Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 15, 1921, Image 9
Laying Corners
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Ceremony of laying the corner stont
B streets, N. W., in Washington.
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Average Adult Far Behind in Intellectual
Development, Say
Scientists.
WOMEN ARE MOST INFANTILE
Study of Intelligence Tests Applied to
American Soldier* Showed Average
Intelligence of Normal
Boy of Fourteen.
Washington.?Scientists, studying I
liere the records of the Intelligence
tests applied to American soldiers,
have reuched the conclusion that these
men had, on an average, the Intellectual
development which is considered
normal for a boy fourteen years old.
This does not seem very flattering to
us as a nation, but it is borne out by
Thomas A. Edison, who as Is well
known, has been conducting intelligence
tests of his own on men who
apply to him for employment. He expresses
himself as amazed at the low
average of Intelligence which his tests
have revealed. He says that not more
than 2 per cent of the adult population
can understand a self-evident fact
when It Is put before them.
These disturbing opinions from high
authorities are borne out In a Way by
the new school of psychologists. Their
Investigations tend to show that an
Individual who is not given proper opportunity
to develop his mind ai\d per
sonallty does remain a child In all those
respects In which his development la
retarded. They would say that the
typical American man of business,
while highly developed In his special
line, is "Infantile" as a whole, because
he Is undeveloped In so many other
ways.
This view, of course, excites the antagonism
of every good American, but
It Is perhaps worth examining just for
the sake of understanding a point of
view we cannot share.
In the first place, It Is to he noted
tha^ this view gets a good deal of cor
robdfatlon in everyday lire, now oiten
you hear It said of some man that "he
Is Just a great, big, overgrown boy."
That may, according to the psychologists,
be scientific description of his
mind and personality.
"Grown-Up Babies."
Many women are wont to remark
that their husbands, brothers, or even
their fathers are Just big boys, but a
good deal of evidence can be brought j
forward to show that women are, on j
an average, even more Infantile thnc
men. Men, In order to make a living,
have to achieve a certain degree of
maturity. They may have boyish
traits, but they cannot afford to have 1
the helplessness of children. Women,
on the other hand, know that an appearance
of helplessness, If accompanied
by good looks. Is often a great
asset In the pursuit of a husband.
Thus society encourages women to |
hold cn to any Infantile traits they may
have. The "cuteness," the helplessness,
the Ignorance, which so many of
them affect, are Infantile. The woman
may use these tricks consciously In
pursuit of a man, but the mere fact j
that she uses such tricks at all Is an
Indication, according to the psycholo- 1
gists, that she has never become fully f
adult. This prevailing infantilism of
women is widely recognized in popular
slang and popular songs, which reveal
far more of our folk-psychology
than does our formal literature.
"When grown-up Indies net like
babies I've Just got to love 'em, that's
all!"
The women know that. And It Is no
trouble at nil for them to not like
babies, becnuso most of them have not
grown mentally and morally nearly as
fast as they have grown physically, i
say the scientists.
It is not possible to summarize here
all of the evidence which might he
brought forward to prove that the pub- i
lie as a whole hps never grown up. 1
Our tastes in reading, movies and the- '
nter are specially significant, however. !
The adult desires to understand life.
Children rend fairy stories. Most of
the stories in our magazines, nearly
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LAWYERS' TALK
Member of Canadian Panel Would
Bar Long Flights of Oratory
by Counsel.
' Toronto, Can.?That the speeches
of counsel to Juries should he abolished
altogether, and that the only
address to the Jury he that of the trial
Judge, is the suggestion made by a ;
Juryman who has evidently suffered
much under the length of some ap- j
tone of Victory Me
; of the National VI ctory Memorial bui
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I
lericans
Mentally
all of our movies, most of our novel!
and most of our stage plays are fain
tales In effect That Is, they ail fostei
lively Illusions about life, rather thai
study the truth of It. The Americat
public is nearly always antagonized
by any wprk of art which sets fortt
the truth about life.
The Formula Used.
"Why write about such ugly things
when there are so many pleasani
things to write about?" is the forrault
always used.
"Tell me a nice pretty story, daddy,'
is what the same individual was say
ing at the age of ten. How much ha!
his point of view changed? asks th<
psychologist.
