for the ele-
mentary and the high schools, and
are now in general use throughout
the country.
The so-called group intelligence
tests which have grown out of the BIZ
net-Simons tests for the determine
ton of the mental ages of children,
first used in France about ten years
ago, came in for a large share of con-
sideration at the meeting. Tests used
in the army to determine intelligence
have, with various notifications, been
applied to large groups of children for
the purpose of determining their ma
tive intelligence. This has been done
with two ideas in mind: (1) to enable
a grading of pupils, whereby children
of more nearly equal ability may be
brought together in the same class
thus avoiding the necessity OF keeping
bright pupils marking time" while
duller ones are catching up, and (2)
for the sake of vocational guidance
The possibilities in both of these fields
are alluring and the application OF the
tests with proper safeguards will
mark another step in the progress OF
public education.
The matter of health education
came in for it's just share of attention
1t has been known for some time that
country children, on the whole, show
nearly twice as many physical defects
as city children, and that in spite OF
what we might expect. This is due
however, to the less attention paid to
health in the country than in the city
But this lack is now being remedied
by medical inspection of country
school children as well as city school
cQllQrel anu dlSO ny IAS AO4AOW uR
work of county school nurses. Prop
erly lighted, properly ventilated, and
sanitary school buildings, an
grounds, together with the above
health service and physical training
of country children should more than
restore the balance in favor Of the
country.
After checking up with what other
states are attempting in education, it
was the general feeling that Della
wares program is pointing in the
the right direction, that while some
states might be putting over better
Job in some line, than we are, they
were doing so at much greater expen-
diture of funds, which makes possible
the securing of professionally trained
teachers. Our biggest problem is the
teacher problem, and that can be sol
we'd only by better pay, better school
buildings and better living conditions.
March IL, 1922.
H. V. HOLLOWAY,
State Supt. of Public instruction,
Dover, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

produce just as perfect apples as the
fancy Western apples in boxes which
you pay eight or ten cents apiece for
Intelligent spraying is absolutely
the only big "secret" about growing
fine apples. Anyone who is farmer
or gardener enough to grow the Or
binary vegetables can quickly learn
what the trees need in the way of
cultivation and fertilizers, to produce
a good growth.
''In the Shade of the Old Apple Trees
When the good Lord designed the
apple tree, He was particularly gener-
Gus. Not only does it give us one of
the finest of all fruits, but at blossom
ing time in spring, no other Towering
tree suFpasses it in beauty; and dur
ing the long, hot days of summer and
early fall, it furnishes an ideal shade.
You may think it is looking a long
way ahead to speak of shade in con-
nection with apple trees to be set out
now, but as a matter of fact you will
be surprised at the growth they will
make even in the first three or four
years, if they are at all well taken
care of. Trees set out this spring
will make a growth of two to four
feet the first season, and three or
four years from now will have become
big enough to be quite decorative
feature of the place.
Not Long TO Wait for the
'FirSt Fruits" of Your Effort
Many people do not realize how
soon after setting out apple trees for
their own use they will begin to be
repaid for their trouble. Many varie-
ties will set few fruits the second
or third year after planting. And
while this would not be a big return
commercially, it is big return to the
person who is looking for some extra
nice apples for dessert purposes,
grown by his own hand.
1 may mention here, too, for the
benefit of those who have only very
little space around their homes, that
the standard varieties may be obtain
ed on dwarf growing stocks, so that
the trees can be planted as close as
10 to Is feet apart.
The apples themselves, however,
are of full size. These dwarf growing
trees have the still further advantage
that they are easier to care in the
matter of pruning and spraying than
are the full sized trees. The dwarf
trees, also, come into bearing much
sooner than the full sized or standard
ones.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
DELAWARE HAS LARGEST
FEDERAL ACCREDITED HERD

