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Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
MODERN SMALL HOUSE

Small houses in thirty-two cities
have been subjected to the "eagle
eyed" inspection of the United States
Bureau of Standards specialists. who
reported that they found over 400
items of design construction, and
equipment in new homes.
While individual tastes and per
sonality" serve to make new homes
more attractive to their owners,
there is, nevertheless, a trend to-
wards Standardization along certain
lines that relate to comfort and
practical use. Thus, modern cleo
trical equipment, sanitary plumbing,
"hany" kitchens, color, windows
placed to let in the sunshine are es-
sentials for home-building. More
than 250,000 families are living in
homes insulated by. cane board to
help make them cool in summer and
warm in winter. Well-prOportioned
heights for ceilings, type and loca-
tion of porches, size or omission of
Vestibule and front hall, are points
that architects, builders and home
owners have been working out and
so as to eliminate too much
guessing" about these fundament.
ais.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
HELP FOR LAWMAKERS

Many farmers could save time and
labor in haying by using stackers, in
the opinion of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. With stackers, hay
makers can build larger stacks thus
reducing the waste hay on the out
side of the stack. Loading hay on
wagon by hand and unloading with
slings or a fork, eliminates about
half the hand labor. By using the
sweep rake or the hay loader and
also slings, fork, or stacker, pitch
ing is reduced to minimum. Stack
ers are comparatively inexpensive
and several homemade types are ef-
ficient and fairly easy and cheap to
construct. Farmers Bulletin 1615-F,
Hay Stackers and Their Use, de-
scribes the different types of stack
ers, their cost, conditions favorable
for the use of the different types, the
size of the stack that can be built
with each, and the size and duties
of the crews This publication may
be procured from the Office of In
formation, U. S Department of Ag-
riculture, Washington, D. c.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
YITAMINs IN WATERMELONs

Refreshing, juicy, fine-fiavored
watermelons have still another vir-
tue for the consumer who is inter
ested in food values. Watermelons
have been found, by the Bureau of
Home Economics of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
to be a good source of two impor-
tant vitamins, A and C, and to con-
tain detecable amounts of vitamins
B and G. The growth and good
pryhical condition of the laboratory
animals in the tests for each Vitamin
indicated that the watermelon i'll
their diets supplied the Vitamin be-
ing studied. All the experimental
animals ate the watermelon readily,
and the guinea pigs developed keen
watermelon appetite.
The feeding experiments we're con-
fined to the Tom Watson variety of
watermelon, which makes up about
80 per cent of commercial shipments.
Other red-fleshed varieties are sim
liar to the Tom Watson in structure
and are similarly handled, Sd it is
believed that the results OF this
study apply to the watermelon crop
as a whole.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
SPRAYING THE BEAN BEETLE

Spraying with magnesium arsenate
is recommended by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture for control Of
the Mexican bean beetle, which now
infests most of the states east of the
Mississippi River. Use two pounds
OF magnesium arsenate to 100 gall
Ions of water, beginning to spray
when the adult beetles are found in
the field. AS the beans grow, the
new foliage should be sprayed again
at weekly or ten-day intervals, espe-
cially if the pest is abundant. Three
or four applications may be neces-
sary but ordinarily two thorough
treatments will protect the snap bean
crop. 1t is essential to spray the
undersides of the leaves of the plant
where the beetles feed. Magnesium
arsenate is poisonous to man also
and should be handled with care.
Snap beans should not be sprayed
when pods have begun to form. AS
important as spraying, to combat the
beetle, is the destruction of the crop
remains after harvest. Plow under
all remnants at least inches deep.
says the department.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
LOOKING "UP"-AND "DOWN"

