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THE ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Organ of Rockdale County
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
J. M. TOWNS Editor
W. E. ATKINSON Publisher
Pullmans now have every comfort
?scept noise enough to drown the talk
in the smoker.
Stage and Fashion have ruled that
unless the star has a slim body she
gets no fat contract.
The famine In Moscow Is being laid
to politics. What Is needed there is
a famine among politicians.
At a movie-talkie, a laugh In the
wrong place is the most devastating
form of unfavorable criticism.
It is pretty bnd when the only up
right member of the easy-payment
household is the installment-plan
piano.
Albert the Great, famous circus ele
phant, is dead, probably because pea
nuts don't contain the right kind of
vitamlnes.
The doctors have discovered that a
rabbit's foot is likeliest to bring good
luck to persons immune to rabbit fur
hay fever.
It must be embarrassing to hunt for
ancestors who made their mark in the
world and discover they couldn't make
anything else.
A South American journalist says
Americans areift wanted down there.
But a lot of them down there are
wanted back home.
There are silent Presidents, silent
partners, silent salesmen et al, but ns
far as our experience has taken us,
no silent matinee goers.
A local dear thing says the pub
lished bridge problems never seem real
to her, not having a diamond mixed in
with the hearts in dummy.
The office crab's reaction to the red
and green hat craze among the young
roosters is as follows: "For Pete’s
sake, keep on going bareheaded!”
Someone asked Willy What it was
that occurred to Newton when the ap
ple fell on his head nnd Willy said lie
was probably pleased it wasn't grape
fruit.
The white man knows wlint to do
with some of his burdens, at least,
lie packs them on the running board
nnd heads for the open country for the
week-end.
Possible opening for a short story
(from real life): A young immigrant
in New York harbor dropped her pass
port overboard while waving at the
Statue of Liberty*
We are the kind of a race, economi
cally, tiiat accepts as the highest rec
ommendation for a brand of sheer chif
fon stockings that they give the il
lusion oi bare legs.
The Department of Agriculture an
nounces that there are 8(H),000 persons
in this country keeping bees. This is
exclusive, of course, of those who en
tertain political bees.
Although tiie advice Is good not to
cross a bridge until one gets to it. one
should traverse It upon reaching it,
before some speedster burns it up or
floods carry it away.
Certain spiritists In England de
mnnd repeal of n law one hundred nnd
ninety-three years old which denies
that witches exist.- But if witches
have been abolished by law,’do they
exits?
Another of the enduring mysteries Is
why the yofing doctor, when lie deco
rates the waiting room with a few
wall pictures, always selects tlint stim
ulating and cheery subject, the Ruins
of the Parthenon.
There is considerable discussion
now and then over the question of
whether a shark will or will not bite
a man. The disputants, however, re
fuse to put the matter to the one in
controvertible test.
in spite of their small numbers, air
planes continue to collide in the air.
We do not apprehend that these acci
dents will diminish ns the airplane
grows in use, and the more irresponsi
ble multiply at the controls.
We have it at last: The three-foot
globe, that sturdy Atlas carries in all
the sculptors’ representations of him,
was just his medicine ball.
"A woman in Russia is said to have
caught leprosy from n new sealskin
coat." Well—just so long as it wasn’t
tularemia, the rabbit disease.
On account of not knowing how to
ask for a certain brand of perfume in
a drug store, and being too polite to
point, Dora is taking one of the
Freneh-in-Ten-Lessons courses.
The missions to ttie savages In for
eign lands may he prospering, but
those to tlie savages in this country
seem to be having a hard time.
It is not a great many years since
a murder was news in this town; now
unhappily it is scarcely an incident
unless it has unusual “features.”
Encouragement and Truth Two Great Needs in
Training of Children
By MISS AGNES TILSON, Detroit School Teacher.
ENCOURAGING response to a method of self expression, and
truth from the start, are the two most important factors ill de
sirable parent-child relationship. Nothing is more disastrous
to the development of the child mind than parental indifference
to bis efforts, no matter whether it is only a house erected with blocks.
