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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER S. 1»» Of Interest to Farmers PRIZES OFFERED TO «.H POULTRY CLUB MEMBERS %r%rW %rW%“ BANKING FINDS THE WAY TO SAFER ERA By FRANK W. SIMMONDS, American Bankers Association In considering the banking situa tion throughout the country, the fact should be kept in mind that while one bank in ten failed during the past eight years, it is far more important that nine banks out of ten, operating in the same general field, serving the game communities and meeting al most Identically the same problems, weathered the economic storm of re adjustment successfully. This achieve ment cannot be ascribed to any ele ment of luck, but rather to consistent adherence to sound banking principles and profitable practices. Through worthy and efficient management they met the issues a^d problems confront ing them, squarely and successfully. Banking is regarded as the keystone of our entire business structure, hence bank failures are rightly regarded as Intolerable public calamities that must absolutely be prevented. The three major objectives of all inter bank or. * ganizations, whether local, county, dis trict, state or national, are to make banking safer for all concerned and, through increased efficiency in bank management and supervision, to lessen or eliminate all forms of losses so that greater rewards may accrue to bank- ing and better service to the public. There is definite evidence throughout the country of a strong and growing spirit of cooperation among bankers and banking organizations, which is resulting more and more in strength ening the work of alj. v Clearinghouse associations among banks in city, county or district groups undoubtedly constitute the chief line of defense against bad banking practices. tThey have demonstrated that they are the principal factor In bringing about reformation in hanking regulations. Improvements In banking methods and the observance of sound banking prin ciples. For many years the primary purpose of a clearinghouse association was the clearance of checks, but today it is the clearance of banking ideas and the solution of hanking problems. Clearinghouses supply the local ma chinery essential for setting up and putting In practice necessary stand ards and uniformities. Fhere are now 43$ clearinghouse associations in cit ies. towns, counties and groups of aoustlM la the rnited States. Men today are more Intelligently group-minded than ever before. Rank ing Is combining the best elements of competition with sound group action. By virtue of this combination. Individ ual thought has much wider possibili ties of eipression. In general, group action has not stifled but has stimu lated Individual thinking and Initia tive. Better inter-bank organization and relationships afforded by clearing houses would have undoubtedly saved many institutions that have suffered failure in the past. The clearing house activities of the American Bank ers Association are conducted for the purpose of encouraging ever widening cooperation along fundamental princi ples and practices among banks through clearinghouse associations. Bankers In every city, county or dis trict can, through the agency of a clearinghouse, promote better, safer and more profitable banking and also serve their communities better. There never was a time when suc cessful bankers were so alert to the value of team work for putting the entire banking structure in prime con dition. Sound bank management is the order of the day. Constructive cooperation is more than a sentiment, it is an economic necessity, a matter of enlightened self-interest, and suc cessful bankers more and more are utilizing the agency of constructive group action in developing and estab lishing necessary standards and uni formities in banking practices. Each year banking is becoming more of a science and attaining higher profes. ftonai atAndatda.— ft COTTON MAKES LARGE GAINS IN BRISK WEEK OF TRADING New Orleans, Sept. 1.—Rather greater activity prevailed in the cot ton fnarket the past week than has bee, the rple of late and although during the first days of the period prices were somewhat erratic and fluctuated narrowly, the latter part of the week has been characterized by a steady advance and rather active buy ing of a speculative character. The market reached the highest level of the present movement Satur day when December contracts gold as high as 19.50 or 90 points equivalent to $4.50 a bale above the lowest of the preceding Saturday, representing a net gain for the week of 68 points or nearly $3.50 a bale. There has beer, a decided broaden ing of the demand foy spots during the week and the daily sales at aouth- era reporting markets have run well ahead of the correspond irg daya last year. Exporta have also showed some impitovemeU. ' HOLSTEIN IS STEADY PRODUCER m m w \ tm: V Mt Vernon Beaty Mead Lady, Nigh Producing Holstein. By producing 10 gallons of milk con taining 2.0 to 2.9 pounds of butterfat dally for 365 days, ML Vernon Beaty Mead Lady, a five-year-old Holstein- Friesian cow, owned by Carnation Milk Farms of Seattle, Wash., becomes the 98th Holstein cow to produce more than 30,000 pounds of milk In a year. At the same time, she quali fied as the 137th Holstein to produce .more than 1,000 pounds of butterfat In a year. This is more than four times the- production of the average cow. Feeding babies their daily milk sup ply would be a simple matter with such a. cow as this, as “Lady” could provide 80 babies daily with fresh wholesome, easily digested milk of moderate fat content. Or she could meet both the milk and butter needs of 30 growing children or adults for a year or could keep the “soda” counter supplied with 100 milk shakes daily. Production for Year. The production of “Lady” Is 30.