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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Treat Cereal Seeds to
Control Disease

Smut diseases on wheat, barley,
and oats can usually be controlled by
treating the seed just before planting
in the fall.
The following treatments have
been found effective by DR.. S. G..
Lehman, professor of plant pathology
at State College.
First of all, clean the seed. Run it
through tanning mill, if possible, to
remove large clumps of smut and
unbroken wheat grains containing
smut spores.
Covered smut on wheat may be
treated with copper carbonate or
ethyl mercuy phosphate. Put two or
three ounces of the former, or one
half ounce of the latter, On the seed
in a closed barrel, or like container,
and roll it around on the gound until
each seed is covered with the dust.
When copper carbonate is used, the
seed may be stored or planted at
once. When ethyl mercury phosphate
is used, the seed should be put in
sacks or a pile and allowed to remain
for "a hours.
Loose smut on wheat must be
treated with hot water. The details
are somewhat complicated, but county
agents or DIR. Lehman will be glad to
furnish full information upon re-
quest.
Both kinds Of oat smut may be
controlled by applying ethyl mercury
phosphate in the same way as treat
ing wheat for covered smut.
The covered smut and the black
loose smut On barley may also be
given the same treatment as covered
smut on wheat, but the brown loose
smut requires the hot water treat
ment.
The two loose smuts on barley are
hard to distinguish, and where the
crop seems to be affected with one
or the other, it is advisable to get
laboratory tests of the seed, or else
secure disease-free seed from anoth-
er source.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
POSSIBILITY OF WAR CAUSES Il
DISCUSSION OF WHEAT FAMINE
Mid Western U.S.Wheat Farmers Are
Urged to Increase Instead of
Decrease Production

From the nations bread-basket"
in the midwest came a warning this
month that wheat famine threatens
the United States.
The crop must be measurably larg-
er next year, said E. j. Smiley, veter-
an secretary of the Kansas Grain
Dealers association, to forstall pos
sible shortage.
SHOULD the great wheat belt suf-
fer ar her drought and should war
break : in Europe" he added, "I
hate to i, nix of what might happen"
Smiley said American wheat farm
ers should be urged to increase wheat
acreage rather than reduce it-"so
that the nation can get back on a
self-sufficient basis"
Here are the factors listed by
Smiley, whose organization repre-
sents dealers of the nations formally
leading wheat producing state, as
leading him to predict a period of
S arsity:
1. A threatened European war, a
development which would, Smiley
sid, radically reduce production in
Europe and at the same time increase
TIE demand on other world sources.
2. A world supply, excluding Rus
STA and China, of 325,0OO,000 bushels
below last year. Subnormal yields are
expected in Argentina, where Sc
we're drought prevails, and in Aus
tralia.
8. Failure of the United States to
produce sufficient wheat this year to
supply it's normal needs. The harvest
is estimated at 1900, 900 bushels
compared with normal requirement
of 64o,O00,OOO.
4, Reduction of the nations visible
supply to 65,00O,000 bushels Septem-
Der Is compared with Ill 100000 a
year ego, 147,0OO,OO0 two years ago
and 233, 100000 three years ago.
Smiley believes the United States
viii! be forced to import at least u.s.
100000 Bushels between now and
next harvest for domestic needs.
Canada, with An exportable sur
plus of near 375,OOO,0OO bushels, is
about the only wheat producing coun-
try with large surplus" he said, ut
will be in a position before long to
virtually dominate the world price.
Already it is influencing the Ameri-
can price"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
RECORDS SHOW DECREASE
|, IN BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Births and deaths in North Caro-
lima in August fell below those of
August, 1884, the State Bureau of
Vital Statistics reported last week.
Last month there :~ere 1854
deaths, rate Of 8.5, cosH Jared with
1924, rate of 9.3, in August year
ago. Births numbered 6,849, rate of
24.6, compared with 6,929, or rate of
25.4, a year ago.
Infartile paralysis, which has rag
ed in the State chs car. claimed
eight victims i'll --ugust 70 make AZ
deaths thus far this year from the
disease.
There were "A homicidal deaths in
August, four more than in the similar
r.oii.h last year, but suicides were the
same 10 at each month,
Automobiles claimed rs lives last
month, compared with SO in August
1884, while other accidental deaths
number 80 last month and SO in Aug
ust last. year. .a
tuberculosis led in causing deaths
last month, with 148 victims, but this
was less than the 1852 claimed by the
disease year ago. Cancer took 1872
victims, compared with 14O a year
ago, and pneumonia killed 90, COM
pared with 81 in August, 1884.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Good Dairy Cows Pay
Best Profit

