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FARM TOPICS V' V t ; M-,r M "<? - , * ***** r#f1 " ' ' * " "; v. f. > • r _ ** / * " <**" V • ' , - • ' < » V " - . •w#ai 3-5 FOE SALE FARMERS, ATTENTION--WE E*- ehangc cracked corn for shelled corn for 15c per 100 lbs. Farmers Mill, Phone 29. 7-tf FOR SALE --Murphy's Guaranteed Fly Spray, 5 gal. for M-00. Fanners Mill. Phone 29. 13-tf FARM FOR SALE--120 acres all under cultivation, good buildings; 114 mile south of Spring Grove depot, 1 mile south U. S. Rte. 12. Jos. J. Schmitt, Spring Grove, 111. *15-4 FOR SALE--High quality tomatoes for canning; 50c per bushel. C. B. Howe, 3- miles west of McHenry on Route 20. We will deliver. Phone 610-J-l. f 1 EVE !%ADE A MISTAKE!--But modern women know the Fruit of the Loom label is safe! See these new shirts. Mon«$-back guarantee. $1.65 at McGEE'S. 17 LAKE FOR SALE--160 acres, Mc- Gollum's Lake. This includes fine business or home building site of one acre on west side of lake. Can be made source of fine income. Address--Mrs. W. E. Bishop, Chehalis, Wash. 17-4 FOR SALE--Model "T" Ford Coupe, in good running condition. Henry W. Ahrens West McHenry. *1? FOR SALE -- McComb's Tempo-stat Heater, McComb's Brooder, Jamesway Brooder and other chicken equipment. Myrtle Fels. Stenger Drive, McHenry. Tel. McHenry 215-J* 17 FOR SALE--A round oak pedestal, tftble, six chairs, two office desks. Mahogany bookcase. Telephone McHenry 83-W. 17 FOR SALE--Blue Grapes -- 65 cents per bushel. Telephone McHenry 647- M-1. . 17 FOR SALE --One large Heatrola stove, nearly new. Mrs. Joseph May Tel. 136-M, Waukegan street, West McHenry. *17 ORIGINATED IN THE SfetjCNTH CENTURY.-- Halloween,, or All Hallows' eve, the night of October 31, la the eve of All Saints' or All Hallows" day- November 1. The observance of the day wis Instituted in the Seventh century, states a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to commemorate the conversion of the Pantheon, or temple of all the gods in Rome, Into a Christian place of worship, and its dedication to the virgin and all the martyrs. It was first observed on May 1, but was changed about the Tenth century to November 1. But HaNoween has no connection, save In its name, with anything churchly, and seems to be a relic of pagan times, or of medieval superstitions. The tradltidh is that this Is the time above all others when supernatural influences prevail, the night set apart for the universal walking abroad of spirits, both of the visible and Invisible world, for on this myetlc evening It was believed that the fcqman spirit was enabled to detach Itself from the body, re return In the morning/ Divination was then supposed to attain Its highest power. In parts of Europe there are similar superstitions attached to Wal- (Mirgfs night, the night preceding May 1. Since All Saints' day was originally kept on May 1, there Is little doubt that Halloween and Walpurgie eve bad a common origin, though what it was is now impossible to telL BIRDS BENEFICIAL TO FARM CROPS VaiQi M Food habits Qften Misjudged. PIANO FOR SALE--Player, in good condition. Write care of The Plaindealer, Box "N." 17 COME IN FOR JOCKEY SQUIRMFREE UNDERWEAR--Let us show you why it can't bunch, saw, hikf! Shirts anchor down. We have your rite. 50c up. McGEE'S. 17 •Z WANTED WANTED--Maid for general housework. Kiebel, Gate 6, Country Club addition, Crystal Lake, Telephone 639. •17 " MISCELLANEOUS FARMERS--We pay $3.00 to $15 per bead for old or down horses and cows. Must be alive. Prompt day and night service, Sundays and holidays included. No help needed to lead. Your pets will be shot on place if desired, with wet chamois Phone Wheeling 102, reverse changes. j 44-101 XcHENRY'S RADIO X-RAY LABORATORY -- Expert repairs on all Snakes. All work guaranteed. Your local Member R. S. A. CLIFF'S RA; DIO SERVICE, Phone 13, Riverside |h"ive. McHenry. 17-12 ?'ij WARNING -- Anyone molesting the house on what is known as the Weilef property in the McHenry Country Club subdivision will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 17-2 How Peach Cams to Thia Cow try From the Orisnt D|d you know the peach originated In China? There is an ancient Chinese superstition that if ybu eat enough peaches you will live foreveV. Many years ago. but after the American navy began to have a girl In every port, a Chinese girl, believing In this superstition, gave her sailor sweetheart a peach seed to carry for luck on a trip back to the states. While in his native land the sailor lost thf peach, seed. From it grew the first peach tree In the United States. This is only one example of what chance as well as nature may do in Introducing in a country some sort of foreign bane or blessing. The Dutch elm disease now threatening our elms was imported into this country in some dried out and apparently harmless logs from Europe.