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THE FUWA JOUWIAL4lECX)RD. FLORA. ILUWOIS
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The Flora Journal-Record
GOOD PRINTING
BLAIR
Rev. :Doty of Flora preached at Old Union Monday night.
Cbarley Pferson and family of In- Sraham, spent Sunday with Pearl Plerson and family.
Mlss Ruth Hodge Is sick with the measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McOee and Willie 'BreniU|ger were Olney shop¬ pers satuMWyr^
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Howser spent a tew days last week with Henry Mc- . Oee and (amlly.
Willie Brentlinger lost a valuable horse last nek.
Mrs. 3. D. Beal spent Wednesday evening witb Mrs. Hubert McOee.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Hodge spent Satarday with Tbeordore Hodbe and family
Otto Johnson and tamily ot Flora, apent Sanday afternoon with Hubert McOee and wife.
Sam Brewer and wlte spent Sun¬ day atternoon wltb Theodore Hodge aad family.
Bata McOee and family spent Sun¬ day aftemoon with Tom McOee's.
Vamiah Prasaroes Bontm
The. warning "handle with care'' no longer be so neceasary in no- and laboratoriea where valo- bonea of dinosanrs, maatodoaa aad men's departed ancestors are pre- Mrred and atndled, aecordln« to Prot . tk O. Caae of the Unlveralty of Mleb- Igaa. who haa fonnd that by nae of a Tamlah made from bakellte fragile Material may be preserved In a prac- tleally Indestructible medium. The oaaal meaaa of making socb apeel- ¦Maa aoj^ewbat more durable haa been to treat them with abellac. Aa an , ttaatratlon of tbe sncceas of tbe new '¦Mthod, Doctor Case saya: "A human AnU waa selected tbat the writer :eoald have crushed In hla banda Aft- treatment la waa dropped upon a table top, cautiously at flrat, and flnal¬ ly from a height of 18 Inchea upon Ita vertex without Injury."
Read The Flora Joaraal-Raeord.
Is Your Health Slowly Slipping Away?
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People Advlae Yon to Time
Act in
Ig falling healtb making yoa un¬ easy and unhappy? Are you tired, weak and dispirited? Suffer dally backacbeand stabbing rheumatic twinges? Tben look to your kid¬ neys! Tbe kidneys are the blood- fllters. Once tbey weaken, tbe whole system Is upset. You have dlssy spells, headaches and urinary Irre¬ gularities. You (eel all worn-out. Use Doan's Pills—a stimulant diure¬ tic to the kidneys. Thousands rec¬ ommend Doan's Here Is Flora proof:
C. L. Hendricks, S. Locust St.. says: "My kidneys acted irregularly and I had sharp pains across my back. I wa sore and lame across my hips and was ' hardly able to beifd over. The use of Doan's Pills rid me ot the trouble."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Pills—the same that Mr Hendricks had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Mfrs., Bu((alo, N. Y.
Human Enterpriea
Certain maou(ucturerti boast that they can put s car togetber In seven minutes. That's nothing. A (ool driver and a tree can take one apart tn two seconds.—New Orlaana Timee- Plcayune.
Brooding Softias
la not tbls, (rum the Pabuska Jonr aal-Capltal. most un(ortunutely trueT ¦*CivtllEalli>n Is a complicated systaui tbat defeats Its owu ends by making li eaaler (or wenklings to survive."— Bostou Transcript.
"Anthracita"
Strictly speaking, ll Is not correct to say "anthnicite coal"; "anthracite" Is a noun und means a coal o( nearly pure mrlion. Ii-being superfluous thai*- fore to add tbe word "coal."
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THE PENCIL MAKES A FARM PAY lETTER
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From Old to New
Just a few minutes of thoughtfulness on your part in brinsring' us your old footwear, and when you call for it, you will receive what will, to all appearances, be new shoes.
Shepard's Electric
SHOE SERVICE
Opposite Post Office
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Farm Accounting Reveals Losing
Methods amt Points Way to
Bifiger ProSIs.
,(trom Benter-rarater) A taxm eaaaot properly be eall^ aneceaafnl anless It pays a (air rate o( Interest on ths lavestment and re¬ tams (air wages tor tha farmer's la¬ bor. Agricultare Is considered by all odds tha most important industry tai rhe worU. aad yet In no otber indaa¬ try is the boalneas end so neglected.
It Is common to flnd a tarmer wtth aa Inveatment ot fltteen to twenty thouaand dollara, yet doea ha ksep booka T Perhapa be may Jot down a note now and then of aa Important deal, but this Is ot ao value hi an analjrats o( his businaaa aa a whole No other Industry, however small, is carried oa withont booka of boom sort
Farming la a baainesa and to be Buccessfnl mast ba conducted in a businesslike way. The business man'a mind should have indelibly printed apon It two questions: What proflt is my basiness raaklngT How ean that proflt tte Increased? To know the lat ter, one must find out the ibrmer; aad to flnd out about proflta roqalrea tha keeping of booka.
