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THE RHCKDALE RECORD Official Organ of Rockdale County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY J. M. TOWNS Editor W. E. ATKINSON Publisher At times we think that rhubarb’s mistake whs In ever Retting out of ttie pharmaceutical class. Two thousand street mendicants of Iterlin pave a hull. The uffalr must have beggared description. An article In a contemporary tells us how to keep young, but what’s the use with all this race suicide. A Mexican bandit exemplifies hn man aspiration in hla hope of being promoted to the title of “revolution ist” If the morning song suddenly ends In the bathroom It means there were no more sharp razor blades In the package. A New York opera has nn alarm clock in one of Its scenes. This wlli make the audience turn over for an other nap. The sound In the talkie melodrama Is all right, ns soon as you learn to distinguish between the heroine’s sigh and the sawmill. It seems to be Judicial opinion that. ■ all other things being equal, one par enf has ns much right over a child ns the other parent. Tlie population of the United States fs growing at the rate of 1,400.000 n year. In the human race we don’t ask for a recount. The New York Times says the silk hat needs'no defender, because it stands up for itself. But not when it Is properly sat upon. An officer complains tlint tlie aver age age of army mules is a little over 10 years, a properly sedate age in the case of a mule, however. And now comes along another dress expert who maintains the spilfily cos turned man should have 24 pairs ol shoes. Huh! Who walks that much these days? A skeleton of a man supposed tc have been buried since 205 U l. C. has been exhumed on the site of Ur. That’s n long time to wait to break into publicity. A scientist declares that tlie world is cooling off at tlie rate of about two degrees in 10,000.000 years. It is true then, is it, that the old-fashioned win ters were colder? A stuffed crocodile, a case of whale tins, a pump handle and a hag of ant eggs were disposed of at a London auction. This practically cleaned out the medicine cabinet. The National Association of Broad casters hns about decided that com mercial programs should close at six p. m. We hear no protest from tlie great American family. While it is vexatious to put tooth paste on the shaving brush by mistake, it is downright reprehensible to re verse the mistake by putting shaving cream on tlie toothbrush. Every large city is demanding nn airport. A comparatively small mat ter like anew town hall or anew park no longer represents tlie highest aspiration of civic pride. Several kinds of cod-liver oil are on tlie market, so treated ns to make the taste less unpleasant. It might be nn interesting experiment to allow the children to make tlie blindfold test. The citizen with n small bundle of good bonds or reliable stock certifi cates in safety deposit is in a position to understand the difference between genuine values and market fluctua tions. English movie censorship has banned scenes depleting “the practice of the third degree in the United States.” Why would it not be sim pler merely to forbid English police to attend movies containing such scenes? Baltimore’s new airport will require so much acreage that for n time it will interest the realtors almost as much as the aviators. lAn authority says a girl must dress s<i as to conceal the defects of tier fifure. J?ut avho ever saw a girl who wjnsn’t altogether perfect! Some of our leading conductors of jazz, says a writer In a weekly, have a tendency to rotundity. Then we ex pect it would he permissible to call it “the music of tlie spheres.” After the great orator lias dwelt and expanded on some widely conceded ■fact for a matter of 50 minutes, ho ! says it goes without saying. A patent lias been awarded on a inew type of trolling-spoon. But it? {real merit will not be determined un 'til it is seen how the fish take to it. ( In Siam the king and queen dis tributed $300,000 worth of silk stock lings among its women to encourage the wearing of short skirts. In this country the order is reversed. Physicians Called Upon to Reckon With Public Need and Public Opinion By DR. LOUIS E. SCHMIDT, Noted Chicago Surgeon. ADVERTISING for institutions which offer medical service to the public at reasonable cost is here to stay despite the great weight of medical opposition massed against such publicity. The physician of the future must reckon with the public need and public opinion. The old code of ethics which stood against all forms of publicity can no longer stand against the demands of preven tive medicine and public health. It is my candid belief that we are at the brink or even at the parting of ways between the private practice