Do other nations differ from us li
this respect? It is probable that in al!
parts of the world most men and worn
en never grow up, but In the hlgtdi
civilized European nations there prob
ably Is' a larger percentage of rea
adults, as indicated by the much largei
number of persons who show a matun
taste in literature, drama, art and
music, and have a mature outlook or
life. ,
What then is the cause of our failure
to bring ourselves to a real ma
turlty? Mr. Edison.has the support ol
most of the experts when he lays th?
chief blame on education. Our educa
tlon teaches the child a lot of rigid
beliefs Instead of teaching him t<
think. But above ail it bores hlra. Lit
erature, science, history?the things
which help any Individual to understan<
and appreciate life?are made lnex
pressfbly dull for the youngster. H?
loses all Interest In them.
**The moment school Is not play It li
an Injury," says Mr. Edison. don'i
know quite the age at which a child'!
mind atrophies, hut It Is somewhen
l>etween the ages of eleven and four
teen."
Here Mr. Edison bears out the psy
choanalysts to perfection. The child'i
Intellectual development Is arrested hi
boredom somewhere between eiever
and fourteen, an<l along most lines 1
never advances thereafter. A lltth
later the child becomes Interested li
making money and that remains th<
Peruvian and 40
fef .1
Juan Kruteil,v president of the '
troleum Engineers, Lima, Peru, Is a i
here shown seated In his room. In 1
ruda. According to the story which S
little friend Is nhout four hundred ye
tain, who. In 1535 rallied the trlhes
When lie died he was preserved aft<
Idol.
BORES JUROR
peals to the "twelve good men and
true."
This Juryman sat In severnl trials
during the assizes nnd contender
that, If the address to the Jury could
not he nbolished altogether, counsel
for the defense and the crown prosecu
tor bf limited to not more than 2(
mitnv.es.
Such a suggestion will he regarded
with anything but favor by many law
morial Building
tiding, which is to be erected at Sixth ana
+ m m m m m m m m ??+
} Kitten and Calf \
\ Are Great Friends \
0 i
0 Portland, Ore.?Crowds at the 0
* Pacific International Live Stock J
0 exposition paused to look and to 0
. ' wonder at the friendship of \
0 Pauline, the kitten, and Miss 0
' \ Golden Gate of Rosedale, blue \
I * ribbon/calf born at San Francis- 0
' co two weeks ago. The calf Is {
' on exhibition here as part of J. 0
j f E. Thorp's exhibit of Jerseys, \
J and Pauline refused to stay at *
t home when her friend, Miss ;
* Golden Gate, was shipped hence. *
0 All day the two fraternlred In 0
' J Miss Golden Gate's stall. Most *
0 of the time the kitten slept on 0
1 \ the neck of Miss Golden Gate, *
, 0 while the latfer reclined at her 0
0 leisure In the stall. . \
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individual's most vital Interest all his
1 life. His churacter and personality
I mature after a fashion, but these can
. never reach a full maturity without
j an all-round mental development.
. Hence the fact that the grown man 90
I often has the tastes, the viewpoint and
r the amusements of a high school boy.
A change In our system of education
1 seems to be agreed by ail authorities
1 to be the fundamental need. Most of
our literature and drama, film and oth.
erwlse, Is Infantile and fosters the in.
fantile attitude toward life. But there
f Is plenty of better material available.
? What Is lacking Is a demand for any.
thing better. As long as our schools
I are Inadequate, as long as teachers
> are perhaps the most poorly paid ser
vants of the state, as long as all teachi
lng Is rigidly censored so that when a
1 teiurher speaks his mind he risks his
- job?as Jong as the United States con?
to rank tenth among the civil
ized nations of the world in Its educa5
tlonal system, Just so long, say the
t psychologists, will we rnnk somewhere
i near the tall end of the procession In
i the tmmher of truly adult men and
- women we produce.
Told Shoe Price: Falls Dead.
s Pnducah, Ky.?Rufus Bradford, sev7
enty-slx years old. a farmer near Grai
hamvllle, walked Into the clothing
t store of Sara Itosenfield and Inquired
i the price of a pair of shoes.
i Itosenfleld replied, and Bradford
i dropped dead.
lO-Year Old Chum
'Nameless*' Society of Asphalt and Pemest
nt the Biltmore, New York, and Is
his lap Is his "dehydrated friend," Kurtenor
Krateil obtained with Kurruda, his
nrs old: He was a hero, a native chlefto
fight against the Spanish Invaders.
