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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
Creating New Varieties of Wheat.

ripe perhaps 500 Of the best yielding
heads are selected and weighed and
about one hundred OF those Welding
the heaviest preserved. These heads are
shelled and the grain weighed. and tbs
grade determined by inspection-about
nifty of the plants being then selected
for mother plants
The second year 100 seeds from these
mother plants are sowed I'm plots. When
ripe the number Of plants reaching ma
turiiy In each plot is determined and
the weight Of the grain being divided
by the number of plants, the average
yield Of the progency Of each Of the
mother plants is secured. One hundred
seeds Of these fifty varieties are plant
I'D and at the end OF the third year all
are discarded excepting the five or ten
Of those stocks which average the best
per plant for the three years. The new
varieties are then grown i'm larger plots
to obtain sufficient seed for field tests
and then for three years they are grown
under field conditions. IT their Yield
milling and baking qualities then show
an improvement over the standard
wheats they are. distributed to the
farmers
1T is thus seen that the creation of a
neW variety of wheat which can in
crease the present yield Is a matter of
long series of years, and If II were
not for the fact that already so much
has already been accomplished in this
direction il would be eisy to overesti-
mate the increase for the immediate
future In the production of wheat from
this source. Moreover. even after a
higher yielding variety Of wheat has
been established considerable period
must elapse before general use. w. c
Tiffany, In the Review OF Reviews.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

they give their whole force and vitality
to this business Of grinding grists, they
can, in the course of a short life. grind
through immense quantities But as
a steady and regular and only occupa-
ton. il is hardly consonant with the
loftiest ambition. The best course to
pursue is to find out just how much
food is needed to run the machine, eN-
actly what fuel is best TO keep the
steam at the best working point, and
then never pass these bounds. Don't
consume so much OF your nerve force In
eating and digesting that you have
nothing left with which to achieve those
higher triumps of life
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

"The creation Of new species be-
gins with the selection Of single kerr
net While the beginning is thus in
significant the result may be the de-
velopment OF progeny which viii con-
troll the wheat markets Of the world
when this kernel is planted the follow
ing year Il produces few hundred kerr
uels. which in turn are planted the fol-
lowing spring in single Mills Il inches
apart They receive the most scrupu-
lous care and are given every possible
attention TO develop them into vigor-
Gus plants.
Whom these plants are i'm flower the
the process OF the creation of new
species of Decentralization Is ready TO
begin The wheat flower being a per-
feet one-havlng an the essentials OF
reproduction within itsef-the anthei
OF the flower is removed 10 prevent
Standardization The anther is then
removed from the flower OF some Sc
lected head OF wheat and is pollen
sifted into the stigma Of the first flow
er This process is repcated again
and again with other flowers, and out
of them a few successful unions are
made. When the process OF fertiliza-
ton is complete the head is wrapped
to prevent contamination from any out
side source
When the head which has been
-fertilized is ripe. the kernels are
threshed ont and only the best pre-
served. For series Of years there
after the process Of selecting the best
kernel goes on. When several thousand
kernels have been selected they are
planted In nursery beds, one seed In a
hnl. four inches apart each way. When
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
DRUGS OUT OF FASHION.

Tho interesting statement was made
tho other daF at "a meeting NJ the
American flesIatai assoemilon al
WASHINGTON thai the hospital of the
country are gradually giving up the
use - drugs an the treatment Of
patients An Investigation recently
made 10 was stated. disclosed that In
fifteen years the average expenditure
OF hospitals Of the United States fof
drugs has decreased from $3.50 Tor
each patient 10 81 cents. The reason
for this n that the hospitals are re-
cognlzing this efficacy ~ fresh air and
mcnta ana othcrl erug lees RkencifF Tor
conQNcflns dlseasff 1bea modern
school Of medicine u al last coming
around o. the position held by a few
WORTHLESS of an earlier generation Who
revolted against dosing their patients
with certain faYorite decoctions. and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
BEFORE PEARY BROKE OUT.
scientlhc Amerlcan.

