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SAFE SEEDING DATES RECOMMENDED FOR
SAVING WHEAT CROP FROM HESSIAN FLY
Important Btagas in tho Lifo Cycle of tha Hessian Fly.
(Prepared toy the United States Depart*
ment of Agriculture.)
The Hessian fly, a minute wheat
pargslte, leas than knee-high to a
grasshopper, but gigantic as a fierce
lion in its destructiveness, collects
$50,000,000 a year from American
wheat growers. This mosquito-llke
fly lays its eggs upon the leaves of
wheat, and after the eggs hatch the
little maggots live upon the plants'
sap which they obtain by gnawing In*
to the soft portion of the stem. Ordi
narily two, or sometimes three or
more, generations of the insect occur
during a year. The main army of
files arrives in the fall and conducts
a carnival of despoliation among the
newly seeded grain: After the Hessian
fly has once thoroughly Infested a
crop of wheat there is no known
mean* of saving the grain, and the
only, known method of preventing dam
age from the fly Is f fo keep such Invad
ers out of the wheat. ,
Safa Dates for Seeding.
One of the mostfptfectfve means of
escaping fly damage Is to defer fall
seeding until danger of molestation
from the fly is over. Safety dates for
seeding wheat in different sections of
the country are ns follows:
Northern Michigan, soon after Sep
tember 1; In southern Michigan, and
northern Ohio, about September 20; In
southern Ohio, after the first week In
October; In Kentucky and Tennessee,
October 10 to 20; In Georgia and South
Carolina. October 25 to November 16;
In extreme southern Kansas and north
ern Oklahoma, as well as In Virginia,
after the first week in October. Oc
tober-sown wheat always enjoys the
greatest freedom from the fly in Mis
souri. Practically the same corre
sponding delay in wheat sowing in the
fall should be followed to the south
ward.
EFFICIENT MEANS OF
PREPARING SEED BED
Use Disk to Prevent Growth of
Grass and Weeds.
Plow Land to Dopth of 6 or 7 Inch.,
Where Wheat Follows Other Than
Cultivated Crop—Keep Top
soil Well Broken Up.
(Prepared toy ttoa United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
When wheat follows a cultivated
crop that is removed sufficiently early,
such as corn or tobacco, the soil can
usually be prepared for seeding by the
use of a disk and ordinary harrows.
As soon as the crop Is harvested the
land should be gone over with the
disk to prevent the growth of grass
and weeds. A second disking, followed
by harrowing. Is given Just before the
grain Is sown. A better seed bed can
be prepared In this way than by plow
ing, and it takes much less time and
work. If weeds are plentiful, plowing
three or four Inches deep may be nec
essary. Harrowing with an ordinary
harrow should follow the plowing.
When wheat follows cotton the
atulks should be plowed under as soon
us the bolls are all open and picked.
Plowing In this case should be deep
enough to bury the stalks completely
In order to destroy the boll weevil.
The land should then be firmed with
a roller and the wheat sown with a
disk drill. Disking or harrowing Is not
advisable, as It unearths the burled
•talks.
When wheat follows other than a
cultivated crop, the seed bed should
be prepared by plowing the land to
a depth of six or seven Inches several
weeks before seeding. It should then
be harrowed at once and afterwards
worked down with a harrow, disk,
drag, or roller In such a manner as to
kill all weeds that start to grow after
the topsoil is well broken up. When
It Is necessary to plow just before
seeding, as when a catch crop of cow
peas Is plowed under, the soil should
be compacted by rolling and harrowing
•avereJ times before seeding.
These safety dates are only approxi
mate and serve to show in a general
way about the time when the fall
brood of the fly will have largely dis
appeared from the wheat belt east of
the Mississippi river. As the larger
part of the fall brood appears and is
gone within a week, it is possible for
a farmer to time his seeding opera
tions so as to avoid the fly.
Rotating Crops Is Effective.
