THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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TURKEYS SPREAD
GAPEWORM PEST
Demonstrated by Experiments
Carried on at Washington
and on Nearby Farms.
OLD CHICKENS HOT INFECTED
Losses Can Bo Grotty Reduced by
Keeping Young Chickens on Ground
That Haa Not Been Exposed
'. to Contamination.
'prepared by the t'nltsd States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.) .
Turkeys are probably the natural
(tout a of tho gnpeworm a aerloua peat
among young chlckcna end aro an
Important factor In their spread. Thla
lint been demon! rated ly a zoologist
of tit United States Department of
Agriculture aa the reault of expert
wen I a and other Investigations carried
on at Washington. D. C, and on fartna
In several localities In Maryland.
During three winter seasons begin
ning In December, 1010, a total of 033
chickens and 479 turkeys were ex-
For Bait Results With Turkey Flock
Glvo Them Free Range.
mined In tho WaMhlugton city market.
No gapeworma were found lu the
Chlckena, but 22.5 xr cent of the
turkeya were found to be Inflated.
From 1 to 8 worm were found lu each
of the infested turkeya. . report of
these Investigation haa been published
by the department In Department
Hulletln f:t!, "The Turkey aa an Im
portant Factor In tho Spread of Uupo
wornia.H In view of the completo (ibsence of
gnpeworm from a largo aeries of
adult chlckena and their common oc
currence In a slmllur series of udult
turkeya, It would appear, the bulletin
says, that adult chlckena are poorly
nditpted ii hosts of gapeworm. That
turkeya uhove 3 years of aire may
harbor gapeworma I established by
tliu fact that a turkey which was kept
at the department' experiment sta
tlon at Bet heads, Md., for three year
after It was brought there was found
after Its death to be Infested with
i pair of worms.
In tho perpetuation of gapeworma
from year to year on In Tented poultry
farm the two chief fuctor, according
to the bulletin, appear to be turkeya
and contaminated hoII. Whether. In
the ahHcuce of turkeya from a farm,
tapeworm aflllctlon among chlckena
will regularly dlapHur has not Iwen
definitely establlhlied, but It wems
probable that It may often do so. (Jape
worm among chlckena appear to be
more prevalent on farms where turkeys
frequent the chicken runs than on
farms where there are no turkeys.
Available evidence Indicate that gape
ha a tendency to disappear on furms
following the removal of turkeys.
PRESERVING SOIL MOISTURE
Pernicious Practice of Permitting Wa
ter to Escape From Soil Should
Bo Discouraged.
The practice that prevails In Rome
Irrigation localities of letting the nat
ural moisture escape from the soil,
with the Idea that more water can be
applied when It Is needed, is moat per
Qlclous nnd tihould be discouraged, say
peclallHts of tho United States De
partment of Agriculture. If the molst
ti .u that gets Into the ground In the
form of precipitation or as Irrigation
water Is retained by the soil It will en
able the soli organisms to act upon the
plant foods, rendering them available
for plant growth. There Is a feeling
of safety In having an unlimited sup
ply of water for Irrigation purposes,
but It should he remembered that Irri
tation coats money and labor; preclpi
tutlm U tint arc's gift.
Well-Filled Larder.
A well-kept garden In summer
incuns o well-filled larder lu winter.
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From experiments recorded In the
bulletin, It has been found that chick
ena, unlike turkeys, are readily sue-
reptlble to Infection with gapeworma
only while they are young. They be
come lent auaceptlble aa they grow
older. Adult chlckcna are aeldnrn likely
to apread Infection, for In those In
alancea In which gapeworma develop
In adult chlckcna the pnraaltra are like
ly to live only a abort time.
Mathoda of Avoiding Lota.
Losses from gapeworma can be
greatly reduced, If not altogether
avoided, according to the bulletin,
by keeping young chlckena on ground
that baa not been exposed to contam
(nation within at leant a year by
chlckcna with gape or by turkey,
and by excluding turkeya from It dur
Ing Ita occupancy by chlckena. Aa
gapeworma appear rarely to occur In
adult chlckcna, brood hena may be aa-
aocfated with 'young chlckena with
tittle rink of Infection. The almpleat
menne of preventing or reducing loaaea
from gapca appeara to be the cxclualon
of turkeya from forma where chlck
ena are ralied.
INCREASED AVERAGE
I . OF PUREBRED SIRES
Progress in "Better Sires Bet
1 ter Stock" Campaign.
Altogether 431,139 Head of Domeatlo
Animals' and Fowls Have Been .
Enrolled by Owners Great
est Activity In Ohio.
(Tri-pared by the United fltatea Depaxt-
men! of .Agriculture.)
A noticeable lncreao In the number
of purebred animals Hated In the "bet
ter Hires Better Stock" campaign la
the principal development during the
first three months of 1021. Tho re
sult baa been to raise the general ov
erage of purebred for the whole cum
pulgn 1V4 per cent Altogether 431.
130 bead of domestic animals and
fowls have been enrolled by their
owner.