--Pathfinder Magazine. How to Silver Mirror* Make first solution by boiling eight ounces distilled water and adding 12 grains each of silver nitrate and Rochelle salts; allow to boll six or seven minutes, then cool and filter. Make second solution by dissolving 19 grains of silver nitrate in a little distilled water, then adding several drops of 26 degree ammonia until solution clears; then add 16 grains more of the silver nitrate, stirring welL Then add the balance of eight ounces distilled water and filter. Clean the glass for the mirror with ammonia, wiping Take half and half of the solutions, stirring well, and pour on the middle of the glass. It will spread over the surface and precipitate the silver.--Detroit News. I How Shoop Are BraadoJ i Sheep are branded with paint and ( not with hM i^ns, like cattle. The I fleece grows out so that hot-iron brand- ' ings would be covered up. Sheep must be branded every tUpe they are fleeced. : The branding of sheep is more common ' In the range countries-than in the farm states, as shetp are usually kept under i fence on farms, and there is not much JPOULTRYMEN, ATTENTION!--We! "«ed of branding. Special branding tiave a poultry expert who will worm,' paint should be used instead of Just cull and vaccinate your chickens.; any kind of !tar or barn paint, so as Worming--$1.50 per 100 birds includ-1 to reduce to * minimum the trouble of ing worm capsules; Culling--$1XK) scouring the wool. Manufacturers prefer 100 birds; Chicken Pox Vaccina-1 fer that.the brand be placed on sheep tion--$1.75 per 100 birds including where the wool is of the least value, Vaccine. McHenry County Farmers \ spch as on top of the rump. Co-operative Association. Phone Mc-i . '"*• . Some of the birds that save millions In crop* each year are still misjudged by the farmer. The beautiful Baltimore oriole has been accused of damaging grapes and garden peas. But studies show that the oriole's food habits are largely beneficial. Caterpillars are its favorite fare, but it also eats quantities of plant and bark lice, ants, wasps, ^grasshoppers, spiders and weevils. Farmers who tear swallows' nests from barn eaves are turning out their best friends. Swallows consume vast numbers of harmful flying insects and young birds;in the nest often eat more insects than their parents. Woodpeckers are often suspected of damaging trees by their drillings. Each hole drilled means that the bird has located the larva of a destructive wood-boring insect. Woodpeckers are among the most valuable forest conservationists and with their heavy bills they get insects that other birds can not get. Fruit raisers often look on robins as enemies because of the robin's appetite for cherries, yet robins consume insects harmful to fruit crops throughout the year, and only during June and July do they eat cultivated fruit to any extent. One good way to keep robins out of the orchards is to plant mulberry trees near-by. Mulberries ripen at the same time' as cherries and the birds prefer them to other fruits. • Bull's Pedigree, Looks, Poor Guides for Buyer Dairymen who pick a bull only by his pedigree and appearance pick a good bull only one time out of three, but those who use proved sire records as a basis for selecting herd sires choose a good bull three, times out of four, says Dr. J. F. Kendrick of the United States bureau of dairy industry. These conclusions are based upon numerous records of breeding activities in dairy herd-improvement associations. An example of a dairyman who depended only on pedigree and looks is cited by Dr. Kendrick. In 1925 the cows in his herd were averaging 320 pounds of butterfat a year. A new bull was purchased. Four years later the average herd production had been boosted to 354 pounds of fat for each cow. Another sire was added to the herd, chosen by the same method as the first. At the end of another four years the average herd production had dropped to 316 pounds. A third bull has not boosted the production average. Without