Ten good cows are more profitable
than 20 low producers.
In fact, low producers are often an
expense rather than profit, declared
r. H. Ruffner, head of the animal
husbandry department at State Col
lege.
A COW giving six quarts of milk a
day just about pays for her feed,
Ruffner said. She pays nothing for
stable rent or for the labor required
for her care and milking.
But cow giving 10 quarts of milk
daily will yield a net profit of $40 a
year. Ten such cows will produce a
clear profit of $40O year. Cows CIV
ing more milk produce an even larger
return.
The exact figure, of course, will
vary with local cocdif;"ns, The price
of milk, and the cost OF feed, Ruffner
added.
Many dairymen who did not make
money last year are thinking OF
buying high priced cows. In many in
stances they would do better to sell
their lowest producers and endeavor
to raise the efficiency of their better
animals.
Every dairyman should seek to de-
| velop a herd whose average produc-
ton is at least 5000 pounds of milk
a year, Ruffner pointed out. Top
quality cows frequently produce
$500 pounds. year, or more.
Proper feeding and management of
the herd will do a great deal to slim
ulate milk production and keep il
at high level, Ruffner added. And
good feed, much of which can be pro
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
SimpIification of Bank Checks

New York.-IR bulletin issued by
the Bank Management Commission Of
the American Bankers Association,
plans are described for carrying on the
simplifcation of bank checks, notes.
drafts and similar instruments in re-
spect to size and uniformity Of arrange
ment of subject matter.
Detailed recommendations for this
end were formulated by the associa-
ton about ten years ago, the bulletin
says. and promulgated by the United
States department Of Commerce among
banks. business houses using large
numbers of checks. commercial station
ers and photographers. AS a result about
IS per cent adherence to the recon-
mendat'o ns was brought about. The
present bulletin, which describes the
standard specifications In full. is issued
to mair tain this high level of adher
euce to the recommendations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

by and large" like getting under
way" and "taken aback," Is one of
the many vivid phrases which tine sea
gave the language in the Gays of sail.
Its nautical definition is alternately
close hauled aud free" and this. In
turn. means sailing "off'' the wind and
"on'' 1t, at intervals. Since The result
of proceeding In this fashion Is to de:
scribe a course in general direction,
the expression on shore has come to
mean "broadly." or generally"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
A PROPHECY

Significant economic developments
to be expected in the next decade are
listed by a prominent business writer
al follows: ~ Higher standard Of
living. ~ Continued advances In tech
nical processes Of production. tS) Fac
ory built houses. better and cheaper
than hand made houses. a. So:
;heaper money. (5D Faster travel. go
News printed by radio. On Me-. -.
cotton picker, reVoiutionizing the
South. 49, Cheaper electric power. 60
Better distribution OF goods: more
chain stores. (1O) Another depression
ave or six years hence, preceded by
an inflationary boom.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
TWO QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Why is 1t that one farmer raises 100
bushels Of corn to the acre. and the
other one, on the other side of the
.ence, raises rs bushels to the acre?
Why Is it that one farmer produces 100
pounds of pork on five bushels OF corn.
and another uses Is bushels? Not until
power machinery, scientific principles
of soil fertilization and restoration.
rotation of crops. diversification Of
crops and economical feeding are ap
piled to the farm, will the farmers
problem be solved, says a farm au
thOrity
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
DOUGHTON C. C. CAMP

Albemarle, Sept. 1.-THE CCC
camp in East Albemarle, which
houses Company 3421, made UP most
ly of boys from Florida, was this
week officially designated as "Camp
Doughton," in honor Of R. L. Dough
ton, veteran congressman from this
district. The name was chosen by the
personnel over several which were
suggested.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
FARM AND GARDEN

