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marvellous manner. It makes me
hopeful for the years ahead be-
cause, fundamentally, business
prosperity is dependent on our
spiritual growth. The modern
church canvasser no longer begs.
he now merely says: statistics
snow that your family, your busi-
ness and your community will pros
per In accordance with what you
and others GIVE. am asking Won
TO subscribe to an enduring in
vestment. The more you invest
thereln the more you will get out"
Ihls new concept is not based
upon how much the church needs"
out upon the fact that you and
need to give more in order to Off
set our sins and develop. spiritual
power 1t links up personal praver
with a giving campaign and makes
giving a form of prayer, meditation
ana worship. The Catholic Church
mas long preached this: but most
Protestant Churches are Just a.
Wakening. The reaction is not How
much will I give to the deserving.
Dut what will I give in order that
l. myself may live?" The giver
Is taught to understand that the
more he gives in proportion to his
income, the better off spiritually he
himself will be.
same Principle Applies To YOur
Business And Jobs
1, however, am interested in tbis
revolution in Fund Raising for q
.ar greater reason. These New
Look" Giving Campaigns are led |
oy successful businessmen who
start on with large personal gifts
more than they have ever given
before. hey give principally for their
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News IhfomuOn Supplied By The BUroOu 81 wor.
State Beard Of Agriculture Dover DoIou,urs

The following is a weekly round
up OF livestock prices and miscella-
neOUs commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice; $4,000 to $500, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $4,000 to $25.OO,
mostly $22.50 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$500, mostly $14OO. per cWt.
Monkeys: $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium: $1725 to $21.OO, mostly
S1725 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Choice: $3.50 to $500, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to S12.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Common: $7.75 to $8.75, mostly
$3.50 per cwt
Gamers and cutters: 1925 to
$3.50, mostly $725 per cWt.
STEERS
Good to light steers: S11.5O to
$500, mostly S14.50 per cwt.
FEEDER HELPERS
Dairy type: $3.50 to $1,000, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
Beef type: $11.OO to $500. most
ly $14.00 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HELPERS
Good: $11.5O to SIPS, mostly
$500 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 pounds
Medium to good: $13.25 to $500,
mostly STATS per cwt.
500 to 1000 pounds
Medium to good: $1,000 20 $1,000.
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
HOGS
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to 10 lbs: S18.25 to 1925.
mostly S19.25 per cwt.
17O to 240 lbs: $500 to $4,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: S17.75 to $4,000.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 800 lbs: $14.OO to $3.50. |
mostly S17.0O per cwt.
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S51s Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
DPcanhnr 10 loEA


December IL, 1854
Dear Friends.-
/ sure would like to wait untiI
m IN Delaware to write this. but
we don't know what weather we'll
encounter, nor how long our trim
will take. l hope to be home he
fore you and your parents read
this. You see we're flying. In Feb
ruary if any one had told me 7
would take that 1900 mile flight
again in the same year 7 woi,IJ
have said ridiculous. I'm taking
the same fight again and It surely
is ridiculous. / guess the best rea-
son for our flying home is because
II is more economical. Hourly rates
IN the Strategic Air. Commands
Aero Club here at Forbes are very
reasonable. The trip should take
only day, eliminating a motel stoD
or two, as it would be by car-so
naturally these are all winning fac
tors. Hayes firmly believes high
ways become more dangerous every
single day. There are SO MANY an
tomobiles on the roads now. heavy
traffic and icy roads would slow ms
down to crawl and Hayes has had
pleasant thoughts Of about living
home, above the turmoil. for over s
month. Course if we have head
winds they'll slow us down to 4
crawl, tOO-which is exactly what
we did have last February when
we flew the Family Cruiser home.
Pleasant thoughts have not even
remotely entered my mind concern
ing our fight home. You see I get
sick if we just take a hon over
Topeka. Lynne does too. Dawn Is
like her father and loves it. moo
young I say. Then Of course an
other little JOY about the trip is
that SambO will be along. Sambo
is our five month old Boston BuII
puppy. Going to be a pleasure trim
for sure, isn't it?
Our doctor here has given me
nerve pills, air sick pills, and sleen
pills. I hope Hayes can carry me
into the plane "drugged" and I
won't awaken until we're with Won
What about Lynne? She has medi-
cine, too, so by the time Lynne and
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300 to 400 lbs; s14.OO to $3.50,
mostly S1700 per cWt.
Over 400 lbs: $14.50 to $1,000.
mostly S15.75 per cWt.
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs. $1,000 to s1e.25.
mostly $1,000 per cWt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to S11.OO.
mostly $1,000 per cWt.
SHOATS
Medium TO good: $1,000 to $3.50.
mostly S1400 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old)
Choice: $500 to $1,000. mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $500,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $500, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $4,000
mostly $500 per cwt.
Butcher type: S24.0O to $500.
mostly $500 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
sHEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $50 to Slips, mostly $40
boosters: $50 to S1.15. mostly
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens: S.25 to S.S5.
mostly S.25.
Guineas: $50 to $50, mostly SIS
Geese: $1.50 to $3.50, mostly 81. 90.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $40 to s11O.
mostly S1.0O.
!. Large breeds: $50 to $50. most
Small breeds: $40 to s.55, most
!. Young rabbits: s.25 to s.85. most
EGGS
Ungraded. mixed: $40 to S.ss per
Pullet: s.s5 to $50 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Cabbage: s11O to s1.15 Der
5ushel.
Pop corn: &45 to $50 per s
Turnips: SIS to s.45 per q
bushel. g
Sweets: $50 to $50 per a busbeI
Apples: $50 to $40 per 81 busbeI
Country butter: $50 per ID.
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N0OSG
BUILT-IN COSTS