proved sire records as a guide this dairyman picked only one good bull out of three. EailrMmarine Grew* Mftiie Numerous Errors In the early days of submarining, Vfhen Jokm Holland and his contemporaries wore theorizing and experimenting in underwriter cruising, they made many ludicrous mistakes and stumbled into predicaments from which they barely wiggled out. Pioneering in a new and capricious element, these inventors necessarily were so engrossed in the simple functions of diving and surfacing thai they often overlooked the attendant problems of trim, navigation, orientation, pressure and the redaction of men and machinery to the confines of air-tight hulls, writes Fred Hampson in the Baltimore Sun. Like most trail blazers in the field of mechanics, they took their chances and learned as they went along. Maybe that explains why oifc old pigboat chugged out into deep water with a dory tied to her superstructure, dived and pulled the rowboat under, where it promptly fouled the diving rudder. Feverishly the crew iblew the tanks and came up, cut fpe dory line and thereafter dispensed* With surface lifeboats. Endless are the yarns about submarines that dove well but not wisely and got stuck in the mud. The famous cfld TJarppn made at least One such descent. She went down off Block island, not far from the place the S-4 was lost, and bottomed purposely. Vhet the crew tried to pull hf r loose feedtanks nor engines could budge her. A mud bottom exerts a tremendous suction. nor* equipped with the air-cleansing chemicals carried on modern subs, and after a while the atmosphere *tanda?, 14 1939 Miss Blanche Bartusek of Ber*#ft and Albert Vales, Jr., speht Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales, Sr. Mrs. E. R. Sutton, Mrs. Eleanor. Nye, A. V. Martin, Arthur Martin, Jr., and Marie Vales drove to Rode Island Tuesday to visit the teachers at Villa DeChantel. Mrs. Nye called on one of her former teachers, a nun at the academy, and also Mrs, Eknerson Nye of Milwaukee, her sister-inlaw,- who is teaching at the school. George Vales took a vacation from his work to enjoy a week at the home of his J»§rents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vales. 4 Daniel Julten and Arthur Smith spent last week in Minneapolis and St. Paul after traveling on the streamliner, Hiawatha. They spent some time on the campus at the University of Minnesota. La Verne IQarlson of Chicago enjoyed the weekend with Miriam Sayler of this city. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Williger, Chicago, spent a few days this past week with her father, C. F. Pich. Rita Martin is visiting in Chicago this week with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kamholz of Chicago spent Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz. Daniel Justen left Tuesday for the University of Notre Dame where he ( entered upon his third year there. The Tarpon was not < Mr,\ ^ike Rauen of Spring Grove is a visitor at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. William Justen. j Misses Mildred and Eleanor Kinbecame drowsy. With touching confidence in their skipper they rolled into their bunks one by one and went to sleep, leaving the worried commander alone in the control room. flSenry 29. 16-2 HAVE YOUR GRAPES AND APPLES PRESSED--At Kattner's Cider Mill, 1 mile east of Spring Grove. Open Tuesday and Friday 'til 9 p. m. Phone Richmond 912. *16-4 GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let us dispose of your garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular year round route, formerly George Meyers'. Ben J. Smith. Phone 365 or 631-M-l. 2-tf DEAD ANIMALS--We want them -- Pay Cash! $1.00 per head for cows and horses, if called at once! ! Also pick up hogs and pigs. Day and night rervice, Sundays and holidays. No help needed in loading with our sani. tary loading devices. Post mortems will be given if requested. Phone Wheeling 102, reverse charges. 