?r the Peruvian fashion and became an
.vers who are accustomed to depend
upon their fiery eloquence to win cases
- for their clients.
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Old Cook Stove.
i Milton, Ind.?Omer Klrlln, a former,
! who lives east of town, has a cook
1 stove which Is eighty-five }*ears old.
I The stove Is In good condition. It was
. originally the property of Klrlln's
t grandfather, one of the early settlers 1
of this township and came from Baltl!
more, Md. It was one of the first cook
stoves In this part of the country.
Tjihe :
AMERICAN
LEGION?
(Copy for Thia Department supplied by
the American Ledon Newi Service.) (
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BOOSTER FOR HIS HOME TOWN '
*
Bert Hutching* Served at General
? Chairman for Legion at Kan.
tat City.
"If' there la anything going on for
the good of Kansas City, Bert Hutch*
ings Is usually tha
motive power be*
This Is a com\
t mon remark In 1
Kansas City regarding
Albert E.
WmW Hutchlngs, gener^the
third annual
i ^SHf national conven- '
tlon Kansas City '
entertained the largest assembly of exservice
men and women since the war.
The career of Mr. Hutchings Is 1
closely Interwoven with the progress '
of Kansas City, which he visualized
In 1900, when he decided to live there.
Since then he has organized the Kansas
City Advertising club, he has been
president of the Rotary club and the
Automobile club, and has participated
In every movement for the advancement
of the city.
During the World war he was given .
the Immense task of organizing the
Liberty loan campaigns In the Tenth
Federal Reserve district, but civilian
service was not enough for him when
his country was Involved In a war.
He organized a Seventh Missouri Na- |
tional Guard company, and served as
its captain. Later he was transferred
to the motor transport corps of the
regular army, serving at Camp Meigs
and Camp Merrltt, In command of
headquarters motor command Na. 86.
AFTER THE FAKE PROMOTERS
American Legion on Watch to Detect
and Expose Organizations Victimizing
Ex-Service Men.
The harpies who prey on public
sympathy and the vampires who attach
themselves to every legitimate
and worthy campaign for the relief of
human distress, have been flying In
flocks behind the trudging army of Jobhunting
ex-service men. The police
courts are reveaHng the sordid operations
of scores of avaricious persons
who have been conducting money-raising
campaigns on a get-rlch-quiclt basis.
on the pretense of assisting nxvemployed
World war veterans. Some of
these fly-by-night promoters have
lormea mrge organizations, using as
dupes veterans \vh. are, themselves,
honest, but have been Induced by urgent
need to grasp at the straw of a
Job which the swindler dangles before
them.
Behind a shield of plausibility, the
promoter sends his money solicitors
out upon the public. Needless to say,
little of the money raised actually la
used to assist the unemployed exservice
men. The promoter takes good
care to see that his account books. If
he keeps any. never record the full
amounts which have been extractc**
from the sympathetic public. And if
he makes a pretense of accounting for
the way the money Is expended, tills
accounting Is only a clever construction
of falsities, intended to pro>ct
the promoter, If he Is made the subject
of Inquiry by public officials. rille
system by which he operates precludes
honesty.
These swindlers often copy the
names and methods of organizations
which are legitimate and Jiave reputable
sponsors. The names the employment
swindlers select for their organizations
only too often inspire public
confidence becanse they may easily
be confused with those of long'existlng
public charitable societies. The Amer
lean Legion is constantly on tne watcn
to detect, expose and prosecute organizations
victimizing ex-service men.
The public should come to know that
any organization ostensibly for the
help of unemployed veterans should be '
regarded suspiciously If it does not
have the Legion's indorsement.?American
Legion Weekly.
WOMAN AS STATE ADJUTANT
Miss Honorah Su? Gittings of San
Francisco, First of Sex to
Hold Legion Office.
Miss Honorah Sue Gittings, of San
Francisco, Cal.. is the first woman to
hold the position
position by the
commander of tlie
mnnent adjutant. ?|?||$|K
Miss Gittings ?|\\ ,
was one of the D^'TjL^.,-.
first women to en- 'ilt'l (
list in the service ,
of her country during the World war. ,
She Joined the navy as a yeowanette (
In 1917. (
Bryan Favors Bonus.
