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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH Sires Useful Keeping Accounts Better ' for Improving Is of Importance What the Arctic Regions Look Like From the Air I oc . Pure Bred AniCosts and Returns Must Be Breeding mals Shows Increase Carefully Studied if Business Is to Show Profit (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) U This is the first photograph of the Arctic regions to be made from an airplane and shows Fowl island and the peninsula of Albert, first of the Danes islands, approximately 400 miles from the North pole. Old Shopkeeper Defied Progress lending belief to the tradition that he Baysides Famous Merchant Who was not above blandishing a child with Objected to Modern Ina gift, thence for a well delivered message or order. ventions Dies ' Johnny Hopes dead I" Thats what everyone In Bayslde was saying. It was echoed for many miles around on Long Island as the news spread. For John Hope, seventy, was the last survivor of an older, gentler, but not less busy time along the shores of Little Neck bay and its hinterland. To the day he died Jolin Hope ran the sort of general store that really intrigued the eye of the discriminating. It Is probably the last store of its kind in the city of New York. It still stands at Bell and Park avenues in Bayslde, but big, shutters are on the doors and the kerosene lamps no longer glitter on tinware. Johns sister, Miss Annie, and his younger brother, William, held the rooms above funeral in the lamp-li- t the store. They will not continue the business. Their brother made a very, considerable fortune and they will not go on with the tradition. And Johnny Hopes was a distinct tradition.' When the old store is closed it Is expected that a branch bank or a moving picture theater will occupy its valuable site. That will be the definite sign that Bayside is no longer a country village, but a suburb of New York. Had Real General Store. Johnny Hope was born in Great Neck, of English and Irish stock, 70 years ago, and 40 years ago he had got far enough along to set up in business for himself. He bought the building at Bell and Park4 avenues, which even then was a real estate office, and proceeded to build around it a country store that sold literally everything. Groceries, dry goods, hay, feed and grain were all that were mentioned on the sign. But the windows showed the modesty of such a declaration. There are just two concessions to modernity in those windows. One is a thermos bottle and the other a cocktail shaker. The latter, his nephew. Gene Hope, declares, must have been foisted on Johnny by some slick drummer. For Johnny himself never either smoked or drank. Aside from those two concessions, however, there are nothing but reminders of boyhood on the farm. There are halters of rope and leather, collar pads, lanterns, cut glass parlor lamps, old willow china, vinegar cruets, water pitchers of glass and of pewter, New York. The desk itself is the same one with which Johnny started business one of the high ones with a stool behind it and a big thick ledger on top. He scorned a cash register. And he did a strictly cash business. It was thus that he said he was always able to compete with the chain stores and the other modern Inventions that line the main street on either side of him. He had neither telephone nor electric light I like the lamps, he used to say, "and so do lots of people, and Ill have no telephone because the way I want to do business is for cash right across this counter. He was an intelligent Tory in other ways, too. And I was right, he said not long Theres no place to hitch a team, ago. nobody stops to buy. Look at them scooting through. , o IS ! Ironwood, Mich. On the arm of the attorney general of Michigan, the town of Hurley, Wis., notorious in its past, has been ushered before the Supreme court of the United States. Born to notoriety in the days of the north rum rebellion, Hurley, countrys nevertheless, is desired' by Michigan, with Wisconsin just as firm In fighting the attempt to remove the town from its jurisdiction. Hurley is on the small strip of land that Michigan claims as its own, despite the fact that the land, situated In Iron and Vilas counties, has been Wisconsin territory since 183(5. Michigans contention, as presented to the Supreme court is, that the boundary line between Michigan and Wisconsin was established originally as through the middle of the main channel of my life. y , t Johnny made a considerable fortune. Nobody knows how big it Is yet. But among his early customers were many wealthy New York families who had country estates near Bayside. George T. Willingayre of the United States Department of Agriculture, who has just returned from England with wool samples which represent the ideas of the English wool trade as to what should be accepted as universal standards. This Is the first move In the effort to establish world standards for wool. . one-ha- lf , Heavy Pruning of Pears Reduces Average Yield It has been found through experi- ments In the state college orchards In New York, that heavy pruning of I I pure-bred-sho- Lime May Be Applied w Oil Garden Land in Winter has been said about the value! of lime for the general farm crop but little attention has been given to its use for the garden. The garden soil is more intensively cropped than the fields and Its physical and