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Wool Jersey
Dresses. Special
5000
Formerly s3.aS to IS

Seven different styles, IN
wool Jersey. all dark colors.
suitable for street aud bust
ness wear, Si1es II 10 80,
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Housewares


IA imported Chameis Mitls for
cleaning windows. etc. Regu-
larry 39c. Special. %.
- Heavy Galvanized Pals.
foar-quart size Regular .)O~
ly 4oc. Special. each. -. g."
- Vegetable Brushes, wire
drawn. Regularly lsc. 80
10 Imported shopping baskets.
Regularly soc. Special. joe
--3,s -bushei Ash Baskets. Reg
ularly sec. Special. FRI COr
il White Enamel Refuse Can
with galvanized Inner pail: shop
worn sample. Regu-
iarly $3.50. Special &1 ~
"a Green Enamel Decorated
Stop PAiis With cover. Regu-
larry soc. Special. ~.
II Acme Under. Mink ran. gray
enamel. Regularly siio. 90
special ......
- Trash Burners. galvanized
iron with cover. Regular QOn
~ Sl.49. Special. each. N'sSs
- Wooden bathroom stosi,
white enamel: shopworn sample.
regularly Abs. spe- ri O
CIaI ~ 49,. ....,,,., W. WV
---:S Rolls Jape Supreme Toilet
Paper. Regularly i0c. Spe- H.
cial. a roll .......,,..,,,. ~
~ white Household Scales,
complete with scoop.
reg! Regularly $40 Special. O0c
esen .......,........,
- Folding fronting TAhiea.
sofa AZ Is, Regularly &IcS
slos Special Friday " A'~'
ksnn Third Floor.
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Fur.'rrim,ncd Winter
Goats. Special
$l3
Formerly S:s.se 10 sl9.Se
Fashioned In the seasons
popular styles. made OF excel
lent materials. and trimmed
with fur collars. many with
deep fur cuffs, In the sea-
sons best coiors, Misses and
women's sizes,
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Toilet Goods

- Autoso Travelling Cases.
Regularly s2So. $40
-,3 DeVilbiss Atomixers in blue
and green. Regularly CT IN
s295. Special. each. CA'oO
lis boxes Violet Taicum Powder.
Regularly soc. And Odds
and Ends of Perfumes. o.
Choice Sos
Powder Compacfs- Reg
1llarly Si.00 10 $3.50. %.
Choice wv
Kann 's-Street Floor.
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"VV %A'SS W SSsvv
--Flannelette. Embroidered
Crepe and Powered Wolfe
Kimonos. also a few Knitted
Bed Sacques: In q variety of
styles and colorS.
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lee Children's Cotton Ribbed
Vests and Pants. Fleeced.
Broken styles. Sizes 2 To Is
years. soc and soc -.
grades. Each ....... %OC
SIS Women's Cotton Ribbed
Union Suits. Bodice tops and
shell knees. Sizes 4e. 10 and so,
Soiled. si.Is quality. 20
Each ~
rs ChiIdren's Cotton Ribbed
Waist Suits. Bleached and
fieeced Sizes 2 10 IL
years. sl.0o quality. 6O~
Each .................. O1C
--9s Women's Rayon Bioomers,
IN gray. green, copen and rust.
Broken sizes. 69c quail. 20
fly. Each .............. JIG
"a Chiidren's Rayon Union
suits. Built-up shoulders.
Bloorner knees. Drop seat.
Sizes and II years only. 20
4i.59 quality. Each. .... S/S
--S Wsnen's Rayon Union Suits.
With bra1siere tops and bioon1er
knees. Also ! rsyon ehemise and
] silk pantie. Were 3isS. no.
~ANSAD[
KannsGEtreef Efrscx
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Many Special Lots in the Second
Floor Apparel Sections Friday
Sharply Reduced for Quick Disposal! Exceptional Sarngs
kimonos, 79c, 95c'
$l.05 and 1926

