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*v TOurs<3ay, EALEIl :* '^Tv -ciS_V Washington Letter National Editorial AaMirtj^ TOPICS CORN IN SILO IS A GOOD WINTER FEED Washington, September 29--Politic' al observers are more inclined to em- I phasize what they privately call "the tour of the Roosevelt Charm School" than either the return of Mr. Justice, Black or the revival meetings of nationally known Repubilcan leaders., Notwithstanding the President's warning to newspaper writers on his train ( that his Western trip must not be in-| terpreted as a political maneuver, there j is no seasoned worker in the' vineyard t of politics who entertains doubts as to; the real motive of his long jaunt "to see the people." It is noteworthy that; seasoned advisors are endeavoring to caution the Chief Executive about the", ficklness of crowds, the people who turn out to see the First Citizen and cheer. , The veterans argue that an in- '/ fluential critic never has a chance 6t telling a President What is going- pti , unider the surface--trends which dig* '; count the enthusiasm of admiring and, curious greeters. What his "rebel" Senators like Wheeler, O'Mahoney, Burke and Clark will do to counteract Mr. Roosevelt's personal visits is wel5, •worth considering these day®. • 0 | The G. O. P. high command has been meeting here for several days in an effort to make war plans effective in 1 the 1938 Congressional contests, it is, too early to determine the real issues,' but the Republicans are toying with { the court reform (and the Black ap-' pointment corollary); relief abuses, taxes and alliances with conservative, Democrats who are anti-Roosevelt.1 Incidentally, the G. O. P. has a\ few headaches to ease at home as some pf the elder party warriors resign their 1 posts and new blood takes over the reins. The leaders have some cause for demanding caution in writing preliminary plktforms. The action of the meeting sponsored by the Michigan Leapue of Republican Clubs recently is a source of concern. It seems that resolutions condemning sit-down strikes and labor racketeers were sidetracked as "premature declarations." j This surprise move may be sympto- j matic of thinking in other areas- as consideation is given to the labor vote in the next election. - | National Farm Organization spokes- : men are somewhat peeved at the pub- i "licity issued by the Department of Ag-' riculture regarding their new farm program. The Department claims that their latest program was the out-1 growth of conferences here last week with "farm leaders," but private groups claim it is a misnomer. It is claimed that the sessions were held behind closed doors and admission w^ by card only. According to the complaints, the "leaders" consulted by the Department officials were actually government employees or field repre- • sentatives of the Department who: were summond here for consultation puripdses. While it is adn\itted that these Federal agents may reflect in Home of the farm sentiment in their districts, the regular farm organiza-1 tions resent the implication that they! participated in the Wallace-dominated meeting. I All was not- smooth sailing, how-1 ever, for some of the courageous field agents vigorously opposed the ideas of the Secretary of Agriculture pri-' marily relating to compulsory crop | control. The protests were apparent-' ly effective in that the Department's | press release was strangely Silent on' the subject of an arbitrary control I o v e r w h e a t I t i s s a i d t h a t M r . W a l - j lace has little support for his princip-; al objective--drastic Federal control over production of farm 'products.! There is a tendency toward a domestic allotment for agricultural products j with the doors left wide open to those •who want to cultivate the overseas > market. The talk still persists that' a special session of Congress will be necessary to permit the Department' to begin its regulation relating to' planting, etc., by January. A special session will depend on reports re; ing President Roosevelt's ears on westward swing around the circle. When the postman rings once or' twice on or about Thanskgiving Day, i the nation-wide count of the unem-l p l o y e d w i l l b e u n d e r w a y . I t i s a v o l -j untary registration as authorized by Congress and lacks the compulsion and accuracy of the quadrennial census*] Tentative plans call for completion of i questionnaire distribution within two' days. The government wants all cards ' returned early in December in order to 1 avoid the mail congestion incident to the Christmas season. Federal ex-1 perts are not placing any too muchi confidence in the reliability of the poll; for they realize they are dealing with j . l"Jian nature in a nose count of the jobless. Many unemployed who have enjoyed the relatives sinecure of Federal and State relief are usually reluctant to furnish information The government publicity will probably al-1 lay the fears of this slacker type by i a^promise that a reply will not force them to take available jobs. Relief administrators say there is a group' who might refuse to sign the cards on the ground they will be "threatened with work." i • Among