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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Beekeeping

Even during the busy days Of honey
harvest, the foundation for next years
honey crop may be laid. Often severe
losses are sustained and opportunities
for Improvement are overlooked be-
cause beekeepers are SO busy harvest
ing their crop and preparing it for
market that they have little If any
time to look forward to another sea.
son. In localities which do not have
a fall honey flow, the latter part of
the early honey flow is an excellent
time for replacing old and otherwise
inferior queens. Even though it may
seem difficult to do in these busy days,
often the most profitable work in the
apiary is that of replacing poor queens
with good ones while this can be done
advantageously. Another important
stone in the foundation for next years
honey crop in localities not having
fall honey flow is that of providing
super of honey, food chamber. for each
colony to be sure to have an abund-
ance of stores for fall, winter and
spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Feed Value Found
Among Farm Pests
Live Stock Made Gains on
Russian Thistle and
Bean Straw.

Prepared by the United states Department
of Agriculture.--WNU Service
Russian thistle, a troublesome weed
In the West, bean straw, and fax.
seed were some of the little-used
plants and crops found to have con-
siderable feeding value In a series OF
cooperative lamb and pig -fattening
experiments by the Colorado agricul-
tural experiment station and the Dry
Land agricultural field station of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture at Akron, Colo.
For one lot of 20 lambs, Russian
thistles, one of the common tumble
weeds of the western plains region.
were ground fine and fed with shelled
corn and cottonseed cake for 80 days.
Some of the thistles were raked out OF
fence corners; other were cut green
and cured for the experiment. Value
ing the corn at "a cents per bushel.
the cake at $22 per ton. and the ground
thistles at $3.50 per ton, the gains of
the lambs cost $4.27 per 100 pounds
live weight, The results from feeding
q lot of Gull lambs indicate that If the
thistles are cut green and made into
hay, grinding is not necessary, as the
lambs consumed the whole thistles
just as readily.
This thistle experiment, believed to
be the first to place definite value
on this weed as feed. is important
to the dry belt, the bureau points out,
because the thistle usually thrives in
drought seasons when other crops fail.
When bean straw, valued at So per
ton, was fed with corn and cake to
lambs at the same rate and value as
in the thistle lot, the gains cost $3.50
per 100 pounds.
In another comparison cut sorg0
fodder was fed to one lot of lambs
and whole sOrgo fodder to another
lot. The indications are that the whole
sorgo fodder at $3.50 per ton is a
more profitable feed than the cut fod-
der when it costs 50 per ton to cut it.
Although flaxseed screenings have
been known to poison live stock, In the
Colorado experiments pigs fed four
fifths of a pound day of unscreened
haxseed-a home grown protein feed
for 80 days as a supplement to four
pounds of ground hog millet showed
no i'll effects, but pigs fed 6A pounds
of ground hog millet, one-half pound
Of tankage and one-fourth pound of
faxseed daily gained almost twice as
much. Ground flaxseed meal at $50
per ton was less economical feed
than cottonseed cake at $50 per ton.
The fiaxseed meal lot made consider
ably smaller gains and required some
what more feed per unit of gain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Study Means to Put
End to Farm Waste"
Specialists Seek Methods of
Using By-Products.

Each year we make new progress
toward economic perfection on the
farm and still there are plenty of
waste materials. This isn't because
we are not careful and willing to save,
but because means have not been
found for utilizing many Of the things
we throw away. Raw material to
make more than enough paper, fiber
board, acetic acid, alcohols, acetone
and charcoal needed each year in the
United States is found in the straw
Of wheat, oats, barley, rye and rice,
stalks of corn and sugar cane and wild
marsh grasses.
The waste Of these materials is es-
timated at over 260,OO0,000 tons year.
The chemists know about it and so
do the manufacturers The trouble is
that the materials are SO bulky and
the expense Of gathering them is SO
great that they are not wanted when
more compact and more easily handled
stuff Is available. Most of the paper
and other commercial goods mentioned
above are now made from other raw
materials, principally wood and corn.
The various materials named are
not wasted altogether. of course.
Most of them are returned to the soil
whence they came, to add some humus
and fertilizing value. Even when they
are burned. modicum of valuable
constituents is restored to the earth
for the benefit of succeeding crops. It
will be good day for agriculture,
however, when greater number of
by-products yielding more directly and
more obviously profit in the shape
of dollars can be made from some of
our so-called waste" materials Of the
farm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Vitamins That Affect
Food Value of the Eps