If his work is appreciated, he feels ambitious to go on. It eventually
leads to the child solving his own problems.
Each child has the right to expect four things from adults whether
they be parents, teachers, nurses or friends. They are security, truth,
the opportunity of self-expression and response to his efforts. A child
needs to feel security with adults and he needs truth at all times. He
must have the truth in order to be adjusted socially and the right kind
of co-operation between parents and child comes from giving them the
truth always. It is often difficult but it can be done, and there is never
a come-back. It is the best way to teach a child to respect its parents’
w’ord.
Giving a child the right to self-expression doesn’t mean that he
should intrude at any time, but lie should be heard and he should have
the opportunity to have his curiosity satisfied. Parents need to be pals
with their children, too, if they are to have a close relationship in later
years.
It is oiten a battle of wits in rearing children and parents never
should fail to be firm, but gentle. There should be some definite agree
ment between the parents regarding discipline and it should be carried
out. At all times children should be respected and their personalities
should be respected. Too often things are done to children which no
one would think of doing to adults, and it often makes a deeper im
pression on the child than it would on the adult. Respect your children,
treat them as they have the right to expect and there will be very few
“child problems.”
Stupendous Increase in National Wealth Con
• stitutes Peril to State
By CHARLES E. HOUSE, Washington Banker.
Americans are living in the golden age of finance. Our enormous
wealth and dominating influence of the present time may tend to weak
en the sturdy citizenship of our forefathers and become a peril to the
state. Our plain living in Colonial days is rapidly being superseded
by waste and extravagance. Our background was adversity; our future
is prosperity. Let us never, therefore, overlook our priceless heritage
which has been handed down to us through the great sacrifices of those
who preceded us.
We are now embarked upon anew period of overseas expansion
which, we believe’, will be for the further development of our foreign
trade and a better understanding with our neighbors.
In our rapidly expanding trade relations, may our merchant ma
rine bring back from foreign shores not only the gold of Ophir, but
those more important things in life, namely, good will, a good name and
a reputation of fair dealing with our neighbors beyond the Atlantic and
Pacific.
Today, our great financial system rests upon a solid rock of gold.
The Federal Reserve system, which was enacted into law in 1913, gradu
ally brought together gold reserves in our country in such vast amounts
that we have been able to more thoroughly stabilize the gold reserve
than could possibly have been done under our old system.
This foreign stabilizing of gold can also be found in the leading
banking institutions of the world. We have no other basis to establish
our great system of credits than the gold plan, which is now universally
used. By reason of this enormous gold basis, our great industrial and
financial corporations have shown enormous growth.
Entry of Churches Into the Field of Practical
Politics Unfortunate
By DR. CALEB R. STETSON, New York (Episcopal).
Church and state should be absolutely independent of each other.
There seem to be indications, however, that churches and combinations
of churches have become active of late years in bringing pressure to
bear upon our legislative bodies to enact legislature of various kinds.
The motive behind such action is a good motive. It is the desire to re
form society, and to bring about better social conditions more speedily
than these objects could be accomplished by the slow and tedious process
of teaching and training the individual.
In my opinion, this entering of the churches into the field of prac
tical politics is unfortunate and it will in time react unfavorably to the
churches of all denominations. Let the church as a church keep out of
politics. The place of the clergy is not in the lobbies of congress, nor is
it their business to stir up party strife or to further party interests. We
believe in a free church in a free state, not in a state coerced and gov
erned by the church.
We, as a church, have a right to express our minds about policies
nnd customs, virtues as well as vices. It is quite another matter for the
church or for its representatives to attempt to dictate the course gov
ernments should pursue or to compel the passage of laws by political
pressure.
Alarming Indications That the Home Is Losing
Its Hold on Youth
By WILLIAM J. ELLIS, New Jersey State Official.
A recent survey of 10,000 New Jersey children between eleven and
seventeen years old showed that as the adolescent grows older his fond
ness for home life decreases. These children were asked why they liked
or disliked their homes as a place to spend their leisure time. It was
found that 70 per cent of the eleven-year-old girls preferred their
homes and that GO per cent of the hoys of the same age expressed simi
lar opinions. From eleven to seventeen years of age, however, the per
centage decreased 5 per cent for each year of those who preferred, their
homes as a place in which to spend leisure time.
