Milford chronicle., 1929-01-11
Selbyvine


The picture "Our Daily Bread" was
shown to the pupils of all the grades.
The advances in harvesting were
pictured from the time of cradle and
the narrow swath it made through
the golden wheat-then the mower
and the grain bound by hand; third,
the binders drawn by the four-horse
teams, sometimes 16 machines were
operated in parallel lines on the
western plains; next the same bin
ders drawn by tractors and finally
the great "combiner" which cut and
threshed the grain, stacked the straw
and bagged the grain ready for mar
ket. The combiner is equipped with
spot light so that it can operate at
night as we'll as day. All this pro-
gress since the Civil War is due to
the Mccormick genius for saving Ia
Dor.
The methods of separating the
grain from the stalk were crude IN
the early days. The old time methoo
of "dailing'' the wheat on the barn
'aoor and then putting it through the
"WinnoW" was superseded by tne
tread-mill which gave way to tne
thresher. Today millions of bushels
are hoisted into cylinder shaped ele-
yators where it is cleaned and stored
all by electricity.
The day is fast coming when the
bread that mother used to bake"
will be found in the ruins of Pom
pei" only.
The old-time hopper and the up
per and neither millstOnes and the
over-shot wheel have all been re-
placed by electric grinders whlch
make the flour. In the bakery the
dough is thrown by machinery and
baked in electric ovens in a modern
building (often finished in marble),
inspected by health officials ana
made safe and clean for the public.
4 "The Butcher, the Baker and the
Candlestick Maker" are no longer
terms-caste terms. The canulestick-
er has gone out" but the butcher
and baker are aristocrats OF the DAY
consider Swift and Kolb.
A second picture Rubber" was
shown; this was one of the Fox Hour
films from the series in Everyday
Geography.
The first view showed the Maclh.
tosh resisting heavy down-pour OF
rain. It might be well to say that the
raincoat was a success, that 1t was
a Saving" and its inventor was d
Scotchman.
The rubber trees were shown on
the Malay Peninsula, where the
worlds supply is virtually control-
led by the British. During a good
season a healthy tree gives 20 gal
Ions of milk from which 40 POUNDS
of rubber may be gotten. The trees
are scored with a spiral line or
groove: the line winds about the tree
hut the curves are always about one
foot a part. These trees must be
milked daily; the process is similar
to our tapping maple trees for syrup.
The milky-white substance taken
from the trees is called lateX-tnls
is gathered daily by the natives and
heated over a fire until it can be roI-
led into a heavy rubber ball before
it is sent to the factory. On lts ar
rival there these balls are rolled INTO
blankets which are hung up to dry
like hides: later they are stretched,
treated with chemicals as they are
drawn and rolled into thinner sec
tions known as sheets; from TINS
stage they can be used in the mills.
r. A. Edison and H. Ford are now
exnerimenting with a plant in Flor
ida to make a synthetic rubber whlch
NAV change the rubber industry
These new books have been added
TO the Selbyville High School LII
brary:
"The Big Four" Agatha Christie.
"Smoke Bellew," Jack London.
.oThe Red Lock-" David W. Ander-
son.
"Hangman's House." Don Bryne.
These books make the total OF 399
new hooks acquired in the past two
and one half years, Independent Oh
any donations from the state depart
ment of instruction.
The regular meeting OF the SelDy-
Vile Reading Circle was held Thurs
day in the English room OF the hlgn
school. Miss Pauline McCabe and
Paul Timmons discussed the ideals
in situations, while Mr.. Johnson
smoke about the ideals of selections.
Mrs. Jennie Wilgus gave some pro
iects to illustrate the difference be-
tween character and reputation.
At this date Selbyville High School
basket ball team has lost only one
game to a high school of five played
in that division. The one loss having
been to Seaford in a practice game
Both Beacon and Goldey have de-
feated the locals, but on foreign
floors after strenuous games
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