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You Worth the Ma ?
1!3y Kenneth Gilmore
WEA Staff Correspondent
Ever wondered if it would be
cheaper to own a cow and have
a l the milk you want within
tugging distance?
Well, sir, if you're considering
such a venture, the U.S. Agri-
culture Department is malting a
game effort to lend you a help -
Jug hand. But watch out,
Experts at the Agricultural
Research Service have just ta-
lken the wraps off a preliminary
master plan to determine whe-
ther it costs more to milk your
DWG cow or buy the stuff at the
store.
Officially it's called, "A Meth-
od for Estimating the Relative
Costs of Home Produced Milk
and Purchased Milk."
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Unofficially it's probably the
first attempt ever made by the
federal government to see if do-
lt -yourself down on the farm is
worth all the trouble,
It's also one of the most com-
plicated schemes ever devised
by Uncle Sam i0 make some-
thing siinple, Among other
'things, you'll need a couple of
economists and accountants for
assistance,
To make this cow calculation
Or "Is old Bessie worth it?" test
requires a special five page work
sheet drawn up by the experts.
It's full of neatly lined columns,
strange symbols and lots of
slumbers.
You're not allowed to leave
out a thing. Under cow ex-
penses, for example, you must
list veterinary, medicine and
teding fees, corn, hay, com-
mercial feed, equipment and per-
sonal properly tax.
a * o
You also have to figure the
cost of buying a cow, interest on
the investment and depreciation
per year of use. In case you
didn't know, a cow priced at $162
depreciates $13 a year according
to a sample worksheet.
The cream really thickens and
sours when you get to the page
which estimates milk needs in
relation to supply. On this chart
you must enter the monthly
amounts of milk used for drink-
ing, cooking, cream, butter and
cottage cheese.
There are various explanations
along the way, however. Under
cottage cheese it notes in par-
enthesis that, "If No. 10 is posi-
tive or zero, enter 0, if No, 10
is negative enter 'A of this neg-
ative number."
R *
The last page attempts to pull
everything together and clarify
the situation. A sample of your
yearly efforts . might look like
this:
1. Family need met by supply,
qts. whole milk, (Worksheet IV,
13) ...,.1422.
2. Cost of having milk cow
(Worksheet III, 14) , $102.74,
3. Value of surplus milk
(Worksheet V, B5) . . . $10.25.
4. Net cost of home produced
milk (C2-C3) $92,49.
And so on.
"We're trying to make the
plan simpler," says Miss Eloise
Cofer of the Household Econ-
omics Branch who is in charge
of the project.
One thing she Can report for
sure. Agriculture Department
statistics show that people who
own cows drink more milk.
FAMILY MILKING may seem like a chore to this youngster, but
wait until he secs the charts for figuring if it's worth it.
Sword Swallowers
And Their Ways ,
Medical specialists of the
Royal Cancer Hospital recently
scoured London looking for a
reliable sword swallower.
They wanted someone to gulp
clown a 14 -inch tube containing
registering instruments which
could help their experiments
and eventually they found a
West Ham ex -income tax official
who was prepared to oblige.
Maurice Jarvis studied sword
swallowing while on R.A.F.. ser-
vice in India, coaxing the throat
muscles against the steel for
over five months. In the end he
became a professional sword
swallowerand the scientists' 14 -
:Inch tube was nothing to the
21 -inch steelhe can comfortably
manage.
The world record, which neces-
sarily needs a tall man, is said
10 be 26 ins. But even this re-
cord was unfairly eclipsed by a
anan who weighed down his sto-
mach with a heavy meal before
the test just to ,give him the
extra inch he needed to win.
One professional nearly met
an unhappy end when the blade
fell from the hilt he was hold-
ing between his teeth. Unable 30
reach the blade with his thumb
and forefinger he had to remain
rigid on a nightclub stage until
a powerful magnet was rushed
to the rescue.
An English expert named
Richardson came to grief when
he swallowed an umbrella and
tried to open it. Travelling jug-
glers swallowed swords for the
Pharaohs and the trick was seen
in ancient Rome. Fakers achieve
it sometimes with a folding
sword that actually slips neatly
into the hilt instead of going
down.