In a statement on adjusted compensation
for ex-service men, William (
Jennings Itryan says: "I am in favor
of a bonus for ex-service men. I think ,
the law should present alternative (
propositions so that each soldier can
choose cash, land. Insurance or any- ]
thing else, according to his needs. I ,
would prefer to have the money nec- ,
essary collected from those who pro/- ]
ite<! by the war, hut Justice requires '
the payment of a bonus regardless of 1
the source from which the monoy j
comes." ,
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LEAVES SENATE FOR LEGION
Connecticut Lawmaker Resign# to Ao<
cept Commanderahip of Department
of His State.
Clarence W. Seymour, Hartford,
Jonn., tendered his resignation as
state senator In .
for l
date commander to hold a public of
3ce, and when Mr. Seymour was called
jpon to decide between the legislate
and the Legion, he placed the
'ommandershlp first In Importance.
Mr. Seymour, a graduate of Yale In
>oth arts and law, enlisted In the Connecticut
cavalry In 1914. He served
in the Mexican border In 1916, and
ater was commissioned a first lieutenant
at the Flattsburg training
?? ?* U ft oaM??o/l Ir* Pronnn fl U hot.
tliup. lie BC1TCU 111 A- * UIIV.V t4U WW*
tallon adjutant of the One Hundred
tnd Eighteenth field artillery, Thirtyfirst
division.
After his return from France he was
?lected state senator. He was a member
of the military committee of the
1921 general assembly.
ONtrPOLICE WOMAN MEMBER
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Mr*. Ro?e F. Taylor Belongs to New
York Post Composed Entirely
of the "Bravest."
Mrs. Rose F. Taylor, pioneer policewoman
of the United States, Is the
only woman raemSber
of the Lafayette
Post of the
American Legion,
composed entirely
of members of the
force. Mrs. Taylor
has been stationed
at the 47th street
station, the busltrict
for ten years
and she was the only policewoman of
the 65 employed In New York who went
Into war service. . 1
In July, 1917, Mrs. Taylor Joined a
New York hospital unit and went to
France where she was stationed at
savenay, fans, ana wun rauuiie Hospital
No. 10 at the front Her overseas
service lasted twenty months. Mrs.
Taylor Is a graduate nurse of the New
York Post Graduate hospital.
One of Mrs. Taylor's duties on the
New York police force Is finding "lost
girls." She conducts a bureau for that
purpose and makes regular Inspection
tours of dance halls, "movies", cabarets
and other places where *1ost girls"
are sometimes found.
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WOMAN IS VICE COMMANDER
Mrs. Amy Robbins Ware of Minnesota
Is First of Sex to Hold Office
In State.
Mrs. Amy Robbing Ware, Robblnsdale,
Minn., who served during the
World war as a
Mrs. Ware startied
delegates to
the last convengion,
at Winona, J> f V
Minn., by arriving
at that city !n an airplane.*
In the convention, Mrs. Ware was
nominated for the vice commandership
by a man?Dr. M. E. Withrow of
International Falls, Minn.?who had
served with Mrs. Ware In the Argonne
forest. ,
Mrs. Ware Is the third member of
her family. In as many generations, to
serve os war nurse. Her mother and
grandmother were volunteer nurses
during the Civil war.
While In France, Mrs. Ware wrote
a book of poems, "Echoes of France,"
which have been widely praised.
90 PUBLICITY MEN IN POST
Number of Booster# in S. Rankin Drew
Unit Assures Body of Most Effective
Advertising.
Of all the 11,000 posts of the American
Legion in the LTnited States and In
14-foreign countries, the one that slips
Into the lime-light most often is the
S. Rankin Drew unit of New York
city. The fact Mint the post has 00
publicity men on its roster should oxplain
it all.
Named for the first American actor
to die in France, some of the country's
foremost actors of the legitimate
siuge sought membership following
their war experiences. Motion picture
men and those interested in the
lilted amusements, along with 35 genuine
and successful, more or less, playwrights
complete the membership.
The post stages an annual show la
the New York hippodrome, calling a
meeting of its membership to assemble
a stellur cast. The 90 publicity men
jo the rest and the money is given to
jhnrlty.