Some thirty years ago, when our
glorious 'mauVe decade" was near
ing its end, and when the Spanish
American War and the politics and
platforms of William Jennings Bry-
an were the topics of the lay, we
people were in the habit of looking
up" for our transportation. When
ever we heard a noise along our
highways and byways we looked
up" And more than likely we saw
that new-fangled contraptiOn, the
"gas buggy" Or maybe it was one
of those tall locomotives of the day,
or a steamship with terribly tall
superstructures. And there were
those of us who still remembered
the old big front-wheel bicycle.
In any event, everything was
tall" 1t was the habit, and it was
the vogue.
But if today we still look up" at
one of our many forms of transpor-
tation and see the airplane, it is now
a matter of altitude and not of
height.
In reality all of our modern
forms of transportation have been
reduced in height, and we figura-
lively look down" now instead of
up" There is the low and rakish
ocean liner, with low smOke-stacks
and superstructure; the long, low
and powerful LOCOMOTIVES; and, last
ly, the lower the airplane, the faster
it usually is. ..s.,.
And now comes the. low. automo-
bile, bringing with it the new prin-
ciple of frOnt-wheel-driVe. A. M.
Andrews, long a power in the motor
car industry, is generally accredited
with introducing the frOnt-wheel-
drive principle through the Moon
RuXton automobile to motorists in
this country. European drivers have
grown accustomed to this type of
passenger car, and the principle for
some few years has been used in
racing. tst
But Mr.. Andrews may be said to
have made the automobile public
look down" And as a reward he
has let them see his MoOn-RuxtOn
sitting very low and rakish against
the curb, Incorporating a special de-
sign and a special color scheme de-
termined by well known stage de-
signer, and with enough sleeping
power under the hood to ease it by
about everything else on the road.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
BETHEL

The Ladies Aid was entertained on
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. Anna Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Miller and son
Scott, Jr., of Washington, d. c., are
spending some time at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Moore.
Mrs. Lulu Massey was a weekend
visitor with her sister, Mrs. Nora
Quillen in SharptOwn.
Mrs. Herbert Phillips and daugh-
ters. Margaret and Mary Ellen of
MiddletOwn are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ii. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Phillips
and daughter Mary Ann spent Sun
day in Cambridge with Mr. and Mrs.
Drum Pritchett.
Mrs. Harry Williams and daugh-
ters Irene and Isabel spent the week
end in Salisbury with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H.. Smith.
Mrs. Karl Thompson and son Bill
ly of Seaford visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Massey over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias J. Taylor of
SeafOrd spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Melbourne.
Mrs. George w. Phillips left on
Sunday to spend some time in Phil
adelphia and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uric Smith and
daughters, Frances, Anna Lee spent
Sunday in Salisbury with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. H. Smith.
Mrs. Ella Spicer spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Sirman.
The Ushers Union will be enter
tanned on Saturday night, June 81
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ley Hastings.
Rev. and Mrs. J. w. Jester attend
ed the baccalaureate sermon in East
New Market, Md, on Sunday morn
ing where their daughter Margaret
is a graduate.
Miss Frances Eggers of Philadel-
phia was town visitor on Satur-
day.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
NEED BETTER USAGE OF
LOCAL HIGHWAY FUNDS
Too Frequently Money Is Spent On
Too Many Roads
(Rv e. d. Dnnvl

Although nearly every state in the
Union has a highly efficient state
highway department, nearly half of
all road money is spent through
counties and townships for the i'm
provement of local roads.
Two things are indicated by this
situation: Strictly local or farm-to-
market roads are getting their share
or more than their share of financial
attention; and local communities,
charged with the spending of two
thirds of billion dollars annually,
should protect their citizens by
guiding themselves by the activities
of the more efficient state highway
departments.
No one would care to estimate how
much money is poorly spent through
local roadbuilding agencies. Coun-'
Ties and townships of limited re-
sources cannot provide themselves
with either the best equipment or
men. Their road funds, so they say,
must be spread over too many miles
of highways to permit of permanent
construction.
Here is where one of the great
problems in local rOadbuilding en-
ters. Oftentimes circumstances or
politics prevent those in charge of
roadbuilding from concentrating
money on one or two important local
roads, but rather compel the spread
ing out of the income over all the
roads in the community, regardless
of their Importance.
In the township and county, as in
the state, the most used roads should
be improved first. If at all possible
they should be hard surfaced, for
this gives year round service with
negligible upkeep cost. These main
local roads, perhaps leading into the
chief markets, serve the most traffic,
the logical aim of any well planned
program. Then, after they have been
improved, attention can be directed
to feeder roads.
For the most part, the larger the
rOadbuilding agency the greater the
efficiency and the better the value
received by taxpayers. In some in
stances, counties have grouped them
selves in road districts. By cOncen-
trating their funds on the most trav-
eled roads, through the larger road
body, they have, at no greater cost,
speeded up construction and laid
more hard surfaced pavements.
Cameron county, Texas, Vermillion
and Champaign counties, ILL.,, Kent
county, Md, and many others have
discovered that the road problem
will remain a problem so long as
temporary road surfaces are permit
ted. These counties have capitalized
on their yearly incomes by issuing
bonds well within their resources.
Pavements were built at once with
this bond issue money and now, in
stead of putting money into mud
holes and ruts, they are retiring
bonds-they's surprised that the
rest of the world isn't doing the
stame, for they have found it cheap
er and more satisfactory.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
INSIDE INFORMATION

