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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH mfj U !. asu , '' " - '..f: v , - ... '. . - ;., . " ' -- s " "' " , " ; '' " ' '- I L k - - ! ;' N 'S5 T ' - ' ' ' . , - ' - I . 5 i - the present situation to determine reshortage will probably lie felt the soonest and where substitution of other forms of power will be the least practicable. Types ef animals suited to these areas probably (Prepared by the United States Department "III be In grentest demand. Brood of Agriculture.) A marked decrease In the number mares should be carefully selected and of horses and mules of working age should be mated with good stallions that muy amount to an acute short- and Jacks of the types best suited to age seeuts certain within five years, produce high quality colts of the kind says the United States Department of desired. Unless more horse and Agriculture. mule colts are raised during euch of in Live Stock the next five years tbun were raised Activity in 1924, the number of horses ou Improvement Operations farms five years from now will be duly (Piepard by th United SUtee Department of Agriculture.) 66 per cent of present numbers and In n report on live stock Improveof mules 74 per cent. ment under the better-sire- s plan, Just Larger Crops Expected. issued by the United States DepartWhile present replacements of colts ment of Agriculture, California reand of young horses and mules ure ceives mention among the 6tatcs noentirely inadequate to cover decreuses ticeably active in such work. The in tlie present numbers of work principal other states, mostly In the reports coming to the depart- central west and east, are: Kentucky, ment from various sources indicute Carothat Increased breeding and larger Ohio, Nebraska, Vermont, South PennYork and New lina, Oklahoma, colt crops are to be expected. Reports from state stallion registration sylvania. Live stock owners who place their boards especially emphasize tills Imon a basis which A breeding operations proved confidence of breeders. t he exclusive use of pure includes rutlier nrnrked advance In horse and bred sires receive a suitable sign for mule prices during the last few months Indicates that the shortage may al- their premises and helpful literature on animal breeding. ready be making Itself felt. This may During the early part of the year be expected to increase further the live stock owners in the following interest in horse breeding. California counties qualified for parIn order to get a picture of the ticipation in (lie work: Los Angeles, present sltuutlon the crop reporters of the department were asked to re- Orange, Sonoma und Ventura. The activity of the Golden State la port the ages of all horses and uiuies tills means of live stock Improvement on their own farms. Nearly 26,000 is due to the Interest nnd enchiefly reports were tabulated. From those of ergy county extension agents In the tabulations the percentages of animals counties mentioned. The work Is of of different age groups were computed an educutlomil nature nnd Involves no for the United States by states and expenso aside from that Incident to regions. The ubove Is the situation the purchase or use of purebred sires, If t he conditions on the farms of these which the department urges In the inreporters are typical of all farms. of Improved domestic live stock. The study shows that the largest terest shows that good breeding Experience ago group of horses Is now the eight in numerous results benefits and and group, tills making increased financial returns. greatly of the totul ; on up nearly the other hund colts under one year make up only 3 per cent and colts one year old only 2.3 per cent. If horse production were on a replacement basis colts under one year would be the largest group. Evergreens should be moved Just beOf all horses only 11.4 per cent ore fore the buds start. under four years, 45.6 per cent are from four to nine years and 43 per Even three-lea- f clovers bring good cent are over ten years with the aver- luck If you have plenty of them. age age 9.8 years; of nil mules 16.5 per cent are under four years, 51.9 As a soil provider sweet clover Is per cent are from four to nine years excellent both on dry lund nnd irriand 31.6 per cent ure over ten years gated lands. with the average age of 8.4 years. Five years from now, for animals of Curing of clover hay is more dim-cuthe most useful age, four to nine years, ut the stage becuuse there will ho only 191 head of horses of the higher naturul moisture It then for every 450 head now on farms and coutulns. only 278 mules for every 519 at present. The production of good dean cream Pure Breds Increase. Is the most important step In the While the reports of the stallion manufacture of country registration boards show fewer stal- butter. lions registered in 1924 than in 1923, the percentage of pure breds in the Spray the currant bushes early for total shows an Increase. Registrations plant lice. They are nurseries for for 1925 are coming in earlier than In them and the lettuce will be next on recent years, und these ure accom- the list and then the green peas. panied by comments that show that owners are much more hopeful and Dig out the barberries, roots and all. that there is increased Inquiry for Dig them carefully and watch for good quality breeding animals. sprouts for several yenrs. While for Borne years tiie numbers of horses and mules have been more When It Is desired to linve the secthan adequate and prices last year ond crop of red clover for seed, then were the lowest In over 20 years, such the better plan Is to get the first crop a reduction ns hpre indicated seems off the land somewhat early, before much too great. Even with a sub- the heads turn brown. stitution of other forms of power for work animals on farms, the prospecAVhen corn nnd soy beans are grown tive numbers are probably below fu- together, the yield of corn may be ture minimum requirements. slightly reduced. However, the yield In planning breeding operations, the of soy beans secured will make up for department says, farmers should study the reduction in the yield of corn. Acute Shortage Seems Certain Within Five Years, Says Department. H '"'4 Hr'i; JSTfr .? ' v. 