of the individual physician and the organized practice as it is advocated today. The one great problem before the medical profession today is that involved in the delivery of adequate scientific medical service to all the people, rich and poor, at a cost which can be reasonably met by them in their respective stations in life. The unbiased physician is bound to admit that organized medical institutions are necessary. It is so evident that there must be both economy and efficiency in these organizations. I wish to refer especially to the Rochester or Mayo clinic which is definitely a “pay clinic.” The largest percentage of our population, that class with moderate means, is unable to cope with the problem of obtaining the same high grade of medical service that the rich are able to pay for and the poor are furnished free. The physicians must meet this need or the laymen will take the problem out of their hands. We all agree that publicity or advertising, whether paid or free, is improper when undertaken by individual doctors or by medical organi zations for private profit. On the other hand, we must also maintain that publicity or advertising is proper and desirable when it is designed for public service, not for profit, with the aim of informing people why good medical care is necessary for certain diseases and where and hot* it may be obtained. Inequalities of Civilization Must Be Overcome by Adequate Reforms By REV. DR. HOWARD CHANDLER ROBBINS, New York. Many centuries have elapsed since Hosea pronounced that “Ephraim was a cake not turned,” hut Ilosea’s metaphor is just as applicable as ever. Take as an illustration the distribution of wealth. The general level of comfort is certainly higher than in Hosea’s day, but it'is ex tremes of which we are speaking, and, when it comes to extremes, con trasts of fortune are sharper than ever. It isn’t right that dire want and inordinate luxury should tabernacle side by side. Or take the distribution of work. At the extremes society is made up in part of the overworked and the underfed and in part of the un derworked and the overfed. At one end of the scale there are women in factories when they ought to he in their homes. At the other end there are vapid, errandless women lolling back in motor cars where their only errand is to give their lap dogs an airing. A society so doughy and underdone on one side and so burned on the other is a society in which the leaven of unrest is bound to be an agi tating ferment. It can only be cured by reform of the abuses against which it directs itself in protest. Historians Working Harm by Sending National Heroes to the Junk Heap By HARRY D MOORE, Patriotic Society Official. Teachers and compilers of school histories who belittle and criticize our greatest men do great harm. They should build up and not destroy our ideals. Too many of our new school history writers seem to be pacifists. They appear to believe that if they omit all incidents of de voted courage, bravery and heroism, they will bring about permanent world peace. We all want peace, but we need our heroes to help weld our people into one national, spiritual entity. Young folks are naturally hero wor shipers and unconsciously pattern their lives after favorite heroes. A teachable, fair, unbiased, well-rounded and complete high school history is yet to be published. I would recommend that state societies of the Sons of the American Revolution follow tlie lead of the Washing ton organization, which introduced a bill in the state legislature pro viding no history textbooks should be used “which speak slightingly of the founders of the Republic, or which belittle or undervalue their work.” The bill was passed by the Washington state senate but was reported unfavorably in the house. Adherence to Principles of Bible Necessary for Preservation of Ideals By PRESIDENT HOOVER Preservation of national ideals and representative institutions rests in adhering to the principles found in the Bible. There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom. Whether it be of the law, business, morals or that vision which leads the imagina tion in the creation of constructive enterprises for the happiness of man kind, he who seeks for guidance in any of these things may look inside its covers and find illumination. The study of this book in j-our Bible classes is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experi ence. Asa nation we are indebted to the book of books for our national ideas and representative institutions. Their preservation 'rests in ad hering to its principles. Advertising Has Earned Right to Be Recognized as a Profession By PRESIDENT YOUNGGREN, International Advertising Association. Advertising is becoming a science. Definite laws have been estab