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MORE CORN PER ACRE RATHER THAN MORE
ACRES WILL DECIDE PROFIT FROM CROP
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Natural Distribution of Corn Roots
Shows That Only by Shallow Cul
Board Rests on Soil Surface.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Corn is sometimes injured more
than aided by cultivation, sajr special
ists ,in the United States department
of agriculture.
Plow deep while sluggards sleep;
And you shall have corn to sell and to
keep.
Is excellent advice when preparing
the soil for planting, but is bad prac
tice after the plants have attained any
considerable size. Some successful
growers, who have averaged 100 bush
els of shelled corn to the acre on hun
dreds of acres, say the best single cul
tivation they can give their corn is
one eight or ten inches deep just be
fore planting. But after the corn is
up, each succeeding cultivation should
be shallower than the last.
Methods of cultivation in one sec
tion of the country differ greatly from
those in another section. Fanners
should not Seease trying to learn bet
ter methods because of these differ
ences. The most valuable information
can be obtained from unprejudiced ob
servant corn growers of many years'
experience.
Purposes of Cultivation.
The main purposes of cultivation are
to prevent weed growth, surface run
off and the loss of moisture by evap
oration. Proper cultivation should se
cure these results regardless of the
specific means used. Some of the most
successful corn growers practice fre
quent early cultivation. Early culti
vations will stimulate the growth of
the young corn plants by aerating and
warming the soil. They will also check
injury from worms, insects and moles.
Harrows or weeders should be used
before the corn is up or while it is
small enough to permit their use.
While the plants are small, narrow
shovels that do not throw much soil,
or disk cultivators set to throw the
soil from the corn should be used.
Fenders are desirable" to prevent cov
ering or injuring the small plants.
Many tests of deep and shallow cul
LABOR SITUATION IS
HELPED BY SOLDIERS
Men Returning From Overseas
Are Going Back to Farms.
Department of Agriculture Makes
Careful Survey in Army Camps
Shows That Majority of Farm
ers Will Resume Work.
(Prepared t7 the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The majority of soldiers who enter
ed the army from the farms are re
turning to them immediately after re
ceiving their discharges from military
duty. This furnishes the brightest
spot in a situation that is not yet en
tirely satisfactory, but that promises
steady improvement, although there
is still no Indication of a decided
movement back to the farm by men
who were attracted from food-production
work by high wages in indus
trial pursuits.
Careful surveys made in army
camps by the department's farm help
specialists of the department of agri
culture furnish ample proof to re
fute statements that have appeared
in the press that from 75 per cent
to 90 per cent of the men who were
called by the army from the farms
are not returning to them. In a Vir
ginia camp the specialists found that
during the first three weeks in April
98.2 per cent of such men1 discharged
actually returned to the farms. Dur
ing the week ending April 5 the
specialists interviewed 2,021 men at
this camp. It was found that 933
were from farms and all but 15 of
that number intended to return. Dur
ing the following week 2,10S men
were interviewed. It was found that
691 were from farms and all but 14
intended to return. The next week
716 men were interviewed. Of this
number 364 had formerly been em
ployed on farms, and all but 5 intend
ed to return.
These figures, are the actual result
of personal interviews' with each man.
It was found also that a number of
those who had previously been en
gaged in other occupations expressed
a desire to take up farming. During
Poultry House Faces South.
In most localities the poultry house
should face the south, as this insures
the greatest amount of sunlight dur
ing the winter. Proper ventilation
and sunlight mean a dry house tand
healthy birds.
Keep Little Turkeys Dry.
The important point in caring for
little turkeys is to keep them dry, keep
them free from lice and mites, feed
them lightly, and give green food and
animal food of some kind.
at Tasseling Time. Cultivator Shovel
tivation Will the Root Escape Injury.
-
tivation have been made and results
are decidedly in favor of shallow cul
tivation. Occasions when deep culti
vation is preferable are few. The
roots of the plants must not be broken.
They will produce other roots, but at
the expense of vitality and food sup
Ply. After the corn is two or three feet
high, the soil even In the middle of the
rows should not be cultivated deeper
than four inches, and usually a shal
lower cultivation will prove better.
Maintain a loose soil mulch two or
three Inches thick. This prevents the
escape of moisture already In the soil
and soaks up the rainfall rather than
letting it run off.
Proper Cultivation.