44-10 < How JavoKaa Aro Made Javelins consist of a wooden shaft attached to a sharp steel point, with a grip 16 centimeters broad, formed of a binding of whipcord about the. center of gravity. The total length must not exceed 8% feet and the total weight must not be less than one and threefifths pounds. . The shafts of the beet Javelins are made from the outer, sunside layer of the finest Finnish birch trees. IN BRITISH CABINET How Caul Zoao la Govoraod The Oanal Zone is a government reservation administered by the organization known as the Panama canal. This Is an Independent organization in the government service, whose head is the governor, directly under the President. As a matter of executive arrangement, the secretary of war represents the President in the administration of canal affair* Hog Mixture A well-balanced grain ration and good legume pasture will bring the pigs through in fine condition after weaning. A grain mixture of 80 pounds corn, 80 pounds oats, 12 pounds tankage, 10 pounds soybean oil meal, 8 pounds cottonseed meal, 6 pounds alfalfa meal, and 4 pounds of minerals is recommended. The amount of oats in the mixture is gradually reduced as the pigs get older and replaced with corn until all oats have been removed. The alfalfa meal can be left out if the pigs have good legume pasture. Getting the pigs started right and keeping them growing is the formula for success in hog raising. Farm Purchases Last year the federal land banks and the land bank commissioner made more than 6,000 loans to finance the purchase of farms. Loans averaged $3,000 to $4,000 each. They are limited to $7,500 and can be as high as three-fourths of the value of the property. Borrowers are required to have experience, equipment and sufficient savings to finance at least one-fourth of the purchase. grew heavy and foul and the men •8aIa were Chicago visitors Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schroeder and little son, Tommy, of Chicago are enjoying the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffes. Mrs. 'Betty Nielsen left Sunday for Harrodsburgh, Ky., where she will visit her daughter. Betty, who is ui*- der treatment in that city. Miss Lorraine Engeln is vacationing in Chicago this week. Next week she will leave there for a trip in the north. Stanley Vycital left for Champaign Friday where he will resume his studies of music. Mr. and Mrs. George Larsen of Elgin accompanied by their son, Richard, of Colorado were visitors in the home of Mrs. Mary O'Flaherty Tuesday. Miss Lena Stoffel spent Wednesday in Chicago. Ruth Reihansperger returned to her studies at Rockford college Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D. McArthur of Elgin announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Ruth Anita, to Dr. Fredrich A. Schurmeier, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Schurmeier, also of Elgin. The prospective bride is the granddaugthter of Mrs. Augusta Wolf of McHenry. Mrs. Herman Kreutzer, Jr., was a Chicago visitor Wednesday. Bruce Klontz left Sunday for Champaign where he will begin his studies in pre-medics. Mrs. Pleasey Fowler returned to her home in Tulsa, Okla., after visiting a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. J. Vycital. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander of this city attended the funeral services for Charles F. Warneke, -h^v brother, at Chicago Monday. Russian Zoo Keepers Tame Siberian Wolves Two .wolves that follow their friends around like dogs and seem to be equally trustworthy and selfreliant are kept at the zoological gardens at Moscow. Seven years ago two wolf puppies were caught by Soviet explorers in the Barsuka desert, north of the Aral sea in southeastern Siberia, and were sent to Moscow. The two puppies appeared to be friendly and not much frightened. Scientists at the zoo decided to try to tune afld train them, it being a frequent claim of animal experts that adult wolves are untamable and that wolf puppies grow wild and dangerous as soon as they reach maturity. The present report is that kjpdness, care and patience seem to have succeeded. Both wolves now are full grown, but still perfectly tame and have been taught tricks and good behavior precisely as is done with dogs of ordinary domestic breeds. Scientists at the zoo have become accustomed to take one or both of the wolves along as exhibits at dbientific or popular lectures. On such excursions the wolves ride oh the running board of the automobile just as well-trained dogs do and sit peacefully on the platform during the lecture. ' Invent Safety Covers When two Springfield, Ohio, men read newspaper reports of a sewer gas explosion that flipped manhole lids high in the air and killed several persons, they went to work on a safety lid. The result is a manhole cover that will let gas escape but cannot be flipped off by explosion or dislodged by traffic, says Popular