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announced  that,  after  further  consulta¬ 
tion  with  its  experts  and  with  authorities 
of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  in  view 
of  a  general  plan  now  under  consideration 
to  control,  under  permit  and  inspection, 
the  entry  of  all  fruits  and  vegetables  from 
foreign  countries,  it  had  decided  to  with¬ 
draw  a  recent  amendment  to  regulations 
governing  the  importation  of  potatoes 
from  Canada  and  Bermuda.  This  action, 
says  the  Department,  leaves  without  re¬ 
striction  the  entry  of  potatoes  from  those 
countries  other  than  such  inspection  'as 
shall  be  deemed  necessary  from  time  to 
time  to  determine  the  freedom  of  such 
imports  from  injurious  diseases  and  in¬ 
sect  pests. 
Under  date  of  February  5,  the  Divis¬ 
ion  of  Plant  Industry  of  the  Illinois  State 
Department  of  Agriculture  announces 
that  since  the  issuance  of  the  Governor’s 
proclamation  relative  to  the  European 
corn  borer  on  January  25,  1922,  it  has 
been  determined  that  the  two-brooded 
strain  of  this  insect,  known  to  be  present 
at  that  time  in  certain  counties  of  New 
Hampshire  and  Massachusetts,  has  since 
spread  to  York  County  in  Maine,  to  ad¬ 
ditional  counties  in  New  Hampshire  and 
Massachusetts,  and  to  counties  in  Rhode 
Island.  Wherefore,  the  Illinois  quaran¬ 
tine  has  been  revised  to  include  all  in¬ 
fested  counties  as  well  as  certain  others 
that  are  probably  infested  and  now  pre¬ 
vent  the  transporation  into  the  State 
of  corn  on  the  cob  and  any  part  of  the 
corn  plant  except  the  shelled  seed ;  of 
broom  corn,  sorghum  and  Sudan  grass, 
except  the  seeds  thereof ;  of  celery,  green 
peas  in  the  pod  ;  beets  with  tops ;  spin¬ 
ach,  rhubarb,  oat  and  rye  straw,  all  cut 
^  DOMESTIC.  —  The  petition  of  the 
United  Mine  Workers  for  an  injunction 
to  prevent  Sheriff  Don  Chaim  of  Logan 
County,  W.  Va.,  and  others  from  inter¬ 
fering  with  the  organization’s  activities 
in  that  county  was  ordered  dismissed 
February  17  by  Judge  George  W.  Me- 
Clintie  in  United  States  District  Court. 
Judge  McClintic  ruled  that  any  of  the 
acts  of  the  Logan  County  sheriff  com¬ 
plained  of  were  done  without  authority 
of  the  laws  of  the  State  and  were  punish¬ 
able  by  the  State  and  that  therefore  the 
Federal  courts  had  no  jurisdiction. 
^  Nevada  was  back  in  the  “wet”  column 
'  February  17,  the  Legislature  having  re¬ 
pealed  over  the  Governor’s  veto  the 
existing  prohibition  laws.  At  the 
same  time  the  Legislature  passed 
the'  Whitel.v  prohibition  law,  adopting 
the  Volstead  law  as  the  law  of  Nevada, 
but  until  the  Governor  signs  it  no  State 
law, will  prohibit  the  liquor  traffic.  Doubt 
as  to  the  constitutionality  of  the  Wliitely 
la w„  may  lead  to  its  veto,  it  was  indi¬ 
cated. 
Thrilling  battles  with  ice  floes  and  a 
blizzard  on  Lake  Michigan  were  ended 
when  the  Goodrich  line  flagship  Alabama, 
from  Chicago,  and  the  Crosby  steamer 
Georgia _docked  at  Muskegon,  Mich.,  Feb¬ 
ruary  17.  The  Alabama  had  been  light¬ 
ing  the  gale  and  the  ice  fields  four  days, 
and  for  4S  hours  was  imprisoned  with 
the  Georgia  in  the  ice  outside  the  local 
harbor.  There  were  32  passengers  aboard 
the  two  ships,  and  all  but  six  made  their 
way  to  land  across  the  ice  fields  and  dur¬ 
ing  a  blizzard.  The  big  Grand  Trunk 
car  ferries,  Milwaukee  and  Grand  Haven, 
also  forced  their  way  into  the  Grand 
Haven  harbor  February  16,  after  being 
imprisoned  in  the  ice  fields. 