Cultivate often enough to keep down
weeds and to maintain constantly a
loose soil mulch until the corn has
reached its growth. More cultiva
tions will be needed If rains are fre
quent. The crust which forms after
every rain must be broken and pulver
ized or excessive run-off or evapora
tion will soon rob the soil of its mois
ture. It is a mistake to think that the
longer the dry spell the more fre
quent should be the cultivations. After
the mulch has been produced, its fre
quent stirring is not necessary unless
weeds become Troublesome. Many
crops are cut short by stopping culti
vation because the corn Is too tall to
use a double cultivator without break
ing down the stalks. If conditions de
mand it, continue shallow cultivation
even though the corn is tasseling. It
is sometimes profitable to remove
weeds even . by the costly process of
hand labor at as late a date as the
silking of the corn.
Under some conditions six or eight
cultivations -are advisable, while un
der other conditions three may be suf
ficient. The maximum yield is not ob
tained by the number of cultivations,
but by keeping the soil in the proper
condition.
the three weeks mentioned 2 per cent
of the men discharged and who were
not farming when they entered the
army intended to take, up farming.
Of the 1.8 per cent of the soldiers
who had been on farms previous to
entering the army, and who did not
intend to return, the reason given
by 1 per cent was that tlje men were
disabled and- therefore unable to do
heavy farm work. At least half of
this number are taking up vocational
courses in agriculture which will fit
them for a class of farm work which
does not require hard physical effort.
Practically the entire remaining
eight-tenths per cent had been farm
ing with their parents or were ten
ants and considered It too late to
farm this year, as other help had
been secured.
A similar report from the farm
help specialist in charge of the work
at Camp Gordon, Ga., shows that
during 4 weeks in April 3,291 farmers
were discharged from that camp. Of
that number 83 were directed to sit
uations on the farms in Georgia,
while 2,342 said they were returning
to their Jobs or homes on the farms,
and the remaining 866 did not desire
to go back to farm work.
At another camp 30 farmers were
personally Interviewed and 29 stated
that they were going back to the
farm immediately on receipt of. their
discharges.
Make spray while the sun shines.
A small garden well cared for is far
better than a large garden neglected.
Manure should if possible be spread
early, but when crops are to be planted
late it may be advisable to apply ma
nure. Tomatoes trained to stakes do not
yield quite as much as in bush form,
but the fruit is better colored and
larger.
All cereals should be kept in dry,
well-lighted storerooms. Damp, dark
cellars should never be used for stor
ing foods.
Keeping a machine or vehicle In
good repair and well oiled not only in
creases its efficiency, but lessens the
power required in using it.
,
Plumbing is becoming a necessity in
both city aod country homes, not only
for comfort and convenience, but even
more for health and cleanliness.
;
Dust the currant bushes with paris
green and air-slaked lime as soon as
the currant worm begins Its work.
Put this on when the busies are
moist. '
HARMFUL GREEN-BOTTLE FLY
Causes Wool Maggot of Sheep and Has
Been Known to Deposit Eggs
on Calves.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The green-bottle fly has a wide dis
tribution throughout the world. It is
known as the green-bottle or green
blowfly in this country. It is rather
closely associated with habitations of
man and is not as commonly known on
the range as are the screw-worm fly
and the black blowfly. It is often
abundant in cities, especially if gar
bage is not properly cared for.
This is the fly which causes the wool
maggot of sheep in the British Isles,
The Green-Bottle Fly Enlarged.
and the same habit has been recorded
for it In this country. It has been
known to deposit eggs on the soiled
rumps of calves, as well as sheep, fol
lowing diarrhea, and occasionally it
infests wounds on animals.
It is usually slightly smaller than
the black blowfly and the screw-worm
fly. Its color ranges from a brilliant
bluish green .to a dark metallic bronze
green. It is without stripes or other
markings.
The adult flies usually appear during
the first warm days of spring and are
present throughout the summer, though
they seldom become es numerous as
the screw-worm fly or black blowfly.
The length of time required for devel
opment is about the same as that re
quired by the black blowfly. The mag
gots breed exclusively in animal mat
ter. There are two or more species of
files of this group which occasionally
breed in living animals, apparently at
tacking only old festering wounds.
They are of comparatively little im
portance, and since there are a great
number of different kinds of flies of
this group some of which are not at
all injurious, It is hardly necessary
that the stockmen learn to recognize
them. Their size varies considerably
from a little larger than the common
housefly to somewhat larger than the
black blowfly. The color is usually uni
formly gray, with black stripes on the
back.
