El democrata del condado de Costilla. [volume], May 24, 1930, Image 3

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COLORADO
NEWS IN BRIEF
Walsenburg. Eighteen sheepmen
of Huerfano county recently received
an $8,580 advance od the 1930 wool
clip lrom the Colorado-New Mexico
Wool Marketing Association.
Kersey.—Laying of seven and one
half miles of concrete pavement on
the state highway between here and
Greeley will start in a few days, no
cording to A. B. Collins, state high
way engineer.
Colorado Springa.—This city has
been designated as a night control on
the itinerary of the national air tour
for the Edsel Ford trophy, it has been
announced by Ray Collins of Detroit,
mapdger of the 1930 tour.
Delta.—That grain brings the most
wh.en fed to livestock and that
it pdys to winter STtfck *on hay and
grain instead of hay alone, were two
points proved recently when the six
ty-three head of Hereford steer calves
were weighed out of winter quarters
at the Rockwell ranch near Maher.
Coleman.—Farmers in this section
are much interested in a proposition
to irrigate 5,000 acres of now arid
land from the underflow of Crow
creek, which is to lie tapped by Irri
gation wells and raised by power. A
mass meeting will be held soon to
complete details of the scheme.
Denver.—Collections of the new
four-cent state gasoline tax for April
far exceeded those for April, 1929,
under the three-cent tax. James Duce,
state oil Inspector, reported the total
for the month was $503,596.56 on 12,-
689,914 gallons of gasoline. This com
pared with $415,352.90 on 13,684,612
in April, 1929.
Johnstown. Contract for laying
pipe for the new water mains here
has been let, and work will commence
at once. There will be 2,200 feet of
eight-inch pipe laid to supplement the
present four-inch pipe that has been
in use. Additional water will now be
available for 1 the sugar factory. The
new line will cost about $4,300.
Fort Collins.—Fruit growers can
aid honey bees In pollinizing fruit
blossoms by delaying the application
of arsenical calyx spraying until at
least 90 per cent of the petals have
fallen, says R. G. Richmond, deputy
state entomologist at the Colorado
Agricultural College. Any interference
with pollination will result in a reduc
tion of the setting of fruit, it Is
pointed out.
Denver.—Denver, southern Colora
do and Western Slope men have
formed the Oolorado State Wool Grow
ers* Association to work for Improve
ment of the sheep business and bet
ter marketing of their wool crops.
Articles of incorporation, filed with
the secretary of state, showed W. C.
Osborn as president, R. E. Sellers as
vice president and Hollis Mills as sec
ond vice president. Headquarters will
be maintained in Denver.
■Pucblo.~The finding of the body of
Sam Danna, last of the notorious
Danna brothers, in an alley in the
residential district here, added anoth
er mystery to the long list of south
ern. Colorado gangland slayings. Po
lios believe Danna was “taken for a
Aide,” and his body thrown out in the
ail3y., V i-Sam Danna is the fourth mem
ber of the Danna family to fall vic
tim to supposed gangsters in a feud
that hah been in evidence since 1922.
Montrose. The Montrose High
School band has been declared win
ner of the recent contest held at
Grand Junction, according to word re
ceived here. A communication from
Secretary Wood of the Grand Junc
tion Chamber of Commerce, sponsor
of the contest, said the Judgeer“ha<l
checked the scores nnd found first
place was erroneously awarded to
Price, Utah. An error in addition of
the scores caused Price to be given
the uward over Montrose.
Denver. —“I know of no rule which
compels a man to send his wife to
college,'* District Judge George F.
Dunklee declared when refusing to
grant the request Of Mrs. Ruth Allen
Friedman for temporary support
money. Mrs. Friedman fflfed suit for
separate maintenance recently, against
Dr. David Friedman, Denver dentist.
She petitioned SIOO a month support
money. She is a senior student in
the Denver University normal train
ing department.
Monte Vista. —The principal busi
ness block of Monte Vista and a lum
ber yard are a charred mass of ruins
as the result of two disastrous fires
which threatened tk.e entire town,
causing damage estimated nt $300,000.
