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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
LONG RANGE WEATHER
FORECASTING

CIVILIZED man has learned to do
~ much to control his surroundings.
He seems almost independent of out
side conditions. But one thing he as
yet can neither foresee nor control
the weather. As Mark Twain said, in
one of his after-dinner speeches,
Everybody talks about it but nobody
does anything"
Yet the weather Is what determines
our crops and our food. Apparently,
1t is the one thing man cannot fore
see or control. Our weather bureau
can now forecast the weather with
fair accuracy for day or two in ad-
vance, but cannot alter it in any way.
That, at least, is some advance. A
cousin Of mine in Alabama, near Mo-
bile wrote me graphic letter after
the recent Florida hurricane, telling
how she and her husband sat for hours
by the radio, listening to the broad
caster in Pensacola telling Of the prog.
ress of that great storm as it swept
across Florida straight toward them,
yet powerless to check 1t. At least,
they had sufficient warning to get into
another house in more sheltered To-
cation from which they saw their own
roof blown out to- sea. But giving a
few hours warning is at present the
limit of our knowledge Of the weather.
At a convention Of the National
League Of Commission Merchants Of
America at New York recently, Mr..
Herbert J. Browne Of Washington de-
livered an address on "Long-Range
Weather Forecasting," in which he
claimed that, by careful study it might
soon be possible to forecast weather
conditions, not only days but years
ahead.
This new field is only about five
years old. Up to that time, SO hours
was the weather bureaus limit. Mr..
Browne bases his whole system on the
fact that weather conditions, the
world over, are controlled by the heat
absorbed by the ocean. In a desert,
the sand is very hot by day but rap
idly cools off when the sun sets, so
that one needs blanket to sleep at
night. But water absorbs heat slowly
and gives it off just as slowly. The
ocean in the tropics absorbs heat from
the tropical sun and the heated water
causes the great ocean streams like
the Gulf stream which then control
climate and weather.
What determines the amount Of
heat which the Gulf stream absorbs?
Sun heat. What controls the amount
of the suns heat? Sun spots. And
these. says Mr.. Browne, run in cycles.
So the observer can accurately pre-
dict weather months and years in ad-
vance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

Larrobelle was crowned champion
grade Holstein COW at the recent Ma
tional Dairy show at Detroit. This
COW was purchased four years ago by
James e. Larrowe of Detroit, for ex-
perimental purposes on his research
farm. She then weighed but 985
pounds. She was built up by proper
feeding to weigh 1000, her weight
when she won the title of champion
In her class. In the last year she pro-
duced 1902 pounds Of milk and in
the four years on the farm her record
was 1852 pounds. She not only
made remarkable production record.
but almost doubled the milk record Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Pullets Need Special
Care in Winter House

Pullets need special attention when
first placed in winter quarters, says
Cora Cooke, poultry specialist of the
agricultural extension service, Uni
versity Of Minnesota. They do not
relish being shut up and on that ac-
count often fail to relish their rations.
Miss Cooke says they can be coaxed
along by frequent grain feelings and
by the serving Of moist mash once a
day. The specialist counsels two
"don'ts": Don't try to get more than
30 per cent production from the pull
lets before the first of the year, and
don't let them get thin"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

the average pure bred in cow-testing
associations. The milk given by this
champion during the four years on
the farm would be amply sufficient to
supply 10,291 average families for a
day.
In the picture, from left to right,
are w. e. Skinner, secretary Of the
National Dairy association; Charles
L. Hill, president of the association ;
Larrobelle, the champion grade Hol-
stein COW; James e. Larrowe, owner
of the champion COW, and Prof. FL. I'll.
Kildee Of Iowa State college, noted
cattle judge, who awarded the cham
pionship.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

during motherhood and afterward the
Prescription was my great helper and
friend, and through the critical time of
lite 1t was a great comfort in soothing
my nerves and Strengthening my entire
body Mrs. w. J. Robinson, 1880
Bigley Ave.
AL dealers. Tablets and LIQUID.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

possible through the
magic Of the hum
Bile tin can.
In one of the can
ming Q s ia bli s b.
m 9 n t s, J uli a
Schmidt was en-
ployed. It was COM
plicated work be-
cause she did seal
ing and. other parts
Of the work. It was
strenuous work and
she was n0t a. strong
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Kitchen on Euery Floor