The survey showed that it was not outside interests which primarily
drew the youth away from the home, nor was the reason laid to such
superficial causes as the type of home or furnishings, but rested almost
entirely upon the predominating spirit of the home.
Children inclined to stay away from home as much as possible also
inclined to criticize their parents for the latters’ lack of interest in the
home.
THE ROCKDALE RECORD, Conyers, Ga., Wed., June 12^929.
Sod Webworm Is
Injurious Pest
Small Grains and Various
Pasture Grasses Are De
stroyed by Insect.
(Prepared bv the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Its work often mistaken for damage
by cutworms, the larger sod webworm
Is ofteH a pest of economic impor
tance. East of the Mississippi its
range is over most of the territory
north of the Ohio river, although it
lias appeared In Kentucky nnd Tennes
see. West of the Mississippi it lias
been found In Missouri, Kansas, in the
Texas Panhandle and even close to
the Mexican border in New Mexico,
from which point the boundary line
of its range strikes northward, avoid
ing Arizona, but with appearance in
Utah and In Washington, its princi
pal damage has appeared in the Mis
sissippi valley front Ohio to lowa.
Facts Concerning Pest.
In Technical Bulletin N. 31-T, “The
Larger Sod Webworm,” published by
the United States Department of Ag
riculture, George G. Ainslie of the
bureau of entomology brings together
al! the available facts concerning the
pest, for the convenience of technical
workers, and agricultural leaders as
well as for farmers in the area where
the webworm is likely to prove de
structive. Mr. Ainslie’s conclusion is
that “when once present in a field it
can he controlled with difficulty, and
measures used against it should be
preventive rather than remedial. Such
measures are crop rotation, ample fer
tilization, and. i the case of sod land
intended for corn the following year,
early fall plowing.”
In the moth stage of its life the in
sect is comparatively large, yellowish
gray. and with a wing expanse of an
inch or more. The moths fly about at
twilight, and drop eggs that develop
into the injurious webworms. There
are two broods a year, and the first
is likely to injure corn and small
grains. The second is more likely to
injure grasses in pastures. The larvae
winter in a closely-woven case of
white silk covered outwardly with
eartli particles so that it has much
the appearance of a small clod.
Parasites Attack Larvae.
The larvae are attacked by several
parasites. Birds, mice, inoles, ground
squirrels, gophers, and predacious in
sects probably do much to keep down
the numbers of the sod webworms.
Poisoned baits have been tried with
out success. In case the injury to
corn is so serious as to require new
planting, the new rows should lie be
tween the old ones and the infested
plants should be allowed to stand as
long as possible so that the webworms
will complete their growth on them,
without turning their attention to the
younger plants. The moths emerging
from the plants will seek grassy places
and will not trouble the corn.
The bulletin may be obtained, while
the supply lasts, by applying to the
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
Clean All Poultry and
Swine House Windows
Cleaning the windows in the poul
try house and the liog house once or
twice every year will increase their
efficiency at least 50 per cent on the
average, according to Ralph L. Patty,
agricultural engineer at South Dakota
State college.
“Many hog house windows,” Mr.
Patty says, “are dirty enough so that
100 per cent more light would be al
lowed to enter the building if they
were thoroughly cleaned.
“Cleaning,” lie declares, "is a much
better practice than putting in more
windows than are really needed. Too
much light in a stock barn has the
disadvantage of making the flies had
in the building. The building is not
so cool in the hot summer and it will
be colder in winter. The best way
is to get the greatest amount of value
from the window space you already
have."
Soy Bean Plant Is Most
Valuable Soil Builder
The soy bean plant is one of the
most valuable soil builders among the
legumes. It is' an excellent hay crop
nnd the grain forms a valuable pro
tein supplement for feeding live stock,
being utilized extensively in commer
cial feeds nnd ns a supplement for
corn in feeding cattle and hogs. Com
mercial utilization of the soy bean as
a valuable source of vegetable oil for
paints, enamels, varnishes, linoleum,
soap stocks, rubber substitutes, glue,
printers inks, glycerin, as well as
various food products waits only upon
a sufficient supply of beans to afford
a year around supply for oil extract
ing factories.
