Milford chronicle., 1932-08-12
GLENDALE HAPPENINGS

IN the ola DAYS, only a lew are lei
and they are so old that the beacl
has no more attraction for them.
With the coming of the automo
bile things have changed. There il
no more gathering of covered cart
at the shore. The hotels don't an!
more sell liquor of any kind, but thu
bootlegger is on deck and sees to i
that those who are thirsty shall no
want for a drink About the only
thing left of the old time Big Thurs.
days is the drinking and fighting
which still goes on.
We will, perhaps, in future COM
munication, tell you something OF
present day Big Thursdays and how
they compare with the past. Let me
say that the people who lived in the
old days were more happy and got
more real pleasure out of life then
the people of the present day can
do.
Crops Around Glendale
The crop of wheat while not
heavy, has been threshed and far
mers are looking to the future for
an advance in prices. The present
outlook seems to be favorable, that
their wishes will be granted. -
The crop of corn is looking fine.
The early corn is nearing maturity,
and with sufficient rain will be
about normal. The later crop could
not look better, and with moisture
sufficient to make it mature, will
yield an abundant crop.
Soy beans are looking well. Those
who have planted them expect a
bumper crop, but if the price is not
better this year than last; the far
mers will lose money.
Cucumbers have been a paying
crop this year, though the price has
not been high, yet it left a margin
of profit for the farmers. sa.
Cantaloupes are now on the mar
ket in abundance. The price is get
ting lower daily, and by the time the
main crop is ready to ship, the far
mers, if prices do not advance, will
not receive enough to pay shipping
expenses. .~f r--
Tomato fields never looked better,
and the yield promises to be great.
If the Gamers can make proper ar
rangements with the banks for
funds they may be able to pay the
farmers a price that will show a
profit.
The patches of watermelons
promises to yield big. The farmers
do not grow them in sufficient guam
titles to ship in car lots, but will
have plenty for home use and some
to spare.
String and lima beans for factory
use are not turning out as we'll as
owing to the inroads
made by the Mexican beetles, which
in many cases have nearly destroy
ed the crops. The spraying By the
farmers have i'll measure partly
saved the crops, but many growers
have sprayed too heavily ana have
injured their crop of beans thereby.
The price this year is so much low
er then last year It is doubtful if
the farmers can make any money.
The early potato crop which is
good in soma sections, in others a
failure. The price being Of
fered for this crop is much below
he cost of producing. The later |
crop of these tubers have been
planted quite heavily by the farm
srs, and the prospects for this crop |
will depend upon the season we
nave. With sufficient rain the yield |
should be heavily. The price wifi hot
De high.
Sweet potatoes used to be nlon-
9y-making crop for the farmers but
asst season though the yield was
abundant, the price was so low,
hat several farmers refused to dig
hem for the price offered.
Early apples we're failure. not
,nly in the yield, but the size was
10 small that they would not bring
sufficient money to pay the shipping
harges. The later crop will be bet
er, and no doubt will make the
growers some money.
Peaches are about a half crop.
Perhaps when they are gathered
hey will prove less than the first
stimate. The price continues to fall
nd if it gets much lower the grow
rs will not be able to ship. The
'elle of Georgia, the peach that
uits all classes for canning pur-
oses, will be ripe in about ten
ays.
Keiffer pears will be an abundant
rop this year. What to do with
hem seems to be troubling the
several years they
ave not paid the cost of picking.
let us hope that the price this year
ill improve.
Other crops are looking well.
How would it do for. correspond
nts to give a short sketch of the
rops in their immediate neighbor-
bod once a month. This should be
lteresting reading for other far
lers In this way they would be
BILE to judge the condition of diff
,rent crops throughout the county.
oppression
It is to be hoped that the busi-
ess depression which has been pre-
alent for some time past, shows
gns of improvement. Several of the
manufacturers of the country are
illing part of their forces back to
ork again. Stocks seem to be adj
lncing and everything looks
Fighter for all. 1t will take some
me for things to become normal ,
gain but we believe that the labor ,
e classes of the country will find ,
lat work will be more plentiful in /
lie future, and finally all will be !
nployed again. Wages will be low :