A new hotel in Detroit, twenty nine
stories high, will have an electrical
kitchen on each floor and its daily
consumption of electricity for all uses
Will be about $4,000 kilowatt hours,
according to careful estimates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Unlike Stocks and Bonds

Friend-No doubt you find golf a
great change from your regular bust
ness.
Broker-In one particular a most
radical change-"above par" in golf
means depreciation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

1 iClCC 3 tuCuiCIilCS,
for my parents
always kept a sup
ply on hand. My
first personal ex-
perience with DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription was
when / was Il, and
inclined to be sick
ly. After a few
months treatment
/ grew strong and
well. Since then.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
"DANDELIoN BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 30 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of "Dandelion' for 35 cents.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Legun1e Plants
Benefit Soils
Test Shows Some Types of
Bacteria More Efficient
Than Others.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.) ~
All the cultivated legumes-peas,
beans, vetches, clovers, alfalfa and
related plants-benefit the soil, where
as continuous growth of cereals and
other nonlegumes leads to decline
In soil productivity. This difference
is due mainly to the fact that the le-
gumes take their nitrogen partly from
the air, whereas the .nonlegumes take
: 1t from the soil.
Make Use of Nitrogen.
It is the presence Of certain bac-
terra in the soil that enables the le-
gume plants to make use of the atmos-
pheric nitrogen. 1t is not the legume
itself, but these bacteria that gather
the nitrogen from the air and trans
form it into compounds that are taken
up by the plant roots. The laboratory
where these bacteria perform this
wonderful transformation, that no
chemist has been able to initiate, is in
the root nodules which may be seen
on healthy legume plants. Nom
legumes do not have such ''nodule
laboratories" hence they cannot
gather free nitrogen from the air.
In the absence of bacteria in the
soil, naturally 1t is common practice
to supply them by transferring soil
from fields already containing them
or by artificially prepared cultures
from the laboratory. These cultures
are prepared by growing the bacteria
In liquids, or upon jellies, or directly
in the soil. It is interesting to note
that despite the minute size of the
bacteria every strain has its own pc
culiarities, higher or lower efficiency,
just as with breeds of higher organ
isms. 1t is important. therefore, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, to select and propagate
only the most active and efficient
strains.
Lequmes In Groups.
Numerous tests, says the depart
ment, have shown that for practical
purposes the legumes commonly cul-
tivated may be divided into seven
groups, each of which has its special
bacteria. The seven groups are those
capable of using the alfalfa bacteria.
the red-clover bacteria, the vetch bac-
terra, navy-bean bacteria, lupine bac-
terra, cowpea bacteria and the soy
bean bacteria.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
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:y:yKy:Nx
UGH
Wayside Lunch

dad, I'm hungry"
.'WeN soon reach a filling station
COurier-J Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

Some men are like pins they have
their good points, yet they are likely
to stick you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Summer Strategy

STRANGE that Mrs. Brown should
close up her delightful house,"
"She left home, my dear, for the
same reason many other women leave
home in the summer time"
For change and recreation?"
mo; to visit some other woman who
would otherwise visit her."-Boston
Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

TEN SO prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as a family medicine
than In your grandmother's day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

A cheerful liar must be great com
fort to himself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
Garfield Tea
Was Your
GrandmOfhersS Remedy

For every stomach
and intestinal Ill.
This good old-fash-
Toned herb home
remedy for consti-
patton, stomach ills
and other derange-
ments Of the sYs-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
EXPERIENCE OF
WESTERN Girl
Found Cannery Work Too
firing

The fertile valleys of Oregon help to
supply the tables of America. This is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
When a Girl at Home

Charleston, w. Va. - "Ever since I
was girl at home | have known of DR..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26
lEMAND "BAYER' ASPIRIN
ke Tablets Without Fear II You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

4 Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer'' on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for 20 years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
Heart disease, which causes SO
many deaths after forty years Of age,
Is often traced to illnesses in child
hood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

How slight chance may raise or
sink a soul Bailey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

1t doesn't take very bright woman
to dazzle the average man.
, 1926-04-14
Consider Drilled Corn
to Be Better for Silo

