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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Teach Chicks to Roost,
Is Advice of an Expert

Teach chicks to roost while they
are young. By so doing there is
far less chance of them budding
up in a corner of the brooder house
and smothering, suggests H. L.
Wilcke, head of the poultry hus-
bandry, Iowa State college.
Provide easily accessible roosts
before the brooder stove is re-
moved. Roosts that slope gradually
upward have been found best. The
first roost pole should be about six
inches from the floor. The roost
poles need to be close enough to-
gether so that chick may hop from
one to another. A two by two inch
roost pole is satisfactory. Dropping
boards beneath them will make
cleaning easier.
Spraying or painting the roosts
and other parts of the brooder house
with a mixture of one part cresol
to five parts crankcase oil or with
kerosene will hold mites in check.
Lice may be controlled by Black
Leaf 40, spread in a thin ribbon lay
er along the center of the roosts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Purebred Dogs Are Not
Necessarily One Color

People often do not realize that
purebred dogs come in more than
one color. A collie to most people
means brown, yellow or tan dog
with more or less white on his neck
and chest. A cocker spaniel is a
little black or red dog, depending on
what section of the country it comes
from. Scotties are black, and so
forth, ad infinitum. Yet the stand
ards of many breeds, perhaps most
breeds, specify several colors,
states a writer in the Washington
Star.
Collies, although most often en-
countered in the aforementioned
sable and white (sable in dogs being
brown, not black comes also in
white, tri-color (black body with
more or less white and tan mark
ings) and blue merle (black spotted
gray with white and tan markings).
Cocker spaniels may be black, red,
buff, black and white, red and
white, blue roam (sinilar to the blue
merle or collies, but without the
white and tan), tri-color or liver.
Scotties may be one of numerous
shades of brindle or a light straw
color called wheaton, as well as
black. A Great Dane may be black,
fawn colored, brindle in several
shades, blue merle or harlequin,
white with black or blue patches,
and sometimes even chocolate.
Some breeds are limited to one or
two colors, notably the Irish setter,
which must be red.
Schnauzers must be gray or
sandy. English bull terriers must
be white, the colored brethren being
counted as a distinct breed. Do
herman Pinschers come in red and
black and tan, and the black and
tans must conform to a certain pat
tern.
There are some breeds which vary
not only in coat color, but in kind
of coat. Best known, probably, are
the fox terriers, which come with
smooth coats and wire-hair coats.
Although to the casual eye they
look dissimilar, they really are the
same breed. Dachshunds are divid-
ed by coat, smooth, long and wire
hair; color, red, black and tan,
chocolate, blue, and weight, minia-
ture, mediums and above a GER
tain weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Etching Inventors Used
Sea Shells in 1000 A. ID.

The Hohokam, or "ancient ones"
who reached their highest develop
ment in southern Arizona about 1000
A. D., were the inventors Of etch-
ing-at least 500 years before the
secret was discovered in Europe.
They used sea shells, according to
writer in the Washington Star.
On such a shell a design was
drawn with a stick dipped in wax
or pitch. 1t was then immersed in
an acid, probably the unfermented
juice of the giant cactus fruit, which
slowly ate away the unprotected
parts of the shell and left the design
standing out. The process of etch-
ing on metal by an acid process
was not discovered in Europe until
about 1900
Another accomplishment Of the
"ancient ones" was probably the
independent discovery of rubber.
Some time after 500 A. D. they be-
gan playing peculiar form of
ball game in a court with high
col tllCl SluG0. Vic VI tllCoC GOu1 Va
measured about 200 feet in length
and 80 feet in width. At the center
a stone was buried below the floor,
and goal stones were set into the
floor near each end of the court.
1t was similar to the stone-walled
ball courts of the Maya Indians in
Yucatan and Guatemala, 1900
miles to the south.
In this game, as the Mayas played
it, stone rings were set vertically
into the walls, we'll above the floor
and central in relation to the
length of the court. The ball,
made of rubber and about the size
of baseball, was bounced off the
hips of the players, grouped in two
teams, in an effort to send it
through the stone ring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Early Gas Lighting Was
Regarded as Ridiculous