One of the most violent windstorms
In recent years whipped the flames
which leaped high into the air and
defied the efforts of tho Monte Vista
fire department, augmented by the
department from Alamosa, eighteen
miles east, and more than 200 volun
teer fire fighters.
Denver. —Colorado’s remaining ilnte
lope are buttling u losing battle with
encroaching civilization and tho white
man’s ways. This opinion comes
from R. G- Parvin, Btate game and
fish commissioner, after five years of
census-kooping on the scattered herds.
I’arvin estimates the antelope popu
lation of the state now Is about 2,600.
La Jura. —Janies H. Buchanan,
formerly u teachor in tho Junior high
school at Brush, Colo., and for two
years superintendent of schools at
Boyero, hue been appointed superin*
temient of schools here.
Green Manure Is
Aid to Bacteria
Clover or Any Legume Crop
Plowed Under Improves
Soil Greatly.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of AKrleulture.)
When a farmer plows under a green
manure crop such as clover or any of
the legumes he brings about almost
unbelievuble changes in the world of
living things under the soil, according
to Nathan It. Smith, bacteriologist of
the United States Department of Agri
culture.
Under favorable conditions plowing
under a large amount of green ma
terial may Increase the number of bac
terla as much us ten times within two
duys, says Mr. Smith. In four days
there may be fifteen to twenty-five
times the original number of bacteria
in the decomposing material and ad-*
liering soil. After about seven days
the bacteria decrease in number al
most as rapidly as they Increased. No
change in the number of bacteria takes
place in the soil one-half inch away
from the decomposing material.
Bacterial Decomposition.
Bacterial decomposition of green ma
nure gives rise to carbon dioxide and
ammonia. The carbon dioxide escapes
from the soil into the air; the am
monia Is absorbed by the soil and,
through the action of bacteria, is first
changed to nitrite and then to nitrate.
The greater the percentage of nitro
gen in the green manure, other condi
tions being equal, the more nitrate
will be formed from its decomposition.
When crops low in nitrogen, such as
mature rye, are turned under very lit
tle benefit will result for the follow
ing crop, since the amount of nitrogen
hound up by the bacteria in decompo
sition inay he greater than that ob
tained from the rye. Eventually this
nitrogen is changed to nitrate, per
haps too late for the crop.
Influenced by Temperature.
Decomposition of green manure Is
greatly influenced by the temperature
and moisture of the soil. Most soil bac
teria require a temperature of 65 de
grees to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or
often higher, for rapid activity. Under
favorable conditions succulent green
manure is usually decomposed in
about seven days.
It has been known for many years
that growing a cover crop and plowing
It under as a green mahure improves
the physical character of the soil, in
creases its capacity to hold water, and
helps to prevent erosion. The mere
growing of legumes, says Mr. Smith,
has a stimulating effect upon the bac
teria of the soil, and succeeding crops
may be benefited even though the tops
of the legumes are reroored.
Maturity of Products
Is Influenced by Seed
The mnturity of garden products is
directly Influenced by seed, tillage,
temperature and soil conditions. Every
one of these factors is placed within
the hands of the farmer. lie may
purchase only good sc£d from a re
liable and reputable firm. Do not ex
pect good seed nt a low price as much
of the cheap seed sold in hulk is from
cases that have been “taken up” by
the seed houses In the fall anil held
over and offered at a discount to dis
pose of fIT Tillage not only influ
ences maturity but also controls tem
perature and moisture; two important
factors in vegetable growing. Tillage
means nil of the operations necessary
In raising the crop; plowing, harrow
ing and cultivation.
Agricultural Squibs
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Cat smut is In most fields not be
ing systematically treated.
• • •
It pays to use good seed because it
means larger yields of better quality
crops.
* • *
Most people who have used the silo
claim they could uot get along with
opt it. > •
♦ * •
The quantity and quality of pasture
forage may he greatly Increased by
the application of barnyard manure.
• • •
One pint of formaldehyde properly
used according to directions will kill
oat smut at a cost of dot more than
75 cents for 50 bushels of seed oats.
