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The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
Selecting Seed for
Stand of Red Clover
Easy Matter to Test Germi-
nation in Advance.

prepared by the United States pep.,,rn.,,
OF Agricultural
MUCH or Tie present difficulty ex-
perlenced in getting good stand of
red clover may be overcome sinply
oy the use of seed of good quality and
termination, says the United States
Department of Agriculture. A bright
fresh-looking lot of red-clover seed will
usually germinate pretty well, but II
Is SO easy to test the termination In
advance that there is little excuse for
sowing poor seed.
II 100 or 200 average seeds are
counted out and laid on a plate be-
tween pieces of moist cloth or blottinp
paper and the plate set away In a
room where temperature Is 65 TO 30
degrees Fahrenheit, the seeds will
begin to sprout in three or four days.
and In week the value Of the seed
so far as termination Is concerned
can be definitely determined. The ger
mination of clover seed, even when the
sample is good. will depend somewhat
on the number Of hard seeds present.
A sample of good seed should test
something like 80 per cent, with at
least several of the remaining seeds
hard at the close Of the ten-day test
period.
However, even II the termination Of
seed Is good great care should be taken
to find out If possible where the seed
was grown. since the work of the de-
partment has also shown that red
clover grown In Italy is not adapted to
most of the United States and should
not be used in the eastern United
States. The only way to prevent get
ting italian seed is to buy from re-
liable firm or organization and to in
sist that you do not want Italian seed
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

II he were laying several sidewalks
side by side. 1t is not necessary even
to lay a cinder or gravel base
The right mix of concrete for
feeding floor is In the proportion of
one sack of portland cement to two
cubic feet of sand and 33 cubic feet
of crushed rock or pebbles. The sand
should pass through a screen with a
quarter-inch mesh. Pebbles should be
clean and should be from Il to ~
inches in diameter.
In mixing concrete one should be
sure to use good water. Water that
is not fit to drink is not likely to be
fit for mixing concrete-fOr impure
water is likely to cause chemical re-
strength Of the concrete.
A feeding floor will be one made of
layers of concrete four inches thick.
Planks two inches by four inches held
in place by stakes, will serve as forms
If there is to be curb around the
edge of the floor. 1t should be extend
ed about a foot below the ground
level. This will prevent hogs from
roofing under it and rats will not bur-
row under it.
After the concrete has hardened for
several hours it should be covered
with a layer Of damp earth several
inches thick. This should be kept
moist by frequent sprinklng to pre-
vent the concrete from hardening too
rapidly.
1t is easier to lay concrete feeding
floor in sections, about six feet by ten
feet. This also enables the builder
to provide expansion and contraction
joints.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
Protection for Hogs in
Severe Winter Weather

II given the opportunity. nogs Will
seek protection from severe cold
weather by burying themselves in
stesmIng manure heaps where the
temperature seems just right to them.
They come out of this steaming heap
into the cold for their feed. remain
ing long enough to thoroughly chill.
Besides, they may be found n bur-
rows in the strawstack where often
too high temperatures prevail. In
such places they crowd badly.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

collie, feverish breath, coated-tongue, or
diarrhea, half teaspoonful of genuine
california Fig Syrup" promptly moves
the poisons, gases, bile, souring food
and waste right out. Never cramps or
overacts. Babies love Its delicious taste.
Ask your druggist for genuine "CaE-
fornia Fig Syrup" which has full direc-
tons for infants in arms. and children
of all ages. plainly printed on bottle.
Mother! You must say California" or
you may get an imitation fig syrup.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
Sweet Clover Needs Care

