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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16

A NNUAL MEETING,
IA OF
The Mutual Fire Insurance Company In
Baltimore County.
416 EAST FAYETTE ST.. BALTIMORE, ND,
January 14th, 1909
Notice is hereby given, that the Annual Meet
ing of the Members Of the Company will be held
Thursday, February 4th, 1909,
"a Between IL a. M. and II NJ.
AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE. for tho pur-
pose of electing FIFTEEN DIRECTORS to
serve the ensuing year. JOHN }. REESE.
Jan. 1851 secretary.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscri-
Der has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Baltimore county, letters of administration on
the estate of
FREDERICK +. ERDMAN,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof,
to the subscriber.
On or before the 24th day of July, 1909;
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said
estate requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this 14th day Of
January. 1909. FRANCES NJ. ERDMAN,
Jan. 16-4tl Administrators. j
james j. Lindsay, attorney. EquitobIe JsuiId-
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DUBLIC SALE
HORSES AND cows

By Charles III. IsennocIe, Asscti0neer,
Ph@nir, r. r. d. No. L, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16

By John Y. SlGde, AuctiOneer, COrbett, Md
DUBLIC SALE
II Or
Household and Kitchen Furniture,-
Canned Fruits,-
Coal, Wood, Etc, at COrbett,
Northern Central
Railway.
The undersigned, Administrators Of the estate
of Ann M. Bryan, deceased, will sell at Public
Sale, at the late residence of the deceased, at
Corbett, Northern Central Railway, on
Monday, January goth, 1909,
az At o'clock P. NJ, Sharp,
The following Personal Property, viz:
One suit of Parlor Furniture, / suit of Dining
room Furniture, Bedroom Suits,M
- China, Crockery and Glassware, ~
Al Kitchen Utensils of all kinds, lot MI
60 of Canned Fruits. Cook Stove and
Fixtures. 2 Coal Heaters, lot of Coal, lot of
split Wood, and numerous other articles I'M
necessary to enumerate.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH.
AS-Nothing to be removed from the premises
until settled for.
HARRY B. ALDER,
Jan. 16-ts1 Administrator.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16

T. Scott Of,stt, attorney at Lar, Piper Build
ing, TO,UsOn, Maryland.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16
Tuesday, February I'd, 1909,

IWeoWUD1 = CUT Wtt5y 1vU1 1OUV1
RE- At the hour of IL O'Clock NJ,
ALL THAT VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROP
ERTY, upon which the late Israel Shue resided
at the time Of his death, located the road lead
ing from Hoffmanville to Beckleysville. and con-
tanning about SIX ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR
LESS.
This property is improved by q STON E HOUSE
in good condition, Bank Barn, Hog House, Hen
House and other necessary outbuildings. 1t is
convenient to Stores, Postoffice and Churches.
The land lies well and is fertile. and the farm
would make very desirable home.
TERMS OF SALE.-One- half Cash, balance in
six months with interest, or all Cash at the pur-
chasers option. Arrangement may be made to
erty. A deposit of 800 is required at the time
of sale. JOHN /. YELLOTT,
Attorney named in the Mortgage.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16

Emanuel w. Herman, Attorney, builders
Exchange Building, Baltimore, and
Piper Building, TOscsOn, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16

MONEY TO LOAN.
IN SUMS OF $500 AND UPWARDS, ON
FIRST MORTGAGE.
Apply to WILLIAM 8: KEECH,
Feb. I7Itf Towson, Nd.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

james u. Lindsay, Attorney. EQ ttit0bIe JBasiId
ing, Baltimore, and To,cson. ND. ~
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sae1u Advertisements.

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FoR SALE.
FRESH COW, WITH CALF BY HER SIDE.
Apply to B. KNETZER
Jan. 16-1t] Owings' Mills, Md.
DRIZE WINNING Il. /. REDS.
Mr.. WILLIAM NJ. GORSUCH, of Monkton
Nd. BREEDER OF RHODE ISLAND REDS,
won at the Poultry Show held last week in Bal
timore, FOURTEEN REGULAR and SPECIAL
PRIZES, including HANDSOME $500 Sill.
YER CUP for BEST DISPLAY OF r. 1. REDS.
Jan. 16-1t
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PropertyTransfersin Baltimore County.
Deeds etc., received for record in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County:
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Hackett.-Mrs. Mary Jane Haekett, aged rs
years, wife of Mr.. Joseph L. Hackett. of Honey
brook, Pa, died on Friday, 9Th inst. at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Joshua NJ Shelley,
at Warren. Besides her husband she is sur
vived by one daughter and two sons-Messrs
Charles and William Hackett-and several
grand and great grandchildren.
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ORDERS RECEIVED
FOR FODDER CUTTING AND FEED
GRINDING. Apply to
Jan. 9-2t1 Fullerton or Glenarm P. o.
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TTyO LOAN ON FIRST MORTGAGE.
One sum of 5000, one sun of $500, one sum of
$1,000, one sum of $4,000. -
Attorney at Law, Towsontown. Nd.
May4.-tf.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
ID KIN San eur.