Proteins and Nutrients
Investigations at agricultural experi
ment stations have shown that certain
amounts ot proteins and total digest
ible nutrients must be fed to main
tain an animal of given weight and
to produce a certain amount of milk
of a given test. Any excess of the
amounts needed will be converted into
animal fat or be eliminated in the
urine and feces. Protein in great ex
cess of the requirements may stimu
late milk production but it may also
burn out the cow and very often mani
fests Itself in temporary or perma
ent sterility. A balanced ration is
one which meets the requirements
both for maintenance and milk pro
duction
Study Insecticides
in Corn-Borer Plan
Some Chance of Securing
Control Measure for Pest.
(Prepared by the United States Department
ot Agriculture.)
The likelihood of effective control of
the European corn borer on a large
scale by direct applications of insec
ticides is remote; nevertheless, the
possibility of such control is worth
investigating in the hope that some
thing of value in this direction may
develop, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture. Moreover,
there is some chance of securing a
control which may be practical for
the protection of small plots of corn
grown for the production of roasting
ears for market or table use. A study
of the possibility of the use of insec
ticides and moth attractants has beer)
a phase of the corn-borer research pro
gram almost from the start.
In the 1929 research program for
corn-borer control there will be close
co-operation between the insecticide
division of the bureau of chemistry
and soils and the bureau of entomol
ogy, and also with various state work
ers and the Dominion of Canada. The
development of new insecticides for
corn-borer control is one of the pri
mary objectives of this division,
which has already made many analy
ses of insecticidal materials and of
plants which have been sprayed or
dusted witi) insecticides, to determine
the residue left thereon.
The bureau of entomology plans to
make a number of experimental tests
with the usual insecticidal materials
and the newer ones recommended, in
cluding tests of toxicity, adhesiveness,
number of applications, plant tolera
tion, compatible combinations, and
costs. The method of application of
each of ihese materials and the num
ber of applications with reference to
the stage of development of the plant
and the insect, and in relation to
meteorological conditions, are points
of importance.
Glass Substitutes on
Poultry Farms Useful
The following recommendations
are made by the poultry department
of the lowa State College of Agricul
ture in order to get best results from
glass substitutes:
1. Glass substitutes, whenever
used, should always be placed in a
vertical position.
2. For best results glass substi
tutes should not be used for open
ings in roofs or any slanting sur
face.
3. Glass substitutes used on frames
should be securely tacked and firmly
braced to prevent whipping.
4. Make all frames removable so
they may lie stored away from the
hot sun and dust during the sum
mer.
5. Glass substitutes admit little, if
any, air; therefore the house must
be ventilated properly to obtain the
best results.
G. Glass substitutes should be kept
free' from dirt and dust.
7. When window glass or glass sub
stitutes are used, direct sunlight
should be admitted whenever possible.
Purdue Issues Warning
in Buying Grass Seeds
Farmers and dairymen are warned
by the Purdue experiment station to
he cautious in buying clover and al
falfa seed. Seeds grown in foreign
countries and other inferior seeds are
stained different colors to show their
origin. Most of these seeds are not
adapted to this climate and are sub
ject to serious winter killing. The
seed tiiat is stained purple is of
Canadian origin and ranks equal to
similar classes of native seed. Purity
of the seed is another important con
sideration. Many new weeds have
been introduced through low grade
and impure seeds, and the Purdue
agronomists warn against buying con
taminated seed.
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Farm Notes
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Bridge grafting is the one way to
save girdled trees.
* * •
Sanitary conditions are necessary to
prevent diseases on a farm just as in
a hospital.
• • •
After each very heavy rain top
dress your growing vegetables lightly
with some nitrogen fertilizer.
* *
A gasoline engine will relieve the
dairyman of many tasks each day at
a cost of less than five cents per hour.
