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«fr.: fe'LiJ'SiffejitKs•..« ?, if* :•' . 'i';ii7... ^Sfci* 5 iS.Il. , • -H *» i.*f> - y-. >•"•?!£' kilh'^4 "•' ^••'X'4 fe^;.:-. *v: FOOD CROP IS EASILY STORED verage Farm Provides Many Choice Spots. --: Is- • - S *7 H. R. NISWONGEK •••••*' Most farms provide plenty of ce spots where the family can re ample supplies of fruits apd getables for the winter. A cellar, basement, attic, or pit •rc favorable places to store apples, gears, root crops, dried beans or peas, onions, pumpkins, and squash, Studies at Nort'i Caroling college disclose. However, cellars containing furnaces usually are not Satisfactory for fruits and root crops *8 the atmosphere is too warm and dry- Also, cabbage should not be Slcred in a cellar since the odor Will penetrate through the house. On the outside, hot beds or cold JSfames- provided with a covering of Ifbards and dirt may be utilized for storing root crops such as beets, turnips, and carrots, and for celery, collards, and cabbage. • Outdoor pit storage in a well- ^tSlned location is very satisfactory for storing root crops and potatoes. Several small pits should be constructed instead of one! large «Pe- ^Vegetables should be stored In 0fmical piles and covered with ttraw and dirt, fts winter approaches, the'dirt covering should be increased. Ventilation may be provided by inserting a section of stove pipe into one side of the pit, extending from the vegetables out through the straw and dirt. Another section of stove pipe may inserted on the opposite side. Not only will this provide ventilation, but it will permit the removal «f vegetables in small quantities through the pipe. In this manner, the straw and dirt covering will not be disturbed, A||er each removal of vegetables, rfbe stuffing used in closing the stove pipes should-be replaced. Some farmers erect a temporary board covering or shed over the storage pits to keep off the rain. Many Farmers Use U. S. Marketing Aids More farmers are carrying their problems to the county agent now than a few years ago, on the basis of nation-wide reports from the 3,000 agents of the agricultural extension service. Seekers after information on marketing, for example, numbered approximately 1,200,000 last year--more than double the number __ gf farmers asking for help with marketing problems as recently as 1932. Most of those assisted were members of co-operative selling or purchasing organizations. Records of •f county agents show that some form of assistance with marketing problems was given by extension agents in 18,500 communities. Individual farmers and organizations aided handled products valued at more than $640,000,000. Among the types of marketing OOunsel most frequently requested lly farmers was assistance in making best use of current rr>arket information, in locating markets, and in packaging and processing farm products. Organizations asked for similar service?, and for assistance |n accounting and methods of keeping their membership informed- More than 100 specialists on state extension staffs spend either full or part time on extension work in marketing. County agents, at work in all agricultural counties, give a share of their time to marketing work, the amount varying in different counties. As with all activities of the extension service, the marketing program has reached its present -proportions largely because of the assistance given by 14,000 farmers who voluntarily act as local leaders marketing work. Hot-Spot Remover -- !•' Farmers near one Ohio town have jjofund that rural hot spots can be cooled off with the right kind of competition, according to the Country Home Magazine. When a local dancing pavilion and tourist camp of questionable reputation began to get on their nerves, a dozen farmers contributed $2 each to hire a group of entertainers. Then they advertised a Saturday night dance with free ice cream and other mild refreshments, and for two Saturday evenings in a row attracted such big crowds that the hot spot pas left high and dry. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, the dancing pavilion proprietor now operates his place in a manner which 'meets community approval. *,' --__________ T M £ C R OVV£,t D I NN # I'M lltLtN Cl.VHK >v £ N T WO R T'H A LL day long they had been going by the inn, camels and donkeys stirring up dust, weary men and women resting by the stream outside the inn yar-d. The little country maid had never seen so much travel. Just outside the city of Jerusalem, near by the village of Bethlehem, there were plenty of people who stopped for refreshment. And Jeremiah kept a good inn. He was a good man too. But he was hard, sparing neither man nor beast. And his niece Rebecca was hard put to do the tasks that were set before ujr. . "Why are there so many travelers today?" she asked the little slave girl who helped her prepare the evening meal "The tribesmen," replied Fatirna, "are going to Jerusalem to be numbered, so that they may pay their taxes. And this will continue for days. These are not times of rejoicing and feasting for us!" Rebecca looked up as a bearded man, leading an ass on which a young woman rode, entered