@l.SJ ana @Z.9O
We're Si.ss 10 $500
--Flannelette. Embroidered
Crepe and Powered Wolfe
Kimonos. also a few Knitted
Bed Sacques: In q variety of
styles and coiorS.
Undcrgarmcni.
Csc
Were $3.50 10 $s.sS
--Pongee Step-ins, Flsnnelette
patanias and Gowns and Mus
lin ana Sateen Slips. In light
and dark colors.
Silk Lingerie
$l.05
Were ss.ss 10 s3.ss.
Extra Size Slips of sports
satin. Chenisc Of silk. Bloom
ers of radium silk and Slips
Of crepe de chine.
Silk Underwear
$2.fO
Were $500 to $500
Slips of radium crepe de
chine and pongee. Handmade
Gowns of pongee and ratamaa
OF tub silk. In assorted colors.
Pongec Un,ler~ ear
$l.5O
Were ss.ee to Sa.0e
Gowns, Step-ins, Rloomers
and Chemise. In 4 variety of
pretty styles,
Jersey and Silk
Dresses, Special
$500,
Formerly - "a s1.ss
"A broken assortment Of
dresses IN wool Jersey, crepe
de chine and novelty silks.
etc. IN dark coloss chiefly,
Staea II IN 20.
WOn.en's aud Misses
Silk Dresses for
All Occasions
81
termesly ssaaA Ia sis.1A
silk Dreases Of the better
GRADE, In all the aeasana beat
suk fabrics. and stylea for
dinner, dance, afternoon,
street and business wear, IN
light ana dark collars, aises
u 20 ~.
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Muslin Under.
wear, Special
zoe Ea.

farmetls s9e 10 sl,uO
-~Thts underwear Is s,ightl,
sailed from display, Included
are houdnis caps, stereh,s,
hleamefa and sitrs, In tailored
and trimmed styles of ttne
quality materials,
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Silk Underwear
$2..f0

Slips OF radium crepe de
chine and pongee. Handmade
Gowns at pongee and ratamaa
OF tub silk. In assorted colors.
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(.iOtl, and sin
Dresses. Special
500

About $50 dreAaea. OF hat
crepe. crepe do chine. seor-
sette. hAtins. etc, In iight and
dark shades, hiaea II 10 10.
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Junior Miss Dresses
Greatly Reduced
SO
Formerly $500

Styles for street and party
wear. In taf1eta. ceoreette and
fat crepe: dark. medium and
pastel shades. Sizes IL. ~
and ~.
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Undcrgarn,cnis
Silk Lingerie
$l.OS

Extra Size Slips Of sports
satin. Chemisc Of silk. Bloom
ers of radium silk and Slips
Of crepe de chine.
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Chiuaware

Chinaware
Open Stock Dinner Ware
discontinued patterns. Included
are dinner plates, cups and gau-
GERS, covered dishes, bakers. etc
Reduced
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are Qlnnef plates, cups ana eau
GERS, covered dishes, bakers. etc
Reduced
Ia to " Price
% Torchieres. in polycnromc
finish. Regularly sl.49. Snc
AS Is. each ............ wv
-6 Bed Lights, with silk cord
Regularly s1.49. Nov, OQc
each. ................
ia Boudoir Lamps and Shades.
Regularly sl.7s. Com c1 -
plete, now ..........
As White Porcelain Dinner
Plates. 7-inch size. Reg IN.
ularly 12c. Each ....... AOe
SIS White China Soup
Plates. Regularly l2c. he
Oven Glassware, pie pans and
bread pans. Regularly 1Oc
75c. Choice ...........
Oven Glassware. casseroles
and utility dishes. Regu- 80
larry sl.50. Choice go. 'cS
Kann's-Third Floor.
Jewelry.
IS Three strand Imitation rearI
Gun metal Choker
Necklaces. Reg. $500. C2 M
For
3 Imitation Pearl Novelty Neck
laces, on sterling sill
yer chain. Reg. c1 IN
$500. For. ~A'cO
20 White Bone Necklaces.
graduated style. 30-in. S0c
length. Reg. sl.00. For. wv
-S Solid Gold Thin c1 IN
bles. Reg. 50. For. @A'OO
Kann'S-Street Floor.
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WOnlcn's and Misses
RaincOats
$500
Formerly Sa.0S h $S.sS
~.-iS0 Goats. OF ruhberi1ed ma
ier,sl. In solid colors. plaids
and novelties. red. green. blue.
orange and purple.