Ma"ny of the members of this group
of files retain the eggs in the abdo
men until they hatch, and thus bring
forth living maggots. Those species
which attack living animals breed In
decaying animal matter, and their life
history Is almost the same as that of
the screw-worm fly. The flies seldom
become very numerous, and in most of
the cases In which they are found in
living animals they are located in old
festering .wounds or the young are
deposited after a sore has become in
fested by screw worms. These, flies
seem to be able to withstand the hot,
dry weather of midsummer in the
Southwest and probably are respon
sible for many of the cases of infes
tation of animals during such periods.
Live Stock
Noras
A healthy herd of cattle is the farm
er's working capital.
There is money in good sheep and
very little in any other breed.
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Sheep raising does not require ex
pensive equipment or heavy labor.
Sheep are the sworn enemies of
weeds. Do you keep weeds or sheep?
It's a mistake to sell the brood sow
just because she happens to be grown
up.
The amount of grain to feed hogs
on pasture is about 3 per cent oftheir
weight.
Look after the brood sow when she
farrows. A little attention will save a
few pigs.
m m m
Velvet" beans and peanut meal are
used in cattle-feeding tests at the Uni
versity of Florida.
Pigs farrowed in January and Febru
ary should be ready for the October
and November markets.
Feeding and developing pigs after
weaning is a subject in which all pig
club members are Interested.
If the calf is to be dehorn &d the
operation should be performed when
the youngster is between a week and
two weeks of age.
Feeding cattle for ... certain market
will not always pay out; but by stick
ing to it the feeder will come out
ahead In the long run.
In this" era of cheap, woven-wirt
fences there is no excuse for a nasty,
ill-smelling hogyard near the house,
where disease is bred, and the best
fertilizers dissipated into the air. -
Lift off Corns!
Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezona
costs only a few cents.
"With your fingers I Ton can lift off
any hard corn, soft corn or corn be
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
luses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezcme" costs
little at any drug store; apply a few
drops upon the corn or callus. In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or callus
right off, root and all, without one bit
of pain or soreness. Truly ! No hum
bug 1
PEER DESERVED HIS VICTORY
Quick Wit Enabled Him to Win Suc
cess When Others Would Have
Given Up Hope.
Gypsy Smith, the noted evangelist,
said on his recent voyage from Liver
pool :
"There are some men who can
make a success even of failure. Thus
there was a certain peer once who
rose to make his maiden speech a
speech granting to all accused per
sons the light to counsel and when
he put his hand In his pocket for his
notes they weren't there. His notes
were lost.
"The peer gulped. He looked about
him wildly. He gulped again. Then
he said:
'If L my lords, who now rise only
to give my opinion on this bill if I
am so confounded that I am unable to
express what I had in mind, what
must be the condition of that man
who. without any assistance, has got
to plead for his life."
"Then the peer sat down to the
cheers of a converted chamber, and
his bill passed almost unanimously.
Question of Patriotism.
Virginia was trying to persuade her
mother to go to the home-coming cele
bration and stay all day. "But it will
be too hot. dear," mother remonstrated.
Well just go up for a while In the
morning while It's cool and then well
come home for 'dinner and rest during
the afternoon.
But Virginia was not persuaded, and
continued the arguing. Father chanced
to overhear her. "What's the matter
In here?" he asked, coming Into the
room. "What's the difference between
you two?"
Quickly came Virginia's retort.
"It's just a difference In our patriot
ism; mother's only patriotic in the
morning and I am all day. Indian
apolis News.
Restaurant Owed Them Money.
"What became of that odd restaur
ant you used to have here, where they
weighed you on entering and leaving
and charged you for the difference -In
weight?"
Had to close up. Fellows used to
go in with bricks concealed under their
coats and after eating leave the brick
under the table. They weighed less
going out than when they entered."
Boston Transcript.
Quite Ready.
Teacher Now, Willie, can you men
tion any creature that-belongs to the
brute creation?
Willie Yes'm; my pa does, my ma
says. - '
Red Cross Ball Blue Is the finest
product of Its kind In the world. Ev
ery woman, who has used It knows
this statement to be true.
Mixed Up.
"Is your play going on a run?"
"Sure, and It's going to win In a
walk."
No one Is useless In this. world who
lightens the burden of It to anyone
else. Charles, Dickens.
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mx-r Every Sick
nrnri! r
SHOULD
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphate to
Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, Vigor
and Nerve Force.
