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WARN OF INJURY
BY CHINCH BUGS
Spring Right of Insect Continued
Over Much Longer Period
Than Usual.
HARM TO CORN APPREHENDED
Department of Agriculture Urges
Step* Be Taken to Check Infesta
tion—Kerosene Emulsion Will
Btop March of Pests.
Warning messages from Missouri,
Indiana and Illinois state that the
chinch bug Is appearing locally in the
southern portions of these states and
somewhat farther north In Indiana.
The spring flight of the bug continued
over a longer period than usual, and
for that reason the Infestation has
been extended to larger areas. The
bureau of entomology. United States
department of agriculture, apprehends
severe injury to.the corn crops latfer
ou unless steps are taken to check the
Infestation, and is assisting to the ex
tent of its ability toward putting con
trol measures Into effect.
Where Bugs Hibernate.
The bureau of entomology offers the'
following information: The chinch
bugs spend the winter In clumps of
bunch grass and under dead leaves
and rubbish. In the spring they
emerge and fly to fields of young
wheat, where they lay their eggs on
the root tops and stems. When the
wheat commences to ripen and dry.
the young bugs leave the wheat fields
In armies and walk —for most of them
cannot fly—to the cornfields, where
they do the greatest damage.
The fact that they make the migra
tion from the wheat to the corn by
walking gives the farmer his oppor
tunity to check the invasion by pour
ing road oil along the bottom of a
shallow furrow dug across the line of
march. Deep holes should be dug
every 25 feet along the furrow on the
side nearest the wheat to trap the
bugs.
8pray Infested Com.
Corn already Infested may be
sprayed with kerosene emulsion along
Chinch Bug.
the first rows to prevent the bugs
from going farther. Some corn will
be injured by the spray, but the bal
ance will be safe from the bug.
As a preventive measure, burn all
trash and dried grasses, especially
such as grow In clumps like “broom
Redge” during early winter or early
spring. Roadsides and pastures should
receive most thorough treatment of
this character.
WORKING FOR BETTER SIRES
Virginia Farmer Enrolls in “Better
8iree —Better Stock” Movement-
Discards Grades.
Illustrating the results of the “Bet
ter Sires —Better Stock” movement, a
Virginia farmer owning 40 grade cows
and ewes recently enrolled in the cam
paign. He listed no purebreds of any
kind, but agreed to sell his grade bull
and to get a purebred ram. Hereafter
he will use purebred sires only.
SOW TURNIPS IN SEPTEMBER
Qood Crop May B, Saeuratf but Batter
Plan to Have Them In Q round
Sia Weeka Earlier.
Turnips do well It town before the
middle of September, though It la bet
ter to have them lu the. ground a
month or atx weeka earlier. The ruta
baga* must be planted a mouth' earlier
than the turulpai
Information on Wheat
Growing.
The following Farmers’ Bul
letins on wheat growing may be
obtained free on application to
the division of publications of
the United States department of
agriculture, Washington, D. C.:
596. The Culture of Wheat In
the Eastern United States.
616. Winter Wheat Varieties
for the Eastern United States.
678. Growing Hard Spring
Wheat.
680. Varieties of Hard Spring
Wheat.
732. Marquis Wheat.
827. Shalin, or “Egyptian
Wheat.’’
895. Growing Winter Wheat
on the Great Plains.
1006. The Wheat Jointworm
and Its Control.
1041. Eelworra Disease of
Wheat and Its Control.
1063. Take-All and Flag-Smut,
Two Wheat Diseases New to the
United States.
VEGETABLES REQUIRE
PROPER VENTILATION
Plan Outlined for Securing This
in Storage Room.
Lacking Essential Can Be Overcoma
by Providing Air Duct of Wood,
Metal or Terra Cotta, Fitted
in One of the Windows.
It Is necessary to have good vent!-
lation if food and vegetables are to be
kept safely in storage. In many cel
lars under dwellings the lack of venti
lation is the only essential that Is
lacking. However, this can usually be
easily overcome by providing an air
duct constructed of wood, metal or
terracotta, which, fitted in one of the
windows. Is desirable, as it permits
the cool air to enter at the bottom of
the room. Two or more Joints of 6-
inch stovepipe, one with a damper,
and an elbow may be used. A piece
of board with a hole the size of the
pipe is fitted in the window in place
of one of the panes of glass. Another
pane of glass may be removed from
Details of construction for the ven.
tilation of a storage room In a base
ment. The air duct may be made of
wood, terracotta, or metal and in
stalled in place of a pane of glass,
thus avoiding cutting through the oel
lar wall. A hinged door the size of
another pane of glass may serve as
an outlet for the warm air.
the sash and a small hinged door fitted
In Its place, which when open allows
the heated air to escape. In cold
weather both the hinged door and the
damper In the stovepipe must be
closed. The windows in the storage
room should be darkened In order to
protect the vegetables from the light.