Keep the refrigerator well filled
with ice. When there is too small a
piece the temperatuer of the entire
box rises. This not only endangers
the food kept in it but causes the
next piece to melt more rapidly in
chilling the box to a desirable de-
gree.
By the "hot pack" in home canning
is meant a method of filling the jars
or cans, not a method of canning. If
the food is put into the jars boiling
hot it reaches the temperature for
processing more quickly in the can
ner and heat penetrates better to the
center of the jar. The hot pack in
sures a product of better texture and
appearance and shortens the time of
canning.
Oven-dried toast is a delicious ac-
compartment to soups and salads,
and is an easy way of dispOsing of
stale bread. Amy sort of pieces may
be oven dried and delicately Drowned
in a medium oven, but for passing
as a special kind of bread, it is more
attractive to trim the crusts off a
stale loaf so the slices will be
square, cut them very thin, and heat
them until they are biscuit cOlOred
and slightly curled. The trimmings
need not be wasted; roll them out
for dried crumbs.
Have meals Out-of-dOOrs as often
as you can during the summertime.
Keep in the house the ''makings" of
easy picnic meals, and be ready, on
a tempting day, to change the meal
program at very short notice. Sand
witch filings, bottled fruit drinks,
cheese, and salad dressings are all
easily kept in reserve in the pantry
or refrigerator. Then with butter,
bread, fresh fruit and perhaps tOma-
toes and lettuce, and eggs or any
cooked meat you have on hand, it is
q matter of a few minutes only to
pnck up the family and the supper
and drive to a shady spot where the
outlook and the surroundings are
pleasant A picnic kit containing
paper or enamel cups and plates,
knives, forks, spoons, paper napkins
and waXed paper for wrapping sand
wiches or foods, will enable you to
get ready for a meal out-Of-dOOrs in
a very brief time. Instead Og taking
sandwiches you may like to take a
steak or some bacon with you to be
cooked over a wood fire.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
WHEN THE HOME
ECONOMIST FLIES

Luncheon at a home economics eX-
pert's table is something to be
looked forward to and to be re-
membered. The order of the day is
excellent food, we'll cooked.
When the writer sat down at a
home economics experts table in a
New York skyscraper the other noon
nothing was out of order as far as
eye and palate and the ear could
the food delectable; the company
affable.
Then the hostess, nationally fa-
nous lecturer on home economics,
burst a bomb under our chairs.
I'm going flying again this week"
said she. "I'm taking my third trip
in as many weeks and Pm going to
fly from one end of Manhattan to the
other and a lot further, tool"
Now as this had nothing to do
with how to manage home and
cook magnificent food, we all sat up
a little straighter,
Our hostess went on to explain
that she had gone in for flying on a
big scale. She was almost tempted
to have her own plane and to ac-
quire a pilots license. Already she
had the right clothes, she said.
We inquired further into this
matter of clothes and discovered
that the modern woman who takes
up flying with characteristic energy
and enthusiasm prepares from the
fashion standpoint in pretty much
the same way that she does for her
other energetic sports. Our hostess,
for instance, confessed to having
practical durene cotton underwear
in porous mesh lrnits-but feminine
colOrs-because this type of under
garment is more absorbent and at
the same time cooler in sheer mesh,
and warmer in thick meshes than
anything save wool.
81 wear wool on top. l don't like
wool underwear" she confessed.
"And then have snug warm he'll
met for high flights and cold wea-
ther. wear pumps-not bOots--ex-
cept in very cold weather, for
pumps are easier to get in and out
of when making the quick wardrobe
changes which must take place at
the air field after landing, or before
hopping off. My outer flying CO.'S
tunes, except for a cross country
hop, will always be as smart as my
riding habits, | don't propose to
look like a gas bag or an inflated
tire. The materials used, however,
are practical tweedy cloths with
washable shirt waists, or knitted |
pull-on sweathers either of Curene |
cotton or WOOL"
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
.HOSE first warm days - +
open windows - billowing v