When gas lighting first appeared,
at about the end of the Eighteenth
century, it was considered by all
persons with sound common sense
to be taken seriously.
Only when the practice appeared
to be gaining ground did an out
ragged public arise against it. It is
one of the instances of the essential
conservatism of the public mind to-
ward revolutionary inventions cited
in a report on chronological trends
of the National Resources commit
tee.
'There is a mailman proposing
to light the streets of London with
smoke" wrote Sir Walter Scott.
Lord Byron thought the idea was
very ludicrous. Such an eminent
man Of science as Sir Humphrey
Davy laughed at it and considered
those who proposed it as harmless
lunatics. "Une grande folie," said
the great Napoleon when somebody
proposed gas lighting for Paris.
One outstanding objection was that
gas tanks would not be picturesque.
London succumbed in 1910. Paris
held out until 1918. Berlin only SUBJ
mitted to a gas plant in 1925, after
tremendous opposition. Some of
the gas lamps exploded the day
they were installed on Inter den
Linden, and all Germans with sound
common sense felt that their long
fight had been indicated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

There are not many more than
5000 stars that are visible to ordi-
nary eyes under the best of visibil.
ity conditions. Half of these stars
are always below the horizon. That
would leave about 5000 visible al
one time were it not for the fact
that the fainter stars disappear
when close to the horizon, because
their light cannot penetrate the
thick layers of mist-laden atmos-
phere there. The number of stars
visible to the naked eye in the clear
est and darkest skies is between
1000 and $500. Haze, moonlight or
the glare of the street lamps may
reduce this number by half or more.
A field glass brings out more than
$4,000, while a telescope of two
inches aperture raises the number
to hundreds of thousands. As the
power Of the telescope increases
the star count leaps forward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Mash for Poultry Flock

There is little to be gained by
feeding moist mash continuously,
according to a North Carolina State
college authority, but it has an inn
portant place in the feeding SEIZED
ule of most f1ocks at some time dur
ing the year. 1t should be used
with early Matched pullets to pre-
vent a partial or complete mott;
with late Matched pullets to hasten
production in the fall; with laying
hens to keep up production until
October, and with breeding hens to
hasten production in January. Three
pounds of the regular laying mash
moistened with hot water or milk
for each 100 birds will give excel
lent results. This should be fed
about two o'clock in the afternoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
FARM PRODUCTS PRICES 20 PCT
BELOW PEAKS

Prices of eight major farm COM
modities from which the bulk of
farm income is derived have declined
an average of 20 per cent in Chicago
markets since the recovery peaks
were reached, survey showed. Their
average level is the lowest since
June. 1886.
Six of the items-hogs, wheat
corn, oats, cotton, and eggs-are
selling we'll below what they were
bringing a year ago. The prices of
only two-butter and cattle-are
higher.
All, however, are we'll above the
low levels of 1882 and 1893. Cattle,
for example, are more than triple
their low of February, 1888. Hogs
and corn are triple their values of
December, 1892; wheat cotton, eggs,
and oats are practically double the
lows and butter is more than dou-
BILE.
The grains and cotton have lost
the most price ground since their
market peaks were reached during
the last year, the survey showed.
The present price of December corn
is Al per cent below the top 1t reach
ed at the close of 1885. Wheat has
declined "a per cent, cotton 45 per
cent, and oats Al per cent.
fastest estimates released by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
indicated farm prices are expected
to average lower in 1888 than in
1887. Crop and livestock marketings
are expected to be larger in the
early months Of next year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
FARM
Tories
CAUTION IS URGED
IN BUYING CATTLE
Five Important Points Are
Cited by Expert.
BY r. c. Ashby, Associate Chief, Live Stock
Marketing, University of Illinois.
WNU Service.