The vigor with which sweet clover
VOWS md persists as weed has led
s,onv to believe that little care is
necessary to get good stand OF the
".on However, the opposite is true
,n,s heing due partly to the large
@ 'mnhers of hard seeds present In
'',nst lots of seed, but more often to
moor preparation of the seedoed nh'
core,essness u seeding.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
Dairv Calf Club Work

nh. nure bred Holstein Gatue
.,,"h Lne farm boys and girls of pela. a,
WIZ" ~ have fed and cared for as part
OF o,,,u,e ,ns 10 per cent of the pure nreo "a
s,',p.e ,e,rs in that state. according 10 U,
l'u,s I ,."ent report received by the uh''e'
q s,a.ss s penartment of Agriculture
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

sion workers of state agricultural col
leges and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. They produce
their records of crops sown and har-
vested, labor used, feed consumed, and
so forth, and the reports are analyzed
and compared. Wide differences in
production costs and returns are
noted and their causes sought. so that
inefficient methods can be corrected
and better organization and operation
plans adopted for the future.
Books Of Approved Type.
officials of the Department of Agrl-
culture say the plan Is largely an out
growth of the increasing use of uniform
accounting methods by farmers. When
efforts were started by the department
about ten years ago to promote better
farm accounting. an obstacle was the
lack of simple farm accounting
book. This want was supplied, and
now practically all state extension
divisions sell account books Of an
approved type to farmers at cost.
AS a result many farmers all over
the country are keeping their accounts
in about the same way. This has been
big factor in crystallizing farmers
ldens on the analysis Of their business
along uniform lines, and 1t has great
Iy lessened the difficulty of getting
comparable figures from different
| farms. Usually the book produced at
| the farm accounting schools are all of
the same type. They tell the amount
of the labor income from the farm.
the size of the farm business, the
crop yields, and the return from live
stock, as well rs the amount of eX-
pense for different items. From this
data farmers can discover their weak
and their strong points, and the
standards necessary for profitable
farm operation.
Farmers are also meeting more
than in previous years to compare
their results from single crop or live
stock enterprises. rs well as the re-
suits from their total farm operations.
County agents in 1923 assisted 2o'ooo
farmers in single enterprise analyses.
typical example Is study made OF
potato-growng costs in CuyahoSa
county. Ohio, which showed that the
farmer with the lowest cost was pro-
duclpg potatoes at AZ cents bushel'
comnared with a InaXimum on another
farm of S1.53 bnsheI.
Clubs for Boys.
A valuable supplement TO the move
ment toward Cost-comparison confer
ences among farmers is the develop
mont of accounting clubs sor boys.
Tbo hovs in these clubs Keep the
home farm records and Mt the end OF
the wear with their fathers assemble
IN groups to study the results. Inc
o,rhs are intended to train the ne"
Generation of farmers in sound pusi'
Moss methods, to demonstrate TO them
.ha vo,ue of bookkeeping before they
reach maturity.
Farm accounting is also beng
,ouyht in many of the district schoo,s
In a number of states. This is WIN
, tho same objective in mind ana lns
nostinc and summarizing oil al "''u"'
! sorn business record In the s''"p'e
sanm, account book constitutes the
main text book material Many wy .
ma m reonine home farm records as u
"i - This school training
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

Always ask for Diamond Dyes" hnu
II you don't see the name Diamond
Dyes" on the package-refuse it-hand
1t backl
Each 15-cent package of Diamond
Dyes" contains directions SO simple any
woman can dye or tint skirts, dresses,
waists, sweaters. stockings, kimonos,
coats. draperies, coverings-everythinG
new, even if she has never dyed before
substitutesi
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

Always Keep AlIeock's PIasters
in your home. Invaluable for all local
aches and pains. inexpensive, abso-
lutely pure, safe and effectiye.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
"DANDELI0N BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for SO years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of "Dandelion'' for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

Itching scalp and the dandruff Is cor.
rected Immediately. Thin, dry. wispy
or fading hair is quickly invigorated,
taking on new strength, color and
youthful beauty. "Danderine" is de
lightful on the hair; refreshing,
stimulating tonic-not sticky or greasy !!
Any drug ore-Advertisement.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
Saving Before and After

It's SO hard for some men to save
money when single that they don't
think 1t worth while trying utter they
marry.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
GIRLS! A GLEAMY MASS
OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR
35-cent "Danderine" So Improves Life
less, Neglected Hair.

