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Smyrna times., 1950-05-25

Hogs, straight hogs (good quail
ity) 120 to ITO lbs. $1,000 to s1s.25
mostly $500; ITO to 240 lbs,
$3.50 to s2o.5o. mostly s2o.25; 240
to $50 lbs, $1,000 to S1s.25. most
ly $500.
| Sows (good quality) 200 to 800
lbs, S15.25 to $3.50, mostly S15.75
per iwt.; 800 to 400 lbs. $500 to
S15.75. mostly S15.25; over 400 lbs,
S13.75 to $500, mostly $500.
Bears (good quality under $50
lbs, Ss.75 to S14.50, mostly S12.5O;
over $50 lbs, Ss.75 to $1,000, most
ly $s.75.
Stays Cgood quality) under S5C
lbs, $15.25 per cwt.; over $50 lbs.r
$1,000.
Shoats, medium to good, $500
to $500, mostly $1,000 per cwt.i
common, S11.O0 to S14.OO, mostly
$3.50.
Feeder Pigs (6 to II wks. old
choice, $3.50 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 each; medium to good, 5000
to $500, mostly $3.50 each; com
mon, $3.50 to $5.75, mostly S4.0(
each.
Horses and Mules, work type
$45.OO to S6s.OO, mostly $6S.O(
each; butcher type, $27.00 tt
$4,000, mostly $500 each.
Live Poultry, heavy breeds, fowl
$1.20 to $1.60, mostly S1.60 each
light breeds, bantam chickens, $.4t
to $50 each; guineas, $1.40 each
geese, $2.05 to $3.50 each; Muscov!
ducks, $1.10 to SIPS, mostly Sill,
each; Muscovy brakes, SIPS t
S1.55, mostly $1.50 each; rabbits
large breeds, $1.10 to $1.20, mostl,
$1.10 each; small breeds, $40 L
$50, mostly $50 each; eggs, un
graded, mixed, $.26 to S.S7 per doc
Miscellaneous Produce
{ Asparagus, $.321s to $50 pc
bunch; sweet potatoes, $1.15 t
t $1.60 per bushel; lard, $500 t
, $S.75 per 50-lb. can; red potatoe!
$1.00 per * bushel.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
cGaEcKERBoARD GFsycKAEs. From Your Purino Dealer
HELP YOUR PULLETS lay
EARLY EGGS THIS YEAR!

EdrIy toII eggs ore worth money to
you! Thots when egg prices ore
usually highest! Groweno-fed pullets
loid at 20 weeks laid 81 extro
fall eggs more than straight groin-
fed pullets. Stop in today for Purino
Groweno.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
NEWS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS AND FARM FAM
lilies OF KENT COUNTY

graded or inspected for wholesome
ness, or both. Poultry that is Off
cially graded" is examined for
quality, and a grade (U. S. Grade
A or U. S. Grade b is then as
signed to the bird. Poultry that is
officially inspected for whole
someness" is examined by FEEDER
al veterinarian and certified fit for
human consumption. Some process
ing plants will have their birds
both graded and inspected.
New terms are assigned to class
es of market birds. Broiling and
frying chickens, formerly two
classes, are now one class: "Broil-
ers or fryers." Stewing chickens
formerly classed as fowl, may now
be described by any one of the fol-
lowing: 'Hens, stewing chickens
or fowl" Dressed" will now be
used instead of N. Y. dressed or
market dressed. (Dressed birds
have been bled and picked, but not
drawn. 'fReady-to-cook" will now
be used to describe poultry that
has been fully drawn or eviscer-
ated.
The official grade label will be
in the form of shield. 1t will tell
the quality GU. S. Grade A or b
the style of processing dressed OF
ready-to-cook); and the class (for
example, stewing chicken). Ready
to-cook poultry that has been in
spected for wholesomeness will
carry an inspection mark in the
form of circle. A combination
label, a shield within a circle, will
be placed on ready-to-cook poultry
that has been both graded and in.
spected.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
Chicken of Tomorrow
Field Day, June 1st

