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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-27
Making Money
On the Farm
VII. Small Grain
Breeding
By G. v. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course IN Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1908. by American Press
Association

~MALL grain breeding is second
only to corn breeding in impor-
lance Indeed, there is even
more chance for improvement
along this line, since so little has been
done already The average yield OF
oats in Iowa in 1908 was only twenty
three bushels to the acre, while many
fields yielded three times that much
This is only one instance out Of many
that could be given to show the great
need for improved seed.
With small grain, as with corn, the
work of Improvement must largely be
done for each special locality. Each
type of soil and climate affects the
crops in different way, and varieties
that yield well in one part Of the coun-
try may fail utterly under different
conditions. This makes it necessary
for each locality to have its small
grain breeder There is no opening
along the line of special farming that
offers greater opportunities to the am
bilious young farmer than this The
work is a little more particular than
corn breeding perhaps, but the results
are Just as sure and the profits just as
great. Even though you may not care
to take up small grain breeding as a
business, it will pay you to carry it on
to a limited extent at least to provide
improved seed for your own USE
Selection the Basis of Improvement.
The requirements of the various
grains vary with the use to which they
are to be put, but the yield is an i'm
portant point with all. Selection is
the basis for Improvement in yield as
well as in the ether points that will
be taken up later. The first step Is to
select the variety that seems to be
doing best in your locality, and use
that as the basis of Improvement The
simplest method of breeding Is to Sc
lect a few of the best heads at harvest
time to start with. A great difference
will be observed at this time. Some
heads of oats. for instance, will con-
tain three times as maIy berries as
others not foot away. The seed
from these large heads, following the
law of like produces like" give lar
y
The seed from the selected heads is
sown on a plot by itself the next
spring. Small grain is not like corn in
that it is normally self fertilizing. The
flower is inside the hull, so that the
pollen cannot get from one to the
other. The only way cross pollination
can be accomplished is by hand. Some
improved varieties have been produc-
ed in this way. but the operation is too
delicate and the results too uncertain
| for the beginner Being self fortified,
the only way small grain can be mixed
is mechanically. by mixing the seed It
is not necessary that the breeding plot
be a considerable distance away from
the other fields. as in the case of corn.
The produce Of this breeding plot
should he thrashed separately and used
for planting a larger field the next
year The year after that there will
be enough seed for the entire acreage
of small grain.
This method is simple and easily
worked out on any farm. The trouble
with it is that the inherited differ
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FIG. xIII-GRAIN IN BREEDING PLOT.
ences in the yielding ability Of differ
ent heads is not fully taken into ac-
count. The only way to tell which of
two equal sized heads will yield the
most is by actual test. II the greatest
improvement Is to be made individual
head tests will have to be resorted to.
Individual Head Tests.
These Individual head tests are car
ried on in much the same manner as
the individual ear tests with corn. The
heads should be carefully selected in
the fall. In addition to the size of
heads, the stiffness of the straw, its
height and freedom from rust and
other fungus diseases should be noted
The rows in the breeding plot should
be four inches apart and the kernels
dropped the same distance apart in the
row. The aim throughout should be to
have the conditions as nearly like
those of the field as possible The
number of rows will depend to con
siderable extent on the time that can
be devoted to the work. The larger
the number the greater the probable
ity of producing something good. Fiji
ty rows is good number to start
with
Increasing the Yields.
In the fall the rows should be care
fully examined. Some win be lodged
badly. Others will have poorly filed
short heads Still others will be badly
rusted or smutted Discard all these
and harvest and weigh the produce OF
each good row separately. There will
be few that will be considerably bet
ter than the rest From these enough
Of the best heads should be selected to
plant next years breeding plot The
rest should he thrashed together and
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Enalish Luggage Llfters.