"HOSE first warm days -
open windows - billOwing
curtains-drafts. The house
becomes too warm when the win
dows are closed, but there's that
inevitable draft when they are
open. The solution of the problem
is a simple one: screens.
Such screens may be every bit
as decorative as they are useful,
their cost trifing and their con-
struction interesting. If there is no
handy man about the house to
fashion the frame a ready-made
frame may be purchased or a car
penter called upon without run
ming up the cost of the screen 10
an unreasonable figure.
Only seasoned wood should be
used in making the frame, as other
wise it will warp with dampness
or heat. The height depends upon
its use, but fifty-eight inches is an
average height for a three OF four
ply screen, the folds ranging from
eighteen to twenty-four inches.
The sections should not be hinged
together until decorating and
painting have been completed.
Wall board furnishes one of the
most satisfactory foundations for
the prints that probably will be
used for its decoration. Wall board
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13

may be painted just like any plaster
wall and it is adaptable to what
ever color scheme is desired.
What a profusion of lovely col
ored pictures and prints are at
your service if you plan to make
a screenl Many magazines produce
color work that is far too good to
discard. Such prints, maps, quaint
fashion Illustrations or flower
prints make a distinctive screen.
In placing the print on the screen,
care should be taken to have it
we'll balanced. Rubber cement
paste is recommended because it
will not dampen or stretch the
print. If other paste or glue is
used, the back of the print should
first be given a coat of shellac,
which. when dry, stiffens the paper
properly. After the print is pasted
on the surface, a narrow black
border will Set it off effectively.
Then comes the finishing touchl
Two coats of shellac applied rapid
ly in one direction should be given
the entire object. Shellac dries
quickly so that only a few strokes
of the brush should be taken to
cover the whole surface. The
screen need not be put away with
the porch furniture next fall for
its duties in the house are many.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
STAYTONSVILLE

Church News: We are very sorry
indeed that the special meeting an
nounced for this coming Sunday af-
ternoon will have to be postponed to
a later date. However, there will be
a service in the evening at 1880. Mr..
Hall will preach on the subject mo
Infidels In He'll" The Christian En-
deavor topic is How Great Leaders
Served Their Generation" Acts 20:
1875; Eph. 4:14-19. Everybody
come and help make this a good
service.
The farmers who have strawber-
ries are busy picking them.
Mrs. Ben Johnson who has been
on the sick list for some time is i'm
proved at this writing.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
HICKORY HILL

Misses Eva Hudson and Mildred
Moore spent Sunday with Miss Hell
en- Brittingham.
Many from this community called
at Houston Church on Sunday eve
ming preparing for Children's SER
vices.
Miss Helen and James Britting-
ham and Mildred Moore took their
first ride in an airplane at Dagsboro
the past Sunday.
John F. McCabe made a business
trip to Virginia the past Friday.
The berry season is about through
with.
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
FARM NEWS

Dahlia plants will bear digger and
better" flowers If the early buds that
appear are removed. 1t is desirable
to remove all the buds until the ap-
prOach of cooler weather, when the
plants should be allowed to develop
normally.
A pig stunted by early weaving
will never make so profitable a hog
as it would without this setback. A
good brood sow properly fed and
handled should furnish a good flow
of milk until the pigs are 10 to IL
weeks old. A SOW that can not do
this should be discarded from the
herd.
For higher yields and lOngeT-liVed
stands, cut alfalfa for hay when the
plants are well In bloom, says the
u. s. Department of Agriculture.
Cutting at an earlier stage of growth
results in hay with higher protein
content, but cutting nearer full
bloom keeps the stand in better con-
dition.
Farm real-estate values on March
1 showed an average decline of about
l per cent below the preceding year,
according to the U. S. Bureau of .Ag-
ricultural Economics. Maine, Con-
necticut, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Oregon each showed
small increase in values for the year.
nAn1franC aount.to6 uI Of
States, notably in the Middle At
lantic, East North Central, West
North Central, and South Atlantic
groups.
To avoid having weeds is far more
important than it is to kill them. A
farmer can keep his farm almost
free of weeds if he strictly observes
three principles: Prevent weeds
from going to seed; prevent weed
seeds from being brought to the
farm; and in the case of perennial
weeds, prevent them from making
top growth, for this will starve the
underground parts. For specific ad-
vice, write to the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Many grain growers fail to receive
top prices for their wheat and other
grains because the grains are damp
when they arrive at the terminal
market, says the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. When the weather has
made it necessary to store damp
grain on the farm, it can be dried to
a considerable extent by frequently
transferring it from one bin to an
other during dry weather. If grain
contains only slight amount of
it can be dried in the
bins by means of Ventilators, if they
are open at each end to the outside
air and spaced fairly close together
in the grain. '-I
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
THE VALUE OF LEAFY VEGE.
TABLES IN THE DIET
(By Laura B. Rutherford, County
Home Demonstration Agent)