June 1st is the date set for the
annual Delaware Chicken-of-To-
morrow Field Day, to be held at
the Georgetown High School, start
ing at 1:30 pm.
Highlight Of the occasion will be
announcement of winners in this
years state Chicken-of Tomorrow
contests, both senior and junior
divisions. Senior winners will be
announced by A. E. Tomhave,
chairman of the state committee,
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25

ditioa should be vaccinated. Other
wis. vaccination with serum and
virus may cause bad reactions. A
eful examination should always
be made by the veterinarians to
determine whether or not the pigs
are in proper condition for vaccin-
alton. Another important point:
The virus is dangerous and should
be handled only by someone who
knows how: and one who under
stands sterilization of equipment
and other precautions.
NOTE-Due to space limitations, gen.
eral questions carnot be handled BY this
column.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
Revised Grades for Poultry
Offered In USDA Service

Poultry grading and inspection
service is now available on a vol
untary basis to dressing plants by
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, whose program has recently
been revised. Delaware processing
plants that are interested in the
programs should contact the Bur
eau of Markets, State Board OF
Agriculture, Dover.
Consumers may buy poultry with
the U. S. label on it, stamped
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25

Confectioner's sugar is the finest
white sugar made. Powdered sugar
is the next finest. Granulated sugar
then comes next and may be had
in different grades.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25

QUES ITO N
A ny spe ci a
points to bear in
mind about vac
cination?
AN S w e R
Yes. Only healthy
nies in good con.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25

QUESTION:: What disease kills
the most swine in America?
ANSWER: Hog cholera is by
far the worst killer. 1t destroys
about S20,0O0,000 worth of hogs
a year.
QUESTION:: What causes it?
ANSWER: A virus-too small
to be seen even under a micro
scope. The amount you could get
on the point of pin could kill an
entire herd of hogs.
QUESTION: Can you tell when
a hog has cholera?
ANSWER: That's one of the
worst thing s
#@-H about hog cholera
IT, number of
gE /Nother maladies
q, NN& may y, show :. symP- p
ZAC; E'.. Usually the first
symptoms of
cholera include loss of appetite,
fever, weakness and prostration.
Pics may start dying rapidly.
QUESTION: Can cholera be
cured?
ANSWER: There is no cure.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
Keep Paint Cans
Away from Cattle

Clean UP, wash up and paint up
is the order of the day, but watch
where you throw those empty paint
cans. This warning comes from
Smyrna times., 1950-05-25
|EFarmer's Question Corner
| n ~e1 I~9
~ American Foundation For 4LH..H Ani". Hs.e.
The Nations Worst Swine Killer

Prevention is the only answer.
Hog cholera losses can be cut
down to almost nothing by proper
vaccination of pigs around wean-
irg time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
By Charles E. TroceweN

no one should call it hummingbird.
1t Is a sphinx moth.
The hummingbird nest is a cup about
two inches across.
In this, two pure white eggs are laid.
The resulting birds are just about the
smallest thing possible in the bird line,
but very few persons ever see them, the
nest is so camouf1aged. It is so neatly
made of moss and held with spiderwebs
that it resembles knot on the tree.
Occasionally hummers have built nests
on street lights on public highways,
where they are more easily seen.
Despite the fact that some persons
think hummingbirds never perch, they
do so. and very neatly, too: they like
the smallest limbs on trees, or even
telephone wires. upon occasion; and
there they perch and preen their
feathers much as any bird. The parents
regurgitate insects and feed their babies
on the partly digested remains
Petunias in a window box will attract
these wonders of the bird world so close
that the beat Of their wings can almost
be seen. The number of beats is about
5000 minute. This is where the hum
comes from.
The same powerful wings take them
across the Gulf Of Mexico, 500 miles.
without food or rest. To think of these
tiny things launching out on such
journey makes one understand that
miracles still happen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
This and That

Further distinction for this small bird
hummer to come to Washington.
All of 3A inches long CHS mate 3b
inches, he weighs probably half an
ounce, or less
He is mostly air. with few bones.
air filled. and a bit of flesh and feathers.
Yet this tiny thing flies about 5000
miles each way at migration time.
Is it not wonder that he lands right
in your own garden?
His upper parts are bronze green, and
his underparts green with little white.
and that red patch under his chin.
Mother hummingbird has no red on
her, and very much resembles one form
of big moth. 1t is the latter that so
often is mistaken for hummingbird.
why" some one exclaims. II stood
right over a hummingbird and even
cupped my fingers over i'll"
1t wasn't bird, of course, but an
insect. The mother has no bird bill, but
a sort of insect proboscis. whereas the
hummingbird has a veritable sword Of
q bill.
Closer inspection of the moth will
show its feathers" are not really
feathers, nor does it in any real way
resemble bird.
The moth likes phlox. and so has been
called "the phlox bug" by some.
One good thing about planting phlox
b to draw this big careless insect But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17