Street and Afternoon
Dresses, Special
$1,000
Formerly tiS,as 10 $50
7~ Modcla for street, afternoon.
dinner and dance wear. of
crepe de chime. Nat crepe,
canton ana georaette crepe.
and satin. IN liaht and dark
colOra, Hiaea for nlsses and
women, II To 20,
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Pongee Underwear
$l.5O

-1''t'owna, Ster-h,s. Rloomers
and Chemise. In q variety cf
pretty styles,
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Jersey and Silk
Dresses, Special
$500.

Formerly - % Ss.se
"A broken assortment ot
dresses IN wool Jersey, crepe
de chine and novelty silks.
etc. IN dark colora chiefly,
Siaea II IN 20.
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Girls Winter Sports
and Dress Goats
$500

About 100 coats. Of excel.
lent materials. some solid
coiors. others mixtures. all
with fur collars. some with fur
cuffs. warmly lined. Sizes q
10 IL.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
FELTON,

The farmers are getting busy now
with their spring work, and when
you look across the fields and see
the number coming from the potato
beds we are reminded that spring is
actually here.
Frank Hitcvhens is spending few
days with friends in Baltimore.
Mrs. Mary Barcus is spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hates.
Charles Kelly fell down stairs and
badly bruised himself. He is now
confined to his home, but we hope to
see him out soon again.
DR.. and Mrs. Bringhurst enter
tanned their son Joseph and two
friends over the weekend.
Clifford Holden's death was a
sudden shock to the people in this
community. He seemed to be in per-
feet health, and was lying down on
the sofa after supper, intending to
take a little rest. 1t was soon learn
ed that he was dead. He leaves q
wife and several children who will
greatly miss him. The funeral ar
rangements are not known at this
writing.
Mr.. Wise opened his basket factory
last week for the season. We are
glad to see this factory open as 1t
gives employment to number OF
people in this community.
Mrs. Clifford Cubbage OF VIII
mington was the guest of her mo-
ther. Mrs. Erma Hammond on Sun
daV
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
BROOD SOWS FED AND
HANDLED ON U. S. FARM
BY TESTED RULES

Exercise is essential for the brood
sow during her CESSATION period if
she is to produce strong and vigor-
GUS filters, and it is much better for
the SOW to take this exercise volun-
tarily than to be forced to take it..
In this connection desirable results
have been secured at the Federal
experiment farm at BeltsVille, Md,
through a system of management
based on a special three-year study
of feeding and handling brood sows
during the CESSATION period for
spring-farrowed litters." The study
was under the direction of John H.
Zeller, assistant animal husband
man in swine investigations.
A convenient way to feed the grain
ration is in the cornstalk field, ac-
cording to Mr.. Zeller. When the sows
are bred they are placed in a stalk
field and given free access to a self
feeder containing go per cent tank
age and a simple mineral mixture.
Good-quality alfalfa hay is made
available in racks and water is kept
before them at all times in an auto
matte waterer. Wheat middlings is
fed dry at the rate of 1 pound of
middlings per SOW per day. From
1 IL to per cent ration of corn
is fed daily, depending upon the
condition of the sows.
1--WE try to have the sows gain in
weight at the rate of ga to pound
per sow per day from breeding to
narrowing time" says Mr.. Zeller.
Several days supply of shelled
corn is scattered thinly with scoop
shovel fran wagon onto the field.
1 nthis manner, the sows do not OBJ
tain any great amount of corn in a
short interval but are compelled to
take plenty of exercise while search
ing for the grain. This method is
followed regardless of weather con-
ditions, there being practically no
loss of grain through tramping in
the snow or mud. Results of such
management show that tankage con-
sumption is about Is per cent of the
total feed consumption, which is
about right for sows developing lit
ters."
This system of feeding, says Mr..
Zeller, tends to eliminate poor re-
suits with thin, timid sows; such
sows can obtain their feed unmolest-
ed by others. AS many as 20 sows
have been handled in one field at the
Government farm with good results,
coming to narrowing time in good
physical condition.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
HonyviIIe

