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THE ROCKDALE RECORD Official Organ of Rockdale County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY J. M. TOWNS Editor W. E. ATKINSON Publisher Brighter Mno louder” Is fashion’* warning about men's ties and shirts. And funnier? “Cities Hooked by Earthquake,” In forms a headline o\er the news. Hut aot to sleep. Generally speaking, nothing else seems as homemade as a homemade raudevllle show. A statesman is a politician who has ieen elected so many times he doesn't save any opposition. Great grandmother’s silk stockings may have had the length, but they didn't have the visibility. Asa measure of mankind’s progress St was less than one generation from the ukulele to the saxophone. Now that Einstein has some spare lime he might evolve an eusy method for applying typewriter ribbons. Chinn was the first nation to have a national vaccination day, but that didn’t make other nations sore. Motion picture stars are so well j paid that they can easily afford their frequent and expensive divorces. Another good memory test is to sit ■ down and recall the things you were I worried about this time Inst year. Reports from Europe say that j Trotzky Is in a bad way physically, j Nothing much left hut the ‘‘trot.’’ It will he a long while, however, be fore interpreting Einstein will sup plant bridge as an indoor diversion. A “seer” says 1929 will be a fortu nate year for females, thus making the tenth year of that kind since 1919. There are 134 airports in the Unit ed States and any number of other places where an aviator can drop in. Aviation has encouraged physical risk to an extent that renders the old motto, “Safety First,’’ entirely obso lete. A beauty expert grades the blonds ns Anglo, Celtic, Nordic and Titian. With no mention of the Pharmaceu tical. We notice that another fellow who gets around a lot is the gentleman who cleans the glass in a busy revolving door. If it is true that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has been given 300,000 times we don’t wonder tiie bloodhound lias wrinkles. Scientists have declared that the onion is n source of violet rays. We wonder what is the color of a garlic emanation. Those who know they should reduce will at least feel thankful they are not as skinny ns the girls in the style ad vertisements? “An Italian national in New York has been asked to stop resembling Mussolini.” Well, a smile will go a long, long way. The height of nervousness: An in mate of a southern jail has written the press complaining of whistling by another tenant Formerly it was necessary to go to the Far West in search of adventure. Now it is necessnry to go only as far as the nearest filling station. Did you ever notice that all the jokes about Scotchmen are good na tured ones? Perhaps that Is because the Scotch take them good naturedl.v. A Scottish piper plays outside the king’s window each morning at eight o’clock. To some this will be inter preted ns additional testimony to the remarkable constitution af the mon arch. “The bureau of standards placed 100 envelopes in a barrel which was subjected to a terrific shake-up for several hours. Despite the fact that many envelopes were worn to a fraz zle, not a stamp came off.” Possibly they were stamped envelopes. The nature note which claims there are only two birds per acre in this country ought to have a census of the sparrows in our back yard. Next to sitting down on a mamma doll in the dark, about the worst thing is putting a bare foot down rather heavily on a ginger ale cap. Innumerable people are mentioned as intimate friends of the prince of Wales; which fact proves that the prince is not only an affable person age, but also a good politician. A Detroit parent of the old-fash ioned Inflexible type thinks they ought to put the taste back iuto castor oil to build up the national morale A news correspondent gloomily re ports that there seems no way to cure the political mania in Syria. That country must be much like ours. 'Stoppage of Spiritual and Intellectual Growth Tragedy of Many Marriages . —. By RABBI A. 11. SILVER, Cleveland. MARRIAGE which is built upon joyous love will withstand every asfault of misfortune, poverty, trials, tragic mistakes, severe problems of adjustment and the ravages of time. One of the great tragedies of married life is that so many men and women stop growing after marriage and frequently one drags the other down spiritually and intellectually. Great love is never without compensation. But componsation is not the motive of great love. Those who love greatly will simply not know what you are talking about when you speak to them of rewards. They love because for them it is the most necessary, the most spontaneous and altogether the most desirable thing to do. Compensations follow. The first compensation is joy. True love is triumphantly joyous. This is true even after making full allowance for the inescapable sorrows which come into the lives of all lovers. In fact it is the enslaving destiny of men with its full quota of pain and frustration and tragedy which lends the edge to their precious loves and to their holy hours of happiness. The love of a friend, the love of knowledge, the love of beauty, or the love of God is an inexhaustible source of joy. Joy is one of the two real tests of love. Do you find joy in the per son or thing or cause which you think you love? If the element of joy is not there, it is not love. It may be respect or admiration or toleration. It is not love. If the love of young people, or married people, or of friends, does not develop them, does not evoke the best and noblest in them, it is not love. