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Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
DROUGHT NOT ALWAYS HARM
Full TO AGRICULTURAL CROPS

The term drought" as applied to
lack of moisture in the soil for
proper plant growth, embraces many
conditions which differ with each
type of agriculture. What may con-
stitute insufficient moisture for one
sort of crop, or one part of the
country, may be ample for another
crop grown in different soil or in a
different climate, says the Weather
Bureau of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
In the East, where precipitation is
usually well distributed, a period of
80 days without beneficial precipi-
tation constitutes a drought, which
would be especially bad if the sub
soil were not well supplied with
moisture at the beginning of the
drought period. Over the Pacific
Coast States possible drought is
chiefly in the colder half of the
year. A generally dry winter season
may be disastrous to nOn-irrigated
crops. In the central valleys and
Great Plains, drought during the
early spring months will greatly di-
minish the wheat yield, and drought
in midsummer brings disaster to the
corn crop. A short period of drought
in the eastern part of the country
during the early spring months will
frequently greatly curtail the hay
crop, but may not seriously injure
wheat; in fact it may prevent eX
cessive straw growth. A period of
drought may be beneficial to corn in
it's early growth, forcing the roots to
greater depths. Drought of short
duration may be quite disastrous to
corn when it follows a wet period
Immediately preceding the formation
of the ear, when abundant moisture
is required. If previous wet weather
has caused the root system to devel-
op near the surface, the supply Of
moisture available in the sub-soil
may not be reached in time to pre-
vent loss.
Moderate drought is not always
associated with scanty production.
1t may prove beneficial to cotton by
hindering the activity of insect pests
that do not multiply in dry weather,
If the cotton plant remains some
what dormant during drought and
resumes growth promptly when
moisture is supplied, the crop may
develop after the period of worst in
sect infestation is over.
Early droughts are particularly
detrimental to most truck and small
fruit crops, as growth and develop
ment of these are usually rapid and
any material interruption is decided
ly harmful.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
KANSAS CITY ALL THE TIME

One of the misfortunes of present
day journalism with it's twenty edi-
ton runs, it's headlines, streamers
and banners of red, blue and black,
and its other curious developments
and excitements, is that there is a
continual effort to make events out
of incidents, proclamations out of
whispers, and to consider a week as
an epoch. The public appetite is for
tobasco in it's news as well as its
food, and this is not to be denied,
and the newspapers in many in
stances try to fortify this condi-
ment with ether, carbolic acid and
similar Strengthening elements.
This is the prelude relative to the
curious story that was set going all
over the country a few weeks ago
to the effect that the Republican
National Committee, which had for
malIy selected Kansas City, Missouri,
as it's convention meeting place, was
about to ship the convention to some
other city, which had more hotel
rooms with a Southern exposure, or
where the trappings were more ele-
CANT or magnificent.
The thought of taking the conven-
ton from Kansas City never entered
the minds of the members of the
committee. But because the newspa-
pers, in their desire for unusual
statements, had broadcasted such
possibility over the length and
breadth of the country, Chairman
William NJ. Butler and the members
of his committee on arrangements
were obliged to spend good part of
their recent day in Washington in
disposing of these rumors.
Kansas City is going to give the
of the Nation the best
time they have ever had. There will
be rooms in plenty, and to spare, and
it is to the credit of Conrad Mann
and the gentlemen who came down
with him from Kansas City, that, ig- !
noring the insinuations and innuen-
does. they had continued without
statement their arrangements and
plans for this great national gather
ng. J
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
NO GROUND FOR DOUBT