An abundance
of luxuriant hair
full Of 81 o S S,
CLEANS and life
shortly follows a
genuine toning up
Of egl e C t e d
scalps with de-
pendable DAN
derine."
Failing h air,
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

The strongest plume In wisdom's
wing is memory of past folly.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

A womans ability to pity others
gives her lot of pleasure.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

Fewer people one knows, the less
he Is interested in gossip.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

Where the scenery Is grandest the
cornstalks are shortest.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

To be happy let your memory go
and develop your forgettery.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

If mans credit is good 1t is be-
cause he seldom uses 1t.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
A Standard for 90 Years.

As laxative and blood purifier there
Is nothing better than Brandreth Piiis.
In use throughout the world-AdV.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14
"CASCARETS" FOR LIVER
AND BOWELS-10c A BOX

Cures Biliousness. Constipation, Sick
Headache. Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

It's easier to descend from our an"
cestOrs than 1t Is to rise above them.
Evening star., 1924-07-03
POWER Development
SEEN AS AID TO PUBLIC
World Conference Backs Work
Labor Will Cooperate,
Noonan Says.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 3.-The Importance
of super-power development as a
factor in improving public welfare
was indorsed at the world power con-
ference yesterday by speakers OF
many nationalities, including Amerl-
can, British, Spanish and Italian.
James P. Noonan, president OF the
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, declared that Ameri-l
can labor had no quarrel with such
developments, apd was ready to CO.
operate with finance and engineering
skill to bring the power industry to
its finest development. j.
David B. Rushmore of the United
undue haste, saying:
I'VE must take the public with us
and not get very far in advance of
their knowledge and approval of our
work"
of power development, Sir Ernest
YORK was less enterprisin'g in financ-
ing projects than it had been q few
Years ago, and that it had lost a
good deal Of money through financing
methods which New Workers thought
were similar to London methods. He
said the city also had hard time
ments, and added that a bad feature
Of the Investment situation in the
United States was tax-free municipal
John r. Clynes, lord privy seal,
presided at q dinner given by the
government at Lancaster House last
night in honor of the president and
deIeEates attending the power con-
ference. The guests included many
,,nro1aoinnnfr rAuGinAAxR
Evening star., 1924-07-03

Interior Hubert Work will preside
The speaker will be Joseph NJ. Gwinn,
superintendent of schools of San
Francisco.
Tomb of Woodrow wilson-John
Whalen, lawyer and publicist of New
York City, will be the chairman
Rear Admiral Cary r. Grayson, the
late Presidents personal physician
will speak.
Mount vernon-The presiding off,
Ger will be Mrs. Horace Van Deventer
vice regent Of the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association. j. A. c. Chandler
president of the College of William
and Mary, will be the speaker.
Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
in Anacostia-M. Grant Lucas, presi-
dent of the Columbian Educational
Association of the District, will pre-
side. Garnet c. Wilkinson, assistant
superintendent in charge of the col
ored public schools of the District,
and Sara l.. Rhodes, president of the
New York City Principals Associa-
ton, will speak.
Gettysburg Cemetery Included.
National cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa
William NJ. Davidson, superintendent
of schools of Pittsburgh, will preside
The speaker will be Frank p Graves
state of commissioner of education of
New York
Washington Monument-The pre-
siding officer will be Mrs. Josephine
Corlss Preston. John J. Maddox
superintendent of schools of st. Louis
will speak.
The home of Thomas Jefferson at
Monticello, Va.-Frank Cody. super
intendent of schools of Detroit, will
preside. William Jennings Bryan is
scheduled to be the speaker.
Evening star., 1924-07-03
~. E.. n. Convention Members
To Visit Historic Shrines
Pigrimages Tomorrow to Eleven Points
of Interest Prominent Feature of
the Si1ty-SecOnd annual Session.