Of that number 22,003 ore purebred
sires and tho remainder are females
of various breeding, but all were bred
to purebred males, according to the
owners' pledge. Although tho num
ber of purebred, aa noted. Increased.
noticeably, more scrub also were
limed than In any previous quarterly
period, thus helping to accomplish one
of the uiuln objects of the campaign,
which la to grade up Inferior animals
by the uso of good purebred sires.
The greatest activity during the
current year, bo fur as enrollments
are concerned, haa occurred In Ohio,
with Nebraska second. In justice to
other states It may be added that sev
eral, from which only a few pledges
to use only purebred aires were re
ceived, have been active In other
The Uae of Scrub Animate on Any
Farm la an Expenslvo Practice.
brunches of the work, particularly in
the procurement and distribution of
purebred alrea of good quality. Ken
tucky and numerous other states, In
cluding West Vlrglnlu, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Virginia, are launch
ing aggressive drives against Inferior
aires, particularly scrub bulls.
A feature of interest during the first
quarterly period of 1021 was the dis
patch of Ave emblems of recognition
to far-off (iiinw, our Island outpost In
the I'uclflc, thousands of miles beyond
Hawaii.
PERSONAL VISIT TO MARKET
Grower' Enabled to Acquaint Himself
With Distributors and Improve
Marketing Practices.
Many times a personal visit to the
market will more than repay the shin
ier for the cost of the trip, soys the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. I'olnts that seem trlvlul to the
producer often are very Important to
the dealer. Such a vlala enables the
grower to acquaint himself personally
with the distributors, to select trust
worthy representatives, to leurn the
dllllculiies of the "man at the other
end," .nnd to ' Improve his market
ing practices.
Home Market for Fodder.
A small herd of cattle on a farm
mean a home market for fodder, hay
nnd grain, with no speculators on the
Job to hummer down the prices.
Good Green Food Crops.
The liens nnd chlckena will need
green fond nil through the summer.
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SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
By F. A.
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THE QUESTIONEIt.
WHEN Shakespeare wanted to ex
press the tragedy Involved In
the snuffing out of the life of bis moat
Intellectual character, he did It by
these words, "The rest Is silence."
He might have put It In another
way, by saying that Hamlet would aak
no more questions. For that was bis
moat disconcerting habit.
, Keeping silence before a puzzling
world, and a puzzling universe, la
something that man haa never done.
The human being who Juat asked
the reason for the first nightfall and
the first appearance of the stars
stood on the threshold of all modern
scientific Investigation.
So, If It were necessary to find a
definition of man which would differ
entiate him from all the rest of crea
tures, It would be sufficient to say of
him: "He Is the animal that aska
questions."
.
Iludyard Kipling In a striking line
talked of "the low. of the Jungle."
The writers of fables have not
pulled the long bow In. attributing to
the beasts the sense of Justice, even
If they were making fun of society
In doing so. So the Hon. stands for
the maker of rules, aud the monkey
for blra who evadea them.
So law Is not peculiar to the chil
dren of Adam.
Tho animals know political econ
omy. "Go to the ant thou sluggard,"
said King Solomon.
Tills little creature ahows'what can
be done through the organized efforts
of thousands of Insects, whose opera
tions could be stopped In a moment
by the foot of a pausing giant In the
shape of a mischievous boy.
So business organization Is not ex
clusively human.
It Is Impossible to look at the combs
of a beehive without realizing that
the creatures who made It know geom
etry and architecture.
The cells are so constructed as to
give the 'maximum of strength wltb"
the minimum of expenditure In the
way of material.
So the Brooklyn bridge, or the dome
of St. Peter's, Is not a proof of human
superiority.
There Is a solitary eagle to be seen
every duy, soaring over a lake In west
ern Ontario. Once he had a mate.
But she disappeared one winter. Since
then tho widower has never married.
The natives say that It Is the habit
of these birds to be perpetually true
to their first and only love.
So constancy Is not the exclusive
virtue of our race.
When Christ wanted to, express his
affection for Jerusalem, he could think
of nothing better to say than that he
would have gathered Ita people about
him, as a hen gathers her chickens un
der her wings. This timid bird will
face any peril If she thinks that her
young are In danger.
In the same way the bear of the
North woods, which will fly before
man under ordinary circumstances,
will fight to the death If she thinks
her cubs are threatened.
So family affection and devotion do
not set mankind apart from the rest
of the animal kingdom.
Ouly the other day a raccoon at the
Bronx zoological gardens In New York.
was In danger of starving to death be
cause the gatekeeper who had tamed
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THE GIRL ON THE JOB
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How to Succeed How to Get s
Ahead How to Make Good E
Dy JESSIE ROBERTS
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AN AVERAGE JOIJ.
ARE you going to be content with an
average Job, which can be filled by
any girl, or do you want a career? It
the latter, you must recognize the Im
portance of sound training.
Take two girl. Both determine that
stenography Is the opening they will
seek. One takes the usual course and
enters an oflice at the ordinary salary.
