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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15
Corn Culture and Breeding.
BY A. D. sHAMEI, ILLINOIS EXPERIMENT STATION.
CRBaNA, ILL.,
The Importance Of Fertile Soil.

The Importance Of Fertile Soil.
The important points under the farmers
control in the production of a profitable crop
of corn are fertile soil, improved seed. and
the best methods of culture. By farmers
control Is meant that the corn grower can in
huence the above conditions so that they NAV
be made to produce the largest yield of corn
per acre most economically. The fertility of
the virgin soil seemed almost boundless to the
pioneer farmer. He planted crop of corn
after crop OF corn, or crop of wheat after crop
of wheat, or rotated corn with wheat, produc
ing large yields of both crops. Little attention
was given to the application of the principles
of plant growth to our farm crops. In ln-
diana and Illinois such systems of farming
have reduced the fertility of the soil to such
an extent that profitable crops can no longer
be produced by the old one crop system of
farming. The early settlers broke the prairie
sod or cleared the timber fields and cropped
them until they wonld no longer produce
profitable crops These farmers then moved
into new spot, powed the new fields. or
cleared the timber, and farmed as before.
Sooner or later in any state the new and un
broken fields will all be plowed and cultivated.
In Illinois the children Of the pioneers are
being crowded back on to the exhausted fields,
and it is their problem to find some practical
way of restoring the fertility to the soils.
Any farming community which practices
one crop system of farming is bound to eventu-
ally become poverty stricken. The fertility
the soul is like bank account; by continued
drafts without any deposits the balance will,
sooner or later, will be found on the wrong
side of the ledger.
At the Illinois Experiment Station corn has
been grown year after year on a field of the
college farm without any application of ma
nure or fertilizer of any kind. This expert
ment was begun "a years ago, and the best
kind of cultivation and methods of preparing
the seed bed have been used in the growing
of the crops. The crop has been carefully
weighed from year to year. The yields per
acre have been kept since 1888, but previous
to the establishment Of the experiment station
no authoritative records were kept. The record
since 1888 is as follows (per acrel:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15

White, nine and three fourths inches long,
and of about equal circumference to the long
ear weighed seventeen ounces. When shelled
the long ear produced nine ounces of shelled
corn, while the short ear yielded fifteen ounces
shelled corn. The deep kernel type actually
outweighed the long, shallow type. and there
u difference of six ounces of shelled corn
in favor Of the short ear. Applying this test
to field conditions, providing there were two
ears to the hill and an equal number of long
and short ears, the improved, short ear type
would outyield the unimproved thirty nine
bushels per acre.
Standards For Varieties.
The length of ear will vary with locality
the shorter the season the longer the ear and
vice versa. In general, the ordinary type OF
corn should be between ten and eleven inches
in length and 5, and inches in crcumfer-
ence. There is no objection to longer ear,
providing it is proportional and will mature in
the season in which it is grown. In fact, one
of the objects of breeding is to develop size.
With recognized varieties, the standards Of
length, circumference and per cents. have
been adopted, as follows:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15
Testing vitality of Seed Corn.

Testing Vitality Of Seed Corn.
The vitality of all seed corn should be tested
A good profitable stand can only be secured
from vigorous seed. This vitality can be
tested by every corn-grower by this simple and
practical method. Take three kernels out of
every seed ear, from near the tip. one from
the middle, and the other from near the butt of
the ear. Fill an ordinary china dinner plate
nearly full of sand and pour water on until
thoroughly saturated. Now plant 100 kernels,
point down, in the sand. Place a second,
somewhat smaller. plate over the first, to pre-
vent the too rapid evaporation of the mois-
ture, and set in a warm room. Keep a record
of the time and number of kernels sprouted in
this kind of table:
Name of variety.
Date of testing.
Number of kernels.
Source of seed ,.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15
Improved Seed Corn.