The meanest weed that infests the
irrigated country : orchards is the
sand bur or grass bur as 1t is some
times called. When this pest gets a
foothold it is very difficult to eradi-
cate and will spread rapidly unless
entirely. wiped out. The plant will
grow pgand mature seed sufficient to
.p%erpetuate itself in two or three
weeks toward the close of the sum-
mer. Therefore to kill 1t out the
work OF cultivating must be kept; up
throughout the summer until frost
kills all vegetation. The burrs are
sufficiently matured for seeding as
soon as the sharp stickers that cover
the seed r formed and while they
still appear perfectly green. Where
the plants have secured such "a foot
hold as ~ defy all efforts with cult.
vator and hoe they may be choked
out by q heavy growth of sweet
clover. The clover grows so tall and
rank as to entirely shade the ground
and will kill out all other weeds in.
Guiding the sandlfor grass bur.
-IA aA
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
REAL BASIS FOR
IMPROVING CORN PLANT
There are Three Ways IN Which Advancement Can be
Secured and Careful Study Is UrSed.-By
@ Edward M. East. S8

Ever since plant breeding has been
brought to the front as a means of in.
creasing yields and producing new
qualities, distinct from the mere feed
ing of crops by means of fertilizers,
we have been taught that by selection
we could accomplish anything.
Take the character length of ear as
a concrete example, says Edward M.
East in Rural New Yorker. Varia.
lions in length are seen in every field
of corn, nc matter what the variety.
If we select the longest ears in sue
cessive seaons we are taught that we
shall continually improve, the strain
In this character. Even the teachers
have always had an inward con-
sciousness that there must be a limit
to the progress that could be made
In this way, but the thought has been
indefinite, and has been designedly
kept in allegiance. The man who has
been SO indiscreet as to ask where the
limit OF his improvement is to be has
been judiciously steered into other
lines of thought. Some questions are
hard to answer, and it was more in.
.teresting to let him dream of the time
he could fill an order for a bushel of
corn with one lone ear.
/, Likewise, we have been taught that
by %hybridizing two strains we could
obtain any desired new character or
quality If we only continued on the
lob for a sufficient length of time. We
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

tried to breed this character into the
watermelon by selection. The water
melon reproductive cell does not pos
sess this character, and IN this ac-
count there is no basis upon. which
to select. The kind of selectionist
against whom we are speaking would
begin by going into a field and TAX
ing seed from those plants that were
the least affected by the disease, yet
he would never obtain results because
he would be selecting non-affected
plants instead of resistant plants.
g.. There is a third method by which
a slight and temporary improvement
can probably be made, although some
biologists are beginning to lose faith
in II, because the results scarcely pay
for the trouble. This Is the selec-
ton of fluctuations. Fluctuations are
the variations that are not due to
structural changes in the reproductive
cells, but simply to nutrition. They
are, therefore-strictly speaking-not
inherited, but simply give temporary
aid in the development of the next
generation. For example, let us imag-
inc two corn plants having exactly the
same characters; one of these plants
has grown on good soil and is we'll
developed, while the other has grown
on poorer soil and is weakly devel-
oped. The seed Of the well-nurtured
plant has more nutriment stored up
in it, and the young Seeding that it
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
IrrIaatlnu pewherriea.

There are really no tricks In sirri.
eating dewberries. The ground
should be kept moist and In good con.
gdition during the early part Of the
growing season. The young plants
Will stand d good deal OF water the
first season. During the picking sea
son It IS the common practice to;
water after each picking, just aslight
surface watering. This supplies the:
roots with the needed moilture to
swell the perries TO good size and ~
keeping the surface 81 the ground
moiit the berries ripen better, therS
a less loss from the drying 81 tho
fruit. Il would be 81 rood plan. no
Idoubt, 70 ny 10 Induce early maturity
u the Games by Withholding water.
after thsssclose ot the picking sssAaon.
10 localities whsles SthssMintsrSsnoW.
nm . noe%greet ~ fdswbssrypatch
shoulds y gixels Stats falI irfiggahons
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

grew stronger, and within three months
/ was a perfectly well woman.
az want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E., Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-Mrs. JoHNG. MoLDAN,
2115 Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
MINI. W.
Thousands Of unsolicited and genuu.
inc testimonials like the above. prove
the efficiency Of Lydia F.. PnEham's
Vegetable Compound, which;Bf made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight Of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health. -
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
confidential. F0r~~2O years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free Of charge. Don't
hesitate-Write at Once. Sf.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
SURPRISED HIM
Doctors Test of Food.

