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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-06
TOWNS RECORDS SAVED
Old Files From 1852 Are Kept by
NIiddIetown, Conn.

% IWfb NUtCfUt
MIDDLETOWN. Conn, Oct. %
Town records. dating back to 1852,
have been saved fer future years by
John F. Pickett, city clerk, who
found the old files decaying and re-
stored them. The pages of the old
record books. which reveal that
the early settlers obtained their
acres by drawing lots, have been
restored and the pages covered with
transparent silk gauze.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-06
LOOKS FORWARD
\ TO RETIREMENT
FROM POSITION
Commissioner Agrees With
Presidents Request of
Removal.

BIZ Scripps-Hocard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, oct. 8. - When
George Otis Smith retires Nov.
from membership on the federal
power commission, he will have COM
pleted forty years in the service of
the federal government. He retires
with a pension. He says life of
private citizens looks good to him"
Smith makes no secret Of the
fact that President Roosevelt asked
him TO retire both from chairman
<ship Of the commission and from
membership on it, Unlike William
z. Humphreys, federal trade com
missioner who has refused a SINH
lar request by the President, Mr..
Smith thinks the request reasona-
bic.
L believe could serve Mr..
Roosevelt as faithfully and Loyalty
as any one else" he says. but 1
also think he should have a man
OF his own choosing at the head Of
such an important commission"
Supports Presidents Right.
He never contemplated the court
of defiance Humphreys has chosen.
81 fought, all the way up to the
supreme court, to sustain the right
Of the President to appoint" he
says. How could I turn right
around and fight his power to re-
move?"
The senate tried to remove Smith
from Office during the first week of
his term after he had taken the
lead in having Charles A. Russell
and William " King dismissed as
solicitor and chief accountant. The
senate rescinded its confirmation Of
his appointment and fought the
case through the courts. Smith
won.
THE Joke was on the liberals who
tried to have me removed" says
Smith. President Hoover gave me
that appointment as temporary
thing. 1 was to do an administrative
job Of organizing the new commits
sion, then I was to resign and go
back to being director of the geo.
logical survey But when the lib
erals opened fire and tried to have
me removed, 1 couldn't resign"
La Toilette Is Mentioned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-06
La Toilette Is Mentioned

Smith. a Republican, will be sue
ceeded by a Republican, probably
zone of liberal views. Former Gov
ernor Philip La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin is a possibility though he also is
being discussed for appointment to
the federal trade commission if
Humphreys resigns or is removed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-06
BOY PRODIGY is IS

Enters Loyola U. as Student in Pre-
Medical Course.
By United Press
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-James
T. Nix, III, Is, has ben dubbed the
baby" Of Loyola university.
James, who graduated from Je-
suit high at the age of IA, will take
a pre-medical course, preparatory
to becoming a physician like his
father, Dr. J. T. Nix Jr.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Sheathing in Small j,
House Stops Fire RSh

Necessity for installing fre.:slOpp m
between a brick veneer extern, -,
the sheathing of wood frame "
can be eliminated through the w.
an incombustible mineral sneaanin
Such a sheathing provides is ~
fire-stop on the inside Of the slru.', ne
Nor can the blaze travel Tar up fa
air space between the brick aDo 10
sheathing because of the facing ,s..
combustible materials on both s, ,,.orsl
In laying brick veneer over = "A
sheathing the bricks are uea = re
metal ties, which are nailed ~ ,hru
sheathing with no more difnculS I'D
the same ties are nailed in1O '0.nn
This is made possible by the 1919
composition Of the incoD
sheathing. :. Iare
Mineral sheathing comes ~ .oovpi
panels. which are tongue-anOs,.a nor
and which, in consequence, LIE IT, tbs
sible a wall that is sealed ags IN CT
infiltration Of wind and VIZ"
down the escape Of furnace ns
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Good Idea Is to Unite
Two Weak Bee Colonies

