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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1ZZ T r,rirvrirrirvrTrtrinririrr,nrvrr,r,r'ar,r,r,ir,r -w "'w- ACADEMY I Tlmpanogos Land Sals Hakes Good Profits BETTER MAILIfIG WEEK 8ATUHDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924 County and General News SMUIN Report Unfatorable Lena Tim Lmm Solution Proposed r fc From Chickens ' By Secretary Henry C Wallace , Secretary Henry C Wallace of the department of agriculture has made a advene report to Senator Irvine L. Lenroot on T.be proposed hill to ell for $1.25 per tore a section of foreat land near Aepen Grove under ML Timoanotoa to the B. t. U. at Provo. V ' ' It is pointed out In a copy of the secretary's report received at the office of the Wasatch forest thatthe government baa apent over 116,000 and a like amount has been spent by Utah county in making a trail through this section. IZIT The forest department s'doe not deny that the land has great value for educational purposes. It s held, however, how-ever, that a long time lease will serve the interests of the school. o Making A Hotbed For the gardener who wants": to have early radishes, lettuce and beets, or wants to raise his own tomato, cabbage, and celery plants ft. Is. time to begin the hotbed. The best kind of hotbed is a permanent one made of concrete.? It Js . always ready for work In the spring, it being only necessary to clean out the dirt and manure. Where a concrete bed Is not possible, the wooden kind Is quite j serviceable. ""irlheTpit dug, pile has not some fresh Th iUMl A. bi i er with e cross Id- be iver nail- proTlded the mois- already been horse manure over the spot to be dug and the soil will soon be thawed out. The hotbed depends upon the manure for Its heat and upon the sun for light to make the plants grow. Therefore the hot bed must have a southern exposure where It will be in the sun all day long. If there are cold prevailing winds, board fences or buildings on those sides will keen the bed from being cooled off. Since the hotbed re Quires frequent attention, especially during cold weather, it should be located close to the dwelling house so that it will not be too great an effort to visit it often. A hotbed also re quires large quantities of water so U naturally must o close te the water supply. Furthermore the soil wants to be well drained because standing water on manure "kills" the heat For making a small hotbed not longer than six feet. Inch boards are sufficiently thick providing they are well cleated to prevent warping and cracking. If the bed is to be longer, two Inch Blanks are better. In mak- lag a large hotbed of plafks, each side should be made .separately and the parts fastened toge screws, bolts of hooka bars supporting the sash dovetailed Into the side ed. The cross bars sould with drip grooves to remov ture that so often causes tie trouble some drip. If sash are to be used ok the hot bed, it does not pay to gel anything but cypress. It outlasts otyer woods many years. The glass saonld be double strength ten by twilve Inch panes. In putting la the glass be sure that the sasn ts pamiea onecoai vnu otherwise the putty will nonstick and the sash will require f request repair Ing. In many localities, glass Is not necessary for hotbeds, a good grade of factory giving nearly as good results. re-sults. If factory is used, be sure to have some canvas or quilts to supple ment It on cold nights. Horse manure is the best heat medium for hotbeds. Secure ' some that has about one-third Its bulk of straw as this will give maximum heat. If it does not steam readily, a little hot water will give it a start When It has steamed thoroughly for several days, the pile must be turned so that the outside of the old Ila goes Into the Inside of the new one. After several more days of steaming it Is ready fr-r the hotbed. . , - It should be placed in the pit in layers six Inches deep and. .well tramped, otherwise It, will settle later and give trouble. The flnaljepth of the manure should be twelve to eighteen eigh-teen inches, although more it neces sary in colder climates. After the manure Is covered with soil the bed may be covered and allowed to heat several days before sowing tie geed. Professor T. H. Abell, 'Horticulturist. TTtah Agricultural E X p e fl m e nt "statfbn;" ": , ' o rigs Good Feed. Both fresh and dried figs srrhole- .nm and. weicht ror weigs ngs contain more nyKtvnt ropertlf than Him Inn laxative prfc-rtles .-.I f',.niO, hfiU iinl .'rn-ru'y h tlti Suiting with 15 hens and 3 roosters roost-ers ; i a 11-year-old poultry man. in Washington, County,' R, I., Norman Lewis, , hasv developed a profitable business. Be began in the spring of 1922 by Joining the poultry club which the agrlculttraf extension worker was organizing his community. That year he haqbed and fed 113 broilers so that tberjwere ready to sell while the market ifrlce was high, He kept 25 of the best pullets as a foundation flock for tht-.neit season,' Norman found his work so Interesting that he studied mor about poultry at the club membeV State camp and short course -in 193. Here ho learned to caponize and this season developed good market for his capons. An Im portant partbf his club work Is the seeping oi rqoras oi au expenditures and receipts j Recently he finished his 1923 accounts and. according to reports to im unitea states uepart ment of