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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Insects Star as Movie Artists When Uncle glass-enclose- Sam wants to stage an agricultural movie thriller he selects a nasty insect for a villain and puts the pest through rehearsal. Some of the pests are natural movie actors ; others are as temperamental as any Hollywood star. The primary reason for this, Department of Agriculture officials explain, is that certain insects shun light, whereas others exult In the glare of the studio Klelgs. Consider the case of the common clothes moth. The department desired to make a picture showing the destructive habits of this pest, but the insects refused to work under the bright studio lights. Moths placed on an article of clothing flew so rapldjy Into a seam of goods that the close-up- s were a failure. The camera mun then hit upon the novel idea of chloroforming tha insects to retard their speed, and the picture was a success. Cotton boll weevils, on the other hand, perform best under the intense lights. They are regarded as star actors, only close-upseeming to satisfy the vanity of t lie pest. Not content with flying close to tiie lens, the boll weevils fly into the machine so that It every now and then to stop cranking in order to clean out the camera. Bees Are Hard Subjects. Honey bees are catalogued as bad actors. In the midst of a picture one day last summer the bees descended en masse upon the unprotected camera nmn, who fled and hid in a The picture could he comcellar. pleted only by erecting a canvas 'shelter over the camera so as to make shade. Dees will not fly into shady places. More than 20 motion pictures featuring insects in star roles have been made by the Department of Agriculture. They Include pictures of pests such as the pink boll worm, which destroys cotton, the Mexican bean beetle, thp European corn borer, stable fly, bedbug, poultry louse, cockroach, grasshopper and others. The pictures artV distributed free to agricultural colleges, county agents, and other agricultural agencies, some of the reels being exhibited all over the world. Recently the department camera men made a special trip to Grasshopper glacier in Montana to photograph some of the frozen prehistoric grasshoppers. This glacier Is famous. It Is believed that these pests were swept up the ennyon through the ages by strong winds, which dashed them against the precipitous walls, the grasshoppers then falling into the glacier and becoming frozen in the ice. Grasshoppers hundreds of years old, but not unlike the grasshoppers of the present day, have been found there, perfectly preserved. The melted Ice at the end of the glacier deposits the grasshoppers on both banks, tons of the insects having been piled up lu this way. The department camera taen made an ascent of 12.000 feet to take their pictures. Live grasshoppers are difficult to photograph. The lady grasshoppers, in particular, are camera shy. Recently in making some movies of a female laying eggs it was necessary for the camera man to crawl along a roadside trench on his stomach and "shoot close range, catching the insect unaware. Working Far Afield. Federal quarantines on pests, such ns the European corn borer and the Japanese beetle, are strict and the Cloud-Hustln- "Ox-Warb- e, Seed Potatoes Need Treating : 1 Farmers Agree That Is Thing to Do; Even With Cer-- . titled Spuds. What Is going to be done about treating seed potatoes for the coming season? There is no doubt as to the advisability of using certified seed. Practically every farmer who has used such seed In the past wilt agree that It Is the thing to do In the fu- REDUCING ture. However we have too many Hiram was not feeling well. So ha farmers who buy "certified seed went to the doctor.and do not treat them before . plantBuy a car, said the doctor, "and ing. Regardless of what kind of seed get out more. You pught to take off you buy or where the tubers come a lot of flesh.? from it Is' well worth the time and Speaking of the results obtained by money expended to treat before plant- this prescription' Hiram said: I go't ing. Although the seed are certified, a car and got more. I got out six It Is still possible that scab, Selero-tlu- times in one block and took off flesh wilt, and powdery scab can come in four different places. Once I got in unnoticed. Seed treatment will through the windshield. That seemed control these troubles, says Dr. W. D. to take off the most flesh. Brooklyn Moore, extension plant pathologist at Standard Union. the Clemson college, who adds that - , m control of a small amount of disease now may prevent a large amount of loss In subsequent years. Corrosive Subllrmte. Use corrosive sublimate for treating your seed. It can be had at any drug store In tablet form, or can be bought In the crystalline form. Make up a 1 to 1,000 (one part corrosive sublimate to 1,000 parts of water) solution, which is equivalent to four ounces of corrosive sublimate to 30 Use wooden bargallons of water. rels or cement tanks for this work. This material is deadly poison, so keep children and all animals away from the solution. Method Used. Treat each batch of f hours. potatoes for one and The potatoes may be treated in bags or crates. After treating a batch of four bushels, add enough water to the barrel to make up the original volume f ounce of corroand then add to keep up the sive sublimate This can be repeated about strength. four times, each time after treating a batch of seed. Because of the dirt that gets into the solution a new barrel should be made up after this. After treatment