The uniting Of bee colonies for
winter requires some judgment and
care. There may be in the yard a
fairly strong colony with plenty Of
brood and little honey, and along
side 1t queenless hive with plen-
ty of honey and a decreasing force.
The uniting Of these two will result
In strong colony with all that is
needed for winter. Queenless col
onies, as a rule, should be united
with colonies that have a good
queen. 1t is useless to try to win
ter over a queenless colony.
To unite two or more colonies,
remove the cover of one hive, spread
sheet Of newspaper having a few
small holes punched through it over
the frames, then lift the other hive
from the bottom board and set 1t
directly on the newspaper. If a
third colony is to be united with
this, take off the cover of the Sec
.ond hive and set on the third hive
as before. The bees will gnaw away
the newspaper and thus unite with
out fighting. II the queens are
equally good. the job of killing the
extra queen can be left to the bees,
but If one of the queens Is old or
otherwise inferior. she should be
hunted out and killed beforehand.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Proper Insulation Pays;
HELPS Cut Down EXpenS

Insulation properly applied Is w
expensive. It can be shown thaI J
pays its own way, first, by making J
possible to reduce the size OF the nen
ing plant, and, second, by redueI
the necessary consumption OF coal
Insulation goes on quickly-h y
difficult or expensive to apply w.
thermore, 1t can be obtained from \
most any reliable building supT
dealer. Like all other materials us
in building, it must be applied PRIV
erly to get the desired results.
Another interesting thing about 7
sulation is that it works alrnoN
well in summer as it does In wln'a
for then 1t keeps the heat ouI ~
makes your house a more comforIam
place to live in. Some OF the mou'.
comforts with which we surround y
selves, which, having once been ,u's
rious, are now coming to be though
as necessities, add to the cost Of y
ing, make it more difficult for US
build our homes on limited incOug
but insulation pays ifs own way
is a bad building investment "
without it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Valuable Formula for
Homemade LAYING Mash

The old ration consisting Of 100
pounds each of ground corn, ground
oats, bran, middlings and meat
scraps is still a useful formula for
a homemade laying mash. The adj
ditfon Of 2 per cent ground lime
stone, 2 per cent bonemeal and ]
per cent fine table salt makes the
ration better, as the minerals help
in the production of strong shells.
When home grown wheat is avail
able it pays to substitute 200
pounds ground wheat for the 100
pounds of bran and 100 pounds. Of
middlings in the above ration.
Another good laying mash con-
sists Of $50 pounds cornmeal, 100
pounds ground oats, 100 pounds
bran, 100 pounds middlings, SO
pounds meat scraps, so pounds al
falfa leaf meal, Is pounds bone
meal and 8 pounds fine table salt.
In that ration the cornmeal can be
reduced to 100 pounds.
Farmers Guide.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
New Wheat Holds
Out High Promise
"Yogo" Hailed by Depart
ment of Agriculture for
Many Reasons.

Prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture.-WNU Service.
A new winter wheat, ''yogo," has
been released by the Department OF
Agriculture and the Montana agri-
cultural experiment station for linn
tied trial in Montana under farm
conditions.
Yogo is thought to be the best
hard red winter wheat yet produced
for this northern area by the wheat
breeders of the department. It
survives the severe winters of Mon
tana, yields we'll, and Is resistant
to bunt or sinking smut. These
three qualities, difficult to combine
In one wheat, furnish the basis for
distributing yogo and for believing
that it will be successful in north
ern areas.
At present there is no seed avail
able for distribution. Last year a
limited quantity was distributed to
farmers in Montana for fall seed
ing. IF the variety continues to
show outstanding performance gen.
eral distribution Of seed will follow.
Yogo has been developed and
thoroughly tested by the depart
ment for yield, winter hardness,
smut resistance, and milling and
baking qualities. In 1882, it was
one of so varieties tested for smut
resistance. After the seed had been
inoculated with smut it was grown
at eight experiment stations in the
Great Plains area. Yogo ranked
eighth, averaging only IL per cent
of infection, whereas karmot, q
hard red winter wheat grown ex-
tensively in Montana, averaged 47.6
per cent. "a. -.
Yogo combines the hardy charac-
teristics of all leading winter wheat
varieties. In it are Beloglina, rec
ognized in its original home in Rus
STA as one Of the most hardy red
winter wheats known; minturki,
which itself was cross of Odessa
and Turkey wheats originating in
the Black sea region; and Buffum
No. II, hardy selection from Tur-
key developed in Wyoming about
twenty years ago. -
Yogo is one of many new varie-
ties that are being tested in the
comprehensive winter wheat breed
ing and Improvement program Of
the department in cooperation with
the state experiment stations In
Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas, Colora-
do, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota,
South Dakota, North Dakota, and
Montana.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Swine Sanitation and
Correct Feed for Pork