'VXW . - ' Marked Decrease of Work Animals uni-mal- UNE 14 13 Flag Day the day of the oldest Flag, the Flag that has never known defeat, the the Stars and Banner, Stripes, Old Glory I Yes; the oldest Flag. So old that 1025 is the Sesquicentennlal of Paul Reveres Ride and of Lexington and Concord; of the capture of Ticonderoga by Allen and Arnold; of the Second Continental Congress; of the Mecklenburg Declaration ; of Daniel Boones Boonesborough ; of Bunker Hill ; of the taking command by Gen. George Washington of the Continental Army; of the making of Esek Hopkins commander in chief of the Navy; of the siege of Boston. No; 1925 is not the Sesquicentemiia! But of the Flag. That is for 1927. The Flag is what we what of that have made it. And the Flag stands for Bunker Hill just as surely as It stands for Yorktown and Fort McHenry and Monterey and Gettysburg and San Juan Hill and Chateau Thierry. So there will be many b lag Days In 1925. June 14 is Flag Day because June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress resolved : That the Flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing the new constellation. That was the Flag under which independence was won. If there were American flags flown at Lexington and Concord, they were the flags of the local militia. At Bunker Hill was flown the New England flag a blue ground, one corner quartered by the red cross of St. George, with a pine tree in one section and various regimental flags. The Union Flag that Gen. George Washington raised January 1, 1776, over his headquarters at Cambridge was made up of thirteen red and white stripes, quartered with the British union jack in token of the fact that the Colonials were fighting for their rights as Englishmen. Whether the Flag of June 14, 1777, was designed by Betsy Ross under AVashlngtons direction or by Francis Hopkinson, delegate to congress from New Jersey, a band of patriotic young women up dresses to make the Flag that was thrown to the wind July 4, 1777, over Portsmouth harbor, Maine. The Flag received its baptism of fire August 3, 1777, when St. Leger. with British and Indians, unsuccessfully laid siege to Fort Stanwix (Rome, N. Y.). September 4, 1777, Capt. Thomas Thompson ran up the Flag on the Raleigh upon going into action on the high seas. Congress, In 1794, made a blunder. It ordered the addition of two stars and two stripes to the Flag to mark the admission to the Union of Vermont and Kentucky. In 1818 It eliminated the two 6tripes and decreed the addition of a star for each new state. Now the new constellation constars in six sists of 48 horizontal and eight vertical rows, each star with one point upward. It Is generally accepted that the white Star-Spangle- ! five-point- d signifies purity and Innocence ; the red, strength and valor, and the blue, vigilance, perseverance and justice. The Banner was first so called by Francis Scott Key In The Banner, which by common consent has come to be regarded by the American people as the national air of the United States of America. Congress has never so designated It or any other air, but Army and Navy regulations so recognize it. The air is an old one. The poem was written during the AATar of 1S12, In the night hours of September 13, 1S14, while Key was watching the bombardment by the British fleet of Fort McHenry in Maryland. The British campaign of 1S14 consisted of expeditions from the North and South, Sir George Provost coming from Canada and a combined fleet and army coming from Bermuda under Admiral Cochrane and Maj. Gen. Robert Ross. Ross captured AVashington and burned the Capitol. Thereupon the British moved upon Baltimore. But the land force of 9,000 men was beaten off and General Ross was killed. The fleet bombarded Fort McHenry v unsuccessfully and departed. The congress of 1914 made appropriation for a handsome monument to Key and to the soldiers and sailors who beat off the British army and fleet. This monument was dedicated Star-Spangle- Star-Spangle- June 14, 1922. President Harding made the dedicatory address and said, In part: Here the patriotic sons of the early republic) crushed one of the most ambitious invasions ever aimed against our nation. Here, during the rage of combat, was born the swelling anthem of American patriotism. It is wholly fitting that Flag day should be chosen for this commemoration and rededication, because our hymn of patriotism is an apostrophe to the flag we love. Yea, it is apostrophe and invocation as well, born of a soul in the travail patriotic and poetic of a sublimely heroic night. An American citizenship of the high and simple faith of Francis Scott