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Evening star., 1948-07-04
Life on 40 0Acres-Experience Gained in Y ear

Our fields are greener than they
were a year ago, thanks to the now
ing we have been able to do. Our
corn is up and looking good and
our soybeans for hay have at last
spread a green sheen over the raw
redness of the back field.
Not bad, we think, as we walk
back over our land, and it will be
even better next year.
We had a snake incident the other
day-I hope the last. Every year
few copperheads are killed in our
neighborhood. A neighbor down
the road was bitten by one last
year and so when I arrived home to
find the family gone and the ency-
clopedia open at snake I was pre-
pared for the worst.
I found them over the way at
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pickens' place
where they had gone to try and
identify a small, spotted snake that
had been found in the front yard.
We got lots of opinions on what
kind of snake it was. Some said
copperhead, others thought it was
a moccasin, but the majority opin-
ion was in favor of classifying it
as one of the varieties of house
snakes.
It's still in alcohol, sitting up in
the well hollse until we find some
one who can tell us what it really Is.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
By jones Birchfield

Our neighbors are all away today,
helping to celebrate the It'd ami
versary of the signing of the Dec
laration of Independence, and leav-
ing us to take a few quiet minutes
off to observe the first anniversary
of our Declaration of Slavery"
1t was just a year ago today that
we, in all innocence, signed the
paper that gave us 40 Loudoun
County acres and took from us, at
least temporarily, the right of free
moving, unfettered citizens. During
the year we have been held relent-
lessly by the demand of our 'land;
we have learned few things, and,
1 believe, have finished the year
ahead of where we started.
When we took over our 40 acres
we inherited the cast off remnants
of poultry flock that belonged
to the former oWner-a rather moth
eaten turkey and four chickens.
These soon went to the freezer plant,
leaving us a clear road ahead.
In poultry we have not done too
badly, although our operations were
strictly small scale. OF II pullets,
bought last fall. one vas lost to the
dog and the remaining II provided
us al the eggs we needed for our own
use. We lost only two of the 100
Newhampshire chicks bought this
spring. have been successful in SELL
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher

(E.-W.). Mrs. Marian H. Barre
Mrs. M. R. Reddy and Charles G..
Johnson-Dr. A. J. Steinberg placed.
The Women's Auxiliary open pair
matinee was held June 26, top hon
ors East-West going to Mrs. Mari
anne Boschan and James G.. Stone
(thrse master points in three sue
cessive days.. High score North
South was merited by Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright and Arthur E. Lane, while
Mrs. Dora Schwartz. Col. John
Geddes Kathleen McNutt and Mrs.
Barre we're runnersup.
n
At the Walsh Club point
contest, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Gard
ner led the North-South field, Paul
A. Blasangame and Jesse c. Duke
claiming East-West honors. Sec
ond place went to Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis P. Dormady. Mrs. Margaret
Napper and Seymour Londoner.
Initial master-point match of the
newly organized Connecticut Bridge
Club was held June 81. Mrs. John
M. Coffee and James Sourilas cap
turing first honors in the Howell
game, followed by Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Kathan. At the La Sale
Studios Monday night, Mrs. j. A.
Dearing, Mrs. Ida M. Terrant, Lynn
Carrier and William A. johnson
were one master point richer by vir-
tue of their top scores. while Vlr-
ginia Kinnard-W. r. Garrett and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hruby shared
second honors.
u 4 \ r
The Friday night Arlington
Farms Howell contest went to Mrs.
G. c. Black and Mrs. Russell Den
ham, runnerup awards going to
Mrs. Bess holland and Mrs. R. T.
Schlosberg. The Chess Clubs Sat-
urday winners were M. E. Sheedy
and A. G. tone, DR.. Jerald G. Wooley
and Miller Roberts finishing second.
The June individual round robin for
Chess Club members only resulted
in another win for Clarence M
Fisher. P. w. Shepard trailing.
II II X X
Life Master No. 1873 Is better
known to Washingtonians as John
j. Parrish. Mr.. Parrish was a Navy
commander during the war and was
stationed in this city. Although he
is living in Centralia. ILL.,. he visits
here frequently and his life master
ship claims registration with the
Washington Bridge League.
X
For those in hot pursuit of the
master point this corning week,
there's the Washington Bridge
League team-of-four playoff on
Wednesday. the La Sale Studio
game on Thursday, the Stephan
studio match on Friday, Agricul-
ture Saturday matinee and the
Chess Club game Saturday evening.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Wet Weather Damage
High in Two States