Yet professionals say that af-
ter sufficient practice the invol-
untary muscles of the throat
cease to gag against the steel and
the rest is easy. The only wrig-
gle is for a little hump in the
throat behind the Adam's apple.
Nowadays, -some sword artists
even swallow neon lights. With
all theatre lights turned off the
lighted tube glows as it gees
down, creating a weird and won-
derful effect.
JOINS RACING'S '400' --Athena, at left, pounds over the finish
line at Tropical' Park, Miami, carrying jockey Willie Hartack to
his 400th victory of the season. He is shown, at right, with tro-
phy which symbolizes his election to ratings "400". O.nlf other
member of the select society is track pilot Willie Shoemaker.
Modern
Etiquette...
Q. If a man is standing on a
crowded bus with his fiancee
who is seated, and the seat next
to her is vacated, is it all right
for him to seat himself next to
her, or should he allow one of
the standing women to take the
seat?
A. If another woman is close
by, he most certainly should
offer her the seat.
Q. When a man is assisting a
woman out of an automobile,
should he take her hand or her
elbow?
A. He should assist her by
placing a hand tinder her elbow.
Q. If a girl has promised a
certain dance to a man, and the
music begins, should she seek
him out?
A. Never; it is the man's duty
to find his partner as quickly
as possible.
Q. What can a bridesmaid do
when she has been asked to
wear (and pay for) a dress
whose style and color are def-
initely unbecoming to her?
A. This is not an unusual
situation. There is nothing the
bridesmaid can do about it, ex-
cept later to have it dyed and
mabe remodeled. If she has
considered to serve as a brides-
maid, she must accede to the
bride's wishes.
Q. Is it ever premissible to
use the knife to convey any
kind of food to the mouth?
A. Never. The only purpose
of the knife is cutting, and this.
should be done as skillfully as
possible, and never in the man-
ner of a saw.
Q. Is it all right to use cream -
colored' or tinted personal
cards?
A. White cards are in much
better taste.
Q. Row should the butter
knife be placed on. the Individu-
al butter plates, horizontally
across the top or vertically at
the right side?
A: There is no set rule about
this, but the consensus is that
it looks better placed in the
same direction as the other sil-
ver.
Q. Even if the wedding is to
be very small and informal,
would it be all right for a bride
to wear a white bridal veil?
A. Yes, provided it is not her
second marriage. -
Q. Should a woman remove
her gloves when attending a
luncheon party?
A. Yes, of course.
Q. I've noticed quite a num-
ber of girls going to work in
the morning with their hair
done up in pin curls. What do
you think of this?
A. I think it is in the worst
of taste! They might just as
well appear in public with mud
packs on their faces!
DEER'S FRIENDS HAVE GENTLE HEARTS—Ali thegood sports in the 'Pittsfield area weren't out
gunning for deerduring deer season. Thisyoung buck was given haven by police and
firemen after he fellon the ice of Onota Lake, He was carried by stretcher to a police ambu-
lance and transported to a barn to recuperate from his bruises,
Unsolved Mystery
Of Lovers' Glade
It was a romantic, moonlit
night in a silent glade in Ep-
ping Forest, Essex, a wooded
area much frequented by lov-
ers. A little car had been park-
ed in the clearing, and in it sat
24 -year-old Kenneth Dolden
with his fiancee, 21 -year-old
Jacynth Bland. They were
happy and very much in love.
Kenneth had just been de-
mobilised from the Royal Air
Force — in fact, he was then on
release leave — and shortly he
and Jacynth planned to marry,
Then, without warning, their
privacy was interrupted. The
car door was pulled open and a
masked man peered in at them.
Three shots were fired at short
range, and young Kenneth
Dolden was mortally wounded.
The killer slipped away into
the night and the forest.
IN A FEW SHORT SEC-
ONDS THE HAPPINESS OF
TWO PEOPLE HAD BEEN
DESTROYED.
To the police and to every-
body who had ever known
Dolden the murder seemed
totally without reason.
The events leading up to the
shooting certainly gave no clue
to the killer's identity. On that
Saturday evening in November,
1946, Kenneth h a d taken
Jacynth to a dance at a techni-
cal college in Walthamstow,
After they had danced a while,
they decided to go for a drive.