The largest herd of registered cat
tie in the United States to be placed
on the Federal Accredited List of Tu-
berculosis Free Herds is owned in the
State of Delaware.
This famous herd of Holstein cattle
is the property of H. F. dupont and is
maintained at his Winterthur Farms,
Winterthur, Delaware. The Winter
thur Farms herd is not only one of
the largest herds (400 head)of dairy
cattle in the country but is consider
ed one of the very best. Probably
more official yearly records for both
milk and butter production are made
each year in this herd than in any
other herd in the east. Each year from
forty to sixty cowsco mplete either
1O-month or yearly records. One hun
dred and forty-siX cOwsh ave 2omplet-
ed what are known as semi-official
records and together produced to av-
erage over 701-lbs. of butter and 49,
534-lbs. of milk, and but few of them
were mature COWS at the time the rec
ords were made.
Bess Johanna Ormsby and her dam
Spring Brook Bess Burke, I'd, both
members of the Winterthur Farms
herd, are probably two of the most
widely known COWS of the Holstein
breed. The former holds the worlds
record in her class, having produced
over 1000-lbs. of butter each lactation
period for three consecutive years.
Her records made at the age of four
years were 1O43-lbs. of butter and
1043-lbs. of milk. At five years she
produced 1096-lbs. of butter, and 21,-
of milk, and at six years, 1902
lbs. of butter and 1871 lbs. of milk.
All of these records were made in
what is known as the 10 month or
305-day division.
The dam of this COW, Spring Brook
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
HAVE PLENTY OF APPLES FOR
HOME USE
You Can Eat Them From August to
April From A Few Trees.
F. F. Rockwell, Horticultural Editor
of "Farm and Fireside."

It used to be that our "city cousins
looked forward to getting back 10 the
old farm once in while, largely De-
cause that meant having plenty ol
nice, juicy apples to bite into once
more. -
Now it is almost getting to the
point where it is the country cousin
who enjoys a good apple as one OF the
treats he gets when he goes to the
city! -,
You can hardly take an hours ride
in an automobile in any section of the
country without passing scores "
places where anywhere from nail
dozen apple trees around the mousse
up to fifty or hundred IN snus
little "home orchard" could be grown
just as well as not.
Even so few as four trees-lt tnere
is not room for any more-Wlll give
the average family all the apples tney
want for cooking and eating for many
weeks in the fall and early winter.
ADDles Are Going to be Scarce
and High Priced
feel sure that if more home own.
ers (tbose who have no thought OF
growing apples on commercial scale)
could realize what a tremendous ue-
crease there has been in the numDer
of apple trees in this country IN Ine
last ten years, they would immediate
ly take steps to make sure OF Inelr
own supply in the future.
Do YOU, for instance, realize tnat IN IN
the ten years between 1910 ana 4SAU
the number of bearing apple trees III
the United States fell Off over 5o'UVV'-
900 or nearly $3.50; and that IN the
same period, the number OF young
trees. not yet in bearing, decreased
over 291s million, or 400. Wltn tnese
figures which are taken from the cen
sus lust completely staring us IN the
face. it looks as though every nome
owner who likes apples would do well
to put in his own supply.
YOu Can Grow the Finest Quality
OF Fruit For Your Own Use
A good many years ago, when
grandfather planted apple trees, eV-
ervbodv grew them and there didn't
seem to be much of anything to Do-
ther them. Then came the introduc-
tion of the San Jose scale, and one
new nest after another. These enemies
ruined thousands of small home or
chards. and hundreds of thousands OF
trees planted for home use, because
only the big commercial orchard1st
knew how to fight these pests, or had
the equipment to mix and apply
sprays to control them.
Now. however, when one can get
ready made spraying materials OF an
kinds that need only be mixed with
cold water before applying,-or that
can ev en- be "dusted" on without us
ing any water at all,-the home or
chardist can give his few trees prac-
tically as good protection as the big
commercial grower.
If one is willing to attend to this
spraying, which for a few trees for
home use will not require, at the most
over two or three hours, three or four |
times a year, it will be possible to :
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

= About four thousand superintend-
ents and other school executives were
in attendance, in Chicago, represent
ing practically every state in the I'm
ion.
twelve other national educational
organizations, in addition to the De-
partment of Superintendent, put on
nrograms. Meetings. were held from
Friday, February "a, to March End.
y Delaware was the only State repre-
scented by it's entire State Board of
Education.
Splendid music, both choral and or
chestral, was rendered by the chill
dren of the Chicago schools under the
able direction of their supervisors.
N&ural education was recognized as
the biggest problem before the Unit
ed states today. Giving the country
, child equal educational opportunity
with his town or city cousin, was the
demand. The stability of rural life
depends upon making life in the coun-
\ try as interesting and enjoyable and
as nroftable as that in the town or
citv Progressive farmers are not
willing to remain on remote farms
when they must thereby sacrifice the
future of their children by depriVlng
them of the best school advantages.
The larger administrative and taxing
INIT and the consolidated school with
free Transportation, is in the minds OF
ALI who are in a position to know the
i Droblem, the only permanent solu-
ton. u o,,,o,,
of universal concern. 1t is the unan-
imous opinion that taxes on real prop
artUs for all purposes have, in most
states. reached the limit OF souno
financial policy. The taxing OF other
forms of wealth has become impera-
tive Delaware's new tax law for
school purposes, was held up as a
1oo5eI of a tendency in the right di-
rection. ...o.,.o,,, g,
seems to be as imperative IN oInei
states of the Union as IN Delaware
Tvpes of schools suited to mo9ern
teaching demands and TO nlOueL1
school organizations were eXplalneus,
and eight thousand square Ieee VI
school building exhibits were SHOWN; lI
Mr.. Thomson, of the Cleveland 6oalu
of Education urged Boards OF HuuSa- ca
tiOn everywhere, WHSu ~ =. =
tbe construction of new buildings, 10
make adequate provisions for paylns
off tbe bonds within a reasonable IlIne
and declared that nothing should De
allowed to interfere with this plan.
Governor Hyde of Missouri, maze
one of the most telling addresses u!-
ging the necessity of the county UNI 4C
for administration and taXatlon. ne
showed that under the present plan III
his state, one man paid scnooI Tax
rate of 15c on the hundred dollars ana
could send his child to a good scho0l'
while his neighbor living across tne
road, hut in another school dlstrlct'
had had to nay Csc on the hundred dol
lars and had to send his child 10 d
moor school. They have passed
county unit law in Missouri Whlcn
will be submitted to referendum at
the next election. I'LL,
The necessity of maintaining hlg1
standard of teachers salaries ana
correspondingly high qualifications 70
attract the best minds and ability Oh
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
TATMAN's SCHOOL NOTES