Key, aflame for defense, and no less devoted the problems of peace, will add to the luster of the Banner he so Every glittering star proudly acclaimed. procession Is is fixed, every worth-whil- e the more impressive for its bearing, every passion for country is refined by its unfolding. On ships of mercy or vessels of war, in the armed camp or at the memorials of peace, in rejoicing procession or flying from the staff over the simple temples of the schooling youth of America everywhere it pleases the eye, and reassures the heart and stirs the soul, until we sing in all confidence with the Banner in triumph The shall wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave. Now the scene of this glorious vicIs further to be hontory and song Sixty-eight- h congress. In ored. The an act providpassed days, Its .closing in meeting poet-patri- ot Star-Spangl- one-flfl- h dred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker III11 by providing for the United States Bunker Hill of 11 Sesquicentennlal Commission members, 3 appointed by the President, 4 by the president of the senate and 4 by the speaker of the house, and the appropriation of $15,000 In connection therewith. And Bunker Ilill Is worth celebrating. It was the first battle of the Revolution. The Americans lost It. But If ever a defeat was a victory It was Bunker Hill. And what a fight It was, with all Boston on the housetops to watch It! You remember, of course, the sequence of those first sensational days of actual hostilities In 1773. It was the night of the ISth of April that Taul Revere and AATlIIam Dawes rods from Boston to warn the Minute Men in advance of the British exThe next day took place pedition. the Lexington and Concord affairs and the militia chased the British back into Boston. The morning of April 20 found Boston practically in a state of selge. Provincial troops kept coming in and by June 10 there were thousands behind entrenchments all about Boston. The morning of June 17 the very day that AVashington was appointed commander In chief by the Second Continental congress in Philadelphia the astounded British In Boston discovered about one thousand Americans digging themselves in on Breeds IIlll on the Charlestown peninsula, which overlooked the north part of the city. British vessels Immediately opened fire and Gage mustered troops for attack. At noon the British moved across to the peninsula in barges under Gen. AVIlliam Howe. At 3 p. m. under cover of a cannonade the British attacked In force, expecting an easy victory. The Americans held their fire until the British were within a few rods. Their volleys were then so deadly that the British veterans broke and ran. Reinforced by fresh troops, the British attacked a second time, under cover of the smoke from Charlestown, set on fire for the purpose. Again the deadly volleys; again a disorderly retreat to the shore. A third attack. Again a deadly volley or two. But this time there was no British retreat for the American ammunition was exhausted. Followed then a close and fearful fight. And In the end the Americans retreated from the field. So the British won at a cost of almost a hundred officers and about 1,400 men, killed and wounded. The American loss In killed, wounded and 450. It was captured-itvictory in defeat Bunker Hill destroyed forever the bugbear of the invincibility of the British regulars. Hence our American saying, A Bunkhand-to-han- d Mcing for the restoration of Fort Henry and Its permanent preservation as a national park and perpetual national memorial shrine as the birthplace Banof the Immortal an made appropriation of ner" and the purpose. for $50,000 Congress has recognized the one hun er Hill defeat" s Star-Spangle- d s, nine-year-ol- d d d gions where the lt full-bloo- high-clas- s AIRPLANE DUSTING METHOD TO BE TRIED ON LARGE ORCHARDS Peach Is Latest Crop to ceive Attention. Re- the United Statea Department of Agriculture.) The commercial peach orchard Is the latest crop to receive treatment by (Prepared by the airplane dusting method for controlling Insect pests. According to a report received by the bureau of entomology of the United States Depart- refill the hopper. For several months the bureau representatives at the Fort Valley laboratory have been giving attention to the perfection of the technique for using airplanes in this way, with the of those who have had previous experience in the work at the boll weevil laboratory at Tallulah, La. It has been necessary to make adjustments of the feeding mechanism of the planes so that the heavy dust used for peach Insect control work would be evenly distributed. A thousand acres of peach trees la Georgia will be treated by airplane during the season, under the supervision of the Fort Valley laboratory. It Is expected that this work will yield valtfable data on the results, cost of operation, and other points. ment of Agriculture from Its field station at Fort Valley, Ga., this process was tried for the first time In March of this year. Airplane dusting for cotton fields has been a demonstrated success, and the outcome of this type of control for Insects affecting peach trees will be awaited with Interest. minIt took an hour and fifty-fiva with trees to 10,000 utes dust peach Most cream separators will do much mixture of arsenate of lead and hydrated lime. The time recorded In- better Job of skimming the milk when cluded all trips to the landing field to It Is warm. e |