the potatoes may be dried and stored or else planted Immediately. . one-hal- It Went Wrong "You are really engaged to her?" "Yass. I tried to make her think I was proposing without really proposing, dont you know just to find out what shed say. And what did she say? "Funny thing! By Joveshe made me think I was proposing. Sydney Bulletin. ' Safe and Sane Joe What happened to you? Moe They were lowering a safe and ft fell on me. Joe- And there was no one there to warn you? Moe There was an officer, but he told me to walk on the safe side of the street. ... - PULLED OUT one-hal- Aid for Egg-Laye- rs During sudden "cold spells in the winter that decrease or stop egg production, a wet mash, fed warm at noon, will aid jn getting the birds back into laying condition. A wet mash is often used to hasten maturity and start egg production in pullets being prepared for winter laying. If wet mash is fed, do not allow uneaten portions to sour and be eaten later, as this will cause digestive disturbances. You find It hard to get out of bed? Yes; my bed's so soft every time I try to drag myself out I slip back." The Right Peg peg thats round wont lit. Im bound In any hole thats square; But If a boy thats square Is round A Hell lit In anywhere. Cuba's Fine Monument to Gomez Give It a Tanning Do not let the work horses lose weight during idle time in winter, but avoid feeding too heavily. little attention to the new breedram may make him and the attening tion very profitable investments. A Time and material spent in building a suitable poultry house or remodeling or refurnishing the old will draw good dividends. Foreigner I want to buy some strong rope my cow he changes his hide every night. Dealer Hows that? Foreigner One night he hide in the creek, other night he hide in the thicket. Want to tie him up. Good Hardware. are "You Warning charged with haring thrown your wife from the window. "I did It in a moment of abstrac- tion. "Well, be careful In future. You Animai products are high in protein and must be fed to supplement may do It as somebody happens to be the grains in an egg producing ra- - passing! tion. . , Reason This striking monument to Jose Miguel Gomez, President of the republic of Cuba from 1902 to 1913, Is the work of the Italian sculptor, Niccolinl, and is to be erected In Cuba. FINDS BIGGEST VOLCANO WAS ACTIVE IN VIRGINIA . ginia, now buried under the Cumberland plateau, were a region of great volcanic activity. From the measurement of the area over a which the ash fell and was deof Va. Discovery Charlottesville, in the ancient sea around this in ten ash feet volcanic posited of deep layer Rockbridge county, four miles south island volcano, it has been estimated of Lexington, has just been announced that more than 60 cubic miles of ash deby the finder, Dr. Wilbur A. Nelson, was ejected. In addition to thick several in southern the states, state geologist and head of the school posits of geology of the University of Vir- Inches have been found as far northwest as Minnesota and as far north ginia. This layer, says Doctor Nelson, as Pennsylvania. This would Indiwas probably ejected by one of the cate that this volcano, located proboldest known volcanoes In America. ably In eastern Kentucky, near the Its presence coincides with similar de- West Virginia line, was one of the posits of ash discovered by Doctor greatest of which knowledge exists. Volcanic eruptions considered enorNelson several years ago in Kentucky, mous Tennessee. and during modern times, such as Alabama thickIs and Katmai, only ejected five the Kraktol ash deposit Virginias est so far found, says the state geol- or ten cubic miles of material, which ogist. It shows that in early geo- scattered over 1,000 miles, Doctor Nellogical times, millions of years ago, the son added. These recent eruptions mountains just to the west of Vir are considered of great magnitude, but Dr. W. A. Nelson, State Geologist, Discovers Ash Which Was Deposited Millions of Years Ago. d llfe,-lik- e s is necessary le ing milk production. The departments movie laboratory, located in Washington, D. O., has been In existence for over ten years. Redepartment camera men are prohibited cently a new studio was built and from bringing them Into the District equipped with thoroughly modern of Columbia so as to work on them movie apparatus, such as slow motion In the studio. This results In considerstudio, cameras, a large able expense, In that the movie force rapid developer tanks and drying must sometimes go far afield to take racks, and apparatus for making art pictures of the Insects In their natural titles and animated pictures. George environment. R. Goergens, the originator of slow The expense Is, however, Justified, motion camera attachments, which say the department movie men, who have been perfected since then to depoint out that It Is much better to pict muscular movements in tjports. Is take authentic pictures than to "fake" chief cinematographer of the laborainsects in the laboratory. Faked in- tory. sects are used occasionally, but only A device recently developed by one in animated cartoons. An amusing in- of the department camera men Is a cident in this connection was the con"time lapse motion picture struction of a mechanical reproduction camera, which automatically photoof a Mexican bean beetle, so life- graphs the development of growing like that it fooled even the department plants, from seed to final growth. The entomologists, who thought it real. machine may be set to make single exThe occasion for this deception was posures from ten seconds to one minthe building of an outline map on