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man his friend. The man who would make his friend a reflex of himself is no friend. The husband who would make of his wife an annex of himself, a convenient foil for his personality, is no lover, lie is just a husband. Herding of Erring Youths With Adult Criminals Grave Menace to Society By W. BRUCE COBB, Brooklyn Charity Bureau. A youth can be turned into a criminal with but 48 hours of as sociation in a jail with adults hardened in crime. We haven’t fully realized the shocking proportion of young criminals. I do not believe that the moral forces of the community are sufficiently potent to cope with the situation. Proper segregation of youthful miscreants is the solution. This will involve the establishment of a corps of intelligent, sympathetic probation officers who can advise or admonish wayward children. Separate places of detention should be provided, so that adolescents will be kept from unwholesome criminal contacts. The children’s courts should be so reorganized that the entire staff will be able to study and treat each case intelligently. Boys can to a great extent supply the deficiency where the church, home and school are lacking. To be effective they must create a constant interest for the youth. American children born of alien parents often learn the language and customs of this country more quickly than their fathers and moth ers, and thus gain a hold over them—a liberty which is sometimes abused. Controlled Experimentation Great Need in Move for Better Teaching Methods By FLOYD W. REEVES, University of Kentucky. Greater use of controlled experimentation has been made by colleges of education in universities than by any other type of institution. It is surprising that teachers, colleges and normal schools, institutions having as their major function the improvement of teaching in elementary and high schools, should have done so little in the way of discovering methods whereby the instruction of their own students might be improved. The limited extent to which controlled experimentation has been carried on leads to the suggestion that investigation of this type needs to be encouraged. Colleges, universities and teacher-training institutions would do well to test out in an objective manner the results obtained from the use of different teaching methods in order that the better methods may be discovered and utilized. Christian college at Columbia, Mo., may be mentioned as one of the junior colleges which have developed an elaborate program for the im provement of instruction. This includes the supervision of classroom teaching forums for the discussion of instructional problems and con trolled experimentation in the field of teaching method. Wrong Use Made of Time of Leisure Constitutes Menace to America By EUGENE T. LIES. Play and Recreation Expert. Leisure, and not the “modern pace,” is America’s greatest menace. No generation has had more leisure than the present, but this leisure may be a boomerang which will strike at the heart of civilization, unless it is properly guided and directed. For generations the masses have struggled for more leisure. Now not the few but the many have it. Parents, educators, religious and civic leaders and sociologists fortunately are showing concern and are pointing out that what we have before us is a problem of right and wrong use of hours, days and weeks of marginal time during which people either can degrade and destroy themselves, or can elevate themselves, add to their worth and stature and at the same time give of themselves in ser vice to their fellow man. Worker Must Link Self With Dreamer for Prog . ress of Permanent Value By REV. DR. RANDOLPH RAY, New York. The dreamer of dreams and the worker with his hands are in separably joined together in the pattern of our lives. The world can make no progress without visions and ideals, hut we cannot ignore the hands of man beneath the wings. In every art, all the professions and in busi ness visions are useless if we cannot translate, materialize and utilize them. But be reminded that your vision must come first. The dreamer leads and the worker follows. Faith and work necessarily go together whether in religion or in practical life. If you do not find the “hand underneath the wings,” then you have failed and will not succeed, whatever your capacity for vision. THE ROCKDALE RECORD. Conyers, Ga., Med., May 29. 1921 L More High-Grade Alfalfa Wanted Desirable Type of Legume Forage Is Always in De mand by Dairymen. I Prepared by the United State* Department of Agriculture.) Higt-grade alfalfa hay could be profitably produced and marketed in much greater quantities than at pres ent. according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Dealers in all big alfalfa-hay-dlstributlng mar kets annually receive thousands of or ders from dairymen for high-grade al falfa hay which they caDnot fill be cause an Insufficient quantity of such hay is produced. Many dairymen who do not now utilize much alfalfa hay would become buyers if supplies of high-grade hay were available at all times, says the department Study Market Demands. Farmers who grow alfalfa for n cash crop are urged to study market demands and then make their produc tion and loading practices conform to the market requirements. Methods of producing, baling, and loading high grade alfalfa hay for market are dis cussed in Farmers' Bulletin 1.