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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUal, ITTAH - : Julian calendar, being named after Julius Caesar, and a new name of July New Calendar Is Asked for 1928 Point to Value of Plan Having Uniform Dates for Each Day. Scientists The old question of reis coming up anew. vising the calendar no less importance of bodies Official in the United bureau weather the than States and the League of Nations in consideratEurope are giving serious of method the revision a to general ion Efforts now are of computing time. an internatbeing made to briSg about ional conference for a discussion of the problem and the formation of a Washington. system. The League of Nations has appointed a special committee to investigate the necessity and desirability for a reform The committee has of the calendar. held some sessions, but at present is in adjournment pending the gathering of Should the United additional data. new States government, or any other government, call an international conference ss the subject it is certain that the committee would play a large part in the deliberations. Marvip, chief of the United States weather bureau, may be considered as the head of the movement for calendar reform in this country. He has given much study to the subject and is probably the leading American expert. He advocates a simplification which would base the year on the seven-daweqk as the major unit. The year would consist of 13 months of 28 days each, or exactly four weeks Dr. C. F. y each. enable the new year to start on the first day of a week. The history of the development of the calendar Is of absorbing interest. The earliest savages were dimly aware of divisions of time, reckoning them by astronomical phenomena. Our own North American Indians to this day refer to the months as the moons. There is the moon of blossoms and so on, with a distinctive name for each cycle of the moon. The Indian reckons lesser periods of time, by suns. From one place to another will be described as five suns journey. The early Egyptians had a year of 12 y months with an extra five days each year. In early Hebrew history we find the year of 12 months with an occasional extra month when one was needed to adjust the calendar. The early Greeks also had a year. Every 19 years the moon returns on precisely the same day, completing a cycle, and the Greeks were guided by this and made adjustments accordingly. The Greek month was not divided into weeks, as our month is, but into decades. Each month had three decades of ten days each. In some respects this might be regarded as a simpler system than the month, but Christendom would never accept such a scheme because of the teaching of Genesis which specifically tells that the Lord labored six days and rested upon the seventh. The teachings of the Scriptures enjoin upon us six days labor and then a day of rest. This has fixed the seven-daweek In the Occident The Greek system was generally employed in the Mediterranean basin but by the time of the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, the division of months had become sufficiently maladjusted by slight differences from year to year that the astronomers found the calendar to be two months out of the way. Caesar ordered his experts to work out a new system and they did so. Julius Caesar, it must be remembered, was the head of the Roman church as well as the civil emperor of the Romans. The year in which the transition from the old to the new calendar was made was called the year of confusion. It contained 14 months. The new- - calendar was called the 30-da- th 30-da- y four-wee- k y was given to a midsummer month to commemorate his service to mankind in readjusting the time measurement. The Julian calendar was employed by the entire Occident up until 15S2. By that date It was found to be about ten days out of reckoning and Pope Gregory instituted a study which resulted In the establishment of the calendar used today. To show the importance of obtaining the consent of the churches to any change in the calendar it may be recalled that the Greek church did not accept the Gregorian calendar, but adhered to the old one. The result was that up until the memory of living persons the Russian time was about half a month out of the way. The difference was comparable to the difference In this country of two cities, one of which has daylight saving and the other standard time. In dating a letter one added the letters O. S. after the date if he were using the old style. At the time of the French revolution an attempt was made to revise the calendar, but it proved abortive. The rest of Europe would not and the project was abandoned. The East has different methods. The Mohammedan calendar shows differences from ours. In this country an occasional bill Is introduced to change the methods of computing time, but little attention has been paid to them. The present movement is the most serious since that of the French revolution. s Bloodhounds Given Medal for Service Seattle, Wash. Rambler and Joe, the two bloodhounds of Sheriff Matt Starwich, who trailed the murderer, Fritz Berning, to his death near Tacoma last month, were rewarded for their efforts when Starwich received a gold medal, handsomely engraved, from Tacoma officers, in commemoration of the event. The medal bears the names of the For1 two dogs and the inscription, names of the Faithful Service, also the donors, Chief Archie Mondeau, Capt. John S. Strickland and Policemen A. St. Pierre, T. lloss and J. Devereaux, who took part in the manhunt. Berning followed a young woman, Albertina Otto, who had spurned his intentions, from Los Angeles to Tacoma and shot her to death in the latter city, April 26. The dogs trailed him to a thicket, where he was hiding, and after he had opened fire on the posse Berning was shot by Policeman St, Pierre. One Day All by Itself. extra day would be left over. Marvin suggests that this extra day be not included in any month, but given a name ftf its own. It might be New. Years day, or any other which could be agreed upon. The day, under holithe plan, would be a world-wid- e day. It should be placed, in Doctor Marvins opinion, between December 28 and January 1. Doctor Marvin would insert his extra month in midsummer, in the belief