ute apart and, thus set, produces an which it was desired to show graph- accurate pictorial record of the growth ically the spread of the pest since its of plants. The hatching of insects may introduction into the United States. also be recorded pictorially through all The habits of the beetle were studied stages of development. The departments educational films, carefully by the movie men, and an imitation was made that bore a officials say, have proved a valuable resemblance to the original. It medium through which to teach imwas made to crawl around the map proved agricultural production and at will, and the entomologists wanted marketing. Confronted, however, with to know how the photographers had competition from commercial films, contrived so perfectly to train the In- the camera men must make their picsect. tures Interesting as well as Informative a combination that Is accomplished relike the clothes moth, Iledbugs, fuse to net under the glare of the by weaving tiie educational material studio lights, or even In ordinary day- Into an orthodox movie plot. The departments success In doing light. In order to make them perform It was necessary to build a miniature this has been such that many of tiie bed in which a ferret wearing a night- big city circuits of exhibitors show the gown was placed. The ferret had to films on their programs and thus get the departments message over to a be chloroformed to insure its remainand the ing stationary, bugs, scenting large urban public as well as to rural easy prey, readily came out for a people. Over 200 pictures have been made by the department. feast, despite the bright lights. A few of the titles of the films will Making Up the Rat. Indicate the imagination of Outside the insect family, but among readily with the commercial those competing the pesis that destroy millions of doland : "Clean Herds are lars worth of property annually, is thriller. They The the of "Out Shadows, the common house rat. The depart- Hearts," "The Charge of the ment wanted some pictures of the Golden Fleece, Wild, "Shes Tick Brigade. natural habits of the rodent, but the in It, Theres Magic rat also slums light. Some trained films The Balance. in the white rats were procured. Their coats "Weighed held by leading critics to been have were dyed brown, and they were then be the best type of educational picsprinkled with theatrical powder to tures ever produced. New York Times. give them the precise hue of the house rats. Tiie pink noses were also dabbed Great for Barbers with dark powder. But the rats relLondon. Among the millions receivished the taste of the powder and licked It off as fast as It was applied. ing unemployment doles are no barOnly by frequently stopping the bers, since English women are spendcamera and powdering the rats noses ing $100, 000, (XX) or more annually on was It possible to finish the picture. shingling and bobbing. A $50,000,000 Tne Tune Is the title of a picture recently George Does It made by the department. Great diffTarpon Springs, Fla. A Greek coliculty was experienced In photographony of sponge fishers has bought some inasmuch as it had Florida realty for King George. ing the Films of Plant Pests Rival Screen Thrillers Made by Humans. Washington. first to be squeezed from Its refuge cows back to be shot. ' The Is a small fly that lays eggs in the hoofs of cows. The eggs hatch a grub, which works through the cow's body and comes out upon the back, Injuring the hide and seriously curtailIn a they dwarf Into insignificance when compared with this event which occurred during the Ordovician period. Frenchman, in Flood, Saves Mattress First Paris. The recent floods have produced abundant illustration of the fact that the first household article which the Frenchman rescues when his home is threatened with inundation Is the mattress. Strangely enough, the bicycle comes second. Hardly an exception to this order was noted by a correspondent who watched boatmen moving the Inhabitants from one of the Paris suburbs. The women were dry eyed and stern visaged as they were taken from their flooded homes, but obviously were laboring under great emotional stress. "This is getting monotonous, 6ald one woman who wag forced to move to escape the floods la 1910, 1920 and 1924. "This sort of thing might be bearable once in fifty wears, but four times in fifteen yean la a little too much." - Enough Feed a ration that is adequate as to sun sets In "Why do we say the ' both nutrient and mineral content, and 7" the William West, free from contamination with If we said anything ' else people germs. would laugh. ... disease-producin- g Moistened mash is a good force feed for the pullets. Add just enough water to make it crumble, and feed all they will dean up. Feed it in the morning or at noon. PERFECTION Every possible effort should be made prevent birds from catching cold. Running of the nostrils is usually a forerunner to swollen eyes, roupj condition, canker and diphtheria. to Sheep are nervous animals ana of rather delicate constitutions, and suffer more from bad ventilation and overcrowding, than any other- animal on the farm. To achieve the largest measure of success in handling a flock of breeding ewes, the flock owner should strive to duplicate nature's method as far as possible. One reason hens lay so little when prices are high Is that too much corn is fed, with the result that they get overfat. Wheat and oats are better feeds. She Whats your Idea of a perfect marriage? He You and me. Ouch 'Mid Arlsonas deserts. Are things for us to frown oh, They $row the finest cactus That ever I sat down on. . ' |