The discussion and agitation with
regard to the Presidents Presiden-
tial intentions have served to make
it clear to the average person that
no matter what phrasing he had
adopted in his announcements, there
still would have been quibblers,
questioners and doubling Thomases.
When on August End he announc-
ed that he did not choose to run, the
Outcry arose that he had used a
cryptic and ambiguous form of
phraseOlOgy. When in December he
told the members of the Republican
National Committee that he had
eliminated himself as a possibility,
and that it was his desire that they
should at once look elsewhere for a
candidate, the whispering started
anew that he was simply using an
other elusive phrase. In short, it
would seem this was another of
those cases that none are so deaf as
those who will not hear.
There has never been any ground
for doubt (and there has never been
any real doubt) as to what the Pres
ident meant when he made his orig
inal declaration on August End,
which was to retire absolutely and
definitely from the Presidential Of
fee: and there is no justification for
any surmise that he has ever wav-
cred. Those who still talk of draft
ing him are really paying a poor
to the Presidents SIN
cerity and honesty.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
HOURS THE FARMER
WORKS VARIES WITH
THE KIND OF CROP

The amount of labor required in
operating a farm varies widely with
the nature of the crops produced
and with the diversificatiOn of the
activities. Twenty acres of truck
crops may require as much labor
and return as large an income as
200 acres of grain, hay, and general
livestock The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has studied
some of the farm enterprises and
has compiled table indicating the
approximate number of days work
required for various crops and in
caring for livestock.
A days work is counted as 10
hours for a man or horse, and on
this basis it is computed that an
acre of timothy, alfalfa, or clover
hay requires a days work by man
and a horse for each cutting. Oats,
wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, and
millet demand man-days and 8
horse-days per acre. Potatoes vary
according to locality. In the North
IL days for a man and 10 days for
horse are required, and in the
South 13 days for a man and days
for horse.
An acre of tobacco in Kentucky
requires 35 days of work by a man
and days by horse. One of the
crops with the heaviest demand for
labor is onion growing in Ohio. If
grown from seed and sold in bunch
es an acre of onions there demands
149 man-days and 10 hOrse-days, but
if grown from sets and sold in
punches this saves Sc man-days.
Texas onions, sold by the crate, are
more economical of labor, with 6S
man-days and IA horse-days an
acre.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
WHY COUNTRY BOYS
ARE LIKELY TO WIN

Despite the great increase in city
population in recent decades, coun-
try boys, that is boys raised on
farms or in small towns, still seem
to capture their share of the i'm
portant places in the business or
professional world. The two rich
est men in America, Ford and Rock
efeller, both were country boys, and
so likewise was the worlds great
est inventor, Edison. The president
is farm boy, and numerous in
stances could be cited to show that
outstanding leaders in business,
politics and the professions in this
country were recruited from the ru-
raj districts. This, in spite of the
fact that within the past so years
the rural population, or those people
living on farms and in towns, has
shrunken from about IS per cent to
less than so per cent of the total
population.
There are probably many good
reasons why the country boys take
high places. Perhaps one reason is
that the country boy usually arrives
in big city without friends or in
fluence, with limited cash, but with
a fine determination to make good
and show the folks back home what
he can do. City boys, on the other
hand, often have relatives and
friends through whose influence
they get Comfortable berth" to
start off with, and they gradually
settle down to the business routine
of big corporation, enjoy the nu-
merous diversions of a big city
where they are thoroughly at home.
and where the demands on their
spare time are so heavy that it takes
a Spartan determination to study in
stead of play after working hours.
The country boy, determined to
show his folks and friends that he
can make good in the big town,
Saws wood; his superiors notice
the difference between his attitude
and that of those who are satisfied
with a comfortable, wellpaying Job,
and the result is that they advance
the 'hayseed" to more important
positions when the opportunity
offers.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23