Barrels, crates, boxes, or bins may
be used as containers for the various
vegetables, but movable containers are
preferable to built-in bins, as it is
possible to remove them for cleaning.
It Is advisable to construct shelves or
a slat floor to keep the crates, boxes,
baskets, and other containers off the
ground. This is highly desirable to In
sure a free circulation of air and to
prevent the containers from harboring
mice, rats, and other vermin. The
shelves for canned goods along one
side of the room need not be more
than 6 inches wide.
MARQUIS WHEAT IS POPULAR
Yielding Quality Qraatar Than That
of Any Othar yariaty. With
Exeaption of Durum.
The popularity of Marquis wheat la
still gaining In the spring-wheat
states. This variety contributed 67.8
per cent of the spring wheatcrop of
1919 In Minnesota, 47.5 per cent In
North Dakota, 63.8 per cent In South
Dakota, and 71.4 per cent In Montana.
It was hardly In evidence In the sow
ings of 1914. The yielding quality of
the wheat Is greater than that of any
other variety except Durum, a variety
that Is gaining In popularity, although
leas than Marqnls.
SANITARY QUARTERS NEEDED
In Order to Insure Pigs Greatest
Amount of Vitality Every
thing Must Bo Cloan.
A point that should receive the
earnest attention of every progressive
hog raiser Is the necessity of having
all quarters clean, with sanitary bog
wallows, fresh, clean drinking water,
and well lighted, ventilated and com
fortable quarters In order to Insura
for the pigs the greatest amount of
vttalltv and resistance to diwaia
LATE
MARKET
QUOTATIONS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
UENVEII MARKETS.
Cottle.
Small killers were strong contender!
for the few good lots offered, bul
packers were pretty well filled up and
rather hard to interest. The desirable
killing cattle sold at prices generally
called steady to strong:, compared wit*
Wednesday, but the medium and
plainer grades were slow to move and
prices wore w eak. A very good clear
ance of everything was made by noon
and the market on the whole in rathei
better shape than earlier in the week
Compared to Monday, the good cattle
are around half a dollar higher and is
some spots more. . ,
Beef steers were not very plentiful
A few odds and ends of good qualit)
sold at fid to sll. while choice kind!
are quoted up to sl2. Fair steers art
bringing $8.50 to $lO.
Cows sold at $7 to $8 for most of th«
pretty decent killing grades. Choict
fat cows are quoted up to $9. Fail
cows are bringing $6 to $7, and com
mon kinds from $6 down.
Beef Steers.
A few small lots sold at $lO to sll
with fair grades at $9 to $9.75 ant
plainer steers from $8.75 down. Cholc*
fleshy native steers would probably
bring around sl2 were they offerod
Early in the week some pretty gooc
steers from northwestern Colorado sol<
at $11.50.
. Hogs.
Good hogs $ 15.00® 15.9»
Sheep.
Good fat lambs are quoted at $10.71
to $11.25. with plainer grades fron
$10.50 to $10.75. Ewes are bringint
$5.25 to $5.75. Very few choice lambi
are coming to market at present am
packers are forced to buy a good man]
lambs that probably would do as feed
ers if the supply of choice grades wai
for feeding lambs is pickln|
up clally and the trade is expected t<
absorb a good many this coming week
Good to choice feeders are quoted fron
$lO to $10.50. with fair to good gradei
at $9 to $9.75.
Dressed Poultry.
The following prices on dressst
poultry are net F. O. B. Denver.
Turkeys, No. Is 4o
Turkeys, old toms
Hens, lb 36
Ducks, young 30 @35
Geese 2o @27
Roosters 22
l.lve l*ou I try.
Turkeys, 10 lbs. or over.... 30.
Hens, lb 24
Ducklings _2a
Goslings 20 @2l.
Broilers. 1920 crop 35 @3B
Cocks 16
Eggs.
Eggs, strictly fresh, case „ „„„
count 1L2.f.0@12.75
Boss off, per doz 32# .47
Butter.
Creamery, first grade 56
Creameiy. second grade 48
Process Butter 49
Packing stock 40
Butter Fat.
Direct 54 @66
Station 48 @^o
Fruit.
Apples, new, Colo., box $2.25@4.0
Apricots, crate
Cantaloupes, standard cits.. 1.50@-.7.