Wet weather. during recent weeks
has caused crop damages estimated
at more than $1,000, 600, according
to reports from Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
Agriculture leaders in Maryland
report that in Queen Annes County
on the Eastern Shore damage to
crops from rains and hail has
amounted to more than half mil
lion dollars.
In both Maryland and Northern
Virginia early hay crops have been
damaged extensively. One observer
estimated that hay harvested would
average half the weight Of normal
yields. Almost all farmers, it was
added. have had some hay spoilage
because of wet weather.
| Small grains have been less Sc
verely damaged, it was reported
However, some grain is down be-
cause of winds and rain.
Corn on well-drained land is do
ing nicely in most sections, although
it was planted late because of rains
In some low-lying fields corn has
rOtted out,
Evening star., 1948-07-04

ing all of the cockerels and will have
pullets ready to take over the laying
job of our II hens.
Our IA turkeys persist in doing
well, despite the inclination of tur-
keys to die at every opportunity
and our pair of geese and eight
goslings are thriving. So far, we
have lost only three goslings, one
to a posthole and the other because
of unknown Affections.
But our greatest success came
the other day when a neighbor
called to find out how we managed
to make hens adopt guinea keets
There is no denying the satisfaction
a newcomer to the country gets
from being asked advice by a real
farmer.
And, incidentally. the guineas are
doing we'll with the hens, except
for the two that the dog swallowed
by mistake the other day. And
we'll be glad to tell any one who
wants to know just how we manage
in putting the keets with the hens.
In the department of larger live
stock, Queen, the COW, is continuing
to produce above expectations de-
spite unskilled milking and inferior
pasture. And her calf is looking
better every day-sleek and fat and
frisky. Mace. our 10-year-old, will
show her this fall at the county
All fair.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Farm Population
Same as Year Ago

The postwar increase in farm
population is at a standstill. The
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
said the number of people living on
farms last January was 27,440,000
about the same number as a year
earlier.
Farm population increased from
the low of 25,190,000 in 1945 by
nearly 10 per cent to the present
figure.
The bureau also noted that births
to farm residents last year exceeded
deaths by nearly half million
the highest natural increase regis
tered since 1925. An estimated 750,-
600 babies were born to farm fam
lilies last year. when birth rates
were high all over the country.
The bureau said about million
and half people left farms for
city life last year, against an esti-
mated migration from city to farm
of nearly a million persons.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Ad Man Tries Dairy Farming
Menken Promotes 900 Virginia Acres
With Guernsies and Alfalfa

Harold D. Menken is showing old
time Virginia farmers what . New
York advertising executive can do
when he finds himself with 900
acres Of good land.
The Menken farm lies near Liam
gollen, the Whitney farm near Up
perville, and there Mr.. and Mrs.
Menken, who both were in the ad-
vertising business only seven years
ago, are establishing a Guernsey
herd.
The Menkens admit that the jump
from advertising to farming is a
pretty big one, and to help them get
going in agriculture they called on
c. T. Rice, Northern Virginia farm
consultant and dairyman. Mr.. Rice
is recognized as one Of the best
grass farmers in the East, and grad
ually the Menken farm is changing
into a system OF grass farming.
I'VE suddenly found ourselves one
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Current 4 ctivitieS
OF Garden Clubs

The National Capital Dahlia So
ciety will meet Thursday in room
43, National Museum, Tenth and
Constitution avenue NV. DR.. Floyd
F. Smith of the Bureau of Ento-
mology, and authority on new insec-
ticides, will speak.
The society will hold its annual
picnic July II at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman M. Wells, ZIG
East Fairfax street, Falls Church,
Va, the program to start at S
o'clock. Mrs. John L. Bishop (Du-
pont 0219) is chairman.
Final plans are being made fol
the annual Dahlia Show at the Bo-
tanic Garden September Is and 26
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Marion Shull at
207 Raymond street, Chevy Chase
will welcome Garden Club members
and their friends from 3 to pm
today. A brilliant display of more
than a thousand day lily blooms in
more than a hundred varieties can
he seen
Evening star., 1948-07-04