Prohibition has not hurt the pas
senger business of American liners
General Dalton of the Shipping
Board tells us. Personally" says
the general, 'I would not approve of
restoring bars to American vessels,
even if the law authorized them.
There are no longer scenes of drunk
enness aboard these ships. Young
couples occupy the dance floors of
American vessels, whereas when
bars existed, the young men were
given to spending their time in them.
Foreign passengers are patronizing
Shipping Board vessels in preference
to their own country's ships" No
body loves drunken man, not even
his ow nkind.-The Christian Her
aid.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
MANY STATES TAKING
INTEREST IN POULTRY

tuberculosis in poultry is receiv-
ing considerable attention by live
stock interests in many States be-
cause of the dangers of transmitting
the disease from flock to flock and
from poultry to swine. Many States
have adopted working plan for the
control and eradication of the dis
ease from poultry and much is be-
ing done to combat it.
Considerable tuberculin testing of
flocks has been done, chiefly with
the view of determining the possi-
bilities of the test and its value in
the cleanup campaign.
Incident to the studies inaugur-
ated elsewhere, the United States
Department of Agriculture, through
it's tuberculosis Eradication Divis-
ion, made limited survey to deter
mine the extent of havian tubercul-
osis. The purpose of the survey was,
principally, to obtain information
relative to the prevalence Of the
disease in the States believed to be
comparatively free. Nine States
known to have a high per cent of
infected poultry were not included.
OF the remaining 80 States, 27 were
found to have some infected poul-
try; approximately 25 per cent of
the 1,474 fiOcks tested were found
to have some infection More than
$4,000 birds were tested, resulting
in more than $500 reactors being
obtained.
The usual physical examination of
farm flOcks incident to the tubercu-
lin testing of the cattle was con-
tinued by the field men. During the
fiscal year 1927 inspections were
made of more than 211, 800 flocks,
containing over 16,5OO,OOO birds.
This gross inspection indicated
nearly per cent of flock infection
in the states covered.
1t is believed, says Doctor Wright,
acting chief of the tuberculosis
Eradication Division, that under
the plans now in effect, and with
the work being conducted simultan-
eously with the testing of cattle,
marked progress will be reported in
the near future.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
DIR. AND MRS. JOHN G. SHARPE
LEAVE HONOLULU MARCH S1st

The following letter reached the
Milford Chronicle in Milford, last
Monday, and it was mailed in Homo
lulu, March 9th. DR.. and Mrs.
Sharpe have been in California and
Honolulu since last fall, where they
have passed delightful winter sea-
son. Enclosed with the letter was
a clipping from the daily paper of
Honolulu, which had a picture of the
old classmates and their families as
the party was bathing in the Pacific
Ocean in February Dr. and Mrs.
Sharpe will return to California and
pass a month there before return
ing to their home in Milford, Della
ware. Mrs. Sharpe's letter says:-
We are leaving Honolulu on March
31st for the United States, and our
next address will be the RossIyn
Hotel, Fifth and Main streets, Los
Angeles, California. We will be
there at least a month. This visit to
Honolulu has been an experience
never to be forgotten. We meet so
many people, that it is a surprise to
us. Today John received a letter
from James Pettyjohn, saying, Lulu
Reedy Prettyman was at the Morano
Hotel in Honolulu" phoned at
once, and there was one of our
charming young women of Milford,
Delaware, at the phone. Can you
imagine her surprise when she
found out who was talking to her.
They will be here two weeks longer.
1 am enclosing a clipping from the
daily paper here, thinking it will in
terest you. John is doing fine and I
am delighted. Sincerely yours, Ms.
John G. Sharpe.
1t is wide world, but Delawar-
cans seem to find their way to every
part of it.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
Koxana

Come out Sunday morning to the
last preaching service before con-
ference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Derrick
son, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with their mother, Mrs.
Angie Derrickson.
Many from Roxana Church have
been attending the revival meet
ings at Dagsboro M. P. Church.
Miss Alice Woodell was weekend
guest of Miss Mildred Bennett.
Miss Hilda Bennett, of Whining
ton, was also weekend guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cove Ben
nett
Miss Vivian McCabe is on the
sick list.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
COOPERATION RESTS ON
MARKETING EFFICIENCY