Judffinp from the countles3'preparatlons
and treatments which are continually be
ing advertised for the purpose of making
thin people fleshy, developing arms, neck
-Qd. bust, and replacing ugly holiows and
angles oy toe
oft curved
lines of health
and beauty,
there ' are evi
dently thou
sands of men
and women
who keenly
feel their ex
cessive thin
ness. Thinness and
weakness are
often due to
starved
nerves. Our
bodies need
more phos
phate than is
contained in
modern foods.
vjiwvjj. claim there is
nothing that will supply this deficiency
so well as the organic phosphate known
among druggists as bitro-phosphate,
which is inexpensive and is sold by most
all druggists under a guarantee of satis
faction or money back. By feeding the
nerves directly and by supplying the body
cells with the necessary phosphoric food
elements, bitro-phorphate should produce
a welcome transformation In the appear
ance; the Increase In weight frequently
being astonishing.
Increase In weight also carries with it
a general improvement in the health.
Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness, should soon disappear,
dull eyes ought to brighten, and pale
cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect
health. Miss Georgia Hamilton, who was
once thin and frail, reporting her own
experience, writes: "Bitro-Phosphate has
brought about a magic transformation
with me. I gained 15 pounds and never
before felt so well."
CAUTION': Although bitro-phosphate Is
unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
sleeplessness and general weakness, it
should not. owing to its tendency to in
crease weight, be used by anyone who
does not desire to put on flesh.
Might Regret It.
Mistress I'm afraid my poor, dar
ling little Topsy will never recover. Do
you know, Bridget, I think the kind
est thing would be to have her chloro
formed and puttmt of her misery?
Bridget I. wouldn't do that, mum.
Sure, she might get better, after all,
an then ye'd be sorry ye had her kill
ed. Boston Transcript..
The more in style a dress Is the
more out of date It will be when It is
out of date.
A calm Is welcome after a storm.
Ticrcti7ProiaotiiiI)S:
Mineral. KotNahcotiC
i,TrTVf Remedy fcf
(totipaSonandDiarrt.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper.
Should Profit by the Experience
of These Two Women
Buffalo, IT. T. "I am the mother of four children, and for
nearly three years I suffered, from
in my back and side, and a general weakness. I had pro
fessional attendance most of that time but did not seem to
get "rTclL As a last resort I decided to try Lydia E.
Pihkham's Vegetable" Compound Trhieh I had see a
advertised in the neTrspapers, and in two Tveets noticed
a marked improvement. I continued its "use and am
now free from pain and
vtxrk.n-- Mrs. B. B. ZrgT.rNTnri, 202 Weiss Street,
Buffalo, K. Y.
Portland, Ind. KI had a displacement and suffered
eo badly from it at times I could not be on my feet
at alL I -was all run down and so weak I could not
do my housework, was nervous and could not lie
down at night. I took treatments from a physician
but they did not help
j-yoia 2. lUmian's
it and now I am strong and well again and do
my own work and I give Lydia E. Pinkhamla
Compound the credit," Mrs. Joszphihz
KnnsT.r-, 935 West Race Street, Portland, led,
Wcznsn Should Try
TAKE OATH ON SACRED BOOKS
Practice in Vogue Today Has Come
Down-Through Centuries With
Very Few Changes.
The Christian oath on a rory of the
Go5pel jteems derived from the late
Jewish oath taken holding in the hand
the scrool of the law (or the' phylac
teries), a ceremony itself possibly
adapted from the Roman custom. The
usual mode was to lay the hand on
the Gospel, and it was kept up to a
modern date In the oath of the Uni
versity of Oxford. The practice of
kissing the book, which became so
well established In England, appears
In the Middle Ages. The book was
often laid on the altar, or (after the
manner of ancient Rome) the swear
er laid his hand on the altar Itself or
looked toward It; above all. it became
customary to touch the rel!cs of saints
on the altar. Other object., as the
cross, the bishop's crozier. etc., were
sworn by. An oath ratified by con
tact or inspection of a sncred ohjct
was called a corporal or hol:ly oath,
as distinguished from a merely sik
ken or written oath. The English
word signifying the "sacred object on
which the oath is taken is "halidome.
The "halidome" on which oaths are
sworn in England is a copy of the
New Testament. Jews are sworn on
the Old Testament; the sacred books
of other religions are used in like
manner, a Mohammedan swearing on
the Koran, a Hindu on the Vedas.
The Right Contempt.
All the world still talks about the
Insult that Count Von Brockdorff-Rant-zau
put upon the allies by making his
preliminary speech at the peace con
ference without rising from his chair.
But one of the diplomats dismissed
this insult In the contemptuous man
ner It deserved.
"Pooh!' he was heard to murmur
when the count's speech ended. "He
got to take his medicine. Well, what's
the difference whether he takes It
standing up or sitting down?" Detroit
Free Press.