Eggs from chickens fed ration full
of vitamins A and D are better food
than eggs from chickens fed rations
less rich in these vitamins.
Recent experiments in Ohio indicate
that the amount of vitamin A and D
supplied to the bird is directly re-
Elected in the vitamin content of the
eggs produced. Thus, in feeding his
hens to maintain their health, the poul-
tryman is feeding for eggs of better
quality and more worth.
A ration for hens rich in vitamins
would contain yellow corn, alfalfa leaf
meal, or a high grade ccd liver oil.
Vitamin D prevents ricketts, and as
sists with the building of bone. Vita
min A builds resistance to diseases
and infections.-Dakota Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
POULTRY
FATS
NO GREAT PROFIT
IN RAISING CAPONS
Inadvisable to Rear Chicks
for Meat Alone.

Claims for rapid and great increase
in weight after caponizing cOckerels
are disputed by experiment stations
that have investigated them. A bulle-
tin from the Cornell experiment sta
ton quotes the Maryland State Col
lege of Agriculture as having found
that the rate of growth Of cockerels
and capons compared very closely up
to the time of the maturity of the
cockerels, the cockerels being slight
ly more efficient in the use Of food.
After maturity was reached, this rela-
ton was reversed, the capons becom-
ing slightly more efficient. The same
results were obtained at Cornell. The
Illinois station found that up to 48
weeks there was little difference in
the growing of capons and cockerels.
The Cornell statement with regard
to this continues with the cautionary
paragraph. Apparently the extrav-
agant claims have not been founded
upon facts. Under most New
York state conditions it is not advis-
hUiC " dLICHpt " SdpOuo AOL
the New York wholesale market. .
However, in localities where special
trade can be built up and premium
prices obtained it may be profitable to
produce them. A plump, juicy
capon cannot be excelled by any poul-
try for fine table quality, and doubt
less many poultrymen continue to pro-
duce them primarily for home use"
This seems to correspond with the
opinions of numerous poultry keepers
who have tried producing capons for
the wholesale markets and have found
that feed costs have been too great
to permit any great profit in the rails
ing of fowls for meat alone.-Rural
New-YOrker.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

ue iaTSeTs
The naval general board completed
its new building program and laid It
before Secretary Charles f. Adams.
Whether or not he would submit 1t to
the President with a Recommendation
that II be offered to congress in De-
cember was not to be decided until
Secretary Adams had consulted with
number of ranking admirals.
1t was understood the general board
program included one-year install.
ment of the Vinson $S0O,OO0OOO ten.
year program. It recommended start
ing work on the seventeenth S-inch
gun cruiser permitted under the Lon
don treaty and already authorized.
Other parts Of the program presum-
ably call for the laying down of
TWO cruisers. one airplane carrier. and
additional airplanes and submarines.
G jPREME COURT JUSTICE ELLIS
- J. Staley at Albany ruled in the
Walker case that Governor Roosevelt
had the authority to sit in judgment
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