day with a farm" Mrs. Menken ex.
planned, "and we've been at 1t ever
since"
Eyes, and the fascinating thing
about farming" offered Mr.. Menken.
"is that you learn something every
day"
The Menkens got an early course
in hired men. That was before they
moved to Virginia, when they used
to drive from New York for week
ends.
One particular hired man was
supposed to look out for a drove
of hogs the Menkens had bought
for the farm. Each week END Mr.:
Menken found the hog numbers had
decreased, and when questioned the
hired man assured him that the
porkers were just resting
in the woods.
That continued until fall BUTCH
ering time. Every week. there were
more hogs that refused to come OUT
of the woods, until the Menkens
wound up with about two hogs 10
show for their first livestock ven
ture.
Fortunately, it was not long after
the hog episode that the Menkens
moved to the farm-into an OLD
stone house that had been re-
modelled. The Guernsey herd soon
began to take shape and there has
been no repeat performances OF
disappearing livestock.
Mrs. Menken is just as inter-
ested in agriculture as her husband.
Each week when Mr.. Rice visits
the farm she takes notebook and
joins in the field inspections.
And the fields reflect this inter-
est Now. just before the second
cutting, alfalfa stands knee high,
and the pastures are heavy with
Ladino clover. Already the barn is
half full of timothy and alfalfa
hay that has cured sweet and green.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

W0eQ DlTeCIOI "A. M. OOUCl o4o"o
the whistle at 2:15 pm. today to
start the opens contestants will
give their all to dethrone Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Solomon, 1947 vic
tors in the Carvel Hall contract
championship at Annapolis. To-
morrows team-of-four match will
conclude the four-day fete. Start
ing time has been advanced to
1890 pm. Mrs. Syhil Newlands,
Charles C. Johnson, Mrs. Marianne
Boschan and John j. Parrish will
be on hand to defend their three
way claim to last years team title
In the Washington Bridge League.
at the halfway mark. William
Poissant, Col. E. B. Gray and
Charles Geier were first, second
and third. respectively. in the senior
field, while Vessel Stewart, H. W..
Steinbach and Ben Bendett claimed
comparable honors in the below
30 master point" group. AS an
nounced by Director p E. Golden,
overall winners will not be deter
mined until after the protest period
next Wednesday night.
Y
The Federal Bridge League will
adopt a new look in August, ac-
cording to George L. Kathan, presi-
dent. New location, $500 Sixteenth
street NV; new night. Monday.
During the remainder of July, it's
still every Tuesday at Pierce Hall
for duplicate. June % was master
point night for Federal players, DR.
A. j. Steinberg-James G. Stone
(N-S) and Mrs. Vessel Stewart
Virginia Kinnard tE-W) won the
awards. Mr.. and Mrs. Kathan and
the Howard Campbells were second
The colossus of all bridge events
the Summer Nationals. will be held
in Chicago at the Stevens Hotel
July 81 to August 8, inclusive. DR.
w. H. Gorton, president of the
Washington Bridge League, urges
that prospective participants con-
tdSG 4lA1l DS3O1C od4y ~ AS6oA aAA16
entry in the scheduled matches.
Local records were shattered when
eight master-point events were cal
endered during the last week of
June. Heading the parade. of ma
tionally awarded contests was the
Chess Club match on June "a. James
G. Stone Miller S. Roberts captur-
ing North-Sou awards, while Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence M. Fisher claimed
East West honors. Mrs. T. M. Boyle,
Mrs. Marian H. Barre and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w Byrns each earned half
master point for second place
4 II
Mrs. D. E. Stephan's fourth Fri
day awards fell to Mrs. T. NJ Boyle
Kathleen McNutt N.-S) and Mrs.
Margaret L. Fisher-James G. Stone
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Day Lily Innovations Continue
Hardness to Sun, Wind and Heavy Rain
Should Be Consideration in Buying
By W. n. Younqmon

This blossom will remain open until
10 o'clock"
1t will be quite impossible to
name the new varieties and their
colors but the few named here may
guide you in your search for the
newest and the best.
Some Expensive Ones.
This first group are recent intro
ductions and very expensive at
present: Candy Heart-August, SO
inches, pale flesh pink with halo
of carmine rose in heart Of flower.
Flamboyant - July August, AZ
inches; brilliant deep yellow, almost
orange, bright red halo.
Purple Dusk-August; AZ inches;
very dark red purple.
Taperlight - July ! August, SO
inches; cream, almost white.
Mystic Moon - July/August, 40
inches; very pale yellow; opens late
in afternoon, remaining perfect
through next day.
Flaming Velvet - July August,
40 inches; bright velvety red; from
center of bloom rich yellow radi-
ates out.
Some Less Extensive.
Among the other varieties that
are not so new, but are tried and
proven worthy are the following.
They have been divided according
to season of bloom:
Early-Aureole, Baronet, Chrome
Orange, Cluny Brown, Gold Dust,
Mikado, Shalimar and Wan-Bun.
Midseason - Caballero, Crystal
Pink, Dauntless, Golden West, Hy-
perion, J. A. Crawford, Lemona,
Ruby Supreme and Rose Gem.
Late - August Pioneer, Autumn
Red, Boutonniere, Highland Chief
tain, Moonbeam, Triumph and
Ortencia.
Among the newer varieties will be
found the newest and truest shades
of pink, rose and red. II you are
not yet ready to invest in them
many fine flowers are to be had
for very little.
If you are especially anxious to
see these fine flowers, there are some
very fine gardens in the Washington
area where you may see them in
bloom and order them for future
delivery.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