Swine sanitation and feeding bal,
anced rations to sows. pigs and fat
tening hogs took six weeks off the
pork production period for 45S I'LL
nois farmers this year, states E. T.
Robbins, University of Illinois. The
earlier market is usually the better
one and the difference in price six
weeks earlier may make the differ
ence in profit and loss on hogs.
The co-operators used corn,
legume, pasture, rape, alfalfa hay,
skim milk, soy beans, tankage, oil
meal, limestone, bone meal and
salt in compromising their rations
With their sanitation and good ra-
lions farmers were able to produce
compound hogs In six months or
less time. Many of the pigs went
on the market in mid-September to
hit the peak Of good prices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
BY w. A. RADFORD

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to
practical home building, for the read
ers of this paper. On account Of his
wide experience as editor, author and
manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radferd, No. 1927 Prairie avenue,
Chicago, Ill, and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Some homes are designed especially
for a corner lot, especially if the lot
is narrow in its extent on one or the
other of the streets. For a lot Of
this character the colonial home is ex-
cellent. 1t may be placed facing either
one of the streets because Of its de-
sign and the end appears to be the
front.
A design for colonial home that
may be built either on a corner lot
or an ordinary lot is shown in the ac-
companying illustration. As will be
seen the sun parlor is built on one
end and faces the street. This plan
can be reversed if it is desired. -.~
The house is % feet wide by % feet
long. 1t contains five rooms besides
the sun parlor, bath and sewing
room on the second floor. The sewing
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12

by u feet 6 inches. AT the back
the kitchen, s feet by IL feet.
The stairs leading to the secOnl
floor end in a hall at the back of d
which open two large bedrooms, sew
ing room and the bathroom. One O.
the bedrooms is IL feet by 10 feet, and
the other is IL feet 6 inches by IA feet
The sewing room is s feet by feet |
inches. OFF the two large bedrooms
are closets of large capacity. It will
be noted that these bedrooms are CO
ner rooms and are light and airy. Y
The house is of frame construction
with shingles for siding. This follow
the colonial design so common In New
England and makes a most attractive
house. Another feature that indicates
the colonial are the half fan lights Z
the end gables opening into the alta
This is a very attractive and pOpB
lar home building design. Because u
foundation walls are straight and q
are also the side walls, 1t is q CON
paratively inexpensive home to bula
At the same time it provides five laFg
and comfortable rooms and all inl
conveniences to be found in the moo
ern home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Best Pig Management

If at all possible, the narrowing
places for pigs should be out In
clean pastures. These pigs should
be left in these clean pastures as
long as there is any green feed
available. There are three reasons
why this kind of pig management
is advisable: It prevents the pigs
becoming infested with worms; it
reduces the possible losses from
anemia; and it helps to give the
pigs a good start before winter
weather necessitates their being
more closely confined In central hog
houses and under dry lot feeding
conditions. AS a rule, winter ra.
lions are more or less deficient In
nutritive values. It is not quite fair
to young pigs to put them on ra-
lions of this kind In addition to
their already having poor start
Hoard's Dairyman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Profitable BroiIers

If broilers and pullets are to be
raised at cost that will yield a
profit important factors will have
to be carefully weighed by the pro-
Queer. These are, the quality and
efficiency Of the brooding equip
ment, the feed used, and the sani-
tation. Quality Of chicks comes first
because nothing gives poorer start
toward low production costs than
cheap chicks from INFESTED stock.
Brooding equipment is next in line
and quality and efficiency rather
than low price should govern ones
choice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Control of Hog Cholera