OuSSu az AAOAAAC1 ACSO AVb NOSt more
than the wrong kind of feed.
Another important step in herd
improvement is the breeding of cows
to bulls which can transmit to their
daughters a capacity for heavy milk
production.
AS these calves mature, they may
be kept in the herd while their some
what lower producing dams are sold.
Timely Farm Questions Answered
at State College
Question What can | do to pre-
vent the spread of roup in my poul-
try flock?
Answer:-Where there are only a
few birds showing signs of the dis
ease, they should be isolated a. once
and the remainder of the flock treat
ed with dose of Epson Salts at the
rate of three-quarter pounds of salts
to two and one-half gallons Of water.
Where birds show signs of being dis
eased take them from the flock at
once as these birds seldom make sat-
isfactory recovery. Check over all
causes for the trouble such as over
cowding, parasite infestation, I'M
balanced diet, and poor ventilation
and make corrections. This will elimi-
nate the cause and the flock will
make rapid recovery.
Question:-Why do / have to pay
As cents pound for sirloin steak
when cattle are selling at II cents a
pound?
Answer: - The normal dressing
weight or carcass weight of ordinary
cattle is from so to so percent. That
means that the beef actually costs
about % cents after it is dressed.
There is an additional shrinkage Of
about ten percent by the time it gets
to the retail merchant. This means
that the whole animal actually cost
the merchant about "a cents. Of the
entire animal there is. 43 percent of
low price cuts, IA percent of medium
price cuts, and q percent of the
porterhouse, sirloin, and round cuts.
The remainder of the carcass is
bones, unstable fats and trimmings.
Deducting the cost Of the unstable
material and allowing for the low
price cuts is partial cause for siroin
steaks selling for about As cents.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
BANKING READY

NEW YORK. - There is abundant
evidence that banks are in an unusual.
iy favorable position to finance a pc
Rod Of industrial growth. says the June
issue of Banking" published by the
American Bankers Association.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

i eat government meat,
eat government bread;
and i do my snoozing
on a government bed.
i gotta government Vaughn,
own a government mule,
and i rest myself
on a government stool,
my government tobacker
is little bit strong,
but as long as can get it,
will sing her song.
my government shoes
sorter pinch my foot,
but as amt a working
don't give a boot.
my government molasses
is to thin to sop,
but so long as it's free,
I'm hippity-hop.
i'm lame in my leg,
but am able to fish,
- but government relief
fulfills every wish.
all else need,
alack and alas,
is some government oil
and government gas.
let 'em soak the rich,
and feed the poor,
i'll praise my government
forever more.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfG
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

An official survey on June 10 In,
Dictated that the Government Of the
United States. through its loans, was
the potential owner of more than half
Of the existing world stocks Of Ameri.
can cotton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
NOBODY'S
USIN ESS
By Gee MCGEE

An "Owed" to the Government
eat government meat,
i eat government bread;
and do my snoozing
on a government bed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

gotta government Vaughn,
i own a government mule,
and rest myself
on a government stool,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

my government molasses
IS to thin to sop,
but so long as it's free,
i'm hippity-hop.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

my government shoes
sorter pinch my foot,
but as j amt a working
i don't give a boot.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
AR|Z0NAR READY
T0HALT DAM

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 4 G.N.S)
Arizona today was prepared again
to move troops into the Parker
Dam area unless orders for con-
struction work are rescinded by
Secretary of the Interior Ickes.
Technical martial law still pre-
walls at the dam site following a
proclamation issued by Gov. B. B.
Moeur last November.
Following a conference with At
torney General John L. Sullivan
and Special Attorney General
James B. Moore, Governor Moeur
indicated he was prepared to re-
sort to force again. if necessary,
to preserve the rights of his State.
At the same time, a statement
was issued in which hope was ex-
pressed that the adjudication of
water rights could be accom-
plished peacefully.
1t was said Senator Carl Hay.
den of Arizona has requested the
U. S. Reclamation Service to dis
continue work until the Supreme
Court can pass on the question of
water rights.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
SILVER SPRING
PLANT RAzED

SILVER SPRING, Md, Sept.
4.-Fire of undetermined origin
practically destroyed the mill de-
partment of the Silver Spring
Building and Supply Company in
the 5000 block of Georgia Ave.
early today.
The Silver Spring Volunteer
Fire Department answered the
first alarm and Immediately
called on ether available Mont
gomery county fire units for aid
in battling the flames, which shot
so feet into the air and threat
ened to destroy the whole plant.
Bethesda, Takoma Park and
Kensington units answered the
first call for help, and later
when the blaze appeared to be
spreading to nearby buildings En-
CINE Companies % and % from
Washington were called.
1t was believed the damage
would exceed $4,000.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
.ANDACQU|RED
T0EXTEND
AVENUE