There seems to be more or less wide
spread IDEA that the profits earned by middle
men and retailers are largely responsible
Tor the spread between the wholesale costs
OF commodities and the price charged the
ultimate consumer. Anyone who believes
Cnat would do well to read a leaf1et lust is
sued by a top authOrity-the u. S. Depart
ment OF Agriculture. 1t clearly discusses the
Dullt-ln, fixed costs that are involved in pro-
cesslng and marketing farm products. It
OeScflDes the many services that are pro-
Vloed nowadays, enumerate such basic and
unavoidable charges as wages, transpOrta-
t!On, rent and taXes-and makes it Dlain
that distribution profits are low and do NOT
account for high prices.
This particular discussion dealt with food
only. But much the same situation exists in
All other heIds OF retailing. Most of us would
be astouned if we could walk into tvpicaI
retail store OF the vintage of 80 years or SO
ago. STOCKS would seem unattractive and
primitive There would be little or none of
tne attractive packing and processing that
we take as standard today. Such things as
frozen and ready-to-eat foods would be non
existent. Standards of service. display and
handling would be inferior all along the line
10 come back to the question of profit, MANY
1000 outlets, such as the chains, earn a profit
OF as little as one cent on each dollar of
sales. Variety and department stores com
monty earn about three cents. and often less
All the rest Of the money they take in GOES
TO buy goods and pay the other bills.
[eGORG
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NAVY BoosTs sPENDINo

PEARL HARBOR az Can
tain Martin W Kehart, 18th Navel
District public works oflcer. saws
Navy public works projects in Ha-
Waii viii total about S7.440. 600
during the present fiscal year. In
the fiscal year ended last June s0
the Navy spent $3.50. 600 in Ha-
waii he said
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
TRENDS IN RFTAILTNC

There have been some interesting and
important developments on the retail front.
An association of department and spe-
clalty stores reports that its members ex-
pect their business to top the 1853 volume
ana even to sUrpass the record set in 1852.
a 1000 chain association, too, finds the inn
mediate outlook highly encouraging.
1t IS also stated that consumers show q
growing preference for what might be term
ca nigh living" That is, they want COM
modlties OF good quality which require a
minimum OF work and preparation bv the
purchaser This, of course, is particularly
noticeable in the food field, with "readv-for-
table" items in heavy demand.
What these trends mean should be IN
oerstOod by everyone. First, the volume of
retail trade is just about the best barometer
81 business conditions as whole that exists.
Inc amount Of business transacted across
retail counters largely determines whether
times are good or bad. Our magnificent mass
production system would soon slump into
low gear unless our equally outstanding
mass distribution system was able to move
the goods.
second, consumer insistence on labOr-sav-
ing processes and equipment is a perfectly
natural phenomena. Today there are To-
1UU,OOO women workers and 81 per. cent of
them are married They want the amount
o. o! tlme and labor required by domestic du-
ties to be cut to the minimum.
FINALLY, high living items require more
laOor and often more materials. No one but
Ae consumer can pay for that. The profits
saliea Dy retailers are, and have been, at
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
DEFP FREFZF