Here in Washington and vicinity you
can see one of the smallest of birds
Right in your own yard!
That is the best part of it. No need
to pant along a towpath, or get briars
in your trousers, or ticks on your legs.
The ruby throated hummingbird is a
fast-hying rascal in feathers, a beauty
from the tropics, a hawk fighter, despite
his size
And yet he comes into your garden
as pleasantly as you please, and sips
nectar, so it is said, from your bell
shaped flowers.
So it is said-but actually it is insects
he is after. not nectar.
The sweet stuff in the flower comes
merely as sort of sauce to the serious
food.
Insects of the smallest size, tiny fell
lows complete with digestive systems but
looking for all the world like specks-
These are the beefsteak of the hum
mingbird family And the baby food"
too.
The parent birds eat them, and so
do the babies, babies no larger than
the end of your little finger.
This is life-in the tropics?
Not at ALL
Life right where you are. in your mod
est small back yard. in the city. In
the suburbs. in Greater Washington.
Any flower, such as the petunia, or
the sladiolus, draws this beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
FederuI Bonds and the Deficit

Your recent article by Lawrence L.
McKenna. discussing the future of Gov
eminent bonds. is indeed most pene-
trating analysis and should be widely
read. In the same issue, Frank r. Kent
came to somewhat the same conclusions
on the same subject. Obviously, if the
Government is to go on, as it has since
1888. with deficit financing, the final step
must be further devaluation of the cur
rency. Thus. those who have saved by
purchasing Government securities will
be paid back in devalued dollars, Of lower
purchasing power than the ones which
they loaned to the Government in good
faith. The integrity of this policy is open
to serious question.
Yet we have the spectacle Of the en-
tire Democratic majority. excepting per-
haps Senator Byrd. piling up further
debt and making little or no attempt to
reduce expenditures. Senator Douglas ex-
posed the inherent dishonesty of the
pork barrel" measures, and was laughed
down by most of his colleagues =
The entire question of Federal financ-
ing is open to scrutiny. For example, Just
how far df at alb may the Federal Re-
serve Board go in its manipulations of
the Treasury bonds? Is it honest for this
board to speculate in these securities as
1t Is doing, forcing the price up or down
by the weight of its purchases and sales?
What happens to the profits it is making
thereby? Who engineers this scheme and
by what authority is he permitted to
tamper with bond prices, backed by mil
lions of dollars of Federal Reserve funds?
If it Is Secretary Snyder who does it,
should he not be called to account for
this reckless manipulation? 1t is nothing
more nor less than rigging" the Treasury
bond market.
Two and one-half years ago. investors
suddenly began unloading Treasury bonds
Qargely the '67'72 issue of 21as). Mr..
Snyder, fearing that these would find
their own level. far below par. lowered
the peg price from 1914 to l00A, and
said that peg would be sustained by the
Federal Reserve. The bonds fell to the
peg price. then slowly began rising, as
investment buying resumed, based on this
promise. The bonds rose to 1903. The
Federal Reserve then began unloading
its holdings and the price has declined
now to about 101 and a fraction, solely
because of the Reserve Boards dumping
on the market.
do not urge that these bonds find
their own level. for with the crazy financ-
ing going on today they doubtless would
fall to about 1890. which is their true
worth. But with the peg price just above
par. it seems absolutely unfair and dis
honest for the Federal Reserve to be
trading against legitimate buyers and
trying to manipulate the market price of
Treasury bonds up and down. OF course,
If there were a sound governmental
financing program, based upon ''pay-as-
you-go' by the Treasury, the bonds
would have sufficient strength in them
selves to stay above par. Some one might
take long look at this situation, opened
up by Messrs. McKenna and Kent.
Franklin Snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
How Not to Serve Truth