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. All
rights of way necessary to extend
Connecticut Avenue from Kensing.
ton, Md. to the Brookville Pike
near Aspin Hill, Md, have been
acquired, committee headed by
DR.. william Showalter and George
Lipscomb informed the Board Of
Montgomery County Commits
sioners here today.
The committee asked the board
to abide by a former promise and
accept the rights of way, all Of
which were donated by landown-
ers along the four-mile stretch,
and recommend it to the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion as a future road construction
project.
A survey Of the proposed route.
which would open another direct
route inta Washington, begins at
the proposed site of the overhead
bridge across the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks in Kensing-
ton, and follows nearly a direct
line through to Aspin Hill.
Although the landowners have
agreed to donate a 200-foot strip
of land across their respective
properties. this will depend on
whether the Washington Gettys-
burg Memorial Highway, now be.
ing advocated, is to follow this
route, the committee said. Should
another route be selected for the
Memorial Highway, the landown-
erS have agreed to donate what
ever strip of land the State
Roads Commission may require in
constructing the highway, they
said.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
OFFICIALS SEE
|CKES RITES

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 U.sJ.
Attended by national, State and
city officials and by Mrs. Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt, wife of the
President. funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon for Mrs.
Anna Wilmarth Ickes, wife of
Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes.
Mrs. Ickes, victim of an auto.
mobile accident in New Mexico
last Saturday, was buried in
Memorial Park Cemetery in the
presence of only the closest rela-
tives. A short Episcopal burial
service had been read at the
Ickes family home in Winnetka.
In addition to Mrs. Roosevelt,
official Washington was repre-
sented by Postmaster General
James A. Farley: Secretary of
Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C.
Roper; Secretary of War and
Mrs. George Dern; Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and Turner w.
Battle, Assistant Secretary of
Labor.
State and city officials also
swelled the ranks at the home,
which was banked high with
flowers and wreaths from all
corners of the nation.
Prominent among the floral
wreaths sent was that of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt. a
huge blanket of white gladioli
and aSterS,
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
u. S. BONDS
lHiRh Low 100

broken car on track. New York. 90
pound sacks. Round type. soc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bushel bas-
kets, $1.25.
EEFr'ant-New Jersey. bushel bas-
kets. Soc.
COrn-Pennsylvania, sacks. 6-dozen.
$50 0$1, few higher.
CarrOts-California, western lettuce
crates. punched. $S.259 3.5O; New York,
hushel baskets. topped. 75c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. boxes, 81 m1.2"
CaUliflOwer-No carlot arrivals; I
broken car on track. Colorado, crates
$1.35@1.5o.
Limes-FIcrida. Persian. ventilated
crates, $4@4.5O: 4 crates. $1.76@2.
Fgs-California, flats, 75c.
TOmatOes-New Jersey. 12-quart eli
max baskets. soc; Maryland, II bushel
Pineapples~isle of Pines, crates
suEar-loaf. $304, as to size.
Bananas-One car arrived: ! I'M
broken car on track
L. c. L. Express Arrivals At Washing
ton. d. c., Wednesday. September 4, 1898
FlOrida-4S Tugs avocados. IS Jugs
lines 27-hushel baskets okra.
Calif0rnia-7S 10-lb. boxes figs.
North Carolina Al bushel baskets
lima beans. IS u -bushel baskets okra, 35-
bushAl hs skets peppers.
PennsylVaniR-1s4 BIB. baskets mush-
rooms.
DeIaware-42 s-lb. baskets mushrooms.
Virginia. barrels watercress.
Unknown OrAgin-3S crates mixed VeEe-
tables. 49,.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
D. {. BUILDINGS
HOLD FASTT0
TRADITION