- 049.G pounds of milk containing 1022.4 pounds of butterfat (1.278 pounds of butter) In one year. For only G3 days did her milk production drop below 80 pound** daily, the lowest mark be ing 79.1 pounds and the highest 91.05 pmmdx Her daily production of but terfat varied between 2.9 and 2.6 (3.0 and 82) pounds butter). Marketed as whole milk at 14 cents • quart, nearly 14.000 quarts would bring $1JDTiO In one year. Bold os 30 per cent cream at 23 cents a half pint, this milk would bring *1.704 and in addition wrould provide 26.041 pounds of akim milk that, fed to 223 chickens producing eggs that sold at 30 cents a doses, wrontd be worth *1.27 a hun dred pounds for feeding purposes and would bring the gross return to more than *2.000 for the one cow. How steady was the production of “Lady” Is Indicated by the fact that at the year dosed she was producing 82.6 pounds of milk containing 2.80 pounds of butterfat <3.6 pounds but ter) which was her best average pra durtion during the last 10 months. “I-ady" Is a good sized cow as she weighs 1.730 pounds, accordihg to A. M. Glionuiey. manager of the farms. In order to make this record, she ate 69 pounds of feed daily consisting of 3 pounds of beet pulp. ! pound of molasses. 40 pounds of beets and man gels, and 23 pounds of alfalfa with green feed substituted for part of the alfalfa when available. This amounted to nearly 13 tons of feed in a year. In order to produce the total of more than 15 tons of milk. It was also nec essary to provide more than 60 tons of water which, if carried in 12 quart milk pails, would require 6.000 con tainers or 16 a day. On the national list for butterfat. Lady ranks 80th and Is one of five Holsteins that have equaled this pro duction In 1020. For milk production, she ranks 93rd on the national list of OS Holsteins, no other cows of any dairy breed having produced more than 30,000 pounds of milk In a year. Sketch of the Lady. Lady was bred by R. E. Waugh of Burlington, Wash., and is now owned by Carnation Milk Farms. At the age of 4 years. 5 months, 21 days, was credited with 500.2 pounds of mi Ik on Sell Pigs Early and Store New Com Crop Finishing Porkers on Grain Late in Fall Is Mistake. Limiting the amount of corn fed to March farrow’ed pigs during the summer and finishing them on the new crop in the fall has been a mis take every year since the World war, according to records compiled by awins specialists at the University of Illinois. Without exception, the drop In hog prices between September and December has been more than great enough to offset the advantage of feeding cheaper new com In the fall. Last year when old corn was scarce and high In price, many hog growers were tempted to curry their pigs along ns cheaply as fosslble, waiting for the new corn crop. By so doing, statistics show that the producers saved about *1.20 a head on the ra tion hut that they took an average of S0..'<6 less per head In December because of lower prices. The net loss In the producers from holding waa $8.36 per head. One of the rules followed by lend ing hog growers for profitable pork production Is that of early market Ing. The average 8eptemi»er price for light hogs at Chicago during the years 1023-27 was $11.44. the high point of the yearly cycle. The aver agaa for December during that period was between *0 and *9.50. Finishing young, spring pigs on the com crop of the year before calls for crib room or storage space on the farm. Where crib room la limited aheet steel cribs and bins can he erected quickly and conveniently, supplying a fireproof, ratproof and weatherproof shelter for corn and small grain. Ample storage room for all crops Is a valuable asset on any farm and should be supplied. Milk for Poultry Has Healthful Advantages Milk can be used In many waya that will be of benefit to poultry. It can be used either sweet or sour; It It really more healthful sour than sweet. There Is nothing else that will aid In keeping growing chicks In prime condition more than sour milk or but termilk given them as a drink or used In mixing up an occasional damp mash. Another advantage in the use of milk is that it takes the place of flesh of some kind. When milk is not ased one very naturally needs to use either beef scraps, beef meal, or fish scrap. Poultry raisers keeping cows should use every particle of milk they have to spare In their poultry feeding. If they have a good deal of milk and not enough fowls to consume it. It will pay them to increase the poultry flock In proportion. strictly official test containing 16.656 pounds of butterfat (20.8 butter) in 7 days. During the early part of the lactation just completed, she Is credit ed on strictly official test with 60*1.7 pounds of milk containing 10.64:1 pounds of butterfat (24.5 butter) In 7 days. Her sire is Segls Pontiac Korn- dyke Mead and her dam is Lady Bet- tina Rag Apple. A sister, Mt. Vernon Segls Walker Mead, is credited with a senior-three yearly record of 27.- 493.5 pounds of milk containing 823.13 pounds of butterfat (1,028.9 butter). Chicago, III., Sept. 3.