Agrculture. finds that he paid out $79 nd received $319, leav ing him $237 tpr his year's work. New Metltd of Fight- - ing Barlbeetles Be Used In Kaibab Forest i- Ogden, utij, February 14 The latest - modern methods of fighting barkbeetles b-f felling the Infested trees and peelpg off the bark, are to be used this siring In a great attempt to wipe out tie barkbdetla menace which is now threatening the two billion feet of Umber, on the . Kaibab National Fort, states R. H. Rut- ledge, District Forester, District 4, with headquarors at Ogden, Utah. Barkbeetles annot be attacked in the same way i most destructive In sects, wKn poionous sprays or one kind or anothei as they spend moat of their lives utler the bark of trees, and prior to e great outbreak In the Black HllkCO years ago, no fea sible method vis known of fighting them. At that tme. however, methods for destroying fese beetles were de vised, which hove since been used with excellent 1 sults. Theje , have been practiced 1 1 a small scale upon the Kaibab Foi at for the. last two years, but havi not been extensive enough' to do sfre than impede the barkbeetle adva Hfe. a -4-o 4 Prevention q Losses Young Pigs More than 35 yr cent of the spring crop of pigs dad before weaning time, according A a recent study made by the TJnt sd States Department Depart-ment of Agrlculti In cooperation with the State c! eges on 168 farms in Indiana, niinoit and Iowa. A total of 18,83? pigs we farrowed on these farms in the sprint and 6,749 of them died before wearing. The heaviest loss waa 2,844, kiled by being over laid. Losses fron have been-greatly this cause could diminished by us- Slnce the days of Benjamin Franklin evsry Postmaster General has found occasion to Jnvelgh against a condition condi-tion which has "been the bane of the postal service since its foundation. Periodic and systematic campaign have been waged against it but the evil grows as fast as the rapidly In creasing business of the postal service ser-vice Itself. The Post Office Department,' or, In the final analysis, the tax payer, pays an annual toll for the support of thl.i malignant growth, " " amounting; la round numbers, to $ 1,740,000. Of late years, however, It has become be-come more and more apparent that the Department and the tax payer are not the only sufferers from the evil. Private business and private Industry every year lose millions of dollars from the same cause, which strange to relate, la, In most part preventable, This economic waste this strange disease Is nothing more or less than the careless addressing of mall mat ter; the depositing of letters and pack ages with Incomplete, Inadequate or incorrect, addresses, an overwhelming majority of which comes from largo patrons of the malls. In another effort to stem the tide of this waste; to save money for the taxpayer and to turn back Into con structive business channels the - mil lions now lost through mistakes,, Post master General New has .designated the week of 18 to 25 as BETTER MAILING WEEK. r Durlng that week be will aeek the co-operation of chambers of commerce, boards of trade, large business and In dustrlal enterprises, and the press of the country, with a view to having antiquated mailing lists brought up to date and every check placed against the possibility of letters reaching the postal system wJtout accurate ad dresses. The Post Office has gone a long way toward assisting business men In solv ing the problem. - Postmasters have Interviewed heads of firms who, due to the fact that their mail la handled by subordinates, often are not aware of their own mailing difficulties. The Department has even offered to fur nish its own clerks to correct and bring mailing lists up to date at the nominal, charge of 60 cents an hour. ! , O League Game OF THE A. C. of LEHI and , MAGNA A.C. Ing guaj-d rails aid less bedding In the farrowing pemi Pigs dead when farrowed numbered 1,372. Use of betfcr breeding stock and better feeding if the sows would have aided materajly In preventing this loss as well aijthe 571 that were farrowed weak. - letter- housing and better care would Mve saved 405 that were chilled, j - - SI i Adveralty th iRsal Test Adversity Is to'frfndshlp what fire Is to gold tne only discover the genulsd terfelt Infallible test td from the coua- The more virtuous kay maa la, the ess easily he suspeea) ethers ts be vldoua. . INCOME TAX IMWUT8HELL WHO Single perstfls who had net income of $1,N0 or more or gross Income of H.0OO or more, and married coutles who had net income of $2,0bo or more or gross Income of $5,000 or more must file returns. WHEN? The fWhg Ptriod Is from January 1 to March 15, 1924. WHERE? Collector of Internal revenue for the district In which the . person lives or has his principal place of bntlness. HOW? Instructions on form 1040A and Form 1040; also the law and regulations. WHATf Four per cent aormal tax - on the first $4.000-ol let income In excess of the per?oaI exemption exemp-tion and credits for dppndent Etcht per cent nnrmnl tax on balance of net Jncorns. Surtnx from 1 per cent to r0 ptr rent on net Incomes over f 6.000 for the year 1923. Prairie Fire, Ancient Enemy of Pioneers, Shown In Film A real prairie fire, traveling on the winds, spreading death ud destine tion, is featured In a new United States Department . of Agriculture educational film, "Fire The Prairie Demon.' The film was "shot" during an' actual fire on the