the courtyard. "Is" the inn keeper here?" he asked gently. "My wife and I seek shelter." "There are no rooms left," Fatirna told him, going on with her work. But Rebecca lookedmp at the woman, whose face was weary and touched with pain. "I will see what provision can be made," the little maid exclaimed. Her eyes never left the young woman's sweet face. The woman smiled at Rebecca, and her husband smiled too. Rebecca's face lightened eagerly and even Fatima found herself softening. Rebecca had some difficulty finding her uncle, busy as he was with many things. Then it was hard to make him listen. "TKore mnct «tm* nlaM 1IWcle. That ne\v -• straw, would be warm and comfortable. She cannot go farther, I know." "So be it," he answered. Then, as they neared the group, he too was impressed by the young worn-* an's beauty and the lovely warmth of her smile. "There is naught but the stable," he told them, "but Rebecca will seek to make you comfortable there." Even after she had done every* thing die could, and had crept into her own dark corner for the night, Rebecca found she eouW not forget the couple in the stable. Mary, the man had called his wife. There was such a radiance about her. "I won^ der what makes her so different," Rebecca thought. ' And she opened her eyes. In amazement she saw light in the courtyard, so much that It seemed the dawn must have come. But the light came from a star that shone just about the stable. Out into the yard the girl crept, and sudd®. .'v : v*.t3 $a cee&ga, happy sound. Rebecca Ipoked about. No oM was stirring. Far off, on the hillside she saw what looked like a group of men, shadowy, indistinct, seemingly moving toward Bethlehem. It must be her imagination. Possibly it was Ephraim's vineyard she saw. Soon she stood in the stable doorway. There, lighted by a lantern, was Joseph, bending over the young" woman and holding in his arms a tiny baby--her firstborn. At Rebecca's exclamation he turned, and into her outstretched arms he handed the little figure and showed her the snowy lengths of swaddling cloth. Tenderly the maid clothed the infant and laid it beside the mother.- "Thank you," Mary whispered. "For the child's sake and in Hlg name, I thank you for. what you have done. We thank her, don't we, Jesus?" The baby opened his eyes and smiled. "He smiled at me," Rebecca^ exclaimed. "I shall never forget, a new born babe smiled into my face to say thank you." Mary dreuit the < o .lie shelter of her arms. Her eyes closed, Joseph walked to the doorway and watched Rebecca as she returned to her room. He, too, saw the clump of trees or vines, or was it a group of men on the hillside? Then he returned to the manger and settled down beside Mary and the sleeping Jesus. Don*t Marry the Girl Day After Christmas U you believe the early monks, don't select the day after Christmas to get married, start a new job or put on that new salt. It's Childermass day, commemorating the slaughter of the Holy Innocents by Herod, and in the early days was considered an occasion of the greatest ill-omen. Children, according to legend, were soundly whipped Childermass day to impress on their minds the story of the baby martyrs. So intense was the fear of this unfortunate festival that the coronation of England's King Edward IV was postponed in order to avoid the fatal date. y > " . White House Maintains Traditions 139 Years Old WASHINGTON. - Santa Claus makes his 139th visit to the White House this Christmas, carrying on a tradition started December 25, 1800, when Kris Kringle called on little Suzannah, granddaughter of President John Adams from Massachusetts. The White House in those days was in an unfinished state and the great barnlike rooms were only scantily furnished, providing a great contrast to the beautifully appointed mansion of today. Yet the same joyoiis spirit prevailed on that Christmas morning, more than a century and a quarter ago. as that found in the White House this Yuletide. Frpm early years of our country, Presidents have set aside the heavy burden of state and made merry Christmas day with their families. Farming Briefs f Surplus products amounting to 1,700,000,000 pounds were bought and distributed by the Federal Surplus Commodities corporation in the last fiscal year. The cost, including charges for freight and handling, totaled $66,000,000. Included in the list were 122,000,000 pounds of butter, 3,210,000 dozen eggs, 61,200,000 quarts of fluid milk and 13,900,0d0 pounds of dry skim milk. - . + . .» --»--e •"s* . *- . :v„. .. 1; Christmas Tree Useful During Rest of Winter AMHERST. MASS.--In northern states where Christmas heralds the coming of cold winter weather, the tree that warms the living room December 29 is being put to work the balance of the winter outdoors. According to Arnold M. Davis, extension horticulturist at Massachusetts state college, fir trees can make excellent "feeding stations" for birds and offer them cozy shelter on frosty winter nights. Suet is often tied to the branches. The tree is also used to protect climbing plants, or the branches can be ripped off and laid as a mulch over low-growing plants or bulbs. Northern beekeepers find the trees handy as windbreaks. Eeee Homo 1)» phrase ecce homo is from -tiie Lathi and means behold the man. It is said to be the Latin ver- ' W? sion of the words used by Pilate in . ; presenting Christ wearing the crown of thorns to,the Jews. Son Gives Away Bride * . ^jt. When Charles Hobbs, 75 years old, r -. !and Mrs. Emily Paine, 70, were .married in East Huntsspill, England, the bride was given away by her sour ,. Sun's 'Virginia' \ Still Has Faith In Santa Claus Tet, Virt&ie, (fare k e Sami Clam*. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and git* to life its highest beauty and joy" Forty-two years ago ah editorial writer for the New York Sun penned these now-famous lines in answer to a scrawled letter from a little girl named Virginia, whose faith in Santa had been shaken. Today Virginia is grown up, married, and serves as assistant principal in an east side New York school. Her name is Dr. Laura Virginia Douglas and this Christmas she's playing Santa Claus not only to her pupils but her own daughter. Pink-cheeked, vivacious, yet shy and hesitant in speaking of personal matters, Dr. Douglas is not in favtyr of breaking the news baldly to a child that there is no Santa Claus. He will learn naturally, she says, as he turns from the free, imaginative stage of early childhood to an interest in the world around him. When she first became old enough to realize the full meaning of the Sun's editorial, she felt badly because poor children were not able to have Christmas gifts as tangible evidence of Santa's existence. Later, she says, she grew to realize that material gifts were not so important as the faith which even the very poor child could have, in something spiritual. f- v . . > . • Yale Flower Named After U. S. Diplomat Thank an early American diplomat for the poinsettia plant yoa receive (or don't receive) Christmas morning. The flaming flower whose vcrmillton-red leaves are mistaken at a distance for the petals of its flower, was brought to the United States about 1821 by Joel Roberts Poihsett, minister to Mexico, who discovered it growing there. Poinsett, who had studied both law and medicine abroad and served many years is the diplomatic service, ended bis career in the American house of representatives from 1821 to 1825. Bat were it not for the plant he brought back from Mexico, his name would now be unknown. Big-Hearted Mother « To her two daughters, Mrs. I*. P. Oldham, of Oklahoma City, bequeathed "my sunny disposition, mjr sense of fairness and my beautiful neck." The daughters also received $4,000 in real estate. lee Cream From orient To Marco Pole goes credit for giving western civilization * ice cream. He brought the first recipe from the Orient some six centuries , • • - -«•. ^SNAPSHOT GUILD" • CHRISTMAS CAMERAS I A simple, Inexpensive Christmas camera will Introduce your boy or girl to one of the most wholesome of hobblea--amateur photography. WANT Christmas gifts for chll- ^ dren have no real purpose, beyond the Immediate pleasure they gtye. In short, they don't broaden the chfid's range of interests, or help develop his personality. But there's one outstanding exception--the simple beginner's camera. • camera, to the growing child, Is a valuable possession. It offers a means of self-expression. It makes a child more observant, more alert. It enables the boy or girl to keep a record of things -- school friends, school activities, Boy Scoot or Girl Scout hikes, holidays, and vacation trips--and thai yields treasured memories. Amateur photography -- as every camera fan knows--is one of the moat wholesome and stimulating of hobbles. It is certainly one of the most popular. And the boy or girl who receives a personal camera early in life iB more likely to develop true skill, thus obtaining greater value from this unique hobby. Any average child of 10 years «r older can take pictures successfully with a simple camera. Indeed, children often* learn the routine camera adjustments more readily than adults. And millions of fine pictures are taken with inexpensive cameras selling between $1 and |5 -- prices which come well inside most Christ' mas gift budgets. It you would like to do your child a real service this Christmas, try these two gifts: first, a simple camera; second, if the child is not too young, an inexpensive, elementary book on picture-taking. The book will provide stimulating advice and ideas; the camera, a means for applying these ideas. Together, they will help lead ^rour child into the world's happiest hobby. John van Guilder . USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOB QUICK RESULTS '• « .v*. LiT , •, • . t jr. Paul L Schwabe Phone: McHenry 12S-J Woodstock <74 A. R Nye orwMMmusr w-»MdhmT THURSDAY MORNINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY CENTRAL GARAGE --One of the beat equipped garages in Northern Illinois-- STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS Guaranteed Service on all Makes of Cars and Tracks Full line of Winter Oils and Oreases > Alcohol - Zerone - Prestone Jfnll Line of Atlas and Goodyear Til# Electric and Acetylene Welding C«r Washing and Polishing . : .FEED J. 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