The national leaders of the Authorization
League of Bnai Birth have shown a surprising
mixture of Stiffness and -mindedness in
their last-minute withdrawal of an invitation to
Benjamin j. Buttenwieser to address the organ
ization's annual dinner. Mr.. Buttenwieser, former
head of the Federated Jewish Philanthropies of
New York, is Assistant United States High Com
missioner for Germany and he is therefore
particularly well qualified to report authorita-
lively on our Identification and other occupation
policies. But members of the Leagues executive
group, after having read an advance copy of
his speech, decided to cancel it on the ground
that they did not like its general tenor" or its
failure to hit harder at vicious elements among
: the Germans Of course, they were perfectly
free to do that, but in doing it they have put
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
Rail Strike Ended

The statements issued by the fremen's
union and the railroad operators leave in some
doubt the exact basis on which the sx-day
strike has been settled. 1t seems clear however,
that the railroads have refused to bulge on the
main issue in dispute-the demand by the union
for an additional fireman on multiple unit
Diesel locomotives
This demand had been argued fully before
two presidential fact-hnding boards and rejected
unanimously each time as being without merit.
Nevertheless the union called strike in an
effort to enforce it, and the railroads involved
are to be congratulated for refusing to yield to
this pressure. Now the remaining issues, what
ever their precise nature may be, are going to
arbitration. In effect, this will be third fact
finding procedure. But there is one difference
This time the union has agreed in advance to
abide by the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
Turnover in Turkey

The overwhelming victory won by the five
year-old Democratic Party in Turkeys general
elections represents the first great governmental
change in that country since the early 1920s
when Renal Ataturk rose to dictatorial power
and began his historic program of reform and
modernization. In its own way, too \the victory
serves as a. striking measure of how far the
Turkish people have advanced from what used
to be strict authoritarianism, which brooked no
political opposition, toward genuinely represent
alive rule decided upon by their own free choice
To large extent, President Ismet Inonu-
whose long-entrenched Peoples Party has
suffered a. smashing defeat-must be credited
Tor this democratic progress. "A couple of decades
ago, during the tumultuous days when modern
Turkish state was being built on the ruins of
the Ottoman empire, he was Ataturk'S strong
right arm-his best military commander. his
ablest Premier and his shrewdest representative,
at international conferences BY the time he
became the country's President, when Ataturk
died in 1888, his reputation for dictatoria tough
ness, as we'll as for great ability was firmly
established. Under his leadership however
authortarianism gradually waned in Turkey
and political pposition-particularly within the
past five yearS-was allowed to flourish, with the
result that last week ends elections could hardly
have been freer or more fairly conducted in any
Western democracy.
The victorious Democrats-headed by Celal
Bayar, banker-appear to have won primarily
because of widespread discomfort over high
living costs. The winners campaigned hard on
that point, but otherwise, apart from their
promise to try to cut down on government con-
trolls and to give greater encouragement to
private enterprise their domestic platform did
not differ a great deal from that of President
1nonu'S Peoples Party AS for Turkeys position
in international affairs-a pro-Western position
based on determination to resist Soviet pres
sures, determination backed by American eco
nomic and military aid-there were no differences
whatever. The country enjoys virtually 100 per
cent bipartisanshp on that subject and Mr.
Bayar, in his hour of political triumph, has been
at pains to emphasize the point with these
words: &c" friend and foe alike should know
that any change whatsoever in the government
is not going to change our foreign policy"
Thus, the Kremlin can derive no comfort of
any kind from the turnover in strategicay
crucial Turkey. The free world, on the other
hand, can rest aSSured-unless all words and
signs are deceving-that the Turkish people
under their new government, will remain as
resolved as ever to maintain their independence
against the Soviet threat. AS their history has
repeatedly shown, they are notably tough
fibered and courageous, and it is therefore
unlikely that they will ever yield unresistingy
to a foreign force bent on destroying the democ-
racy they are now building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17

After this he copied the result into
the rough draft" But after final revi-
sions by himself and others, only part
OF the paragraph appears in the Declara-
ton as 1t was adopted. The reader will
concur in the result
For about a hundred years. first in
the State Department and, after 1908,
in the Library of Congress. this fragment
went unnoticed by scholars. Here is how
it happened:
The paragraph is among writings, all
in Jefferson's hand. which are on three
sheets Of paper. On one of the sheets
are penciled notes and dimensions for a
horse STALL The writing that governed
the placing of these sheets, when they
were bound up with others, was a reso-
luton accepting the resignation of Maj.
Gen. John Sullivan-written, it is
thought. in late July, 1776.
At the bottom of this sheet. and upside
down as you read Jefferson's draft of
the resolution, is the fragment of the
Declaration. interlined and scratched
with Jefferson's pen. If any one turned
the book upside down and read what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
Wotereote