The second important feature of the grow
ing of a corn crop is seed corn. II has been
found that corn can be bred like cattle From
the fact that we secure complete crop in
single season, the results from corn breeding
are secured more quickly than from animal
breeding. 1t costs no more to grow a large
crop upon the field than small crop. The
expense of cultivation, interest on investment
and labor are the same in both cases. If by
breeding the yield can be increased five
bushels per acre, this increase is pure profit to
the grower. Therefore any advantage from
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The tips should be filled with regular rows
Of kernels, so that no point Of the cob projects
beyond the kernels of corn. Poorly tilled,oul
ears indicate small proportion of corn to cob
and poor selection. BY selecting well filled
out ears, the maturity Of the different parts of
the ear is brought to approximately the same
season. so that the pollen produced by va
rieiy will be sufficient to supply the entire ear
on all the stalks in the field.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15

These standards will be changed in the pro-
cess of development, but they tend to fix the
characteristics at present. The roughness of
kernel. color, etc., will vary with the variety.
For the recognized varieties, the following
characteristics for the varieties have been
adopted:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15

have germnated. If less, the seed should be
discarded and better seed secured.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-04-15
Culture,

The third important feature in the produc-
ton of corn crop is the culture; that is, the
preparing of seed bed, kind of planting and
cultivation. The preparation of the seed bed
should be Of such nature as to furnish the
requirements for termination of the seed corn;
moisture, warmth and air The depth and
time Of plowing, the floating, disking and
| narrowing of the seed bed must vary with the
ciples of "a thorough fitting of the soil, des-
troying the weeds before the corn is planted,
and the securing of "A mulch to prevent the
escape of soil moisture, are the foundations of
| successful corn culture
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
REAL ESTATE NEWS
MiIion-DoIlar Contract at the Sugar
Factory-SaIe of Apart
nent House

Althouse Bros. report the sale of
two-story frame residence at 1249
Eden avenue, lot 50x150 feet, from A.
r. Brown to w. NJ. Riley. Considera-
ton, $3.50.
Charles II. Earl has paid Miller r.
Miner and w. T. Miner, through A. r.
Jergins &s Co, $22,5OO for three-room,
two-story frame apartment house on
the east side of Flower street, 300 feet
south of Third street. The lot is 5Ox
$50 feet. The rental value is $3.50
month.
The Pacific Sugar company will erect
an extensive sugar beet plant at Chino,
within six miles of Pomona. The inn
provements to be made by the company
will involve an outlay of 100000. Carl
Leonardt of Los Angeles has been
awarded the contract Many homes
and business buildings are to be erected
at Chino.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
CONTRACTORS BIDS FOR
PUBLIC WORK ARE HIGH
ATTEMPTS BY COUNCILMAN TO
SHOW COLLISION
Ed Kern Explains That Prices in
Part Are Result of Change in
Specifications and Shorter Hours
of Employees

The action of the board of public
works in rejecting a large number Of
bids last Friday and ordering the i'm
provementS readvertiSed on account of
the high prices demanded by con-
tractors, had little effect on the bids
submitted to the council yesterday.
High prices for street work were COM
mented on by several of the members
of the council, and although the bids
were referred to the board of public
works members of that body intimated
that many of them would be rejected
at the next meeting
An effort was made by the council
man from the Sixth to show colluson
between street contractors and sew
eral who were present at yesterdays s
meeting were questioned. Contractor
Mcclure declared that he had not con-
suited with any other contractor be-
fore submitting his bids and declared
he knew of no combination between
the contractors. Several others who
have done much city work were ques-
toned, but they evaded a direct an
swer by stating they had submitted
no bids this week.
Councilman Smith was of the
opinion that a combination had not
been effected, as the number of per-
sons who submit bids for public i'm
provements is too large to admit of
such a condition and that some of the
bids showed a difference of So foot
for grading the same streets.
Chairman Kern of the board of pub
lie works said that the new specifica-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27

Never in all it's official life was the
dignity of the city council shocked as
it was yesterday afternoon when Mrs.
Il. Stewart, Alpine avenue. one of
Councilman Percy Hammon's con-
stituents, showed her utter contempt
for the city fathers. after taking a
rap at Attorney Robert Todd.
The question of having the Berg Sc
Oxby brick plant removed from its
location on New Depot street, near
Cleveland, was up for consideration
and Mrs. Stewart was there to enter
her protest against a further mainte-
nance of what she and others consider
nuisance. The attorney for the
protestants asked that two weeks time
be given for another hearing and At
torney Todd, who represented the
brick company, expressed himself as
willing to grant the extension and
asked that in the meantime the coun-
Gil visit the place in a body and see
for itself if it is a nuisance.
"And before the visit l suppose you
will have the premises nicely cleaned
up and the machinery muffied so the
council will not see it as we see it
every day. Forewarned is forearmed,' -
said Mrs. Stewart, who left the COM
mittee room in a manner that showed
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27