Mechanics. It consists of two hinged lids connected to a center beam, although without any actual hinge, the connection being similar to that of a wheel on an axle. The lids would fly open in event of an explosion, but immediately drop back in position. The center beam is dropped through notches in the manhole rim and then given a quarter turn to anchor it. Once the cover is locked in place it cannot be dis lodged or tilted by wheel traffic. Lake County Republicans Present Lyons railer : Once again a shiny white trailer wfll take to highways of Illinois to further the candidacy of an aspirant for high state office. Richard J. Lyons, who met with such remarkable success in his recant trailer campaign as the Republican party's noi inee for United Stat', Senator, ha just been presented with the modern^ streamlined trailer, pictured above, aa a headquarters fpr his governship race, by his home, Lake County, Republican organization. The trailer, the lhst word in design and construction, is fully equipped with the most modern improvements. Measuring twenty-six f<^ in length, and of full road width, this model is four feet longer than the one used last year which caused so much excitement in Illinois' turbulent political picture. Painted a bright white, it is covered with slogans if red and blue. A speaking platform with hand railings, which telescope in when not in use; is built on top. The finest public address system available has been installed in the trailer uid four horns will broadcast the spewhes of the dynamic Libertyville candidate. This traveling headquarters will be independent of public utility power as it travels through the Prairie State, because its own electricity generating plant will pro* vide it with current to operate th#- loudspeakers and floodlights. i A Mercury coupe will pull the trail* er. v Lyons is planning to install a tw* way short wave radio telephone sysem in the trailer and one in his per- : anent campaign headquarters, so that he can be in constant touch with developments in the campaign. In accepting the trailer from Wil-. liam Marks, Chairman of the Lake County Republican Central Commit* tee, Lyons said, "It is with deep gratitude that I accept this beautiful, traveling headquarters. Believe me, I ap-*- preciate that it is the most modem thing on wheels. I thank you for your kind remarks about my being th» pioneer in this mode of campaigning and I promise you that 111 blaze » trail throughout this great state whicli will make you proud of your candidate. I plan to. devote all of my time from now until November of 1940 to campaigning for the Governorship. Every hamlet, and every city, will have an opportunity to hear the platform and principles I base my candidacy on. My street corner speeches i(i Chicago, in the 1938 campaign, have caused the leaders there to schedule me for a series of these addresses again for this coming primary." Fertiliser Science Improves Knowledge of the soil is becoming an increasingly exact science, says a bulletin by the Middle West Soil Improvement committee. Today it is possible to test a given soil in a few minutes and learn what its fertilizer needs may be. Not only in soil testing, but in the entire field of fertilizer use, agronomists of state colleges and experiment stations as well as county agents are co-operating to give farmers up-tothe- minute information on the most suitable types of plant food to use. THE M'HENRY PLAJNOEALER Published every Thursday at Mchenry, III., by Charles F. Renich. Entered as seeond-class matter at the postoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. RatS; and mice are multiplying alarmingly in New Zealand, where an epidemic of influenza killed most of the cats. One Year ~...$2.00| Six Months $1.00 A. H. MOSHBR Editor and Manager Fir as 'Medicine Tree* Among the northwestern Indians the great silver or white fir is held in high esteem as the "medicine tree," says Nature Magazine. In some localities young girls follow an age-old practice of stroking feet and ankles with white fir branches so that they will be small and shapely and never tire. They likewise brush their hands to keep them small, and their faces that they may be beautiful. Reliance is placed on the pungent fragrance of the white fir to protect feather finery, furs and woolens from moths. Small pieces of hot charcoal from the Douglas fir are laid on the affected regions to relieve rheumatic pains and muscle cramps. A drink made by boiling young fir twigs with their leaves is a favorite tonic. How Living Spoago Loelgil.