By r. c. Ashby. Associate Chief Live Stock
Marketing, University of Illinois.
WNU Service.
With big corn crop, with fat steers
hitting new highs and with the trade
talking even higher prices, caution
at five different points in buying
feeders- may pay large dividends
this fall.
First consideration is declining
cattle market a few months hence.
In six or eight months fed steers
may be selling for little more a
pound then they cost as feeders.
Therefore in laying in his cattle,
the feeder should decide about when
he expects to market and what he
expects fat cattle to sell for at
that time.
The second point of caution is that
palmer feeders may show better
margins, if marketed from January
to June, than quality cattle will
show. Pork supply will continue
short and lower grade beef is used
to fill in. In buying palmer feeders,
sorting is important to know and to
get the good-doing" kind.
Successful feeders do not get ex-
cited and buy feeders at high prices
just because others are doing it.
This year it may pay to wait until
the main rush is over before buying.
The fourth point is to get the best
possible advice and assistance in
buying feeders. There is every in
dication that plenty of feeder cattle
will be bought too high this fall. 1t
is year when good advice may
save the feeder lot of money.
Usually the best investment a
farmer makes is the reasonable
commission which an honest and
skilled feeder buyer charges to as
sist in buying feeder cattle. Such
assistance will be particularly val
liable this year.
Finally, there is the importance
of getting good weights. Two fac
tors should be kept in mind-to
see that the cattle do not have an
excessive fill and to insist that they
be weighed on scales that have been
proved accurate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

Another air raid-a thousand are
dead;"
"They clamor for war"-so the head
lines read;
Robbery's rampant and graft
and greed;
Selfish indifference to others need;
And lowering DER US, the Demon of
Strife,
Menaces our property, liberty, life
And good God, this weeks Thanks
giving!
Well, yes. There's the answer, for
when did God cease
To proclaim that His Ways were the
Pathways of Peace?
His Way-ever open--so simple,
so kind,
1t seems hard for folks to believe
and to find.
His Path will be waiting for Mankind
to walk
When we've ceased from our strug-
gle, and wangle, and talk.
And SO, Good God, this weeks
THANKSGIVING!
U. C. Rands
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
MOSQUITO CONTROL INCREASES
VALUE OF LAND In
MARYLAND

While the primary purpose of
ditching for control of mosquitoes
is to get rid of pest and nuisance
that Is often an actual menace to
health, the increase In the value of
land for agricultural, industrial and
residential purposes cannot be dis
regarded, according to Dr. Ernest N.
Cory, State Entomologist.
DR.. Cory points out that in those
areas where ditching of salt marshes
for control of mosquitoes has been
maintained consistently, land values
have been known to increase as much
as five times. This is proved by
the increase in the taxable basis of
lands which were once under the
scourge of the insect, but which have
been since relieved of the major por-
ton of the mosquito menace.
It is emphasized by the State
Entomologist that while to most peo-
pie the mosquito bite may have no
particular significance beyond the
discomfort attendant upon it, If care
full thought is given to the matter of
mosquito prevalence and bites, it will
be seen quite readily that aside from
the discomfort and annoyance the
presence Of mosquitoes in any large
number deters people from using a
particular territory for residence or
recreation and so land values are
seriously and appreciably affected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Pottery and Stoves in
Ancient Chinese Graves


The ancient Chinese, like the
Egyptians, were much concerned
about extending the necessities,
comforts and conveniences of life
to their deceased relatives and
friends. Consequently they buried
with the dead various implements
and even human servitors.
Among the things buried with the
dead were pottery models of stoves,
so that the cooking of food might be
continued in the other world. A
number of these, dating to about
the beginning of the Christian era,
are in the hall of Chinese archie
ology of Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago. Also exhibited is
a cast-iron stove of a type practi-
cal for actual use in cooking. This,
although likewise found buried in a
grave, is of the type of stove upon
which the people of the period did
their cooking, according to a cura-
tor of sinology. Made during the
later Han dynasty "a. D. 1920,
it is one of the oldest extant cast
iron objects in the world. The proc
ess of casting iron was unknown to
the ancient Greeks and Romans,
but was the basis of an important
industry in ancient China. Iron
founders amassed large fortunes,
and in 119 B. c., during the reign
of Emperor WI, the industry be-
came state monopoly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Jobs Are Obtained For
1876 In Month
Names OF S6,51S Applicants For
Positions Still On Active List