lean favorite who was born with a g.
1884, also that pestor of the drama
Augustin DAILY, 1888; John Sleeper
Clarke came into existence in 1884 and
death overlook the delightful J. B
Blackstone October 81; T. w. Robert
son February 8, and William Brough
March 13.
Sir Henry Irving was born in 1885
and died October 13.
Daniel E. Bandmann was born in
1889 and November 90, and stranger
yet to chronicle Sir Henry Irving is
the thirteenth member of the dramatic
profession that has been buried in
Westminster Abbey, the most hallowed
spot in all Britain to inter the dead
Thomas Betterton was. the first to be
buried there, 171O. Then Nance Old
field, 1880; Barton Booth, 1888; Anne
Bracegirdle. 174S; Marie Cibber, 1865;
Mrs. Pritchard, 176S; Samuel Foote
1777; Spranger Barry 1777; David Gar
rick, 1873: John Henderson, 1885; John
Phillip Kemble, 1926 Sarah Siddons
1881; Sir Henry Irving, 1905.
That grand dramatist Bulwel
Lytton, who penned the classic
'Richelieu,' was born in 1903 and died
in 1873, and the grim reaper gathered
unto himself Sheridan Knowles. the
author of 'Virginius,' November 30
1862. Louis James was born October
3, 1912, and is thus in his sixty third
year, and judging from his appear
ance and agility he does not look OF
act one day over SO, much virtue there.
fore L say in g."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
STEAL CHRISTMAS JEWELS
Burglars Enter Home and Make Es-
cape With Valuable silverware
and Other Valuables

Robbers gained entrance to the resi-
dence Of G. L. Strang at 1896 England
avenue last Monday afternoon while
the members of the family were pay
ing a Christmas day visit The en-
tire house was ransacked and quanti-
ty OF silverware and jewelry was Sc
cured. Most of the articles taken were
Christmas gifts.
The silverware and iewelry taken
include one-half dozen silver knives,
one-haf dozen silver forks, one-half
dozen meat forks, one silver cream
ladle. a silver butter knife, two gold
rings. one stick pin, one gold coin
purse and a lady's gold watch. A
large suit case was also taken in
which it is believed the burglars car
ried away their plunder.
Detectives have been detailed on the
case and according to the police no
clues leading to the discovery of the
identity of the thieves have been dis
covered No article of the stolen prop
erty has been found in any of the
pawn shops. Officers throughout the
southern part of the state have been
notified TO keep careful watch for
the property and the thieves.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
APPEARS SHoELESs IN COURT
Man Refuses to Wear Regulation Jail
ootgear-Charged With
Stealing Clothing

Charged with burglary. Herbert
Rose was arraigned before Judge Rose
yesterday morning and pleaded nol
guilty The man is accused of having
stolen valise, a suit case, two suits
of clothes, pair of shoes and two
gold watches from a tent on a grading
camp at the corner of Fourth ana
Commonwealth streets last Thursday.
The prisoner was bound over to the
superior court on $500 bail, in default
of which he was lodged i'll the county
jail.
Rose appeared in the court room in
his stocking feet On a table marked
Exhibit AZ were a pair Of shoes which
had been removed from the prisoner
and which, it is said are the shoes
stolen from the tent at the camp.
After being bound over to the SUI
perior court Rose refused to accept
pair of shoes from Jailer McCauley,
saying: ''Ill wear my own shoes or
none But when placed in the county
jail he gladly accepted a pair of the
regulation county Jail sandals.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING
Petition Signed by 47oo Voters Pre-
sented to Board of
Supervisors