IT looks like spring is going to
1inger in the lap of winter If we are
to Judge by the icy winds OF April:
Several of the farmers OF thls
Mace are preparing to grow beans
and tomatoes for the large packing
house at Rehoboth owned by Stock
lev Bros. of Newport, Tenn. This
was the plant formerly known as tne
Atlantic Canning Company sou
through bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Hurley spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. GUS JOS
eph. ,.,.uu+o,
spent the weekend with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Prettyman:
Mrs. Amanda Prettyman spent last
week at Rehoboth as the guest OF her
sister, Mrs. Emma Lingo.
Miss Marian Burton of Phlladel-
mia is spending the Easter holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wm'
D. Burton.
Miss Helen Short of the Lewes
class of '2S spent the weekend with
Misses Frances and Hazel Joseph.
The Highway Department of this
state has advertised for bids for the
two uncompleted sections OF the
stone roads in Indian River Hun
dred. the one from Angola to Har-
mons School and the one from IN
dian Mission Church. This road VIII
intersect with the Angola and Har-
mons School road at a point near
Wines Corner, known as the Joseph
Collins farm. The completion Oh
these two unfinished roads will open
lin a large and rich territory and
give easy access to the popular Wa
tering places on the Indian River.
The lecturer, Mrs. Effie joseph OIL
Coolspring Grange, is preparing an
interesting program for the evening
of Anril goth. One of the features OF
the evening will be debate by TWO
of the members, Should Women SIT
on Juries?" This important subject
will be handled by two efficient de-
baters named by the lecturer as she
announces the program.
The P. T. A. of HOllymount school
met on Monday evening, April q
The main business of the evening
was for the reorganization and the
election of delegates to the P. t. A.
Convention to be held at Milford on
April 18th in the Plaza Theatre.
The officers elected for the coming
school year were as follows: Pres1-
dent, Walter C. Phillips; vice presi-
dent, Chas. I. Joseph; secretary
Mrs. Bertha Bennum; delegates to
convention, Mrs. Amanda Stevenson
Mrs. Neva Phillips, Herbert Pretty
man.
The members Of the organization
have purchased a piano as the old
one was destroyed by fire when the
school house was burned.
Miss Clara Johnson who has been
sick for the past few weeks is con-
valescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Wagamon were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John e. JOS
eph on Tuesday last.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs
! Silas Downs who has been very SICK
with inflammation of the stomach is
improving at this writing.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
BY Molly Pearce

- PRIL'S happiest mood,
A the glory of sunlight
u VI through showers, is re-
% ffected in her birth
" stone, the diamond. OF
pure crystalli7ed carbon,
it "has nearly the greatest light
bending power of any known sub
stance" according to Arnott,
which is one of the reasons for it's
extraordinary brilliancy.
Shakespeare's esteem for this
gem is apparent in his many allu-
sions to it. In Pericles. he wrote:
''The Diamonds of a most praised
water
Do appear, to make the world
twice rich"
Most of the virtues ascribed to
this stone are traceable to its I'M
conquerable hardness. or to its
transparency and purity. The Hin
dus classed diamonds according to
the four castes-the Brahmin, or
pure white diamond, gave power,
friends and riches; the coral red
and the saffron yellow were exclu-
sively the gems of kings. Only the
flawless. six-pointed gem carried
good fortune. they believed.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