If the atoms don't get us, the mercury
will, according to Dr.. Cesare Emiliani. re-
search scientist in the University of Chi
cago's Institute of Nuclear Studies. A new
ice age, the fifth in the earth's history. is
on the way thinks DR.. Emiliani. In inst
10000 years more he expects our great cit
les (and the country tOo) to be covered with
an ice cap 1000 feet thick
We are not sure whether the gentleman,
who is an atomic scientist as well 99s a SIN.
dent Of historical changes in the earth's tenn
perature over millions of years. is pulling
our leg or trying to distract us from more
immediate perils. In either case we will
credit him with being a public-spirited citi-
zen Nor would we care, really, if that new
ice age swOoped down on US only one thou
sand years hence, and brought no more than
a hundred feet or so Of the stuff we used
to pray for about this time of year.
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THE KILLER NO ONE SFFS


The recent death in an auto accident Of
one Of the leaders in the traffic safety move
ment emphasized tragically the peril we all
race when we drive at night. 1t demonstrate
ed that no matter how well we train drivers
TO be careful, reduced visibility at night will
remain vicious killer-unless we take the
latest available precautions.
Governor William S. Beardsley of Iowa
VINO had campaigned for years for safety on
tne roads, died on a dark highway even
though ne was observing all the traffic laws
when his car rammed into the rear of a truck
on an Iowa highway. He died not because he
was doing anything wrong but because man
cannot see in the dark. The truck had slow
ed up and It's shadOwed bulk was not visible
until 1t was too late. Only a means of max
ing the truck clearly evident to the driver
Denlnd-such as reflective tape so many mo-
Ioflsts are using on their rear bumpers now
adays-cOuld have prevented the accident.
1t wasn't the truck drivers fault. He had
slowed down In answer to a signal for help
from stalled mOtoriSt. 1t was the lack of
that endangers all OF. us who do
any night time driving
Dark vehicles on a dark road are one of
tne dangers. But there are MANY others
Inc curve ahead that is not announced bv a
sign that drivers can see as well at night as
IN the daytime. The center abutment of q
vladuct That could be made quite clear if it |
were retiectOrized but that often becomes
visible Just as we are almost upon it. The
narrow bridge, the sharp curve, all the road
conditions that become dangerous at night
could be safer if they were made visible to |
US through lighting or reflectOrizatiOn.
1t is up to each of us to do what we can
to support our public officials when thew |
1fer plans to help make our driving safer |
and to make available to them the money |
necessary to make our roads and streets safer
1T night.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
FIRM PARTNERS

a news story from one of the major au-
tom0Dlle manufacturers does a splendid lob
Of showing the interdependence of apricul-
ture and industry.
On the one hand, industry depends on
tne farmer to consume vast quantities Of the
good It produces. Without the vast agricul-
tural market for manufactured wares of
endless varieties, the assembly lines would
SLOW and factories would close.
On the other hand, industry is first
class farm customer, as the news release
vividly shows
ills single company annually absOrbs the
yleld OF $4,000 acres Of cotton, along with
5,OOO,OO0 pounds of wool, in order t0 make
the upholstery for its cars and trucks IF
needs, each year, $1,000 acres of sovbeans
Tor body paint and 10000 acres of iaxsaad
Tor Tor hnseed oil. Derivatives from about 49,.
OOO acres Of corn are used for such things
as adhesive agents in gray iron casting
AZ in all, it would take $500 average
american farms to make up the hundreds
o. thousands Of acres needed to supply the
wool, leather, cotton and other aQricuituyai
products that enter in its manufacturing on
erati0ns "
And this, mind you, is but one company
sloelt q large one Farm and factory are
urn partners IN this complex modern world
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
MORE FOOD FOR MORE people