Ava ne
Mr.. Dawson, defending the federal
administration for the use of force In
expelling the bonus army from Wash
ington. charged that many members Of
the B. q. F. in the National Capital
were "tramps and hoodlums" posses
sing fake military discharges that
were produced by a Communist
owned diploma mill" His speech was
frequently interrupted by loud jeers
and boos and cries Of put him out"
and finally it was necessary to call
the police reserves to restore order.
THREE major conditions on which
L ii will make loans for self-liuui-
dating projects were announced by the
Reconstruction Finance corporation
board. The applicant must prove that
his project is self-liquidating; he must
prove that it is adequately secured by
good collateral; and he must be able
to give the board complete information
on all phases of the project. Among
the minor conditions are the barring
of convict labor; limitation of labor
to 30 hours a week. and giving pref
erence to war veterans with depend
ents.
When the applicants gathered in the
corporations offices Los Angeles was
near the head of the line. asking $780,.
100000 to carry to the city the water
and power made available by the Boul-
der dam. New York wanted $75,OOO,-
600 for bridge across the Hudson to
Weehawken and $55.0O0.000 for the
projecte' triborough bridge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Poultry Outlook

The summary of the program for
poultry as outlined in the "Agricul-
tural Outlook for 1892" and pub
lished by Iowa State college, is, in
our judgment, sound advice.
Most farmers with general fiocks
adapted to both meat and egg produc-
ton might well hold their production
plans to about the same volume as last
year and put further emphasis on
proper feeding, careful flock manage
ment and selling on graded basis.
Graded selling of eggs becomes In
creasingly important with the marked
expansion in the competition between
frozen eggs and the lower grades Of
cold storage eggs."-Wallace's Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Believes in Limestone

The champion limestone user of Hi.
nois, it may safely be stated, says g
writer in the Prairie Farmer. is D. NJ
Hardy. eighty-four-year-old Monroe
county farmer. who last year applied
3,4O0 tons, or approximately IS car
loads. on 1000 acres of land While
he admits that this is stable order
he says: "My experience with lime
stone running over several years has
been that it is one of the highest-pay-
ing farm practices that has been de
yeloped for modern agriculture"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Agricultural Hints
Grain crops in Great Britain are up
to average-hay considerably below.

Grain crops in Great Britain are up
to average-hay considerably below.
Rain and dew on hay is more effec.
tive in making hay heat than is an
equal amount of internal moisture, or
sap.
Fire blight was first reported in the
United States as attacking apple and
pear trees in the Hudson valley. 1t
is thought that the disease originated
in Japan.
Thin apples, on vigorous trees, to
about six inches apart. Remove all
fruits affected with insect or disease
injury by spray burn, by hail, by limb
rub, and with other blemishes.
Ragweed is an outlaw, and there is
no excuse for permitting it to grow on
farm or roadside.
There is shortage of pork and pigs
in Denmark and Germany. These
two countries are the greatest CON-
petitors of the United States for the
English trade.
Through the practice of double crop
ping in the garden it is possible to
make the same area of ground pro-
duce larger quantity and greater
variety of vegetables.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Moist Ration Best

Mixing a part of the dry mash with
milk until it is moistened to a crumbly
state greatly increases the palatability
of the poultry ration. Experiments
with flocks Of the same breed kept
under exactly the same conditions and
fed the same rations, except that a
part of the ration was fed wet In
one case and in the other case all Of
1t was dry, showed an increase in
production during the year of "a eggs
per bird. a matter no poultry raiser
can afford to overlook.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
Separate Ducks and Hens

Ducks, chickens and turkeys have
quite different habits and require
ments; therefore they should be kept
separate in order to be profitable and
healthy. If ducks and chickens are
confined to the same run it will soon
be found that the webbed feet of the
ducks treading on the droppings will
make the run very insanitary for the
fowls, and any contagious disease
breaking out would be quickly COM
municated to the entire flock.
Turkeys must be provided with
space for exercise, and fresh air and
should be kept in fairly cold, dry
atmosphere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
When to Start Culling