Shortly before ten o'clock Ken
Dolden backed his car into that
glade in Epping Forest.
They had been there for
about half an hour when the
door• was roughly wrenched
open. The couple looked up to
find a rough -looking man peer-
ing down at them.
From Jacynth's description,
he was wearing a grey cloth cap
pulled down over his eyes. A
handkerchief masked the lower
half of his face.
Ken Dolden ordered the man
to go away. Without more ado
the intruder leaned forward
and deliberately fired at him
three times. There is no doubt
that be intended to kill.
One shot was fired with the
gun pressed against the victim's
body, and the other two were
as close as they could be short
of actual contact.
Ken Dolden did not die at
once. He staggered out of the
car as though to .chase his mur-
derer. After a few steps he fell,
unconscious, Jacynth, horrified,
ran off for help.
A hundred yards or so away
she found another car, and in
it a man and a woman. To
them she gasped out her in-
credible story. At once the man
drove her down the road to the
nearest telephone box.
Then a strange thing happen-
ed, After telephoning, the man
left his female companion with
Jacynth and said he would go
back and see what he could do
for Dolden.
HE NEVER DID, FOR HE
HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN OR
HEARD OF SINCE!
Scotland Yard were soon on
the scene of the crime. Before
Dolden died he was able to
make a short statement. In
this he described the man, but
said he had never seen him in.
his life before. He suggested
that the motive had been to
steal his cat.
The forest was searched all
night and all the following day,
but there was no sign of the
mysterious, ruthless gunman.
The police tried desoerately:
to discover a motive for the
killing. The dying plan had sug-
gested that the killer had want -
!rive With Care
ed to steal his car, but this
seemed unlikely,
Would a man deliberately kill
to obtain a ear he could not
possibly use for more than an
hour? He might do if he were
desperate, BUT THERE HAD
BEEN NO MAJOR CRIMES IN
THE AREA THAT EVENING
TO MAKE IT NECESSARY
FOR ANYONE TO MAKE A
QUICK ESCAPE.
There was certainly nothing
mysterious or shady about the
victim, Kenneth Dolden. He
had had no association with
anything dishonest in his life,
and his character was exem-
plary. IIe had, apparently, no
enemies.
The police made two very
thorough searches. One was for
the murder weapon, a .38 re-
volver. The other was for the
man who had disappeared after
taking Jacynth to the phone
box.
They covered every yard of
undergrowth and forest around
the lovers' glade with mine -
detectors. Electric magnets were
used to sound the ponds. BUT
NO TRACE OF THE WEAPON
COULD BE FOUND.
The man in the other car
proved a mystery, too. The wo-
man friend said she had only
met him that same evening
when she accepted his offer of
a lift. They had just stopped
to smoke a cigarette when
Jacynth came running up to
them,
For some unknown reason
the man did not want it fo be
known that he was in Epping
Forest that night, and did not
wish to be connected with the
murder. Although repeated ap-
peals were made for him to
come forward, he never did.
However, the police were
satisfied that he had nothing to
do with the crime.. Their et
purpose was to discover +ICF"
ther he had seen enythinf
anybody suspicious in t`
forest.
At the inquest on Ken Dol:._
in January, 1947, a verdict of
"Murder by person or persons
unknown" was recorded.
Who murdered him? We shall
probably never know, for the
lovers' glade case is a classic
example of murder without mo-
tive or meaning. But a killer is
at large,
BOOTS FOR BAP —• Member
of the training cadre of the new
West Germany army tries on the
new uniform and combat hoot
which will be issued to all re-
cruits. He's stationed et Alto
dernach, training cents whiett
will be activated in January.
SW:1ED AD ERTISIING
BABY CHICKS
OUR new Tweddle series 400, 401.
and 402 are selling. We know we will
double or treble our sales of these
outstanding layers in 1957, because
the poultrymen that buy them in
1950 will be so pleased with the ex-
tra eggs they receive and the less
feed it takes to feed them and the
extra money they make front them,
selveswbutnwill recommend more
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their friends and neighbors. Try
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no matter what price you
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