The torrid tnaDes rose snittnoly all day.
Each step an aching tcedrttesS and pain.
The daily tasks too much for human
brain;
Such faded people all along my Udyi
The blood-red sun In setting seemed to
say
"Gather your forces for tontorrow's bout.
All supfne creatures shall put TO rout.
KILLING their JOY alike In tDork or play"
But near at hand lies surcease for an
hour.
The strains OF music In the summer
night
Waited across the mater bright NTH
moon
or stars. HeartGclle IL brings yet has the
p0iDer
To loosen bands that bind, to bring
delight
And pedce-foroettulness Of day its boon.
BARBARA PALMER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
Thomas Jefferson's Papers

The vast business of bringing together all
the papers of Thomas Jefferson is worthwhile
If only because when it has been completed the
materials for apprasing him will be available
in one place. His position among the great
Americans of his time-and of all time-is
secure because of his Identification with the
Declaration of Independence. But there was
more to "the Sage of Monticello" than is revealed
in his political career. Like Benjamin Franklin
he was interested in everything The range of
his enthusiasts and prejudices was unlimited
He had ideas views, opinions, convictions on
subjects as various as creation itself.
Jeffersons letters prove this When they
have been collated in So volumes under the
skilled management of DR.. Julian P. Boyd of
Princeton University, 1t should be possible to
develop a real psychological portrait of him.
This was not feasible to his contemporaries.
The Adamses, for example, were puzzled by
hin-and they distrusted and feared him ac-
cordingly.
Yet there can be-there is-no question about
Jefferson's impact upon his country and upon
the world beyond. He is worth careful study
because of the power which is in him. His
principles, as Abraham Lincoln insisted "are
the definitions and axioms of free society" The
attitude toward mankind" which Woodrow
Wilson stressed as major value in his life still
is an imperative in the systematic practice of
modern men If civilization is to survive on
democratic level in this earth.
OF course, contradictions and inconsistencies
will be brought out by the work which DR. Boyd
is doing. jefferson did not "stay hitched" in
variably. There were occasions when he defied
himself But that is important too, for people
- to understand. He was human, as we all are
and he made mistakes The errors might as
well be exhibited. What will remain-and be
emphasized-is the elemental faith in freedom
which was Jefferson's contribution to his own
time and ours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
By Froncis P. DoueIos

THE cornerstone of a monument to
l. Jefferson in the realm of ideas more
important by far than the monument
which overlooks the Tidal Basin. Is being
set in place today with the publication
of the first volume of The Papers Of
Thomas jefferson"
1t is a tremendous project which Is
under way More than so volumes are
planned-one of the greatest editing
and publishing tasks OF our time.
The editor is Julian P. Boyd, librarian
of the Princeton University Library.
With him are associated Lyman II.
Butterfield and Nina r. Bryan. The
project has been made possible by
gift of 5000 900 by the New York Times
to defray the cost of assembling and
editing the material. The Princeton
University Press is the publisher.
The star exhibit in this first volume,
covering the years from 1850 through
1776. is a fragment of an early draft
of the Declaration of Independence.
recently brought to light by the editors.
It antedates the draft which Jefferson
Endorsed as the original rough draft"
the one bearing corrections in Frank
Inns handwriting.
The editors tracing Of Jefferson's
work on the Declaration makes an in
tensely interesting story.
First, there were Edmund Pendleton's
resolutions of May, 1776. in the Virginia
Convention, calling for independence.
which featured an indictment of the
Crown.
Next was Jefferson's first draft of the
Virginia constitution, the preamble of
which expanded the charges against
King George III. This version of the
preamble became Jefferson's work sheet
as he developed and strengthened his
"black catalogue of unprovoked injuries"
Then came composition draft" of
which the newly found fragment was
part. This fragment contains only
paragraph. but 1t shows Jefferson putting
down words and phrases. running his pen
through them and substituting other ex-
pressions until his thoughts were phrased
as he wanted.