that this would cause the least disturbance This to accustomed calculations. would bring it between the present months of June and July. Every four years would comes still an extra day and this would be taken' care of by abIt classification. solutely separate would have its own special name, such as Leap Year day, and would not be a part of any regular month. It, too, might be a world-widholiday. Doctor Marvin says there are many advantages to the plan he proposes. Dividing the year into months which 5 .li i m s.l' are precise multiples of the seven-daweek would simplify business and scientific transactions. Bank interest could be more easily reckoned and accounting could be better standardized. Scientific data, particularly oL a meteorological nature, would be better handled on a basis of even week units. To effect the reform would be no simple matter. The governments of the world, business communities, scientific institutions and perhaps, most Important of all, the various churches, would have to be brought Into agreement upon the program. Because of the numerous church festivals, saints' days and the like, the church is closely bound up with the calendar; Indeed, heretofore the calendar has been in the hands1 of the churchmen rather than laymen, and the calendar that this letter is dated by was established by the pope of Rome. Doctor Marvin points out that the change could be effected with least inice cream carts are not In the running with this motorcycle The convenience by taking action before outfit whicli serves to protect both rider and Ice cream van in all kinds of 1928, the nearest year in which Jan- weather. The owner is L. Montaro of Frederick, Md., and he does a thriving uary l faiis 0n a Sunday. This would business. One Doctor r Sells Ice Cream From Motorcycle e ;j y old-tim- - e habit clinics for children BIG SUCCESS HAVE PROVED Department of Labor Reports Favorable Results in Treatment of 1 Abnormal Cases. Washington. Habit clinics for young children, the latest development in the child hygiene field, are described a report Just issued by the childrens bureau of the Department of . Labor. The habit clinic treats children displaying temper tantrums or other bad habits as patients and diagnoses and frpats the bad habit on a scientific basis. By eliminating the cause of the bad habit the clinic helps the child to toake a normal adjustment to his and develop into a well-round- personality. Dr. D. A. Thom, Boston, director of the habit clinics of the Community Health association of that city, is the author of the report Issued by the children's bureau. He states that the . first habit clinic, organized in 1921, was so successful there now are eight clinics, three under the association and five under the division of mental hygiene of the Massachusetts department of mental diseases. Doctor Thom also ' is director of this division. Habits most frequently treated by the clinics relate to feeding problems, temper tantrums, pugnacity and shyness, problems Telating to sex life, enuresis, destructiveness, delinquency and acute personality changes. Children who just wont eat the wholesome food they need ; children who respond to every attempt at disatcipline with a screaming, kicking tack of temper; children who are either too shy or too bossy to mingle happily with schoolmates and playmates, or even brothers and sisters; children who, without apparent reason, begin to lie or steal, and many others, come or are brought to the clinics to get their difficulties straightened out. Prior to Doctor Thoms report this year, 160 cases were registered at the clinics, 130 of which were studied thoroughly. In only 19 cases, Doctor Thom reports, were results discouraging and no evidence of Improvement shown. Of these discouraging cases, 12 came from families which gave no . Only seven children whose families failed to improve. Build Much Milk Lost Corn, Barley, Oats and tatoes Are Valuable. Best Plan Is to Reduce Bacterial Count by Carefully Cleaning Cows Body. sow can be built up mainly from feeds grown on the home farm, say the work- ers in swine at the New York state college of agriculture. They list corn, barley, oats, boiled potatoes, and the like as among the substances that may readily be made the basis of the energy and heat forming portions of the feeds. The portions of the ration as well as the mineral requirements may be met through meat meal, tankage, fish meal, oil meal, skim milk, alfalfa hay and good kitchen waste. If minerals are known to be deficient in the feed, the following mixture kept where all the breeding and growing stock can get it Is desirable: One part of ground limestone, one part of salt, one part of ground bone or bone meal, and two parts of charcoal. Good rations for brood sows worked out at the college are as follows: One hundred pounds of hominy or corn meal or ground barley; 100 pounds of ground oats ; 100 pounds of wheat bran ; 30 pounds of oil meal or fish meal or tankage, and 15 pounds of chopped alfalfa hay. This is fed at the rate of one to three pounds a day, depending on the condition of the sow. If poor silage, house waste, or sweepings from the dairy cow mangers can be had, they may be spread on the ground where the sow can get them. Skim milk may take the place of the protein part of the above ration. growth-promotin- g S n v starts. ble Profitable Pig Gains h soy-bea- n soy-bea- Fight Against Bindweed Won by Kansas Farmer Despite the fact that land infested with bindweed is often abandoned because the owner believes it impossible to exterminate, William Dietz, Sumner county (Kan.) farmer, has entirely rid his farm of this weed. Mr. Dietz used three methods of exterinination.