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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

spectators
The battle is not yet over, for the bulls
and bears are still divided over the inn
portant question whether empty bins
viii be replenished by the July harvest.
May Wheat Crop Ends
Quietly in New York
NEW YORK, May 29.-May wheat was
offered down 2 lac a bushel without TAX
ers today, and the trading in the crop
of this month ended quietly. Shorts in
May corn, however, were forced to pay
Sc Sic in settling 10000 bushels, an adj
vance of three cents over Fridays clos
ing and a new high record.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
fRv Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, May Rats are re-
ceiving continued attention from the ag-
ricultural department; the campaign
having started against them may resuN
some day in the determination OF the
pest in the country.
\ recent bulletin issued by the agri-
cultural department has it figured out
that a rat can eat sixty cents worth OF
grain a year and that if all the rats In
the country were fed on grain alone, II
would cost more than $1OO,OO0,OOO year to
board them.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

The first thing is to prepare your land
thoroughly by deep blowing. This should
be done as soon as possible. taking care
Of course not TO pillow the land while
IL Is wet. Either a disk pillow or turning
pillow may be used. The disk pillow we
think will break the land deeper, pulveI-
ize the soil more thoroughly, cut a much
wider furrow. and you can thus pillow a
larger area of land in a day. BY blowing
the land deeply you will enable ii to hold
more water, II is not so liable to wash
and besides, IL will stand drought better
1t will also enable the roots of the plant
to feed through a larger area of soil
thus gathering in proportion a greater
amount Of plant food.
When a cotton plant fails to make
sufficient amount of stalk IL is due to
one Of several things. First, you may
be growing a small stalked variety. Sec
ond. your land may be deficient in nitro
gen. as this element of plant food is as
ISOLATED with a vigorous development of
weed. II you have a variety that fruits
well and is well suited to your climate,
II is not advisable to change IL without
good reason. We would suggest, how
ever. that you try some other strain
which makes a more vigorous growth, or
select your seed next fall from the larg-
est and strongest growing plants in your
field, provided also that they are the best
fruited plants. This viii help to increase
the size OF stalk and also the yield. Then,
we would use a complete fertilizer on this
land containing a fair amount of nitrogen,
provided we could not secure a consider
able quantity OF vegetable matter. COM
post or farmyard manure TO spread on
the land. When you can use these ma
terials at the rate OF five TO ten tons
per acre. apply them broadcast. Where
only a small amount is available, you
might use IL under the drill row, the COM
plete fertilizer TO be worked in with II at
the time of planting From our observa-
tions. which is in accord with the tests
made by most of our experiment sta
tions. 1t is just as well to apply all the
fertilizer at one time. This certainly APP
plies TO phosphates and potash which
become slowly available in the soil.
and are also not readily leached out OF II.
With nitrogen IL is different. We would
apply part OF the nitrogen in the form
Of cotton seed meal. and make a side APP
plication in the form Of nitrate of soda
sometime during the growing season If
the plant did not fruit freely. We this
you will find Il better 10 use a complete
fertilizer OF which cotton seed meal may
very properly constitute the basis rather
than to use cotton seed meal under the
drill row, and phosphstes and potash
along with II. Cotton seed at present
prices can certainly be sold TO advantage.
and II will be 70 your Interest to use
the meal as fertilizer. you will gel
more plant food by exchanging the seed
al 5000 for the meal than applying the
seed direct TO the COLL You may use the
following formula: 1000 pounds Of cot
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
HARTMAN TO LIVE
ON ROOF OF HOME

NEW YORK, May 29.-with the inten-
ton of spending all the time possible
in the open air. E. II. Hartman is hav-
ing alterations made to his big city home
at Fifth avenue and Sixty-ninth street,
which when completed, will enable him
to virtually live and sleep on the roof of
his house
The improvements will cost $4,000. Mr..
Hartman expects. it is said, to transact
much of his railroad business correspond
ence from the roof of his home, where
he can have plenty of air and sunshine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01