A doctor In Kansas experimental
with his boy In q test of food and
gives the particulars Hessays:
Il naturally watch the eject ofsdif-
ferent foods N patients. My own lit
tie son. e lad Of four. had been i'll
with pneumonia and during his.conya.
.Slescence didsnotsseem to care f0drf any
kind of food.
= knew. something Sofs Grape.Nuts
and Its rather fascinating favor. and.
particularly OF iS n%ourishing ana
nerye.bualding powers, go Issstartedthe
boy on sSGrape,Nuts and found from
the first dish that ne liked Ii. Il IA
His mother save It to him tsfSily
and he begansto improve at once. IN
less athanssa month he had Radned
about eight pounds andsoon Became
80 wellaAnd strongwes hadsnoS further
anxietySab0utf him. As sa|s .sE s
AS old patient of nine "a years
old came down with sSsioslss stomach
trouble and before was called had
gotsso9 weak he could eat almost moth.
Ing, and was In 8 serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind OF
food for the sick without avvsaaiI.
= Immediately Put him on Grape
Nuts With good, rich mix and lust q
little pinch Of sugar. He exclaimed
when came NEXT day Why doctor !
never ate anything 70 good Or that
made me feel 70 much stronger
81 am spleased tossayathatshe got.
Wen ON Gf1pAeN bnt No had tn
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

have only made a beginning in breed
ing as a science, and it will be
many years before we can predict with
the accuracy of a chemical reaction
what will take place on crossing two
individuals; but even now we know
enough of the laws of variation and
heredity to show us that this point
Of view is all wrong. The quail
ity Of the grist depends upon
the grain in the hopper. There
are three and only three ways In
which plants a be improved, and
a careful consideration of them shows
the errors in both Of the above teach
ings.
/. Every plant is composed of a
large number of characters, each Of
which is inherited as a unit. The
basis and the plan by. which these
characters develop are held in the fer
tilted egg from which the seed and
finally the plant results. From the
structure within this egg-cell, each
character and through these charac-
tiers, the entire organization is finally
self-constructed by the utilization of
food materials from the soil and from
the air. No permanent variation oc-
ours in a plant unless it occurs first
in the structure of these reproductive
cells. Such variations are, therefore,
the only foundation for plant improve.
$ment, and the sole function of selec-
ton is to pick out the most desirable
of them for propagation. Unfortu-
nately for the ease Of the task, varia-
lions due to nutrition and other
causes, variations that affect the plant
and not the reproductive cells are,
therefore. not inherited, often obscure
the rarer, inherited variations, and
thereby much unnecessary and
unavailing selective work.
2. The object Of naturalization Is to
shuttle and5recombine the unit charac.
ters Of the parent plant. II we knew
what all the results would be when
these characters combine we could.
predict the percentage Of the progeny
OF q cross that would contain certain.
definite combinations OF characters.
But we do not know enough concern.
ing the Inheritance of these characters
to make predictions. We simply know
that we can only expect to combine
the characters actually possessed by
the parent. For example. resistance
to thesdisease called watermelon wilt
was found to be q single unit charac.
ter possessed by the first cousin st
the watermelon, the citron. This quail
lily was therefore combined with other
desirable qualities possessed by tho
watermelon by naturalization. Here
was definite basis upon which to work
and by which tangiblesresults could be
obtained. But supposing no Wilt-re-
sistant melon had been known, II
would have been utterly futile 10 have
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

