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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER Treating Seed - Corn May Help Gives Bright Touch to Chapeaux; Dress "Comfy" tor bports events Much Depends on Variety, - vx;, cr..w i . ; i i Time of Planting and .'Weather Conditions. To the Question: Is it worth while to treat seed corn with the new or ganic mercury disinfectants, Dr. E. C Stakman of the University farm (St Paul, Minn.) staff replies: Result Doubtful, 'Sometimes it is and sometimes it is not. It may pay one year and not the next. It may pay in one section zi the state and not in another. It is a and regional seasonable problem. Tests have been made by the Minnesota experiment station for several years and the results have been somewhat conflicting. Much depends on the variety of corn, the condition of the seed, the time of Diamine, the soil conditions at planting time, and the weather conditions In the spring. "The treatment does not cost much only about five cents an acre. If yields are increased only four or nve bushels an acre, it will nay to treat: but no one can guarantee that yields will be Increased. The best thing to do is to try it Follow the directions on the package. Treat sed for part of the field, leave the rest nntreaiea, nlant side bv side, and see which yields the most. The chances are the treated seed will." Tests at Nebraska. According to the news service of the Nebraska Agricultural college, experiments carried on for three years at that station demonstrated that none of the seed treatment preparations significantly affected the yield per acre or the general quality or the crop. Cut Out Fire Blight on Young Pear Trees Where near trees and young apple trees are infected with fire blight it is advisable to cut out all of the dis eased narts. for if there is a second nrv crowing season, the trees may be killed, suggests the New 1'orK state College of Agriculture. All cuts should be made six to twelve Inches below the last evidence of infection, depending on the growing condition of the branch. When the blisrht is cut out during the growing season a disinfectant solution should be used on the tools and on the wound to prevent spreading the disease. Dip pruning shears or saws In a solution ounce of mercuric biof h ounce mercuric chloride, becyanide and one gallon of water tween each cut and mix the liquid In glass or earthenware containers. It should be swabbed on the wound with a rag, brush or sponge. one-fourt- h one-fourt- House for Winter r good poultry house Is a valuable asset at any time of the year, but never more so than In the winter when the flock needs the warmth and' protection of a house and when egg prices are high enough to make poultry care seem worth while. Two types of houses are particularly recommended for Iowa poultrymen the half monitor type and the straw loft type. Both have thefr advantages. The poultry husbandry department Iowa State Ames. Is always ready to college, In planning. help A ON THE THRESHOLD Home for By New Years H. A. BALDWIN, la Detroit News. O bells! Ring silver sweet RING out,hill and moor and fell! let your chimes their Joyful story tell. the Ring out, ring- out, Joyous, glad refrain: "A bright New Tear, a glad New Tear, hath come to us again!" In mellow echoes By - Helen Gaisford Ah! Who can say how much within It there may be lOME for New Year's," the doctor had promised, but of course, thought Drake Harmon, the doctor couldn't know how little home meant to hlra. He' punched his pillow into a lump and propped himself up In bed. Despite everything, Drake Harmon had enjoyed his first real sick spell. His salary would go on just the same, but instead of working he was free to read. Every day he had visitors who forgot to drop In when he was well, and besides there was Miss Bowen, Now that it was time to go home, he realized how much he would miss his cheery little nurse. . The door opened and Doctor Scott and Miss Bowen entered. "Well," the EfNanc m New Year n by 0 MYRTLE KOON CHERRYMAN of Joy ' Stored up for us who listen now to your sweet melody! Good-b- y Old Tear! Tried, trusty friend. thy tale at last is told. O New Tear! Write thou thine for us In lines of brightest gold. "Great guns !" exclaimed the doctor. "Fever, too I can't understand your heart action. Yes. you'd better stay here a few days longer." With instructions for the nurse, he left Miss Bowen turned back to her patient. "Doctor says Tm to keep a close watch over you and see that you don't get excited," she said. "I'm all right now He laughed. that I know I don't have to go home." 