Scientific American.
To set a question mark, however
small. against the message from DR.
Cook. announcing that he had reached
the north pole. would be to betray a
spirit Of ungenerOus and captious
criticism The conditions Of complete
isolation which must necessar ily sur
round the man who launches himself,
with two native helpers, into that UNI
chartered sea Of eternal silence and
frozen desOlation, are such that the
waiting world to which he returns
II he ever return-must needs accept
his story Of a successful quest with
out expectation Of absolute verincation
or disaproVal For the theoretical
point which we call the north pole lies,
as was generally supposed. and as Dr.
Cook has now proved. in a vast field of
eternally drifting ice. Any monument
set up by the explorer at the exact
axis Of the earth IN attestation Of his
browning triumph would be carried
steadily down over the dome OF the
world 20 be ultimately lost in the more
southerly seas. or cast up. with other
fOtsam and tetsam on the nOrtherly
coasts. IN the interests Of scientific
accuracy there WILL OF course. be a
subsequent veriication as far as II is
practicable, OF the distances covered
and OF the observations Of the sun as
taken. during this wonderful Journey;
but this Investigation win not be
made because Of any doubt as to the
actual presence Of Or Cook on the
2lst OF April. 1905. Al the north pole
The man who can look death fun In
the face throughout all the cruel SUI
ferlngs Of two-years' search for the
secret OF the frozen north Is built upon
lines too noble 10 admit Of the slight
est subterfuge or misrepresentation;
and there are certain features of -
Cooks expedition notably the total
absence OF ostentation IN the manner
Of his setting out. which should al
least have sealed the lips of those who
have received the news Of his success
with outspoken Incredibly
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
IT is HUDsoNs DUE.
Runalo Newa.


II Is the fashion In certain quarters
90 assail Henry Hudson for the claim
that he was the discoyerer Of the river
which bears his name Hardly any
one viii doubt that the mouth Of the
river was seen by the navigators long
before Hudson made his journey up
tO TROY He is iu very much the same
position MS his co-partner IN the ceie-
brauon OF the day, Robert Fulton, who
is honored as he inventor Of the
steamboat when, Ia fact the steam
boat had been run ercially
twenty years before his time Yet what
he did Is So well known and was so
important to the development Of steam
navigation that he Is accorded the dis
tInctinn of the original Inventor 81 the
steamboat Henry Hudson not only dis
covered The mouth Of the river, but
he took pains 90 explore b as far as
navigation permitted his boats 20 move
al that time. lie described n definitely
and clearly and made known 10 the
world what "a noble waterway n Is
and, therefore ~ rs entirely PROPER
mat Do should bear his name and he
Doe given credit Tor the discovery There
is some basis FOR the contention mat
b. was from the expedition by Hud-
SON that the real movement of civillza-
ton Zoe the seventeenth century be-
gam and that from his day 90 ours
there has been no backward step taken
but rather continuation Of a.. with
steady and marvellous development.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
A PROBLEM SOLVED.

aN'M hih Times.
TEST clever old imperator. Francis
Joseph has solved the problem that
was pefpleXing alike the family Of Miss
Anita stewart aud the chancelleries OF
Europe mot % mention the writer's of
International social gossip by making
Miss Stewart princess before her mar
Rage with Dom Miguel Bmganza. II
seems 90 be- easier than we thought Il
was for an emperor 10 transform "a
plain American miss into princess.
when no principally goes with the title
ana no pecuniary endowment MISS
Stewart Is buying her own principality.
and Is expected 10 endoW rather than b.
endowed. But as a princess OF the
court OF Austria Hungary, and prcsum-
ably Of the Holy Roman empire, she Is
the first American woman 10 b. elevat-
ed 90 "a rank No closely allied with roy
atty except through marriage
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
THE OPTIMISTS CORNER
~ George =. ButIer. AM, MD.

Temperate people, with good diges-
ton. never feel their stomaohs-f forget
they have stomachs. while big caters
are always hungry or faint or bl0ated
on troubled with heartburn. dorange-
ment of the bowels, or some other con
dltlon showing "A morbid state N the
digestive apparatus The majority Of
our strongest and most active men are
moderate eaters II takes "a large
amount OF nerve force 10 digest food
With these big eaters an the nerve
force goes 40 the tomach, and 20 moth
Ing 10 left for brain or muscle Per
sons having good stomach 20 begin
with can, by long practice. learn 10 a.
gest an enormous quantity Of food II
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

The Tribune. today processes 20 feel
the respect for President Anthem n.
Lund that he highly deserves" on the
same page Of the paper it says by innu-
endo that the leaders Of the Church are
false apostles, deceitful workers.
Transforming themselves into the apos-
ties Of Christ" The Tribune is a rank
hvp0critc
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

At berkeley President Taft said.
Government is a compromise and We
Of it, True. but It is 10 be feared that
at times those who represent govern
ment try to set the most out OF II
they can.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

our day Another is the abuse OF the
liberty of the press The American
people should wake up to the menace
Of these two evils and remove them, az
far as possible.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

took as their motto: Give nature a
chance" once Il required courage TO
take such a stand People imagined
that the doctor was not doing his
duty by them IL he did not describe
vile-tasting doses every time he was
called in.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

senator Aldrich has almost convinced
tho French officials that the tariff bill
bearing his name Is really blessing to
the foreigner as well as to the Amer-
can. Il is a poor tariff bill that, doesn't
worl, both ways.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

what is an overcrowded care asks
the Providence Journal II is one into
or on TO which it is absolutely impos-
sible to get another passenger.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