Those who made perfect attendance
for last month are as follows: Alfred
Smith, Kenneth Unger. Samuel Pyle
Rose and Mary Sandom, Elwood Mar
shall, Cortas Wisseman, Charles and
Nelson Hastings.
The Home and School Association of
Tatman's School will hold its March
meeting, March goth, at 1880 p. m. If
stormy, next clear evening. An interest
ing program has been planned by the
young men and the school children. The
social committee are busy also. In ad-
'dition, a prominent speaker of Dover has
most generously consented to be pres
ent and make an address, ION Better
Teachers and How to Get and Keep
Them"
Everybody cordially invited to be
present. Come out and have good
time. You can't afford to miss it.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
Fables In Brief

Brevity is the source Of success in get
ting people to read what you have to
offer in the daily papers. Perhaps, that
is why the fables in brief inspired by
"Aesop's Film Fables" have become such
popular little paragraphs since Paul Ter
ry launched his cartoons series. Here are
some selections we scissored today:
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17
Sugar Coated Pills of Wisdom
BY AesOp, Jr.-
THE SPENDTHRIFT

An apple day costs a nickel.
+ + +
To the spenders belong the tolls.
+ + +
All are not birds that twitter.
A spendthrift blames everybody
but himself for his misfOrtune-is the
moral proved in "The Spendthrift" Oi
the "Aesop's Film Fables" series.
+ + +
It's sometimes risky to be too
frisky.
+ + +
A tip may lead to a slip.
Founders" are seldom on the
square.
+ + +
He who always passes the blame is
not worthy of his name.
+ +
All are not kids who would "kid"
J
+ + +
'Tis better to have earned and spent
than never to have earned at all.
t-Aesop's Film Fables.
+ +
Ant and Fly
Fable: Once upon time there was
a sheet of fy-paper that caught eV-
cry fly in its vicinity, yet never stuck
to your fingers when you handled it.
-Aesop Film Fables
Some Bird
Paul Terry, who draws ducks,
chickens, geese and other creatures
for "Aesop's Film Fables" handed us
this schoolboy's essay on geese:
Geese is a low heavy-set bird COM
posed mostly of meat and feathers.
His head sets on one end and he sets
on the other. A geese can't sing much
on account of the dampness of the
moisture. There amt no between to
his toes and he carries toy balloon
on his stomach to keep him from
Some geese when they get
big are called ganders and have curls
to their tails. Ganders don't have to
set and hatch but they just loaf and
go swimming and eat. If I was a
geese I would rather be a gander."
Paul contends that this story proves
the truth of the Aesop, Jr., epigram-
"A fellow who is always lazy usually
OWNS thinkery that's rather hazy."
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

A bear came on some hives Of bees;
He cried, There's food in hives like
thesel
give my thanks to every bee
Who stored this provender for me.
He filed his paws With honey-COmb,
But, as the bees were all at home,
They Lit upon him with a will
No doubt that bear is running still
Moral-though stolen sweets may
bring
A thrill, they often have a stingl
-Esop, JF.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-17

Why not try our classified column
for results3
The Washington herald., 1922-06-15
'Uncle Sam, Bootlegger." "