oesWeen now and 1875, if predictions
mace 0y the census takers are correct. there
VIII oe zO0OO80O mouths to feed in this
eoQntIy- some a. ,000,00O,OOO more than at
present. Yet the amount of land availabIa
Ior food production IS expected to ircrease
iltle, II at all And il is probable that the
.lsi1i9sl ...Ii q people employed in agriculture
Wil snow no marked change.
How then, can agriculture possibly do
tne loO! Does this mean that our living
standards are due for a decline. 50 far as
1000 and fiber are concerned?
As Dean Of Agriculture Harry 7 Reed
OF PURDUE University, has made clear. the
history OF agriculture has been one of great
ef production with less labor. A century
ago y TOOK iive man-hours to produce a bu
snel q corn-nOW it can be done with about
Tour minutes work. Even since 1910. farm
output per man-h0ur Of labor has increased
Dy 20 per cent-nearly half
Inc main reason for such revoIutiona,v
progress Is found in mechanized farm e0uin-
lnent. According to Dr. Reed. there are 4
4OO,OVO tractors and $4,000 combines IN
american farms, along with more fhan )
90O,OJy trucks and some $500. 600 automo-
9llss. mere are al kinds Of other machines
anS ests.eliilieil sprayers, dryers, mixers.
aAo 81 on. Anqs as the years pass, both more
lil5eaiiles ana better machines become avail
a9ie' que TO the initiative Of the highly com
peNslNe Iarm equipment industry These
ilacaines % the hands Of Efficient farmers
coupled with help from people in education
sieLlee ana industry, win meet the cali for
continued progress on the lard
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IS in Setter Litter;
Reprove a Friend if
He Upsets Training
By Peter Boaas

It is hard to answer the ques-
ton, What is the average num-
Der of puppies in each litter?" I
have tried several times to work
out theory of averages. I have
failed. The largest I have seen
was Is. They were settlers.
One thing is certain: There is
no way of prophesying whether
a litter will be large or small.
The fact that female dog has
10 pups in a single htter is no
sign she will have more than one
or two in her next. It is better to
have three healthy pups in a lit
ter than 10 that are puny.
You have a house dog of which
you are fond and which you are
trying to make into a. decent
canine citizen. You train him
wisely, gently and firmly. In
time, he should be a grand dog,
perfect in behavior. A friend
comes to a meal at your home.
He whistles the dog into the
dining room and then feeds It'd
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for lighting the garden avoid
overlooking any one circuit, per-
haps it will be wiser to have a
separate circuit installed to carry
the outdoor lights. Use good
materials and see that all work is
done according to recommended
practices. Then you can enjoy
the garden at nights without
While one may not wish to
use colored lights in the garden,
it may be desirable. For some
reason yellow light does not at
tract insects as freely as does
white light. However. the yell
low light gives blossoms a muddy
appearance. If they are at some
distance from where the gardener
and his friends are sitting the
insects there are not likely to be
a problem. Higher wattages are
needed for colored lights to get
the same intensity as white light.
Garden lighting is a real art,
and may require considerable ad-
justing for the right effects.
Changes may be made as the
season progresses to obtain more
desirable effects as we'll as to
illuminate parts of the garden
that are outstanding at that sea-
son.
Pleasing effects may be had
by casting the light on fountains,
sun dials. bird baths. and other
garden ornaments. Do not at
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Yellow jackets are not noted
for their friendliness, but in my
experience they won't go out of
their way to sting. Best thing
know of is to pick up only
apples free of the yellow jackets.
X X X Y
am sure there is nothing a
woman can't do, once she sets
her mind to it.
My good wife has started pour
ing concrete. For the last year
she has tried to get me to put in
the concrete for steps at the back
door. What with one thing or
another coming up, I never got
around to it.
So, the other day she took
over. And she poured the con-
crete too. When I got home that
afternoon I unfortunately men,
toned that the footing WASH
level.
learned my lesson. I'll never
do that again.
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job that is over 20 feet deep.
Ours will be child's play in COM
pariSon.
We aren't going to have a
deep pond, and it won't be more
than an acre in area. But it is
going to have an island with a
tall elm tree in the middle, and
it is going to be just below the
house so we can watch the pond
life winter and summer.
We will extend the yard down
to the waters edge, and over
near the spring that will help
feed the pond we plan to have a
picnic area, complete with out
door fireplace. That way, We'll
be able to catch our fish and fry
them on the spot.
The only trouble with building
a pond is that it is hard to get
anything else done. Where you
have an artist with a bulldozer,
every move is something to
watch.
Thank goodness it doesn't take
long to finish a pond. Else we
would have to take off and do
nothing but watch.
Mrs. Gerald F. Krassa of Silver
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For Greater Enjoyment
For Greater Enjoyment
Light Up the Garden
Comoufluged Bulbs Of Small CondIepower
Add Charm and Depth to Beds
By w. H. Younemon
The Stor's Surden Editor