produces has a better start in life
than has a Seeding from the poorly
nurtured plant. The actual charac-
tiers inherited by the two plants are
the same, but the seedlings from the
poorly nurtured plant are handi-
capped, and are not SO well able to
utilize their food supply and produce
a normal well-deyeloped plant. This
is. also true Of poorly-nourished ami
mails.
Let us apply these principles to
corn breeding. Corn is a wind-pol-
linated plant, therefore when a change
takes place in the reproductive cells
of any Individual of a variety, it is
quickly recombined with different
characters in other individuals. AS
these changes take place with some
frequency, what we call a CONNER
cial variety is actually a set OF
hybrids between individuals possess
ing various characters. The real eff
feet of selection is gradually to iso-
late a strain having characters that
we desire, in SO far as such charac-
0SNAy OSSA PAOAuCOu NY
nature. There is no question of our.
originating anything by this selection.
II there are plants having undesirable
characters we can reject them, pro-
vided there are plants that are with
out these characters, but that is as far
as we can go. In this mixture Of types,
the commercial variety, there are
some strains that produce a greater
variety than others. It. is the aim of
the line breeder to take out these
types and discard those having less
efficiency. For these reasons we can
e how great is the Importance Of
our original breeding plot. II the type
desired has been included among the
original plants it can be selected out
and established as a variety, il It
has been left out we can only wait
for nature to produce such a type. And
as nature is not p1odigal in her new
productions our chances are relative
fly small.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices OF the Swedish
National League Against Tuberculo-
sis, the International tuberculosis con-
ference held its annual meeting in
Stockholm July 8 to 10. Among the
American speakers on the program
were DR.. Hermann NJ. Biggs of New
York and DR.. John G. Wise, medical
director Of the United States navy,
who was the official representative Of
this country. Two subjects of special
interest discussed were: care Of
Tuberculous Families, Especially of
Healthy Children" and Tuberculosis
and the Schools"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
METHOD OF HLLAGE.
Great Many Of the Old Practices Of
Farmers Are Erroneous and
Will Be Changed.

I'LL al 0itASAO SAVoS
ing of the conservation of moisture in
the soil by narrowing the surface as
soon as possible after blowing, N. s.
Belden in the Field and Farm, says
the writer IS wrong, and gives his
reasons for 80 thinking. In the first
place. he says, We know that when
land is freshly plowed that the under
side of the furroW is made up OF more
or less air holes and clods, which
when left undistlrbed as a harrow I'M.
%doubtedly does by simply going over
the. surface, the evaporation Of the air
will certainly bring the moisture with
it. A great many of the old practices
OF farmers are certainly and
will be changed when thinking men
get to work. A harrow is a good ma
chine to make the surface look we'll.
but aside from this It has no business
In the field except at wedding time
and after a rain to break the crust.
To make myself better understood, 1
will tell you how i proceeded with my
work at Las Vegas. N. M. l plowed
my land deep and followed as closely
as possible with a Campbell subsoil
packer weighted to 1000 pounds.
When this was accomplished 1 was
done until seeding time. l have never
seen a narrowed field look better on
the surface and l know that my land
is in good condition to hold the mois-
ture. The seeding was done with a
shoe press wheel drill, crossing m
blowing and packing work. My seed
bed was about uniform after this pro-
cess and I doubt If the harrow could
be made to do the same work. 1 have
not narrowed this field, nor do l in.
tend to do so until a crust forms. The
Held is left in a uniform appearance
and the grain seemed to come up all
together. II farmers will practice
blowing their ground and packing it
at least five months before seeding,
and If the weeds put In an appear
ance go on the land with a harrow
that will entirely cut the surface, he
will find 1t in about as perfect condi-
ton to receive the seed and with as
good a mulch to hold moisture as by
any other plan he can take.
In this western country the farmer
fs able to work almost the year round
and If he does not get his land in
proper condition after waiting for it to
gather moisture and settling into a
good seed bed. he has two seasons
of which to take advantage. but he
should not SOW at random simply be.
cause he thinks his land is ready for
blowing and packing. l do not believe
In dry farming for. the reason that I
have ave seen any plan to follow.
But | do believe that New Mexico will
be accepted as a farming country very
and as readily as Nebraska and
Kansas have been taken in. 1t was
only 3 few years back when the best
OF Nebraska to my certain knowledge
was considered very droughty, and all
kind Of propositions were offered to
overcome It. Now they have too much
moisture, simply because by years
OF tillage the surplus has been stored
and new plans have been discovered.
The old farmer is not now pointing to
the man with the book-larning with
;ridicule. but is studying his lesson.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
"a Cheap Skate"

"Joel Chandler. Harris" said an At
.~lantan, used to write comic newspa.
per editorials. Sometimes. he made
fun of other editors in them, too.
Simon Simpson, a rival editor in
Mobile, having been made fun Of,
wrote angrily in his rage:
".Joel Harris has been getting OF,
some cheap wit at expense.
Joel, on reading this, grabbed his
pen and dashed of. quick as a flash,
for next days issue:
at must have been cheap, Simon,
to be. at your EXPENSE
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Pathos In 4 Fire Report.

FatHoS III FIFe HePoft.
In the annual report Of the fire mar.
shall OF Kentucky the following extract
is not without a suggestion Of Little
Boy Blue:"" I,
Among the odds and ends OF the
attic. usually r vanished furniture.
rags smeared with grease to take fire
themselves. painting oils liable to-
take fire when the sun beats on the
roof. and broken toys Of children who
are grown and gone away, or who
went to sleep long ago" Il