When it comes to architecture
Washington clings to tradition.
It's a poor town for the pro-
tagonists of modernism.
A survey today among local
architects dicloses that in only a
few scattered cases is there any
evidence Of a trend toward new
or untried lines in buildings, gar
dens and domestic structures.
Alphabetically, the town is pre-.
dominantly-and traditionally-a
hodgepodge Of Greek ,RomaneSque
and renaissance.
And deviation from the domi.
nant form in Government build
ing is apparently anathema to
the rulers of the republic. There
is not a single example of modern
architecture among Federal build
ingS.
A Private Building
There is, of course, the cele-
brated Folger Library, held out
by modernists as one of the finest
examples of their type of design.
But the Folger Library, designed
by Paul Cret, of Philadelphia, in
ternationally known modernist, is
not a Government building. 1t
was constructed by private CAPT.
tai.
There is a decided trend toward
the modern in commercial build
ings. Some of the shops and de-
partment stores along F and G
streets have changed their faces
recently in favor of modern archi-
lecture.
There are, too, the Brookings
Institution and many other COM
mercial buildings here which eX-
hibit modern trend.
Your modernist seeks to do
away with surplusage in architec-
ture. He wants clearly cut lines
chiseled with the idea of practical
ity. The traditionalist clings to the
scrolls, columns and conventional
sections which 60 to make up the
structure handed down by earlier
craftsmen.
"Queer" Are Unpopular
Washington residential struc-
lures have steered clear of the
faintest tint of modernism. Peo-
pie here, as we'll as throughout
the country, do not care to live in
houses that "look queer" accord
ing to local architects.
Among Washington architects
themselves there is a pronounced
aversion to modernism. They ad.
NIT that it has it's good points. In
general, their chief objection is
what they regard as the failure
Of the modern design to satisfy
the esthetic sense.
Like most professional men,
they refuse to be quoted. They feel
a public statement on their per
sonal views regarding the trend
of theid profession is a violation
of the ethical code.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
INQUEST FREES
POLICEMAN

Policeman G. E. Wood was alb
solved of blame yesterday at an
inquest held in connection with
the death of Oscar Rice, colored,
81, of the $500 block Wade Rd.,
who died of injuries received
when he was struck by a police
scout car Saturday night.
His death was the SEVENTEEN
automobile fatality here this year.
An inquest into the death of
Mrs. Isabel Flora, IS, of 6616 Piney
Branch Rd. N. w., the years sixty
ninth automobile victim, resulted
in holding William C. Taylor, "a,
of Takoma Park, Md, for grand
jury action.
An automobile driven by Mr..
Taylor. who is a commercial air
pilot, struck Mrs. Flora August 10
as she was walking in the 1900
block, Blair Rd. N. w. She died
August "a.
The Washington times., 1935-09-04

Exchange dropped 4 points before
support appeared, and Marine
Midland was heavy.
Losses in leading stocks ran to
a point, but pressure was not
heavy and slight rallying tenden-
cies appeared at times. Chrysler
lost nearly point, but came back
around midday.
Among the strong spots were
American Telephone, WIFI c h
worked higher; Continental Can,
up more than a point, and the
building shares were U. S.
Gypsum rose over a point.
News of the cancellation of the
ethiopian oil deal by Standard
Vacuum, affiliate of Standard of
New Jersey and Socony-Vacuum,
lead to some selling in the shares
of the parent companies, but de-
clines were fractional. other oils
were backward with the excep-
ton of Standard Of California,
which was firm,
The Washington times., 1935-09-04
D. E. GIRL WINS
s. PRIZE IN
G-NENGAME

Edith Piron, 100 block Of
Church st. N. W., was first to
identify her fingerprint yester-
day in "G-Men Game" and will
will be mailed a check for SIS.
She correctly identified published
print No. 277 as her own.
Theodore C. Roumel and Miss
K. Kramer were in error in their
identifications.
And so go>s the daily round of
fun in The washington Times &C.
Men Game"
Fingerprint entries disqualified
under the rules included those of
Nellie F. Beard, Evelyn Andrews,
Joseph w. Beard, H. A. zehnge.
bot, Mrs. H. A. zehngebot, Laur-
ence Reilly. Alice Loving, Ma
thilde M. Carpenter, Mrs. Jessie
Hill. Regina, Gene and J. w.
Crittenden, j. Leahy, Harry M.
Lawrence, Sergt. Harvey E.
Smith, Dorothy Wolf, Stanley
Wolf, william Burke, M. Andrews,
H. Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs. N. C.
Black and Charles R. Stickney.
Participants who have made
errors are eligible to try again.
With a little practice, using an
absolute BLACK INK pad, and
white paper, players of "G-Men
Came may easily make a clear
impression.
HERE ARE THE RULES:
"G-Men Game" calls for one
clear fingerprint only, and when
published will pay its owner SIS,
If he, or she, identifies it.
l. Use BLACK INK ONLY
and make a clear impression
of your middle finger on WHITE
paper.
2. Write your name and ad-
dress on the sheet and mail it
to the Fingerprint Editor, The
Washington Times, Washington,
d. C.
4. Examine the fingerprintS
reproduced daily in The Wash.
ingtOn Times carefully and COM
pare your duplicate each day,
until you pick your own. When
you identify yours, send in your
claim BY THE NUMBERING
APPEARING with the published
fingerprint.