Dairy farmers should conserve all
the good-quality forage possible.
AS economic conditions change,
many dairymen may find it neces-
sary to depend almost entirely upon
home grown feeds.
Low-cost, home grown feed will
contribute greatly to lowering the
cost of milk production. Among all
the dairy feeds. good-quality, home
grown roughages are the least ex-
pensive. Usually pasturage Is the
most economical roughage for dairy
COWS, followed by the hays and the
silage. All three types of forage,
however, are valuable on dairy
farm.
In longtime dairy farm planning
1t is imperative to give special at
tention to the production OF high
quality roughage of all kinds. Every
dairy farmer should provide an ade-
quate supply of high-quality sllage
for use in winter and in seasons
of short pasture wnen succulent
feeds are greatly needed.
Grass for Silos.
Wet weather may prevent the
making of high-quality hay, but re-
eardless of weather conditions any
hay or cereal crop may be ensiled
successfully.
We recognize corn as king of the
silage crops, but we should not ig-
more the fine possibilities OF all
other forage and grain crops for
silage purposes. Alfalfa. small grain
crops and rank growing pasture
grass may be cut down, allowed to
wilt and ensiled without any pre-
servatives to provide excellent feed
when pastures are short.
The important fact to be kept IN
mind, however, is that the green
material must be wilted so it will
not contain more than so to 68 per
cent of moisture when ensiled.
Add Cob Meal.
If the green material is too juicy
when ensiled, add corn and cob
meal or good-quality chopped hay
to the silage at the rate of about
Evening star., 1948-07-04

1t is rather strange, the myStlty-
ing and Frightening power fire.
cracker noises have over dogs. Pal,
one of my old pointers, is not the
least bit gun-shy, yet he hates the
sound of an exploding flrecracker.
On most Fourths, Pal has spent the
day upstairs under my bed.
Don't allow your dog to run at
large these next few days. Some
youngster might think it fun to
throw a firecracker near the dog;
worse still, the dog might retrieve
the object and have it explode in
his mouth.
Extensive tests have shown that
dogs are bothered more by mos
quitoes than are humans.
The other day I was asked to
give my opinion as to the most
intelligent breed of dog, the most
loyal, etc. Here's how I rated them.
Do you agree?
Most intelligent: French poodle
and German shepherd. Most low
able: Cocker spaniel. Most loyal:
Airdale. Most inclined to be one
man dog: Chow. Friendliest: Any
of the hunting breeds. Trouble-mak-
er: Wirehaired terrier. Best sense
of humor: Springer spaniel. Hardest
to make friends with: Pekingese.
Among the many myriad lies
about dogs, none is more persistent
or more idiotic than the dog days
superstition. You'd be surprised how
many people have the belief that
the period from late July until late
August is the time when your dog
is most likely to become rabid and
do all kinds of damage. Because OF
this, many pups suffering with
worm fits or sunstrokes are shot to
death.
1t has been proved time and again
that rabies is no more frequent in
summer than in winter. and no more
so during the so-called dog days
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Storm Fence SilOS Insure Feed
Temporary Structures Can Conserve
Grasses Grown in Wet Weather
By r. 6. Connolly
Virginia Extension Doirymon

$50 pounds per ton of alfalfa or
bean silage.
The dry corn and cob meal or
chopped hay can be mixed with the
silage as it passes through the
blower. If thoroughly mixed, the
dry material will absorb much mois-
ture from the silage to improve its
keeping qualities as we'll as its feed
value.
Some dairy farmers have found it
practical to use storm fence silos
for temporary silage storage. These
silos are inexpensive and easy to
build, and they serve we'll as tempo
rary feed storage structures that
may be dismantled easily when not
in use.
Detailed directions for construct
ing storm fence silo are available
from the dairy husbandry depart
ment at V. P. I.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