English railway companies suffer
severely through the purloining of pas
sengers' baggage and other articles by
platform thieves, and in some cases 1t
is a difficult matter to find out the mis-
creant. One of these luggage filters
was on an occasion some time ago
seen keeping vigil over barrow OF
luggage, and In his hand he carried
apparently a good sized portmanteau.
He walked up and down the platform
several times and at last stopped OPP
posite the luggage. Placing his bag
on the barrow for moment, he then
picked 1t up and walked off. But the
lynx eye Of one of the railway officials
had also been watching the barrow,
and, going up to the man, had him ar
rested and searched. 1t was found
that his apparent portmanteau was
only a skeleton and inside had set
Of springs, ETC.. which, when placed
over a smaller bag, held the latter in
position. But for the smartness of the
official another travellers bag would
have been missing. London Answers.
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Avoided the Conventional.

at is a wonderful story" says the
publisher to the new author, whose
manuscript has just been accepted
"but you have failed in one important
feature You do not describe the way
the heroine was dressed when the hero
first met her. You'd better write In a
paragraph about her clothes, but try
to avoid the conventional"
The ingenious author, knowing the
sameness of costume descriptions In
the best sellers and also knowing how
to make an appeal to the feminine
heart, wrote:
"Heloise foated toward him CARRIED
in a 5000 dress, a $3.50 hat. with a
$9s.75 mantilla over a 1915 Lace coat"
--GhicaRo Post
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Al Rarl.s Duel With a Butler

About the middle of the last century
the Lord Rosebery Of that time was In
Paris, and in paying a call one day he
was received so rudely by the butler
that he complained to his friend of the
servants conduct. But the butler had
been a noncommissioned officer in the
French army. and as such he chal-
lenged LORD Rosebery to duel. The
earl accepted, and two shots were ex-
changed without result. But Lord
Rosebery was angered at his own con-
descension and afraid his antagonist
might lay aside his military rank and
resume his dutiessas a servant, thus
exposing an earl to the reproach Of
having fought with butler. So be
settled an annuity of $3.50 on the man
ON condition he did not return to do
nestle service. The condition was
faithfully observed on both sides.
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Recently one young man bet another
that he could not break an egg placed
on the floor Of their room by hitting 1t
with barrel. The second young man
promptly took the bet.
Thereupon the first young man care
fully placed an egg in corner Of the
room, Just where the walls made a
right angle, so that it was impossible
for the other to hit the egg with an
ordinary barrel.
Then the first young man proceeded
to gloat.
But the other suddenly produced a
revolver and broke the egg by tapping
1t smartly with the barrel OF the weap-
on. Then he demanded the money.
There was quite dispute naturally.
Finally the two agreed to submit the
question to the editor Of sporting pa
per. In due time the answer came.
The sporting authority decided that the
second young man was the winner OF
the bet, since the other had not speci-
fed in any way what kind of barrel
should be used for the destruction OF
the egg.-New York Times.
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FIG XIV-GOOD HEAD OF BEARDED WHEAT
termine the differences more exactly
it is necessary to weigh hundred
oats or so on fine balance such as
any doctor or druggist possesses. then
press out the bulls and weigh them
and calculate the per cent. The weight
of oats to the measured bushel varies
from twenty-five to fifty pounds. The
heavy oats are Of course the most
valuable. Nearly all grain elevators
have a small device for testing the
weight per bushel.
Another point to be considered is the
tendency to stool. In localities where
the summers are cool and late varie-
ties can be grown. tendency to stool
considerably is desirable, since thick
stand can be secured with less seed.
Where the summers are hot and early
varieties must be grown, however, the
tendency to stool to any great extent
should be discouraged, since stooling
always delays ripening Often a hull
will be seen partly inclosing smaller
oat. These small oats are known as
pin oats. They lessen the yield, and
a strain which contains many of them
should be Disseminated against.
There are three general types of oats
side oats, hulless oats and spreading
oats. The hulless varieties do not yield
enough to be of any great value. The
side oats, in which the berries are all
on one side of the head, are grown in
this country to limited extent only.
Most of the oats grown are Of the
spreading varieties. There are varie-
ties of oats of almost every color,
white, yellow, black and green being
the most common There Is little diff
ference in yield that can be ascribed
to color. If they are grown In com
munity in large enough quantities so
that they can be shipped in carload
lots the selling price will not vary
much
Selecting Wheat and Barley Heads.
In selecting wheat heads those that
do not shell too readily should be given
the preference. since much wheat is
lost by Smelling during harvest. The
grains should be plump. smooth and
bright The seed coat should be tough
and not cracked. Where the bran is
brittle and cracks easily 1t is difficult
to separate 1t from the -four. The
kernels should be hard Hard wheat
makes better -four owing to the great
er percentage of gluten. and millers
will pay more for it. Beardless wheat
is more easily handled. but it does not
yield as well as the bearded varieties.
In barley the hull adheres to the
kernel in thrashing. The grains should
be bright as the quality Of brewing
barley depends largely upon the color.
The best barley for brewing purposes
is that which contains the most starch
This can be determined by cutting
through the grain and noting the per-
centage of starch to horny parts. For
feeding purposes a smaller percentage
of starch is desired.
Beardless barley is little less hardy
and yields little less than the beard
ed sorts. but the convenience of ham
ding more than makes up for this
There are two types of barley, the two
rowed and the six rowed. The six
rowed varieties have given the best
satisfaction In this country.
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Barrie and Kiplino.