chemical! condition should be looked after aa well as those of the fields, Garden crops are injured by sour; soils or soils short in the supply of lime. This is especially true of thei legumes such as peas and beans and of the vegetable crops such as lettuce, spinach, cabbage and celery and root crops such as cauliflower, carrots and turnips. Soils deficient in lime fail ta supply the needed plant food fast enough for the garden crops which1 grow rapidly and make a heavy demand on the soil. The lime not only; satisfies the plant for this element but it hastens the decay of manures and assists in the liberation of various essential elements for the use of the vegetables. However, for some garden crops, lime is not needed and in some cases it may even cause Injury. This is tha case wjth the strawberry and water-yeamelon which prefer a slightly acid soil. , Lime on potato soil, scabs tha tubers. Outside of these crops, lima jg a decided benefit to garden crops, Lime may be applied on the plowed jand in winter and worked into tha SOii in spring. About twenty pounds per square rod Is sufficient for most Crushed limestone and air gardens. slaked lime are desirable forms. F, Rolfs professor of Horticulture Oklahoma A. and M. College, Much young pear trees of such commercial varieties as Kieffer, Bose, Seckel, Clapp, Favorite and Sheldon, reduced the average yield as much as 25 per' cent, by the time the trees were ten old. In the experiment under the trees were treated discussion, alike and one group was then allowed to grow to Its natural form with just enough pruning to avoid bad inter- Another ference of branches, etc. group was pruned so that the trees assumed the more open head. Of course the best way to prune pear trees, considering the entire life of the tree, Is not known for certainty. Further experiment will be necessary to bring this out. Older trees, however, where the fruit is not of satis-- 1 Area Plan for Testing J? factory size, will be benefited by mod-Cattle Proves Popular erate pruning, lowering very tall limbs and strong lateral branches and tak- Testing cattle for tuberculosis un-ing out the smaller branches near the (jer the area plan that is, testing all the cattle at once in a county or other top. A point to remember in pruning a area is proving very popular In many pear tree: Keep the trunks and base parts of the country. One reason la and main limbs free of spurs and that a county freed of this disease sprouts. This will lessen the danger ig a center to which cattle buyers are from fire blight and this sort of prun- - attracted ; another is that large miming followed persistently will he a bers of cattle can be tested at a lower s assurance against serious cost than when only a few .herds or a injury from this pear disease. single herd are tested. rs I first-clas- much directed to the extension of fhe territorial limits as it is to the settlement forever, one way or another, of Sind Different Problem Time to Paint Buildings in Every Patch of Com During Months of Winter Every phtch of corn presents a different problem, but If you apply comthe boundary argument. mercial fertilizer wisely you can nearly always make it profitable. In Georthe Montreal river. Later it was dis- Girl Flyer Astonishes gia, for Instance, experiments show covered that the original surveys were that the best method Is to put 100 Experts by Bold Leap pounds incorrect ; that the river branched. of nitrates to the acre, and to Paris. Mile. Denyse Collin brought this when the corn Is two and Michigan asserts that the correct apply feet high. This brings more boundary Is in the west branch of the confusion among the ranks of the avi- one-hal- f ation laboratory experts recently when to the acre than when applied at time river; Wisconsin, the east branch. The territorial acquisition that she landed successfully from an air- of planting, or when the plants are would result to Michigan, if this plane, flying more than 100 miles an from three to four feet high. states contentions are recognized by hour with the aid of a parachute the high court, would be small, in- weighing only twelve pounds. Watch for Mice. These little parachutes are highly Growers should see to it that the cluding besides the land in the two Wisconsin counties, several islands in dangerous. The mere shock of the area close to young trees is free from the Menominee river and Washington cord when they unfold is given by the straw, weeds and litter of any kind island in Green Bay. Valuable depos- dynamometer as 1,500 pounds, which Is which will provide a protection for its of Iron and coal, however, make enough to kill any human being, said mice. Steps should be taken to keep the disputed terrain a tempting bone the experts. the area close to the trees clean. WITH MINERAL RICHES Be all-da- Seeking World Standards for Wool TWO STATES CLAIM TOWN Hurley, Wis., Declared to Rightfully Michigans. Right up to the last he retained a big share of the custom of the town and the surrounding country, however. There was a sign on one of the rafters of his maze of a store which reads : nutmeg graters and kerosene cans the kind the grocer used to plug the nose of with a potato. Inside the welter is even more confusing to the untrained eye. Bottles of ketchup stand on an glass case of ribbons. Lanterns In paper bags and hams in sacking ban from the ceiling. Bolts of cloth are ranged on shallow shelves