Pilgrimages to the shrines of his
toric interest in Washington and con-
tiguous country tomorrow, will bring
to an interesting climax the sixty
second annual convention of the Ma
tional Education Association. Eleven
points of interest will be visited by
the various groups of teachers, and
patriotic exercises will be held at
each, beginning at 2:30 o'clock.
Places Listed for Visitation,
These pilgrimages will be made to
the following places:
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. in
Arlington cemetery-AmbroSe Cort.
state director of the National Edu-
cation Association in New York, will
Organ, o. r. c.. of New York City,
will be the speaker.
Lincoln Memorial-R. f. Williams,
State director of the National Edu-
cation Association of Louisville, will
preside. The speaker will be Francis
G. Blair, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction of Illinois.
Memorial Continental Hall-Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook, president gen.
eral of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, will preside Homer
II. Seerley, president of the Iowa
State Teachers College, will be the
speaker.
American Red Cross building-Mary
McSkimmon of Brookline, Mass, will
preside. r. G.. Jones, superintendent
of schools of Cleveland, Ohio, will be
the speaker
Walter Reed Hospital-Secretary of
Evening star., 1924-07-03
HOLDS SCHOOL BEST
Welfare Center
G. w. Gerwig Addresses N. E. A.
Sectional Meeting-Model
Building Described.

"Of all American welfare institu-
tions the public school has proved to
be the best" said G. w. Gerwig, sec
retary of the board of education of
Pittsburgh, Pa, speaking today be-
fore the department of school admin
istration of the National Education
Association at Central High School.
The ideal relations between the
educational and the business interests
of the Schools" said Mr.. Gerwig.
should always be based upon COM
departments, rather tnan upon the ex-
elusive domination by either one"
Describes Model Building.
William II. Gompert, architect for
the New York City board of educa-
ton, speaking before the same de-
partment of the n. E. A, described
the outstanding essentials of modern
school building, as follows:
We'll chosen sites for adequate
plottage to give building proper set
ting and allow for future expansion
well designed buildings, truthful to
the standard of design Of all build
lnSS IN the immunity, the use of
good materials with the best of work.
manship, both as a matter of economy
and means of making the architec-
tural design endurabIe; ample provi-
sion for future needs and expansions
in the planning of the building, as is
being done in New FORK City, where
provision is being made for an ex-
pansion of from 25 to 400 per cent.
Recently, continued Mr.. Gompert,
m. Andre Morize, exchange French
professor at Harvard University, in
addressing the annual convention of
the New Jersey State Federation of
Women's Clubs. criticised expend-
itureS on American colleges and
school buildings, advocating spending
more on teachers and less on build
tngs. This is poor way to approach
the question of securing adequate
compensation for teachers, for the
reason that if school buildings are
cheap in appearance, everything else
will be appraised accordingly, includ-
ing instructors salaries"
Evening star., 1924-07-03
DESCRIBES HEALTH
TEACHING BY FILMS
DR.. C. W. Champion Tells of Diff
ficulty of Competing With
Stars of Movies.