-O- n the smaller patches he applied salt at the rate of about one pound to tha square foot. Mr. Dietz does not recommend such a method, however. Although he applied the salt ten years ago, he has not yet produced a crop on the land so treated. Two or three-acr- e patches of bindweed he successfully exterminated in about three years by placing hogs on the patch. A field was rid of' the pest cultivation method. the intensive by He plowed the patches early in the spring and then went over them from three to four times a month throughout the remainder of the summer, using a knife weeder, which cut the plants about four inches below the surface. Following this practice for three to four years, Mr. Dietz declared, will entirely kill them. 20-ac- Age of Fowl Determined by Many Characteristics The age of a fowl can generally be told by the size of the spurs, but this rule does not always hold good. To some extent the texture of the leg Is a guide to age, and so are the delicacy and freshness of the skin of the face and comb. The skin of the body is a better test, as it becomes coarser with age. Formerly and were considered an the absolute test betweeu a pullet and a hen, even after the long practice of early breeding had made the molting of early pullets quite common. An Australian authority says that a pullet will show veins on the surface of the skin, under the wings. There will also be long, silky hairs growing there. After a year old these hairs and the veins disappear, and the skin grows white and veinless. It is more difficult to judge the age of water fowls than of other poultry. dry-looki- Pigs full fed on pasture will make more profitable gains when fed tankage in addition to the grain ration. The older the pig the less tankage It needs per 100 pounds of live weight. of a pound of tankage per head per day will do the job for hogs of different ages. Skim milk, buttermeal or meal milk linseed-oi- l could be substituted for tankage, but It should be remembered that one pound of tankage Is equal to two meal or pounds of linseed-oi- l meal and to two gallons of skim milk or buttermilk. One-fourt- Po- rations for the brood Satisfactory The quantity of milk spoiled through souring during the summer can be reduced by the simple precaution of having the cows clean at milking time, advises F. C. Button, professor of dairy industry, New Jersey state college of agriculture. The mud, manure, scurf and loose hairs that accumulate on the cows body all carry a considerable number of bacteria. A single gram (about ounce) of fresh cow manure has been found to contain 49,000,000 bacteria. Since this material often constitutes a large proportion of the filth on a cows body the importance of cleaning the animal can readily be seen. Experiments with dirty cows have shown that washing the teats and udders will reduce the bacterial count from 23,000 to about 7,000 per cubic centimeter. When cows are cleaned In addition to having their teats and udders washed, the bacterial count may be reduced to 2,000. This assumes that the utensils in both cases are clean and sterile. Boards of health are becoming stricter in their requirements of what constitutes clean milk. For the protection of the public they demand that bacterial counts be kept within reasonable limits. This, besides the fact that clean milk does not sour as quickly as bacteria-lademilk, makes it a point of good business for the dairyman to thoroughly groom his cows. Clipping long nairs from the belly, udder and flanks facilitates proper cleaning. Grooming is best done an hour or so before milking, as this will leave time for the dust to settle. The best results can be secured only when udder and teats are washed or wiped with a clean, damp cloth, just previous to milking. When udders and teats are soiled with manure or mud, washing with clean water is necessary. Water should be changed frequently, so that a clean supply is always in use. After washing, surplus moisture should be removed .by wiping with a dry or slightly damp cloth. Then there will be no surplus water to drip Into the milk pail, or to wet the milkers hands. When milking starts, the udders, teats and flanks should be clean and slightly damp. In order to be successful with bees, swarms must be kept down, and powerful, vigorous colonies built up. One of the secrets of swarm control Is to give the big colonies an additional hive so there will be plenty of room and the queen can keep on laying, eggs and not have to loaf until some of the eggs hatch to make room for more. Bees are industrious. As long as they have work to do and things to work with they are satisfied, but just as soon as the hive is full and they are forced to loaf they become restless and are no longer contented and trou- n Ration for Swine During Summer For Success With Bees Furnish Plenty of Room Home-Grow- n wing-feathe- rose-colore- d Care for Work Horses simple precautions will increase tremendously the efficiency of the farm horse during the heavy working season. One of the most important is to take a barrel of water to the field and give the team a drink of water every time you take ,one. Let them rest and cool off a bit at noon and at night before feeding. Feed the days hay allowance in at noon and the morning, at night. Wash the necks each day with cold water to which a imall amount of vinegar has been A few one-four- th marketing wont produce bigger yields, but if will yield bigger profits. A family tree to be proud of Is that laden with fine fruit In a home orchard. weU-cared-f- or one-four- th A $10,000 Soup bone Muskegon, Mich. A $10,000 one-ha- lf soup-bon- e threatened to be an issue In cir- added. cuit court here. Mrs. Mary Kurzdiel, through her attorneys, has filed suit for that amount against the city of Community Breed Best Muskegon Heights, alleging that the If a farmer is in a community where officers arrested her and took a packcertain dairy breed is already estabage containing the soupbone from her, i he should by all menns adopt lished, believing it to be liquor and that she He will thus have an breed. was released when the officers discov- that cattle and In the in obtaining ered their mistake. ise of sires when he has a surplus of rattle. The dairymen will find better Every woman In Australia who to sell than the isolated apportunities gives birth to a child is paid f25 by Buyers are attracted to jreeder. the government where they can see a large aumber of the breed desired. Sweet clover should not be pastured late that it does not have time for the second crop to ripen seed. so Alfalfa, as also clover and most other legumes, cannot be allowed to stand in the field until it goes to seed or reaches the best stage of maturity for silage. Old crankcase oil poured on swampy pools will help keep down the mos- quito pest. Cutting clover hay with a binder saves time and the bundled clover Is handled more conveniently. In our ex- perlence. |