NaIucS VI OOsOAC hPphChuU0 Tux
Positions Still On Active List
Job in private industry for 1876
persons were obtained by the Mary
land State Employment Service in
October, David l.. B. Fringer, State
director, announces.
Although below the years maxi
mum of 1874 new placements in
May, the October total was an in
crease over the figures for August
and September, and was more than
double the sos private placements
made by the National Unemployment
Service in October, 1886.
OF the 1876 placements, 1906
were made by the Baltimore office,
ISL, by the Towson office, and the
following numbers by the other
offices: Salisbury, 50; Frederick 81;
Hyattsville, "a; Hagerstown, 10;
Cumberland, 80; Rockville, 10, and
Easton, IA.
The active file of the State En-
ployment Service now contains names
of 36,51S applicants for jobs.
A large proportion OF these are
unemployed persons, although many
are employed persons seeking better
positions. There were about $4,000
names in the file two years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat is a twin-peaked
mountainous area situated where
Armenia and Persia meet, south OF
the Caucasus range. It is note
worthy for its extensiveness rather
than its height, the highest peak
being something under 1900 feet.
The mountain is of volcanic origin.
Its lower regions are inhabited and
the SUBMITS have been repeatedly
assembled and thoroughly explored.
The statement that Noah's ark rest.
ed on Mount Ararat has no founda.
ton in the Hebrew text, which
reads that "the ark rested on
the mountains of Ararat," says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. In ancient
times Ararat was the name of a dis
trict in eastern Armenia, and some
times also for all Armenia and the
mountainous ridge in the southern
part Of that country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
ORPHANS COURT

The Orphans Court in regular ses-
sion at Elkton approved bonds and
passed accounts as follows:
Bond of Francis B. Wiers, admin
istrator of Mary A. Peace, Virginia
Lee Galbraith and Harry L. Rhoads;
bond of Elizabeth Caldwell Mote. ad-
ministratrix eta of Alberta Morgan;
bond of Lucie c. Bond, administra-
trix of Philip R. Bond; bond of
Annie May LETTERS, executrix of John
E. LETTERS and Henry D. LETTERS; first
account of Annie May LETTERS, execu-
trix of Edward Deibert; first and
final account of Jesse H. Vineyard,
executor of VIM. T. Vineyard; first
and final account of Mary Young
Pierce, Administrative of Charles Nc
Clenaghan; first and final account of
A. Chase Thomas, administrator OF
Anna Laura Ferguson; first and final
account Of Nellie v. and Cheyney
v. Housekeeper, executors of Andrew
Anderson and distribution; first and
final account Of f. Reynolds Mackie,
administrator of Edward Anderson
final account of Stella Irene Hickman
and e. D. E. Rollins, executors of
Amanda McCauley, guardian of Hen
ry Baker and James Andrew McCau-
ley; first and final account of James
w. Hughes. administrator of Peter
Stahlbock; first and final account of
of James F. Evans and Harvey l..
Kirk, administrators of Elizabeth H.
Kirk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
FOREST FIRES IN STATE DURING
OCTOBER
Eight Three Listed-EIeven Were
OF Incendiary Origin

Eight Three Listed-EIeven Were
OF Incendiary Origin
Eight-three forest fires have been
reported to the State Forestry Depart
ment since the fire towers were OPEN
ed last month, w. ]. Quick, Assistant
State Forester, reports.
Eleven of incendiary origin were
reported in Garrett county. Mr..
Quick said they were started near
Vindex, along Backbone Mountain,
apparently by persons grazing cattle
illegally ON forest land.
Department fire wardens investi-
eating the Garrett county fires said
men from a Civilian Conservation
Corps camp aided forest guards in
quelling the blazes before much dam
age was done. The largest fire burned
over ten acres.
people who Craze cattle on the
unfenced mountain sides have very
little patience with the States efforts
to grow timber here" Mr.. Quick
said. "They want to burn the young
forests over to make them better pas
lures next year for their CATTLE"
OF the non-incendiary blazes, none
SO far has caused much damage, Mr..
Quick reported. The largest covered
about twenty arces. Fifty-seven Of
the eight-three fires occurred in
counties thickly settled and contain
ing many suburban homes adjacent
to Baltimore, Washington and An
napolis.
Most of these fires come from
people cleaning up brush on their
places, or from lighted cigarettes or
other carelessness," the assistant
forester said. ''We are getting a
heavy incidence of fires somewhat
later this fall than usual. owing to
the wet October"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
KEYSTONE CLUB FOG BULLETIN