Teaching health exercises by means
| of motion pictures was explained by
| Dr. c. Ward Champion of New York
city before the meeting of the depart
ment of visual education at Central
High School today.
This is the pioneer effort to put
the health gospel on the screen in con-
junction with regular motion pic
lures" DR.. Champion explained. If
it is a success as it promises to be. it
will be the marking of a beginning
of a new epoch in health activities"
He continued:
IF we wish to reach the masses
with an educational message, we
must first find the masses. We must
know where they are. During the
day they are scattered about at work.
During the evening they are at home,
or are more likely in the moving pic
ture houses.
Must Compete With Stars.
"To put our educational message on
the theatrical release, we must COM
Pola Negri. IF, however, we are en-
thusiastic enough and clever enough,
I believe that this can be done. With
this faith, 1 have prepared seven
scenarios on pnySlcdl eAeFClSeS lOT
daily use.
They were found attractive
enough by the Pathe Review to be
produced to pay from SIS, 900 to $780,
900 to produce them for general re-
lease throughout the United States in
the Pathe Review for seven consecu-
tive weeks, during September and
October.
Each Of these seven films deals
with one exercise. An endeavor has
been made to make them attractive
and interesting as well as to carry
home a lesson which will make the
people want to go home and try the
exercises themselves.
"They are introduced with elabo-
rate settings. illustrating the histori-
cal sources-Egyptian,G Greek, Roman,
Assyrian and medieval. The exer-
cises are shown, taught and analyzed.
It's organic effects are demonstrated
by scenes from medical laboratories
with scientific apparatus in action.
Animated cartoons are used through
out and every device has been OBJ
tanned to make the film absorbing
and interesting with high entertain
ment value and complete scientific
accuracy.
1.-The films have been reviewed by
the officers of the American Medical
Association and the National Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teach-
er Associations"
Evening star., 1924-07-03
CRACK PENNSY TRAIN
WRECKED AND 3 HURT
Eight Cars of Broadway Limited
Leave Rails, Probably Due
to Broken Truck.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LANCASTER, Pa, July 3.-The
broadway Limited" one of the Penn
sylvania railroads fast passenger
trains from New York to Chicago,
was wrecked last night one mile east
of this city, eight of the nine ca rs
leaving the rails. Two woman pas
sengers and one member of the crew
were slightly hurt. One of the
women received minor lacerations
and the other a sprained wrist.
A special train took the passengers
to Harrisburg, where they were
picked up by the second section of
the broadway Limited" and contin-
ued their journey after a delay of
four hours. The wrecked train car
ried a total of seventytwo passen-
gers.
The accident occurred at 6:04 pm
eastern standard time at the cutoff,
where through trains are sent around
this city. 1t is believed to have been
caused by broken truck on the
forward car. Five sleeping cars, a
diner, mail car and a combination
parlor and baggage car left the rails,
but all remained upright. The two
westbound tracks were blocked for
several hours after the wreck.
Evening star., 1924-07-03
N. E. A. SIDELICHTS

DR.. Albert e. Winship of Boston,
editor of the Journal of Education,
who has been on the program of the
National Education Association con-
ventions for thirty eight years, ar
rived in Washington yesterday after
noon to preside at the business ses-
sion today of the general assembly
in the Central High School audito-
rum.
Since 1869, when the organization
was in it's infancy, DR.. Winship has
annual meetings That was in 1886,
when he was in Europe. Twenty six
years ago, when the National Edu-
cation Association last met in Wash
ington. the Journal editor addressed
the delegates on The School of the
that time were reflected by Federal
Commissioner of Education John j.
Tigert in his address of welcome at the
formal opening of the convention Mon
day night.
DR.. Winship is known to virtually
every educator in the United States
He has made fifty-six trips to the
Pacific coast, fifty-four of which were
in the interest Of education. During
the last few months he has covered
twenty states in the Union.
Officials of the National Education
Association believe that it's conyen-
tion program would not be complete
without some remarks from DR.. Win
ship, so he was called upon to pre-
side at today's general assembly.
DR.. Harold w. Voght, president OF
the Northern Normal and Industrial
School of Aberdeen, S. D., who has
been nominated as one of the twelve
vice presidents of the association, will
leave the United States in the near
future to make q survey of educa-
tional conditions in Japan. DR.
Foght is undertaking this work at
the request of the Japanese gov
President Coolidge's address at the
closing session tomorrow morning
will mark the second appearance OF
the nations Chief Executive before
convention of the National Edu-
cation Association. Theodore Roose-
Welt was the only other President
who has addressed the organization.
He appeared before the convention in
1905.
DR.. Augustus o. Thomas of Au-
gusta, Me, and DR.. Payson Smith OF
Boston hold the distinction of being
the only two educators attending the
conclave who have been commission
ers of education in two states each.
DR.. Thomas was at one time COM
missioner of education in Nebraska
and now holds the same position
in Maine. DR.. Smith preceded DR.
Thomas as state commissioner OF
education in Maine and now holds
the position of state commissioner OF
education in Massachusetts.
Delegates to the convention who
have been perplexed at the strict
disciplinarianship of Miss Olive NJ
Jones, president of the association
have discovered the root of her
training. She is principal of school
in New York city with a student
body composed entirely of 5000 de-
linquent boys.
Although disciplinarian OF the
old school, as she has demonstrated
at the sessions of the general assem-
bly,, Miss Jones is loved by every one
of the 5000 boys in her charge.
John X. Norton, research expert OF