>39-I, entitled “High-Grade Alfalfa Hay,” just issued by the department. Among the causes for low-grade al falfa listed and discussed in the bul letin are thin stands containing weeds and grasses, foreign material such as decayed Takings from previous cut tings, weather damage, over-ripeness at time of cutting, overdrying, baling and stacking undercured hay, baling during weather conditions which cause loss of leaves and causes stemmy-ap pearing bales. Characteristics of high-grade alfalfa hay, on the other hand, are purity, a high percentage of leaves, clinging foliage, green color, and pliable stems. Leafy alfalfa hay having one or more of these desirable characters is the type of legume forage that is always in demand with the dairy-cattle feed ers because of its well-recognized ef fect on milk flow. The foundation of the business of producing alfalfa hay for market is a good, pure, stand. Seed of varieties known to have local adaptation, free from foul weeds, and sown in suffi cient quantity to produce a thick stand is of greatest importance. Classifying Atfalfa. In the official United States hay standards, alfalfa hay is classified ac cording to its purity. The class named “Alfalfa” cannot contain over 5 per cent of grasses nor over 10 per cent of othee legumes. If the grass con tent is over 5 per cent but not over 20 per cent the class is designated as “Alfalfa Light Grass Mixed.” The grading factors in the United States standards are leafiness, color, and foreign material, anyone of which may lower the grade of a lot of hay. The most important item of all in loading is to load cars with hay of uniform class and grade. Uniform loads unvariably sell for better prices than nonuniform loads, and sometimes the difference in price is substantial. Nonuniform loads often sell on the basis of the lowest grade found in the car lot. A copy of the bulletin may be ob tained by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. Poisoned Bait Controls Cutworm Appearing Early Poisoned bait has been used with success in the control of cutworms on corn land. The formula for the poi son mash is as follows: Wheat bran, 50 pounds; paris green or crude ar senic, two pounds; black-strap mo lasses, two quarts; water, one gallon, or more as needed. The mash should be mixed thoroughly together in a dry state and then the molasses should be added and stirred in. This poison mash should be broadcast over the field, taking care to sprinkle it sparingly around the hills. The poi son for the cutworms should be put out as soon as the corn begins to ap pear above the ground so that the worms may be killed as quickly as possible. 6 OtKKIOOOOOOOOOOOOtKKKKKKK) 9 t Around the Farm § 6 tKKKIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 Commercial dusts for treating seed corn are still on trial. • • • Grapes should receive the same thorough cultivation that is given oth er cultivated crops. • • • Silage Is ordinarily considered worth from four to five dollars per ton, depending on the amount of corn in it. • * • Sudan grass is very often pastured throughout the entire summer with very good results. It is a prolific pro ducer of green feed. * * * Sweet clover improves the soil so much that it runs itself out of a home by making the ground more suitable to other plants which can then crowd it off the ground. • • * On farms where alfalfa and grain crops are grown, it is seldom that suf ficient manure is produced to meet the demands of both. When the amount of manure is limited, it is usually more profitable to use it on the grain crops and to apply superphosphate to the alfalfa. Spread of Bindweed Can Be Controlled Most of New Patches of Pest Are Started From Seed. Control of bindweed by prevention of its spread is the next best tiling to complete eradication for checking the ravages of this weed pest. “Since the killing of bindweed with sodium chlorate as n spray should be practiced only under the supervision of the county agent or some leader who has received special training in han dling the chemical, it is advisable to handle bindweed patches by prevent ing spread," suggests E. H. Teagarden, bindweed specialist, extension service, Kansas State Agricultural college. "It is possible that more new patches of bindweed start from than from all other sources. For this reason, ev ery effort should be expended to pre vent the bindweed plants from produc ing seed.” Plowing of bindweed patches at the time the first blooms appear is recom mended by The specialist. Subsequent surface cultivations may be made at any time after growth is resumed. When the plants start to bloom, plow again and prevent the plants from producing seed. Teagarden cautions farmers having trouble with bindweed against the long life of the seed. It may live in the soil eight or ten years or even more before growth starts. For this reason any seed prevented from forming will lessen the eradication problem to a great extent. Guard Plants and Trees Against Japanese Bugs By C. H. Zimmer, Supervisor Japanese Beetle Control, New York State. The Department of Agriculture finds that plants and trees can be sprayed with an arsenical poison and be suc cessfully protected against the attacks of