Greetings by Airplane.
William F. Deegan, state commander
if the New York deilartment of the
American Legion, could not ncCept
in Invitation to attend the aerial reratta
of the Providence post of the
American Legion at Providence, R.
[., hut he sent his representative by
ilr with a message of Meeting. The
message was carried by Richard T.
rtell, director of service of the New
fork department, who flew from New
lforkv to Providence In a Fokker plane
Rioted by Bert Costa. The 150 miles
were covered In ICO minutes. J
BOYSCOUTS
rga.
iwr
(Conducted by National Council of tha Boy
Scouta of America.)
SEA CAMP AT MARION, MASS.
In the little town of Marlon, Mass.,
by the unruffled waters of Slpplcan
harbor, Is a sea camp for the Boy
Scouts of America. Here under the
patronage of old seafaring skippers,
boys are taught the tricks of the
trade of sailing and seamanship.
From the rudiments of knot-tying,
splicing, rowing and the kindred subjects
that a good sallorman must
know, they are brought through an
exhaustive training for the sailing
and the trials that await them outside
the snug little Slpplcan harbor
In the wide expanse of the blue waters
of Buzzards bay.
Through the t'.mely aid of William
H. Todd of the Todd Shipbuilding
corporation and the kindness of the
Tabor Nautical academy, In turning
over their entire school to Chief Seascout
James A. Wilder for a summer
camp, dreams Decame realities.
The "William H. Todd" is the first
of a series of camps conducted by the
sea scouts. Sea scouting is d nationwfde
scheme, and the camp Itself embraces
boys/ from as far south as
Texas, west to Chicago and north to
Maine. In following summers camps
will be located at other points in the
United States, thus providing the
same training for boys in other
localities. The high spots of the
training are life-saving, under the
distinguished leadership of Commodore
W. E. Longfellow, rowing and
sailing, under vouched-for leadership.
The second program Is the official
older boy program ?f-the Boy Scouts
of America; a scout must be at least
fifteen years old before joining. It
is a club run like a ship. Involving
strict discipline and immediate obedience?sea
ceremonies and general
snappy work; for the perils of the
sea become greatly intensified if the
crew fails to respect and properly
obey their officers. The boy scout,
when he Joins a seacoast ship, enters
into a line of work which is divided
into five stages: The sloop class, for
apprentices, schooner class for ordinary
sea scouts, barkentine class for
able sea scouts, bark class for extra .
sea scouts, and lastly, the ship class
for those who have reached the top.
CHECKING'UP THE TREES.
1 IkflBHi US *1
ranif
Boy Scouts Know All About the Big
Forest Treea "Treeology" la One of
the Scout Specialtiea.
BLINDNESSS NO HANDICAP.
Every now and then we hear of the
remarkable achievements in Scouting
of blind hoys. In Overbrook, a suburb
of Philadelphia they have a whole
troop of blind youngsters who astonish
everybody who watches them by their
prowess. They do practically everything
other scouts do and In some
things even excel their comrades with
two good eyes. They have an almost
uncanny sense of direction and highly
developed touch perception.
"The blind boy," says Mr. Hartung.
their scqutmnster. "has landmarks the
rest of us know nothing about. They
are practically unlosable In the woods,
tilt/.K tlmln tanfc trnthpr wnnrl
(111(1 VJI11I I'llUI IIIVII *v..fco, P"?.v. "
make fires and eonk outdoor meals
precisely as if they had their vision.
When they go in swimming they seem
to dump their clothing just anywhere
along the bank, but each returns to
his own unerringly."
BOY SCOUTS COULD FIND THEM.
At the big state fair In Yakima,
Wash., the authorities discovered the
very first day that it was harder to
find a doctor when wanted than to
locate the proverbial needle in a hay
stack. Accordingly, the second day,
they were "prepared." Every doctor
entering the grounds wag asked to
register and indicate his probable
whereabouts in the grounds from time
to time. Then when an accident or
emergency occurred the boy scouts
paged the doctors and found them, too.
SCOUTS SERVE AS GUIDES.
Scouts in Bucyrus, O.. acted as
guides, messengers and orderlies for
42(1 delegates at State Young People's
conference, conducted checkroom nnd
furnished camp cooking utensils.