The ultimate objective Of hog
cholera control is the suppression
of hog cholera virus. This job de-
ponds upon improved sanitary meas
ures voluntarily applied by every
farmer raising hogs. It is a COM
munity effort and at no time In the
last 20 years has there been great
need for coordination In the sup
preston of hog cholera. The pro.
cedure Is simple. Initiative on the
part of community leaders in the ap-
plication of simple procedures will
go a long way in checking the
spread of hog cholera.
Obviously. much depends upon a
correct diagnosis. and veterinary as
sistance is important in this tech
meal service. A prompt diagnosis.
plus proper treatment. plus sanitary
measures, means a potential protec-
ton against loss in every commu-
uity.-Prairie Farmer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Point for Horse
Raisers to Study
All Needs Met by Breed
ing Associations.

By PROF. a. w. HARPER. New York
State College of Agriculture
.r . WNU Service. -
A group Of farmers, self-organ'
lied to buy breeding stallion
adapted to the horse needs OF the
community, and who buy q stallion
direct from a breeder, is a horse
breeding association. 49, 4
The horse-breeding association is
similar to the old-time horse COM
pany, but lacks the outside pro-
moter who has q horse to sell and
who has to be paid for his sales
promotion activities. The old horse
company, which made horse breed
ing too expensive in New York
state, was usually organized by an
agent who sold about twenty-five
farmers each a hundred-dollar
share Of stock, and then sold the
companysa horse. ~ -
It is unnecessary for farmers to
pay the added expense, when the
se-breeding association is both
cheap and workable E. When in need
of a stallion, the association may
send a committee of it's members
to horse-breeding sections, where
they not only buy stallion at a
fair price, but see good breeding
establishments, learn to know the
better breeders, and make contracts
with prospective buyers. The cost
of a stallion under the breeding as
ISOLATION plan is usually about half
the cost in horse company.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Substitute for Sunshine

The reason poultry experts often
recommend cod liver oil as a sub
stitute for sunshine is because 1t is
rich In vitamin D, growth and
vigor factor with great tonic prop
critics. This is explained by the
fact that the Goldfish from which 1t
is obtained lives in northern seas
where the sun shines for long
periods. It obtains its food from
micro-organisms and plants that alb
sorb ultraviolet rays Of the sun
and the fish stores up the vitamins
In its vital organs. principally the
liver. No other fish is able to store
equal quantities, it is said. Cod
liver oil fed to breeding hens in
creases fertility and hatchability.
When fed to young stock, stronger
and quicker growth results.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Dairyman Needs Rye

Rye is reliable crop for the
dairyman who needs early pasture,
says DR.. c. Fl. Eckles, chief of the
Minnesota dairy division. Although
rye is not considered a first-class
dairy cow pasturage it supplies
more pasturage late in the fall as
we'll as early in the spring than
other crops. The complaint Is some
times made that cows pastured on
rye give somewhat tainted milk,
but this can be avoided by pastur-
ing the rye moderately. along with
at least partial feed of grain. If
rye is to be used as the sole feed,
trouble may also be averted by re-
moving the cows from the pasture
a few Saurs before milking time
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Brick, Stone Standards
Used i'm Ancient Egypt

Centuries ago. during the heyday
Of kingship in Egypt, building was
done with both brick and stone.
Biblical narratives of brickmaking
in the early Egyptian days tells Of
how, as an added punitive resort, Pha-
raoh compelled the Israelites to make
bricks without straw, which was about
as near an impossibility as his devil
fish malignity could conjure up. But
it seems that, even so, the bricks
were made. They were not of the
durable type, however, and lone of
them remain to tell the story Of the
one-time construction fashion Of the
period.
Other Egyptian kings, with greater
imaginations and q plentituda of will
ing or impressed subjects, built endur-
ing monuments in the way of pyra-
mids that still dot the sand-strewn
country here and there and bespeak
an exceptional engineering ability. To-
day these pyramids continue to at
tract the interest of the world at large
as well as the speculation of the
worlds construction wizards who
haven't yet come to an agreement on
how the task was accomplished. How
they elevated stones of such tremen-
dous size is still conceded to be a
mystery.
Today, in the Egyptian desert, the
natives use a sort Of adobe compost
ton, made of mixed mud and sand. In
raising their primitive homes. The
mixture is applied soft and the sun
does the rest. 1t does not make for
walls or attractiveness.
but the native doesn't mind that. All
ne wants. generally, is shelter from
He isn't troubled with
rainy seasons or frigid temperatures.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
FARM
S;:,,:|E|'Q'CK
SILAGE FED FOR
PRODUCING BEEF
Profits From Two Methods
Found to Vary.