Cantaloupes, pony crates.... 1.25# 2.0«
Currants, pints, crate 6.50(0 7.-.
Pears, box 3.00® 4.0'
Watermelons 2.50®3.5'
Vegetables.
Asparagus, lb $ -13# .15
Beans, navy, cwt B.ao# 9.00
Beahs, Pinto, cwt 6.00@ C.<s
Beans, Lima. lh 22# •:*
Beans, green, lb 05# .0b
Beans, wax. lb 04# -Oj*
Beets. Colo., doz. bunches .30# .40
Beets, cwt 3.00# 4.00
Cabbage. Colo., cwt 1.250 l.»0
Carrots, cwt 4.00# 5.00
H. H. Cucumbers, doz.. 7.»
Celery. Colo Go@ .<5
Corn, Colorado, doz *»o# •*”
Leaf lettuce, h. h.. doz... .40@ .aO
Lettuce. head, doz 90# 1.00
Onions, Colo., cwt 8.50@ 4.00
Green peas, lb 10@ .12
Peppers _ -j[®@
Potatoes, new s.ooi# 3.50
Radishes, long h. h 20# -30
Radishes, round h. h -0@ .30
Rhubarb, lb 03@ .04
Spinach -0-*
Tomatoes, Colo., lb 07# .08
Turnips, cwt 4.00
IIA V A Nil fill AI9T.
Grata.
Buying prices (bulk) carloads. F. O
B. Denver:
Corn. No. 3 yellow $2.9<
Corn. No. 3 mixed
Oats, per cwt ~• • • 3.0
Barley, per cwt 2-3'
Hay.
Timothy. No. 1. ton *£9.o(
Timothy. No. 2. ton 28.0
South Park. No. 1. ton -28.0
South Park. No. 2. ton 26.0<
Alfalfa, ton 25.01
Second Bottom. No. 1. ton 23.01
Second Bottom. No. 2. ton 21.5'
Straw I°°
HIDES AND PELTS.
■leaver Prlee Mat.
Dry Fllat Hides.
Butcher. 16 lbs. and up 2.
Butcher, under 16 lbs 21
Fallen, all weights 2<
Bulls and stags U
Cul is • -h
Dry Salt hides. 6c per lb. less.
Dry Fllat Pelts.
Wool pelts If
Short wool pelts 1C
Butcher shearings 0i
No. 2 murrain slrearings 05
Bucks, saddles and pieces of pelts .0i
tireea Salted Hides. Ete.
Cured Hides. 25 lbs. up. No. 11(
Cured Hides. 25 lbs. up. No. 2 Of
Bulls. M». 1
Bulls. No. 2 0i
Glues. hides and skins ot
Kip. No. 1 II
Ki|«’ No. 2 It
Calf. No. 1 15
Calf. No. 2 13
Branded Kip and calf. No. 1 1C
Brandeu Kip and calf. No. 2.. t ... .0!
Part cured hides. 2c per lb. less
than cured.
Green hides. 4c per lb. less than
cured.
Grccs Salted Haraehldes.
No. 1 $4.5f1#5.0C
No. 2 3.50#4.00
Headless. 50c less.
Ponies aud glue 2.50@3.5Q
Metal Market.
COLORADO SETTLEMENT PRICKS.
Bar silver (United States) $ .99^
Bar silver (foreign) 95 Tv
Zinc 7.85
Copper 19
Lead 9.00
Chirac* Cask Grain.
Chicago.—Wheat—No. 2 red. $2.62 *
S' 2.54 V 4 ; No. 2 hard. $2.53 Vi O 2.55 V* .
o. 2 Northern spring. $2.53@2.i5.
Corn —No. 2 mixed. $1.5901.C1; No. 2
yellow. 11.1001.6546-
Oat*— No. 2 white. 72* 075 c; >o i
Barley—sl,oso Lit.
Timothy Seed—$•.00011.01).
Clover Seed—s2s,ooo to 00
Pork —Nominal.
Lard—sl9.7o.
THX CHXTSNNX RKCORD.
Wounded soldiers, members of the associated art studios, at Camp Pelham bay, learning to be artists, under
Afort M. Burger, Instructor. They are paid by the govern ninent while learning.
MODERN PLANS FOR
JERUSALEM
One Is for a Tunnel to Pass Be
neath It From Dead Sea to
Mediterranean.
MAY PRESERVE IT INTACT
What the Houses and Stables of An
cient Palestine Are Really Like—
Village Streets Crooked, Nar
row and Unpaved.