The "ballyhoo" days of agricul
tural cooperation have passed. NJ
longer is the Sign 'em up" cam
paign the chief aim of farmer bust
ness organization. Agricultural CO.
operation today, says Chris L. Chris
tensen, of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is emphasizing
better marketing services and in
creased business efficiency.
Three distinct phases of agricul-
tural cooperation since 1905 are
cited by Mr.. Christensen, who is in
charge of the Division of Coopera-
tive Marketing in the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics. In the IL
years from 1905 to 1920, he says
large gains were made in the num-
ber of farmers elevators, livestock
shipping associations, cooperative
creameries, fruit-packing associa-
tions, fiuid-milk organizations, and
the like. These were typically local
in nature and relatively small in
annual overturn They were design
ed to perform the first stages OF
the marketing process.
From 1918 to 1926 the formation
of large-scale marketing organiza-
tions was a striking feature of CO.
operative development. Some OF
these attempted the performance OF
more advanced stages of the mar
keting process, even going into ter
minal market operations. Others
attempted regional pools, large in
volume and in the area covered.
Still others sought to improve mar
keting services and promote pay
ment of differentials for quality,
Standardization of reliable products,
and study of and response to con-
sumner preferences. A feature of
this growth was the prevalence of
"ironclad" and long-term contracts
providing heavy penalties for selling
outside the pool. Some of these
organizations have failed, others
have modified their practices.
Members of present-day organ
izations,'" Mr.. Christensen says,
"are being selected rather than
merely signed up wholesale. Mem
bership contracts are being modified
to meet the financial and other eco
nOmic conditions of the grower. No
tions of arbitrary price fixing by CO.
operative organizations have been
abandoned in favor of efficient busi-
ness practices. Cooperative mana
gers, directors, and leading growers,
instead of merely admiring the
beauties of cooperation, are think
ing of its prOblems-financing, SELL
ing, management, better grading
and Standardization, and getting a
product of uniform quality to mar
ket. They are thinking of ways CO.
operative business can be made eff
ficient and are giving attention to
better balanced production pro-
grams The associations are grow
ing in experience, in financial
strength, and in the confidence of
their members, Generally, they are
on a better business basis"
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
nv mEMoRIAm

In loving memory of our dear wife
and mother. Mrs. Florence 3. Webb.
who passed away March "a, 1927:
A year has flown since thy voice was
silenced,
Dear wife and mother, giving thee
sweet rest,
From thy long and patient suffering.
Farewell, till in that happy place,
We shall behold thy face again,
'Tis ours to miss thee all our years.
And tender memories of thee keep,
Thine in the Lord to rest, for so
He giveth His beloved sleep.
Sadly missed by Husband and Chill
dren. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
JUST THINGS WE SHOULD
REMEMBER

Fly time is here again. The COM
mon housefiy is perhaps the most
hated of all summer pests. 1t is moi
only annoying, it is actually danger
Gus to health. The presence of flies
is an indication of uncleanliness, in
sanitary conditions, and improper
disposal of manure and other sub
stances in which they breed.
Good seed is one of the determin-
ing factors in the production oi
maximum crops of potatoes. Good
seed can not be produced unless the
growing plants are well cared for
and the strain of seed planted was a
good one. Seed may be improved by
the removal of all diseased, weak, or
off-type plants as soon as they are
observable.
Contrary to a common impression
that shelter belts and windbreaks
sap and. shade the land and reduce
crop yields, forest investigators
have found that lines of trees as a
rule pay for themselves in increas-
ed productivity of the fields they
shelter from drying winds, from ex-
tremes of heat and cold, and from
the violence of severe winds. These
benefits extend into the field to lee
ward for 10 to Is times the height
of the trees.
Thousands of poultry farmers lose
large sums of money simply because
they do not hatch their pullets early
enough to begin laying in time for
the high prices during the fall and
early winter months. Rggs are high
est in price from August to January.
In order to take advantage Of these
high prices, pullets should be hatch
ed about six months prior to the
middle of October in the case of leg
horns, and about seven months prior
in the case. of the heavier breeds.
-
Dairy cows when freshening sOme-
times suffer from the trouble known
as congested udder. If the COW is at
all feverish or the udder hard and
congested, give her 1-pound dose
of EPSON salt. If this does not have
the desired effect, give a second dose
two days later. In such cases leav-
ing the calf with the cow longer than
two days may be a great help. The
calf's frequent sucking and massag-
ing of the cows udder seem 20 aid in
reducing the congestion. Milking
three or four times a day and mas
saying the udder with camphOrated
oil may be necessary in some cases.
Keep the COW in the barn and away
from drafts.
=
Give the new born calf attention
as soon as it arrives. Sometimes
Shiny membrane covers its nose. If
this is the case, remove it so that the
calf can breathe more easily. Usual
ly the COW will dry the calf, by lick
ing it. If she does not do this, dry
it with straw or some other material.
The calf should have the first milk,
or colostrum, which is very benef1-
cial to the calf for cleaning out its
system and in aiding the organs to
start functioning properly guard
against navel infection, apply tine
ture of iodine to the calfs navel
soon after birth.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
SNAPPY STUFF