Except on weedy land, drilled corn
seems to be rather better for silage
than checked corn. the chief advan-
tagc being that it cuts a little easier
with a corn binder. If the ground is
wccly, 1t may he that the weeds can
be kept down fairly well in the drilled
corn by the use Of a furrow opener on
the corn planter followed by a rotary
hoe or harrow at frequent intervals
while the corn is young.
Twenty years Of experimenting at
the Ohio station indicate that on rich
land the most food value per acre with
corn for silage can be obtained when
five kernels are planted per hill in
hills three feet six inches apart each
way. or when the corn is drilled in
with n kernel dropped every eight
inches. OF course. thick planting Of
this sort makes lots of nubblns. but
five pounds of nubbins have just as
much food value as five pounds Of big
ears when they are put into the sllO.
At any rate. the Ohio experiments in
dictate that on rich land the greatest
net food value per acre for silage or
corr fodder can he obtained by de
cidedly thick planting.
, 1926-04-14
Weather Bulletins Help
Many Nebraska Farmers

A wholesale dealer In fruits ana
vegetables I'm Omaha, Neb, recently
wrote to the weather bureau Of the
United States Department of Agrl
culture, saying that the frost fore
casts received during an unreasonable
fall freeze had enabled the fruit and
vegetable trade as a whole TO prevent
nm enormous loss. Not only did the
weather bulletins and warnings save
shippers and receivers Of perlshable
freight large sums by giving them
an opportunity To withhold shipments
or protect those en- route. but they
accomplished the important service ~
maintaining n reasonable level Of
prices for these commodities. because
any widespread loss by the producers
must be Offset by u corresponding In,
in price.
, 1926-04-14
Illinois Farmers Favor
Limestone to Help Soil

More than three-fourths Of a mil
lion tons Of agricultural limestone
have been applied on owe 10000
acres Of Illinois land by farmers Of
this state in 1923. according to an
estimated report Of the Illinois Agri-
cultural association.
This 10000 tonnage Of limestone,
which II loaded on a single train OF
freight cars would extend 1913 miles,
breaks an records for use In any one
state IN the United States during the
past year. II exceeds by 90 per cent,
or 100000 tons, the Illinois record
Of 1924, which was also greater than
any other state in the country. iii.
nois farmers. according TO govern.
ment statistics In 1924, used more
than one-fourth of all agricultural
limestone spread on farm lands in
the United States.
, 1926-04-14
Considered as a
Direct Soil Fertilizer

Gypsum, according to Iowa tests,
does not have the ability to neutral
ize acid soils even though It does con
tain calcium the same as limestone.
II has no alkallnity, and, therefore,
cannot take the place of limestone.
on the other hand, gypsum does not
have any Injurious effect on the soil.
as is sometimes believed, the Iowa
station says. Gypsum should be CON
sidered as a direct fertilizer. as it
supplies calcium and sulphur to
plants. 1t also has some value I'm
certain soils as an Indirect fertilizer,
for laboratory experiments have
shown that 1t has the property of
making native potassium available to
plants. and hence, might. in some
cases, take the place Of expensive po-
tasslum fertilizers. The bulletin COW
ering this work may he had by writ
ing for No. 232, bulletin section, Iowa
State college. Ames, Iowa.
, 1926-04-14
Breeders Try to
Improve Flocks
More Interest Developed in
Production Of High Egg
Laying Strains.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
FOR many years the efforts of poul-
try breeders to improve their tlocks
were confined largely 10 breeding for
the type and color demanded by the
standard of Perfection and little
attention was paid to developing high
egg production. In the last few years,
however, more interest has developed
in the production of high egg-laying
strains.
Production and Quality.
To show that high egg production
and good standard quality car be com
bined to "A high degree in chickens,
and to encourage breeding along these
lines, was the purpose of the exhibit
displayed by the United States De
partment of Agriculture at the Mad
lson Square garden poultry show held
In New York city a few weeks ago,
The male birds of the departments
exhibit were all of excellent standard
quality and were bred from hens which
had laid from 200 to 300 eggs in their
pullet year. Most of them had n ped
igree which included several genera
tons of producers of 300 eggs or more.
The exhibit included male birds of the
Barred Plymouth Rock breed, the
Rhode Island Red breed. and the
White Leghorn breed, demonstrating
hat high egg production is not con
fined To the White Leghorns.
Breeding for Eggs.
Breeding fowls for high-egg produc-
ton was given a great stimulus by
the Inauguration of e~gg-laying o n
tests in this country about 10 years
ago. These contests are now being
held in every section of the country.
A number of hens entered in these
official contests have laid more than
300 eggs in II year. The highest
producing hens are now coming from
hocks which have been pedigree bred
for egg production for a period of
years. A large per cent of h hens
entered In these contests are White
Leghorns. but just ms large egg rec
ords have been made by other popular
breeds, such as Plymouth Rock, Rhode
Island Red, and Wyandotte.
, 1926-04-14
Flowing Corn Land for
Grain in Early Spring