Gambling, not only at Ascot park
but in all parts of the county, was
attacked yesterday in a petition signed
by 400 voters of Los Angeles county,
who through Attorney J. w. Kemp
filed the document with the county
board of supervisors.
The petition was presented shortly
after the opening of the meeting yes
terday morning at the court house.
The address of the attorney was
brief and he stated that his clients
disliked the idea of having gambling
at the race track and therefore de-
manded that it be closed, as well as
all forms of gambling throughout the
county.
"I would like to have the question
taken up and examined" said Super
visor Alexander 1T seems to me
that this thing has been allowed to go
on long enough and it is time we
We're taking some action"
II have not looked up much on the
proposition" said Chairman Patter-
son, but / think it will take me some
time to assure myself one way or the
other. L cannot be here next week, so
we will continue this until January
8, and at that time L will vote one
way or the other
Following is the petition presented,
and although it is claimed that all the
sgners are voters the names of sew
eral women appear on the document:
I'VE, the undersigned voters of the
county of Los Angeles, do respectfully
petition your honorable body to at
once pass an ordinance which shall
prohibit gambling of all kinds at Ascot
park, and throughout the county of
Los Angeles, and particularly book
making. pool selling and other forms
Of betting ON morse races.''
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
MERE WOMAN SHOCKS WEIGHTY
DIGNITY OF CITY COUNCILMEN

she was not pleased with the proceed
ings.
The councilmen INDUCED in a quiet
chuckle at the expense of the dis
comfited attorney, but Todd soon had
the laugh on them.
In the midst of an important de-
liberation Mrs. Stewart again ap-
peared at the door of the committee
room and demanded:
Il want to see Councilman Harmon
if he is not busy"
Calling a councilman out in this way
was little unconventional, to say the
least, and it was evident the mem
bers were a little startled as Coun-
Gilman Harmon sheepishly answered
the summons and followed the woman
out of the room.
Here" called President Pro Tenn
Blanchard, 1.-The councilman from the
Second may not leave the room, as it
will break up the quorum and we
cannot transact the city's business"
"Mr. Harmon will be back in a
minute" answered Mrs. Stewart in a
way that showed Mr.. Harmon would
not come back until she was through
with him. and until she choose to re-
lease the Second ward councilman, the
city's business was suspended.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
INCORPORATIONS

Capital Carriage company. Direc-
tors: c. E. Capito. ]. C. Ferbert and
c. G. Eepps. Capital stock, $4,000,
with $4,000 subscribed.
Farmers Warehouse company.
Directors j. M. Waterman, Jules
Kaufman, w. M. Waterman. Capital
stock, $4,000, with $1O,50O subscribed.
Linn-Seal company. Directors, e.
Pickering, G. r. Candle, f. j. Decker.
Capital stock. 100000, with $4,000 sub
scribed.
East Pasadena Land & Water
company. Directors, H. ]. Pinney,
Henry Newby, b. o. Kendall. II. V.
Hewes, w. w. Webster. Capital stock,
$64,O00 with all subscribed.
snap-a-Jaek Confection company.
Directors, f. G. Kuehule, Nj. j.
Kuehule, e. d. Foster, C. r. Foster,
F. f. Kultz Capital stock, 5000,
fully subscribed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
NUMERAL "3" RECORDS
ACTORS BIRTHS AND DEATHS
WALLACE MUNRO GIVES ODD
LIST OF STATISTICS
Beginning With Shakespeare, Theat-
ricaI Man Shows How Lives of
Leaders of Work on Stage Have
Been Affected by Number

at is rather a singular coincidence
that the numeral "S' should be almost
universally in evidence in recording
the birth or death of the worlds great
est players," says Wallace Munro, who
is here representing Louis James
scheduled to appear in Los Angeles
next week. ... ...
"For instance, commencing with the
immortal bard William Shakespeare,
he was born and died upon the same
day of the month, April ~. Ihat
favorite of kings and lovable of ac-
tresses, Nance Oldfield, has an abun-
was born October 3, 1858, and died
October %, 1880, while her talented
successor for courtly favors and pro
fessional distinction, the dainty Fanme
Burton, was born 1877.
"The great Madame Rachel died
January 3. and Americas greatest
tragedienne Charlotte Cushman, was
born July %.
"The beautiful Sarah Siddons died
May 81, 1881. ,.,
"EdWin Booth was born with a
trinity of 3s November 13, 1888, and
died in 1898, and strange to chronicle
that great triumvirate of Roman de-
lineators, Edwin Booth, Il. l.. Daven-
port and John Mccullough were all
born upon the same day Of the month,
November 13.
"Another great actor with a trinity
of 3's was the famous w. C. Macready.
who was born April 3, 1898, and died
1873.
"Edmund Kean died in 1888, John p.
Kemble died in 1928, the elder Charles
Matthews died in 1885 and Junius
Brutus Booth died November 30.
THE dashing Charles Fechter and
both born with Ss, Fechter october
23. Wallack December 81.
"W. j. Florence first saw light in
1881, and the great Madame Janau-
schek in 1880.
Lawrence Barrett was born in 1888
and died in his fifty-third year. Pop
ular Charles II. Thorne died in 1888 In
his forty-third year, and the genial
John Y. Raymond was born in 1886
but died in the thirty-fourth year OF
his career as an actor.
Edwin Adams was another Amer
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
Oiling the Lungs

