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PPWSPP w»pppf!p^ <pp flPH THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 6, 1927 W * i ^jssg .M SEVENTY PER CENT OF CORN USED FOR SILAGE K M. Phillips, Farm Adviser, Says It Will Be Possible To Get Good Seed Corn Silos in McHenry county are being used as storage places for about 70 percent of the corn crop, according to E. M. Phillips, farm adviser, and who has observed the amount of silo filling from his visits to farms over the county. Local farmers are busily engaged in cutting what corn they are not putting in the silo. This corn is left in the shock until it is ready to be fed and is a very good method in such a season as this. The frost period has been averted and it is possible for farmers to go through their fields and secure good ears for seed for next year. Careful drying will make the corn good for seed next season. Mr. Phillips writes of the situation as follows: "McHenry County farmers, generally speaking, are probably not worried as much about the maturing of the corn crops as are fanners further down the state. "While the crop is late and rather light in some places,'it is being well salvaged by the silo route. But corn is making fewer tons per acre than normally so that when the job of sflor filling is completed, not more than 25 to 30" per cent of the corn will remain V Just Dandy That's what they said of our first car of w •!- so we've ordered another car of the same kind at the same price. Don't delay; Phone your order today. 1 -- r McHenry County Farmers Co-Operative Assn. »»+«,»»+»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»•»»»»»••»»•»»•»•••••»»»••»» standing in the field. 'With the frost danger averted for another period, it is going to be easily possible on most farms to gather corn for seed. In most cases, corn will not be very well hardened but if hung on a rack in a well ventilated building, it can be cured out in good shape. It will need careful storage through the winter months to insure strong germination at planting time. "Of the 25 to 30 per cent of the corn not ensiled, there will be perhaps a good half that will make fair quality crib corn. After silo filling, corn will be largely cut and put into the shock, a good way in a year like this to get the most good of the crop not put into the silo. « "Most of the corn crop of the county is converted into milk. It is 'apparent that the total yield measured in this way will not fall short of nor mal more than 15 per cent. Counties depending on feeding ear corn or selling shelled corn bid fair to fall 25 to 50 percent short of normal returns. Of course, prices paid for corn and livestock products into which it is turned will largely determine the returns on the 1927 crop." ' • * Old Standard« at Time Bonos ot the Mohammedan tribes ef India and of the Icdo-Malayan peninsula, who are addicted to chewing the betel leaf, use that as fin Indication of the passing of time- The leat prepared with a dab of line and a sprinkling of spices, takes about 20 mlDutes to chew to a pulp. And this Is taken as a standard of the time by them. But one of the strangest methods of telling time Is used sometimes by the Malays, who measure time by the drying of nt hair on i man's heal. How Sapcrstitiona Aromm The Friday superstition arose because the crucifixion Is supposed to have taken place on that day. Some parsons think It is unlucky to spill salt, because Judas Iscariot seems to be spilling It in DaVlnd's picture. Others think that it Is because salt Is a symbol of incorruptibility, and spilling It is, therefore, a sign of broken friendships and general up- Bird Has Wide Range The sora is a bird of the rail family. This is a swamp bird that lives entirely In marshes, usually fresh or brackish waters, and ranges over the entire North American continent, as far north as southern Canada. It winters from the southern part of the United States south to northern South America. These birds are all poor flyers. They run through woeds and rushes and have the appearance of being weak-winged. However, they make rather long migratory flights. The sora lays 6 to 18 eggs. In some regions the bird is hunted as game, and an open season is provided by federal law. WEEKLY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR CITY "Doubte-Croulng** Doctor Vizetelly says in regard to the expression "double-cross" that a New York bqsi in the early '80s testified before an Investigating committee that when a constituent asked a favor he made a record of the name and fact and if he Intended to grant the petition marked a cross after the name. Sometimes he would change his mind. In which case he added a second cross. In his testimony he would say: "I crossed Smith; I double-crossed Jones, etc." Possibly this Is the origin of the "double-cross* as used today. Bdetweim From Am The edelweiss, the one Swiss flower with which travelers are sure to become acquainted. Is not of Swiss ancestry at all, not even of European. According to Dr. Helnrich Handellfazzettl, of the Vienna jnuseum of natural history. It is an Immigrant from Asia, where the human race Itself came from. The Austrian botanist's researches on the distribution of the living and fossil relatives of the edelweiss have reached across the Near East, through the Himalayas, down Into Indo-Ohlna and