the land-clearing idea. Another case
of good for country, good for town!
The pick and the shovel and the
laborer with bent-back, due to use
less physical slavery, have about
passed out of the industrial horizon
because their methods are too slow
and expensive. Explosive experts
nowadays prepare the ground for a
front porch without danger of break
ing the windows in front of which
their operations are performed.
These same experts can take out
discarded bridge from across a
stream in a day. They blast great
channels for subways and traffic be-
meath our city streets. And it did
not take them long to shoot their
way through the Continental Divide,
and create the wonderful Moffat
Tunnel.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
The Road Ahead

The kOau Auodu
About twice a month the Govern
ment issues statements covering the
totals of automobile accidents. You
have read the figures of killed and
wounded-fgures that exceed IN
number the casualties of the World
war. Most accidents occur at nlgnC'
and the great army of the dead, due
to the glare of headlights ,"couldn
see" and didn't see" is almost be-
vond belief. OF course accidents Will
hammer. but inasmuch as there are
several different makes of pyralln
shields that are easily and quickly
installed in front of car drivers
there ought not to be much excuse
for the driver "who can't see aheau
when his victim is taken either to
the emergency hospital or the I'M
dertakers. Your friend, or ne1ghbor,
has such device in his car, and you
have doubtless seen this semi-trans-
parent devise before his drivers
seat, and heard your friend tell now
the pyralin of which it is made
makes it possible for him to drive
safely and comfortably at night. The
moral and the argument are there,
and it is your individual duty to be
able to equip your car so that you
may make out the road ahead.
Takes Money To Ask Questions
The Federal Trade Commission
has issued statement saying that
it must have. 100000 if it is going
to make. a proper investigation OF
the public utilities of the United
States. Unless it gets the money
the Commission will be unable to do
the Job, which looks as though the
smart lawyers who defeated an in
vestigation of the utilities by the
Senate knew their onions.
80
Roof Gardens
Some folks look forward to the ap-
proach of summer with expectancy
that they may again dance and dine
on the roofs over hotels, restaurants
and other places. Prohibition
threatened for a time to destroy the
popularity of the roof gardens, but
the habit had fastened itself toe
strongly upon many city-dwellers
for them to give it up.
If the ancient Egyptians, Greeks
and Romans could look in upon us
at any number of our apparently
modern pursuits they'd probably
have a good laugh. One can see Ne
70, shopping in at modernistic side
boards and hear him cry, with some
irony: Good Jupiter, as if 1 didn't
have the finest sideboards in the
world twenty centuries ago!"
Don't fancy the roof gardens to be
twentieth century habit peculiar
to the fashionable of today.
CARRIED in-the smartest of modern
clothes, with a goldlined transpar-
ent velvet coat thrown majesticallJ
over say, the latest French importa'
ton in the way o ia 1928 rayon saith
dinner gown, it is more than simple
to feel complacent in the present
and to forget that the early Romans
were addicted to roof gardens hun
dreds of years ago,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
April Reflects Her Moods
Through Dazzling Birthstone

You who were born In April have
the sun in Aries. Your flower is the
English Daisy. Your planets are
the constructive Mars and the life
giving Sun, combination supposed
to impart an ardent temperament
and great personal magnetism. The
late J. Pierpont Morgan, who
founded the Morgan Tiffany collec-
ton Of gems, was born on April IL.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

Mrs. Samuel B. D. Marshall is
spending a few days in Wilmington
and Marcus Hook, Pa.
Louis B. Graves has begun the
erection of a new house on South
street, on the south side of Harold
w. Hooker.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

wv lCQ W SAAC -
ish Crown. The
Koh-i-noor W a s
known as early as
1904, when it fell
into the hands of
the Mogul Empor-
ers, and legend
traces it back some
four thousand
years previously.
Hindu accounts de-
duce 1t from the
time of the God
Krischnas
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