Warts may be removed in one of sew
eral ways. When they are on the udder
| II is probably best to remove them with
string, which is tied rather tightly
around them from time TO time until
they slough off. They might be cut off.
and IL they bleed scar with a hot iron.
This would be rather severe treatment If
you are trying to milk the COW. Acid may
be used TO take them off also. For this
purpose get some pure acetic acid and
drop IL on the wart until IL is saturated
and soft. II may sometimes be necessary
TO repeat the operation In a week or ten
days.
Gapes in chickens is due to the pres
ence of a small round worm in the wind
pipe. They attach themselves to the mu-
cous membrane of the windpipe and live
on the blood that should otherwise go to
the norishment of the chickens. Chickens
contract the disease from food or water
containing the eggs of the worm. The
best treatment is to destroy the chick
ems as soon as the disease is noticed and
burn the bodies, thus preventing the
spread of the trouble. If the first cases
are thus treated the spread of the dis
ease can often be stopped. Diseased chick
ems should at least be isolated so that
the droppings may be destroyed and the
following treatment given. Strip a feath-
er until only a small tip remains at the
end. Wet this with kerosene or turpen-
tine and insert into the windpipe. Give
| Il a few turns which will loosen the
worms and they can be removed.
With a small patch Of potatoes 1t is
best to go over them early in the morn
| Ing and shake the bugs of the tops into
! a pan and then burn them. Where one
has a considerable field of potatoes, the
following dry powder will be found USE
full Slaked lime, 10 pounds, Paris green,
one pound. Mix together and dust on
when the plants are wet with dew. We
would only use the mixture in this
strength when the bugs are exceedingly
bad Ordinarily one pound of Paris green
and thirty pounds of -four would be bet
ter. A mixture for spraying potatoes to
destroy bugs may be made as follows;
Mix together one-half pound lime, one
quarter pound of Paris green and about
/ fifty gallons Of water. Put on with an
ordinary watering can. Where potatoes
are grown on a commercial scale power
sprayers of course should be used.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

ton seed meal, 900 pounds of high-grade
acid phosphates and 100 pounds of muriate
of potash. This mixture will contain APP
proximately 3.5 per cent Of nitrogen, So
per cent of phosphoric acid and 3.4 per CT.
OF potash. You may increase the amount
of potash If you think it advisable to do
so by cutting out 200 pounds OF cotton
seed meal. and replacing 100 pounds of it
with nitrate Of soda and using an addi-
tiOnal 100 pounds Of muriate OF potash.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

DIES MONIES, IA biddy in Des.
Moines has beaten Eli Perkins magma
tive hen record.
E. l.. Beck, of Des Moines, has a big
Brahma hen which has laid thrts per-
fectly good eggs in 45 minutes. Mre Beck,
who watched the operation, swear 70 the
record.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

which we are acquainted and in our ger
minating tests has made a fine record as
compared with other varieties. We can
only recommend this corn, however, for
growth on rich land as it is too large a
variety to use on upland soils, even when
fairly well fertilized. For bottom lands
we think one could not use a better va
riety. and as it is acclimated, we believe
IT will pay you to try 1t.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
TO PEN TWO YEARS;
Is FINED ONE CENT

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May 27.-Robert
Sharp plead guilty 10 counterfeiting be-
fore Judge Grub in the federal court
today and was fined one cent and SEN
teEced to two years in the penitentiary
Judge Crubb is inclined 10 be Ienient in
ms sentencing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
ADAM GOD" CHARGED
WITH OFFICERS DEATH

KANSAS CITY, May 29.-The jury in
the case of James Sharp, or Adam God"
charged with the murder of Policeman
Michael Mullane, in a religious riot here
today, returned a verdict of guilty OF
murder in the second degree and Sharp
was sentenced to 25 years in the peniten-
tiary.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
VARIETIES OF CORN FOR BoTTcS,
LAND