A seasonal warning based on the
tragic experience of past years is
contained in 'fog bulletin" just
issued by the Keystone Automobile
Club of Maryland.
Club officials strongly urge both
motorists and pedestrians to be on
their guard against the perils of fog
shrouded highways, declaring that
only the utmost care will prevent
deaths and injuries.
Pedestrians, says the bulletin
sent out by Garrison P. Knox, Man
ager of the Club, should use the
utmost caution when walking along
highways obscured by fog, because
their presence can be noted by driv-
ers only under the most exceptional
circumstances.
Those afoot can see the lights of
approaching cars and should govern
their actions accordingly. They
should realize that the lights are of
little value to motorists in discerning
objects on the highway. In fact the
principal value of lights on vehicles
in time Of fog is to warn Of vehicles
approach.
1--WE cannot be too emphatic in
urging motorists to drive slowly
under advese weather conditions.
There are those who believe their
familiarity with highways over which
they travel frequently gives them
the right to drive fast in fog. Drivers
in this class fail to take into account
the possibility of disabled cars being
parked along the highway. Another
great danger is the absence OF tall
lights on moving vehicles, or the con-
fusion, leading to erratic driving, OF
operators unaccustomed to the road,
DRIVERS of horse-drawn vehicles
should not, under any circumstances,
venture on fog-bound roads without
lights on their vehicles. A motor
car travelling at the most moderate
speed will quickly overtake horse
drawn vehicle, and unless there is
adequate warning by means of lights
accidents is almost inevitable"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

Do not say "I'll dust half the
books this morning, and the bal
ance this afternoon. Say the rest,
advises London Tit-Bits Magazine.
A balance is an amount which must
be added or subtracted from one
account to make it equal to another
account. If John has ten apples
and Jane has six, two apples taken
from John and given to Jane bal
ance the number of apples each
now has, in this case eight. So two
is the balance that has to be trans
ferred from one to the other to
make the totals agree. When you
have taken two apples from John,
the remainder, not the balance, is
eight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
FARM NOTES

Egypt is encouraging the cultiva-
ton of wheat instead of rice.
Early Matched hens are more sue
cessfully forced into mott than are
hens Matched later.
When the first eggs are found, all
pullets that show much comb de-
velopment should be housed. Those
slower to mature should remain on
range
Wisconsin raises more chickens
than all the New England states.
S-S
Thin-sheled eggs indicate a lack
of minerals or vitamin D in the ra-
ton.
Hawks are valued by farmers OF
the Pacific Northwest because they
kill ground squirrels.
Entering a farm sao while it is
being filed, or shortly after, is dam
gerous because Of the possible pres
ence Of suffocating gases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Historic French Fountain

A historic French fountain, GEN.
turtles old, which once dubbed with
Norman cider on festal days, Is in
the city Of Rouen. Rouen possesses
eighty-seven fountains, which is be-
lieved to be record for France, but
the most famous was La Fontaine
du Gros-Horloge, or the Fountain Of
the Big Clock. It's last restoration
dates back to 1882 by Jean-Pierre
de France, an architect engaged by
the Duke Of Normandy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

The Agricultural, Commerce and
Labor Departments at Washington,
have been furnishing the most opti-
mistic reports on the condition and
state of the Union that have appear
ed for a long time. The Federal
Reserve Chart shows seasonal recess
sions to be considerably less than in
former recent years. The jitteTy
conditions of the stock market ap-
pear quite unexplainable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Castles Uncomfortable Homes

Castles may look romantic, but
they made uncomfortable homes,
notes a writer in the Washington
Post. Instead of lamps or candles,
pitch torches furnished light at
night. Smoke soon filled the room,
for the windows were mere Sits in
the wall. Piles Of rushes were used
as beds. Chicken bones and other
food scraps were thrown on the
floor. Dogs cleaned them up. Cas-
ties 900 years old and more are
standing in the Louvre valley Of
France. Some had walls IS feet
thick, built to Withstand battering
rams.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

Thor was, in Scandinavian mythol-
ogy, the eldest son Of Odin and Frig.
ga, strongest and bravest of the
gods. He launched the thunder, pre-
sided over the air and the seasons,
and protected man from lightning
and evil spirits. His wife was Sit
("love"); his chariot was drawn by
two he-goats, his mace or hammer
was called Mjolner; his belt was
Megingjard and whenever he put il
on his strength was double. His pal
ace was Thrudvangr and contained
$40 halls. Thursday is Thor's day.
The word means refuge from terror.