the factors which make1 trained statisticians dubious about the I «r*"Pated replies is the wailing at-! tude or making a sad story to justify i continuance on relief rolls. A great (it of "padding" of this sort will actual conditions until the nr. «riii v.fiVe unemployed fig- Fedp™! materially swollen. The aTtS ,n char*e of the regstration have not perfected their; plans, but it is obvious that preliminary education will involve instruction 1 o£jx>stal employees as to their duties,1 setting up machinery to tabulate the 1 returns and pave the way for the oai^ds by a selling campaign among: the non-workers. This study will have a - dirfect influence on relief appropriations next winter. Alreadv the curtailment of W. P. A. projects is disturbing legislators as the relief fiqaries protest find at the ballot-box. Crop Makes More Succulent Roughage Ter Acre. By T. R. Farnham, Dairy Specialist. North Carolina Stale Colege.--WNU Service-. Comparatively few farmers take full advantage of their corn crop in producing feed for winter consumption. Corn made into silage produces more succulent roughage per acre than any other known crop.' The trench silo is the very thing for small farms where large upright silos would be impractical. Trench silos, inexpensive and convenient, are also being used more and more on farms Stfhefe: large | herds are kept. .There is a growing tendency to- j ward Silage in preference to .dry : h a y s . U n f a v o r a b l e w e a t h e r a t K a r - j vesting time is, less serious for si-' lage "than when,hay is being' cot and cured. * . Silage is succulent ;and keepi cattle in good .condition through the. winter. Silage production requires less acreage and, therefore, permits the use of spil-building crops on land that would otherwise be needed for growing hay. The construction of a trench^ silo is fairly simplev A narrow trench should be dug on farmsl where only a few animals are to be fed. A cheap roof placed over the silo will help protect the feed from bad weather and keeps the w«Ua from caving in. ' '•*" • HOW UNUSUAL I - No. 1 Captain Pipe, a Delaware chieftain of Ohio, was proud of his record as a killer. Long after the battie between the rtedskins and Gen. jSt. Clair--the general was disas- -frouply defeated--Captain Pipe continued to boast that he had killed •o many white men with his hatchet that he could no longer lift his hand to Wield it. . ' • -ir*-.' picture snapped from inside the house and through a window OTtsn - 4 > • proves to; be a fascinating bit of worte- ; ' ' One of the proudest possessions of numerous New York homes, some fifty-odd years ago, says Collier's Weekly, was a gilded rolling pin, usually hung inside the front door lor eyery visitor to see. It showed that the family had attained such affluence that it could afford to buy its bread at the corner grocery. May Get Us in Bad Says even the fcrill get a man in bad if he insists fln saying the right thing at the wrong time. Mark "X" Net Always Ignorance The mark "X" which persons who are unable to write are required * to make instead of their signatures, is in the form of a cross, ,but in ancient times this was not always regarded as ignorance. Amdng the Saxons, in addition to the signature of those who could write, was added the mark of the cross to testify as to the good faith of the person sign- Longworth's Offer Nicholas Longworth, grandfather of the late speaker of the house, born in Newark, N. J., became one of Cincinnati's pioneers and he accumulated much wealth buying land. In the ijexjcan war he Offered to finance a regiment for Uncle Sam on one condition--that he pick out the ! His fused. Cabinet OK'd Patents j Before 1836 inventors had to ob- I tain full approval of the President's r cabinet to get a patent. : V. Ne Successful Perpetual Motion , ' , Nq» successful perpetual moticil * machine has ever been built or dif» covered-, in Egyptian tombs or els#> where. Scientists and the Patent >• oflfipe are in agreement as to the impossibility of such a machine. According to the law of the conservation of energy, the energy of tbt universe is constant - and can h£ neither created nor destroyed, baft only changed in form. -Energy is required to start such a machine and some of this is bound to be sumed or converted into heat friction, so that there would have be some means of renewing its: ergy from outside. Dulcimer, The dulcimer is a stringed t known to the Persians Arabs, and is found in Hungarian bands, where it is called "cz.mbar • 10m." It is played with two smajl! wooden hammers, and is said to have suggested the idea of the pi- ' anoforte. . • . liS Liberal Fall Feeding of Cows Increases Profits Liberal feeding of early fall freshening cows and of all cows during the dry period will materially increase the dairyman's income, according to E. A. Hanson, extension dairyman, University farm, St. Paul. -4 Too often the.', early'fall freshening cow is ' underfed because pastures are low, and to many dairymen it seems too early to start barn feeding only a few co^s. All CTA records, however', show that fall freshened cows, well fed from the beginning, lead in year-round butterfat production. During late