Washington.'—Palestine soon may
take its place among industrial nations
and ancieut Jerusalem may become a
humming mart of modern trade, if
projects in contemplation are realized.
One such project is that of building a
tunnel from the Dead Sea to the Medi
terranean, passing under Jerusalem,
which would utilize the variation in
levels to provide water power for sta
tions along the way. A second sug
gestion is to build a new industrial
zone about Jerusalem while the an
cient city is preserved Intact.
In this connection the National Geo
graphic society has Issued, from its
Washington headquarters, the follow
ing announcement, based on a commu
nication to the society by John D.
Whiting:
“The present-day villages are locat
ed, as a rule, either on the top of
hills, originally for protection, or near
some spring or source of water. Many
are built upon the foundations whose
origin dates back thousands of years.
There does not exist a single example
of a peasant village that has been
founded in modem times.
Old-Style Village Home.
“Many have pictured Mary and Jo
seph, after arriving at the ‘lnn’ at
Bethlehem, and finding no room, be
ing forced to turn into some bam built
of timber, with lofty roof, hay mows,
wooden mangers and stalls for cattle
and sheep. Such a stable has been
the subject of many medieval and
modern artists, but it does not present
a really true picture. Let us consider
the old-style village home that is most
common in the districts around Jeru-
Made to Eat With Dog,
Husband Gets Divorce
Sun Francisco.—A mother-in
law with a bad temper and a
dog with fleas that slept In his
bed and took breakfast off the
same plate with him wrecked
the home life of Joseph R. Pra
da, 525 Twenty-fourth avenue, he
told Superior Judge George H.
Cahanlss. He was granted a di
vorce from Mrs. Lillian M. Pra
da. who, he said. Insisted that
the dog sleep In her husband's
bed. Prada's mother testified
she had seen breakfast served
to her son and to his wife’s dog.
both in bed, off the same tray.
406 SHIPS ARE FOR SALE
Government Seeks to Dispose of
Wooden Vessels
On* of the Moot Difficult Problem*
Now Facing th# United State*
Shipping Board.
Washington.—Disposal of more
than 1,500,000 tons of wooden shipping
—406 vessels of various type*—built
as a part of the government’s war
time merchant marine program. Is one
of the moat dllßcult problems facing
the shipping board.
Twenty-oge of the craft, aggregat
ing 82.000 deadweight tone, were of
fered recently, but no buyer* were
found.
Only 1M of these wooden craft are
now In operation. Seventy-three
are tied up at various ports under
managing caretakera and ISB are In
storage yards. One hundred ant
seven of than* la are Bn
Wounded Soldiers Learning to Be Artists
aalem and Bethlehem, for that will
give us a better idea of what happened
on that first Christmas day.
“The village streets are crooked,
narrow and unpaved. As in many of
the countries of the Orient, farmers
live close together for protection, and
not on their lands; therefore, in the
villages there are no open fields or gar
dens, hut house is next to house, ex
cept for the small walled-in inclosures
or sheepfolds through which one gen
erally passes in going into a dwelling.
“The house itself consists of one
large room, usually square. The walls,
from three to four feet thick, are built
of blocks of stone roughly dressed and
laid in mortar, roofed over with a
dome, also of stone.
“Entering the door, we find that about
two-thirds of the space Is devoted to
a raised masonry platform, some eight
to ten feet above the ground and sup
ported by low-domed arches. This
raised space, called el mastaby, is the
part occupied by the family, while the
lower part is used for the cattle and
flocks.
“On one side Is an open fireplace,
with a chimney running through the
wall and terminating on the roof.
Furniture Is Simple.
“The furniture is very simple—a
crudely decorated bridal chest, a straw
mat, or heavy woven woolen rug, which
covers part of the flooi, and mattresses
with • thick quilts and hard pillows.
TO REVIVE TAHITI LORE
Excavators Search Ruins for Rel
ics of Ancient Worship.
Temples Where Human Sacrifices
Were Offered Destroyed by Mis
sionaries Centuries Ago.
Papeete. Tahiti.—The ancient lore
of Tahiti is to he resurrected and the
ruins of the temples of the South Pa
cific islanders, ordered destroyed a
century ago by Christian mission
aries, are to be uncovered by excava
tion.
Efforts to gather the relics of a for
gotten worship are being vigorously
prosecuted here.
So completely were the wishes of
the missionaries carried out that noth
ing remains save traces of the founda
tions of the great central temple of
Marae at Atehuro, on Tahiti island,
where human sacrifices were offered
to the bloodthirsty god of war. “Oro."