Mr.. Barrie was enc day at Waterloo
station in a hurry to catch train. He
was Fastening from the bookstall
laden with papers, ga good many six
penny ones among Them" he dolefully
relates, when, in rushing around a
corner, he fell into the arms of Rud-
yard Kipling, equally In tearing
hurry. They turned on each other
with scowling faces, then smiled in
recognition and asked each other
whittier he went. Then Kipling. ex-
claiming. LUCKY beggar, you've got
papersl' seized the bundle from Bar
rie, flung him some money and made
off "But you did not stoop to pick
up his dirty halfpence, did your" que
ried one of Mr.. Barrie's hearers anus
edly Didn't /, thought returned
Barrie, and added ruefully, But he
hadn't flung me half enough" st
James Gazette.
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"a patient of mine is subject to rose
colds" a doctor said. "She caught a
bad rose cold last week from bou-
quet Of artificial roses. That often
happens. 1t is supposed to show the
mystic, psychological aspect Of dis
ease, but as a matter Of fact it is just
as natural to take rose cold from
paper roses as from the real kind.
Why? Because the paper roses that
bring on rose colds are always per-
fumed 1t is the fad, you know, to per
fume artificial flowers. The scent used
is the essential oil Of roses, and 1t is
this oil in the natural flowers that
causes rose colds. New York Press
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Uncle Sam Rejects Own Stamps.

Uncle Sam Rejects Own Stamps.
Thomas A. Daily, an Indianapolis
lawyer, was laughing at himself the
other day for sending stamps to the
government at washington in payment
for patent circular. A few days lat
er he received a letter stating that
stamps could not be accepted.
sit never occurred to me they
couldn't use stamps" he said, laugh
ing. "But they use frank, and Of
course they wouldn't want stamps. All
the government could do would be to
sell the stamps over again, and 1t
might as well get the money in the
first place. indianapolis Star.
A Question Of Color.
The enormous difficulties of color
Technology are illustrated by a Gus
TONER'S "exact statement of her re-
quirements" in large Deansgate es-
adjustment one day. Something in
blue taffeta silk, please. / don't want
anything as dark as navy blue nor any
thing as light as Cambridge blue, but
something darker than Elton blue and
yet a little off from an electric blue
and hardly a sky blue-more like
robins egg blue and yet not quite SO
light, but not an indigo blue, but some
thing like this tint; think they call it
morning glory blue, which Is something
like turquoise blue and yet not quite
so light as that and yet not so dark
quite as this aquamarine blue nor so
light as baby blue. Now, if you have
anything in the shade have described,
please show it to me-" The intelligent
assistant unrolled length, cross be-
tween the blue devils and the deep sea,
with the remark: ''This is the shade
of blue you require, madam. 1t
called London milkp Dyer and Ca
leo Printer.
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to listen.
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all.