And now a controversy has been
started over the question Of the site
OF shakespcaro's Globe theater. Oh for
on Ignatius Donnelly to settle the
question,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Al seventy-rao years of age Banker
walsh ls Nndmg mae tho nay.of the
trausgressor h. hard.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Some strict oonstuctionlsts hold that
sathering autumn leaves is a dostruo-
dion of The forests
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

% mates mo- difference whether you
can it coal weather or cold weather. q
is the slmC thing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Lct people who i've IN glass houses
throw stones if they wish 90. but don't
lei little boys, Tor they break Windows.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

What "a piiy Spain has mo- Knlght of
enc Mancha 90 lead her hosts against
the Moorish iundels
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Should prosperity be measured By the
Increased cost Of living or by the i'm
crease iu WarCs2
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

o. would be interesting 20 know lf
the patrons of the divorce courts am
married in haste
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Hopsee are mot So afraid OF automo-
biles as m,n arc They don't realize
the danger
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Rule or ruin appears 10 bee the mot
10 of Commander peary and his fol-
lowers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

some hunters can Kan one duck with
two barrels. much Jess two birds With
one stone
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Tho suffragettes ia birmingham jain
who are ON a hunger strike are living
on honea
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Mr. Bryan win hnd an the colleges
and universities Ia favor Of free 'rah
material
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Many "a rich man has a poor memory,
especially for poor relations
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

'rhe military surgeons convention
had good time, but didn't cut up
very much
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Dr. Cook continues to be chief cooA
and bottle washer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Most bargain sales consist ~ talk
and some remarks
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06

Novel decorations for the table-the
six best sellers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03

TOBACCO SUFFERED MOST.
Corn and Wheat Damaged by the
Rains-PotatO Crop Better Than

Usual.
Agreeable to your letter of the oath,
] send o below a true statement
of the real crop conditions of this
section Of Davidson county.
I have visited almost every section
in this vicinity in order that | could
ascertain the true condition OF the
cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat and other
crops. There is but little cotton
raised in this section. A few farmers
are experimenting with it and every
vicinity visited the cotton plants were
growing very fast and looks the best
ever seen in this section; the wet
weather delayed working it some but
now the crop is in good shape and
will no doubt turn out a good crop.
The m are going to continue
experimenting with it in this section
till within a few years it will be one
of the principal crops.
On account of the continued rains
the tobacco crop has suffered more
than any other crop and the grass
retarded the growth of the plants
very much, on count of wet wealth
er; it could not be properly worked.
The tobacco crop will be, erhap
one third below the average crop;
just at this time it has been worked
out and is now growing rapidly and
if nothing happens to retard the growth
what tobacco is made will be of fair
quality.
The corn crop mas SUFFERED from
wet weather and lack Of work, espec-
tally SO in the sandy land and bot
toms but in the red land the corn
crop is very good; it is now growing
very fast and most of it has been
.laid by.
The wheat crop has been harvest
ed and is now being threshed; it is
better than last year but still below
the average, the continued wet wealth
ed damaged it some and caused some
to sprout a little.
The potato crop is better this year
than usual and they are making a
good yield; this is one of the best
paying crops raised here but no one
plants more THAI they can consume;
if this crop would be increased a
good deal of money could be realized
each year without using much ground
or work. The vegetable crop is all
good and every family has a bounti-
ful supply of cabbage, onions, to-
matoes, c~ucumbers, etc. The far
mer will fare better this year than
almost any other class of people.
CHAS r. THOMAS.
Thomasville, N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
FORSYTH.
OUTLOOK NOT GOOD
Tobacco Will Not Compare in Quality
With 1908 Crop-Average Crop is
Expected if Season is Good

Tobacco VIII Not Compare in Quality
With 1908 Crop-Average Crop is
Expected if Season is Good.
The first load of the new crop Of
tobacco was sold at Piedmont We'd
nesday by Mr.. l.. O. Meadows, who
lives near Germanton. There were
only 146 pounds in the lot and two
grades, Is pounds sold at 6 Ia and
128 pounds at 3.
1t is expected that primings will be-
gin coming in quite lively in a couple
Of weeks now, although the report
comes from some sections that the
are not saving thei primingS
this year.. Many growers have con-
tende for years that very few prim-
ings were worth hauling to market,
but last year the market sold more
primings then ever before.
From what can be learned from
the growers and WarehOusemen the
OutlOok-for the new crop is not very
good. 1t is conceded by every n that
it will not compare in quality with the
1908 crop, and some contend hat it
will not weigh as heavily, although it
is too early yet to make any calcula
tons along this line. It is certain that
the crop has been damaged by the I'M
favorable weather during the past
thirty days. The growers is a general
rule are very much discouraged with
the outlook now. and have. been for
some time. Weather conditions may
bring the crop around to some extent.
but in some sections, notably lower
Forsyth and Davidson, w say
the plants are too far advanced to-
ward maturity to be affected very
much.
With good season an average corn
crop is expected throughout the Pied
mont section. which includes this and
adjoining counties. In some sections
dry weather has proven injurious,
while in some others excessive rains
just after the crop was planted did
considerable damage
r. E. CARMICHAEL.
W~instOn-Salem, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03