lished and certain results may be expected from the application of giv en methods or the use of certain materials. In other words, a market can be analyzed and the known laws of advertising applied in the push ing of the sale of a commodity. The results are suve. In another way advertising may be called a profession, because it is highly technical, calling for thorough knowledge as well as a native tal ent. It ranks with medicine or law or teaching because it is essential to human welfare that the material advantages available be made known and because of the high standards set in the advertising field. _ THE ROCKDALE RECORD, Conyers, Ga., Wed., June 26, 1929. Hasten Tomatoes by Fertilizing Plants Need Long Season and Right Aids to Hurry Their Growth. ‘Fertilize tomatoes to hasten their maturity,” advises F. O. Underwood, of the vegetable gardening depart ment of the state college of agricul ture at Ithuca, N. Y. “The tomato,” he points out, “requires a long sea son to mature a full crop, so that anything a grower can do to ripen them is apt to mean a bigger total yield.” Professor Underwood says that many points have to be considered in fertilizing the crop, such as type of farming and soil, previous crop grown and fertilizer used, money re turns, and the cost of the fertilizing materials. Plant Food Needed. Tomatoes need some of all the plant foods for their best development. Ni trogen is needed early in the season to help develop a good vine to carry the fruit; though too much nitrogen may produce too rank a leaf growth at the expense of fruit. Some potash is nlso needed, but phosphorus is particularly needed to get large yields and ripen the fruit before frosts in the fall. “If a grower,” says Professor Un derwood, “is applying manure liber ally, say at the rate of twelve or twenty tons an acre, he is probably supplying enough nitrogen and potash, but additional phosphorus will prob ably pay. Phosphorus increases the fruit and seed parts of plants, and acid phosphate is the best source. Ap plied at the rate of from five hun dred to a thousand pounds to the acre, it should give good yields. “On sandy soils, or on other soils where little or no manure is used, complete fertilizers usually pay. The 4-12-4 or 5-10-5 are botH good; the for mer on the heavier types, while the 5- 10-5 makes a good mixture for soils less well stocked with nitrogen and potash. Though the 2-8-10 is often used, a 4-12-4 seems better for the crop. The 2 per cent of ammonia in the former mixture is probably derived from some organic chemical which will be slowly available to the tomatoes. Tomatoes need nitrogen early in the season, and not when the fruit is forming. Fertilizer Pays. “Exact amounts will depend upon individual soils and cash returns, but the tomato crop will usually pay for additional fertilizer up to I,GOO pounds to the acre, although good crops are grown with less. In addition to proper fertilizers, however, the plants must he well grown, and must be set at the proper time. Soil and weather conditions also play their part.” Supply Farrowing Pens With Needful Fenders Every farrowing pen should be sup plied with fenders to protect the lit tle pigs during and after farrowing. Tiiese consist of 2 by 8 inch planks fastened as shelves about eight inches from the floor, along both sides of the corner in which the sow makes her bed. This largely prevents the sow from'Squeezing the pigs against the wall or lying on them while they are small. If the farrowing pen has a concrete floor, a board overlay in the nest corner makes the sow's bed warmer, drier and cleaner. Recommend Apple Spray When Pink Buds Appear Summer spray for apples, usually known as the cluster bud or pink spray, Is most effective when applied as soon as the pink buds appear in rtie blossom clusters, says L. C. Wil liams, extension horticulturist, Kan sas State Agricultural college. The cluster bud spray consists of one and one-half gallons of liquid lime sulphur and one and one-half pounds of arsenate of lead to each fifty gal lons of spray. Dry lime-sulphur may be used instead of liquid material t Agricultural Hints $ Poisoned bran will stop the army worm army. • * • Get in a planting of peas at two weeks’ intervals. • * • Let’s give the pasture a hair cut — get those hitter weeds before they get into the milk. • * * African millet is regarded as one of our most drouth-resistant crops. It is a good forage and hay crop. * * * Grading of farm products is a vital factor In the profits of the farmer and iromises to become even more so. * * * Grasses and weeds growing along roadsides and fence rows offer a per fect winter haven for many insect pests. * * * Maintain the fertility of your garden and truck crop soils by the use of green manures, barnyard