Home Demonstration Agent.)
Plan to grow a garden that will
make you grow as well.
Leading authorities in nutrition
and health, doctors, dentists, nutri-
tionists and others, believe that the
outstanding fault of the American
diet is an insufficient amount of
milk, vegetables and fruits-"the
protective foods" so called by DR..
McCOllum because they assure the
individual Of a sufficient supply of
minerals and vitamins to make good
any deficiency in these substances.
All foods may be listed under one
of these three headings Regulating
and Protective Foods, Building Foods
or Fuel Foods.
Regulating foods are those which
keep the body machinery in good
running order. They are the foods
which contain laxative material,
minerals and vitamins. This is the
group most often neglected in meal
planning. Therefore, special care
should be taken to include one or
more of them i'm the every meal.
Vegetables such as: asparagus.
string beans, Brussels sprouts, cab
bage, beet tops, caulitiOwer, chard,
celeryfi lettuce, spinach, kale, onions,
parsley, peppers, satisfy, tomatoes,
turnip greens and all of the wild
greens such as: smart weed, narrow
leaf dock, watercress, dry land cress,
pokeweed (cut when tender) dan
deliOn and many others are all rich
in the above mentioned food sub
stances which are so valuable in
the daily diet for good health and to
build up resistance to disease.
These leafy vegetables are espe-
cially useful in supplying vitamins.
Vitamin A which has been found
necessary for normal growth and
continued bodily well being. Vitamin
B is also supplied to large degree
and this like vitamin A is important
in promoting growth, as well as to
give tone to the whole system; pro-
notes good appetite and digestion.
The vitamin c is most importan'
for young children for the best
growth and development and preven-
tiOn of scurry. Leafy vegetables are
splendid sources of these three i'm
pOrtant food substances. Then, too,
not least in Importance from a nu-
tritiOnal standpoint, are the mineral
salts contained in these green leafy
vegetables. For each of the 20 or so
chemical elements known to be Ocn-
tanned in the body there is some
function or sets of function. For ex-
ample, it is the calcium in the blood
stream which permits the co-agula-
tion of the blood and stops the flow
from a wound. The sodium salts in
the blood neutralizes the acids
formed through the work done by
the muscles; sodium chloride is
used by the body for the manufac-
ture of the gastric juices in the
stomach which is one of the first di-
gestive juices to attack food in the
stomach. Without phosphorus, cal
cium Qime) there would be no teeth
or bones, and without iodine the
thyroid glands would not function
properly. 1t is the iron in the blood
that makes hemOglObin which gives
color (red corpuscles) and is the
carrier of oxygen in the body.
These are only a few of the de-
mands of the body on the food which
we eat. There are many others just
as important, and we must remember
that the green vegetables and fruits
are among our best sources for these
Milford chronicle., 1930-06-13
HOW MUCH DO WE PAY OUR
CRIMINALS?

The criminal class is one of the
best paid in the United States.
We usually regard crime as a So
cial problem, overlooking the eco.
nomic aspect. Yet one estimate
places the nations annual crime bill
at 13 billion dollars.
1t will be said, of course, that our
criminals are not actually paid" in
the sense of being employed. But il
amounts to the same thing. Crime
could not exist without public indif-
ference and slothfulness.
We talk about it and don't act. We
calmly watch our legislatures pile
new laws each year on the saggine
statute books. We read that We
have the highest homicide rate in
the world and, along with it, the
lowest conviction rate for criminals
The American people pay foi
crime. 1t is to a large degree with
in their power to lower the gigantic
annual bill presented by the under
world to society,