- When taken, the living sponge is covered with a "skin" or membrane, and large part of the Interior is filled with a soft, pulpy, fleshy substance. Both of these must be removed, leaving' the skeleton clean. The. sponge Is first killed and then macerated to liquefy the putrescible matter which Is theii washed and squeezed out How Woodon Shoos Aro Mado The wooden shoes of Hollands are made of hardwood, such as maple or ash, largely imported from Scandinavla, Russia or Finland. The exterior of a wooden shoe is usually shaped wit* a draw knife; the Interior is bceed with an auger and shaped and smoothed to size with chisel*. Miss Florence Horsbrugh, member of the British parliament, recently was appointed parliamentary secretary to the minister ef health-- the first woman to become * minis? ter for eight years. i Signature Record Mayor Lionel Evans, Youngstown, Ohio, has set what officials of a Cincipnati bond certificate company believe is a new world record for signing bonds. The mayor signed his name to 250 certificates for a $350,- 000 airport bond issue in 34 minutes. On account of taking a wrong highway, a truck-carried circus showed in Perryabntg, Ohio, instead of Adrian Mich., where it was billed. Isolate New Animals New farm animals should not be allowed to mingle with the home stock, but should be isolated for several weeks, authorities of the American Foundation for Animal Health declare. This will allow time for dormant diseases to manifest themselves and will prevent the spread of such diseases to other stock on the farm. Manure Important Barnyard manure should be well cared for. Use plenty of straw to soak up the liquid part and protect the pile from the weather and heavy drainage. Of the 10 pounds of nitrogen contained in a ton of average farm manure, about one-half is in the liquid, and is in such chemical combination that it is as easily lost by exposure to the air, with freezing or drying, as free ammonia would be. Neglecting care of manure is a common farm error. / Whittling by Microscope Pick up your magnifying glass and take a look at the work of McDonald Taylor, world's champion microscopic whittler. Last year Taylor gained national prominence when he carved tiny chairs from match sticks and mounted this almost invisible furniture on the heads of pins. Then a rival carved a table, four chairs and four plates, and mounted them on the head of a pin. Taylor not only duplicated his rival's accomplishment but added a spoon at each plate and placed a bit of dessert (carved from colored celluloid) on each plate. The bowls of the spoons are one-fifth the size of a period in a newspaper, Taylor said. He's working on a chair with hair-like legs that will be 26 times smaller than the head of a pin. Mrs. Lucille Rees of Fort Wayne Ind., doubtless owes her life to a stay in her corset which deflected a stray gullet fired by an unknown person. Tire prices will advance veyr soon. If you need new tires, now is the time to trade in yonr old tires for the famous Gum-dipped Champions, High Speed, Convoy or Standard Liberal allowance on your old tires! ! ' YES -- We sell w timo payment plan -- Present prims Are subject to change without notice. 1 --ACT HOW!---- •Batteries as low as $3.95 Tire and Tube Vulcanizing, Battery Charging and Repairing Phone 291 --West McHenry At Bill Merles' New Radio Direction Finder Errorless radio direction finding is claimed for a new special antenna which, with a device, has been developed by experts in Paris.^ The apparatus, which is operated much more easily than the long-range type direction flnder, uses short waves and precludes all possibilities of error in bearings. It can be installed anywhere and is not affected with night error. )*. • Real Cheppdf Perry Greene, Augusta, Maine, la justifiably proud of his wood-chopping prowess. He recently chopped through an 8 by 8 kiln-dried hard pine timber in 15% seconds. Using a 10-pound ax, he severed the timber with six "clips" on one side and four on the other. P13 T i X l l B A T • The buggy whip industry is.not entirely dead, as nearly half a million dollars worth were made and sold last year. Sunday, Sept 17-2 p.m. PRIZES, VALUABLE TROPHIES AND MERCHANDISE i \ . V " Speed and T h r i l l # • > ' AUSPICES OF THE CHAIN-O-LAKES BOAT CLUB • . i