LAND.
J. L L. BOwdon. Ca. writes: ! have
some rich river bottom land that I wish
10 plant in corn. and II you will kindly
suggest the variety best suited and where
! can get the seed the same will be ap-
preciated.
Toe 81 &c very best varieties OF corn
for growing on rich bottoms is Boone
county white. This corn was originally
improved in the northern states. and
seed obtained directly therefrom would
not likely prove very satisfactory II
Georgia: certainly not until grown in the
new environment for two or three years
A. John E. Miller. Of Gainesville. Ca.
as been selecting this corn for several
years and has grown II In this state long
enough 10 have IL thoroughly &C
climated- He has grown the corn on rich
creek bottom land we'll under-drained.
This Is a white corn: the ears are large.
weighing from fourteen 10 sixteen ounces
or more; the corn Is fairly fiinty IN char
acter and the grain OF a fine shape. A
large number OF rows can be packed or
a cob OF medium size and the appear
ance Of the ear is very attractive. II Is
one Of the best varieties OF corn with
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

This champion is the big. buxom. wen
fed hen in the center of the picture.
Hens have been known TO lay two Inlsy
developed eggs in a day, but this j.
the first time on record old piddy has
cackled over three Of them.
Wouldn't it shatter your shell?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

INCREASING THE WEED" OF COT
TON.
c. T. ", Hoschton, Ca, writes: I have
% acres of land which was in oats last
year, and 1 want to work il In cotton
this year. 1t is dark gray land with stiff
red clay subsoil and makes from 1-2 to
"a bale of cotton per acre with $50 pounds
of fertilizer. 1t seems that the stalks do
not grow as large as they should, but
they are full OF fruit and mature we'll. /
would like to know what grade of fer
tilizer to use and how much. Would it
be profitable TO put the guano in the
seed?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

TREATMENT FOR GAPES.-DESTROY-
ING BUGS ON IRISH POTATOES.
w. w, Bremen, Ga, writes: 1 have a
fine Jersey milk COW with warts on teats.
Please give me a remedy; also give me
a remedy for gapes I'm chickens; also how
to rid Irish potatoes Of bugs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

acre
On stifT clay land there is no objection
TO applying fertilizers at the time of
planting corn. as it will not be readily
leached out OF the soil as this kind of
land will hold water more tenaclously
than q lighter or sander soil The plant
food is thus more likely to be dissolved
ana brought in contact with the roots OF
plants as needed. provided OF course you
Keep the surface soil thoroughly stirred
so as TO keep the crust broken, and yet
not plow deep enough 70 destroy the roots
OF the plants. We do not think 30 pounds
enough TO destroy the roots OF the plants.
We do not think 300 pounds Of a high
grade fertilizer a heavy application for
corn. We would think 500 pounds nearer
the right amount TO use. You may have
mixed this fertilizer or purchased II al
ready. II so. all good and well. II not.
we think you will find a fertilizer which
you may prepare as follows satisfactory
for corn: go pounds high-grade cotton
seed meal. that is analyzing : per cent
nitrogen, and at least per cent each of
phoephoric acid and potash. 800 pounds OF
IS per cent acid phosphate and loo pounds
OF murlate OF potash. This mixture would
analyze about IS per cent OF nitrogen. So
per cent Of phOsphoric acid and 3.5 per
cent Of potash You will probably think It
q little high in nitrogen and possibly low
IN potash. but corn requires a very con-
siderable amount OF nitrVSen. and clay
land Is richer in potash than other types
OF soil and you would not need to use
as much you would on lighter land.
II making two applications. we would pur
al least 80 pounds OF this mixture broad
cast or under the drill row. and then
apply 30 pounds as a side application
later on IN the season when the crop was
partially made before the corn begins to
shoot. II We were using the nitrate as
top dressing We would wait until the
corn was beginning 10 silk and tassel as
the nitrate would be taken up and used
By the crop. whereas. a slow acting fer
tilIzer would require more time 10 get
into condition where the plant could util-
ize Il.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

''Somebody's stole me old blue hen.
l wish they'd let her be:
She used to lay two eggs q day
And on Sundays she'd Law three
ELI PERKINS,.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
QUERIES ANSWERED

FERTILIZING CORN ON RED CLAY
UPLANDS.
J. L X, Pendergrass, Ga, writes: /
have some red stiff land that 1 am going
TO plant in corn. The land is very good
and has been broken with two horse
plow. ] want 10 know when and how to
fertilize IL for best results. using about
90 pounds Of high-grade fertilizer per
acre.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
IRON IN HIS SYSTEM
Kansas Boy Carried q Single
Nail in His Lungs Six Years.