—Eggg will be plentiful this coming Easter—for eat ing, .dying, rolling, cake-making, or what not, if a contest launched here today under the direction of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work is any criterion. -The 139,000 4-H poultry club mem- bers in the United States now ownirg 1*832,000 birds are eligible to compete for county, State and national prizes offered by The Quaker Oats Company for excellence in. producing poultry products economically. County and State winners in the 37 Eastern States will receive gold filled medals and trips to the Ninth National Club Congress respectively, while club members the country over may compete for the natioral winning scholarships, one of $300.00 and one of $200.00. According to G. L. Noble, secre tary of the Natioral Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, who is supervising the contest, the records of all contestants from September 1. 1929 to August 31, 1930, will be judg ed in making the awards. The records of the contestants as loyal 4-H club members will also be taken into con sideration, in lire with the desire of the manufacturer of poultry’feeds who is offering the prizes in order to en courage the four-fold development of the boys and girls as well as efficiency in poultry production. COTTON i % ' * * Chas. G. Houston Cott<m Factor Augusta, Georgia - . c All truck cotton sent to me is insured for full value against fire, while in transit. QUICK SERVICE HIGHEST PRICES Cut a poor tree when It Is young to permit a good one to replace It A good draft horse Is a ready and wHIlng worker and Is neither Irritable nor nervous. • • • Pullets and cockerel* should be kept In separate flocks If they are to de velop as they should. • o • When raspberries and blackberries have been harvested, cut out and burn the old fruiting canes. This will help hold disease and Insect Injury In check. • • • Good pasture for growing pigs, brood sows, and all dames of swine is so valuable that It often makes the difference between profit and loaa In the bog business. • • • Fewer mistakes 4n culling hens wtH be made when the flock has been prop- erly fed and the hens given s chance to lay as many eggs aa they are ca pable of produdng. gvSsWslT m ^isBYTn Birthdays coming — anniversaries rolling around—friends convalescing—youngsters away at school—whatever the occasion— a telephone call is the nicest sort of re membrance. dWherever your friends or relatives may be, yon can reach them by long distance telephone almost as quickly an if they lived around the corner, and in most cnees youII hear their voices an clearly. QA long distance call in a round trip—it goes there and bach. It's inexpensive, too—at &30 o'clock P. M. and again at midnight reductions are made in the station-tomtation rates. Why not remember some friend tonight? SCUTtlEBN ECU. TCLEIWONC AMD TCLEDCADRi CCMOAMT ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. :—: As am tkeAlps are conquered Fundamental Problem in Farm Electrification The one fundamental problem in the spread of farm electrification is to get the former now without electricity to have It Installed on his place either through the individual electric plant or the power line. The use of elec tricity by the greatest number of farm people In the lightening of tbeir dally tasks and improvement of their home life Is of greater Importance, it mast be agreed, than getting a comparative ly few farmers to use an excessive amount of current and neglecting the great bulk of farms now without elec tricity of any kind. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER Liberal Silage Ration Stimulates Production In times of drouth during the dog days when the grass turns white and vegetation Is hard and woody, a lib eral ration of silage will stimulate large production and will keep the cows In a good condition for fall and winter production. Those w’ho have had the most experience will tell you that the silo should be used for sum mer as w’ell as wlr‘er, especially by the dairy farmer. A crop safely stored in a silo is a sure and dependable asset to the stock keeper. As for the dairyman, every test has proved that silage is a most important item in jeconoaA milk production. Agricultural Hints Too many chicks under one hover causes stunted chicks. Give them room. . — w 0 0 0 The greater part of crown and root injury of apple trees is started by low temperatures. • • • Tuberculosis in live stock costs American farmers between fifty and sixty million dollars annnslly. 0 0 ‘0 With all things considered, the cheapest source of digestible curbotiy- U found la *• i' 4 t* *- v cX **• •V.'I ijorEAAJdnnin spectacular 1 / flight from Haiti to Paris demonstrates endurance of “Standard"Motor Oil \ It was blazing hot in Turin when Major Aldrin gave his Lockheed Vega Monoplane the gun. Off like a rocket! Straight into thecteaft of a raging blizzard he flew when he reached the Alps. Then up IS,000, feet to escape it. Colder yet. But the big Wasp motor never missed a beat all the way to Paris.| The flight was made with “Standard” Motor Oil, preferred by Major Aldrin because on previous flights in America he had always used it and never found it wanting. The same reliability that stood by Major 'Aldrin when his plane flew at 15,000 feet, is inherent in every gallon of “Standard” Motor Oil that goes into your automobile. Used with “Standard” Gasoline or ESSO, you have an unbeatable combination.