Culling should begin when the eggs
are selected for incubation and con-
tinue until the birds are disposed of.
University of Minnesota bulletin points
out. Only strong, vigorous, healthy
chicks should be placed in the brood.
ing pens. Pullets put into winter quar-
tiers should be carefully selected as to
factors bearing on their usefulness.
and throughout the laying year, hens
that developed physical weakness, OF
are late. or irregular, producers should
be removed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

NATIONAL air races at Cleveland
1 y were almost disrupted at the
start because the aviators learned
that the prizes for closed events had
been reduced to % per cent of their
advertised value. But the flyers final
ly gave In and consented to go ahead
with the contest. James g. Haizlip,
former army flyer, won the Bendix
dash from Burbank, Calf, to Cleve-
land in hours 10 minutes elapsed
time. He then continued to New
York, establishing new transcontinen-
tai record Of 10 hours 10 minutes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

l next. CaDlnet mem.
bers and all heads Of
independent establish.
ments have submitted
their estimates and
Mr.. Roup has begun
b e arin G s on them.
Whether the budget
win be larg err or
smaller than the one
submitted to congress
for the current fiscal
year is not yet known,
but probably 1t will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

resolutions calling for
immediate payment of
the veterans bonus In
full. The meeting Of
the New York Legion,
in Brooklyn, was en-.
livened by an almost
violent demonstration
against F. Trubee Da.
vison. assistant sec.
rotary of war for av-
iation and now an as
pirant for the Repub-
lican nomination for
governor of New
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

into wilful obstruc-
ton of highways, de-
struction Of property
and intimidation Of
truck drivers. The
holiday" movement,
started by G. p. Slavery
and other leaders,
meanwhile was losing
its peaceful aspect
and there were con-
flicts between the pick
cts and sheriffs' pos
sees at various points.
GanAro111 khn A@a<,vse,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

marked results. The
300 men who partici-
pated pledged them.
selves to work along
these lines:
To spread employ.
ment by shortening
the hours of each
worker; to stimulate
capital expenditures
by industry; to ex.
pand employment and
repair and replace
ment work on the
railroads; to stimu.
lafn hop,n fntnr0un-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
Presidents Business Conference Already Showing Results
r. F. C. Considers Loans-Court Establishes
Roosevelt's Right to Remove Mayor Walker.
III 4Si4
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.

IF PROSPERITY can be restored by
the united efforts of individuals
the business and industrial confer.
ence in Washington should have
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

the governor. However, he also ruled
that court action might be taken after
the governor has given his decision on
the Walker custer charges, provided
the mayors three constitutional de-
lenses had been violated.
Mayor Walker, however, decided not
to await the governors decision, and
late Thursday night he resigned, turn
ing his Office over to Joseph v. Nc
Kee, aldermanic president. In long
statement Walker made scorching
attack on the governor, declaring the
hearing had been conducted unfairly
and developed into "travesty. mock
trial. in comparison with which a
drumhead court martial would seem
liberal. He said he was convinced the
governors verdict, whether for or
against him, would be dictated by
political expendiency.
Walker closed by asserting he would
seek vindication by running for re-
election. He said he was taking the
advice of "the most loyal and distin-
guished Democrat in this country"
evidently abiding to Alfred E. Smith.
UNLESS late returns from the Dem
~ ocratic run-off primary upset pres
ent figures, ma" Ferguson will be
governor of Texas again. At this writ
ing she has a rather slight lead over
Gov. Ross S. Sterling. The vote had
veered and swayed from the incum-
bent to Mrs. Ferguson in such dra-
matte manner that A. r. Henning,
head of the Texas election bureau, de.
clined to forecast either the possible
outcome Of the race or the probable
total vote. s.
The returns were still to be can
vassed by the county committees and
then by the state committee.
lGOVERNOR'S day at Seagirt. New
NJ Jersey. was taken by Franklin
d. Roosevelt as the occasion for his
first campaign speech on the prohibit
ton question, and what he said to his
10000 listeners was highly pleasing
to the wet Democrats. Some of the
Republican leaders. on the other hand,
called 1t old stuff and ludicrous; and
1t did not have the approval of the
ProhibitiOnists.
After speaking a good word for
genuine temperance, Mr.. Roosevelt
dealt with the tax burden" that pro-
hibition has brought, declaring "the
only business in the country that was
not helping to support the government
was in a real sense being supported
by this government"
Describing the Republican platform
as "long, indirect, insincere and false"
the governor compared its stand on
prohibition repeal with ''the concise
sincerity of our own platform"
1.-THE Democratic party squarely met
the ISSUE" said the governor, "while
the Republican administration at.
tempted to evade and confuse the
ISSUE"
nNE after another the state con-
~ ventions of the American Legion
are disregarding the advice of the
leaders of the Legion and adopting
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