We wonder whether it is really
true that the slogan of the modern
fiapper is the same as that of the
Northwest Mounted Police Get
Your Man"
Our dear old Uncle Samuel has
been often caricatured, but it was
not until the Fall-Sinclair oil scan
dial came up that he could claim to
have been done in OIL"
If their actions are any criterion,
some people who claim to read a
verse of the Bible every day must
be reading the same verse over and
over again.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
CARD OF THANKS

We extend our sincere thanks to
the relatives and friends of Joshua
A. Coverdale who were so kind to us
before, during and after his burial
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford,
Monday morning. March 10. His
Wife. Children and Grandchildren. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
OCTAGON SOAP SIZE

Special this week the old reliable
Octagon Soap SIC; Macaroni, all
kinds, 7c package; large can of best
grade milk 10c; fine meaty prunes
&c lb.; another fresh supply OF
crackers, milk lunch. 15c; salted
crackers, 14c; soda crackers, 14c lb.;
onion sets 10e: chick feed. Just the
thing for baby chicks. Vanilla flavor
ing. &c bottle. Try Stewards, North
Milford, and save in the long run. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23

nOrS6-SnOeS.
| 1t won't be long now until the
most important man in the country
will be the delegate to his national
convention. The next important mar
of course will be the alternate.
After all. its good thing the DEM
ocrats and Republicans don't agree
on everything. If they did agree
what fun would there be in the cam
paign?
There is one man who has no use
for anyone Of the "chews-not" type
and that's Wrigley the gum king.
The Pathfinder.
Handbook of Standards for
Beans" is Uncle Sans latest book.
Here is a chance for those who don't
know beans.-The Pathfinder.
Now that the Senate has adopted a
resolution declaring that no presi-
dent shall serve more than two
terms, the public might declare
against any senator serving more
than two terms.-The Pathfinder.
It isn't what a farmer doesn't get
for his products that keeps him
poor; it's his uy-products.-Tb
Pathfinder.
Elmer-Do you talk in your
sleep?
Roy-No; my wife says I'm per-
fectly exasperating-I only smile!-
The Pathfinder.
McPherson-Gie me five cents
worth o. poison.
Druggist-We can't make up five
cents worth. We can only make up
25 cents worth.
Mcpherson (after deep thought
Aw we'll, I'll ma commit suicide
The Pathfinder.
He with newspaper) 1t says here
that fellow was recently. sentenced
to months haSd labor for giving a
kiss.
She-Oh, Aemand, give me one as
If you were going to be sentenced
for life.-The Pathfinder.
"Is your husband trying anything
% cure his deafness?"
"No, he's postponed it until our
BOY has finished learning to play
he saxophone."-The Pathfinder.
Hi-Why is the postofice all dec
,rated today?
Si-Seth Green's hoy graduates
rom corresDondence school today
The Pathfinder.