A new and common sense device has
been invented to carry hot medicated
oil vapor into the air cells OF the lungs
The Health Culture Institute In the
Mason building is giving much time
and attention to bring out n scientific
and practical way of curing all bron
chial trouble by local application To
demonstrate the curative power of this
new process, every one afflicted with
any form of cough is given free use
of the invention at the office or al
lowed to take tho device to their own
home for use. These free demonstra-
tions have already produced some
marvellous results One lady who had
a most distressing cough day and
night was practically cured in one
week. This surely looks like the only
way of getting right to the spot de-
sired
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
MEN ENGAGE IN FIERCE
HAND-T0-HAND FIGHT
coM5ATANTS IN COURT WITH
BATTERED FACES
August zegIer Accuses j. M. Haymer
With Alternating Wife's Affections
and Bloody Street Battle Ensues,
in Which Both lnfIict Damage

Charged with disturbing the peace.
the result of fierce fist fight, August
Heigler ana J. NJ. Haymer We're ar
raigned before Judge Austin yesterday
afternoon and found guilty. Zeigler
was sentenced to pay Il fine of $40 and
Haymer was assessed 81.
Zeglers accusations that Haymer
had attempted to ALLEVIATE the formers
wifes affections while Zegler was out
of the city led to the fight, which took
place at the corner of First street and
Central avenue yesterday morning. Pa
trolman Craig saw the encounter and
sought to separate the men, but was
obliged to call for assistance. Both
men had to be choked almost to insen-
sibility before they could be taken
safely to the city prison.
Zcigler claims that several weeks ago
he left the city. leaving his wife alone
at home. When he returned a few
days ago he found his wife in the COM
pany of Haymer. Zeigler says he re
solved to settle the affair outside of
the courts and without legal assist
anCe.
Yesterday morning the two men met
and became engaged i'm fight the
like of which Officer Craig says he has
never read. Both men sustained deep
cuts on their faces, and when brought
into the central police station their
eyes mad closed up tightly and We're
only Indicated by deep purple colored
indelible stains, several inches in di-
ameter.
Haymer told the police judge that he
had not attempted to ALLEVIATE the af-
fections of Zeigler's wife, but had en-
ployed her to work in his factory. Since
Zeigler's return to the city his wife
has disappeared, and his efforts to find
her, he says, have been useless. Zeig-
ier insists that Haymer is responsible
for her absence.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
MASON is FIGHTING ASCOT
Police Commissioner Asks Board to
Put Track "Out of Business"

Commissioner Mason wants the police
commission to cooperate with the
county supervisors in putting Ascot
park "out of business" He so stated
at the meeting of the commission held
yesterday morning, but as Commits
sioner Johnson was absent and the
mayor and Commissioner James OPP
posed the idea Mason received no sup
port.
I'VE are overstepping our authority
when we interfere in the business Of
the supervisors said Mayor McAleer
Single handed l had Ascot park re-
moved from the city limits and L be-
lieve that is all we can do
But the followers of the race track
make life a misery in Los Angeles"
said Commissioner Mason, "and under
those circumstances | believe we can
do something l believe these street car
holdups and other holdups that occur
nightly can be entirely attributed to
Ascot park race track followers"
mot a bit OF it," answered the mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
PROVIDES NEW INSPECTOR
Council Will Create Office of EXAM
iner of Reinforced Concrete
Building Operations

The city council yesterday instructed
the city attorney to draw up an ordi-
nance providing for an inspector of
reinforced concrete at salary of $3.50
month.
This was done at the suggestion of
Councilman G. A. Smith.
"Reinforced concrete is becoming a
popular building material and unless
properly used may be dangerous in
the extreme. 1 believe this official is
needed and his salary can be paid by
system of fees for permits for the
erection of concrete structures"