The Rev. Paul withstood the food
for one small moment; then abjectly, in
spirit. he knelt before the soul of the
singer The tenderness, the pathos,
the love, his splendid vocabulary held
not the words to express the wealth Of
it. His ideals of womanliness and in
tellectuality went down in very siroc
co of yearn;ng. The beautiful casket
with the birdlike spirit and the soul of
music far, far more than sufficed For
tunate man indeed was he If
They walked across the park in 81
lence. At the swing the Rev. Paul
stopped.
1T was here, Ada" he said, that 1
first saw you. love you, dear, more
than anything in the world. I want
you for my Wife"
Ada did not at once turn. Her shout
ders heaved. and a small handkerchief
With cobwebby lace was in requisition.
Presently from behind its daintiness
came muf1ied voice, IL know-so-
little"
at makes not the slightest differ
ence," he urged. ada. just one word"
"If-you' re-sure."
sDo live? / am no surer of life"
The engagement was necessarily
brief. The very next day it was an
nounced. The Rev. Paul, sitting alone
when the mail was brought in, glanced
over the papers Almost in scare lines
the notice met his eyes-the usual
form, but-what-what-
He sprang up electrified. He sank
back shivering. How she had played
with him-Sara tool
Miss Woodson is not only strikingly
beautiful" he read, 'but she is a wo-
man of rare attachments. having but
recently returned from two years
postgraduate course abroad in the best
institutions open to women. The Rev.
Mr.. Freyer ought to consider himself
a lucky man."
There was rush of feet, then cling
ing hands caught his and pretty lips
close to his ear demanded forgiveness.
81 couldn't help It," she murmured.
''The temptation was too great. You
did so look the grave and reverend
seignior."
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the Ct &szAZzz3
Quicksilver.


The ore from which quicksilver is
obtained is a brilliant red rock known
as cinnabar When Of high purity 1t
Is actually vermilion in color. CHINA
bar is the original source of the pig
ment known commercially as vermil-
ion. 1t is compound of sulphur and
quicksilver, and in order to separate
the latter from the sulphur the rock is
roasted. Passing off in the form of a
gas, the mercury is afterward con-
densed and flows out in fine stream,
like a continuous pencil Of molten sill
yer. Like gold and silver, mercury is
occasionally found in a native or pure
state. Sometimes the bniner's pick
penetrates a cavity that contains a
cupful or more of the elusive and beau
tiful fluid Miners suffer much from
the poisonous effects Of the quicksilver
fumes. Extreme cleanliness is the best
safeguard for workers In this danger
Gus occupation. Use is also made of
sort of lemonade which serves to a GER
tain extent as an antidote, a strong
acid taking the place of lemon juice
In. the composition of the drink.
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PATHS Narrow Escape From Burning.
On my first appearance in Moscow
an exciting event occurred. Just pre-
vious to going on to the platform ap-
preached the cheval glass In my dress
ing room to arrange the blossoms in
my hair, when the long muslin skirts
/ was wearing suddenly caught fire
from a spirit lamp. Fortunately ! had
the presence of mind to keep perfectly
still while those In the room extin-
guished the flames with rugs and
shawls. The danger was over, and l
naturally felt upset, but managed to
make my appearance and sing my role
In the usual way. However, on re-
turning to the dressing room the extra
excitement was too much and caused
me to faint The news of the mishap
spread quickly, and the manager, with
the artists, came and congratulated
me on my escape, and there arose a
contention for the pieces Of muslin the
fire had spared, which were carried
off as trophies. = Adelina Patti In
Strand Magazine.
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Lord RusseII's Retort.