above the coffee and flour bins. The candy case with suckers, sticks. Jaw break ers, licorice strings and all the old favorites is just beside Johnnys desk, If you dont see what you want ask for it. And few things were asked for in vain. If I couldnt get a thing In Johnnys I knew I couldnt get It any place, said a woman outside the store. And his prices were as cheap as any store here or in New York. He said he never bought anything but the best, and I believe he was right. I never got anything unsatisfactory in his store in all Analyzing cost records and farm management systems on 28,000 farms Is one of the diverse roles played by United States Department of Agri- culture the past year. The purpose of the work is to discover the fac- tors that make for an efficient, busi- ness-lik- e agriculture, and then to spread the gospel of better farm management among the entire agricul- tural community. Costa Are Higher. Particularly in these times, depart- ment officials point out, when most farming costs are relatively higher than the prices of many farm products the keeping and analysis of farm ac- counts by farmers is of great Import- ance. Costs and returns must be carefully studied If the business Is to a profit Department records of county ex- tension work show an Increasing In- terest among farmers in the keeping of farm accounts, a larger number of accounts being kept and analyzed during the past year than in any pre- In many instances ceding period. farmers found that they had received as much from their live only stock as the feed consumed by the live stock was worth, even though Some their crop yields were good. farmers discovered an even worse condition, particularly where they had purchased additional feed. Live Stock Big Factor, The productivity of live stock is one of the most important factors in farm returns upon farmif producing live stock, the department says. Losses may be due to poor stock or to Wide improper feeding and care. variations are also found in the use of man and horse labor. In other cases small income Is the result of poor crop yields. Careful study of the varl- ous elements that make up the farm business indicate how any particular farm may be reorganized to show larger profit. To assist farmers in their bookkeeping, special farm ac- count books have been prepared by the Department of Agriculture in co- operation with the state agricultural colleges and may be obtained from the extension divisions of the The Influence of the Better Sires movement In live stock In the United States la improvement discussed in a report just issued by the United States Department of Agrl-th-e culture covering a period of four years. A feature of the report is a brief article by E. C. Grigsby, county agent for Pulaski county, Virginia, which has increased its pure bred breeding stock 150 per cent since the work began. This county has 578 live stock owners who are using pure bred sires for all classes of live stock kept and Is the premier better-si- r ea county In the United States, The report contains a list of 23 states which have been most active in better-sire- s work and also a county honor list of 28 counties which have 100 or more farmers whose live stock operations are on a strictly sire basis. The report also contains statistical material showing the extent to which the use of pure bred sires influences the keeping of large numbers of pure bred female stock, The number of live stock owners In the work now exceeds 12,000. - Breeding animals and fowls owned by these farmers reached a total of 1,368,732 on October 1, 1923, and Is gradually increasing. The full report contains nine pages of results and descriptive matter and may be obtained free from extension directors of the various states or from the United States Department of Agriculture. Better Stock for the two commonwealths to wrangle over. Michigans bill of complaint charges that Wisconsin has refused to settle Dublin Giant Police Force No More, Dublin. The Dublin metropolitan police force, composed of some of the tallest police In any force In the world, has passed out of existence. Many amicably the boundary dispute. Wisconsin is required to file answer by members have retired, while others January 7. Michigan officials have explained have remained with the new organizathe present court action is not as tion which took up its duties recently After the ground is frozen and dust has settled for the winter is an ex- cellent time for painting the buildings. Usually there is more time now for such work, and the paint holds Us appearance as well during the winter months as though it were immediately exposed to a hot sun. Dry Your Milk Cans. Sterilization of dairy utensils alone does not serve to keep them absolutely Some bacteria are almost sanitary. certain, to escape no matter how carefully the work is performed. Thesq will increase rapidly in numbers unless the can and pails are thoroughly dried. , Important Culling Point. One of the most Important points A farmer had better eat the bad to observe. In the (lulling of hens is eggs himself, if thats the only way the distance between the pin bones. to keep him from sending them to mar- If a hen is a non-layyou will find ket; otherwise his market becomes the skin between the pin bones to ba even more spoiled than Lis eggs. Cor- firm, hard and wrinkled, drawing tha nell University. pin bones closely togerber Bad Eggs. ' |