It Is not neceaaary (or a (armer to have a conrae in bookkeeping. Al¬ most every agrlcaltural college In the eouiitry baa issoed a simpllfled tarm accounting book which It aella at coat, aad ooly a (ew minutea are reqalred each day to Jot down tha day's hap panlnga.
Aeeounta Increase Proflta Instances number a thousandfold where (armers bave proflted by know- Ing their business. Accounts kept by nineteen (armers In Illinois led them to improve the organlutlon and oper atlon e( their (arms In ways that add¬ ed approximately |650 to their aver¬ age net Income In 1922, the seventh year tbey bad kept accounts.
An Iowa (armir found at the end of the flrst year he kept books that crop;- (ed to livestock brought more money thaa wben sold outright. His flguren showed that his cowa wara poor: compared with other (arms in the stata, be (ound tbe number of acrer cultivated per man on his (arm. as well as tha number o( acres per horae. were below average. He rented more land and replanued his fields, so that the crop areas per man and horse were increased. He sold some o( his scrubs and bought good cowa. The second year bis Income (rom the (arm. a(ter paying all expenses and Interest on tbe money Invested, had been Increased over 1350.
Coata Can Ba Regulated "I have discovered," says one (arm bookkeeper, "that tbe kind o( man you have on a Job. as well aa the particular team, otten makes quite a variation in the cost o( per(ormlng ceruin tasks. I have learned (rom the pages o( my book that It I oould have Increaaecf the yield o( my wheat fleld by two bushels aad my com by flve bushels 1 would have realised a substantial proflt (rom them."
While the (armers may not be able to flx pricea on tbelr producta, they do have a voice in determining the costa of production. To reduce thla cost they muat flrst know what the coata are.
The number o( farmera who ara keeping books on their basiaeaa haa Inereaaed remarkably In recent years, bat tha number o( buitnesslike farm¬ ers la woe(ully small whan listed alongside the sum total o{ the (arm era la the country.
Inventory la Indlapaaaable The basis ot any system ttt (arm ae- eottnting la tbe annaal property Ilst or Inventory. It la the starting polni of the tarm records. One must take Into consideration decreases or In¬ creases In the value of all property owned to gauge the progress of tbe baainesa. Lacking (acta as to the value o( his property, no basiness mao can (orm an accurate estimate ot bow be stands flnancially. Increased caab may be due to property which was sold, er Inereaaed debts may be doe to improvements made. 1( a (armer Is (ailing behind, the inventory will emphaalse this (act. Often when a man ia discouraged and thfnks he Is making no progress, hla Inventories will tell him that he is better off than be thought.
At tha and ot each yaar a flnaneial statement is drawn off. Thia ia the farmer's rating and no (armer with a good flnaneial atatement need (ear walking Into a bank and asking (or a loaa.
BANKERS HELP
A bank In Monrovia, lad., testa seed eom (or (armera. A basement room waa fltted out last seaaon tor the pur¬ poae and 25,000 ears were teeted (or fl(ty-slx tarmers. One-fourth o( the seed tested laat year waa unflt (or seed. ThU year the percentage will ran even higher. The work la done under the aapervlalon of the high achool agrlenltnraJ teacher. He reports that the community will have a sur¬ plus of aeed cora this year.
Tha banka of 'Conway, Ark., have offered prlzea (or tbe moet marketable sweet potatoes produced on one acre ot land. A flrat prlie of |1M la of tered, along with three diatriet priaee ot $60 each. The coanty agaat aad the banka are worktaig oot tlie detaila.
Tha Connty Bankers Aaaoeiatioa will help to employ a full time ooanty leader this year (or boya' aad gtrtt' clnb work In CaUioaa, Cherokee aad Boena VlsU cooatlaa. Iowa.
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WATCH OUT CLOSELY FOR CANKER WORMS
canker worma aiay not be aerions •Vir a namber of yeara and tbta fact cansea many growera to be somewhat careless about the treatment of tbu peat. Canker worma may become seri¬ oas al any time, aad it la alwaya ad- vhiable to pay doee attention to the reports of entomologlats, to examine the treee for evidence of their prea ence, and4o be prepared to give them prompt and vigorons treatment The following recommendations have beea laaned by the entomologlsta of the Pennsylvania departmMt of agrlcnl- tmre:
"Canker worms can be eradicated be a careful and thorough spraying wltb lead arsenate, at the rate of oae and one'haK pounds of powdered lead areenote to 00 gallons o( water In the spring or early aummer wben tbe worms are flrsf seen. Two pounds o( tbe poison should be added to tbe same qnantlty of water If tbe spray¬ ing operation Is delayed nntll the worms are half-grown.