She can do tho average thing, and that
Is all.
The other girl Isn't Eutl'sfled with
such a future. She takes Spanish and
French, and studies English, both com
merclul and cultivated. She studies
the requirements of a big position,
and works for it. She puts in an extra
year of work before accepting a posi
tion and once at work she continues
her studies.
She will be one of the few thorough
ly equipped women for the position
she bus lu mind. She w ill get that po
sition In time. And she will be mak
ing two or three times what her friend
U at the end of ten years, und have.
WALKER
and petted him bad been tent to the
hospital. The animal would not take
food from a atranger. - -
So fidelity and gratitude are not con
fined to the lords of creation.
But there Is no reason to believe
that the beaata of the Jungle that
have their hunting lawa, or the ante
that lay up their store for winter, or
the bees that know practical geome
try, or the eagle that mourns his dead
wife forever, or the ben that protect
her chlckena, or the bear that la fear
less of rifles, or the raccoon that la
faithful to bis master, ever asked any
questions about the why and where
fore of things.
On the other hand, from the dawn
of history, we find man worrying over
the riddle of the universe, Thla too
In spite of the fact that, even In the
beginning of things be felt that be
would never be able to solve It
So he Invented language to convey
bis questlona to his neighbors and
alphabets to write them down for bis
children. He Invented mathematics In
order to compute the motions of the
stars. .
By all bis questioning be baa suc
ceeded In pushing back the curtain
that bongs around bis universe. Yet
he knows perfectly well that In spite
of all that bis New tons, Darwlns, Etn
stelns and Curies may do, what Her
bert Spencer called "the unknowable"
will always elude Mm. ;.
Hut a a long as be follows the gleam
he will be man, as God made him.
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SCHOOL DAYS
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moreover, the assurance of a perma
nent position and real recognition. Be
cause the thoroughly trained person
la rare, and the firm who secures her
won't let ber go If It can help Itself.
A girl can specialize .in bank work,
In technical work, secretarial work or
for Mg business. And this Is only In
the one line of stenography. There
are hundreds of other lines, and in
each the trained and ambitious worker
will be at a premium. Don't be con
tent with the average Job.
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tfpthoopook
The wisest pilgrim is uie on 8 who goes
Along the highway, hour by hour con
tent To take the rain or ahlne the skies have
aont;
Who counts hla riches in each budded
-' rose;
Each song the thrush through vernal
branches throwa;
Each marvel of the sunrise; each dusk
blent
Of mystery and fragrant aacrament;
Each star that In the heaven burns and
glows.
PALATABLE DISHES.
A HANDFUL of green onions, a
cupful of cooked rice, a cupful of
thick white sauce, a cold hard-cooked
egg and a little cheese may make a
very palatable luncheon dish. Cook
the tender young onions until well
done; drain. Butter a small boklug
dish and put In the rice, cover with
the drained onions, add a sprlukllpg
of grated cheese the white sauce and
bake until bubbling hot. Serve from
the dish. The rice should be well sea
LYRICS OF LIFE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
GEE AND HAW.
A FELLAH had a pair of mules
That knew no laws and knew no
rules
But geed for haw end hawed for gee
And went contrary gener'ly.
The darnedest mules yon ever see.
If both had geed when It was baw,
While that ain't Just exactly law,
It would of worked out purty good, '
If once the tblng was understood
And they done wbat you thought they
would.
But not these two. If old July,
When you yelled "gee," to gee would ,
try, ' , ,
Old January, 'totber one,
Observln' what July bad done, - '.
Would start to bawln' on the run. '
So gee and baw and baw and gee, i
But never simultan'ously,
Tbey went through life, and kicked
more dirt
And done less work and done more
hurt
Than two byenles, I assert
And I've seen folks Just like them
mules, ' - '
Who wed, but never read the rules,
Who didn't know you had to wear
The marriage collar fair and square
And pull together everywhere.
One can't bave haw and ooe have gee: i
To gee or baw you must agree
And then go forward, gee or baw, .
Accordingly, without no Jaw
And that's good sense, and that's good
law.
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soned with butter, or with a chicken
broth while It Is cooking.
Banana Cream.
Slice three ripe bananas, press
through a sieve, add a small box of
crushed strawberries, reserving part
of the Juice; beat together lightly and
set on Ice to cool. Serve In glass
cups with whipped cream to which
has been added the reserved straw
berry Juice. Serve very cold.
During the hot weather the simple
and less expensive desserts appeal to
the housewife. Frozen dishes, when
prepared at home, are always accept
able and cost very little.
Lemon Sherbet
Take three lemons, two cupfuls of
sugar and a quart of rich milk. Mix
the sugar and lemon Juice, add a
grated rind If desired, then stir In the
milk. The mixture will curdle -but
when frozen will bo smooth and very
palatable. Serve In sherbet glasses.
(w HtU Western Newspaper Union.
NO ROOM FOR
GRIEF
Why are you
so happy f
My wife left
mo.
Where did she
go?
Back to hap
mother.
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