In q test, recently completed at
the Ohio experiment station, an
acre Of corn in the form of silage
produced 752 pounds of gain on
yearling steers. A similar acre fed
as shelled corn produced only 80
pounds of gain in the form of beef.
The silage fed steers were given
no grain. On q ration Of Ala
pounds Of Silage daily, two pounds
of cottonseed meal and small
amount of mixed hay, they gained
an average of two pounds q day
for ia days. The lot fed shelled
corn, cOttOnseed meal, slower and
mixed hay gained somewhat more,
but the increased rate Of gain was
not important enough to 'equaliZe
the low cost of gain on the silage
fed steers.
The siIage cattle made a profit
of SS.5S per head, including pork
gains, and the grain fed cattle,
$3.46 per head.
An acre of corn fed in the form
of silage returned sum OF S1l.6o
an acre. In the form of shelled
corn, the return was 5000 per
acre. e..
As silage, an acre of corn fur
nished enough feed to last one
steer 375 days. When fed as
shelled corn, one crop acre carried
steer only 1865 days. The field of
corn used yielded 4S bushels per
acre as grain and S.S tons per acre
as silage.
Dressing percentages were 500
on the silage fed steers and 6O.6
on the grain fed cattle. Packers
said there was little difference in
the quality and condition Of the
two lots in the beef.
Prof. Paul Gerlaugh of the Ohio
station points out that profits from
the two methods of feeding will
vary from year to year according
to market prices, but he believes
that any method of feeding which
produces the results obtained by
the all-silage test is worthy of con.
sideration.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Repellent Washes That
Ii. Cause Injury to Trees

Many, repellent washes, such as
whitewash, diluted lime-sulphur,
soap suds, coal tar, gas tar, axle
grease, paint, various oils, and 9th.
er substances, are often recon-
mended as washes or paints for
fruit trees to prevent injury by rab-
bits and field mice. During mild
winters all of these materials may
work very well. If snow has been
on the ground, however, for a week
or more and rabbits and mice need
food badly. serious injury may be
done to the trees where washes Of
the above substances have been ap-
piled.
Such substances as paint, coal
tar, gas Tar, axle grease, concentrate
ed oils, and combinations Of such
materials may do serious injury to
the tree trunks and even cause the
trees to die. To be on the safe
side, the grower should not use
such substances, as there are others
which may be used with as good re-
suits without danger Of harm.
If repellant or poisonous wash is
desired, use whitewash, soap suds,
or dormant strength lime-sulphur
and add lead arsenate at the rate
Of about two pounds to so gallons.
These washes may be applied with
a sprayer, which will facilitate the
work. Greater concentrations may
be made and the repellents applied
by means Of an ordinary paint
brush. There is little or no danger
Of these washes doing injury to tree
trunks no matter when or how ap-
plied.-Exchange
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-12
Crossbred Hogs Led In
Gains Made in Is Trials

Crossbred swine led in daily
gains in 10 feeding trials at the
Kentucky station. This tallies with
feeding trials conducted by Ev-
ward at Ames. Gain figures Sc
cured at Kentucky are: On 81
Berkshires, 1: 3S pounds daily; on
So Durocs, 1857; on % Poland
Chinas, 1 80; on 20 crossbreds, 1.6.
These figures are in no sense re
Election on the value of pure breds,
for it is necessary to have two
pure breds to produce crossbred
pigs.
These results are not In accord
with those secured at the Illinois
station. Experiments carried .on
these for five years show no evil
dence of faster or more economical
gains from cross breeding. So,
there's two for and one against.