WICHITA, Aug. 30.--Just to
see whether medical science had
overlooked anything in the case
Of local boy whose ailment had
been diagnosed as consumption,
the doctors turned an X-ray on
him and found single nail en-
bedded in his lungs.
The nail serves no purpose
where It is, and they're going to
remove It. The discovery ex-
plains why the boy has been
"puny" for the last six years. He
accidentally swallowed the bit Of
hardware while engaged in violent
exercise with bunch Of nails in
his mouth.
His folks are very much
pleased at discovering the real
cause of his illness to be merely
"a single nail, although, as the
village cutup says. It came near
being his coughin' nail in his
chest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
FUEL COMPANY
SUFFERS BIG
Loss IN FIRE

The owners of the Independent
Lumber & Fuel company suffered
loss OF nearly $4,000 Saturday
night when FIRE destroyed the
stocks on hand at the yards, To-
Gated at South M and Fortieth
streets. The fire started about s
o clock in the evening and is be-
lieved to have originated from
sparks falling into sawdust.
The fire department worked uu-
der disadvantages in fighting the
fire as the water had been turn
ed out of the low service reser-
voir while 1t was being cleaned.
The property destroyed consist
ed of a wood saving machine,
about TOO cords of forest wood.
10000 feet of common lumber,
the coal bunkers and a barn.
Insurance covers about one
third of the loss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30

In the possession of the broker,
but owned by dozen different
persons. will be used by him to
secure the same loan, his individ-
ual debt. The bank knows the
facts. yet on default by the bro
ker 1t unhesitatingly sells the
property of all such persons with
out notice to them. The surplus,
If any, the bank gives to the de-
faulting broker instead Of to the
real owners.
1t was when this game was
worked on insiders that the New
York district attorney got busy.
believe that the volume of
this sort of loans actually exceeds
all the value of the crops of the
nation. And every dollar so loan
ed belongs to unsuspecting people
who have intrusted the stocks to
banks for safe keeping.
This rank custom prevails be-
cause the same big operators
who largely dominate such big
banks are the ones who borrow a
good share of the money and use
1t to fleece the public by artificial
manipulations of the stock mar
ket.
Right now such a manipulation
Is on. AS soon as the insiders
can unload on the public at the
present top prices they'll With
draw their pool support, raise In
terest rates, call loans and there
will be the smash that always
follows the entrance of the public
into the market. / do not know
when it will come, but when II
does 1t will be the little fellow
who will get hurt.
And, say, doesn't 1t beat the
world how this mischief goes on
year in and out and how the dear
old public stands for 1t and the
whitewashing committees are able
to gloss 1t over?
Is 1t any wonder that when the
fat rascals of the street meet al
their clubs they ha-ha at the fools
who always come back for anoth-
er drubbing?
Say. is 1t funny or is it pitiful?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
FREE MEAT and FISK
FOR EVERYBODY
TWENTY THOUSAND SALMON
AND TWO COWS GIVEN
AWAY AT PORT TOWNSEND.

/ PORT TOWNSEND Aug. 30.-
Proprietors of fish and meat mar
kets of this city are tonight seri-
ously considering. keeping their
places of business closed a period
at least long enough to give them
a chance to attend the exposition.
The cause is remarkable and one
whereby the entire community is
benefited by free fish and beef.
A few hours after Il. A. Sims
had ordered his Hillside salmon
over hauling to prepare for hand
cannery shut down to permit
ling pack OF fall fish, scow
with 10000 fresh humpback sal
mon was brought to the cannery.
Unable to handle the shipment,
Mr.. Sims ordered the lot brought
to public spot where whoever
desired might send or come aud
get what was wanted. Fish deal
ers saw closed season with their
trade for at least a week.
Shortly after the Sims benefit
cence became general news. the
story spread that William KATE,
prominent in local business and
social circles, had beef to give
away. With a party of friends IN
| his big touring car, MIR. Katz
Istarted early in the day to attend
a celebration at Port Ludlow. The
destination was reached, but with
the carcasses of two cows left on
the road, victims of collisions with
the auto.
With free fish, which has per-
United the packing and sailing of
hundreds of casks for winter use.
and the flesh of two cows, for
which Mr.. Katz is willing to pay
but has no use. Port Townsend
citizens believe their Sabbath be-
stowals have been greater than
has been received elsewhere In the
West.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
BY Alfred o. Crozier.