Paper From White Pine.
Manufacturers of rough pine lum
ber state that the white pine In
northern Chihuahua Is admirably
adapted to the manufacture of paper.
A milling company In EI Paso. Tex, Is
now making boxes of rough pine lum
ber produced In this district on the
main line of the Mexico Northwestern
railway.
Many useless things are highly treas
ured as the freckles on a boy's face.
What is CASTOR! A
Castcria i3 a harmless substitute for Caster OH, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant.. It contains neither Opium,
Horphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee.
For more tfrfti thirty years it has been in constant use for the
relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea;
allaying Fererishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving
healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The
Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTOR! A always
Bears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
TH CINTAUN COMMNY, MBW VOUK CITY,
a female trouble "with pains
able to do all my house-
me. ily Aunt recommended
Vegetable Compound. I tried
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Nerves All Unstrung?
NervousDess often come from weik
kidney. Many a person who worries
over trif.es and is troubled with Dea
ralgia, rheumatic pains and. backache,
would find relkf through a good kidney
remedy. If you have nervous attack
with headaches, backaches, di-uty pUa
and sharp, Bbootm-r pains, or if you are
annoyed by bladder troubles, try
Doan's Kidney Pill. They .have
brought quick benefit in thousands of
such cases.-
A Missouri Case
lira. Ernest - VTiet- k??
St, St. Charles. ilo
says: "t or years i
had trouble with my
back and kidneys.
W hen I bent over to t
wash I could hardly V.
straigmen, tr.e pains js-i
were so bad. My fi j
body was bloated and ) f .
my feet and Bnkles tf
fcwolien. 1 was com
pJeteiy broken down
as com- fs-pH
n down1 KTZi
nd dis- tjrip7 "
)i re rent &
in neann am
rourarcd Di
Fvmptoms of bladder trouble caused
preat suffering. I used Doan's Kidpey
Pills and they drove away every b:t
of kidney complaint."
Get Dou'i ml Aax Storm, COc Box
DOAN'S
KIDUtY
PILLS
FOSTER-MHBURN CO- BUFFALO. N- Y.
Quite Compatible.
"I heard the speaker's address was
extempore. It wasn't anything of
the kind; it was rotten.
Why Is It we don't mind calling our
selves a fool, but see red when some
one else does?
"All materialism genders to bond
age; it Is linked with the idea of fate
and necessity."
Means Plenty Erjfga
rand HealtKy CHiclIs
OLD KENTUCKY MFC CO.,bc-rdock,K.
Cuticura i
For Baby's
Itchy Skin
AS divaalim. Soap SS-Oirt.
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Signature of
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Doctors declare tb&t more than" Ii bob
o Tg ar. I c ileues c n be traced to Aod
Stomach. Start In c with iodis-ert'on. heart
bmrn. belchlns. food -re peat Inc. l-'at, aoir.
aaa-r toxnach. U entire trncm -tt ualiy
becomes affeciexV every vital ort - ssffeTine
tn soma &e-ree or ether. Ton see these vic
tims of -.Acid-Stomach everywhere -popls
who are subject to nerrossnesa. fe icbe
tnsoennia. biliousness people whs snffer f ram
rbeamatlsxa. lsmbifo, sciatic and scbes isl
pains all over ths body. It Is safe ts sajr
that about people out cf It sader to some)
extent trora Acid-Stomarh.
If yoa.r-rSer f;crx stomach trosbla or.
even II jroa do not feel sny stomach Jttreas.
yet are weak sod sJ!:r. ee tired sjkS.
draxzed oot, lack "pep" and entbssia-n saxl
know tha.t somethlns; is wronr sUboufch yew
esanot local the exact casse cf your trow
ble jrov natmraJly want to Ct ' back yemr
rrP on health as saickiy as posriMe. Tnesjt
take EATONIC the wonderful modern rem
edy that brinra quick relief from pains e-C
mdirestton. belchinx. rassy bloa,C etc. Kees
yocr stomach stronc. clean and sweet. & .
how ysr general heaJtn improves bow-J
e.-aick"y the old-time vim. visor nd vitsittx
comes back!
Get a bi SCe box of WLTOXTC from rows'
dr-orr'st today. It is rneraBteed to pleas
yon. If you are not satisfied your druxcis.
will refund yoar money.
PflTEHTS
Watson X. Celmft
PsAeat L.Tr,VtaBjaruB
Lt. C AdTiesasd boobs frote
first ressooipls. Hit has, rlsreaess. 2svssrrieaTa
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