'You are lonely?" "Yes," he answered, "and In love, too." "Oh." Miss Bowen looked away. "But I didn't find It out till Just "I wouldn't mind now," he continued. could take my nurse I if home going with me." With starry eyes she turned to him. "There Isn't any reason why yon You're well shouldn't go home. enough." At the receiving desk they paused. "Tell Doctor Scott," he said, "to get a new nurse, and say, tell hlra I ner-e- r felt better In my life, and am going home for New Year's." (. 1(30. Western Newspaper Dnloa.l RESULT OF CHRISTMAS I knew what New Year's looks like," sighed Nancy. She was a bright little girl, and knew many things. but was always wanting to know more. and. having a lively Imagination, she liked to make pictures of every thine. She had seen many nictures of Santa Claus, but she had a different one in her own mind, all sparkling and Jlnely. with Santa In it but lots of other, things, too. Now, when she said this about New Year s, her small brother, Douglas, shook his head, for he didn't know whether New Year's was a city or an automobile, or Just what It was. Big sister Barbara, who was a great tease, said, "New Year's looks like a hippopotamus with a monkey on its back." Father tried to explain about the calendar, and the maid, Thelma, remembering the household on the first of January last year, said that New Year's looked like sleepy-head- s who were cross from eating too much. Even mother didn't have much help to offer, as she was busy getting ready for a party ; and when Nancy appealed to Clarence, the man who did things around the place, he Just grinned and said, "You'll find out when the time comes." Her chum, Patricia, who was usually good at explaining things, was so preoccupied with her new ping-ponset, that she only said, "Silly!" and went on playing. So Nancy went to sleep that New Year's eve, still wondering. When she woke In the morning, her mother called, "Oh, Nancy, get up and look out of the. side window 1" And when she ran, in her new Christmas pajamas to do so, she saw Clarence standing beside a beautiful little white pony and holding up a big card on which was printed, "Happy New Year to Nancy." "Oh, goody I" shouted Nancy. "1 know what New Year's is now It's a pony Just what I've always wanted!" And so, though the pony had been named "Dolly," It was always called "Happy New Year." after that If 10. Western Newspaper Union.) WISH g "Why, Man, You're Looking Fit as a Fiddle." doctor began, "how's our pntlent to- day?" "A little weak I'm afraid, Doctor," he answered. "I wonder whether I ought to go hone Just yet." "Why, man, you're looking fit as a Here and let's have your fiddle. yulse, too." Drake Harmon, thermometer In mouth, looked at Miss Bowen, and tried to make Ms eyes speak for hlra. She scorned to underRtnnd, for she blushed and turned aside. His heart went pounding. Pipe Is Mr. Purse dead? Cigar No, only temporarily flat on his back 1 Dealing With the New Year The New Year will be Just like the old year unless you have a vivid (, 'urn vten not so about handsome ornaments being fea tured as trimming for the midwinter chapeau, yet a great deai Is being done, Recent showings of new hats emphasize the fact of their voguishness very definitely, . As they are now playing their glittering role in the realm of millinery, ornaments are quite impartial as to whether they hobnob with velvet satin or felt, or be the medium what it may, which goes to make up the vivacious little models which designers are creating for immediate wear. Speaking of satin. It is making an unusually early appearance, but here it Isnevertheless, looking too smart and attractive for words, as It an nounces Itself in terms of beguiling new tricorne and other effects or as it forms alliance with perhaps velvet or felt as It Is doing In repeated instances. That very attractive model which Is shown below to the left In this group of chic midwinter hat fushions is of satin. Hand-sewe- d strips of the blark satin cover the foundation. The ornament which holds the drape and the loop In position Is of elaborate design: the motif carried out in rhinestones in' a silver mounting. - An interesting development in recent showings Is the felt hat trimmed with satin. The model shown to the right below surmounts a black fnnch felt with a puffed