The  schooner  “Friendship,”  waterlog¬ 
ged  and  kept  afloat  during  a  long  battle 
with  heavy  gales  and  high  seas  by  her 
cargo  of  lumber,  was  towed  into  Hamp¬ 
ton  Roads  February  17  by  the  Coast 
Guard  cutter  “Manning.”  She  was  locat¬ 
ed  in  a  sinking  condition  about  90  miles 
off  Cape  Henry,  and  after  several  hours’ 
effort  the  crew  was  taken  off. 
With  a  loss  estimated  at  more  than 
$1,000,000,  the  entire  studio  and  plant  of 
the  Cosmopolitan  Productions,  Inc.,  pro¬ 
ducers  of  Marion  Davies’s  films,  occupy¬ 
ing  the  block  from  126th  to  127th  streets, 
east  of  Second  avenue,  New  York,  was 
destroyed  by  fire  February  IS.  The  news 
reels  issued  by  the  International  Film 
Studio  were  also  produced  at  the  plant. 
The  five-masted  schooner  “Santino,” 
abandoned  by  her  crew  of  12,  the  sea 
washing  over  her  decks,  was  sinking  fast 
February  17,  a  wireless  message  from 
the  .  British  freighter  “Egremont,”  re¬ 
ceived'  at  Boston,  stated.  The  “Egre¬ 
mont”  picked  up  the  12  men  of  the  crew 
of  the  “Santino”  in  the  darkness  of  the 
stormswept  sea  and  headed  for  New  York 
with  the  rescued  mariners.  A  radio  mes¬ 
sage  from  the  Coast  Guard  cutter  “Acush- 
net,”  which  reached  the  sinking  vessel 
and  the  “Egremont”  before  the  crew  were 
picked  up,  stated  that  the  abandoned 
schooner  was  going  down  about  40  miles 
south  of  Nantucket  Lightship. 
Officials  of  the  city  of  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  took  direct  action  February  19  to 
provide  coal  for  emergency  cases  when 
Dr.  Arthur  J.  Leonard,  Commissioner  of 
Public  Safety,  heading  a  detachment  of 
policemen  and  firemen,  went  to  the  Dela¬ 
ware  &  Hudson  Railroad  yards  and 
seized  nine  carloads  of  anthracite.  He 
tried  to  persuade  the_  engineer  and  fire¬ 
man  of  a  switch  engine  to  pull  two  of 
the  cars  to  the  Congress  street  yard  of 
the  Saratoga  Coal  Company  for  distribu¬ 
tion  to  emergency  cases,  but  the  crew  re¬ 
fused.  Dr.  Leonard  then  officially  seized 
a  switch  engine,  placed  on  it  a  crew  of 
policemen  who  formerly  were  railroad 
men  and  had  the  ears  taken  to  the  Con¬ 
gress  Street  yards.  The  State  Attorney 
has  decided  the  seizures  were  legal. 
Marooned  residents  of  islands  along 
the  Maine  coast  who  have  been  isloated  iyi_.  „ 
by  ice  for  weeks  were  landed  at  Rockland.  •  ”,  .  , 
Me.,  February  18  by  the  Coast  Guard  issue(1  a  statement  about  t 
cutter  “Ossipee.”  A  radio  message  re-  situation  in  New  York  Sts 
ceived  at  Boston  added  that  the  cutter 
was  proceeding  with  a  physician  to  Cran¬ 
berry  Isles  in  Penobscot  Bay  on  an  emer¬ 
gency  call.  Most  of  the  harbors  on  the 
Maine  coast  are  frozen  and  persons  liv¬ 
ing  on  islands  off  the  coast  are  in  many 
cases  facing  an  alarming  lack  of  food, 
feul  and  other  supplies.  A  number  of 
calls  for  relief  have  been  received  from 
islands  in  Penobscot  Bay,  and  the  “Ossi¬ 
pee”  went,  to  Rockland  F  bruary  16  to 
break  the  ice  barriers  and  carry  relief  to 
the  islands. 
ceived  about  $53.00  a  month  and  the  use 
of  a  house  and  some  farm  products.  It 
is  probable  that  wages  for  the  coming 
year  will  be  about  the  same  as  last  season. 