Crop rotation is an efficient control
as during the season of migration, un
less new unaffected fields are near by,
most of the Insects succumb. Rotat
ing the crops decreases the available
supply of new host plants.
Destruction of volunteer grain
plants by plowing, disking, or other
tillage operations must begin before
the larvae have matured in order to
be effective, as volunteer wheat ordi
narily is a prolific distributer of fly
Infection. Enriching the soli by plow
ing under the green cover crops and
by applying stable manure also aid
Indirectly In combating the fly because
a fertile soil will produce plunts that
soon attain vigorous, healthy growth
and are better able to resist diseases
than those grown on thin soils where
it is hard to develop sufficient growth
to withstand the winter if the wheat
Is sown late.
Good seed is a perequlslte In se
curing healthy vigorous growth. Or
dinarily the fly is avoided where good
seed Is sown In a thoroughly prepared
fertile soil after the majority of the
fall brood has disappeared. It Is pref
erable to sow on ground not devoted
to wheat the preceding year. In the
ease of spring wheat, the earlier the
grain is sown the less it will suffer
from the Hessian fly, but good seed
and a well prepared, fertile soil are
as essential In this case as elsewhere.
BETTER SWINE AND PROFITS
Farmers Learning to Be More Careful
in Selection of Their Breed
ing Animals.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Farmers throughout the country are
using Improved hog-breeding stock
more generally than ever before, re
port specialists of the United States
department of agriculture, ns they are
learning that the best stock yields the
most profits, and -hence are more care
ful in their selection of breeding ani
mals. Farmers, as a rule, seem to be
pleased with the outlook for the hog
raiser, and the Indications point to a
large increase in the number of litters
to be farrowed this fall. Much trouble
was experienced with the early spring
litters because of cold weather at far
rowing time and on account of feed
shortage and the high price of pro
tein feeds, causing many stockmen to
allow their brood sows to get into poor
condition, with the result that small
and weak litters were farrowed. In
the main, these farmers have learned
a costly lesson, and henceforward It is
presumed that they will provide better
housing and farrowing conditions as
well as ample food of the right mix
ture for their porkers.
GENERAL
FARM NOTES
Order clover seed now.
a a a
Dig potatoes on a dry day.
a a a
Sprouts, briars, and bushes cut now
are not likely to come out again.
a a •
As soon as the kernels have fairly
hardened it will do to cut corn for
grain and fodder.
a a a
Many farmers are pooling their In
terests and purchasing fertilisers to
gether In carload lots.
a a a
There are two ways to can corn.
One Is tn cans and the other la In
the silo. Can all you can both ways.
THX SUE XOUKTAXH PILOT.
Odd Escape of Launch Party in Gulf Hurricane
CORFU 8 CHRIBTI, TEX.—-“Kismet/* says the Turk—lt is fated. Narrow
escapes from death In the recent gulf hurricane would fill many volumes.
Here's one out of the ordluary: The launch Waldo left here the day before
the storm for a trip In the outer bay.
stopped Saturday evening at Corpus Pass to pass the night at the Newport
club. At midnight they were awakened by the coming of the hurricane.
Just then a tent floor carried ou the crest of the waves was swept toward
them. Two of the men leaped Into the water and dragged It in. Tying the
women securely to the floor, the men Launched out Just as a deluge of water
covered their late place of refuge.
For some time the unwieldy craft was battered about, entirely at the
mercy of tlie churning waters. Finally it was thrown ashore upon what
remained of Mustang Island, a plot of ground hardly more that) 20 feet square.
There they remained until the coming of dawn Monday. The waters bad
subsided somewhat and from an old fisherman who had survived the storm
they obtained their first food in 30 hours.* Later aviators dropped them some
provisions.
Woodward, by means of a raft, made his way fo the mainland and brought
In word that the party was safe, six duys after their departure.