collar of satin, catch- - WHILE, is perhaps, being said Ornaments Bedeck New Hate. crown. Ornaments are in high favor. Much of the fun, when one goes out( for Ice and snow sports, is to dress to the part In picturesque An outfit may be ever so fashion. "comfy" but if it lacks style and beauty well, what's the use of going skating, skiing and tobogganing if one does not add a note of chic and a splash of brilliant color to the scene? As in all other; phases of fashion, Every the ensembles the thing! Item from the crown of her head to the tip of tier toes must combine to achieve a unified eositime for the sportswoman who "sklia. skates and , toboggans in tnotlish atlire. The oullil pictured Mow. Is ensem-We- d with meticulous tare, in tills Instance the navy blue flannel' trousers and sweater which has gone modernistic In color and- design -- have a gay. colorful border mutched In the gloves, beret and socks. : Vv Bold checks, stripes and angora embroidery play a lively part In contributing the "touch that tells" to clothes as they dart across Ice or dash down hill and across vale In the snow. Many women like the freedom afforded by trousered costumes, th i Planting Fruit Tree To prepare a fruit tree for planting, all Injured and broken roots are pruned off. Also long, slender roots should be pruned back to conform Great care should with the others. be taken that the roots do not become dry. They may be protected in the field by keeping moist packing over them or, better still, by keening the roots immersed in water. This may be done by drawing a barrel along with you either in a wagon er on runners. Using Improved Sires It is Important to discover sires capable of improving the production of a given herd when their daughters take the places of the dams in the herd. It is equally important to discover as many sires as possible that are not capable of improving the production of at least a fair to medium herd of cows. When the progeny of these latter sires are withdrawn from the various breeds, they will be re leased of a tremendous handicap. NiiiiIPlpliiu: (i j - Fire Blight Bacteria Fire blight bacteria live over the winter on both apple and pear trees and at one time it was thought they could not live over In limbs less than 'one Inch in diameter. This theory has been disproved and the fire blight germs are able to overwinter In twigs as small as lA inch In diameter. During the latter part of the summer the fire blight germs cease active Invasion of new tissues and remain more or less dormant until spring. Best Hatchability "Success In poultry work Is often determined by the hatchability of the eggs from which the flock Is raised," declares Clyde Ingram, poultry specialist of the Louisiana State university, poultry department Hutchnhlllty can be Improved in many Instunces. through the selection of the birds to be used In the breeding pens, Ingram continues, and that combined with it good ration and proper management will work to a definite end i"fi'vjag-ff;'..jmiiIM-- i ... ,nii.. ,"..;:..,.-..- ,,. ,- .r Warmly Clad for Skiing. almost to the lug It to the crown at one side with trousers reaching with space beJust enough ankles, wlih set ornament round a tween to reveal gay socks which of course are as boldly colorful and . Is really amuzing how effectively fill as the decorative sweaters, a single rich ornament cuu achieve scurfs and other details which go to distinction for the hat which Is other rhlne-(tone- de-sig- of trimming. wise void To demon strate. attention Is called to the tlrM here pictured. The brim of this choice velvet model which folds buck from the face so lalterliigly Is clipped with an exquls ite fun shaped rhlnestone ornament. I liven tue simple little fell hat ol glitter persuasion vleldln III the nu rhineslolie Hiiibflllshnient hut to-th- 1 . .1... L fi.ll t Hi ill-Il- rnl II uv" ""' iiKtmled.nl !'' '"P nullum are positioned at a trnieglc point at the side of the make up a perfect outdoor ensemble. Snowproof Norwegian cloth is a favored medium for these trouser Kiilts. Waterproof suede. cloth Is also practical and makes up very attractively In such rleh colors hs bottle green, dark red also nnvy blue. The nccessories which coiopieic these suits In dark warm tones loiluisie In a riot of vivid colors, as for I s'lince a cosit u .mil scurf tume of navy s..ele ' ilui;n:liig gay ISoiivmi CIIKIUK MfllOLAS. v.-- I n n' I ((E), 1931 Western NVwmmiwr Union.) V sure tdJu |