more than a guess of the croos, as so
much depends upon the weather and
late frostS: ff
Corn: The early planting was badly
cut off by excessive rains. Pessinaists
put the crop at so per cent, but others
put 1t at so, if we can nave ~seaSonable
weather for late planting.
Cotton: Is put at about the same as
corn. The farmers say it was drown
die" with too much rain, and will o
recover as soon as crops would it
having suffered from drouth.
Tobacco: This crop is rated at so to
10, but with good weather on the late
planted may improve some.
Wheat and Oats: There was not a
large acreage, but both were good,
and the yield was entirely satisfactory.
The high price of wheat now is dis
cussed, and the acreage will be largely
increased with next crop.
IOuiSburg. n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
DUPLIN.
\ L COTTON CROP.
Corn and Tobacco % Per Cent. Less
Than Last Year.

Cotton acreage &c per cent less than
last year and condition so per cent
below average due to lice and rains.
Corn crop 20 per cent increase and
condition 25 per cent less than last
year.
Tobacco average 5 per cent in
crease and condition 25 per cent less.
Wheat and peanuts only grown in
small lots for home consumption.
In the Eastern, the Northeast river
section Of the county, where crop
were Hooded and much destroyed last
year., cotton, corn and tobacco is an
average crop as the rains have been
much less.
In the Western, railroad section Of
the county, rains have been heavy
and lice damage to Gotten SO per cen
This is also the trucking section of
the county,, and it has been a disast-
rOus yea to the truckers. The straw
berry and potato crops sold fairly we'll
on account of a sgnal yield generally,
while beans, cucumbers and cante-
1oupes have not paid expenses. Trans
portation and refrigeration continue
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
CR0P OUTLOOK IN NORTH
CAROLINA
lContinued from Page TWo.)

farming territory, and does not plant
cotton. wheat or tobacco, only a few
naanuts. The principal crops are po-
tatoes (white and sweet. White po-
+atoes are about tWo-thirds of a crop,
sweets are fine, and have been ship
ping for two weeks. Peas, field and
Japan, corn, melons, and all kinds Of
vegetables are just as fine as can be.
The acreage is small, and only cult
waited for home use, except water
melons and potatoes. Crops in East
Lake have somewhat been damaged
by rain, elsewhere not, and everything
is easily row
ManteO. n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
Col. Benehan Cameron's Views.

Col. Benehan Cameron, president Of
the Farmers National Congress, says
that in the Durham section the rains
have greatly damaged he crops. The
cotton and corn crops are poor, but
tObaccO isAot so bad. From Raleigh
to G~oldsboro to Weldon, along the
railroad, in the low places the crops
have been rained out, and they are
spotted. The same condition exists
in Granville county. ArOun Hills
boro there are fine crops on the red
lands In that section General Julian
S. Carr has a magnificent wheat crop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
GATES
CROPS GREATLY DAMAGED
Cotton As Per Cent, Corn SO Per Cent
and Peanuts IS Per Cen of Average

(OtfOn I'd 1CT Ntft, NDFH o1 ct StHt
and Peanuts rs Per Cent of Average
Crop.
Answering your inquiry as to the
condition of the crops in Gates coun-
ty, beg to advise that there are only
three Of the kinds of crops mentioned
by you grown to any considerable
extent in Gates.
Cotton. 40 per cent of a good crop
Corn, SO per cent of a good crop.
Peanuts, rs per cent of a good crop.
This conclusion is reached after
conference with the men in the county
who are well acquainted with real
conditions.
Sandy land corn and cotton almost
an absolute failure as above shown,
due to excessive early rains, peanuts
being a later crop, not so seriously
affected by early rains.
A. Piston GOODWIN.
G~atesville, n. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
so PER CENT COTTON CROP
More Than so Per Cent. Crop of
COrfl-POCP Stand of Cotton.

l have made many inquiries as to
the crop of cotton and corn. From our
best farmers ! learn hat the cotton
crop condition is about 60 per cent,
though many think less than that.
Corn not over so per cent. of that
Cotton is poor stand, is now full OF
sap, and could not stand a long dry
spell. There is 40 chance for much
Improvement in corn. We are not in
the obacco section, and | can't give
any reliable information.
3. w. BALLARD.
FranklintOn. N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
DURHAM.
NO GOOD O

Corn in Some Place is Almost a
Failure.
The yield of wheat is fairly good
but not a large crop was planted.
The bottom land corn is almost a fail
ure. Tobacco is good in some places,
bad in others. 1t is not considered a
good GRO this ear.
J. A. ROBINSON.
Durham, n. c..