ment and repair; to assist home own.
ers in carrying their mortgage bur-
dens; to make credit affirmatiyely use.
full by making it available to those en-
titled to it.
The central committee named to car
ry out this program is headed by
Henry NJ. Robinson Of Los Angeles, a
white haired banker and lawyer who
has been one of President Hoover's
closest friends and unofficial advisers
and who has previously served the
public in various capacities, notably as
a member of the commission that for
mulated the Dawes plan. It is said in
Washington that Mr.. Robinson may
sool be known as the Colonel House
of the Hoover administration.
OF the ub.committees named at the
conference, the first to get into action
was that on spreading employment.
Its chairman. Walter c. Teagle, pres
ident of the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey said the committee In
tends to educate industry to do the
most convenient thing to be worked
out from the various methods already
devised and operated by nearly 400
companies throughout the country,
which reported to the unemployment
relief organization in the course of
its study of the program and its APP
plication to industry.
Dispatches received in Washington
from all parts of the country indi-
Gated that the conference already was
having an effect on the revival of in
dustry. and the news from banks was
especially cheerful.
a NDREW W. MELLON, ambassa-
4 dor to England and former secre-
tary of the treasury. had long talk
with the President, and on emerging
from the White House said he believed;
the current advance In stock prices
was justified and would be main
tanned. Mr.. MELONS reputation as
financial wizard has been consider
ably lessened, but there are still many
who think his judgment is sound.
NIONTAGU C. NORMAN, governor
AVA Of the Bank of England, came
over to this country recently as "Prof.
Clarence Skinner" ostensibly to spend
a vacation in Maine. But 1t was not
long before he was in New York con-
sulting with some of our leading bank
ers, and then It was officially admitted
in Washington that he would 'see or
communicate with" Ogden L. Mills,
secretary of the treasury. In the
minds of many this made 1t certain
that the main object of Mr.. Norman's
visit was to discuss war debts. It
also probably had to do with Britain's
return to the gold standard in 1893,
this being dependent on the settlement
Of the war debts and PREPARATIONS and
the lowering Of world tariff barriers.
ID RESIDENT HOOVER and Budget
4 Director ]. Clawson Roup have
begun preparation of the budget for
the 1884 fiscal year which starts July
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

IOWA farmers engaged in the strike
Z ror higher prices were being investi-
gated by a grand jury in Council
Bluffs which was instructed to inquire
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-09-16

d RESIDENT HOOVER and Budget
Director ]. Clawson Roup have
begun preparation of the budget for
the 1884 fiscal year which starts July
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-11-25

each state meeting and casting their ballots is merely a formality. AL though the electors of one party could, if they desired, cast their votes for any candidate, since they are not restricted by law from so doing, nevertheless they never do.
 But the system under which all the electoral votes of a state go en- tirely to the candidate capturing a majority in that state, with the los- CT getting not a single electoral vote, can result in grave abuses. It can result in a minority candidate being elected to the Presidency.
 It is certainly time to do away with this outworn institution. Let's abolish the electoral college, vote directly for the president and vice. president, and let the winner take office soon after his victory, certain ly not later than January l, instead of waiting until March as we do at present.-Ex.