In this area where summer
evenings are all too short, garden
lighting Is very often an answer
on how to get more enjoyment
out of a garden. No doubt that
is the more pleasant time OF
day during the heat of the sum-
mer. Certainly the cool Of the
evening is the best time to work
in the garden. And, if properly
lighted, the garden is a pleasant
place to entertain visitors.
Modern garden lighting is Of
ten thought to be an expense, re-
quiring costly equipment, and an
electrical specialist to plant and
install. This is not true today,
largely because it has been
found that small lights properly
placed give soft lights that are
much more desirable than the
bright flood lights formerly con-
sidered necessary for the pur-
pose.
Lights as small as those used
on out-of door Christmas trees
produce an attractive effect Civ
ing depth to the bed or border
that is seldom possible with the
high-powered flood lights.
Lights Are ComoufIoged
To accomplish this effect,
manufacturers have provided at
tractive metal standards of SIM
ulating flower, leaf, bark, and
other designs that are both in
conspicuous and attractive. They
are easy to push into the soil
and hold the electric bulbs in
any position desired.
There is one that looks like
a stone, another that is a wide
mouthed toad which will &C
commodatingly throw a beam OF
light IL feet to show up some
object that benefits by special
illumination.
There are rubber lily pads
that float on the water support
ing electric lights that illuminate
the pool so that the visitor may
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| Garden Club
| Activities

Modern Chrysanthemum Cul-
ture" will be the subject for the
meeting of the Garden Club Of
Colesville Wednesday at pm.
at the elementary school. James
r. Dawley, experimental hobby
list and member of the Amer
lean Chrysanthemum Society,
will be the guest Speaker. He
Specializes in the anemone type.
The National Association of
Gardeners chapter here will
sponsor an illustrated lecture by
Murrell Nicely on. the use of. fer
tilizers Friday night at 8 at 936
Philadelphia avenue in Silver
Spring. Hosts will be Robert
and Edward Holmead. The as
sociation's 40th annual conven-
ton will be held at Newport,
r. l., September 21-23.
Woodmoor Garden Club will
meet Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. r. l.. Hays. Plants
for Shade" will be the theme
Cheverly Garden Club will
meet Thursday evening at in
the Community Church to hear
Miss Margaret Lancaster dis
cuss landscaping. Mrs. Howard
Leedy and Mrs. William B. CAL
vert will be co-hostesses.
Friday will be the deadline
for reserving space on a bus to
visit the Conard-Pyle rose gar
den in Pennsylvania, attend the
traditional red rose rent day.
rites, and inspect the Longwood
Dupont Gardens, near Whining
ton, September IL. This one-day
excursion sponsored by the PO-
tOmac Rose Society is one of a
series. On two previous four-bus
tricks this year visits were made
to Hampton-Old Point Will
liamsburg and to Hershey, Pa.
Bus fare will be $3.50. Address all
inquiries to Charles c. Mont
gomery, 1903 Forty-f fifth street
NV. GEM. 3-9060D The trip will
be made rain or shine, leaving
from the Greyhound terminal at
| 1880 am.
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The 40 Acres is taking on a
new look. Aubrey Mason drove
in one day last week with his
bulldozer and started scooping
out pond back behind the
house.
The Mason brothers, Aubrey
and Lemarel, operate out of
Hamilton, up county from us,
and they have built a good share
of the farm ponds in Northern
Virginia.
Aubrey said the biggest one
he has made yet was a 10-acre
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Life in the Country
The 40 Acres Is to Have Pond;
YeIIowjockets Like Apples
By Jones Birchfield !

y SVIVSS VUOVTVGtU
Spring, Md, is having trouble
with yellow jackets.
Mrs. Krassa wrote that yellow
jackets have taken over an old
apple tree in her yard, are get
ting on the apples that fall to
the ground. and are threatening
her little girl with stings.
What can I do?" she asks.
I don't know of any way to
keep yellow jackets off of apples
1t is sort of like honey bees and
flowers, you just have to be care
full what you pick.
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10 pei cent ointment Of oil Of
cade or Oil of tar of creolin made
up with a base of lanolin. Your
local druggist should be able to
supply you with any of these.
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Farming Leeds .

LONDON. - Agriculture Is
Britain's largest industry. 1t pro.
vides employment for more than
a million persons and uses some
48 million of the so million acres
of land in the United Kingdom.