Lord Russell once presided at a din
ner given for Sir Henry Irving on his
return from America. While the din
ner was in progress Lord Russell sug-
gested to Comyns Carr that he propose
Sir Henry's health. II can't make
speeches. you know" he said.
Sir Henry gently replied, Il heard
you make fine speech before the Par
nell commission"
To which the pungent Irishman an
swered, "Oh, yes, but then had some
thing to talk about"
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A Keen Observer.

Ethel. aged three, had been to visit
her cousins. two fun loving and romp-
ing boys She had climbed upon her
fathers knee and was telling him of
her visit. Papa, every night John
and George say their prayers they ask
God to make them good boys" said
she.
THAT is NICE" said papa.
Then, thinking soberly for Few min
utes, she said. "He amt done it yeti
Delineator.
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Nocturnal Tragedy.

1t Is a dark night. 1t is also dark
kitchen. The kind hearted man In his
stocking feet Is after drink Of water
for his fretful youngster. He thinks
he can find his way In the inky dark
ness. He is mistaken. He turns to
the left instead of to the right and
falls down cellar.
Another good man gone wrong
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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If at thirty you expect to be an old
man or woman at fifty-fve you Will be
one. because the mind makes the ma
terial correspondence Of whatever It
sets itself permanently upon.-Health
Record.
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jenkins speaking to bis friend the
editor about the death Of Richie. the
millionaire)- How much is he worth.
| wonder? Editor (absentmindedly)-
Not much Not more than quarter
of a column at the outside.-Chicago
Record Herald.
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a Nice wsddlna Present.

A reproduction of picture called
.sThe Coming Storm" was advertised
for sale in Berlin shop window, and
under the title there were the words
in large type, Suitable for wedding
nrnaanfD
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The Cause Of Drafts.

Why is it that windows and doors
are frequently i'll fitting? There is
nothing wrong with the wood ITSELF
nor with the workmanship, as rule,
nor with the fit, at the outset at least
hut the whole trouble is due to the
wood being unseasoned, or, rather
only partially seasoned, at the time 1t
is made tp.-Timber.
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First Doctor-To what do you at
tribute his success as a physician?
Second Doctor-To his diplomacy. He
first finds out few thiwgs patient
doesn't like and then orders him not
to eat them. Philadelphia Record.
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sShadbolt, did you ever have a touch
of anything like the appendicitisT
"Once. Have you forgotten, Dinguss,
that when you were operated on for 1t
you touched me for an even hundredT
Chicago Tribune.
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That was wise schoolboy who
when the master asked, why was it
that his great discovery was not prop
erly appreciatedY promptly replied,
ut was because he didn't advertise,
sir"
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A Libel on the ORIGINAL.

"Why is Maude so angry with the
photographer"
"She found a label on the back of
her picture saying, The original Of
this photograph is carefully preserv-
ed Boston Transcript.
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Their Present Names.

awhat are the names of that young
couple next door"
1--WE won't be able to find out for
several weeks. They've just been mar
ried. and he calls her Birdie. and she
calls him Petite"
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Little Willie-Say, pa, what is pes
simist?
PA pessimist. my son. is a man
who derives most of his pleasure from
his effort to spoil the pleasure Of 9th.
ers.-Chicago News.
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brane resulting from Catarrh and drives
away Cold in the Head quickly. Restores
the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size
so cts. at Druggists or by mail. Liquid
Cream Balm for use in atomizers % cts.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
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Before and After.

"That couple used to be inseparablc
a year ago." he observed, ''and now
you hardly ever see them together.
Why Is it? Do you known
YES" said she. '"rhey weren't mar
ried q year ago."-New York Press
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The temple of fame stands upon the
grave. The fame that burns upon its
affairs is kindled from the ashes OF
dead men.
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Be sure to put your feet in the right
place. then stand firm.-Lincoln.