SS1 7 NCLE SAM. the biggest bootlegger in
u the world" Such is the substance Of
charges made by August A. Busch, presi-
dent OF Anheuser- Busch Inc. in letter
mailed from Cherbourg, France, to the board OF
directors of his firm after transatlantic trip in
Shipping Board vessel.
He not only states that liquor is bartered
abundanty government controlled liners but
that tickets sold with money-back guarantee
that the Nostead act will not be enforced the
high seas
This is serious charge. The fact that it
comes from a man who. it is reasonable suppose,
does not favor prohibition personally detracts not
bit from its importance. 1t reveals, if true.
condition that all aw-abiding citizens will demand
be discontinued.
1t places the United States government in a
position where it admits its inability unwilling
ness to enforce its own laws 1t renders the prose-
cuon of private prohibition law violators the gross
est kind OF injustice. The United States becomes,
Mr.. Buschs words, "thc biggest bootegge-
in the world
We hope efforts spared to clear up this
situation. If prohibition is such failure that the
government itself pays attention to its provisions
a condition obtains which should be known to the
public.
1t is admitted that transatlantic passenger
ships operate at disadvantage in competition with
toreign liners II liquors can not De obtained on
them. Also beer saloons which render tax
accounts operate at a disadvantage in competition
with bootleggers if they not supply strong bev-
erages and then. But is this any excuse?
Mr.. Busch believes, presume. that prohibi-
ton be enforced and that it places ha d.
ship honest Probably a majority OF INTEL
igent Americans believe that it and will be
enforced. Poth sides will gair FROM the investga-
ton hich follow the present charges Uncle
Sam not afford to wink at such dishonest prac-
tices. If the captains OF the offending ships alone
are responsible they should be punished They
stand higher before the law than the shifty
criminal who dispenses supply OF poison corn
l;Guor from taxcab parked Pennsylvania ave
nne. If however. they have acted with the tacit
consent OF the government, if they have been Sc
cretly informed that they sell intoxicants with
;mpunity. the government will be false to tradi-
tons t il makes victims of them-sacrificcs to its
own respcctability.
Attorney General Daugherty has stated that
the law follows the flag Shipping Board Off
cias say it doesn't-that they have right to sell
liquor on American ships.
At the best this position is subterfuge Not
even Mr. Laskers foolish Characterization Of Mr..
Busch as pro German is a defense. The day is
gone when everything that doesn't suit the powers
that be is "pro-Cerman" and therefore damned
The Washington herald., 1922-06-15
Thinks Degman Right.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
was very much interested in the
letter of Mr.. Degman in The Herald
OF June Z. under the caption. Early
to Work." and I think it the most
sensible letter advocating the early
hour for government employees that
has been written Every word he
said meets my approval
The criticism of B. E. Sager. Helen
Davis. K. A. NJ. and one signing HIM
self "A Government Employe" have no
point whatever. and are not worthy
Of consideration. The critics of the
early working hour are. in almost
every instance, those who would not
be satisfied under any conditions. Mr.
Degman is right. clerks can do bet
ter work from s to 8 a. m. than from
$3.50 to 4:30 p. m. and IL for no
other reason the early hour for COM
ing to work should be maintained
through the summer months. II lie
a great benefit to the majority OF the
government employees. and those who
do not favor II are those who do not
wish to retire at a reasonable hour.
and naturally do not wish to get up
in time for work at O'Clock. ]
think il a fair chance is given the
early hour for commencing work that
more and more clerks will be pleased
that the change has been made There
is too much energy spent criticisins
this departure from the beaten path.
and IL those who criticise would look
at the advantage to the thousands
who approve the early hour. perhaps
less would be said against it.
L. NJ S.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-15
Conditions in Belfast.
To til. Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
I read in this mornings issue Of
your paper an account Of condi-
tions in Belfast written by a Mr..
Gibbons which is untrue in every
detail. as IL is a well-known fact,
and is even conceded by the Eng
lish. that the Catholics are being
prosecuted in every conceivable
manner in that bigoted town.
As Catholics are in the minority
they are utterly helpless and at the
mercy OF the so-called Protestant
Christians. One would imagine that
We were living in the age of Nero.
and that the Christians were again
being put to death for their faith.
To the credit of the Irish Catholics
II can be said that they have never
yet injured any person on account
OF their religious beliefs. In the
South of Ireland the Protestants
are in the minority. yet they have
never been Disseminated against in
any way. not to speak of putting
them to death. In the North OF
Ireland Catholics cannot obtain
work and are not allowed to carry
firearms, while their Protestant
brethren are granted all these priv
ileges. In a spirit of fair play and
Justice, why not write about these
conditions and let the liberty-lov-
ing Americans know about them
Please place the blame where il
really belongs.
LILLE DUBOSE.