Of  course,  this  shortage  of  farm  labor 
will  have  its  effect  in  production.  As  it 
looks  now  the  total  acreage  of  crops  in 
New  York  State  will  be  about  the  same 
as  last  year.  With  a  normal  season  there 
will  not  be  much  change  in  staple  prod¬ 
ucts.  The  effect  of  the  movement  to  the 
cities  is  most  apparent  in  keeping  up 
farm  buildings  and  in  the  decrease  of 
building,  tile  drainage,  and  general  soil 
improvements.  These  things  are  slowly 
influencing  farm  products,  and  until  there 
can  be  a  fairer  adjustment  between  farm 
wages  and  what  the  workmen  can  earn  in 
the  town,  a  reduction  in  farm  crops  is 
likely  to  go  on. 
Setting  Engine  on  Cement  Bed 
I  have  a  building  32xlS  ft.,  with  a  ce¬ 
ment  floor  4  in.  thick.  I  wish  to  mount 
a  stationary  six-horse  gas  engine  in  same. 
Is  it  necessary  to  cut  through  this  floor 
and  make  base  2  ft.  or  3  ft.  below  ground, 
or  will  a  block  18  in.  thick  cast  on  top  of 
floor  be  all  right,  so  the  vibration  will  not 
crack  the  floor?  H.  o.  c. 
Newfield,  N.  J. 
You  will  secure  the  best  foundation  by 
cutting  through  the  floor  in  question  and 
A  25<£  Leader 
Packing  Shed  on  a  Massachusetts  Farm 
flowers  or  entire  plants  of  Chrysanthe¬ 
mums,  asters,  Cosmos,  Zinnia,  hollyhock, 
and  cut  flowers  and  entire  plants  of 
Gladioli  and  Dahlias,  except  the  bulbs 
thereof,  from  thq  sections  of  the  States 
designated  unless  such  shipments  have 
been  inspected  by  a  State  or  Federal  in¬ 
spector  and  are  accompanied  with  a  cer¬ 
tificate  issued  by  him  showing  that  they 
.are  free  from  the  European  corn  borer. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
-Courses  in  agriculture 
Columbia  University, 
Feb.  7-April  23- 
and  horticulture, 
New  York  City. 
March  6-7 — Annual  meeting.  New  York 
State  Vegetable  Growers’  Association, 
Slocum  College  of  Agriculture,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 
March  12-17 — International  Flower 
Show,  Grand  Central  Palace,  New'  York 
City. 
May  15-16 — -American  Guernsey  Cattle 
Club,  New  York  City. 
Dec.  13-15—-  North  Bergen  County 
Poultry  Association,  fifth  annual  show, 
Westwood,  N.  J. 
Farm  Labor  in  New  York 
Dr.  George  F.  Warren  of  Cornell  has 
the  farm  help 
State.  He  says 
that  during  the  last  12  months  34.000 
men  and  boys  left  New  York  farms  to 
work  in  towns  and  cities.  Only  about 
8.000  left  the  city  to  work  on  the  farms. 
He  says  that  on  February  1  of  this  year  by  filling  all  angles  with  clay, 
there  were  762.000  people  living  on  the  ^>rmrr\n  *l°'V/'0n1  template  on  top  of 
190.000  farms  of  the  State.  This  means 
by  excavating  2  to  3  ft.  below  the  surface 
and  build  a  solid  foundation  for  the  en¬ 
gine.  However,  there  are  many  engines 
placed  on  top  of  concrete  floors.  Whether 
or  not  the  vibration  will  crack  the  floor 
depends  upon  a  great  many  conditions — 
the  character  of  the  soil  beneath  the  floor, 
the  quality  of  the  floor  and  the  running 
balance  of  the  engine  being  perhaps  the 
most  important  of  these  factors. 