Excavations are expected to bring
to light some interesting objects,
which. It is hoped, will reveal the pur
poses and uses of this ancient struc
ture.
Marae. while being the chief temple
of Tahiti, was not the oldest or the
most important In the islands. The
temple at Opoa. traces of which still
remain on the island of Kaiutea, was
lulled hulls, \vhlle 32 ure converted
barges.
Officials of the board say that when
the serviceability of the wooden fleet
has been demonstrated little difficulty
will be experienced in turning it over
to private ownership at about $9O a
ton. These vessels were built In an
emergency, many of green timber, and
some of them made poor showings a
year and two years ago. but now that
they have “seasoned" officers of the
board consider them practicable cargo
carriers.
Because of the bad record of some
of the vessels, operators have con
demned them all. officials declare,
whereas the records of those now In
operation show very creditable per
formances. One wooden ship out of
six round trips across the Atlantic;
at sea 500 days and n port an equal
number, was laid up for repairs sot?
22 days.
To data 532 wooden and composite
■hip* XFWfIW LM*23O *■«-
which at night are spread on the floor.
The cooking utensils are few In num
ber —one clay cooking pot. a coupla
of large wooden bowls In which to
knead the dough and a couple of small
er ones used to eat from.
“Having Inspected the dwelling por
tion, which at once Is kitchen, store
room, bedroom and living room, we de
scend the steps Into what the natives
call the stable.
“Below the mastaby, or raised plat
form, just described, among arches so
low that a man can scarcely walk
erect, are the winter quarters of the
goats and sheep. To shut the flocks in,
these arched entrances are obstructed
with bundles of brush used as fire
wood for the winter. The rest of the
floor space, which Is open to the cell
ing. Is devoted to the few work cattle
and perhaps a donkey or camel.
Around the wall are primitive man
gers for the cattle, built of rough slabs
of stone placed on edge and plastered
up with mortar.
“Often the owner makes a small
raised place on which he Steeps at
night to keep better watch over the
newly born lambs, lest In the crowded
quarters some get crushed or trodden
down by the older ones. Here he often
sleeps by preference on a cold night,
for he soys the breath of the animals
keeps him worm.”
Deer Become Nuisance.
Hazleton. Pa. —State troopers were
notified here recently that deer have
become a virtual nuisance in the vi
cinity of Wetheriy and other Carbon
county towns and that they are de
stroying the crops of farmers. The
nnlinals are no longer a curiosity to
the people of that section and graze
In the fields with impunity. They have
a peculiar liking for vegetables and
come close to farm houses.
the sacred center of religion tn the
eastern Pacific and not until a stone
from this had been Incorporated In
the structure did the Mnrae temple
at Tahiti become consecrated.
It was at Marae that Captain Cook
witnessed the ceremonies of human
sacrifices chronicled in his “Voyages.’*
The natives, while professing Chris
tianity and manifesting it by most ac
tive church attendance, have a deep
fear of these places. Under no cir
cumstances will they approach thesa
temples at night, nor venture near
them by day without great trepida
tion, believing that should they in any
way offend the sleeping gods ven*
geance will come.
BLAMES MOVIES FOR MURDER
Police of Osaka, Japan, Restrict Chil
dren After Boys Slay Two Girls.
Osaka. Japan.—Convinced that sen
sational motion pictures Incited Japa
nese boys to the recent murder of two
schoolgirls here, the police have pro
hibited children under sixteen year*
old from attending picture shows open
to adults. Police examination demon
strated that the killing of the girls
who were carried off by force and
slain, was due to an Idea obtained at a
movie show. Films for children hence
forth will receive a special censorship.
weight tons, consisting of 322 cargo
ships, 1 tanker. 115 finished hulls. 10
sailing craft. 56 hulls converted Into
harks and 20 standard barges, have
been delivered to the hoard. A total
of 114 of these vessels, aggregating
397,285 deadweight tons, has f?een sold
and 12 totaling 44,546 tons have been
lost at sea.
The total cost of the construction
of this fleet, estimated by the board
at $l7O a deadweight ton. was approxi
mately $833,000,000. Sale of the 1,500.-
000 tons now held by the board at SBO
a ton would yield $135,000,000.
Those already sold brought about
$28,000,000. so that If the 406 remain
ing In the government’s possession are
disposed of to private owners the to
tal loss through the wooden ship ven
ture would be eomethlng like $l7O/
000.000.
Train Robbers Ret $60,000 In Jewels.
Morristown, N. J. — Jewels, valued at
SOO,OOO. were taken from the wife of
State Senator Arthur Whitney while
she was on a train bound Car PWa
t>at|h. I*. .