Daylilies are not new in the gar
6ens of the world, but new colors
and new forms constantly are be-
ing introduced, until there are now
over 5000 varieties. Some are tall;
some bloom in May and June
others not until September: some
are very fragrant: some are thrifty,
multiplying rapidly; others increase
slowly, and some do well in one
part of the country but not in an
other. So in choosing this most
satisfactory flower for your garden
you have several points to consider.
First of all, its vigor-does it grow
well in gardens nearby? 1t may be
a small variety used for rock gar
den or near the edge of a border,
but is it healthy and happy there?
Is it well branched with sturdy
stems that will carry the many buds
gracefully?
Does it have many buds at one
time? To be satisfactory in many
gardens it must bear so we'll that
flowers may be cut for the house
without appreciably reducing dis
play outside. Are there buds enough
to indicate that the plant will con-
tinue to bloom for some weeks?
Look for Substance"
Form and size are of interest to
the buyer. An orchid type with
twisted petals is available, and the
trumpet and lilylike type are often
F. seen and admired.
Look for that quality which we
call substance" If a flower has
substance it will not fade easily
Sun, wind and heavy rain will not
greatly mar its beauty.
Does it add that something to
the garden picture which We might
call distinction? Substance is
difficult term to define in exact
words but every good gardener
knows that what he is looking for
in many flowers is just that thing.
Another quality may be added to
this long list now besides color. How
late at night will the flowers re-
main open? Their use as cut flowers
is much determined by this quality.
Plant breeders are constantly at
work on this and can now say ac-
curately of one variety at least,
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Meat Prices Raise
Farm Index , Pct.

New high meat animal prices in
creased the index of prices received
by farmers by 2 per cent as of June
Is, according to the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics. At the same
time, higher food prices increased
rural living costs. raising the index
of prices paid by farmers one point
While prices of meat and fruits
generally we're high. the bureau
said, prices of clothing bought by
farmers were down, and the feed
index decreased because OF lower
prices for alfalfa hay, bran and oats.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Recommended Grain
Varieties UNCHANGED

Varieties recommended for Vir.
ginia S winter wheat, oats and bar.
ley crops will remain unchanged.
Agronomists said the announce
ment is being made early to permit
farmers and seedmen to obtain sup
plies in readiness for fall planting.
Recommended varieties are in
cluded in Bulletin 4l2, available
from all county agents.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
This Week in
the Garden

The week was a hard one for
gardeners. They no more than got
the flower beds and rows of vege-
tables sprayed and cultivated than
it had to be done all over again.
A mulch on a rose bed in summer
keeps the ground moist and cool
and also helps to control the weeds.
Now is the time to be compost
conscious. Every bit Of green ma
terial saved now will reward you
next spring when you wish to enrich
your bed.
The strawberry plants are through
for this season. It is time to reno
vate the old bed. Hoe off part OF
the old plants so that the others
may have room to send out runners
and make new plants.
The peas which furnish many a
tasty dish are about gone. 1t is
time now to hoe them out in order
to make room for another row OF
beans or some part of the fall
garden.
Time to dust and spray, or dust
or spray. The rate at which the
rose chafer and japanese beetle
are working makes me think that
a we'll loaded dust gun in one hand
and a tank full of spray in the
other would be necessary to win the
contest between us.
Grapes are coming along nicely.
If they can be protected from the
japanese beetles we should have a
good crop. Have you ever tried
bagginf1 the grapes? That is the
only way to assure fine full punches
at eating time-W. H. Y.
, 1948-10-21
OBLIGATION

1t is hereby brought to public notice that Trademark shown
below which was registered in the United States Patent Office,
Washington, Z. C., on February %, 1928, in the name of
MARS, INCORPORATED, doing business as Mar-O-Bar Com
pany, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State Of Minnesota, and Trade
mark Certificate No. 239y311 issued therefor, and which was
renewed on April 6, 1913, to Mars, Incorporated, Of Chicago,
Illinois, a corporation of Delaware, for a period Of twenty
years from February %, 1913, has this date been registered
in the Office of the Government Secretary of the Virgin Is
lands of the United States at ST. Thomas, in accordance with
the provisions in the regulations governing the registration
of Patents and Trademarks in the Virgin Islands approved
April l, 1916.