Sultan Bob McLean of the Marines and His Harem
NEW YORK.—The marine corps here la putting on new airs over SergL
Robert McLean of the recruiting station, 24 East Twenty-third street He's
Just learned he’s the sultan of Llang-Llang, Philippine Islands, and the proud
possessor of an Island three miles
around, and all It contains, including
a harem of 40 women—count 'em, 40!
And what’s more. Sergeant McLean Is
starting for Llang-Llang to take pos
session. You see. It’s this way:
The sergeant spent two years of
his service among the Moros. The
sultan adopted him and died the other
dny, making the marine, his heir. Says
the sergeant:
“The sultan's house was two
stories high and made of nipa fiber.
It was set upon stilts eight feet high Ud had 20 rooms. The cows sod pigs
and chickens were kept in the space underneath the stilts. The women of the
harem were off in quarters by themselves, and I never set eyes upon them.
“The sultan was quite an educated man, and spoke English quite fluently.
He. was eighty years old. I told him all about America and our ways, and
he would sit and listen for hours. He grew so fond of me that he
said he wanted to make me his legal son, since he had no legitimate male
heir. One day I received a summons to come to him at once and bring two
of my friends along. I took Frank Korn cum, who was killed In France, and
Sergeant Walter of the marine corps along with me. When we reached the
sultan's home we were ushered Into the public ball. There I found the sultan
looking very stately and important.
“My friends and I were taken Into an adjoining room and dressed In long
flowing robes. The sultan hared'his chest and made a little slash In It with a
Moro krls. Then he cut my chest. Taking a drop of blood from his chest he
mixed It with a drop of my blood, and from then on I was his adopted son. I
left that next week and I have never seen him alnce."
French Heel and Manhole Stop Veda the Sprinter
CHICAGO. —Idyllic, indeed, was the course of their true love until yestere’en.
For Veda Lyons had surrendered her heart to Harry Holmes and Florence
Murray's beat as one with that of James Morton. Ah, Cupid, ah—But the
details. Veda’s hero Snagtooth
gaol. But the cash and the bonds
have not been found. Wherefore, Detective Sergeants Thomas M. McFarland
and John Carton and Capt. Michael Lee of the Fiftieth atreet station tiptoed
up to a building at 3541 Grand boulevard. There, In the second floor flat,
lived Flo and Veda.
Captain Lee tapped lightly on the door. No answer. But a window
opened softly overhead. McFarland heard It He slipped around to the side
of the bouse. He remembered that Veda used to be a movie actress of the
gymnast type. Pretty soon he descried two French heels emerging from a
window. They were followed by two trim ankles. McFarland turned his head
to see what time It was. In the Interim the possessor of the heels emerged
from the window and made her way swiftly to terra firma. Deftly making a
girdle of her kirtle, so as not to impede her perambulation, she darted away.
He gave chase. She hurdled the back fence. So did he. She hurdled another
fence and dashed into another alley. Then one of her French heels became
wedged In the Interstices of a manhole cover.
111, Crippled and Weary Given a 1,200-Acre Farm
MONTICELLO, ILL.—Robert AUerton’s gift of 1,200 acres to be used as a
tuberculosis sanitarium and home for tired mothers and crippled children
has been formally accepted by the supervisors of Piatt county. The tract.
which lies two and one-half miles to
the northeast of Monticello, la one of
the most fertile farms In this section
of the state. It now Is under intense
cultivation, and It la expected that
profits derived from Its operation will
make the Institution self-supporting.
Mr. Allerton Is giving the land to
the county outright as a memorial to
his father, the late Samuel Allerton
of Chicago, and his friend, the late
John Phalen.
The acceptance of the farm was
made by a select committee of the board of supervisors, consisting of Roy H.
Jones, William Hughes and J. M. Branch. The legal atepa preparatory to put
ting the sanitarium Into operation must be delayed until the regular meeting
of the full board of supervisors.
A tax levy for the building of the sanitarium will be passed st the next
meeting of the board of supervisors and funds will be available for tho
erection of the buildings early next spring.