Not enough rah-rah boys in our
home towns, boosting every good
cause, and too many raw-raw fell
lows, knocking because everything
is done raw and wrong.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

It is now permissible for the fond
mother to hope that if little Jimmy
cannot be President he may address
the multitude as radio announcer.
Boston Transcript.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

4 llcsJ BIZ csb OAO
English traveller.
Sir John Mande-
vile. wrote that the
diamond should al
ways be worn on
the left or heart
side of the body,
and that it is pos
sible for the dias
mond to lose its
occult attributes If
handled by evil
persons.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06

The Diamond. always the para
doxical symbol of innocence and
power, is also the talismanic gem
of England, and some of the most
famous diamonds of the world are
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
ec7ztat at the get-nw0y
Sc71xdf ON the >A1fut94at-nhUNH

No car in the Victory price class
can match the all around bril-
lance of Victory performance.
The Victory is first at the get.
away and first on the straight
away-faSter on the hills, faster
in trafic-Smoother on rough
roads.
And accelerates as no other car
at the price has EVER done:
5 to IS miles in IN SecOndSl
10 to As miles in 1872 seconds!
The public discovered all this
even as the stop watch proved it.
More power per pound of car
weight made it posi- BILE. Rugged
Dodge construction made it prac-
teal. And the Victory's unusual
design made it SAFE.
For the Victory gravity center is
lower and there is no body over
hang -. The chassis frame is
the full width of the body-and
the body SillS are eliminated.
Exceptional charm of line and
more headroom and seat width
are further vital results of this
unique construction.
Drive the car today and make
your own comparisons!
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
CORN INSURANCE

For a cost slightly more than a
postage stamp or the price of a
daily newspaper it is possible for
farmers to secure enough material
to prepare corn for an acre of land,
with results that are almost too
wonderful to be true. There might be
doubt of the claims made for the
mercury compound known as i'm
proved Semesan, Junior, were it not
for the fact that actual gains of 81
per cent in acreage production was
obtained in experiments conducted
in the treatment of sweet corn seed
in the vicinity of Bloomington, Hi
nois; Ames, Iowa, and afterwards
summarized in the Government bull
letins issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Infected seeds have destroyed
millions of acres of crops in our fair
land, and this is one of the economic
wastes that has been found possible
to eliminate, in view of the fact that
science has provided ''insuranoe"
against certain of the most destruc-
tive corn diseases-and it costs
only about two and one-half cents
an acre.
To find out just how effective var
ious corn treatments would prove,
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture conducted more than three
hundred field tests of seed disinfec--
tants. The results from treated ana
untreated corn clearly show the ben
efits to be secured by growers TAX
ing the precaution to disinfect SEED
before planting. In order that Am
erican farmers may Immediately
benefit, the Agricultural Department
has issued Circular No. 81" giving
a digest of the results of the hun
.dreds of tests.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-04-06
Peace.Time Triumphs


Land clearing has been one of the
greatest peace-time developments OF
the last ten years. Instead of dump
ing all Of his surplus explosives into
the sea as was advocated by some of
his high officials, Uncle Sam promot-
ed a great movement among the far
mers to blow the stumps and stones
off their farms, and to dig drainage
bitches with surplus war explosives.
In excess of million acres Of
land was cleared in a few years.
The Government has finished this
particular job, but private industry
has taken up the undertaking where
the Agricultural Department agents
left off. 9gritol is now being gener-
ally adopted for blasting stumps,
boulders, and hard-pan, and for loos-
ening the ground where trees are to
be planted.
Experts familiar with handling
Agritol and other explosives have
removed tens of thousands of old
tree stumps and boulders which
have been eyesores in town and city
property. It is the development Of