"Wben It ia Impractical to spray the treea, tbe canker worms may l>e con¬ trolled by sticky bands, tree tangle- toot, or almllar material, a'blcb may be applied directly to the bark or on bands of beavy paper or cotton bat¬ ting cloaely drawn aronnd the tree. These bands should be placed during tbe spring for the flrat appenranoe of the worms, and during Octot)er (or the fall specles-rt'v' latter shonld be kept In a sticky roriilltton nntll the follow¬ ing Mnv to prevent both the wlnglefs adult femnlfs and the newly hatched catcrpllliirs from ascending the tree.
"Canker worms are known to most fruit (rmwern nnd farmere. and mny be dlstlnpnlRhod from many other caterpillars by their looping habit, which gave them the name o( Moopers" or 'measuring worms.' They are about lhree-(ourths o( an inch long, and pale green or dark brown In color, varying with age and i-ondltlon. These worms devour all FOrts of leaves, but are specially active on apple and pear trees."
Plan for Top-Workinj
Trees by June Budding
If one has only a (ew (rolt trees and would like to try bis band at top- working, June budding offers an op portunlty.
Tlie bnds must be cnt from tbe cnr¬ rent season's growth and usually In¬ serted In wood of the prevlons sea¬ son's growth unless the work la done with tbe peach wblcb la of quick growth.
Smooth sprouts the size of the little flnger or smaller and which are near tbe frank of the tree are selected (or the Insertion o( the buda
Tlie buds are Inserted near wbere these smaller sprouts emerge (rom Ihe larger branches snd st pruning time the part o( these stocks above tbe bud ta cut off If tbe bud has been suc¬ cessful.
Where one bas plenty of time, as many as twenty or even more buds may be Inserted In one tree, distributed so aa to give the new growth the proper shape.
If enough of the buda live all the original growth may t>e cut away tbe following fall or winter, altbougb ll I* often dealrable to leave a part of the uld growth (or another crop till the new growth bas had aaother year.
Trees top-worked in thla way will bear (rnlt the aecond year a(ter. Ap pie trees sre usually grafted, but may be buJded as well. With the peach the gratt Is rarely sncceaaful, while It Is easy to get the buda to live.
Np wax Is necessary In budding; a T-shai>ed Incision Is made In the stock nnd the bnd pushed Into tbls opening and tied to Its place.
In cutting tbe bod (rom the new growth ot tbe desired variety a amall bit o( wood Is taken off with It, tbat is, you cut a little deeper than the iHirfc In order to be sure of getting the Inner bark or cambium layer. After the buda have started remove tbe wrapping.
Why the Price of Gasoline Is So Low
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ciates fully that tbe public concerns itself more When the pric* of EasoUae is high than when jf c It Is low. But, as it is a pdicy of this Company
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line question, we point out the underlying rea¬ aons for the recent decline in prices.
For the third time in as many years, the late summer has seen a flush production of crude oU. These new sources of crude have come in, and' been oooverted into gasoline, at a time when refiners expected to move the gasoline stocks in storage to meet the heavy demands of the summer motoring season.
Much of this excess gasoline was produced in CaUfomia and is being shipped at distress prices to the Atlantic seaboard via the Panama Canal at a transportation coet less than that of flip¬ ping by rail from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
The Eastern buyers of California gasoline tiave extended their trading area westward and crowded in on the normal market of the refiners of the Middle West.
Many refiners operating on borrowed capital were forced to sell their stock of gasoline at whatever prices they could get, to meet the loans as they came due.
The net result of this condition is that refiners throughout the Middle West are selling their gasoline stocks for less money than the actual cost of production.
Today the petroleum industry is facing a most serious crisis.
The stronger companies will survive; the weaker ones may be compelled to quit.
We trust that the public will view the situa¬ tion at its true worth and realize that the Standard Oil Company (Indiana)—which oper¬ ates 7 out of 590 refineries in the United States —is just as much a slave to the natural laws and the caprices of nature as is the refiner of small capacity.
The Standard Oil Comp>any (Indiana) is not in a position to throttle competition nor to control prices.
We submit, in passing, that the sound busi¬ ness health of the Standard Oil Company (Indi¬ ana) and its capacity to weather such a storm as exists now, is of vital interest to those whose welfare depends on an unfailing supply of petro¬ leum products, whether nature frowns or smiles.
Standal-d Oil Company
(Indiana) Qeneral Office: Standard Oil Buildiai
910 So. Michi^ Awnae. Chicago
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