(Mr. Crozier Is the author of
1.-THE Magnet, novel in which
]. Pierpont Morgan and other ia
nous figures on Wall street are
pictured in their disguise. In OBJ
tanning material for his book Gro
zier spent months studying the
hidden currents and sunken reefs
of Wall street.-Editor.)
Over in Wall street there exists
little situation just now which
ought to be rich food for bleating
lambs. And 1t will be well for
Woodworking, salary-earning men
who are tempted now and then to
play with Wall street fire to know
it.
The press dispatches have told
of the latest scheme to get rich
quick, which revelation came out
of the fact that a boy played 1t
loosely and got caught. The doc
trine that there must be honor
among thieves" perhaps justifies
the Juror, the Investigations,
grand juries and indictments that
followed the exposure of the sell
ing of the Heinze collateral
stocks.
Now one Wall street operator
complains because another de-
vised a scheme, and apparently
with the aid of a great trust COM
pany as fence" worked 1t on
an insider instead of the public.
The sum involved is only about
a hundred thousand dollars. The
crime charged is the selling OF
stock held as collateral without
consent of the owner. That's
funny. The big banks and trust
companies are doing the same
constantly. They are not indict-
led, because the victims are the
public, l suppose.
A bank will loan 100000 to
Ia broker individually on $1,000
900 of stock owned by the GUS
toner of the broker. On default
by the broker, without the fault
or knowledge of his customer,
the bank sells the stock and
pockets the proceeds in payment
of the brokers' debt without the
consent or knowledge of the &C.
tua1 owner of the securities.
At this moment such financial
institutions are carrying more
than half billion dollars OF
loans secured only by collateral
owned by persons other than the
borrowers. And the bank has nc
agreement whatever with the &C
tual legal owners of such collat-
erals.
Frequently various securities,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
GRAIN GOING
TO WASTE

LEWISTON, Ida, Aug. 30.-
A movement to petition the gov
eminent to improve the channel
of the Snake river, five miles
west of Riparia, is being started
here today.
The section is the result of fail
ure on the part of the local river
navigation company to operate its
boats between Lewiston and Ce-
lilo owing to low water in the
river channel.
The failure of the line to run
vessels at this time has caused
heavy loss to ranchers who have
grain ready to move, but cannot
secure transportation facilities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30
MORTALITY NOTES

Rose N. Johnson, aged 10,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. p. A..
Johnson, died at the family resi-
dence, 4840 South l. street, Sat-
urday afternoon. She was born
in Tacoma and is survived by three
sisters and two brothers. The
funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
chapel of Lynn & Haugen. Inter-
ment will be in Tacoma cemetery.
Ruth Elsie Caldwell, 4-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. e..
Caldwell. died at the residence.
1922 South sprague street, this
morning of diptheria. The funeral
will be held privately from the res
|idence tomorrow afternoon at 8
o'clock, interment being at Tacoma
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-30

Lovers of chocolate sun
daes, ice cream sodas, mint
phosphates and the like Just
can't see how the persons who
purvey those cooling refresh
ments keep from eating up all
the profit of their employers.
They feel sure that II they
were hired to dish out those
delicacies they would put In
all their leisure time eating of
them.
II you inquire, however,
you will find that few attend
ants of the soda fountains In
dulge In their own concoc-
lions. Here's the recipe given
by one Tacoma druggist
which works this much-to-be-
desired result. G.
Whenever I hire a new
soda fountain attendant" he
says, 81 always tell him the
first day he begins to taste a
sample Of all the sirups,
creams and ices so he will
know what they're like and
will be able to help customers
in their choice. They usually
jump at the chance to get all
this 'on the house.
THE result Is that the COM
bination makes him wish he'd
never heard of Ice cream or
sodas-for to be sick on a
mixture of ices Is next to
being seasick."