the Japanese beetle. From the standpoint of the production of fruit or protection of shade trees, this in sect does not offer a menace which cannot be prevented or controlled. To prevent injury by Japanese beetles or other leaf eaters, the foliage should be sprayed with a mixture of 3 pounds of powdered arsenate of lead and 2 pounds of flour to 50 gallons of water. Mix the arsenate of lead and flour dry, then add water to make a paste, dilute and strain into the spray tank. In order to protect the foliage and fruit from the attacks of the Japanese beetle, it is necessary to have the spray applied before the plants be come infested. The exact time for do ing this varies somewhat with the sea son. If the tender foliage of peach trees is to be sprayed, the poisons should be applied one-half the strength above mentioned. Use Only Pure Chemicals in Treating Grain Seeds Good grades of formaldehyde and copper carbonate must be used in treating seed or the smuts of grain will not be cured. Careful treating is necessary but it is also essential to use good chemicals. Plant disease specialists at university farm say that formaldehyde should be 40 per cent commercially pure. It should be a clear colorless liquid. If it is cloudy or contains a white flakey substance or has been frozen It should not be used for treating seed. It evaporates rapidly and if left exposed to the air becomes so weak that it is noneifee tlve. Copper carbonate dust must con tain a sufficient amount of copper in a form that is sufficiently active to kill smut spores, but not so strong that it will kill the wheat sprouts. Reliable firms manufacture a dust that will serve this purpose. Copper carbonate is mixed with a “base” that is fluffy and loose to facilitate proper mixing. Gritty, heavy copper carbonate dust should not be used. Requeen to Strengthen Infirm Swarm of Bees Experienced bee keepers have found that it rarely pays to keep a queen over two years old, some advocate re queening every year. One thing is certain, the queen is about all there is to a swarm of bees. A prolific queen means a large swarm by the time the honey flow comes on; while a weak queen means a moderate or a weak swarm at just the time when the op portunity is offered to make a sur plus and if it cannot be taken ad vantage of, there is little or no honey for the season. Swarms must be strong at the time of the main honey flow and old or weak queens do not make strong swarms. It costs but lit tle to requeen but one must plan for it and be ready. Practical Method for Setting Out Any Tree When you set out an apple tree, or any other kind of fruit tree, dig the hole big enough so you can spread the roots out on all sides; also deep enough so that the roots will be a few inches deeper than they were in the nursery row. Another important thing to remember is: Keep the roots of any tree you expect to grow covered so the sun can't shine on them at any time while setting out Keep your trees in a barrel pulled around on a stone boat, with enough water in the barrel to cover the roots, or if you have only a few. keep them wrapped in a damp blanket or old piece of bur lap, and never, never carry them around in the sun and wind with noth ing over the roots. QUICK RELIEF FOR LIVER SUFFERERS Free Proof! When you feel bilious, sWv feverish, half-sick, weak; breath i bad, tongue coated; you l Wv ? P®tlte or energy, take a little J; ant, harmless Dodson's T>— er r o n See how quickly and gently it st L ( ' balky liver and bowels; .-loans y! out; makes you feel like new 2, son. There’s no other medicine ml! it. To prove its merit, well send! generous bottle, FREE. j; ls t Wrl ' Sterling Products, Wheeling, w \\ Do it today! 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It is the instrument of the street, of the soloist, of the waltzes that are scorned as the ashes of the past on Mont martre, but still are flushed and gay with the breath of life in the corner bistro where neighbors gather after nightfall; of the villages of the prov inces, and of the seaports where "at twilight the nostalgic spirits of sailors beneath foreign skies become drunk with its cajoling music and the sim ple music which brings back to them their faraway native land.” Mistletoe’s Growth Tiie life history of the mistletoe is just like that of any flowering woody plant. It bears flowers;-in due time the berries follow, each with its in closed seed; the berries are deposited by birds or beaten down by rains upon the brandies, where tiie seeds ger minate. and if tiie seeding becomes established upon the branch it grows again to the age of producing flowers and seeds, and so on from generation to generation. Will Know Later “Your wife’s a blonde, isn’t she!'’ “I'm not sure. She’s down at the beauty parlor now.” Weak After • Operation “About five months ago, following an operation for appendicitis I did not gain strength enough: to be up and about. My mother and sister advised me to take Lydia E* Pinkham’s Vegetable Com' pound. I have taken five bottles and it has helped me to get strong so I can do my own housework now. I have recom mended it to several friends who have been weak and run down.”—Mrs. Oscar Ottum, Box 474, Thief River Falls, M inn. Lydia E, Piiikliam’s Vegetable (Mpooi .1 Vsiia E Pinkham Med; Cos.. Lynn. Kill All Flies! “Egg Placed anywhere. DAISY FLY KILLER md kill* all fliea. Neat. dean, omaroentaK^eorj^_■ you' ‘♦‘t 1 "' V HAROLD SOMERS.