north China and Japan. From an examination _ (Interjection) cry gtve*t by n yaqng penguin on being frightened Boston Transcript A <£• O < • < • T • McHenry's Fourth Semi'Annual 0 Dollar Day i \ Saturday, Oct. IS WatM for the Bargains In Next Week's fT TT T tt T T ?t •T t Y Y Y T T T T Y T t T • t I Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y T Y Y ?t T Y Y Y T Y Y Y tY T Y T T Y T T J Y Y Mrs. Kilday was an Elgin visitor Tuesday. Mrs. George Hermansen, who is spending several days in Chicago, spent the week-end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Frazer and famly of Chicago were Sunday guests ir the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Marshall. Mrs. M. J. Kent and children, John and Jane Ruth, were guests of Mrs. Forrest Sholes at Ravenswood Monday. Mr. and Mrs. F". L. Wynkoop and George Lamphere of Woodstock were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sayler. ' Mrs. Phil Peterson and daughter, Martha, of Marengo were Sunday guests in<\he home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Eddy. Mrs. Agnes Wentworth is spending the week with relatives at the scene of her mother's old. home at Mansfield, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman and son, Raymond, of Chicago spent Sunday in the home of Mr, and Mrs. Linus Newman. Frank Stock and H. W. Johnson of Grand Rapids have returned from a motor trip to the Dells, Madison, and Marshfield and Park Falls, Wis. Misses Gertrude and Barbara Weber, Mrs. Nick Weingart, Mrs. Ben Schaefer, Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Fred Smith spent last Tuesday in Chicago. They attended the Chicago theater and saw "Miss America." Mrs. T. C. Goodknecht of Harrasd and Mlrs. Libbie Allen of Woodstock were callers in the home of Mrs. Wi A. Sayler recently. Mir. and Mrs. Elmer Koerner eat* tertained three of the teachers of tiM Shabbona high school in their home over the week-end. The guests weare Miss Lois K. McAllister, Myrtle Streyffeler, and Beulah Lane* * « Time Measured by CaritftHi * The Chinese, besides using watfli clocks, also invented joss-sticks, whidfc burned uniformly. The joss-stick te somewhat similar to what good oM King Alfred of England is said to hav% used way back in the eight hundreds^ He was a great educator, and di»" covered that tallow candles could fea used for dividing the time which hft allowed his nobles in which to main .complaints against each other. , HERMAN 3. SCHAEFER , Moving and Long Distance If anting < Phone 126-R ^ McHenry, Illinois As Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed In By Our Friends Mrs. John Oeffling was M Elgin visitor Friday. " Mrs. J. J. Frett was a Chicago visitor Monday. Mrs. J. W. Rothermel was an Elgin visitor Tuesday. M. J. Kent was a< business visitor at Mrs. W. A. Sayler spent Thursday at Woodstock. Elgin Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sutton and Mrs. Nye were Woodstock visitors Monday. Dorothy Engeln was an Elgin visitor Friday. Mrs. Lawrence Huck waa an Elgin visitor Friday. F. E. Cobb was a Chicago visitor Tuesday evening. Robert Weber was a visitor at New Munster, Wis., Sunday. Mjrs. Ellen Ensign visited friends at Richmond Friday night. Miss Bernice Ferwerda spent Sunday at New Munster, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. George Kamholz of Chicago visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Herzog spent Monday and Tuesday at Milwaukee. M. J. Kent attended to business matters in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Nick Freund spent several days this week visiting relatives in Minnesota. j Mrs. F. E. C^ob spent several days last week and this week with relatives in Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin and family were Chicago visitors Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dohrety and little son visited relatives at Wood- Stock Friday. Mr. and Mlrs. Henry Kinsala and family visited relatives at New Munster, Wis., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Meyers and Mrs, Paul Meyers visited relatives at Forest Park Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Besley of Woodstock were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sayler. Mrs. J. R. Smith spent Sunday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo, Young, at Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Meyers and daughter of Chicago spent Sunday in1 the George Meyers home. Mr. and Mrs. John Sauer of Chicago were callers in the home of Mr. and Mlrs. J. J. Marshall Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Winkle and family of Lily Lake were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Winkle. Miss Corinne Petelle of Chicago spent the week-end as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Buss. Dr. Charles Fegers and Dr. George Fegers of Keokuk, Iowa, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. N. J. Nye last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Trapp of Chicago are visiting in the Henry Heimer, Sr., and Mat Heimer homes this week. Mrs. Treadwell, who has made her home .with her nephew, Rev. C. W. Loughlin, left the first of the week for Chicago, where she will now make i her home. j "M The health of growing children is a matter of the utmost interest to parents. 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