summer and early fall months, alfalfa hay will serve as a pasture supplement if pastures are sufficiently heavy. If pastures are poor, fresh cows should receive a full feed of hay and grain twice daily in order to maintain high production. Silage ltiay be fed to advantage immediately after the silo has been filled. At this season of the year, fall freshening cows are being turned dry,- and others are rapidly going that way because of poor pastures. Good dairymen aim to give their cows a dry period of about 6 weeks. Cows thin in flesh when turned dry should be fed a fattening ration during the dry period. Cows in good condition at freshening time will always start the lactation period giving more nfilk daily and continue at a higher level for a longer period than cows that have a short dry period and freshen in poor condition. IT'S almost; unbelievable but it is * true that many amateur snap- Bhooters have the notion tftat it is Of»ly the unusual that is worthwhile anapping. When they travel,- a camera is taken along to get pictures of hew scenes and new faces bat they uSe it around their homes only on. special occasions. ^ "But," you may say, "I've already made good snaps around the house. What else is there to shoot?" Nobody can answer that question for you directly. But it's dollars to doughnuts that there are dozens of untouched picture possibilities. And all of them interesting as the ones already in your album. The secret of finding them is simply a matter of keeping your eyes Open. Get the habit of looking at things--everything--as though you had never seen them before. It's amazing the way this habit will •sharpen your interest--now dulled by sheer familiarity--in even the most commonplace things. Some of the finest, pieces of JJfcotographic art have been results of appreciative eyes in the heads of stay-at-homes. The pattern of sun and shade on the front steps, the fascinating interplay of.jQof'Unes, ,, -: tie# portraits--are typical of pic- ? lures that may be made at" home-- unusual pictures of usual subjects. Don't be afraid of doing things " differently. It's a tonic to tackle old subjects from new points of viejir. If, to get a shot that appeals to you, you have to upset the "laws" of safeand- sane snapshooting, don't hesitate. If your eye enjoys the scene, whatever it is, the chances are that . your camera will enjoy it too. With such helps as the Inexpensive photo-flood bulbs (for which efficient reflectors are available) you cai^do your snapshooting indoors as well as out. Present-day cameras, films and,lights give you unlimited scope for your snapshooting. Today almost any picture is possible--and at any time. Of all words of praise for the snapshooter, the sweetest are these,* spoken by a friend:--"Well, wouldt you look at that! I've seen that spot • every,day for the last fifteen years and I never dreamed it had the makings of a picture like this." " Maybe you've heard these words alVeady! Congratulations! John van Guilder USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS >ecial ie E^h|"s ! Orphan Chicks Best Raise your day-old chicks away from home, if you want them to grow up to be healthy layers, is the advice of Ohio research poultrymen. Isolation of young chicks from older birds, but allowing them use of range on the experiment station farm, resulted in a mortality rate of 56 per cent. In an adjoining pen, other pullets, hatched from station eggs but which hpd been grown to laying age away from the station, had a mortality rate of only 24 per cent. This experiment caused the Ohio scientists to point out "the need for a new phase of specialization in poultry raising, the production of livable ready-to-lay pullets. The brooding of chicks and the growth of pullets in the future may largely become a commercial enterprise in the hands of specialists." --Country Home Magazine. Q.I It BY QERTIE I "Many a girl has discovered that she ean't vote on her twenty-Ant birthday unless it happen* to he election day." JAPS PICK RULER HINTS FOR FARMERS There are, as a rule, ten eggs to pound. • • • A(total of 5,035,000 motor vehicles of various descriptioryare used on the farms of the Unjjkra States. : A good orchard fertilizer readily available nitrogen. Nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and cyanamid are common meet this requirement. • • • Canada was the leaftiing exporter of honey to the British Isles in 1930. • • • A cellar with a dirt floor is better for potato storage than one with a cement floor. • • * The 1937 lamb crop is estimated by the bureau of agricultural economics at nearly 31,000,000 head. • • • Eggs whip to a larger volume and beat more rapidly if they are at room temperature than whan they are chilled. . .. , i"1 Prince Teh, hereditary ruler ol 2,500,000 descendants of Genghis Khan, will rule an independent Mongol state which Japan will establish as a "reward" for their sup» port of the North China campaign. . Prince Teh now heads the Japanese* dominated Chahar province. Accord* ing to reports he led 20,000 Inner- Mongolian troops in co-operatioir with Nippon's soldiers in the victories at Nankow pass. 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