To  build  the  foundation  upon  the  ex¬ 
isting  floor,  make  a  template  or  pattern 
showing  the  location  of  the  foundation 
bolt  holes  in  the  engine  base.  Mark  the 
location  of  these  on  the  floor  where  it  is 
desired  to  get  the  engine.  Drill  holes  in 
the  floor  at  these  points  and  secure  four 
bolts  of  sufficient  length  to  go  to  the  bot¬ 
tom  of  these  holes  and  extend  up  through 
the  thickness  of  the  proposed  foundation 
and  engine  base.  Place  the  bolts  head 
downward  in  these  holes  and  pour  melted 
lead  around  them.  Make  sure  that  the 
hole  is  free  from  water  before  the  lead  is 
poured  or  the  resulting  steam  may  cause 
an  explosion  and  a  bad  burn.  When  /jpol 
this  lead  is  tightly  pounded  ipto  the  hole 
about  the  head  end  of  the  bolt.  Next 
cut  four  pieces  of  1-in.  or  D/4-in.  pipe 
of  a  length  slightly  less  than  the  thickness 
of  proposed  foundation  and  slip  these 
over  the  bolts  projecting  from  the  floor. 
Make  a  form  of  the  proper  size,  placing 
the  smooth  side  of  the  lumber  in  and  se¬ 
curing  round  corners  on  the  foundation 
Place  the 
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By  FARMERS 
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Box  411  Saranac,  Mich. 
Producers  of  anthracite,  through  “mon¬ 
opoly  organization”  of  the  industry,  are 
taking  an  unjust  overcharge  of  at"  least 
$3.61  a  ton  from  consumers,  officials  of 
the  miners’  union  in  the  Pennsylvania 
anthracite  region  charged  in  a  memorial 
a  decrease  of  four  per  cent  in  one  year. 
There  are  now  only  about  two-thirds  as 
many  people  living  on  the  New  York 
farms  as  there  were  in  1840.  During  the 
past  four  years  a  total  of  123.000  male 
farm  workers  have  left  these  farms  to  do 
other  kinds  of  work,  while  49,000  have 
left  other  employments  to  work  on  farms. 
it.  The  bolts  should  project  up  through 
template,  thus  holding  them  in  their 
proper  place. 
The  form  is  now  filled  with  a  mixture 
of  one  part  cement,  two  parts  clean  sand 
and  four  parts  screened  gravel.  This 
should  be  well  compacted  and  spaded 
back  from  the  form  to  secure  a  smooth 
surface  when  the  form  is  removed.  When 
hard  the  form  can  be  taken  away  and  the 
engine  placed  in  position.  The  pipe 
strikes  are  caused  by  the  lack  of  ability 
to  pay  better  wages,’  ”  the  memorial  asks 
the  commission  to  enforce  uniform  cost 
accounting  systems,  by  which  the  facts 
could  be  determined,  and  to  consider 
methods  of  making  it  possible  for  “men 
to  engage  in  the  business  of  mining  coal 
to  produce  the  fuel  instead  of  to  produce 
profits.” 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— On  Febru¬ 
ary  13  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
perma- 
•  „  ,  j.  ,  .  grout  flowed  under  it  to  give  it  a 
in  one  year,  and  of  60  per  cent  since  neut  setting. 
February,  1916.  During  the  Summer  To  place  the  engine  on  the  foundation 
months  there  will  be  a  larger  number  of  b.ring  B  t°  a  position  alongside  and  by 
hired  men  employed,  but  from  present 
indications  there  will  be  fewer  this  com¬ 
ing  Summer  than  in  any  recent  year. 
During  1920  the  hired  men  on  the  New 
York  farms  received  an  average  of  $39.70 
per  month  and  board.  Married  men  re¬ 
lifting  first  one  end  and  then  the  other 
gradually ;  block  it  up  to  a  position  where 
it  can  slide  over  the  tops  of  the  founda¬ 
tion  bolts  on  skid;?.  When  in  place  over 
the  bolts,  lower  by  a  reverse  process,  re¬ 
moving  the  skids  and  substituting  thinner 
pieces  until  it  rests  uoon  the  base. 
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