plains of western Nebraska, and it proves that fire, the ancient enemy of the pioneer and the prairie dweller, is still a threatening menace to ranchers, income sections of the West The terrifying "head fire," rushing at a mile a minute clip, the flames creating their own wind and leaping 20 feet at a Jump, the organisation of a fire-fighting brigade by the ranchers and villagers In a frantic attempt to save their homes and buildings, and the excitement that accompanies the brief but hazardous experience of a roaring grass fire flavor the film. The new film Is an "accident" picture pic-ture and was made when a Department Depart-ment of Agriculture-motion picture director and camera man, working in the Nebraska sand hills, were "caught" in a fire that burned 200,000 acres of grazing land and left a 22-mile 22-mile path of black, smoldering earth in the wake of the head fire, which was not stopped until it reached a river bank. Plowed furrows, "back-firing," and other effective methods of combating prairie- fires are Included In the picture. pic-ture. ; 'The Prairie Demon" Is a "short real," 600 feet In length, and runs tor eight minutes. O 'l Qravst 1. Gravel is the name given to aggregations aggre-gations of water-worn and rounded ' fragments of rock, varying from the i alze of a pea to that of a walnut. When the fragments are smaller than this the deposit Is sand ; when larger, It Is called shingle. Gravel S;ionlts sre formed by the action of running j water, and are usually limited In nlze, occurring with more t-xtfnslve strata of sand. o 4 Avoid rine Poisoning. Food should not he allowed to stand for even a short time In a galvanized Iron burket, as some of the zinc coat-ine coat-ine on the bucket mny be dissolved and r.Iiic- polsunlni; result 'from eating the - food. - . It ft ft ft ft Dance After Game Gibson Sisters GAME CALLED AT 8 O'CLOCK ' it Game and Dance Tickets 75c. Extra Ladies 10c FAST A GAME AS YOU WILL WANT t6 SEE. REAL DANCE. i"sas,iMjJ1is 1 1- sy m ass a ossssi Casing-Head Oaa. Oulng-head . gas. has been made since 1904 An oU which has the fac ulty of absorbing gasoline from natural gas Is sprayed downward through tall pipe or tower, while the astural gas coming eat at the top Is practically practical-ly without gasoline, while the oil at the bottom baa absorbed it Then, by a simple process of distillation, the gasoline Is derived from the oil, and the ell gees through the same operation oper-ation again. A good-slsed plant caa treat 80,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas this way, and obtain at least 8,000 gallons ef gasoline a day. Olive Growing. The region la which the olive may be successfully grown for commercial production ef fruit 1b the United States is act so rreaPas for most frost-hardy fruits Commercial olive growing has been confined te portions of California and Arisona, although the trees will tire and bear some fruit la portions of all of the southern states of this country. The White Weasel. The ermine, or white weasel, Is the smsllesr of the fur-bearers found la North America. The finest ermine fur comes from Russia and Siberia. la winter the animal Is snow white s cept for a black tip on the end . of the tall In summer It turns brown. and the brown fur la, for this reason, rea-son, known en the market as "summer "sum-mer ermine." - Dreadful Situation. Boatman "An there we was si the water, me V the shark, a-startng bite ens another's faces." Holiday Maker "How dreadful for both ef year Must Have a earC Oae of the an written rales ef the Scottish earldom of Aberdeen Is that the earl must cultivate a beard. a AS Long as That? .About sn hour after we meek Inherit the earth the collector will be around for the Inheritance tax. New York world. : The Alligator Oar. The great gar (LUholepla or t plaosteus tristsecbus) of the rivers f southern United 8tates, Cuba, Uexlc ad Central America Is known M alligator gar. It Is greenish la cot and sometimes reaches a lengta si feet Its flesh Is worthless as food; Its scaly armor often turns a (pear et area shot While It Is able te areata air to a certain extent yet tt-aaaw la foul water. Ige f vaperata. XJita$ tht air la the room la r ther too moist nor too dry, aaj C Is property yentnated. i rf l less fa etght la eoli storir) ut-count ut-count of their tea den cy te stss:- through the shell Lew Cunning. ' It Is a special trick of low coaafsp te SQueese out knowledge from ft modest maa who Is eminent la sry science, snd then to use It as lecaly acsulred. and pasa the source ka tctJ silence. Horses Walpole.' " r With over 200,000 orders for Pord Cars'and Trucks . already placed .Jot delivery during the next few months, we are facing a record-breaking record-breaking spring demand. Each successive month . this, winter has witnessed a growth in sales.far surpassing that of any previous winter season. This increase will be even greater during the spring months, always the heaviest buying period. These facts suggest that you' place your order early to avoid disappointment in delivery at the time desired. ""fX Detrc4tMchlgji ' " It is not necessary to pay cash for your car, In order to have your name placed on the preferred delivery list You can make a small payment-down, or you can buy, ii you wish, under the convenient terms of the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. 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