II generally pays 20 pillow corn land
for grain, particularly II n can get
blowing done I'm the fail. Spring
blowing is about as good II n can
put work enough on II TO work the
soil down into n good seed bed. one
serious objection 10 spring blowing Is
that It delays seeding and generally
early sowing Is hotter FOR grain crops
For this reason dishing corn lnnd
for grain II recommended rather than
blowing and late sowing ny double
disking and then sowing with a dlsl
drill one can put IN a crop Of rruii
an corn land In pretty good shnpf
Where one cnn pillow mud double Ills
and still SOW carly It Is best 10 DO so
, 1926-04-14
A5surdity of Auarice

Daniel Guggenheim, who has just
given S2,500,O00 to advance aero
nautics, condemned avarice at a din
ner in New York.
There's a story" he said, that
shows us how absurd avarlce Is. A
California boy asked his father:
FEATHER, can l go down to the
orange grove and pick "A few orangesf'
"'Yes, son, but be ALTERED careful
only TO pick bad ones
but suppose there amt no bad
ones, fatherT
"'rhen you'll have to wait till some
goes bad, Of ourse We can't afford
to eat good, sound fruit that fetches
a dime apiece up in New York."
, 1926-04-14
Sowing Scarified Sweet
Clover Seed in Pasture

Sweet clover may be sown I'm an old
pasture by sowing scarlhed seed dur
ing the early spring. and covering the
seed with II disk or harrow, or by al
lowing the stock to trample the seed
In. II can also be seeded by sowing
the unscarihed seed during the late
fall months. or even during the winter
when the ground Is not covered with
now 1t should be kept in mind that
sweet clover IS quite sensitive to acid
soils. and that when seeding in an old
pasture the young sweet clover plants
must compete with the sod that has
already become established. Better
stands ARE u%sunlly secured when the
ground Is plowed and the sweet clover
seeded with n small grain crop.
, 1926-04-14
Treated Seed Will
Increase Potatoes
Extensive Tests Conducted
on Kansas Farms.

An average increase of 40 bushels
of potatoes per acre was obtained by
~seed-potato treatment during the past
five years, extensive tests conducted
on a total of about 200 plots on the
farms of Kansas growers indicate.
In some instances the increase in
yield was not more than 10 or -
bushels per acre, while in other cases
1t ran as high as 135 bushels per acre.
Not only was the yield of potatoes in
creased, but the quality also was
raised.
Growers are now using one of two
disease control methods, either the
cold corrosive sublimate, or the hot
formuldehydc. For the small grower
the cold corrosive sublimate is prob
ably the best because with it potatoes
can be quickly and conveniently
treated.
Corrosive subllmate can be secured
from almost any drug store in pow
dered form. 1t Is dissolved It the
rate of one ounce in eight gallons of
water. The powder is dissolved first
in a jar of hot water and then poured
into eight gallons of water. Whole,
uncut, potatoes are then allowed to
soak in this solution for one and one
half hours, after which they are dried,
cut and planted. This treatment will
kill most of the troublesome diseases
that are carried on the seed. 1t has
been satisfactory to those growers
who only have a small patch to plant.
Formaldehyde Is used Mt the rate
az one pint to 10 gallons of water.
The solution is then heated to 124 to
1876 degrees Fahrenheit. The potatoes
are dumped into the solution and al
lowed to remain there for three min
utcs.
, 1926-04-14