• • •
Where pnsture burning appears to
lie necessary it should be done in early
spring before the native grass has
started growing and after cold weath
er is over.
• • •
The bronze turkeys are the heavi
est and tlie most popular hut it really
does not make much difference which
turkeys you pick as all grow rapidly
on a reasonable amount of feed.
* • •
Seed potatoes that were not treat
ed last fall before storage should lie
given n treatment before planting.
Large losses from Ithizoctonia oc
curred last year because some grow
ers fulled to dip the seed.
• • •
An often made mistake in tlie vege
tables especially the leafy vegetables
is failure to pick them ns soon ns
large enough to pick. Do not wnlt
until they are as big as those you find
on the market. The commercial grow
er it Interested in quantity and keep
ing qualities—the home grower in eat
ing quality alone.
THE noBTH.I’AjWNTY DEMnnp *m
Longer-Tongued Bees
Need of Red Clover
Careful Biometric Studies
Made by R ussians>
(reared by ifrggyu,, D ,p. rlmenl
n °„ ions "tongue ala,aid a honey
made care '“ studies of bees
la areas »""'•« there lias been rela
tively little ‘fterregiotml shipment of
bees, nnd *'"rethe bees In any given,
region are f» rly uniform in race and
strain. The I usslun students find that
the northern >ees have shorter tongues 1
than the be* B ' °f the south. The ex
planation li ps In t j le „ ( | a p llpn of
bees to the conditions under which ,
they live. I n “O north the bees gath
er their honey, supply jn a re |, lt j ve | y * I
short season and In what the hoe
keepers describe as an intense'.honey
(low. In the South the season lasts*
longer and the honey flow is not so In- '
tense. The southern bee needs a long
er tongue.
From the standpoint of the red
clover grower hi the United States it
might he desirable, says W. J. Nolan,
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, to have bees with longer
tongues in the red-clover regions. He
explains that the corolla tubes of the
red-clover blossom are too long for
the sshorer-tonguedter-tongued honeybees who
find it difficult or impossible to gather
honey from them. This tends to re
duce the visits of all but the longest
tongued bees, and. consequently, many
clover blossoms are not pollenlzed by
visits of bees and do not hear seed.
The races of bees most common in the
United States are not exceptionally
long tongued. Introduction of. long
tongued bees in areas where cloven
seed production is Important would
probably result in larger seed crops
and in a larger clover-honey supply.
Health of Plants and
Man Amply Protected
The methods of controlling plant I
diseases are probably as numerous ns I
those used in fighting human ailments I
and since they are both concerned I
with the suppression of germs and or- 1
ganisms the means of dealing with I
them are somewhat similar, according I
to Dr. R. J. Haskell, who lias charge
of the plant disease survey work in I
the United States Department of Agri
culture.
Doctor Haskell says there'are four I
main lines of attack in dealing with I
plant diseases. The first method is to l
keep them out of the country by means
of quarantines and rigid inspection. |
The second line of attack is by eradi
cation, which may he successful if be
gun before a disease bas spread over
• wide area. Another method is pre
vention of fmvetan by placing a bar
rier between the “germ” nnd the host
plant. This fs done by spraying with
fungicides, destruction of insect car- i
riers, nnd In numerous other ways. I
The fourth method Is selection and I
breeding for resistant varieties. J
Sweet Clover Gaining
Support in Illinois
Nitrogen worth from 520.000.000 to
Sfio.OOO.hdO is produced each year in
s by the 750.< mm i acres of sweet
clover. ’ according .to C. M. Linsley,
University of Illinois.
Nitrogen Is needed on practically all
Illinois **hinii and swept clover is a
rhc;ip source of this plant food.
Through i ,s nodules on the roots the
plant gathers nitrogen from the air
mid when the plant is plowed under
i.r pastured down this nitrogen he*
imlj! part of t lie soil. Tlie nitrogen
ls jo |o 30 cents a pound if pur
c-lmsml on tlie market but can lie had
,- m> from the air. An acre of good
clover contains 150 pounds of
nitrogen or enough for a 100 bushel
corn crop.