IN THE
CITIES
Those In the launch party Includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Anderson
of Houston, T. A. Shearer of Bbermnn,
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Roark of Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. Guertz and daughter of
San Antonio, and Walter Agnew,
John Webster and James McAllister
of Corpus Chrlstl, and L. M. Wood
ward of Houston. McAllister owned
the launch. The party was formed
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson,
who were recently married. The party
Holmes, the boys called him —was a
snfeblower; so was Florence’s king,
whom she addressed as Big Jim. June
17 the West Cleveland (Ohio) bunk
was held up by four men. They ob
tained $50,000 In cash and SIO,OOO In
Liberty bonds.
Since then Veda’s Lochinvar has
been apprehended. Likewise Flor
ence’s Don Jusn has been pinched.
They now languish In a Cleveland
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
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urinary organs, and to build up and has been restored continue treatment
restore to health organs weakened by for a while to keep yourself in condi
disease. These most important organs tion and prevent a return of the die
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HALEY’S COMET 61 YEARS AGO
Is Same Terific Wanderer in Space
That Has Appeared Down
the Ages.
The world was tip nil night Septem
ber 12, 1910. Haley’s comet blazed
across the roof of the world. This
“great comet,” whose revolution oc
cupied 2112 yen re, was tirst seen In Aug
ust. 1858, hy «i gentleman in Altoona,
hut Haley’s comet, named after the
astronomer who calculated its prog
ress. is the same terifle wanderer In
depths of space that Ims appeared
down the ages, and to which succes
sive mimes have been given—Bela's
comet, Donatl's comet, etc. From the
records of history It seems. that the
comet appears to foretell some world
disaster. It appeared before the fall
of Jerusalem under Tltuq,; in the reign
of Louis the Debonair, 837, and the
king died shortly after; It appeared
before the death of Caesar, 43 B. C.
Again It appeared three years after
the capture of Constantinople hy the
Turks. 1456. It appeared In 1861, Just
before the Civil war, and In 1910, lie
tore the great war.
What Is a comet? It Is a member
of the solar republic—n hirsute star,
n vagabond orb, that travels at almost
incnlciilnhle speed, whose tall Is fifty
five million miles long—who approach
es the sun. not to he consumed lu It,
hut to draw from that radiant source
the energy necessary for Its future
travels In the unknown abyss of the
(Imminent. It has Its own orbit which
It follows. Wlint mind dare follow
that?
Anybody can make a fool of him
self. and we all get plenty of oppor
tunities.
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WAR RECORD OF LEVIATHAN
Monster Transport Carried Many
Thousands of Soldiers to
French Porta.
The giant transport Leviathan, fol
lowing her arrival In New York har
bor with Gen. Pershing anil troops of
the First division, brought to a close
her Important service In helping w*n
the war. The big ship, after being
refitted for passenger service, is to be
turned back to the United States ship
ping hoard, the agency which seized
It when the United States entered the
wor. While the future of the ship
Is uncertain. It Is reported that she
will he assigned to American passen
ger trade between New York and
Liverpool, with possible extension iff
the future of service to Hamburg. S f
The Leviathan, formerly the VatPfH
land, the second largest ship in the
world, was Interned In New York by
the Germans In 1914. She was “wil
fully damaged” to the extent of more
than $1,000,000. After being recon
ditioned. by American engineers, she
was assigned as a transport, and
during anil since the war made 19
round trips on the Atlantic, carrying
a total of 185,500 soldiers, of whom
98.321 were carried overseas through
submarine infested sens. She was al
ways a mark for U-hoats, hut her
speed and the armament with which
she was equipped saved her.
Whafs Re parts#?
“ Pa, what Is repartee?’’
“It Is, as a rule, an Insult with a
dress suit on. my son.”
The happiness that you vainly seek
the world over. Is nil the time within
you. nestled close to your own heart.