A load Of lime makes good ballast
on the trip home from town.
The biggest profits In farming 20 to
the man who watches the so-rnlled
little things.
When planting seed potatoes be sure
that It Is good seed, free from Diseases
that will ruin crop and profit.
The bee keeper who made the right
provisions for his nplary last fall
needs To give slight thought to them
this spring.
The European corn borer spends
about II months out Of the yenr ms
n caterpillar In the green aud dried
stocks OF corn.
Heifers that are due "a freshcn In
the spring should be worked with a
little. so that they will be used to hav-
Ing their udders handled.
Farm wages will probably be just MS
high this year ms they have been the
past two seasons, and especially viii
this be true OF the clght.month man.
General expansion In agricultural
production this year might place fnrm-
ers In a less favorable economic posi-
tion thnn AT present. believe many az
ri%cultural economists.
, 1926-04-14
Gibson, Dam RuiIder

A young English engineer who has
good reason to feel proud of himself
is John w. Gibson. the man who was
mainly responsible for the building
Of the great Sonar dam. I'm Egypt, the
largest dam In the world. Mr.. Glib
son, who Is not much over thirty, Is
very modest. Before he went to
Egypt he helped to build the new
Queen Mary reservoir. the largest
work Of Its kind In Great Britain. He
also constructed some OF the largest
docks IN the United Kingdom.
, 1926-04-14
Good Story, Anyhop

Hy a sudden flood n fox, two hares
and seven rabbits were marooned, SO
the story runs. on n little island I'm
the River Weir, I'm Germany. Al
though there was scarcely room for
the ten animals TO turn around, tho
fox made no attempt 10 KIN and eat
rabbit or hare. For three days and
nights the animals kept their truce.
on the fourth day the peasants who
had been watching the strange group
Of animals showed or a boat and res
cucd the rabbits and hnres, but the
fox preferred death to capture.
Whether true or not, II Is n good
story.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Eccentric people always succeed In
being interesting.
, 1926-04-14
British Racing GroUs

Interest in horse racing in England
has been increasing greatly. Statis-
ties issued by the Racing Calendar
show that during the last fiat racing
senson 1880 horses ran under Jockey
club rules, this being the greatest to-
tai on record. In 1927 only 1,1G6
horses ran during the season.
, 1926-04-14
cuticura Comforts eaby's skin

When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths Of Cuticura Soap and touches of
C%uticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then of that eXquisitely scent
ed busting powder, Cuticura Talcum,
one Of the Indispensable Cuticura
Toilet Trio-Advertlsement.
, 1926-04-14
Didn't Want Much

Browns about the nerviest chap I
ever knew"
what now?"
"He meandered into n motor car
store yesterday and asked the sales
man to give him IA sample
, 1926-04-14
Cemetery Lots Now Free

No pauper grave will be the fate of
any resident of the town of Milton,
Mass. remarks the Dearborn hide
pendent. The town has a beautiful
cemetery In which any citizen may
have a lot for the asking.
, 1926-04-14
Through With 1t

He-So they sold their country
homo?
she-Oh, yes, All their friends had
been to visit theml
, 1926-04-14
thingI

INEHb
Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the ma
terial you wish to color is wool or silk,
or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed
goods.
, 1926-04-14
Misleading JoiIity

'Does at smile mean you forgive
mei'
"Stny away, nlggnh: Use Just smll.
In 10 rest NAH face Orange owl.
, 1926-04-14

The prices Of cotton and linen have
been doubled by the war. Lengthen
their service by using Red Cross Ball
Blue in the laundry. All grocers-Ad-
vertisement.
, 1926-04-14
1T WITH
IAMON DYES"
Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye

Each 15-cent pack
age contains direc-
lions so simple any
woman can tint soft,
delicate shades OF
dye rich, permanent
colors in lingerie,
silks, ribbons, skirts,
waists, dresses, coats,
stockings, sweaters,
draperles, coverings,
hanglngs every
, 1926-04-14
Ancient Manuscript

The earliest specimen of Illuminated
manuscript known to us was the
"CodeX Argenteus." 1t was an ex-
tremely beautiful quarto volume, with
leaves of vellum stained a rich violet
color, and the chirography done in
silver.
When It was discovered in the Bene-
dictine abbey Of Werden about 1917
1t was claimed to be the only specimen
extant Of the ancient tongue from
which our language is descended. 1t
came into the possession Of Queen
Christina of Sweden. who had 1t re
produced, and then passed to Gabriel
de Ia Gardle, who bought It and pre-
scented 1t to the University Of Upsal.
, 1926-04-14

If You have n very dear friend
you're prejudiced-and glad Of it.
, 1926-04-14

When a man has a new uvercoat, he
wants to be photographed I'm g..