* * *
Build the out-take flues for your
barn ventilation system from the mow
floor to the eaves while the mows are
empty.
* * •
At least one colony of bees should
he provided for each acre of your ap
ple orchard to take care of cross-pol
lination.
* • *
Adopt a. definite program of sanita
tion on your farm to reduce the loss
of chicks. About half the losses of
young chickens occur during the first
four weeks.
• • *
If the cockerels are separated from
the pullets when they are eight to ten
weeks old, the pullets will have a bet
ter chance for development and the
poultry-man can force the cockerels
for market.
Good Only to the Eyt
The expression “Dead sea fruit
synonymous with “Apples ot So,lo m !
The apple trees around the ,
bore fruit lovely to the eye but Tn
edible. One explanation Is that th e
apples were a kind of gall. They
rich, glossy, purplish red in ,| ppeni , e
nnce, but filled with an Intensely tit
ter, porous, easily pulverized
stance. The term is applied t 0
un.vthing wonderful in contemplation
but disappointing in realization.
Vienna’* Growth
It Is nearly 2.0(H) years since an
urban settlement was founded on t( le
territory which today is covered bt
Vienna. The small Roman militnrv
camp Vindobona developed into the
modern metropolis with her enormous
municipal area of 275.83 square kll&
meters, second only to London,
Georgia’* Many Capital*
Augusta was the cupitul ot Georgia
for a time during and after the Revo
lution, nnd the Constitution of the
United States was ratified there in
1788. Other capitals have been Sa
vannah in 1777, Louisville in 17!),5 and
Milledgeville in 1807. Atlanta is the
present capital.
Health Hint
Many cases of stomach trouble are
caused by a disordered nervous sys
tem. The truth is we do not know
how to live. This affects the nerves
nnd, in turn, rlie stomach. Get the
nerves in shape and the stomach takes
care of itself.
It* Gift
Someone versed in Einstein takes
the air will) the remark that the new
“helieoregyre” is a flying machine
that can hover motionless in the air
—much like a flagpole sitter with the
flagpole removed.—Minneapolis Jour
nal.
Parrots Popular Pet*
Tlte favorite foods ot parrots are
flowers, fruit and nuts, not crackers.
There are about S(H) species and their
popularity as pets is evidenced by the
fact that more than S<UHM) are brought
into tlte United States each year.
Silk Fiber Strong
The strongest textile filter, based on
a unit of cross-sectional area, is the
silk filter. A single filament of this
material, barely diseernahle with the
miked eye, would be tlte smallest,
strongest cord made.
Eariy Rope Industry
Trior to 1820. rope was made en
tirely by hand and this was one of
the earliest industries of the colonies
of New England, ropewnlks being es
tablished in Boston as early as 1G42.
Must Import Quartz
Quartz for radio crystals tins never
been found in sufficient quantity to he
a commercial commodity. The rock
crystal used for this purpose is im
ported front Brazil and Madagascar.
Many Apples Needed
A Paris doctor does all his traveling
by airplane, which means it would
take an apple orchard to keep him
away.—Springfield (Ohio) Daily News.
Cities of High Elevation
Innsbruck in Austria shares honors
with Madrid in being the city situated
at the highest elevation in Europe, it
lies 1.013 feet above sen level.
Heat From Coal and Oil
One ton of coal is estimated to
equal in heat value from 100 to 215
gallous of fuel nil
The Pastor Says:
Profanity is strong language in the
mouth of a weak person.—John An
drew Holmes.
Defining “Giant”
The worn “giant” ts conventionally
limited to persons over seven feet in
height.
Think ft Over
What ardently we wish, we soon
believe
inseer
dies
Ail insects present in a room
die when Tanglefoot Spray is
used. This powerful house*
hold insecticide does its work
thoroughly leaves no strag
glers behind. You need nothing
else for combating flies, moths,
mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches
and ants. Prices greatly re*
duced. Pay less and get the best.
For flies onlyp Tanglefoot Fly
'Stfl! Paper and riy Ribbons are
mm the most sanitary and
l *pjy economical destroyers*
TANGLEFOOT