They also, among other Jobs, delivered
messages for the chamber of commerce,
collected outstanding hooks for
public library, conducted "clean-up"
at King's Daughters home, cleaned old
emetery and reset grave markers,
located and decorated soldier's grnves
took care of a garden for a lick man.
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I DAIRY A
| HINTS
CONCRETE OR WOODEN SILOS
Test Made by Department of Agricul>
ture Shows Material Used
Cuts No Figure.
(Prepared by the United Staten Department
of Agriculture.)
Is silage any better when put up in
stave silos than when It is saved in
concrete silos? Stave silo* are probably
the more common kind; they are
usually less costly. Many people, how- *
ever, prefer the more permanent concrete
on account of the greater durability
and the fact that the budding
material may be found near home in
many cases; but there is an impression
on the part of some people that
the concrete silo does not: give such
good results in the preservation of the
silage from spoiling and from freezing.
Experiments made by the dairy division,
United States Department of
Agriculture, do not bear out this notion.
In experiments conducted on the
dairy division farm, at Beltsville, MdM
two silos were used, one concrete and
one stave, standing side by side. The
stave silo was directly south of the
concrete one, and hence got more sunshine
and less north wind. Otherwise
they had exactly the same conditions.
Temperatures In the two silos were /
a . r
Concrete and Wooden Silos, Well Con*
structed.
taken by means of electrical thermometers
btiried In the silage, which made
a record which could be read on the '
outside. The thermometers were
placed 3 inches and 18 inches from
the wall and also In the middle ot
each silo. Three sacks of silage were
carefully weighed and burled In each
silo at "various depths, close to the
thermometers; and when the silage
was fed down to where the sacks were,
their contents were taken out and analysed.
The quality of the silage was
Judged by Its appearance and odor and
its palatablllty to the cows. If much ,
difference had been apparent a feeding
trial wonld have been made to
see which lot of silage was better, but
the results In the two silos were so
nearly alike that it was not thought
worth while to make the feeding test.
In short, neither the temperatures
nor the chemical analysis of the two
kinds of silage revealed any marked .
difference that could be ascribed to the
material used In the construction of
?iin rv>vi-s sllncp from
CililVl UUVt WW ?? M ??w 0
both silos with the same avidity. It
Is concluded, therefore, that farmers
may build stave silos or concrete silos,
which ever they prefer, without any
fear of not getting good silage from
either one, if the silage is put up right.
It is assumed, of course, that the
silo in either case will be properly constructed,
with smooth walls, straight
up and down, so as to be free from
pockets and bulges, and properly coated
inside with coal tar or some similar
preparation; and that the silage
will be properly packed, so that all
air will be excluded. Silage will not
keep in,any kind of silo unless packed
down and kept airtight.
GOOD PUREBRED BULLS HELP
Breeder Achieves More in Two Generations
Than He Can in Five
With Grade Sires.
With purebred bulls a breeder
achieves more in the Improvement of
his herd In two generations than he
can in five with grade bulls, says the
United States Department of Agriculture.
Department workers have thoroughly
studied the subject of building
up herds to better milk, butter and
beef production. Better sires may be
obtained either by individual purchase
or by becoming a member of u bull
association. Literature on the latter
method can be obtained by writing to
the department, and will furnish useful
reading during the winter. Full
Information can also be obtained by
consulting your county agent or state
agricultural college. ?
DEHORNING CALVES IS EASY
Rubbing Caustic Potash Around But
ton of Young Animal Will
Prove Efficacious.
Buy stick caustic potash at any
drug store. Before the calf is a week
old dampen the skin over the horn
buttons, apply vaseline or lard freely
to the skin around the buttons, wrap
one end of the caustic with strong
paper to protect the hand and then
rub it upon the button until It Is ready
to bleed. Be careful to keep the caustic
out of the eyes and do not burn
skin other than that over the horn
button.
Lower Production Cost.
The dairy is a factory, and like all
factories, the larger the production of
each machine (the individual cow) the
lower is the cost of production.
Mistakes in Dairying.
The feeding of scrub cows and the
"scrub" feeding of good cows are two
of the commonest mistakes In dairying.
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Keep Only Best Cows.
Don't milk average cows. They return
no profit. Keep only the best.
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