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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
7
Rome Smith of Moravia New York won a Britannica Junior 15 volume encyclopedia prize. The article explains hieroglyphs as sacred carvings by early Greeks misnaming Egyptian writing, traces from pictograms to phonograms to consonant signs, and ends with three riddle questions whose second remains incomplete.
Heloise suggests dyeing cut flowers with kitchen food coloring after they dry. Use colored water, insert stems, watch colors develop from one hour to overnight. Mix colors to create orange, green, purple, and more on white or yellow blooms. save dye for future use.
A science puzzle explains that a rapid water stream lowers pressure between two apples causing external pressure to press them together. Riddles and jokes section notes yesterday's answer Card Care Cane Mane Mine. Winners named Oma Coeland Bristow Oklahoma.
A reader asks if horse raising is profitable. The Pet Doctor replies that it can be, requiring money facilities and patience. Profit depends on demand in the area with good breeding stock and well maintained buildings and pastures. Returns take two to three years. Researchers are offered books on pet care for best questions.
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner A W Todd urged Agriculture Commissioner Orville Freeman to pursue a price fixing probe into the broiler market. Todd argues current 13 cent broiler prices amid demand and tight supply show evident price fixing by large buyers and suggests a possible state marketing order to aid small producers.
A new government research laboratory has been established in Beltsville Maryland to study the effects on plants of growth regulating compounds and plant hormones.
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