-j-!(spread of the crop has been
rapid, as in F-'-D there were only 70.*
(mn: a.-rcs of sweet clover in the state
mid 'ast year there were more than
750.000 acres.
Annual and Perennial
Vegetables in Garden
Any good flirden has both annual
and perennial vegetables. ' li'lie an
nuals are those that we pjqnt every
gpring while the perennials are those
that live over from year to year. Ex
amides of the Perennials are aspara
gus. strawberries, rhubarb, perennial
onions, etc. N'W the place you plant
these perennials with reference to the
rest of the garden | s Important. Re
member thflt these gardens have to
lie plowed every year. If n row of
perennials Is planted across the mid
dle of the garden, the short way, it is
going to makeplowing difficult. In this
case the chances are that they will
he plowed “P* To avoid this diffi
culty all vegetables that are to remain
In tlie ground for more than one sea
son should he Planted along the side
of the garden space, that Is. the side
running the l,,n g Way. When located
here they cnuso the lenst Interference
with the plowing of the Brouni |.
Garden Essentials
Temperature Md moisture arc Im
portant I" il j l, hig a good garden.
Koch of then >• Influenced by tillage.
If only pur* ° r P>e garden Is planted
at a time, linrro* the other portion at
frequent Thlrfy n ,| nul( , a a
day will tisUB ttj afford r | ptltJ (|f Un)e
for working ■ tirden after It Is once
under way. '’Mice some sort of a
tillage opera l M* assure a mulch to
hold the niola'Wt control the weeds
and insects und twl lt the aeration.
Moslem Faith Kept by
Tatars in Lithuania
More than 500 years ago when
Vytautas the Great was ruling over
the. grand principality of Lithuania,
then at the height of its power and l
prosperity, he brought back as pris
oners from one of ids campaigns in
the southeast several hundred Ta
tars. They remained in Lithuania
intermarried with the native wom
en, hut did not give up their Moslem
faith and customs!
United with the remnnnts of the
Tatar troops lent by the grand khan
to tlie Lithuanian grand duke, most
of whom fell in the wars with ihe
Teutonic knights, these faithful fol
lowers of Mahomet planted the ban
ner of the crescent In these northern
legions; and'their descendants have
kept-it flying right down to today.
In connection with the solemn cele
bration this year in all Lithuania of
th(j 500th .’anniversary of the death
of- Vy(aiitas the Great, the League
-of Lithii'ulilan Tatars recently held
a meeting iii Kovno (Kaunas) and
decided to build a central mosque in
the Ca)Sij,ul city.
The Alaskan Flag
Alaska has recently adopted an of
ficial flag. It has a blue field, bor
dered on three sides with a narrow
band of gold. In the upper right-hand
corner appears Polaris and below it
the constellation Ursa Major, with
its two “pointers” indicating the
North- .star. The field of blue is
held to symbolize the evening sky
the .sea, mountain lakes and the wild
flowers of Alaska; nnd the gold bor
der, the wealth in Alaskan hills and
streams. Polaris is the ever-constnnt
guide of the explorer, woodsman,
prospector and surveyor. And Alas
kans hope that the northernmost star
may some' day take its place ns the
forty-ninth in our national emblem.
For your daughter’s sake, use Red
Cross Bnll Blue in laundry. She will
then hnve that dainty, well-groomed
appearance that girls admire. —Adv.
Earthquake’s Vagaries
I An earthquake irrigated a cantn- s
I loupe field at Brawley, Calif., re-
I cently when a tremblor caused small J
"geysers to spout five inches high j
over the IGO-ncre field owned by the |
S. A. Gerrnrd company. The water
irrigated the entire field and then
f ooded adjacent areas before subsid
j ing. Small sand piles were left in
1 the wake of unusual inundation, nnd
a beet field nearby was completely l
covered by new sand.
The Old and the New
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\ Daughter—Yes, tn«. And 1 pW
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■ / Old bachelors are women’s rights I
' and widowers are women’s lefts. ‘
/ Weed* that attack crops cost Call-
I fornia $25,000,000 a year.
I A man of means seldom gives him
f self awaj’.