manures and proper crop rotation. • * • Co-operative marketing has been get ting on a sounder basis in recent years, nad farmers will probably find it an important way of safeguarding their interests in the future. Per Capita Potato Yield Right Guide Price Trend Upward When Production Is Low. Per capita production of potatoes in the country, ns a whole, is s good a guide as any, when the grower is trying to decide whether he should store his crop in hope of higher prices that prevail at harvesting time, or sell them for the market price when they are dug, according to C. R. Arnold of the rural economics department of the Ohio State univer sity at Columbus. Arnold reports that the bureau of agricultural economics of the United State Department of Agriculture has been studying records for the past 27 years, and finds that when the national production has exceeded 3.8 bushels per capita, the price has tend ed downward during the ensuing sea son. The trend has usually been up ward when the production has been less than 3.2 bushels per capita. Only when the indicated crop was not much more than three bushels per capita was the grower usually jus tified in holding his potatoes In other years the chance of profit was too uncertain to balance extra cost of risk, storage and shrinkage. Production in the late potato states, according to the federal investigators, is the most important factor in deter mining the season’s price level. Cleanest Culture Helps Strawberry Leaf Spot The Ohio station gives the follow ing advice about handling leaf spot of strawberries: “Plant resistant varieties; the ma jority of present-day commercial va rieties are somewhat resistant. “Set plantations where both air and water drainage are good. When set ting out plants remove and destroy tlie diseased leaves; do not leave them about the patch. Practice the cleanest culture possible. “Rotate strawberries with other crops frequently. It is rarely profita ble to fruit a strawberry planting more than two years, due in part to the ac cumulation of fungous pests. Many plantations should be plowed under after one crop has been secured. “In renovating a plantation to be fruited the second time, destroy all diseased leaves. The fungi causing the leaf spots over winter on affected leaves. Mowing off the old leaves and burning over the plantation is advisa ble when a planting is badly infected, “If these recommendations are fol lowed closely spraying will not usually be necessary’. However, one to three applications per season of 4-4-50 Bor deaux spray may be profitable in con trolling unexpected attacks.” Pigs at Weaning Time Should Be Given Grain Pigs at weaning time should be getting all the grain they will eat, The ration should include tankage or skim milk. With a good pasture on which to run, pigs should be getting a good start for market weight. Pigs which are doing well should make a pound a day gain in weight. Self feeders are a convenient means for feeding corn and tankage, and the use of self-feeders results in as good and often better gains than the hand feeding method. A self-feeder should keep the feed dry, keep feed before the pigs at all times, and prevent waste. Treating Potato Seed Increases Usual Yield Seed potatoes treated three or four weeks ahead of planting will show no delay in sprouting as is often the case with seed treated to kill disease organisms it may be carrying. Treat ing seed that is coming out of dor mancy may cause it to become some what dormant again. Early treating gives the seed time to come out of dormancy and be ready to grow as soon as planted. Treating seed pota toes has increased the average yield 22 bushels per acre in the test plots conducted for the past eight years in Kansas. Dusters Satisfactory in Fields for Killing Bugs Dusters are fairly satisfactory in po tato fields, for killing bugs. However, under most Nebraska conditions they are not nearly as satsfactor.v as they are in regions farther east. To be used most advantageously the dust should be put on when the plants* are damp with dew and when there is little wind. It is .not at all advisable to try to use a duster on a windy day. Consequently it is very desirable to dust the plants in the early portion of the day before the wind comes up. —H. O. Werner, University of Ne braska. Grinding Feed Does Not Increase Digestibility For feeding dairy cattle, the grind ing of a roughage will not increase its digestibility nor its value as a feed. Grinding coarse feeds may reduce waste by eliminating the coarse parts of the feed and may make the feed more palatable. When feed is high in price, grinding / may prove advan tageous. Grinding coarse feed will not make the feed into a concentrated feed. 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